Lt. Samuel Morse

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Lt. Samuel Morse 10 January 1640–28 February 1718
Birth • 9 Sources 10 January 1640 Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Age 78 Death • 6 Sources 28 February 1718 Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Liut. Samuel Morse in entry for Solomon Morse, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN
Lt. Samuel Morse 1640-1718
Marriage: 10 February 1665 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Elizabeth Wood 1648-1682

Children (9)

1. Samuel Morse Jr. 1666-1688
2. Elizebeth Morse 1668-1718
3. Hannah Morse 1669-1669
4. Hannah Morse 1670-1670
5. Ruth Morse 1672-1716
6. Joseph Morse 1674-1676
7. Joshua Morse 1677-1749
8. Eliazar Morse 1680-1687
9. Benoni Morse 1682-1704

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PARENTS AND SIBLINGS Capt. Joseph Morse I 1615-1654 and Hannah Phillips 1616-1676
Marriage: 1 September 1638 Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Children (8)
# Lt. Samuel Morse 1640-1718

1. Hannah Morse 1640-1704
2. Sarah Morse 1643-1684
3. Dorcas Morse 1645-1725
4. Elizabeth Morse 1647-1715
5. Captain Joseph Morse II 1649-1717
6. Jeremiah Morse I 1651-1716
7. Mary Morse 1653-

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From Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal ..., Volume 1 edited by Ellery Bicknell Crane

Samuel Morse, eldest child of Joseph Morse (2), was born in Dedham, Massachusetts. 1639. He inherited part of his father's and grandfather's estate. His house built in 1663 on the knoll east of Main and Pound streets junction was burned by the Indians in 1676. and was not rebuilt on that site, where the old cellar hole is or was lately visible. He built his second house near that lately of John Ord. Jr., and the old well is still in use. In 1705 he was a lieutenant of militia and teacher of the school at Medfield. In 1706 he obtained leave to flow the land "near the cowpens" for a fulling mill, which was built on the site of the stone mill lately owned by Crehore. Samuel Morse was selectman six years and deputy to the general court in 1707.

He married:

1. 1665. Elizabeth Wood, who died in 1682.
2. 1684. Sarah Thurston, who died in 1688.

He died in 1718.

The children of Samuel and Elizabeth (Wood) Morse were:

1. Samuel, born 1665;
2. Elizabeth, March 21, 1668;
3. Hannah, August 31. 1669. died young;
4. Ruth, March 21, 1672;
5. Joseph, 1674;
6. Joshua, April 2. 1677, mentioned below;
7. Eleazer. August 10, 1680;
8. Benoni, June 19, 1682, died 1704.

Children of Samuel and Sarah (Thurston) Morse were:

1. Solomon, born 1684. died 1704;
2. Sarah, 1686, married Isaac Bullard, of Sherborn.

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GEDCOM Source http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=109338523&pi...

• New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey, Elizabeth Petty Bentley. Page 521
• https://jrm.phys.ksu.edu/genealogy/needham/d0002/I1295.html
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Hannah Morse by SmartCopy: Feb 20 2015, 20:46:25 UTC
• https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-rec...

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