Amos Sexton1

M, (1709 - 1802)
Father-Biological*Captain Joseph Sexton2 b. 3 Feb 1664, d. 3 May 1742
Mother-Biological*Hannah Wright2 b. 28 Jul 1669, d. 26 Nov 1742
Family Lines
Whelpley Line
Last Edited=10 Jul 2023
     Amos Sexton was born in 1709.1 He was the son of Captain Joseph Sexton and Hannah Wright.2

Amos Sexton married Elizabeth Morris, age 24 , daughter of Lt. Ebenezer Morris and Sarah Davis, on 28 October 1731 at Woodstock, Massachusetts.2,3,4,5 Amos Sexton died in 1802.1

Compeller's Notes:
There is much confusion to Amos' ancestry. I have followed Gehrke, but many say his father was Gershom Sexton, and his mother Abigail King.

Children of Amos Sexton and Elizabeth Morris

Citations

  1. Ancestry.com. Ancestry Member Trees - Use with Caution. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations.
  2. Gehrke, Velma Odeal. Early Sexton Roots in America. Portland, Oregon: manuscript.
  3. Morris, Jonathan Flynt. A Genealogical and Historical Register of the Descendants of Edward Morris of Roxbury, Mass., and Woodstock, Conn. Hartford, Conneticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1887.
  4. White, Lorraine Cook. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2006.
  5. Connecticut State Library. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.