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Before signing, his sympathies were with the British. When he changed his mind for independence his friends, relatives, neighbors turned against him and it affected his health. Just eight short months after signing the Declaration he was dead. His last spoken words on his deathbed were, ''"Tell them they will live to see the hour when they shall acknowledge my signing of the Declaration of Independence to have been the most glorious service that I ever rendered my country."''  

Before signing, his sympathies were with the British. When he changed his mind for independence his friends, relatives, neighbors turned against him and it affected his health. Just eight short months after signing the Declaration he was dead. His last spoken words on his deathbed were, ''"Tell them they will live to see the hour when they shall acknowledge my signing of the Declaration of Independence to have been the most glorious service that I ever rendered my country."''  

John Morton was the first of the Signers to die<ref>[http://johnmorton.net/ John Morton, johnmorton.net]</ref> and was buried in St. Paul's Church Burial Ground in Chester, Pennsylvania.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=X6gpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA16 The SAR Magazine, Volume 16

John Morton was the first of the Signers to die<ref>[http://johnmorton.net/ John Morton, johnmorton.net]</ref> and was buried in St. Paul's Church Burial Ground in Chester, Pennsylvania.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=X6gpAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA16 The SAR Magazine, Volume 16]</ref>  His grave went unmarked until 1845  when his descendants erected an obelisk to mark the location.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HZ6KDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169 Graves of Our Founders: Their Lives, Contributions, and Burial Sites]</ref>

]</ref>  His grave went unmarked until 1845  when his descendants erected an obelisk to mark the location.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HZ6KDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169 Graves of Our Founders: Their Lives, Contributions, and Burial Sites]</ref>

The John Morton Center for North American Studies at the University of Turku is named in his honor.<ref>[https://www.utu.fi/en/university/faculty-of-social-sciences/john-morton-center/history-of-the-jmc History of the JMC]</ref>

The John Morton Center for North American Studies at the University of Turku is named in his honor.<ref>[https://www.utu.fi/en/university/faculty-of-social-sciences/john-morton-center/history-of-the-jmc History of the JMC]</ref>