Philip Morse (1805 - 1854)

Born 1805 in Newland, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Wickenden) Morse — married 2 May 1837 in Awre, Gloucestershire, England

Died 22 Sep 1854 at about age 49 in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Philip was the youngest child of George and Elizabeth Morse. He was baptised on 5 May 1805 in Lydney. ^[1]

On 2 May 1837 he married widow Susannah Webster (nee Wickenden) in Awre. Charles Morse and a member of the Wickenden family were witnesses. ^[2]

In 1841 Philip and Susanna lived with his widowed mother Elizabeth, who was 75. Philip's nephew Isaac also lived there. John was a haulier. ^[3]

In 1851 Philip and Susanna lived in Yorkley together. No children are listed. Philip was a Yeoman. (a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.)

Philip died aged just 49 in 1854. He was buried at Parkend. ^{[4] [5]}

Philip left his household goods to his widow Susanna, Mines to his nephew George Morris Morse and the rest of his estate to his nephew Isaac Morse on condition he he pays an annuity to Susanna (and is he didn't he wold lose his inheritance which would go to George Morris Morse under the same conditions. Tailor Thomas Brown, a relative by marriage was appointed as one of the executors. ^[6]

Ancestry Story Philip was the youngest child of George Morse and Elizabeth, born in Newland in1805. He was baptised on 5th May 1805.... He was a freeminer and the owner of mineworkings and property left to him by his father. He died comparatively young at the age of forty nine of a condition known as “dropsy” (Oedema or Heart Failure due to the accumulation of water ) His will left to his wife Susannah “bed, bedding, tent bed, furniture, six brown chairs, fire irons and a “drawing likeness of Reverend William Wickenden.” To his nephew George Morris Morse, son of brother George Morse, one equal undivided… of in the gale of coal or colliery called Little Britain, situate under the Oakenhill Enclosure and galed to get the Smith Coal and Little Delf veins of coal….

His nephew Isaac was left the remainder of his estate on condition that he pay two shillings per week to his wife Susannah and at her own death cause her to be buried decently and at his own cost. If Isaac had failed to comply with the conditions the remainder went instead to George Morris Morse.

Phillip Morse – Yorkley, Forest of Dean Property Owned Recipient Little Britain Colliery Oakenhill, George Morris Morse, Smith Coal Vein George Morris Morse, Dell Coal Vein George Morris Morse, Remainder of Estate Isaac Morse

From the Laws of the Dean Forest and Hundred of St Briavels by James Wood, MA.LLB Collieries Owned by Phillip Morse of YorkleyPage 390 - Young Forrester Colliery – 27 June 1843 Page 402 - Little Briton Colliery – 717 December 1844

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Philip Morse. Event Type: Baptism. Baptism Date: 5 May 1805. Baptism Place: Lydney, Gloucestershire, England. View this parish. Father: George Morse. Mother: Elizabeth Morse. Source Citation. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: GDR/V1/151. Source Information. Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813. Ancestry uk Record 4732 #14379602
2. ↑ Name: Philip Morse. Gender: Male. Event Type: Marriage. Marriage Date: 2 May 1837. Marriage Place: Awre, Gloucestershire, England. Parish as it Appears: Awre. Spouse: Susanna Webster. Source Citation. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: P30 IN 1/5. Source Information. Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938. Ancestry uk Record 5156 #85489
3. ↑ Class: HO107; Piece: 364; Book: 13; Civil Parish: Dean Forest; County: Gloucestershire; Enumeration District: 20; Folio: 5; Page: 4; Line: 12; GSU roll: 288776. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census. Ancestry Record 8978 #4512837
4. ↑ Name: Philip Morse. Age: 49. Birth Year: abt 1805. Burial Date: 24 Sep 1854. Burial Place: Parkend, St Paul, Gloucestershire, England. Parish as it Appears: St Paul's West Dean. Source Citation. Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire, England; Reference Number: P245 IN 1/29. Source Information. Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1988. Ancestry uk Record 5158 #69216
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107057542
6. ↑ Name: Philip Morse. Occupation: Husbandman. Document Type: Will. Will Date: 26 Sep 1854. Will Number: 221. Place: West Dean. Hamlet: Yorkley. Court: Consistory Court of Gloucester. Civil Place: Gloucestershire, England. Reference Code: 69063. Source Information. Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.. Original data: Gloucestershire Probate Records. Diocese of Gloucestershire, Finding Reference GDR, Wills and Inventories. Gloucestershire Archives, Gloucester, UK. Ancestry uk Record 4294 #101387

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