Father of
James Orton
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
George Orton
Date and place of birth
9 Sep 1706, Preston, Sussex.
Names of parents
George Orton (though the family name was sometimes recorded as Overton in Malpas, Cheshire where George senior was born) and Mary, maiden name unknown.
Date and place of baptism
23rd Sep Preston, Sussex where his father was the vicar.
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
7 Jun 1739, Twineham, Sussex, George Orton, clerk, to Mrs Sarah Burnall of Horsham
Occupation(s) - if any
Curate 1729-1742 at Slaugham where his father was also the Rector. After 1742 he may have moved to St Nicolas, Old Shoreham as two children were baptised there.
Addresses where they lived
1722: at Brasenose College, Oxford
1729-death: Slaugham, Sussex
Date, place and cause of death
Feb 1759 Sussex
Date and place of burial.
28 Feb 1759 Slaugham, Sussex “Mr Goreg [sic] Orton Buried feb the 28: 1759”
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
None. Two of his children benefitted from the Poor Orphans of the Clergy charity in 1764
Memorial inscription - if any
none found