Joseph Morse Sr (abt. 1637 - 1678)

Born about 1637 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Woodhouse) Brown — married 1669 in Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1678 at about age 41 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Joseph Morse, third son and child of Anthony Morse and Ann Cox, was born about 1635, probably in Wiltshire, England, as his father set sail for America in the ship James from London, April 5, 1635. Joseph grew up at Newbury, Massachusetts. He became a blacksmith and land ower in that town, and also at Piscataqua. Inventories of his estate taken after his death showed that he owned a house with adjacent land and two blacksmith shops at Piscataqua and a smith's shop and tools at Newbury.

Birth

Born: About 1637.^[1]

Aged 40 when he took the Oath of Allegiance in 1678.^[2]

Marriage and Children

Married: Mary Woodis about 1669. She was the daughter of Richard Woodis and the widow of George Pierce.

1. Benjamin Morse, born about 1668-9 married first Susanna Merrill, and second Mercy Bell
2. Joseph Morse, II, born October 28, 1673, died 1741, married three times: 1) Lydia Plummer, 2) Lydia Poor, 3) Joanna (?nee)
3. Joshua Morse, born 1675, married Elizabeth Doten and lived in Plymouth Massachusetts
4. Sarah Morse, died in infancy, July 7, 1677 ^[3]
5. Mary Morse, born January 21, 1678 (days after her father's death) lived 15 days

Death

Died: 15 January 1678 of smallpox in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.^[4]

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, vol. V, M–P. (2007): pages 159-167.
2. ↑ Essex County Courts. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex ... vol. 7: 1678-1680. (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1919): page 157.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMR-N8H : 10 December 2014), Joseph Morse in entry for Sarah, 07 Jul 1677; citing Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, reference ; FHL microfilm 877,468
4. ↑ Vital Records of Newbury, vol. 2: Marriages and Deaths. (1911): page 667

Source list:

• Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, volume V, M–P. (Boston: NEHGS, 2007): 159-167. AmericanAncestors.org LINK
• Newbury. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1: Births. (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1911).
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• Newbury. Vital Records of Newbury Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, vol. 2: Marriages and Deaths. (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1911).
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• American Ancestry, Vol XII, page 104
• Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Pope, page 320 (974.4P)
• https://minerdescent.com/2010/06/05/anthony-morse/
• The Doty-Doten Family In America, compiled By Ethan Allen Doty, Brooklyn New York, Published for the Author, 1897
• The Planters of the Commonwealth. A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration in Colonial Times to Which Are Added Lists of Passengers to Boston and to ... Their Settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, by Charles E. Banks, Published January 1st 1979 by Genealogical Publishing Company

Acknowledgments

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