Isaac Morse (1758 - 1825)

Born 5 Aug 1758 in Rahway, Essex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1825 at age 66 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Biography

Doctor Isaac Morse served with Eastern Battalion, Morris County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Isaac Morse is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A081377.

This profile is part of the Morse Name Study.

NOTE: the 1776 Project has decided this man served in the Eastern Battalion ^[1]

Isaac Morse studied medicine in New York; during the Revolutionary War he was held by the British Army until they evacuated New York City. Isaac later was a physician in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. ^{[2] [3]}

Revolutionary War Service

Isaac Morse is DAR Ancestor #: A081377 He served as a Doctor / Surgeon in the Morris County New Jersey Militia with Colonel Sylvanus Seely. The DAR lists his birth: 8-5-1758, Rahway, Essex, New Jersey and his death: 7-23-1825, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey. His spouse is Amy Conkling. ^[4]

Will, Abstract of, see image pages 1-4 of 6 att.)

Isaac Morse, Essex Co, NJ dated 5 July 1824, probate 6 August 1825 Names wife Amy, sons Joseph, Nathan, daughters Elizabeth (Jonas) Marsh and Joanna (Thomas) Latham, Margaret (James) Wade, Margaret (John T) Marsh. ^[5]

Death & Burial

23 Jul 1825, 1st Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabethtown. "DOCT ISAAC MORSE FOR MORE THAN FORTY YEARS A RESPECTABLE PHYSICIAN OF THIS TOWN who died July 23d 1825 In the 67th YEAR."^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ A source is needed for his as it is not stated in his DAR record
2. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fryeandmecca/Trish%27s%20web%20tree/pafg62.htm#1328
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/61932373/person/36079552619/facts
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 26, 2017), "Record of Isaac Morse", Ancestor # A081377.
5. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8796/005675838_00125?pid=1663175
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8118016/isaac-morse: accessed 31 October 2023), memorial page for Dr. Isaac Morse (1758–23 Jul 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8118016, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Rich H. (contributor 46489213).
7. ↑ https://ia902300.us.archive.org/7/items/inscriptionsonto03whee/inscriptionsonto03whee.pdf

• See also The New England Magazine Vol 3 https://books.google.ca/books?id=Hz0BAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&dq=Dr+Isaac+Morse&source=bl&ots=f3wRVPhqE9&sig=T5d8YZIhFrfG1RJBCe8De4nVENI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF3MLyiI_UAhUi5oMKHWb2CVAQ6AEITTAM#v=onepage&q=Dr%20Isaac%20Morse&f=false

• See also The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record: Devoted to the ..., Volume 27 https://books.google.ca/books?id=ceA6AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA172&lpg=RA2-PA172&dq=Dr+Isaac+Morse&source=bl&ots=iFF7_ZWbeS&sig=Sens0K2Vajau9k93wW0MLy8OM6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF3MLyiI_UAhUi5oMKHWb2CVAQ6AEIMTAF#v=onepage&q=Dr%20Isaac%20Morse&f=false