Saturday, November 17, 2018

Surname Saturday -- MORSE (England to Colonial New England)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2199 who is Mary MORSE (1620-1692). [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two 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 (1768-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

136.  Moses Smith (1732-1806)
137.  Patience Hamant (1735-1780)

274.  Timothy Hamant (1699-1774)
275.  Hephzibah Clark (1699-1791)

548.  Timothy Hamant (1667-1718)
549.  Melatiah Clark (1674-1747)

1098.  Ephraim Clark (1646-1699)
1099.  Mary Bullen (1642-1726)

2198.  Samuel Bullen, born about 1617 in England; died 16 January 1692 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 10 August 1641 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2199.  Mary Morse, born before 13 August 1620 in Burgate, Suffolk, England; died 14 February 1692 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Samuel Bullen and Mary Morse are:

Mary Bullen (1642-1726), married 1669 Ephraim Clark (1646-1699)
*  Samuel Bullen (1644-1736), married 1672 Experience Sabin (1648-1728).
*  Elizabeth Bullen (1647-1689), married 1668 Benjamin Wheelock (1640-1716).
*  John Bullen (1649-1703), married 1684 Judith Fisher (1663-1753).
*  Joseph Bullen (1651-1704), married 1675 Abigail Sabin (1653-1721).
*  Ephraim Bullen (1653-1694), married 1680 Grace LNU (1662-1689).
*  Meletiah Bullen (1655-1693), married 1680 Josiah Fisher (1654-1736).
*  Elisha Bullen (1657-1735), married 1683 Hannah Metcalf (1664-1719).
*  Eleazer Bullen (1662-1662).
*  Bethia Bullen (1664-????), married 1686 Benjamin Colburn (1659-1714).

4398.  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 8796. Thomas Morse and 8797. Margaret King.  He married 29 June 1602 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England.
4399.  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 8798. Lancelot Jasper and 8799. 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 Annis 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).  


I have done no original research on this family line.

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