Ancestry of
Andrew Shue

TV Actor

Samuel Morse

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Andrew Shue — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3776 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Morse 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret King   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 12 Jun 1576 
  • Christening Location:
  • Boxted, Essex, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 5 Dec 1654 
  • Death Location:
  • Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Jasper
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Jun 1602 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Redgrave, Suffolk, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elizabeth Morse

  John Morse

  Daniel Morse

  Joseph Morse (Ahnentafel No:1888 )

  Mary Morse

  • Notes: 
  • Samuel is thought to be the son of the Rev. Thomas Morse of Foxearth, Essex, England. A monument at the gravesite for Samuel and Elizabeth (Jasper) Morse, and erected by Morse family descendants, contains dates that do not agree with other sources.

• Sources for Samuel Morse

  • ¹ Early New England Families, 1641-1700, Daniel Morse (m.1639), p. 1.
  • ² Early New England Families, 1641-1700, Joseph Morse (m. 1638), p. 1.
  • ³ Early New England Families, 1641-1700, John Morse (m. 1637), p. 1.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 19 AUG 2012).
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1929, Vol. 83, pp. 77, 81, 284-290, 294.
  • ⁶ The American Genealogist, 1948, Vol. 25, pp. 54-56.
  • ⁷ The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, p. 208.
  • ⁸ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 233.
  • ⁹ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. V, M-P, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2007), 170-177.
  • ¹⁰ Gosnold, Flora Bullen, Genealogy and Work of Rev. Joseph Bullen, Jr., Hickory, North Carolina: Unknown (1968), 16.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#74 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Actor Richard [Tiffany] Gere", (accessed 10/10/2014).
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 203, 214.
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 43, 94.
  • ¹⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 444.
  • ¹⁵ Stearns, Ezra S., comp., Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People . . ., Vol. 1, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1908), 254.

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