Moses Morse (abt. 1721 - 1788)

Born about 26 Jul 1721 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Fish) Morse — married 26 Jul 1744 in Preston, , Connecticut

Descendants

Died 9 May 1788 at about age 66 in Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Moses Morss (alternatively spelled Morse) was a son of Daniel Morse and Elizabeth Morse. He was born at Newbury, Massachusetts, the specific date being either 20 July 1721 ^[1] or 26 July 1721 ^[2]. The transcribed and compiled state records retained the 20 July date ^[3].

Moses married Sarah Fish on July 26, 1744 ^[4] in Preston, New London County, Connecticut.

These children are documented and/or probable:

• Samuel Morse (1745-1803); married Eunice Brown
• Elizabeth (Morse) Fisk (1753-1813); married Josiah Fisk
• Josiah Morse, 1763 - 21 May 1839; married 1791 Emma Wetherbee ^[5]

Others who may be children of this family (credible documentation needed):

• Moses Morse, b. 1746, Preston; married Anna Mixer
• Joshua Morse
• Sarah Morse
• Nathan Morse
• Thomas Morse
• Daniel Morse
• Elijah Morse (1765-) [uncertain as a child of this family]

Per the Morse genealogy, this Moses Morse "removed to Worthington, Mass."

Moses Morse died probably 9 May 1788 at Worthington, Massachusetts ^{[citation needed]}.

Sources

1. ↑ (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-S18D : Wed Oct 25 23:40:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Morse and Daniel Morse, 20 Jul 1721.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-WX8K : Thu Oct 26 03:31:26 UTC 2023), Entry for Moses Morse, 26 Jul 1721.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ9Q-SY5 : 15 January 2020), Moses Morse, 1721.(familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BR-H9JF-1?i=178)
4. ↑ Fish, Lester Warren. The Fish Family in England and America (Tuttle Publishing Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1948, 530 pages), p. 270, no. 1506: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n394/mode/1up
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10327307

• Lord, Henry Dutch. Memorial of the Family Morse (Harvard Print. Co., Cambridge, Mass, 1896)

• Morse, John Howard Morse Genealogy (Morse, Springfield,Massachusetts,1903). Anthony Morse descendants, 4th generation (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hxcrcu&seq=148)

• Weeks, Harriet Morse Descendants of Samuel Morse (Morse, Pittsfield, Massachusetts,1907) [Note: This reference may not apply. The subject of this profile was not a descendant of the Samuel Morse lineage. He was of the Anthony Morse line.]