Hester (Pierce) Morse (1612 - 1694)

Born 6 Aug 1612 in Norwich, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Morse — married 1636 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 4 May 1694 at age 81 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Hester/Esther Pierce, daughter of John Pierce and Elizabeth Trulle of Watertown,^[1] married about 1637, Joseph Morse, oldest son of Joseph and Deborah Morse, who, when aged 24 years, embarked at Ipswich, England on April 1, 1634, in the ship Elizabeth. ^[2] Their children were:

• Joseph born April 30, 1637; died in 1677; married Susanna Shattuck on Feb. 11, 1661.
• John born Feb. 28, 1639; married first Anne Smith, daughter of John Smith of Lancaster where he first settled. He removed to Watertown and married second, Abigail Stearns.
• Hester born March 7, 1646; married Jonathan Bullard of Watertown on Dec. 9, 1669.
• Jonathan born 7: 9m: 1643 at Watertown and was buried at Watertown 12: 3m: 1643. (p. 11) ^[3]
• Sarah born June 2, 1669; married Timothy Cooper at Groton on June 2, 1669.
• Jeremiah born ___; died at Newton Sept. 27, 1719; married Abigail Woodward on Jan. 13, 1681 at Watertown.
• Isaac born ___; resided in Newton. (? Isaac Mos died Jan. 3, 1716 at Newton)

Hester died May 4, 1694 and is buried at the Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Research notes

Watertown Births^[3]

MORSE:

Joseph, s. Joseph and Ester, 30: 2m: 1637. (p. 5)

John, s. Joseph and Ester, 28: 12m: 1638. (p. 5)

Hester, d. Joseph and Hester, 7: 1m: 1645. (p. 12)

Jonathan, s. Joseph and Ester, 7: 9m: 1643. MCR (p. 11)

Watertown Marriages

Morse, Hester [Morsse] and Jonathan Bullard, Dec. 9, 1669. (p. 32)

Morse, John [Morss] and Abigail Sternes, Apr. 27, 1666. (p. 27)

Morse, Jonathan and Abigail Shattuck, both of Watertown, Oct. 17, 1678. (p. 45)

Morse, Joseph [Morss] and Susan Shattack, 12: 2m: 1661. (p. 23)

Moss, Jeremiah and Abigail Woodward, Jan. 13, 1681. (p. 51)

Watertown Deaths

Moss, Jonathan, s. Joseph and Ester, bur. 12: 3m: 1643. MCR (p. 11)

Newton Deaths ^[5]

MOS (see Morse, Moss), Isaac, Jan. 3, 1716. PR1 (p. 481)

MOSS (see Morse, Mos), Jeramiah, Sept. 27, 1719. (p. 482)

Sources

1. ↑ Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1855) (p. 371; p. 393)
2. ↑ Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough (T. R.. Marvin & Son, Boston, 1862)(p. 416).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Watertown Records (Fred G. Barker, Watertown, Mass., 1894)
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #71685924
5. ↑ Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1905)

See also:

• Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry, Vol. 2, Weeks, Lyman Horace, ed., p 213
• Morse, Abner. Memorial of the Morses (1850) (Published by William Veazie, Boston, Massachusetts, 1850, 225 piages.) (Use with caution)
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. Text: Ancestry Profile

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Peirce-80 created through the import of Timerson Family Tree May162011.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Brad Timerson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brad and others.