George Morton (Pilgrim Father)

He was the publisher of, and perhaps helped write, the first account in Great Britain of the founding of Plymouth Colony, called Mourt's Relation.

He was from Bawtry,[2] West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and member of the Scrooby Congregation of separatists who eventually became the Mayflower Pilgrims.

Morton, who had moved to Leyden, Holland with the congregation, stayed behind when the first settlers left for Plymouth, Massachusetts.

He continued to orchestrate business affairs in Europe and London for their cause—presumably arranging for the 1622 publication of, and perhaps helping write, Mourt's Relation.

His widow Juliana then married Manasseh Kempton,[6] who had also arrived in 1623 on the Anne.