Person:Thomas Morehouse (1)
Thomas Morehouse
b.Est 1667 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
d.Bef 1700 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1663
  1. Samuel MorehouseBef 1663 - 1732
  2. Rebecca MorehouseEst 1665 - 1692
  3. Thomas MorehouseEst 1667 - Bef 1700
  4. Elizabeth MorehouseBef 1669 - Bef 1721
  5. John MorehouseEst 1671 - 1727
  6. Hannah MorehouseBef 1673 - Bef 1698
  7. Mary MorehouseEst 1675 -
  8. Ensign Daniel MorehouseAbt 1679 - 1739
  9. James MorehouseEst 1681 -
  10. Ann MorehouseEst 1683 - Aft 1700
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Thomas MorehouseEst 1667 - Bef 1700
  • W.  Mary HillAbt 1669 - 1746
m. 3 Apr 1690
  1. Catherine Morehouse1691 -
  2. Thomas Morehouse1695 - 1769
  3. Mary Morehouse1696 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Morehouse
Gender Male
Birth[1] Est 1667 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)Based on estimated dates of births of siblings.
Marriage 3 Apr 1690 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States to Mary Hill
Death[1] Bef 1700 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)Wife remarried c. 1700
Estate Inventory[1][2] 12 Mar 1706 Additional inventory.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Morehouse, Thomas, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:422-23.

    "Morehouse, Thomas, s. of Samuel. Married at Boston, Mass., 3 Apr. 1690, Mary Hill, dau. of Eliphalet and Ann, b. at Boston, 1 Apr. 1670; she m. (2) in 1700, Joseph Sturges, … Inv. 12 Mar. 1706. Mary Sturges, who was his widow, to have dower, 1 Mar. 1708; distribution to children ordered. John Morehouse appointed guardian 1708 for Thomas and Mary; Sergt. Matthew Sherwood for John and Rebecca. Distribution 14 Feb. 1719/20; sons Thomas and John; receipts from the daus. Thomas Morehouse, eldest son, John Morehouse, and Joseph Booth in right of wife Rebecca, children of Thomas Morehouse, acknowledged receipt, 7 Feb. 1722/3, of the dower of their mother Mrs. Mary Sturgis. The next day, Joseph Sturges and Mary his wife conveyed to Joseph Booth of Stratfield land formerly belonging to the Est. of Thomas Morehouse, former husband of Mary."

  2. ↑ Mead, Spencer P. (Spencer Percival). Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1648-1750. (Spencer P. Mead (Typescript), 1929)
    199.

    "Morehouse, Thomas, Jr., late of Fairfield, additional inventory taken Mch. 12, 1706, showed rent paid to Mathew Sherwood, Jr.; legacy to Ann; paid Daniel Morehouse for taking care of Mary; paid Mathew Sherwood for taking care of John; estate owed Samuel Morehouse, Daniel Morehouse, and Mathew Sherwood, Jr., and filed Aug. 29, 1706, page 139.
    Aug. 29, 1706, account filed hy his widow, now Mary Sturgis, administratrix, and estate ordered distributed by Sergeant Ezekiell Sanford and Samuel Hubbell to his widow Mary Sturgis and children Thomas, Mary, John, and Rebecka, page 139.
    Aug. 29, 1706, the court appointed John Morehouse guardian of Thomas and Mary; and Sergeant Mathew Sherwood was appointed guardian of John and Rebeckah, children of decedent, page 139.
    Feb. 3, 1713/4, John, a son of decedent, made choice of his father in law (step father) Joseph Sturgis to be his guardian, page 376."

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