Peter Morse

Biography

Peter Morse like his step-brother John Morse died of small pox in the same year 1721. Small Pox must have been of epidemic proportions during this year.

Peter Morse and family settled in Elizabethtown, N.J.

Birth

14 Nov 1674 Newbury, MA[1]
Marriage

1695 Newbury, MA [1]
Dec. 28, 1698 Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut[2]
Wife: Priscilla Carpenter

Death

2 Nov 1721 Woodstock, Windham, CT
Newbury, Massachusetts
Died of smallpox.

Burial

Woodstock Hill, Cemetery

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Profile last modified 26 May 2022 | Created 3 Jan 2011

Peter Morse (1674 - 1721)

Peter Morse

Born 14 Nov 1674 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Son of Anthony Morse and Mary (Barnard) Eastman

Brother of Ruth Morse [half], Anthony Morse [half], Joseph Morse [half], Elizabeth Morse [half], John Morse, Mary (Morse) Corbin, Susanna (Eastman) Swan [half], Sarah Morse, Hannah (Eastman) Corbin [half], Ebenezer Eastman [half], Philip Eastman II [half] and Abigail (Eastman) Farnum [half]

Husband of Priscilla (Carpenter) Morse — married 22 Dec 1698 in Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of John Morse, Mary (Morse) Perrin, Priscilla (Morse) Lyon, Rebecca Morse, Peter Morse, Joseph Morse, Anthony Morse, Lydia Morse, Lydia (Unknown) Hulett, Amos Morse, Esther (Morse) Cleveland, Peter Morse, Anna Morse, Abiel Morse and Benjamin Morse

Died 2 Nov 1721 at age 46 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut

Sources

Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854 (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, 1914) Page 2
Bailey, Frederic William. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (Bureau of American Ancestry, New Haven, Connecticut, 1896) Book 1, Page 104
Ancestry Family Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15949597&pid...
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6676093&pid=...
Ancestral File(R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Lord, Henry Dutch. Memorial of the Family Morse, Page 21
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 October 2020), memorial page for Peter Morse (14 Nov 1674–2 Nov 1721), Find a Grave Memorial no. 11923173, citing Woodstock Hill Cemetery, Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Karlene Kost (contributor 46552432) .
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Peter Morse

- Memorial -

Birth: Nov. 14, 1674

Death: Nov. 2, 1721

Family links:

Parents:

Anthony Morse (1634 - 1678)

Mary Margaret Barnard Eastman (1645 - 1712)

Children:

Mary Morse Perrin (1701 - 1753)*

Joseph Morse (1707 - 1777)*

Lydia Morse (1711 - 1737)*

Amos Morse (1712 - 1756)*

Siblings:

Peter Morse (1674 - 1721)

Peter Morse (1678 - 1739)**

Hannah Eastman Corbin (1679 - 1752)**

• Calculated relationship
  • Half-sibling

Inscription: h/o Priscilla Carpenter Morse

Burial: Woodstock Hill Cemetery Woodstock Windham County Connecticut, USA

Created by: Karlene Kost Record added: Oct 09, 2005 Find A Grave Memorial# 11923173