Ancestry of
Samuel F. B. Morse

Painter and Co-Inventor of Morse Code

Abigail Aspinwall

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• • Great-grandmother of Samuel F. B. Morse — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 11 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Aspinwall 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Bowen   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Oct 1701 
  • Birth Location:
  • Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 24 Jan 1788 
  • Death Location:
  • Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Child Jr.
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Dec 1721 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Sarah Child (Ahnentafel No:5 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources incorrectly give Abigail Aspinwall's maiden name as Ainsworth, but her marriage record clearly shows Aspinwall. The confusion may come from the fact that her daughter Abigail married Nathan Ainsworth.

• Sources for Abigail Aspinwall

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2005, Vol. 159, pp. 317-318, 322-324.
  • ² Woodstock, CT: Vital Records, 1686-1854, p. 27, Marriage record for John Child and Abigail Aspinwall.
  • ³ Paine, Lyman May, My Ancestors: A Memorial of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock, Conn., Chicago: Printed for Private Circulation (1914), 67.