• John Morton (c. 1420 – 15 September 1500) was an English cleric, civil lawyer and administrator during the period of the Wars of the Roses.
  • John Morton (1725 - 1777) was a member of the Second Continental Congress from Chester County, Pennsylvania.
  • John Morton was an archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal, one of the most powerful men in England in the reign of King Henry VII.
  • It’s an original One Shilling piece of currency from 1772 signed by John Morton - future signer of the Declaration of Independence!#NoRelation.
  • JOHN MORTON was born in 1724 in Ridley, in a part of Chester County that is now Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
  • MORTON, JOHN. Cardinal, archbishop; b. Bere Regis or Milborne S. Andrew, Dorset, 1420?; d. Knole manor, Kent, Oct. 12, 1500.
  • John Morton (1725 – April 1, 1777) was a farmer, surveyor, and jurist from the Province of Pennsylvania.
  • John Morton was an English statesman and cardinal. He received his education at Oxford, where he obtained a degree in theology.
  • Early Life
    • Morton was born in 1724 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
    • His father was John Morton, Sr., and his mother was Mary Archer.