John Morse

1746 - 1829  (82 years)

• Name	John Morse
  Birth	3 Aug 1746	Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Moved To	say1766 (19 years)	New Boston, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) New Boston is now Gray   [3]
  Married	1769 (22 years)	New Boston, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) New Boston is now Gray   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Sarah Sanders, the daughter of David and Abigail (Snow) Sanders. She was born on 6 November 1749 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Monday 30 December 1805 in New Boston, now Gray, Cumberland County, Maine. Issue: 1. John Morse (1770-1837) 2. Enoch Morse (1772-____) 3. Sarah Morse (1774-____) 4. Anthony Morse (1776-____) 5. David Morse (1778-____) 6. Hannah Morse (1778-____) 7. Susannah Morse (1781-____) 8. Abigail Morse (1785-____) 9. Joseph Morse (1787-____) 10. Benjamin Morse (1791-____) 11. Mary Morse (1793-____) 12. Mary Morse (1795-____)
  Military	1776 (29 years)  [1]
  John served in the Revolution.
  Religion	1803 (56 years)	Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   [5]
  He is listed as the owner of a pew in the First Church of Gray.
  Married	13 Apr 1806 (59 years)	Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Leonice Riggs. She was born about 1768. She died on Wednesday 21 July 1858 in Gray, Cumberland County, Maine. Issue: 1. Lionice Morse
  Death	20 Jun 1829	Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  Little (1909) gives his place of death as Gerry, Maine, and obvious error. Gray (1992) gives his death date as 30 June 1829.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 6 sisters
  1. Joseph Morse,   b. 29 Feb 1745, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 10 Feb 1817, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   2. John Morse,   b. 3 Aug 1746, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 20 Jun 1829, Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years)   3. Mark Morse,   b. Abt 1747, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 1826, Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years) + 4. Anthony Moss,   c. 1748, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 10 Nov 1816, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 68 years) ▻ Susanna Elliot,  m. 4 Mar 1776   5. Mary Morse,   b. Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   6. Ann Morse,   b. Abt 1892, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.   7. Hannah Morse,   b. Abt 1754, Maine, U.S.A. > 8. Eliphalet Morse,   b. 1757, Falmouth (now Portland), Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) ▻ Sally Riggs,  m. 26 Apr 1787   9. Sarah Morse   10. Rebecca Morse   11. Patience Morse
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Anthony Morse and Susanna Wallace)
  1. Thomas Morse   2. Capt. Ephraim Morse,   b. 26 Jul 1764, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. d. 9 Oct 1843, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years)   3. Lucy Morse
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Anthony Morse   d. 12 Oct 1686, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Anna Knight  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14364
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Deacon Anthony Morse,   b. 2 Sep 1722, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1806, Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah Merrill,   b. 19 May 1726, Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John Morse(1746 – 1829) 2Deacon Anthony Morse(1722 – 1806) 4Deacon Joseph Morse(1694 – ) 8Ensign Anthony Morse(1662 – 1710) 16Lt. Anthony Morse(1638 – 1677) 17Elizabeth Knight( – 1667) 9Sarah Pike(1666 – 1717) 18Joseph Pike 19Susannah Kingsbury 5Rebecca Adams(1689 – 1737) 10Robert Adams(1674 – ) 20Sgt. Abraham Adams(1639 – 1714) 21Mary Pettingell( – 1705) 11Rebecca Knight 22 23 3Hannah Merrill(1726 – ) 6John Merrill(1701 – 1775) 12Nathan Merrill(1676 – 1742) 24Abel Merrill(20 Feb 1643/44 – 1689) 25Priscilla Chase(14 Mar 1648/49 – ) 13Hannah Kent(1679 – 3 Feb 1735/36) 26John Kent Junior(1645 – 1703) 27Sarah Woodman(12 Jan 1641/42 – 1718) 7Anne Knight(12 Jan 1702/03 – ) 14Benjamin Knight(1668 – 1737) 28John Knight(1626 – 1678) 29Bathsheba Ingersoll(1630 – 1705) 15Abigail Jaques(1674 – 1763) 30Henry Jaques 31Anna Knight

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Aug 1746 - Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. Moved To - say1766 - New Boston, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Married - 1769 - New Boston, Cumberland County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (now Maine) Religion - 1803 - Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. Married - 13 Apr 1806 - Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A. Death - 20 Jun 1829 - Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S870] Gray, Ruth. Maine Families in 1790, volume 3, (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992). [S796] Little, George Thomas. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1909). [S868] 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, Anthony Morse Section 1903 & 1905. Reprint , (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1973). [S873] Eddy Fund. Vital Records of Billerica Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908). [S872] Hill, George T. History, Records, and Recollections of Gray, Maine, volume I, (Portland, Maine: Seavey Printers, Inc, 1978).