Lois (Wentworth) Morse (1750 - 1778)

Born 10 May 1750 in Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Morse — married 13 Oct 1768 (to 1778) in Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1778 at about age 27 in Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Birth and Parents

Lois (Wentworth) Morse was born in Massachusetts.

Lois, the daughter of Ebenezer Wentworth and Elizabeth Monroe (1709-1790) was born on 10 May 1750 at Stoughton, Massachusetts.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Lois married as his first wife Samuel Morse, the son of John and Mary (Guild) Morse on 13 October 1768 at Stoughton, Suffolk, Massachusetts.^[2] They had three children born at Stoughton, Massachusetts:

1. Elizabeth Morse (b. 18 Sep 1769; d. )^[3]
2. Samuel Morse (b. 7 Jun 1771; d. 21 Mar 1837)^[4] m. 24 Jun 1798 at Stoughton, MA, Hannah Smith (1771-1807)
3. Lois Morse (b. 1773; d. 1841)^[5]m.

Lois (Wentworth) Morse died in 1778.

Death and Burial

Lois (Wentworth) Morse died in 1778 in her 28th year at Stoughton, Massachusetts. [Needs source].

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSX-ZHD : 5 January 2021), Lois Wentworth, 1750.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/40143_268183__0026-00009
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSX-79B : 5 January 2021), Samuel Morse in entry for Elizabeth Morse, 1769.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSK-BBV : 5 January 2021), Samuel Morse in entry for Samuel Morse, 1771.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZSX-ZHQ : 5 January 2021), Samuel Morse in entry for Lois Morse, 1773.

GEDCOM Junk Note

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited on 22 June 2013 and has not had biography or sourcies added for 10 years.

Acknowledgments

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing following further research by Carol Baldwin on 21 January 2023.