Anthony Moss

M, #390, (1752 - 10 November 1816)
Gravestone of Anthoiny and Susan Morse
Last Edited=14 May 2023
     Anthony Moss was born in 1752 at Falmouth (now Portland), Cumberland County, Maine.1,2,3 He was the son of Deacon Anthony Moss and Hannah Merrill. Anthony's name was also spelt Anthony Morse.

Anthony Moss married Susanna Elliot, age 20 , daughter of James Elliot and Margaret Gepson, on 4 March 1776.4 He served in Captain John Wentworth's Company, Col. Aaron Willard's Regiment in 1777, traveling to Fort Edward and back. He later served for three years in the Continental Army in Col. Jonathan Mitchell's Regiment.5,6 On 20 May 1780, Anthony bought 100 acres of land in Brunswick, Maine.7,4 Anthony, appeared on the US Census of 1790 at Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. The enumeration reads:

1 - Males - Under 16
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over
4 - Free White Persons - Females
6 - Number of Household Members.8


Anthony attended the first meeting of the Free-Will Baptist Society at James Elliot's house in Brunswick on 23 October 1799.7 Anthony, appeared on the US Census of 1800 at Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine. The enumeration reads:

1 - Free White Persons - Males - Under 10
1 - Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25
1 - Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over
1 - Free White Persons - Females - Under 10
1 - Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44
3 - Number of Household Members Under 16
2 - Number of Household Members Over 25
6 - Number of Household Members.9


He died on 10 November 1816 at Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine.1,4,2,3 He was buried at Growstown Cemetery, Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine.2,3

Complier's Notes:
Birth: Gray (1992) and the Morse Genealogy give his birth as 1748, while his gravestone lists it as 1752. I have chosen to use the date on the gravestone.2,1,10

Children of Anthony Moss and Susanna Elliot

Citations

  1. Gray, Ruth. Maine Families in 1790. volume 3. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992.
  2. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  3. Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection,. Maine, U.S., Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980. Lelhi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company, 1898.
  6. California State Library and Sacramento. U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  7. Wheeler, George Augustus and Henry Warren Wheeler. History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1878.
  8. Census Bureau. 1790 U.S. Federal Census. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  9. Census Bureau. 1800 U.S. Federal Census. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  10. Maine State Archives. Maine, U.S., Marriage Records, 1713-1937. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2010.
  11. Fuqua, Marilyn L. Dunham Family Group Sheets. Sacramento, California: Family Group Sheets, August 1997.