Joseph Morse

M, (29 Feb 1745 - 10 February 1817)
Father-Biological*Deacon Anthony Moss b. 2 Sep 1722, d. 1806
Mother-Biological*Hannah Merrill b. 19 May 1726
Last Edited=21 Aug 2022
     Joseph Morse was born 29 Feb 1745 at Falmouth (now Portland), Maine.1,2,3 He was the son of Deacon Anthony Moss and Hannah Merrill. Joseph was a cordwainer and shoemaker.2

Joseph Morse married Hannah Hunt, daughter of Captain Ephraim Hunt, on 13 January 1772 at Brunswick, Maine.

Children:
1. John Morse (1773-1809)
2. Hannah Morse (1775-1838)
3. Ephraim Morse (1777-____)
4. Nancy Morse (1779-____)
5. Martha Morse (1781-____)
6. Joseph Morse (1783-____)
7. Anthony Morse (1785-1807)
8. Mary Morse (1788-1807)
9. Susannah Morse (1790-____)
10. Sarah Morse (1790-1843)
11. Benjamin R. Morse (1793-____)
12. Eliphalet Morse (1796-____.)1,2,3


Joseph Morse died on 10 February 1817 at Brunswick, Maine.1,3

Citations

  1. Gray, Ruth. Maine Families in 1790. volume 3. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992.
  2. Wheeler, George Augustus and Henry Warren Wheeler. History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1878.
  3. 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. 1903 & 1905. Reprint Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1973.