Samuel Morse (1759 - 1853)

Born 30 Nov 1759 in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 4 Apr 1853 at age 93 in Hubbardston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born to Samuel and Catherine Clark Morse in Medfield on 30 Nov 1759.^[1]

Samuel married Esther Woodward of Newton in Hubbardston on 14 April 1785.^[2]

As eldest son, he inherited the place in Hubbardston to which his father had removed in 1777.

Samuel passed away in 1853. ^[3] His wife Esther had died on 1 Apr 1834, in her 73rd year.^[4]

Samuel and Esther had, in Hubbardston:^[5]

• Russell, b. 12 July 1786, m. Betey Waight, 31 July 1808
• Samuel, b. 8 May 1788, m. Betsey Perry of Fitzwilliam, 1825
• James, b. 4 Apr 1790
• John, b. 14 Nov 1791, m. Electa Nurse of Troy, NH, 1819, then Elmira Gates in 1847
• Richard, b. 12 Nov 1793, m. Hannah Dike of Westminster, 1823
• Asa, b. 10 May 1796, m. Elizabeth Goulding, 16 May 1822
• Joel, b. 28 July 1798, m. Eliza Browning, 26 Dec 1822
• Levina, b. 7 June 1800, m. Joshua Browning, 27 Dec 1821
• Lucretia, b. 20 Apr 1803, m. Sewall Mirick, 26 Mar 1833

Sources

1. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Births, p. 75
2. ↑ Worcester, Vital Records of Hubbardston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, marriages, p. 152
3. ↑ Entered by David Babcock, Friday, July 19, 2013.
4. ↑ Worcester, Vital Records of Hubbardston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Deaths, p.207
5. ↑ Worcester, Vital Records of Hubbardston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Births, pp. 72-73, Marriages pp. 151-152

• Tilden, William Smith, The History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts . . .1650-1886 (Boston, 1887, Geo. H. Olive), pp. 442)

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Babcock for creating Morse-2257 on 19 Jul 13.