Descendants of Samuel Morse

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  SAMUEL3 MORSE  (THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Bef. June 12, 1576 in Boxted, County Essex, England, and died June 20, 1654 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  He married (1) ELIZABETH JASPER June 29, 1602 in Redgrave, England, daughter of LANCELOT JASPER.  She was born 1587 in England, and died 1654 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  He married (2) ELIZABETH JASPER June 29, 1602 in Redgrave, Eng., daughter of LANCELOT JASPER and ROSE SHEPARD.  She was born 1579 in Redgrave, Suffolk, ENG., and died June 20, 1655 in Medfield, MA.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MORSE:

Samuel was born in Boxted, England. He was baptized on June 12, 1576 in the parish where his father was rector.   There is a dispute as to whom the parents of Samuel Morse were. Morse and Leavitt in the Morse Genealogy feel that Samuel was the son of Richard Morse and Margaret Symson. They were married on February 15, 1586 and a son, Samuel, was baptized on July 25, 1587. They feel that this identification fits better with the age of Samuel at his Death, 67.  G. Andrews Moriarty in an article printed in 1929 feels that the above identification was wrong. He believes that Samuel was the son of Thomas Morse. He bases writes that Samuel, the passenger on the Increase was the  "second son and second child of Rev. Thomas Morse by his first wife, Margaret (King) Morse. This Samuel was baptized at Boxted, co. Essex, 12 June 1576, and would have been, therefore, almost 59 years old when the Increase sailed, an age which would exclude him From consideration were it not for the frequent errors in the ages given in the shipping lists, ...and for the following facts that make it likely that he was the emigrant to New England. Samuel, son of Rev. Thomas Morse, Had two brothers named John and Daniel (an earlier brother Daniel having died young, it is supposed), an own sister named Sara, and five half brothers Joseph, Jeremiah, James, Nathaniel, and Philip. His seven brothers and sister were named, with Samuel himself, in the will of their father, dated 10 Nov. 1596. Of these names, John, Daniel, Joseph, and Sara were given to children of Samuel and Elizabeth Morse of New England, and they Had one grandson named Jeremiah and two grandsons named Nathaniel. Two others of their eight known children were named respectively Thomas (if the Thomas Morse who was in Dedham, Mass. In 1640 was a son of Samuel) and Elizabeth, Thomas bearing the name, presumably, of his fathers father and Elizabeth the name of her mother.  The remaining children were Mary and Samuel. Moreover, Samuel, son of Rev. Thomas Morse, was living (or was believed to be living) on 2 Sept. 1638, when his half brother, James Morse of Barham, co. Suffolk, names him in his will, together with his (the testator's) own brothers, Joseph, Nathaniel, and Philip. The child of his half brother Daniel Morse, probably then deceased, and his half brother, Mr. John Morse of 'Rumforde'. The testator's own brother Jeremiah is the only one of the brothers not mentioned in the will-for what reason is not known, as he was then living. James Morse also left a legacy to his 'cousin', that is, his nephew, Joseph Morse, undoubtable the son of Samuel. The testator does not, however, state where his brother Samuel and his 'cousin' Joseph were then living. Furthermore, the Samuel Morse who embarked on the Increase in 1635 Had a wife Elizabeth whose age was given as 48 years. Now the parish registers of Redgrave, co. Suffolk, record the marriage of Samuel Morse and Elizabeth Jasper on 29 June 1602 and that of Joseph Morse and Ann Jasper on Oct. 29 1605; and they show also that these two brides were daughters of Lancelot Jasper and that Elizabeth was baptized at Redgrave 30 Jan. 1579/80. Lancelot Jasper in his will, dated 17 Feb. 1616/17, mentions his daughters Elizabeth Morse and Ann Morse. That the Samuel Morse and Joseph Morse who married these two sisters at Redgrave were the sons of Rev. Thomas Morse appears extremely likely, when the geographical situation of some of Suffolk and Essex parishes mentioned in this affair is studied. Stoke-by-Nayland the home of the probable father and grandfather of Rev. Thomas Morse is in southern Suffolk, and only two miles north From Nayland, which is on the River Stour, that separates Suffolk From Essex. Boxted, where Rev. Thomas Morse was vicar From 1573 to 1578 and where he apparently continued to live for some five years more, his fifth child having been baptized there in 1583, was only a mile or two southeast From Nayland, on the Essex side of the Stour, and Dedham, also in Essex, was a few miles farther down the River. In 1583 Rev. Thomas Morse became rector of Hinderclay, a parish in northern Suffolk, about thirteen miles northeast From Bury St. Edmunds and very near Redgrave, on the Norfolk border. A short distance easterly From Redgrave was Palgrave, where Joseph Morse, a son of Rev. Thomas Morse, settled. Samuel Morse, therefore, must have been taken by his father to Hinderclay when he was only seven years old, and probably remained there at least until he was seventeen or eighteen years of age, for his father did not leave Hinderclay and become rector of Foxearth in Essex until about 1594. Presumably Samuel became acquainted with the neighboring parish of Redgrave while his father was rector of Hinderclay, and in 1602 married a Redgrave young woman, his brother Joseph marrying a sister of Samuel's wife some three years later. Certainly this Samuel Morse, the son of Rev. Thomas Morse is much more likely to be the man who married Elizabeth Jasper of Redgrave then either of the other two Samuels who have been considered, the first belonging to Stratford St. Mary, on the extreme southern border of Suffolk, and the second having been baptized at Dedham in Essex , in 1587 and being therefore too young to have married in 1602 Elizabeth (Jasper) Morse, to be sure, would have been 55 years of age when the Increase sailed, instead of 48 as recorded in the shipping list; but this discrepancy may be disregarded, as already explained, in the face of the other evidence.  It may be added that Samuel Morse's son Joseph, whose age is given in the shipping list of the Increase as 20 years, was baptized at Redgrave 2 May 1613 and was therefore about 22 years old in the spring of 1635, an age that corresponds better with the age in the shipping list than do the ages of his father and mother." He married Elizabeth Jasper at Redgrave, county Suffolk on June 29, 1602. He and his family lived in a number of towns in England, including Redgrave and Burgate. They were living in Burgate in 1626 when he and Elizabeth witnessed the will of Anne Copping.  Elizabeth and Samuel Had the following children; Thomas, Elizabeth Daniel, John (1607/8-1657), Daniel (-1688), Joseph (1613-1654), Sara (1616-), and Mary (1620-1691).  Samuel and his family moved to New England on the "Increase". This ship, under the command of Robert Lea, sailed From London on April 15, 1635. Accompanying Samuel and his wife were their children, Thomas, Elizabeth, John, and David. They also took their two year old grand-daughter, Elizabeth Daniel.  Samuel first settled in Watertown, Mass. Later, they were among the first settlers of the newly formed town named Contentment. This name was later changed to Dedham.  Samuel became a member of the church in Dedham in 1641. He was chosen as Selectman in the first town meeting. Samuel was also granted land in Medfield, Mass. There he built a house which lasted until Feb. 21, 1675 when it was burned down by attacking Indians.  Samuel died on June 20, 1654 in Medfield, Mass. His will reads as follows;  "I, Samuel Morse, being sick and weak in body but of good and perfect memory, praised be God therefor; doe make this my last will and testament in manner as followeth; First I bequeath my soul into the hands of a mercyful God that gave it, with assured hope of everlasting life through the gracious merits of my dear Saviour and blessed Redeemer Jesus Christ.  As for that Little estate of outward things which the Lord hath been pleased to bestow Upon me, whether they be moveable or immoveable, as houses, lands, chattel, household stuff etc., I will and bequeath them all unto Elizabeth Morse, my dear wife to enjoy, posess and make use of her life, during the term thereof, and after her decease divided amongst my children, John Morse, Daniell, Mary, Bullin, & Ann Morse, the widow of my dearly beloved son Joseph Morse, deceased, who with my said children shall have an equal portion Upon a just division with them for the children's sake of my said beloved Joseph. Therefore my will is that the above named Ann, wife of my dear Joseph shall make an equal distribution of all that portion Upon division unto every child of my sonne Joseph when they and every one of them shall grow up to the age of one and twenty years. Lastly, I constitute and appoint Elizabeth my beloved wife the sole executrix of this my last will. In witness whereof I have put my hand the day and year above written."   Samuel Morse  In the presence of Henry Smith, Ralph Wheelock and Samuel Bullin.  This estate was appraised on November 27, 1654 for the value of 124 pounds 7s. This was not the extent of his wealth however, as he Had apparently disposed of his property a few months prior to his Death.  

Sources:

Will of Rev. Thomas Morse, of Foxearth, County of Essex, England-1596 copied by H. Somerby, NEHG Register, vol.19, July 1865.

Abstract of Early Wills, NEHG Register, vol. 9, April 1855.

Abstract of Early Wills, NEHG Register, vol. 11, Jan. 1857.

Abstract of Early Wills, NEHG Register, vol. 8, July 1854.

Genealogical Research in England by G. Moriarty, NEHG Register, vol. 83, January 1929.

Genealogical Research in England by G. Moriarty, NEHG Register, vol. 83, July 1929.

Early records of Boston copied by David Pulsifer, NEHG Register, vol. 4, October 1850.

Early records of Boston copied by David Pulsifer, NEHG Register, vol. 5, January 1851.

Early records of Boston copied by David Pulsifer, NEHG Register, vol. 8, October 1854.

Earliest Wills on Record in Suffolk County, Ms. NEHG Register, vol.5, July 1851.

The First Free School in Massachusetts Supported By a Tax by Rev. Slafter, NEHG vol 22, April 1868.

Morse Genealogy by J. Morse and Emily Leavitt, printed by the Morse Society, 1903 New York. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------

 

More About SAMUEL MORSE:

Date born 2: June 12, 1576, Boxted, Essex, England

Died 2: June 20, 1654, Medfield, MA

Christening: June 12, 1576, Boxted, County Essex, England

 

Notes for ELIZABETH JASPER:

Last name could be JASPER or JASPAR.  Arrived on Ship Increase, 1635.

     

Children of SAMUEL MORSE and ELIZABETH JASPER are:

2.                   i.    SAMUEL4 MORSE JR., b. Aft. 1602, Dedham, England; d. September 26, 1688, "THE EASTWARD".

3.                  ii.    JEREMIAH MORSE, b. Aft. 1602, Dedham, England.

4.                 iii.    MARY MORSE, b. Aft. 1602, Dedham, England; d. February 14, 1689/90.

5.                iv.    ABIGAIL MORSE, b. Aft. 1602, England; d. England.

6.                 v.    DANIEL MORSE, b. 1613, Dedham, England; d. June 05, 1688, Dedham, Massachusetts.

7.                vi.    JOSEPH MORSE, b. Abt. 1620, Dedham, England; d. 1657, Dedham, Massachusetts.

8.               vii.    JOHN MORSE, b. 1611, Dedham, England.

     

Child of SAMUEL MORSE and ELIZABETH JASPER is:

9.              viii.    JOSEPH4 MORSE, b. May 02, 1613, Redgrave, Suffolk, ENG.; d. June 20, 1654, Dedham, Essex, MA.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  SAMUEL4 MORSE JR. (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Aft. 1602 in Dedham, England, and died September 26, 1688 in "THE EASTWARD".  He married MARY BULLEN in Dedham, Massachusetts. 

 

Notes for SAMUEL MORSE JR.:

Resided in Dedham, Massachusetts, appears to have returned to England, served as a Col. under Cromwell, fled at the restoration of King Charles

     

Child of SAMUEL MORSE and MARY BULLEN is:

10.                 i.    MARY5 MORSE, b. May 20, 1642, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

3.  JEREMIAH4 MORSE (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Aft. 1602 in Dedham, England.

 

Notes for JEREMIAH MORSE:

No records.  Probably involved in fishery from the Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire, or Casco Bay, Maine.  Probably settled near his Brother Samuel.

     

Children of JEREMIAH MORSE are:

                      i.    JEREMIAH5 MORSE JR..

 

More About JEREMIAH MORSE JR.:

Christening: October 17, 1648

 

                     ii.    SAMUEL MORSE.

 

More About SAMUEL MORSE:

Christening: June 29, 1647

 

4.  MARY4 MORSE (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Aft. 1602 in Dedham, England, and died February 14, 1689/90.  She married DEACON SAMUEL BULLEN August 10, 1641 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  He was born Abt. 1616, and died January 16, 1690/91 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for DEACON SAMUEL BULLEN:

Settled 1st at Watertown, Massachusetts, 1636 as tenant of his brother-in-law, Daniel Morse.

     

Children of MARY MORSE and SAMUEL BULLEN are:

11.                 i.    MARY5 BULLEN, b. May 20, 1642.

                     ii.    SAMUEL BULLEN, b. October 19, 1644.

12.               iii.    ELIZABETH BULLEN, b. December 03, 1646; d. October 22, 1689.

                   iv.    JOHN BULLEN, b. 1648, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. November 18, 1703, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. (1) SARAH MORSE; m. (2) JUDITH FISHER, January 03, 1683/84; b. Bef. July 05, 1663, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

More About JUDITH FISHER:

Baptised: July 05, 1663, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

 

                    v.    JOSEPH BULLEN, b. September 06, 1651.

                   vi.    EPHRAIM BULLEN, b. July 18, 1653.

                  vii.    ELISHA BULLEN, b. December 26, 1657.

                 viii.    ELEAZER BULLEN, b. 1662; d. 1662.

13.               ix.    MELETIAH BULLEN, b. September 15, 1655.

                     x.    BETHIA BULLEN, b. August 01, 1644; m. BENJAMIN COLBURN; b. September 24, 1659, Dedham, Sulfolk County, Massachusetts; d. September 30, 1714, Dedham, Sulfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

5.  ABIGAIL4 MORSE (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Aft. 1602 in England, and died in England.  She married DANIELL.  He was born in England, and died in England.

     

Child of ABIGAIL MORSE and DANIELL is:

                      i.    ELIZABETH5 DANIELL, b. Abt. 1633.

 

Notes for ELIZABETH DANIELL:

Immigrated to New England with her grandparents Samuel and Elizabeth Morse and her uncle Joseph on the Ship Increase in 1635.  She was listed age 2 on the passenger list.

 

6.  DANIEL4 MORSE (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1613 in Dedham, England, and died June 05, 1688 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  He married LYDIA FISHER 1638 in England, daughter of ANTHONY FISHER and MARY.  She was born 1620.

 

Notes for DANIEL MORSE:

Came to New England later than his parents, circa 1636.  An incorporator of Sherborn, Massachusetts (after the Town in Dorsetshire, England.)   Lived in Dedham, the part that is now Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

     

Children of DANIEL MORSE and LYDIA FISHER are:

14.                 i.    OBEDIAH5 MORSE, b. June 08, 1636, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. March 04, 1703/04, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

15.                ii.    DANIEL MORSE JR., b. January 31, 1639/40, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. September 29, 1702, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

16.               iii.    LYDIA MORSE, b. Bef. April 13, 1645, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. July 14, 1722, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    MARY MORSE, b. February 1649/50, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. November 10, 1736, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. EDWARD WEST, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for MARY MORSE:

No issue

 

17.               v.    NATHANIEL MORSE, b. February 20, 1655/56, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. October 17, 1728, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

18.              vi.    SAMUEL MORSE, b. March 12, 1660/61, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. May 02, 1704, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

19.             vii.    BETHIA MORSE, b. January 24, 1647/48, Dedham, Massachusetts.

20.            viii.    BATHSHEBA MORSE, b. May 20, 1653, Dedham, Massachusetts.

21.               ix.    JONATHAN MORSE LT., b. January 08, 1642/43, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. August 30, 1727, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

7.  JOSEPH4 MORSE (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1620 in Dedham, England, and died 1657 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  He married HANNAH PHILLIPS July 01, 1638 in Watertown, Massachusetts, daughter of GEORGE PHILLIPS and ??.  She was born Abt. 1620, and died October 03, 1676 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOSEPH MORSE:

The only son who came to New England with his parents.  Joseph Morse first lived in Watertown.  Later, he moved to Dedham.  There he received 12 acres of land, a part of which was swamp land leading from a landing on the Charles River called the Keys, to Wigwam Pond.  Joseph married Hannah Phillips.  She may have been the sister of Rev. George Phillips. They had seven children; Samuel (1639-), Hannah Bosten (641-), Sarah Lawrence (1643-), Dorcas Clark (1644-), Elizabeth Lawrence (1647-), Joseph (1649-) and Jeremiah (1651-).

 

More About HANNAH PHILLIPS:

Date born 2: 1617, Norfolk, England

Died 2: October 03, 1676, Boston, MA

Fact 1: Sister of Rev. George Philips

     

Children of JOSEPH MORSE and HANNAH PHILLIPS are:

22.                 i.    SAMUEL5 MORSE, b. January 10, 1638/39, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. February 28, 1717/18, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

23.                ii.    HANNAH MORSE, b. June 08, 1641, Dedham, Massachusetts.

24.               iii.    SARAH MORSE, b. July 16, 1643, Dedham, Massachusetts.

25.              iv.    DORCAS MORSE, b. June 24, 1645, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. July 14, 1725, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

26.               v.    ELIZABETH MORSE, b. July 01, 1645, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. June 12, 1715, Groton, Massachusetts.

27.              vi.    JOSEPH MORSE JR., b. September 26, 1649, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. February 19, 1717/18, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

28.             vii.    JEREMIAH MORSE, b. April 10, 1651, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. February 19, 1714/15, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

8.  JOHN4 MORSE (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 1611 in Dedham, England.  He married ANNAS CHICKERING in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She died September 1691 in Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOHN MORSE:

Sold his Dedham, Massachusetts lands in 1654, and removed to Boston, Massachusetts.  His occupation was that of a tailor.  He returned to England in 1655.  He originally immigrated to America after his parents in 1636.  JOHN MORSE, (1611-16??7,) wife Annis, who died in Dedham September 1, 1693.  Lived in Dedham, where are many descendants.  In 1655, John, being a tailor, became an inhabitant of Boston (Drake's Boston?? 341).  Among his children were Joseph Morse (30:12:1640-1689) of Dedham, who November 12, 1668, married Priscilla Colburn, born April 1, 1646, sister of the wife of Joseph?? Wight (9); and Ezra Morse (??:12:1643-1697), of Dedham, who, February 18, 1670, married Joanna Hoare.

 

Notes for ANNAS CHICKERING:

or Agnes.

     

Children of JOHN MORSE and ANNAS CHICKERING are:

29.                 i.    RUTH5 MORSE, b. March 04, 1636/37, Boston, Sulfolk County, Massacusetts.

30.                ii.    JOHN MORSE JR., b. April 08, 1639, Boston, Massachusetts; d. August 25, 1679, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    RACHEL MORSE, b. January 05, 1639/40, Boston, Massachusetts; d. 1655, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for RACHEL MORSE:

Twin to Samuel.

 

31.              iv.    JOSEPH MORSE, b. December 30, 1640, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. 1689, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                    v.    NATHANIEL MORSE, b. March 02, 1652/53, Boston, Massachusetts; d. August 09, 1685, Dedham, Massachusetts.

                   vi.    SAMUEL MORSE, b. January 05, 1639/40, Boston, Massachusetts; d. 1655, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MORSE:

Twin to Rachel.

 

32.             vii.    EZRA MORSE, b. December 05, 1643, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1697, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

33.            viii.    ABIGAIL MORSE, b. January 02, 1645/46, Boston, Massachusetts; d. September 23, 1737, Guilford, Connecticut.

                    ix.    BETHIAH MORSE, b. January 28, 1650/51, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; d. February 06, 1716/17, Dedham, Massachusetts; m. TIMOTHY DWIGHT CAPTAIN, Boston, Massachusetts; b. 1629; d. January 31, 1716/17, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for BETHIAH MORSE:

No issue.  Married as husband's 6th Wife

 

Notes for TIMOTHY DWIGHT CAPTAIN:

of Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

                     x.    EPHRAIM MORSE, b. May 19, 1648, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

9.  JOSEPH4 MORSE (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 02, 1613 in Redgrave, Suffolk, ENG., and died June 20, 1654 in Dedham, Essex, MA.  He married HANNAH PHILLIPS September 01, 1638 in Dedham, MA, daughter of GEORGE PHILLIPS and ??.  She was born Abt. 1620, and died October 03, 1676 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

More About JOSEPH MORSE:

Fact 1: Abt. 1630, Arrived on the "Elizabeth"

 

More About HANNAH PHILLIPS:

Date born 2: 1617, Norfolk, England

Died 2: October 03, 1676, Boston, MA

Fact 1: Sister of Rev. George Philips

     

Children of JOSEPH MORSE and HANNAH PHILLIPS are:

                      i.    SAMUEL5 MORSE, b. November 10, 1639.

                     ii.    SARAH MORSE, b. September 16, 1643, Dedham, MA; m. NATHANIEL LAWRENCE, 1660; b. October 15, 1639.

                    iii.    JOSEPH MORSE II, b. April 03, 1647; d. 1677; m. SUSANNA SHATTUCK; b. 1643, Watertown, MA; d. Marlborough, MA.

 

More About SUSANNA SHATTUCK:

Date born 2: 1643

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

10.  MARY5 MORSE (SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 20, 1642 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She married JOSEPH PLIMPTON 1675 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  He died 1702 in Dedham, Massachusetts.

     

Children of MARY MORSE and JOSEPH PLIMPTON are:

                      i.    JOSEPH6 PLIMPTON, b. March 15, 1676/77, Dedham, Massachusetts.

                     ii.    JONATHAN PLIMPTON, b. 1680, Dedham, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    JEREMIAH PLIMPTON, b. November 08, 1683, Dedham, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    MARY PLIMPTON, b. July 1692, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

11.  MARY5 BULLEN (MARY4 MORSE, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 20, 1642.  She married EPHRAIM CLARK. 

     

Child of MARY BULLEN and EPHRAIM CLARK is:

                      i.    EZRA6 CLARK, b. 1683; d. 1739, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; m. January 08, 1706/07, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

12.  ELIZABETH5 BULLEN (MARY4 MORSE, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 03, 1646, and died October 22, 1689.  She married BENJAMIN WHEELOCK.  He was born January 08, 1638/39, and died 1720.

     

Child of ELIZABETH BULLEN and BENJAMIN WHEELOCK is:

                      i.    MARIA6 WHEELOCK, b. June 11, 1674; d. March 25, 1750; m. NATHANIEL WARE; b. October 07, 1648; d. July 10, 1724.

 

13.  MELETIAH5 BULLEN (MARY4 MORSE, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 15, 1655.  She married JOSIAH FISHER, son of ANTHONY FISHER and JOANNA FAXON.  He was born May 01, 1654 in Dedham, Sulfolk County, Massachusetts, and died April 12, 1736.

     

Children of MELETIAH BULLEN and JOSIAH FISHER are:

                      i.    BETHIA6 FISHER, b. Abt. 1680.

                     ii.    JOSIAH FISHER, b. Abt. 1680.

 

14.  OBEDIAH5 MORSE (DANIEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born June 08, 1636 in Sherborn, Massachusetts, and died March 04, 1703/04 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.  He married MARTHA JOHNSON in Roxbury, Massachusetts. 

 

Notes for OBEDIAH MORSE:

1st Town Clerk of Sherborn, Massachusetts.  A Rep. and Schoolteacher.

     

Child of OBEDIAH MORSE and MARTHA JOHNSON is:

                      i.    OBEDIAH6 MORSE, JR..

 

Notes for OBEDIAH MORSE, JR.:

Died as an infant.

 

15.  DANIEL5 MORSE JR. (DANIEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 31, 1639/40 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died September 29, 1702 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.  He married ELIZABETH BARBOUR June 21, 1669 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She was born February 11, 1650/51 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died 1714 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for DANIEL MORSE JR.:

Resided Sherborn, Massachusetts

     

Children of DANIEL MORSE and ELIZABETH BARBOUR are:

                      i.    ELIZABETH6 MORSE, b. August 1670, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for ELIZABETH MORSE:

Died young.

 

                     ii.    DANIEL MORSE III, b. July 10, 1672, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. April 04, 1719, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. SUSANNAH HOLBROOK, 1696, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. 1675, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. 1713, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for DANIEL MORSE III:

Settled in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

                    iii.    ESTHER MORSE, b. May 21, 1674, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    ELIZABETH MORSE, b. October 29, 1677, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. RICHARD SANGER JR., 1697, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. February 22, 1665/66, Watertown, Massachusetts; d. April 01, 1731, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

                    v.    JOHN MORSE, b. August 27, 1679, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. February 17, 1717/18, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOHN MORSE:

Died Unwed.

 

                   vi.    NOAH MORSE, b. April 20, 1681, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. 1717, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. (1) MARY JOHNSON, July 12, 1705, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. (2) ABIGAIL GLEASON, 1714; b. 1680, Subury, Massachusetts.

                  vii.    HANNAH MORSE, b. December 15, 1685, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. ARTHUR CLARK, October 20, 1719, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. January 30, 1694/95, Concord, Massachusetts.

                 viii.    MARY MORSE, b. January 23, 1686/87, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for MARY MORSE:

Drowned in Merry's Pond as a child.

 

                    ix.    SARAH MORSE, b. June 05, 1689, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. JOHN ROBINSON, October 26, 1713, Westin, Massachusetts; b. Watertown, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SARAH MORSE:

Resided 1st at Sudbury, Massachusetts after marriage, then Weston, Massachusetts.  Her 1st child died young, possibly unnamed.

 

                     x.    DAVID MORSE, b. December 10, 1692, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. 1692, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

More About DAVID MORSE:

Date born 2: 1692, Watertown, Massachusetts

Christening: May 31, 1692, Watertown, Massachusetts

 

16.  LYDIA5 MORSE (DANIEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born Bef. April 13, 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and died July 14, 1722 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  She married EPHRAIM WIGHT March 02, 1667/68 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, son of THOMAS WIGHT and ALICE ROUNDY.  He was born January 27, 1644/45 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and died February 26, 1721/22 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

More About LYDIA MORSE:

Date born 2: 1645

Died 2: July 14, 1722, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS

Baptism: April 13, 1645, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Burial: July 22, 1722, Dedham, Norfork County, Massachusetts

 

Notes for EPHRAIM WIGHT:

7. EPHRAIM2 WIGHT (Thomas1), born January 27, 1645, was baptized in Dedham, February 8, 1645. He moved with the family to Medfield about 1650, but his name occurs on the Dedham tax-lists. He married in Medfield March 2, 1668, Lydia Morse, baptized in Dedham April 13, 1645 (Morse's Memorial of the Morses, 20; Morse's Sherburn and Holliston, 178.). Ephraim was made a freeman October 8, 1672 (Register III., 242.). He and his brother Henry were appointed executors of their father's will, which was probated in 1674. Ephraim was the residuary legatee of his father's estate and received also by special devise the homestead on Green Street. His name appears among the Medfield proprietors in 1675. His house seems to have escaped the ravages of King Philip's Indians in February, 1676, although the residence of Thomas2 Wight (4) adjoining was burned. Ephraim's subscription of "2 bushelles of Endian corne" for building the "new brick college" at Cambridge occurs with many others. In 1697 he and his wife appear among the members of the parish church, Medfield (Tilden's Medfield, 108, 109). Ephraim was also interested in Medway property. He was one of twelve citizens of Medfield who accepted the offer of that town "to give fifty acres of land where it may be most convenient for the encouragement of any that would adventure to build a gristmill upon Charles River." This was the first mill built at Rockville, in Medway. When the Black Swamp of Medway was laid out in 1702, 7 rods and 4 feet fell to Ephraim. (Jameson's Medway, 37, 40.) He never resided in Medway, his son Nathaniel3 (41) being the first Wight to reside within the limits of that town. Ephraim's mental condition late in life is to be inferred from the fact that Nathaniel Partridge and Thomas Boyden, husbands of his daughters Lydia (37) and Deborah (44) "protested against the so-called will of our honored father, knowing him to be a religious, good man, but not capable to make a will these seven years last past." (Tilden's Medfield, 512.) Notwithstanding this protest the will which was made September 27, 1717, was probated March 11, 1722-3. The original Wight homestead went ?? his son Daniel (42).   Ephraim died February 26, 1722-3, his wife had died July 14, 1722--both in Medfield. Their children had been born there.

 

More About EPHRAIM WIGHT:

Baptism: February 08, 1644/45, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Residence: 1652, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

     

Children of LYDIA MORSE and EPHRAIM WIGHT are:

                      i.    MIRIAM6 WIGHT, b. August 22, 1675, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. JOSEPH ALLEN, November 04, 1701, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts1; b. 1676; d. 1727.

 

More About MIRIAM WIGHT:

Date born 2: August 22, 1675, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS

Baptism: June 25, 1675, Dedham, Massachusetts

 

                     ii.    BETHIA WIGHT, b. March 08, 1682/83, Dedham, Massachusetts; m. MALACHI BULLARD, 1708; b. Bet. 1663 - 1683.

 

More About BETHIA WIGHT:

Date born 2: March 08, 1682/83, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS

 

                    iii.    DANIEL WIGHT, b. November 19, 1680, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. September 19, 1744, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. LYDIA EASTES, April 18, 1721, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS2; b. Bet. 1680 - 1705; d. January 16, 1748/49, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS.

                   iv.    DEBORAH WIGHT, b. December 01, 1685, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. 1764; m. THOMAS BOYDEN, April 29, 1707, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts3; b. March 16, 1681/82, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1771, Wrentham, Massachusetts.

 

More About DEBORAH WIGHT:

Date born 2: December 01, 1685, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS

 

                    v.    EPHRAIM WIGHT, b. January 02, 1671/72, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. Gilead, Maine.

 

More About EPHRAIM WIGHT:

Baptism: January 25, 1671/72, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Residence 1: Bet. 1769 - 1818, Dublin, New Hampshire

Residence 2: 1818, Gilead, Maine

 

                   vi.    ESTHER WIGHT, b. January 13, 1669/70, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                  vii.    LYDIA WIGHT, b. March 14, 1668/69, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. October 30, 1741, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. NATHANIEL PARTRIDGE, November 24, 1686, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts4; b. 1660; d. March 25, 1741, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                 viii.    NATHANIEL WIGHT, b. September 12, 1678, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. Killingly, Connecticut; m. (1) SARAH ELLIS, March 03, 1703/04, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts5; b. March 07, 1686/87, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. October 30, 1705, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. (2) MEHITABLE HINSDALE, December 30, 1706, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS6.

                    ix.    RUTH WIGHT, b. July 20, 1688, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. November 05, 1747, Medway, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. ABRAHAM HARDING, December 02, 1715; b. Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

More About RUTH WIGHT:

Date born 2: July 20, 1688, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS

 

More About ABRAHAM HARDING:

Date born 2: April 05, 1691

Christening: Medway, Worcester County, Massachusetts

 

                     x.    ESTHER WIGHT, b. January 13, 1670/71, MEDFIELD, NORFOLK CO., MASSACHUSETTS.

                    xi.    EPHRAIM WIGHT, b. January 25, 1672/73, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. February 01, 1743/44, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. SARAH PARTRIDGE, September 14, 1702, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts7; b. 1674; d. June 28, 1763, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

17.  NATHANIEL5 MORSE (DANIEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born February 20, 1655/56 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died October 17, 1728 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.  He married MARY. 

     

Children of NATHANIEL MORSE and MARY are:

                      i.    NATHANIEL6 MORSE JR., b. 1680, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1683.

                     ii.    NATHANIEL MORSE JR., b. 1683, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. May 23, 1768, Milford, Massachusetts; m. MARY LOVETT, December 31, 1703.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL MORSE JR.:

Lived at Sherborn, then Mendon, then Milford, Massachusetts

 

                    iii.    JOSEPH MORSE, b. 1683, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. 1759.

                   iv.    BENJAMIN MORSE, b. 1684, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

                    v.    AARON MORSE, b. March 05, 1684/85, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. ABIGAIL DUNTON, 1729, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. Abt. 1697.

 

Notes for AARON MORSE:

He lived in the part of Sherborn that is now Holliston, Massachusetts.

 

                   vi.    MARY MORSE, b. April 02, 1687, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. WILLIAM JOHNSON, April 17, 1714, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for MARY MORSE:

She had only 1 child, she is the Twin sister of Rachel M.

 

                  vii.    RACHEL MORSE, b. April 02, 1687, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. JOSEPH HARTSHORN JR., May 17, 1709, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. 1688, Reading, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for RACHEL MORSE:

Twin to Mary.

 

                 viii.    RUTH MORSE, b. October 21, 1688, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. EPHRAIM BULLEN JR., 1710, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. April 19, 1685.

 

More About EPHRAIM BULLEN JR.:

Name 2: Ephraim Bullen

 

                    ix.    DOROTHEA MORSE, b. 1695, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. September 01, 1780, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; m. EBENEZER MASON, December 23, 1725; b. 1701, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. 1787, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for DOROTHEA MORSE:

They Had children.

 

                     x.    OBEDIAH MORSE, b. January 22, 1696/97, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. July 21, 1776, Walpole, Massachusetts; m. BETHIA RUGGLES, January 29, 1727/28; d. July 22, 1776, Walpole, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for OBEDIAH MORSE:

                            Resided Walpole, Massachusetts

 

18.  SAMUEL5 MORSE (DANIEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born March 12, 1660/61 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died May 02, 1704 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.  He married DEBORAH.  She died October 05, 1719 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MORSE:

Lived at Sherborn, Massachusetts.

     

Children of SAMUEL MORSE and DEBORAH are:

                      i.    SAMUEL6 MORSE JR., b. June 04, 1687, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. April 05, 1736, Needham, Massachusetts; m. MARY COOK, 1712, Watertown, Massachusetts; b. 1695, Watertown, Massachusetts; d. November 20, 1787.

                     ii.    ELEAZER MORSE, b. October 22, 1688, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. February 20, 1764, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. (1) ABIGAIL CLAPP, February 07, 1716/17, Dedham, Massachusetts; b. December 12, 1697; d. March 10, 1752, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. (2) MRS. MARY CLARK, October 11, 1753, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for MRS. MARY CLARK:

Widow of Solomon Clark, of Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

                    iii.    DEBORAH MORSE, b. January 10, 1689/90, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. January 19, 1764, Weston, Massachusetts; m. JOSEPH LOVEWELL JR., December 22, 1714, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. January 23, 1763.

                   iv.    MEHITABLE MORSE, b. August 20, 1695, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

                    v.    MARTHA MORSE, b. July 30, 1696, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. TIMOTHY BACON, December 16, 1714, Roxbury, Massachusetts; b. March 03, 1689/90, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. 1773, Needham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for MARTHA MORSE:

Twin to Sarah.

 

                   vi.    SARAH MORSE, b. July 30, 1696, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. JOHN COLLAR JR., June 13, 1729, Weston, Massachusetts; b. Framingham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOHN COLLAR JR.:

Resided Natick, Massachusetts.

 

                  vii.    BETHIA MORSE, b. 1698, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. April 29, 1717, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

                 viii.    MIRIAM MORSE, b. June 30, 1700, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. December 09, 1774; m. BENJAMIN BULLARD LT., 1721, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. February 16, 1695/96; d. 1762.

                    ix.    TABITHA MORSE, b. 1702, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. NATHANIEL BATTLES, February 06, 1725/26, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL BATTLES:

The surname is also spelled BATTELLE.

 

                     x.    BENJAMIN MORSE, b. 1703, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. October 16, 1704, Holliston, Massachusetts.

 

19.  BETHIA5 MORSE (DANIEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 24, 1647/48 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She married JOHN PERRY May 23, 1665 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  He was born September 17, 1639 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

     

Children of BETHIA MORSE and JOHN PERRY are:

                      i.    JOHN6 PERRY JR., b. September 24, 1667, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

                     ii.    NATHANIEL PERRY, b. May 18, 1671, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL PERRY:

Died young.

 

                    iii.    SAMUEL PERRY, b. August 25, 1674, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SAMUEL PERRY:

Twin to Joseph.

 

                   iv.    JOSEPH PERRY, b. August 25, 1674, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOSEPH PERRY:

A Twin to Samuel.

 

                    v.    ELEAZER PERRY, b. June 01, 1680, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

                   vi.    BETHIA PERRY, b. January 11, 1684/85, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. August 01, 1742, Holliston, Massachusetts; m. (1) AARON MORSE, Roxbury, Massachusetts; b. Abt. 1680; m. (2) AARON MORSE, February 18, 1707/08, Holliston, Massachusetts; b. June 10, 1689, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. August 03, 1742, Holliston, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for AARON MORSE:

Lived at Sherborn and Holliston, Massachusetts

 

20.  BATHSHEBA5 MORSE (DANIEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born May 20, 1653 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She married BENJAMIN FISK November 06, 1674 in Dedham, Massachusetts. 

 

Notes for BENJAMIN FISK:

of Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

     

Children of BATHSHEBA MORSE and BENJAMIN FISK are:

                      i.    LYDIA6 FISK, b. October 27, 1675, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                     ii.    MARY FISK, b. July 22, 1677, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    BETHIA FISK, b. June 24, 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    BENJAMIN FISK, b. April 24, 1684, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                    v.    MARTHA FISK, b. January 14, 1684/85, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

21.  JONATHAN5 MORSE LT. (DANIEL4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 08, 1642/43 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died August 30, 1727 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.  He married MARY BARBOUR in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She was born August 31, 1641 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died 1700 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JONATHAN MORSE LT.:

Settled in Sherborn, Massachusetts.

     

Children of JONATHAN MORSE and MARY BARBOUR are:

                      i.    JONATHAN6 MORSE JR., b. July 11, 1667, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. JANE WHITNEY, January 04, 1692/93, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. September 29, 1669.

                     ii.    MARY MORSE, b. August 1670, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. NATHANIEL HOLBROOK, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. June 20, 1677; d. October 14, 1717.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL HOLBROOK:

She was his 2nd Wife.

 

                    iii.    NATHAN MORSE, b. January 03, 1671/72, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. February 05, 1717/18.

                   iv.    SAMUEL MORSE, b. August 10, 1676, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; m. BETHIA HOLBROOK, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MORSE:

Lived in Needham, Massachusetts.  Wife, Bethia, is the sister to Nathaniel HOLBROOK.

 

                    v.    LYDIA MORSE, b. May 09, 1682, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. DAVID STANFORD, December 30, 1714, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. 1681, Charlestown, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for LYDIA MORSE:

Resided at Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for DAVID STANFORD:

Resided at Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

                   vi.    ELIZABETH MORSE, b. December 10, 1684, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. January 19, 1699/00, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

                  vii.    EBENEZER MORSE, b. September 26, 1689, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. RACHEL.

 

Notes for EBENEZER MORSE:

                            Was in Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1730.

 

22.  SAMUEL5 MORSE (JOSEPH4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 10, 1638/39 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died February 28, 1717/18 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  He married (1) ELIZABETH WOOD February 10, 1663/64.  She died July 26, 1682 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  He married (2) SARAH THURSTON April 29, 1684.  She was born 1662, and died April 29, 1687 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MORSE:

Settled in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

     

Children of SAMUEL MORSE and ELIZABETH WOOD are:

                      i.    SAMUEL6 MORSE JR., b. February 08, 1665/66, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. August 13, 1725; m. (1) ABIGAIL BARBOUR, Milton, Massachusetts; d. December 15, 1693; m. (2) ABIGAIL WHITING.

                     ii.    ELIZABETH MORSE, b. March 26, 1668, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. (1) JOHN DARLIND; b. 1664, Braintree, Massachusetts; d. 1753, Bellingham, Massachusetts; m. (2) JOHN DARLING, 1690, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; b. July 1664, Braintree, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOHN DARLING:

of Mendon, Massachusetts.

 

                    iii.    HANNAH MORSE, b. August 23, 1669, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for HANNAH MORSE:

Died young.

 

                   iv.    HANNAH MORSE, b. November 08, 1670, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for HANNAH MORSE:

Died young.

 

                    v.    RUTH MORSE, b. March 21, 1671/72, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. July 04, 1716.

                   vi.    JOSEPH MORSE, b. January 16, 1673/74, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOSEPH MORSE:

Died young.

 

                  vii.    HONORABLE JOSHUA MORSE, b. April 02, 1679, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. April 26, 1749, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; m. (1) ELIZABETH PENNIMAN, November 08, 1699, Braintree, Massachusetts; d. 1705, Boylston, Massachusetts; m. (2) MARY KINGSBURY, 1708, Braintree, Massachusetts; b. May 06, 1680, Braintree, Massachusetts; d. March 17, 1745/46, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for HONORABLE JOSHUA MORSE:

An Innholder, Saw and Corn Mill Owner, large Landholder in Sturbridge, Massachusetts

 

Notes for ELIZABETH PENNIMAN:

Also noted as Penman and Mary Penniman-Paige Morse.

 

Notes for MARY KINGSBURY:

or Mary Paul Nee Partridge?

 

                 viii.    ELEAZER MORSE, b. August 10, 1680, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for ELEAZER MORSE:

Died young.

 

                    ix.    BENONI MORSE, b. July 19, 1682, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. November 30, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; m. RACHEL BULLARD, September 28, 1702, Roxbury, Massachusetts; b. November 15, 1684.

     

Children of SAMUEL MORSE and SARAH THURSTON are:

                     x.    SOLOMON6 MORSE, b. January 05, 1684/85, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. November 28, 1704, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

                    xi.    SARAH MORSE, b. July 11, 1686, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. ISAAC BULLARD; b. July 25, 1686; d. 1742, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

23.  HANNAH5 MORSE (JOSEPH4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born June 08, 1641 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She married JAMES FLOOD 1667 in Dedham, Massachusetts. 

 

Notes for JAMES FLOOD:

of Boston, Massachusetts.

     

Children of HANNAH MORSE and JAMES FLOOD are:

                      i.    JAMES6 FLOOD JR., b. April 06, 1668, Boston, Massachusetts.

                     ii.    RICHARD FLOOD, b. June 08, 1670, Boston, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    LYDIA FLOOD, b. July 10, 1672, Boston, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    JOSEPH FLOOD, b. February 15, 1673/74, Boston, Massachusetts.

                    v.    BENJAMIN FLOOD, b. February 01, 1675/76, Boston, Massachusetts.

                   vi.    ABIGAIL FLOOD, b. September 25, 1679, Boston, Massachusetts.

                  vii.    JOHN FLOOD, b. August 03, 1681, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

24.  SARAH5 MORSE (JOSEPH4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 16, 1643 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  She married NATHANIEL LAWRENCE DEACON March 13, 1659/60 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  He was born August 15, 1639 in Watertown, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SARAH MORSE:

Ancestress of Amos and Abbott Lawrence.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL LAWRENCE DEACON:

of Groton, Massachusetts.

     

Children of SARAH MORSE and NATHANIEL LAWRENCE are:

                      i.    ELIZABETH6 LAWRENCE.

                     ii.    HANNAH LAWRENCE, b. June 03, 1664, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    JOHN LAWRENCE, b. July 29, 1667, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    MARY LAWRENCE, b. March 03, 1668/69, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                    v.    SARAH LAWRENCE, b. May 16, 1672, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                   vi.    ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b. June 07, 1674, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. June 20, 1675, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                  vii.    DEBORAH LAWRENCE, b. March 24, 1686/87, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                 viii.    NATHANIEL LAWRENCE JR., b. April 04, 1661, Sudbury, Massachusetts8,9; d. Groton, Massachusetts.

 

25.  DORCAS5 MORSE (JOSEPH4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born June 24, 1645 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died July 14, 1725 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  She married BENJAMIN CLARK November 19, 1665 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  He was born December 09, 1643 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died December 01, 1724 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

     

Children of DORCAS MORSE and BENJAMIN CLARK are:

                      i.    HANNAH6 CLARK, b. October 22, 1666, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                     ii.    BENJAMIN CLARK, b. November 20, 1668, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    THEOPHILUS CLARK, b. September 10, 1670, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    TABITHA CLARK, b. December 19, 1674, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                    v.    TIMOTHY CLARK, b. May 12, 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                   vi.    TIMOTHY CLARK, b. May 12, 1677, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. (1) ELIZABETH PRATT, September 23, 1700, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; b. October 20, 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. September 21, 1702, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. (2) SARAH METCALF, Aft. September 21, 1702, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; b. December 07, 1648, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. Unknown.

                  vii.    EDWARD CLARK, b. November 11, 1679, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                 viii.    EBENEZER CLARK, b. May 12, 1682, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1683, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                    ix.    REBECCA CLARK, b. July 20, 1684, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. 1687, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

                     x.    SETH CLARK, b. May 01, 1687, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

26.  ELIZABETH5 MORSE (JOSEPH4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born July 01, 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and died June 12, 1715 in Groton, Massachusetts.  She married (1) PELEG LAWRENCE 1668 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  He was born January 10, 1646/47 in Watertown, Massachusetts10,11, and died February 14, 1691/92 in Groton, Massachusetts12.  She married (2) PELEG LAWRENCE 1668 in Watertown, MA, son of JOHN LAWRENCE and ELIZABETH COOKE.  He was born November 11, 1647 in Watertown, MA, and died February 14, 1690/91 in Groton, MA.

 

Notes for ELIZABETH MORSE:

Her sister, Elizabeth, married Nathaniel's brother Peleg.

 

More About ELIZABETH MORSE:

Date born 2: July 01, 1645, Dedham, MA

     

Children of ELIZABETH MORSE and PELEG LAWRENCE are:

                      i.    DANIEL6 LAWRENCE, b. Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                     ii.    SUSANNAH LAWRENCE, b. Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    ELIAB LAWRENCE, b. January 09, 1668/69, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    SAMUEL LAWRENCE, b. October 06, 1671, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                    v.    ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b. 1674, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. August 10, 1675, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                   vi.    ELEAZER LAWRENCE, b. February 28, 1673/74, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts13,14; d. March 09, 1754, Pepperell, Massachusetts15; m. MARY, 1697; b. February 07, 1679/80; d. July 29, 1761.

 

Notes for ELEAZER LAWRENCE:

Eleazer, 3d child of Peleg and Elizabeth Lawrence, b. Feb. 28 1674, m. about 1797(*) Mary, who was b. Feb 7 1680, d. July 29 1761, had 6 children recorded in Groton and probably others b. in Groton and Littleton, his residence probably being in the Nashoba territory purchased by his father Peleg Lawrence and Robert Robbins.

 

                  vii.    ABIGAIL LAWRENCE, b. October 06, 1681, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                 viii.    JEREMIAH LAWRENCE, b. January 03, 1685/86, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. April 26, 1687, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

     

Child of ELIZABETH MORSE and PELEG LAWRENCE is:

                    ix.    ELIZABETH6 LAWRENCE, b. January 09, 1666/67, Groton, MA; m. JOSEPH GILSON II; b. March 08, 1666/67, Groton, MA; d. August 20, 1735, Groton, MA.

 

27.  JOSEPH5 MORSE JR. (JOSEPH4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born September 26, 1649 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died February 19, 1717/18 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.  He married (1) MEHETABEL WOOD October 17, 1671 in Milton, Massachusetts.  She was born July 22, 1655, and died November 12, 1681 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.  He married (2) HANNAH BABCOCK April 11, 1683.  She died November 09, 1711.

 

Notes for JOSEPH MORSE JR.:

of Natick, Massachusetts.  Settled in Bogistow Sect. 1670.

     

Children of JOSEPH MORSE and MEHETABEL WOOD are:

                      i.    MEHITABLE6 MORSE, b. April 25, 1673, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for MEHITABLE MORSE:

Died young.

 

                     ii.    JOSEPH MORSE III, b. March 25, 1679, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. April 18, 1734, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. PRUDENCE ADAMS, April 14, 1702; b. April 10, 1683; d. 1772.

                    iii.    MEHITABLE MORSE, b. November 02, 1681, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. JOHN BRECK, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. March 04, 1670/71.

                   iv.    ELISHA MORSE, b. December 11, 1677, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

     

Children of JOSEPH MORSE and HANNAH BABCOCK are:

                    v.    JAMES6 MORSE, b. July 01, 1686, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. June 05, 1725, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. (1) RUTH SAWIN, January 05, 1707/08; b. July 24, 1686; d. January 12, 1774, January 05, 1707/08, Sherborn, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for RUTH SAWIN:

Surname has also been spelled SWAIN.

 

                   vi.    HANNAH MORSE, b. April 05, 1689, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. December 11, 1744, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. ISAAC COOLIDGE, April 26, 1711, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. April 02, 1685, Watertown, Massachusetts.

                  vii.    SARAH MORSE, b. April 12, 1692, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. 1721, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. WILLIAM BARRON, May 31, 1710, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

                 viii.    DAVID MORSE CAPTAIN, b. December 31, 1694, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. January 07, 1773, Natick, Massachusetts; m. (1) SARAH DYER, April 14, 1719, Braintree, Massachusetts; b. September 19, 1702, Braintree, Massachusetts; d. April 06, 1752, Sherborn, Massachusetts; m. (2) MRS. REBECCA BROAD, April 30, 1755; d. September 16, 1775, Natick, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for DAVID MORSE CAPTAIN:

A 1st settler of Natick, Massachusetts, 1727.  Town clerk, treasurer, Captain of Militia.

 

Notes for MRS. REBECCA BROAD:

Widow of Major Hezekiah Broad.

 

                    ix.    ISAAC MORSE, b. September 14, 1697, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. 1749, Worcester, Massachusetts; m. ELIZABETH DRURY, Framingham, Massachusetts; b. June 22, 1701, Framingham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for ISAAC MORSE:

Resided Holliston, Shrewsbury, and Worcester, Massachusetts

 

                     x.    KEZIAH MORSE, b. June 30, 1700, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. February 18, 1754; m. SAMUEL HOLBROOK, September 04, 1718; b. August 23, 1699.

                    xi.    ASA MORSE, b. August 24, 1703, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. October 07, 1770, Natick, Massachusetts; m. MARY RIDER, Sherborn, Massachusetts; b. August 13, 1706, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. 1799, Natick, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for ASA MORSE:

Lived at Sherborn, Massachusetts for a time, later removed to Natick, Massachusetts

 

28.  JEREMIAH5 MORSE (JOSEPH4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 10, 1651 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died February 19, 1714/15 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  He married ELIZABETH HAMANT Abt. 1676, daughter of FRANCIS HAMANT and SARAH.  She was born 1659, and died April 25, 1733 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JEREMIAH MORSE:

Resided in Dorchester and Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts

     

Children of JEREMIAH MORSE and ELIZABETH HAMANT are:

                      i.    ELIZABETH6 MORSE, b. June 22, 1678, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for ELIZABETH MORSE:

Died young.

 

                     ii.    JEREMIAH MORSE JR., b. October 31, 1679, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. October 10, 1717, Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada; m. MEHITABLE CHENEY, November 19, 1700, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; b. July 10, 1680, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. October 04, 1727, Oxford, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JEREMIAH MORSE JR.:

Resided Medfield, Medway, and Oxford, Massachusetts.

 

                    iii.    ELIZABETH MORSE, b. February 24, 1680/81, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    MARY MORSE, b. March 05, 1684/85, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. October 16, 1760; m. HENRY LELAND JR., Abt. 1705, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; b. Abt. 1680.

                    v.    TIMOTHY MORSE, b. December 27, 1687, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. May 19, 1765, Walpole, Massachusetts; m. (1) MARGARET BRINTNALL; m. (2) MEHITABLE CLARK, October 04, 1715; b. December 07, 1690, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. November 25, 1765, Walpole, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for TIMOTHY MORSE:

Lived at Dedham, Stoughton, and Walpole, Massachusetts.

 

More About TIMOTHY MORSE:

Date born 2: Bet. 1670 - 1690

 

                   vi.    BENJAMIN MORSE, b. August 31, 1692, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; m. (1) SARAH FAILES; b. December 18, 1694, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. February 20, 1724/25, Wrentham, Massachusetts; m. (2) SARAH BLAKE, February 14, 1725/26, Wrentham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for BENJAMIN MORSE:

Lived at Wrentham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SARAH FAILES:

Surname is also spelled FALES.

 

                  vii.    SAMUEL MORSE, b. September 24, 1694, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. November 19, 1756, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; m. (1) SARAH STARR, February 08, 1713/14; b. February 03, 1690/91; d. October 17, 1723, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; m. (2) ABIGAIL FISHER, November 13, 1726; b. September 27, 1694; d. November 03, 1767, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SAMUEL MORSE:

41   7 Samuel4 Capt., wife Sarah Star, married February 8, 1715-16, died October, 1722:  2. Abigail Fisher, died November 13, 1767, r. late Doct. Mann's, Medfield. 

 1. Sarah baptized 1719, died August 21, '23, at Medfield.  48

 2. Samuel5 Capt., Sept. 30, '18, died April 20, '87, s. 1 mile south of Medf. village. 

 3. Bathsheba5 July 31, '21, married Seth Richardson '46, had Silas. 

 4. Abigail5 February 23, '27-8, married Eliakim Morse of Medfield. 

 5. Mary5 September 17, '31, married Nathan Clark May 13, '60. 

 6. William5 January 12, '35-6, died Jan. 13, '35-6, at Medfield:

 7. Sarah, January  29, '39-40, married Elijah Allen, had no son.    Page 43  

 8. Margaret5 Aug. 19, 1737, d. 1816, m. Benjamin Dunstan, Aug. 28, 1763: 2.  Capt. Adam Peters of Medfield, Nov. 30, 1769.   

 

Resided Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts

 

                 viii.    ABIGAIL MORSE, b. October 16, 1696, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. 1777; m. THOMAS CLARK, October 19, 1727, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; b. June 07, 1703, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. June 03, 1776, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

Marriage Notes for ABIGAIL MORSE and THOMAS CLARK:

Boston, Massachusetts Marriages, 1700-1809

 

1727

 

Spouse1: Thomas Clark

Location: 

Comments: 

Spouse2: Abigail Morse

Location: 

Comments: 

Married By: Sam. Sewall Esq. J. P.

Date: 19 Oct 1727

 

 

                    ix.    JEDEDIAH MORSE, b. 1700, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. April 01, 1780, Foxboro, Massachusetts; m. HANNAH FISHER; b. July 26, 1706, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JEDEDIAH MORSE:

41   9 Jedediah4 wife Hannah Fisher, r. Dedham and Stoughton. 

 1. Hannah September 19, 1727, at Dedham. 

 2. Jemima October 8, 1729, at Dedham. 

 3. Jedediah5 r. at Crack Rockq. A J. m. Jerusha White, April 30, 1795, and had  Jemima March 4, 1796, traceable no further on the town records. 

 4. Simeon5 Feb. 21, '34-35, r. Crack Rock. A S. m. Anna White, had Anna, '89. 

 5. Hezekiah3 June 6, '36, d. March 14, '61, at Stoug. or Foxb., had Adam, Amos.  71

 6. Amos5 November 28, 1738, married Mary Pettee, March 12, 1772.  71

 7. Adam5 married Phebe Boyden, 1773, r. Crack Rock.

 8. Asa5 December 10, 1743, r. do. in Foxborough, and no further reported.

 

 

Resided Dorchester, Stoughton, Dedham and Foxborough, Massachusetts

 

                     x.    JOHN MORSE, b. 1704, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. February 08, 1768, Wrentham, Massachusetts; m. JUDITH STARR, April 11, 1728, Dedham, Massachusetts; b. September 02, 1698; d. March 29, 1757, Wrentham, Massachusetts.

 

29.  RUTH5 MORSE (JOHN4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born March 04, 1636/37 in Boston, Sulfolk County, Massacusetts.  She married (1) JOSEPH ELLIS Abt. 1661 in Boston, Massachusetts, son of RICHARD ELLIS and ALICE BRACKETT.  He was born Bef. May 07, 1637, and died March 18, 1686/87 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  She married (2) JOHN BRACKETT March 03, 1674/75 in Boston, Massachusetts.  He died March 18, 1685/86.

 

More About JOSEPH ELLIS:

Baptism: May 07, 1637, Dedham, Norfok, Massachusetts

 

More About JOHN BRACKETT:

Christening: May 07, 1637

     

Children of RUTH MORSE and JOSEPH ELLIS are:

                      i.    JOSEPH6 ELLIS JR., b. January 17, 1661/62, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOSEPH ELLIS JR.:

Died young.

 

                     ii.    RUTH ELLIS, b. December 02, 1663, Dedham, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    JOSEPH ELLIS JR., b. March 02, 1664/65, Dedham, Massachusetts; m. MIRIAM.

                   iv.    JOHN ELLIS, b. November 25, 1667, Dedham, Norfork County, Massachusetts.

                    v.    MARY ELLIS, b. March 24, 1670/71, Dedham, Massachusetts.

     

Children of RUTH MORSE and JOHN BRACKETT are:

                   vi.    JOHN6 BRACKETT JR., b. January 19, 1674/75, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. June 24, 1675, Dedham, Massachusetts.

                  vii.    JOHN BRACKETT JR., b. December 10, 1680, Dedham, Massachusetts.

                 viii.    BETHIA BRACKETT, b. May 25, 1682, Dedham, Massachusetts.

                    ix.    EBENEZER BRACKETT, b. October 19, 1677, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

30.  JOHN5 MORSE JR. (JOHN4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born April 08, 1639 in Boston, Massachusetts, and died August 25, 1679 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  He married ELIZABETH BOSWORTH Abt. 1659 in Boston, Massachusetts.  She was born May 24, 1640 in Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOHN MORSE JR.:

Settled in Boston, Massachusetts  A Shopkeeper.  Involved with Militia activities.  An original Prop. of Mendon, Massachusetts, 1667.  Marriage before 1660.

     

Children of JOHN MORSE and ELIZABETH BOSWORTH are:

                      i.    ELIZABETH6 MORSE, b. January 22, 1659/60, Boston, Massachusetts; m. JOHN EUSTIS, Boston, Massachusetts; b. December 08, 1659.

                     ii.    RUTH MORSE, b. December 18, 1662, Boston, Massachusetts; d. June 02, 1664, Boston, Massachusetts.

                    iii.    HANNAH MORSE, b. February 28, 1663/64, Boston, Massachusetts; d. January 15, 1696/97, Boston, Massachusetts; m. (1) JONATHAN DAWES, Boston, Massachusetts; b. November 03, 1661, Boston, Massachusetts; d. 1693, Boston, Massachusetts; m. (2) RICHARD GRIDLEY, February 27, 1693/94, Boston, Massachusetts.

                   iv.    ABIGAIL MORSE, b. March 30, 1667, Boston, Massachusetts; m. BRYAN SMITH, Boston, Massachusetts; d. 1702.

 

Notes for BRYAN SMITH:

A Mariner

 

                    v.    RUTH MORSE, b. January 13, 1667/68, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for RUTH MORSE:

Unmarried in 1695.

 

                   vi.    BETHIA MORSE, b. January 13, 1669/70, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for BETHIA MORSE:

Unmarried in 1695.

 

                  vii.    JOHN MORSE III, b. August 28, 1673, Boston, Massachusetts; m. MRS. MORSE.

 

Notes for JOHN MORSE III:

He married; no details available.  Lived at Newtown (Newton), Long Island, New York.

 

                 viii.    SAMUEL MORSE, b. November 13, 1676, Boston, Massachusetts.

                    ix.    SARAH MORSE, b. November 24, 1677, Boston, Massachusetts; d. July 01, 1678, Newbury, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for SARAH MORSE:

Died young.

 

31.  JOSEPH5 MORSE (JOHN4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 30, 1640 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died 1689 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  He married PRISCILLA COLBURNE November 12, 1668 in Dedham, Massachusetts, daughter of NATHANIEL COLBURNE and PRISCILLA CLARKE.  She was born April 01, 1646 in Dedham, Massachusetts, and died February 03, 1730/31 in West Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOSEPH MORSE:

Resided Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts

     

Children of JOSEPH MORSE and PRISCILLA COLBURNE are:

                      i.    JOHN6 MORSE, b. August 18, 1669, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for JOHN MORSE:

Died young.

 

                     ii.    REV. JOSEPH MORSE JR., b. May 25, 1671, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. November 29, 1732, Canton, Massachusetts; m. AMITY HARRIS, Providence, Rhode Isand; d. July 07, 1732, Canton, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for REV. JOSEPH MORSE JR.:

1st taught school in Providence, Rhode Island  then Settled 1st in Dorchester (Now Canton), Massachusetts, then in Stoughton, Massachusetts Graduate Harvard College, 1695.

 

                    iii.    JOHN MORSE, b. June 29, 1673, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. July 27, 1694.

                   iv.    PRISCILLA MORSE, b. September 1677, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. BENJAMIN GRANT, September 14, 1692, Watertown, Massachusetts; b. September 06, 1641, Watertown, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for BENJAMIN GRANT:

Resided in Watertown, Massachusetts after marriage, later moved to Wrentham, Massachusetts.

 

                    v.    MARIAH MORSE, b. September 23, 1677, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. NATHANIEL HEATON JR., December 17, 1706, Wrentham, Massachusetts; b. March 09, 1640/41, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL HEATON JR.:

Resided in Wrentham, Massachusetts.

 

                   vi.    MOSES MORSE, b. 1679, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. BATHSHUA.

                  vii.    DEBORAH MORSE, b. November 26, 1681, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. HON. WILLIAM RIDER JR., November 27, 1701, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; b. July 29, 1675, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for HON. WILLIAM RIDER JR.:

Resided in Sherborn, then Natick, Massachusetts.

 

More About HON. WILLIAM RIDER JR.:

Name 2: William Rider

 

                 viii.    ISRAEL MORSE, b. 1683, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. HANNAH MILLS, Needham, Massachusetts.

                    ix.    NATHANIEL MORSE, b. January 23, 1684/85, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. February 1778, Sturbridge, Massachusetts; m. SARAH COOLIDGE; b. October 13, 1694, Watertown, Massachusetts; d. April 06, 1776, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL MORSE:

Lived at Medfield, then Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

 

                     x.    AARON MORSE, b. June 10, 1689, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; d. August 03, 1742, Holliston, Massachusetts; m. BETHIA PERRY, February 18, 1707/08, Holliston, Massachusetts; b. January 11, 1684/85, Sherborn, Massachusetts; d. August 01, 1742, Holliston, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for AARON MORSE:

Lived at Sherborn and Holliston, Massachusetts

 

32.  EZRA5 MORSE (JOHN4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born December 05, 1643 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and died 1697 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  He married JOANNA HOARE February 18, 1669/70 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN HOARE and ALICE LISLE.  She was born Abt. 1649 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died December 21, 1691 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

 

More About JOANNA HOARE:

Burial: December 1691, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

     

Children of EZRA MORSE and JOANNA HOARE are:

                      i.    CAPTAIN EZRA6 MORSE JR., b. January 28, 1670/71, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. October 17, 1760; m. MARY; d. September 17, 1746.

                     ii.    JOANNA MORSE, b. 1673, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. October 16, 1694, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; m. JOSIAH FISHER, September 01, 1693, Dedham, Massachusetts; b. May 01, 1654, Dedham, Sulfolk County, Massachusetts; d. April 12, 1736.

 

Notes for JOANNA MORSE:

Married as his 2nd Wife.  She died without issue.  He remarried.

 

                    iii.    JOHN MORSE REV., b. March 31, 1674, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. 1700, Newton, Long Island, New York.

 

Notes for JOHN MORSE REV.:

Graduated Harvard College, 1692.  Took a Parish at Newtown (Newton), Long Island, New York, was 4th Pastor of the 1st Presbyterian Church there. Reportedly drew family members there. He died unwed, No issue.

 

                   iv.    NATHANIEL MORSE, b. August 03, 1676, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. 1749, Boston, Massachusetts; m. SARAH DRAPER, March 09, 1709/10, Boston, Massachusetts  (BRATTLE SQ; b. August 03, 1690, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for NATHANIEL MORSE:

Settled in Boston, Massachusetts.  He was an engraver and goldsmith.

 

Notes for SARAH DRAPER:

She remarried as a widow, Thomas Dolbier of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

 

                    v.    PETER MORSE, b. 1682, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. 1682, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

More About PETER MORSE:

Christening: June 11, 1682, Dedham, Massachusetts

 

                   vi.    DAVID MORSE DEACON, b. April 22, 1683, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. September 06, 1771, Dedham, Massachusetts; m. EXPERIENCE SABIN, August 22, 1705, Dedham, Massachusetts; b. 1686; d. September 09, 1771, Dedham, Massachusetts.

 

Notes for DAVID MORSE DEACON:

Resided Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

 

                  vii.    SETH MORSE DEACON, b. April 1686, Dedham, Massachusetts; d. June 13, 1783, Guilford, Connecticut; m. (1) ELIZABETH BARRON, Guilford, Connecticut.; d. October 16, 1782, Guilford, Connecticut.; m. (2) HANNAH FAULKNER, August 07, 1710, Guilford, Connecticut; b. 1696.

 

Notes for SETH MORSE DEACON:

Resided Guilford, Connecticut. (LEETE'S ISL.)

 

Notes for ELIZABETH BARRON:

Last name could be Bacon.

 

33.  ABIGAIL5 MORSE (JOHN4, SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born January 02, 1645/46 in Boston, Massachusetts, and died September 23, 1737 in Guilford, Connecticut.  She married (1) ISRAEL EVERETT in Boston, Massachusetts.  He was born July 14, 1651, and died December 22, 1678 in Boston, Massachusetts.  She married (2) WILLIAM JONES October 18, 1687 in Boston, Massachusetts. 

 

Notes for WILLIAM JONES:

of Watertown, Massachusetts  She was his 2nd Wife.

     

Children of ABIGAIL MORSE and ISRAEL EVERETT are:

                      i.    JOSIAH6 EVERETT, b. August 03, 1678, Boston, Massachusetts.

                     ii.    TABITHA EVERETT, b. June 11, 1676, Boston, Massachusetts.

 

 

Endnotes

 

1.  Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Vital Records, Pages: 115; 183.

2.  Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Vital Records, Pages: 136; 182.

3.  Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Vital Records, Pages: 120; 182.

4.  Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Vital Records, Page: 183.

5.  Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Vital Records, Pages: 136; 183.

6.  Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Vital Records, Pages: 149; 183.

7.  Medfield, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts Vital Records, Page: 183.

8.  Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown, 2nd Ed..

9.  Sudbury Vital Records.

10.  Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown, 2nd Ed..

11.  Littleton Town Records.

12.  Groton Vital Records.

13.  Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown, 2nd Ed..

14.  Groton Vital Records.

15.  Bond's Genealogies and History of Watertown. 2nd Ed..

 

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