Nicholas Morton ( -1689) was the grandson of Rev. Nicholas Morton ( - ) of Southwark, England, who was the pastor of John Harvard (1607-1638), founder of Harvard College. Nicholas' uncle was Rev. Charles Morton (1626-1698), Puritan teacher, emigrant in 1686, and First Vice-President of Harvard. Nicholas came to America in 1685, entered Harvard on Advanced Standing the following year, and was accepted in the Charlestown, Mass., church in 1687.
From the description of System of Logic, Ethics, and Metaphysics, 1683-1684. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207158437