I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1119 who is Lydia MORSE (1645-1722) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].
My ancestral line back through three generations in this MORSE family line is:
1. Randall J. Seaver
2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)
4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)
16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)
34. Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35. Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)
68. Aaron Smith (1765-1841)
69. Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)
138. Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139. Mary Guild (1735-1800)
278. Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796)
279. Mary Boyden (1708-1776)
558. Thomas Boyden (1681-1771)
559. Deborah Wight (1685-1730)
1118. Ephraim Wight, born before 27 January 1646 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 February 1723 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 2236. Thomas Wight and 2237. Alice.
1119. Lydia Morse, born before 13 April 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died 14 July 1722 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
Children of Ephraim Wight and Lydia Morse are:
* Lydia Wight (1669-1741), married 1686 Nathaniel Partridge (1660-1741).
* Esther Wight (1671-????).
* Ephraim Wight (1673-1744), married 1702 Sarah Partridge (1674-1763).
* Miriam Wight (1675-1746), married 1701 Joseph allen (1676-1727).
* Nathaniel Wight (1678-1748), married (1) 1704 Sarah Ellis (1687-1705), (2) 1706 Mehitable Hinsdale (1687-????).
* Daniel Wight (1680-1744), married 1721 Lydia Estee (1695-1748).
* Bethia Wight (1683-1756), married 1708 Malachi Bullard (1685-1726).
* Deborah Wight (1685-1730), married 1707 Thomas Boyden (1681-1771).
* Ruth Wight (1688-1747), married 1715 Abraham Harding (1691-1768).
2238. Daniel Morse, born about 1611 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England; died 05 June 1688 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He married before 1639 in probably Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2237. Lydia Fisher, born before 04 March 1620 in Syleham, Suffolk, England; died 29 January 1690 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 4474. Anthony Fisher and 4475. Mary.
Children of Daniel Morse and Lydia Fisher are:
* Obadiah Morse (1639-1704), married 1666 Martha Johnson (1647-1714).
* Daniel Morse (1641-1702), married 1669 Elizabeth Barber (1651-1714).
* Jonathan Morse (1645-1727), married 1666 Mary Barber (1644-1700).
* Lydia Morse (1645-1722), married 1667 Ephraim Wight (1646-1727).
* Bethia Morse (1648-1717), married 1665 John Perry (1639-1713).
* Mary Morse (1650-1736), married 1676 Edward West (1650-1694).
* Bathshua Morse (1653-1737), married 1674 Benjamin Fiske (1654-1689).
* Nathaniel Morse (1658-1728), married Dorothy Mason.
* Elisha Morse (1661-????), married 1686 Jemima Tolman.
* Samuel Morse (1661-1704), married 1690 Deborah Herring (1666-1719).
4476. Samuel Morse, born before 12 June 1576 in Boxted, Essex, England; died 10 June 1654 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of 8952. Thomas Morse and 8953. Margaret King. He married 29 June 1602 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England.
4477. Elizabeth Jasper, born before 08 October 1578 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England; died 20 June 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. She was the daughter of 8854. Lancelot Jasper and 8855. Rose Shepard.
Children of Samuel Morse and Elizabeth Jasper are:
* Samuel Morse (1603-1626).
* Elizabeth Morse (1606-1643), married 1630 Robert Daniel (1602-1655).
* John Morse (1608-1657), married 1637 Anna Chickering (1613-1693).
* Daniel Morse (1611-1688), married 1639 Lydia Fisher (1620-1690).
* Joseph Morse (1613-1654), married 1638 Hannah Phillips (1617-1676).
* Sarah Morse (1616-1616).
* Mary Morse (1620-1692), married 1641 Samuel Bullen (1617-1692).
Information about these Morse families was obtained from:
* Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), Samuel Morse sketch, pages 171-177.
* G. Andrews Moriarty, English Origins of New England Families, Volume 2 (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1964), Morse family, pp 262 ff.
* William S. Tilden (editor) History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts, 1650-1886, (Boston, Mass. : Geo. H. Ellis, 1887).
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