Ancestry of
Joy Morton

Founder of Morton Salt Company

Caroline Joy

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• • Mother of Joy Morton — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • Hiram Joy 
  • Mother:
  • Caroline Hayden   
  • Birth Date:
  • 9 Aug 1833 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hallowell, Kennebec, Maine 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 Jun 1881 
  • Death Location:
  • Arbor Lodge, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Julius Sterling Morton
  • Marriage Date:
  • 30 Oct 1854 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Detroit, Wayne, Michigan 
  • Child:

  Joy Morton (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Family friends Deacon David and Cynthia (Eldred) French raised Caroline per her mother's dying wish. Although not legally adopted, Caroline took the name of French.

• Sources for Caroline Joy

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A063189, #A081654, #A124778 and #A124774.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/23/2015).
  • ³ The Conservative (Nebraska City, Nebraska), Vol. 4, No. 47, 29 MAY 1902, p. 2.
  • ⁴ Lee, Helen Bourne Joy, The Joy Genealogy, Essex, Connecticut: The Pequot Press, Inc. (1968), 116, 159-160, 222-224.
  • ⁵ Nason, Emma (Huntington), Old Hallowell on the Kennebec, Augusta, Maine: Press of Burleigh and Flynt (1909), 179-180.
  • ⁶ Sterling, Albert Mack, The Sterling Genealogy, New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 517.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "Joy Morton", (accessed 11/23/2015).