Person:Jonathan Morse (13)

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Jonathan Morse
b.Abt 1680
d.8 Jan 1754 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Jonathan MorseAbt 1680 - 1754
  • W.  Mary Stow1685 - 1727
m. 13 Jun 1706
  1. Jonathan Morse1709 -
  2. Abigail Morse1712 - 1798
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  • H.  Jonathan MorseAbt 1680 - 1754
  • W.  Mary Church (add)
m. 1 May 1729
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Name[2] Jonathan Morse
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1680
Marriage 13 Jun 1706 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Stow
Marriage 1 May 1729 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Church (add)
Death[1] 8 Jan 1754 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. ↑ Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
    378.

    Morse, Jonathan, [died] Jan. 8, 1754.

  2. ↑ Hudson, Charles. History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861 : with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town. (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862)
    417.

    Jonathan Morse m. (1) 13 Jun 1706 Mary Stow, m. (2) 1 May 1729. He d. 8 Jan 1754.

  3.   Source:Morse, Abner. Memorial of the Morses, p. 74, shows Jonathan as the son of Joseph Morse and Susanna Shattuck, but gives his birth about 1680 without letting us know that the father died 1677. Most sources (e.g., History of Marlborough, p. 416; Bond, p. 372; Shattuck Memorials, p. 67) ditch the birth estimate but keep the parents. Savage, p. 3:240, seems to believe the birth estimate is reasonable and the parents questionable. There is no birth record for Jonathan in Groton, and apparently no age at death. It is not explained why his birth is estimated to be about 1680. Presumably, it is due to the date of marriage, since a birth before 1677 makes him a little old at his marriage in 1706, about 30. Jonathan and his wife Mary named no children Joseph or Susanna, but they did name a daughter Abigail, which raises an alternate possibility that Jonathan was the posthumous son of Joseph's brother Jonathan Morse who m. Susanna's sister Abigail Shattuck. The birth of that Jonathan was 23 Jan 1686/87 (Watertown Records, p. 1:59), but sources don't seem to have any further information on him. This birthdate would make him not quite 21 at the time of marriage in 1706, so he is not a clearcut choice, but unlike the other candidate, he has a recorded birth, so we know he actually existed?
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