Person:Ebenezer Morse (5)
Rev. Ebenezer Morse
b.2 Mar 1717/18 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.3 Jan 1802 Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1707
  1. Mary Morse1707 -
  2. Jemima Morse1708/09 -
  3. Joshua Morse1710 - 1773
  4. Eliakim Morse1712 -
  5. Lydia Morse1714 -
  6. Ruth Morse1716 - 1806
  7. Rev. Ebenezer Morse1717/18 - 1802
  8. Joseph Morse1720 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Rev. Ebenezer Morse1717/18 - 1802
  • W.  Persis Bush1727 - 1788
m. 27 Nov 1745
  1. John Morse1746 -
  2. Mary Morse1747 -
  3. Eliakim Morse1750 -
  4. Joshua Morse1752 -
  5. Ebenezer Morse1754 -
  6. Ebenezer Morse1755 -
  7. Joseph Morse1757 -
  8. Eliakim Morse1759 -
  9. Amherst Morse1760 -
  10. Annis Morse1764 -
  11. Mary Morse1767 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Rev. Ebenezer Morse
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 2 Mar 1717/18 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 27 Nov 1745 Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Persis Bush
Death[1] 3 Jan 1802 Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Rev. Ebenezer Morse was born in Medfield, March 2, 1718/19 to Joshua and Mary Morse of Medfield.

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Education

He graduated from Harvard College in 1737, where it is said he placed 23rd in a class of thirty-four. He continued his education receiving his Masters degree (M.A.) "in due course."

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Revolutionary War

On May 23, 1775, at a town meeting of Shrewsbury, a committee of five was selected to examine him along with four others on the suspicion of harboring loyalist tendencies. The committee reported back a week later that Mr. Morse "appeared not to be so friendly to the common cause, as we could wish; but rather, in some instances, unfriendly."S1 As a result of this report, Rev. Ebenezer's arms and ammunition were confiscated and his movements restricted, "that the said Morse do not pass over the lines of the 2d Parish in Shrewsbury, on any occasion whatever, without a permit from two or more of the Committee (of Safety) of said precinct." S1 In June 1775, he was dismissed by the parishioners of his church and excluded from the pulpit, this action being confirmed by an ecclesiastical council the following year.

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Later Years

Despite his removal from the Church pulpit, Rev. Ebenezer continued to reside in the North Parish, which would later become the town of Boylston, where he practiced medicine for several years. He must have maintained close ties to his former church as a record book of the church kept by Rev. Ebenezer from 1743 to 1790 is now in the possession of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, portions of which were published in the Register 77:17-33 (1923). He died January 3, 1802 in the North Parish (Boylston, Mass.).

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rev. Ebenezer Morse, in Records of the Church in the North Parish of Shrewsbury, Mass. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923)
    p 17.

    Rev. Ebenezer Morse was born at Medield, Mass., 2 Mar. 1718/19 {family record has it recorded in 1717/18}, the son of Joshua4 (Samuel3 of Medfield, Joseph2 of Dedham, Mass., Samuel1 of Dedham and Medfield) and Mary Morse of Medfield, and died at Boylston, Mas., 3 Jan. 1802.

  2. ↑ Births, in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
    p. 72.

    Morse, Ebenezer, s. Joshua and Mary, Mar. 2, 1717-1[8]

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