Person:John Morse (74)

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m. Bef 1637
  1. Ruth Morse1637 - 1692
  2. John Morse1639 - 1678
  3. Joseph Morse1640/41 - 1689
  4. Ezra Morse1643/44 - Bef 1692/93
  5. Abigail Morse1645/46 - 1737
  6. Ephraim Morse1648 -
m. Bef 1660
  1. Elizabeth Morse1660 - Abt 1714
Facts and Events
Name[1] John Morse
Gender Male
Birth[1] 8 Jun 1639 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1660 Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Elizabeth).
to Elizabeth Bosworth
Will[1] 25 Mar 1678
Death[1] Bet 25 Mar 1678 and 1 May 1678 Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
Probate[1] 1 May 1678 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 John Morse 1608-1657, in Alicia Crane Williams. Early New England Families, 1641-1700. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013)
    3.

    "John Morse, b. (Dedham) 8 June 1639; prob. bp. as 'Samuel Morse,' 15 Mar. 1640; d. Boston, bet. 25 March 1678 and 1 May 1678; …"

    [Note: the baptism is a reference to Source:Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Church Records, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1638-1845, Vol. 2, p. 23: "Samuell & Rachell children of our brother John Morse were baptised 15th of ye 1't month" [1640].]

  2.   Montgomery, Robert H. John Morse of Boston. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jul 1948)
    Vol. 24, p. 147.

    "There is, for example, no direct evidence that I have found that this John Morse was the son of John and Annis Morse."

  3.   Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    Vol. 1, p. 1.

    1639.
    John, the Son of John & Annis Morse, was borne the 8 of the 4th m'o.

  4.   Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971)
    Vol. 6, p. 232.

    Will of "John Morse of Boston ... Shopkeeper being Sick and weake of body", dated 25 Mar 1678, proved "pro" May 1678, names wife; son John to have a double portion; rest of my children; daughter Elizabeth Morse to be cared for by friend Nathanael Williams & his wife, he to have her dividend; my five youngest Children until they are of age. Friends Nathanael Williams and Benjamin Thurston to be executors, Deacon Peter Bracket and John Hayward Scrivno'r to be overseers.