Ancestry of
Joseph Morse

(1671–1709)

John Morse

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• • Father of Joseph Morse — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Morse 
  • Mother:
  • Esther Pierce   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Feb 1638 
  • Birth Location:
  • Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 23 Jul 1702 
  • Death Location:
  • Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Stearns
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Apr 1666 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Joseph Morse (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 
  • Some older sources mistake John Morse for John Moore who married Ann Smith. They mistakenly list Ann as a second wife and her two children with John Moore as being children of this John Morse.

• Sources for John Morse

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1929, Vol. 83, p. 293.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2016, Vol. 170, p. 154.
  • ³ Watertown, MA: Vital Records, 1630-1825, Vol. 1, p. 34, Birth record for son Joseph Morss.
  • ⁴ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. V, M-P, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 169.
  • ⁵ Cutter, William Richard and William Frederick Adams, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 2127.
  • ⁶ Morse, J. Howard and Miss Emily W. Leavitt, comp., Morse Genealogy Comprising the Descendants of Samuel, Anthony, William and Joseph Morse and John Moss, Springfield, Massachusetts: Springfield Printing and Binding Company (1903), Joseph Morse Section, p. 3.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 445.