 They had a large family, with 10 children born before they emigrated, and one more son born in Christchurch.Their 8th son, Arthur Morton, was born in 1851 and achieved some prominence as a cricketer, mountaineer and businessman.The family came to New Zealand on the "John Taylor"; the ship left London on 10 July 1853 and arrived in Lyttelton on 18 October.