Thomas Morehouse Jr. (abt. 1648 - abt. 1725)

Born about 1648 in Connecticut

Husband of Isabel (Keeler) Morehouse — married 5 Nov 1672 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Martha (Hobby) Miller — married about 1 Nov 1696 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died about 7 Dec 1725 at about age 77 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Thomas Morehouse Jr.

Birth

abt 1648 Connecticut^[1]

Son of Thomas Morehouse and Isabel ____.^[2]

Marriage 1

The eldest daughter of Ralph Keeler of Norwalk, who was his first wife in 1672.^[2]

Marriage 2

Thomas Morehouse married Martha Hobby, dau. of John, whose 1707 will called her Martha Morehouse.^[2] She was baptized at the Fairfield Church 1 Nov 1696.^[2]

Death

1725^[1]

His will was dated 16 Aug 1716 and proved 7 Dec 1725. It named his wife Martha, mentioned the estate from her father John Hobby of Greenwich dec'd; son Lemuel; all my children by my former wife, they have received their share.^[2] His inventory was taken on 13 December 1725.^[3]

Children^[2]

By Wife 1.

• Thomas
• Nathan
• Mary m. (1) John Peat; (2) John Corbet; (3)Benjamin Peat
• Gideon b. ab 1682

(Footnote by ^[2] There are perhaps more daughters. Mary is placed hypothetically as dtr. of Thomas.)

By Wife 2 Martha

• Lemuel bpt. 1 Nov 1696.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Orcutt
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930. Vol 1. p 420
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-T2CP : 27 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 480, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 8, 1725-1740, Page 5-7.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M58W-TK3

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195190359/thomas-morehouse

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• Morehouse, Cornelius Starr. Ancestry and Descendants of Gershom Morehouse, Jr., of Redding, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven Conn., 1894) Page 9
• Beckford, William Hale. Leading Business Men of Fairfield County (Mercantile Pub. Co., Boston, 1887)

• Page 15: "The records of Fairfield, in 1669, show the names of the following freemen, who voted in that town, but resided within the limits of Stratfield:... Thomas Morehouse..."

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)