Lt. Anthony Morse

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS CONFLICTING INFO BELOW REGARDING THE MOTHERS OF ANTHONY'S CHILDREN. Some sources show Elizabeth as being the mother of all of his children, while other sources split the children between Elizabeth and Mary.

Elizabeth could not have be the mother of all his children if the dates are correct - she died in 1667, perhaps in childbirth while having daughter Elizabeth whose birth and death dates are both 1667 as well.
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Anthony MORSE was born Feb. 16, 1631 in St. Mary's Marlborough,England, and died Feb. 25, 1678 in Newbury, MA. He married (1) Elizabeth Knight May 08, 1660 in Newbury, MA, daughter of Richard Knight and Agnes Coffey. She died Jul 29, 1667 in Newbury, MA. He married (2) Mary BARNARD Nov 10, 1669 in Newbury, MA, daughter of THOMAS BARNARD and ELEANOR.

Children of Anthony MORSE and Elizabeth Knight are:

- Ruth MORSE, born May 29, 1661 in Newbury, MA; died Jul 24, 1661 in Newbury, MA.

- Anthony MORSE, born Jan 01, 1662/63 in Newbury, MA; died May 17, 1710 in Newbury, MA.

- Joseph MORSE, born Jul 29, 1665 in Newbury, MA; died aft.1678.

- Elizabeth MORSE, born Jul 29, 1667 in Newbury, MA; died Feb 25, 1677/78 in Newbury, MA.

Children of Anthony MORSE and Mary BARNARD are:

- John MORSE, born Sep 13, 1670 in Newbury,MA; died Oct 17, 1721 in Woodstock. He married Hannah Williams.

- Mary MORSE, born Aug 31, 1672 in Newbury, MA; died Jan 13, 1727/28 in Woodstock, CT.

- Peter MORSE, born Nov 14, 1674 in Newbury, MA; died Nov 02, 1722 in Woodstock, CT.

- Sarah MORSE, born Nov 25, 1676 in Newbury, MA; died Dec 07, 1676 in Newbury, MA.

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Lieutenant Anthony Morse, son of Anthony Morse, was born in England. He lived in Newbury and served in the militia as lieutenant. His will was made before that of his father and thus caused a misunderstanding which was corrected by Mr. Henry Dutch Lord and this brought the two Anthony's into the right generations. He married (1) May 8, 1659--60 Elizabeth, Daughter of Richard and Agnes (Coffey) Knight, who died July 29, 1667; he married (2) November 11, 1669, Mary daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Barnard, who was born September 22, 1645; he died in Newbury, February 22, 1677; she married (2), Philip Eastman of Salisbury, Mass.,, and removed with her children to Woodstock, Conn.

Children:
[Of Elizabeth]

• Ruth, born May 20, 1661, died July 24, 1661,
• Anthony, born December 31, 1662-3, married, February 4, 1685-6, Sarah Pike,
• [***Joseph, born July 29, 1675, [??? ALSO SEEN AS BEING BORN 1665 AND SON OF ELIZABETH] see Joseph Morse]
• Elizabeth born July 29, 1667, married in Woodstock, and was mentioned in her brother’s will as having died and left three children, but who were not named, [?? or died in 1667]

[of Mary]

• John born September 13, 1670,
• Mary, born August 31, 1672, married, in Woodstock, Lieutenant Jabez Corbin, who died October 23, 1737; she died January 13, 1727-8; they had Children ...
• Peter, born November 14, 1674, married, December 28, 1698, Priscilla Carpenter,
• ***Joseph, born July 29, 1675, [??? ALSO SEEN AS BEING BORN 1665 AND SON OF ELIZABETH] see Joseph Morse
• Sarah, born November 25, 1676, died December 7, 1676.

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Lieutenant Anthony, fourth son of Anthony and Mary Morse, was born in England. He lived in Newbury, and served as lieutenant in the militia. His will was made before that of his father and caused some confusion as to the identity of the two. He married (first), May 8, 1659, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Agnes (Coffey) Knight, who died July 29, 1667, and he married (second), Nov. 11, 1669, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Barnard. She was born Sept. 27, 1645. He died Feb. 22, 1677, in Newbury, and his widow subsequently married Phillip Eastman, of Salisbury, Mass., and removed with her husband and children to Woodstock, Connecticut. Children (all of 1st wife): Ruth, Anthony, Elizabeth, John, Peter, Joseph and Sarah.

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Lieut. Anthony Cox Morse, Jr

- Memorial -

Birth: Jan. 29, 1632 Marlborough Wiltshire Unitary Authority Wiltshire, England

Death: Feb. 26, 1678 Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA

Family links:

Spouse:

Mary Margaret Barnard Eastman (1645 - 1712)

Children:

Robert Morse (1629 - 1701)*

Peter Morse (1632 - 1725)*

Anthony Morse (1634 - 1678)*

Joshua Morse (1653 - 1691)*

• Calculated relationship

Inscription: aged 60 yrs

Burial: First Burying Ground Newbury Essex County Massachusetts, USA

Maintained by: Robert Burke Originally Created by: Frank Grimes Record added: Nov 06, 2002 Find A Grave Memorial# 6909805

her 2nd hus

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Morse-222

Anthony Morse was born about 29 Jan 1632 in England to Anthony Morse and Ann (Cox) Morse. He is the brother of Robert Morse, Anne (Morse) Thurlow, Joseph Morse Sr, Peter Morse, Benjamin Morse, Sarah (Morse) Stickney, Hannah (Morse) Newman, Lydia Morse, Mary Morse, Hester (Morse) Smith and Joshua Morse.

Husband of Elizabeth (Knight) Morse — married 8 May 1660 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary (Barnard) Eastman — married 10 Nov 1669 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

He is the father of Ruth Morse, Anthony Morse, Joseph Morse, Elizabeth Morse, John Morse, Mary (Morse) Corbin, Peter Morse and Sarah Morse.Anthony died 25 Feb 1678 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Profile last modified 25 Jul 2017 | Created 3 Jan 201 Biography

Anthony Morse, son of Anthony and Anne (Cox) Morse, born probably in Marlborough,[1] Wiltshire, England,[2] about 1632. This is based on his baptismal record. He was baptized at St. Mary's parish, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, on 29 January 1631/32.[3] This date is corroborated by a deposition he made on March 27, 1677, in which he was that he was about forty-five years old.[4]

Anthony married twice. First he married Elizabeth Knight at Newbury on May 8, 1660.[3][5][p 342][6][7] Elizabeth's death is recorded at Newbury on 29 July 1667.[5][p 667]

His second wife was Mary Barnard. They were married on November 10, 1669, at Newbury.[5][p 342]

In the Newbury birth records, Anthony is consistently called "Anthony, jr.," with no wife named. Those records show the births of the following eight children:[8]

Ruth Morse, d. Anthony, jr., May 20, 1661; d. July 24, 1661 Anthony Morse [Morss, S. dup], s. Anthony [jr. CT.R.], Jan. [1, S. dup.], 1662 [Dec. 31, CT.R.] Joseph Morss, s. Anthony, jr., [July CT.R. and S. dup.] 29, 1665 Elizabeth Morse, d. Anthony, jr., July 29, 1667 John Morse, [Morss, S. dup.], s. Anthony jr., Sept. 13, 1670 Mary Morse, d. Anthony, jr., Aug. 31., 1672 Peter Morse, s. Anthony, jr., Nov. 14, 1674 Sara Morse, d. Anthony, jr., Nov. 23, 1676 [Nov. 25, S. dup.] In his Will, dated 23 February 1677/78,[6][p 45] Anthony Mors "Jun." made bequests to his wife, Mary, my son Anthony, Anthony's brothers Joseph, John and Peter, Anthony's sister Mary, and Anthony's sister and my daughter Elizabeth. He specifically gives "to my daughter Elizabeth her own mother's apparell ...." Wife Mary was still alive when Anthony made his Will, so the implication is that Elizabeth is the daughter of a different wife.

The Inventory of his estate was valued at £221.

Anthony Morse passed away on 25 February 1677/8.[6][9]. He was buried in the Burying Ground of the First Settlers in Newbury.[10]

Research Notes

Several sources are available for the Morse family. Three of note are the 1850 book by Abner Morse,[2] the 1896 book by Henry Dutch Lord,[6] and the 2007 work by Robert Charles Anderson.[3] Each builds on the previous by incorporating newly discovered facts and analysis. For instance, when Abner Morse wrote his book, he did not have access to the will of Anthony the immigrant. Henry Lord had this will available and used it to correct the placement of the children. The Great Migration further corrected the placement of the children by a reexamination of microfilm copies of the original parish registers of St. Mary and of St. Peter and St. Paul parishes, Marlborough, Wiltshire, and the vital records of Newbury, combined with an analysis of the will of Anthony Morse. The vital records of Newbury[5][p 667] have the following entries. MORSE, Elizabeth, w. Anthony, jr., July 29, 1667. MORSE, Elizabeth, w. Lt. Anthony, jr., Feb. 25, 1677. The second entry perhaps should be daughter of Lt. Anthony instead of wife. The first Elizabeth is wife of Lieutenant Anthony Morse. The second Elizabeth is probably the daughter that Savage[7] identifies as, "Eliz. 29 July 1667, when her mo. d. and she d. at 10 yrs." It appears Anthony's wife Elizabeth might have died due to complications of childbirth. There are some discrepancies concerning Anthony's birth. We do have the date of his baptism (29 January 1632) and assume he was born shortly before. However, his headstone reads, "IN MEMORY OF MR. ANTHONY MORSE DIED 1678 AGED 60 YEARS". This implies a birth year of 1678 - 60 = 1618. However, the headstone, from the photograph on the Find A Grave site, appears to be a recent replacement (polished granite) and the age could be in error. Sources

↑ Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Volume I, pp 181-182. New York: Lewis Historical Publising Co., 1908. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive.] ↑ 2.0 2.1 Morse, J. Howard and Emily W. Leavitt. Morse Genealogy: Comprising the Descendants of Samuel, Anthony, William, and Joseph Morse and John Moss, Being a Revision of the Memorial of the Morses Published by Rev. Abner Morse in 1850. Springfield, MA: Springfield Printing and Binding Co., 1903. Anthony Morse pp 11-12. [Digital copy available at Cincinnati Library] ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, p 161. Saline, MI: McNaughton & Gunn, 2007. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston (Great Migration Study Project). Database online AmericanAncestors.org and Ancestry.com. ↑ The Essex Institute. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts. Lynn, MA: Thos. P. Nichols & Son Co, 1917. pp 253, 255. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive.] ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume II, Marriages and Deaths. Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, 1911. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive.] ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Lord, Henry Dutch. Memorial of the Family of Morse, Compiled from the Original Records for the Hon. Asa Porter Morse. Cambridgeport, MA: Harvard Printing Co., 1896. Family of Anthony Morse, p 7. [Digital copy available from FamilySearch.] ↑ 7.0 7.1 Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register. Volume III. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1861. p 237. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive]. ↑ The Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Volume I, Births, pp 339-343. Salem, MA: Newcomb & Gauss, 1911. [Digital copy available at Internet Archive.] ↑ Jackson, James R. History of Littleton, New Hampshire. Volume III. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1905. [Digital copy available from Internet Archive.] ↑ Find A Grave, database online, Memorial# 6909805, www.findagrave.com. The memorial has the cemetery name and address and a photograph of the headstone. The headstone appears to be a recent replacement of granite. See also:

Hughes, Thomas P. American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A.D. 1776. Volume XII, p 104. Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1899. [Digitized copy at HathiTrust.] Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston: J.J. Arakelyan, 1900. p 320. [Digital copy available from FamilySearch.] Acknowledgments

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464 Page 464 Anthony Morse, son of Anthony Morse, was born, probably in England, possibly at Marlborough; married, May 8, 1660, Elizabeth Knight, who died July 29, 1667. He married (second), November 10, 1669, Mary Barnard, who survived him. He was lieutenant of his military company. His will is dated February 23, 1677-78, and he died before his father; he signed his will "Anthony Mors, Jun." He mentions his wife and children in his will.

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Page Morse, Elizabeth, w. Lt. Anthony, Jr., Feb. 25, 1677.

[Given that his first wife, Elizabeth, had already died and his second wife, Mary, survived him, and given the close correspondence of this date with the date of his will, this must be Anthony's death record].

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Page Essex County Probate Files, Docket 18,902. Estate of Anthony Morse, Jr., of Newbury.

"Bee it known vnto all men by these psents that I Anthony Morse of Newbury being sick & weake of body but of perfect memory desir here to make my last will and Testament Comending my soule into the hands of my blessed Redemer, and my body to the dust from whence it was taken in an assured hope of a blessed resurrection, & do here dispose of my worldly goods as followeth Imprs I giue and bequeath unto Mary my wife my goods & cattle & appoint her to be the sole Executrix of this my last will & testament and to haue the house and all my land in her possession untill my son Anthony shall be of the age of one & twenty years, and he my said son Anthony shall liue with her vntill he be eighteen yeares of age, & then I would haue him put to learne a trade, And if my wife shall chang her condition then my said son when he is of the age of one and twenty years shall haue my house Barne Orchard & all my land & freholde for himselfe & heirs foreuer, paying to his three brothers viz. Joseph John & Peter; ten pounds a peice, & to his sister mary ten pounds when they shall be of the age of one & twenty years but if my said wife mary shall not marry againe she shall haue the said house & land in her possession vntill my said son Anthony shall marry, and then the said house and land to be diuided between them dureing my wiues life & after to be wholy to the use of my said son, Anthony, and then when the house & land shall come wholy into his hands then within four years after he shall pay the abousaid forty pounds to his three brothers & sister abouesaid, and also pay to his sister Elizabeth forty shillings at the day of her marriag: And I also giue to my daughter Elizabeth aforsaid her owne mothers apparrell. and I desire that my son Joseph may be put to learne a trade that is I desire he may be a Tailor; and for my debts & funeral to be discharged by my Executrix this is my last will & Testament reuokeing all other wills In witness wherof I haue set to my hand & seale february 23 1677." Anthony mors jun.

Witness: Anthony Somerby, henrey Jaques. Proved in Ipswich court Mar. 26, 1678 by the witnesses.

Inventory of the estate of Anthony Morse, Junr. of Newbury, deceased Feb: 25, 1677, taken by Peter Cheny, Henrey Jaques and Anthony Somerby: house and barne, orchard and about seaven acres of Arable and pasture land, £110; foure oxen, £20; foure cowes, £12; an old mare, £1 10s.; About thirty eight sheep, £9 10s.; two swyne, six shootee & two piggs, £4; bedstead with featherbed, bolster, Rug, thre blankets, sheets, Curtaines & vallons, 2 pillows and Matt, £8; trucklebed & bolster, two coverlets & a pr. of sheets, £3; another bedsted, 2 coverlets, mat, pillow & 3 sheets, £3; his wearing apparrell, £10; about Eighteen bushells of Barly, £3 10s.; about three bushels of Rye & wheat, 14s.; twenty bushels or thereabouts of Indian corne, £3; about Fifty pounds of woollen yarne, £6 5s.; about thirty pounds of wooll & about ten pounds flax, £2; one cheste, two boxes, 2 dry hogsheds & smaller dry casks & lumber, cart rope, seith, snede & about four pound of hops, £3; two Brasse kettles, two Iron potts, bras skellet & belmettle skillet, £3; seaven pewter dishes, four porringers, small bason, quart pot, tin candlestick & a chamber pott, £2 5s.; sadle, pillion, bridle & warmeing pan, £1 12s.; two barrells, 2 halfe barrells, churne, halfe a dozen trayes & dishes, trenchers, earthen vessells, table, two wheels, foure chayres & other lumber, £2 5s.; cart & wheels, chaynes, yoake, plough, dung pot, boxes, linch pins, round pins, horsharnes, 2 hooes, 2 axes, prongs, & other utinsills, £6; about 6 pound of cotton wool & 2 pr. of Cards, 10s.; frying pan, tongs, cottrills, 2 flitches of bacon, gridiron & bible, £3 10s.; total, £219 11s. Due to the deceased from Amos Stickney, £3 10s.

Debts of the deceased: to the constable, £1 15s. 9d.; James Kent, £1; goody Bat, £1; Capt. White, £1 4s. 9d.; goodman Grenleafe, 16s. 9d.; Davied Bennet, 12s.; Peter Tappin, £4 3s. 9d.; total, £10 3s. Attested in Ipswich court 26: 1 :1678 by the executrix.