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1634 |
Joseph Morse, son of Joseph and Dorothy, emigrates about this time from Ipswich, England, embarking on the ship "Elizabeth" - ship master William Andrews. He settles in Watertown, Massachusetts and is one of the proprietors. | |||||||
1634 |
Nicholas Danforth of Framlingham, Suffolk, England emigrates to the colonies, arriving in Boston on the 18th of September on the "Griffin" accompanied by his brother-in-law Rev. Zechariah Symmes (who later became minister of Charlestown) and his six children, three sons and three daughters ranging in age from six to sixteen. His wife, Elizabeth Symmes has perished nearly five years earlier in Aspall, Suffolk, England in 1629. | |||||||
1635 |
Joseph Morse is admitted freeman on the 6th of May. | |||||||
1637 |
Anthony Fisher, son of Anthony of Syleham, county Suffolk, England arrived in Boston in the ship Rose, with wife Mary and children on the 26th of June. They settled in Dedham. | |||||||
1637 |
Joseph Morse settles in Watertown. He and wife Hester (Pierce) have son Joseph born on the 30th of April who later marries Susanna SHATTUCK, the daughter of William and Susanna, on April 12th of 1661. | |||||||
1637 |
Joseph Morse draws 120 acres in the division of lands. | |||||||
1638 |
Nicholas Danforth dies in April of 1638 in Framingham. He was born 1 Mar 1588/89 in Framlingham, England and had been a surveyor who set out the boundaries for Concord, Roxbury, Dedham and Dorchester. He also served as a deputy to the General Court, the body of which renamed "New Towne" to Cambridge and made the first appropriation for the etablishment of Harvard College. | |||||||
1638 |
John Morse, son of Joseph and Hester (Pierce) is born 28th December - he later marries Anne Smith and removes to Lancaster. | |||||||
1643 |
Jonathan Morse, son of Joseph & Hester (Pierce) is born on the 7th of September. He marries Abigail Shattuck, daughter of William and Susanna, on the 17th of October in 1678. After the birth of the second child, they remove to Groton where he dies in 1677; his widow marrying in 1678, John FAY of Marlborough. | |||||||
1644/45 |
Hester Morse, daughter of Joseph and Hester (Pierce), is born on January 7th. She later marries Jonathan BULLARD, son of George and Beatrice. | |||||||
1647 |
Sarah Morse, daughter of Joseph and Hester, is born about this time. In 1669 she marries Timothy COOPER. | |||||||
1649 |
Jeremiah Morse, son of Joseph and Hester, is born about this year. On 13 Jan 1681/82, he marries Abigail WOODARD, daughter of John and Abigail (Benjamin) who dies not long after, on the 13th of April in 1683. | |||||||
1651 |
Isaac Morse, son of Joseph and Hester, is born about this year. | |||||||
1652/53 |
Cornelius Fisher, son of Anthony and Mary (Buckingham), marries Leah Heaton on the 22nd of February in Dedham - she the daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Wight). | |||||||
1654 |
Jonathan Danforth, son of Nicholas who was born in Framlingham, England and emigrated with his father to Massachusetts, marries Elizabeth POULTER in Boston on the 22nd of November and removes from Cambridge to Billerica. Here he is known as "Father of Billerica", and serves as Town Clerk, Deputy to the General Court, and Chairman of the Selectmen. His services as surveyor are in demand all over MA and later preserved in the state archives. | |||||||
1656/57 |
Mary Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on the 29th of January in Billerica. She marries John PARKER of Chelmsford, MA in June of 1678. | |||||||
1657 |
Elizabeth Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on 27th of May in Billerica. She marries in March of 1686/87 Simon Haywood of Concord, MA. | |||||||
1658/59 |
On the 18th of February in Billerica, Jonathan Danforth, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born. | |||||||
1659/60 |
Cornelius Fisher, son of Cornelius and Leah (Heaton), is born on the 8th of February in Dedham. He later marries Anna Whitney who was born in Watertown, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Jones). | |||||||
1660/61 |
John Danforth, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on the 23rd of January and dies on the 7th of February in Billerica. | |||||||
1661/62 |
John Danforth, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on the 22nd of Feburary and dies on the 4th of June in Billerica. | |||||||
1664 |
Lydia Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on June 1st in Billerica. She marries Edward WIGHT of Concord, MA and dies in Billerica on the 19th of April in 1742. | |||||||
1665/66 |
Samuel Danforth, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on the 5th of February in Billerica. He later marries Hannah CROSBY and dies in Billerica on 19th of April 1742. | |||||||
1666 |
John Morse, son of Joseph and Hester, marries Abigail STEARNS on 27th of April. He had lived in Lancaster but after the death of his first wife, Anne (Smith), he returned to Watertown where he dies in 1702. Abigail is daughter of Isaac Stearns and Mary (Barker). | |||||||
1667 |
John and Abigail (Stearns) Morse, become the parents of son John who is born in Watertown on the 10th of May. | |||||||
1668 |
James Morse, son of John and Abigail (Stearns), is born in Watertown on the 25th of November. He later marries his cousin, Abigail MORSE, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Shattuck) on the 27th of April 1699. | |||||||
1668/69 |
Anna Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on March 8th in Billerica. At about age 20, she marries Oliver WHITING and dies in Billerica on the 13th of August 1737. | |||||||
1669 |
John Morse, son of Joseph and Dorothy, is Town Clerk at Groton and John Morse, son of John and Abigail (Stearns), is born on the 15th of March in Watertown. He later marries (1) Elizabeth GOODING and (2) Hepzibah STONE. | |||||||
1670 |
Thomas Danforth, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on the 29th of April in Billerica but dies soon after on the 31st of July. | |||||||
1671 |
Nicholas Danforth, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born on the 1st of July in Billerica and dies on the 8th of March 1693/94. | |||||||
1671 |
Joseph Morse, son of John and Abigail (Stearns) is born in Watertown on 25 August. He marries Elizabeth Sawtel/Sautel in 1691. [Spelled Sawtel in Mass records] | |||||||
1673 |
Abigail Morse, daughter of John and Abigail (Stearns) is born on 23rd of December, but dies shortly after on March 3rd. | |||||||
1676 |
Jonathan Danforth, son of Nicholas, becomes first Captian of the Billerica Militia and is involved in King Philip's War. | |||||||
1676 |
On the 23rd of December, Sarah Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter) is born in Billerica. She marries William FRENCH in 1695 and dies on the 15th of October 1751 in Concord, MA. | |||||||
1677 |
Joseph Morse, son of Joseph and Hester (Pierce) who was born in 1637, dies in Groton, Middlesex County. | |||||||
1677 |
On August 6th, Abigail, daughter of Abigail (Stearns) and John Morse, is born. She later marries Deacon Jonathan PARKHURST. | |||||||
1678 |
Isaac Morse, son of John and Abigail (Stearns) is born in Watertown on the 5th of January. | |||||||
1682 |
On the 21st of June, Samuel Morse, son of John and Abigail (Stearns) is born in Watertown. | |||||||
1682 |
Jonathan Danforth, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Poulter), marries Rebecca PARKER in Billerica on the 27th of June. | |||||||
1686 |
Jonathan Morse, son of Joseph and Hester, and husband of Abigail Shattuck, dies on the 31st of July - he had been Town Clerk for Groton. | |||||||
1687/88 |
Nathan Morse, youngest child of John and Abigail (Stearns) is christened on the 29th of January. After his father's death in 1702, his brother James becomes his guardian. | |||||||
1689 |
Elizabeth (Poulter) Danforth, wife of Jonathan, dies in Billerica on the 7th of October. | |||||||
1690 |
After the death of his wife Elizabeth (Poulter), Jonathan Danforth marries Esther Champney Converse of Woburn, MA on the 17th of November. | |||||||
1691 |
Joseph Morse (b.1671), son of John and Abigail (Stearns), marries Elizabeth SAWTEL, daughter of Jonathan and Mary on the 25th of August in Groton. | |||||||
1693 |
On the 19th of August, Joseph Morse, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel) is born in Watertown. He marries in 1720, Elizabeth PARK, the daughter of John Park and Elizabeth (Miller). | |||||||
1694 |
Isaac Fisher, son of Cornelius and Anna (Whitney) is born on the 19th of May in Wrentham. | |||||||
1696 |
Abigail Morse, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel) is born on the first of January, she marries Joshua HEMENWAY in 1718 and dies in 1739. | |||||||
1699 |
Zecheriah Morse, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel) is born on the 12th of August. He marries Huldah WHITNEY in 1724. | |||||||
1701/02 |
John Morse, son of John and Abigail, marries his 2nd wife, Hepsebeth STONE on the 7th of January. His son James is appointed gaurdian over John's younger son, Nathaniel. | |||||||
1702 |
John Morse, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel) is born on the 7th of June. In 1732, he marries Sarah HILL; and marries Sarah PUFFER in 1741. | |||||||
1702 |
John Morse, son of Joseph and Hester (Pierce) dies on the 28th of December in Lancaster. Besides children by 2nd wife Abigail, he was the father of Lydia and John by first wife Ann and was a deacon and planter in Lancaster. | |||||||
1704 |
Jonathan Morse, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel) is born on the 10th of February. His father dies when he is just about five years old and is then raised by his step-father, Benjamin NURSE, son of Francis and Rebecca (Town), whom his mother married in 1713. | |||||||
1708/09 |
On the 6th of March, Elizabeth Morse, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel) is christened in Watertown. In 1730, she marries John CLAYES. | |||||||
1709 |
Joseph Morse, son of John and Abigail, dies while on a visit in Guilford, CT. He was the husband of Elizabeth Sawtel/Sautle. She later marries Benjamin NURSE. | |||||||
1712 |
Jonathan Danforth, son of Nicholas of Framlingham, England, dies in Billerica on the 7th of September. He had been considered the most noted surveyor in the colonies. | |||||||
1712 |
On October 24th, Elizabeth Morse, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel), marries John THATCHER, son of Samuel and Mary. | |||||||
1713 |
Elizabeth (Sawtel) Morse, widow of Joseph who died in 1709, marries Benjamin NURSE 10th of February in Watertown. Benjamin is the son of Francis. His mother Rebecca (Town) had been accused of withcraft in 1692 and was hanged at the age of 70. | |||||||
1713 |
Jonathan Danforth, son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Parker), marries Elizabeth MANNING on the 18th of November. She is daughter of Samuel and Abiel (Wight). | |||||||
1714 |
Jonathan Danforth, son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Manning) is born on the 10th of November in Billerica. He marries Anna Blanchard in Hollis, Hillsborough, NH. [See New Hampshire Chronology] | |||||||
1717 |
On the 4th of May, Elizabeth Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Manning) is born in Billerica. She marries William MANNING in November of 1742. | |||||||
1718 |
Abigail Morse, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel), marries Joshua HEMMINGTON on the 1st of July. | |||||||
1719 |
Jeremiah Morse, son of Joseph and Hester who had married Abigail WOODWARD, dies on the 27th of September in Newton. | |||||||
1719 |
Isaac Fisher, son of Cornelius and Anna (Whitney), marries Esther Mann on the 30th of December - she the daughter of Samuel and Esther (Ware). | |||||||
1720 |
Born on the 6th of May, Sarah Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Manning) dies on 17 Nov 1762. | |||||||
1720 |
Jonathan Fisher, son of Isaac and Esther (Mann), is born on the 8th of October in Wrentham. | |||||||
1720 |
Joseph Morse, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel), marries Elizabeth PARK on the 30th of November. | |||||||
1722 |
Rebecca Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Manning) is born on the 29th of May in Billerica. | |||||||
1724 |
Zachariah Morse, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel), marries Huldah WHITNEY. | |||||||
1724 |
On the 8th of December, Jonathan and Elizabeth's (Manning) son Benjamin is born in Billerica. In 1750 he marries Mary Frost and they live in New Hampshire. | |||||||
1727 |
Mary Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Manning) is born in Billerica on the 20th of April. She dies on 16 Mar 1793. | |||||||
1729/30 |
Anna Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Manning) is born in Billerica on the 28th of February. She later married Braviter GRAY in the summer of 1757 and dies shortly thereafter. | |||||||
1732 |
Samuel Morse, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel), marries Sarah HILL on the 7th of June, she dies 8 years later. | |||||||
1733 |
Abigail Danforth, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Manning) is born in Billerica on the 16th of August. She dies on 27 May 1774. | |||||||
1734 |
Known as "Deacon Jonathn Morse," son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel) and step-son of Benjamin Nurse, Jonathan marries Mary CLAYES (1712-1785), the daughter of James and Mary, on the 16th of May. They remain in Watertown and become the parents of Revolutionary War soldier, Nathan Morse. | |||||||
1735 |
First child of Deacon Jonathan Morse and Mary (Clayes), Sarah Morse, is born this year in Watertown. She later marries Abraham NURSE. | |||||||
1736 |
Jonathan Morse, first son of Deacon Jonathan and Mary (Clayes), is born this year. He later marries Mehetabel NURSE. | |||||||
1738 |
Elizabeth Morse, daughter of Deacon Jonathan and Mary (Clayes) is born this year. | |||||||
1740 |
Deacon Jonathan Morse and Mary (Clayes) have son Nathan born this year, but dies same. | |||||||
1741 |
Samuel Morse, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sawtel), and widower of Sarah Hill, marries (2) Sarah PUFFER on the 12 th of May. | |||||||
1746 |
Born this year, James Morse, son of Deacon Jonathan and Mary (Clayes), he later marries Mary GLEASON. | |||||||
1747 |
Asa Morse, son of Deacon Jonathan and Mary (Clayes) is born about this time. He marries Susan EAMES and dies in about 1838. | |||||||
1749/50 |
Nathan Morse, son of Deacon Jonathan & Mary (Clayes), is born in Framingham on the 28th of February. He will serve in the Revolutionary War from Grafton. | |||||||
1750 |
Jonathan Fisher, son of Isaac and Esther (Mann), marries Betty Grant in Wrentham on the 9th o January - she the daughter of Benjamin and Betty (Ware). This family removes to Cumberland, Rhode Island where their son Jonathan is born in 1753. | |||||||
1752 |
Molly Morse is born this year to Deacon Jonathan Morse and wife Mary (Clayes). She will later marry William ARNOLD. | |||||||
1762 |
Jonathan Danforth, son of Jonathan and Rebecca (Parker) and husband of Elizabeth (Manning), dies in Billerica on the 23rd of March. | |||||||
1772 |
On March 15th, Nathan Morse (b.1749), marries widow Elizabeth (STEVENS) HILL on the 15th of March and they remove to Grafton, also in Middlesex County. | |||||||
1772 |
On the 8th of April, Elizabeth (Manning) Danforth, wife of Jonathan, dies in Billerica. She had been born 14 March 1688/89. | |||||||
1773 |
Joseph R. Morse, son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Stevens), is born in Grafton. | |||||||
1775 |
Nathan Morse is borne on the pay roll of Capt. Aaron Kimbal's Company of Colonel Artemus Ward's Regiment on the alarm of April 19th from Grafton and serves as corporal for two weeks. | |||||||
1775 |
Betsey Morse, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth, is born in Grafton on 20th day of June. She later marries (1795) Silas ROBBINS and resides in Alstead, NH. | |||||||
1775 |
Nathan Morse is listed on the roll of Capt. Luke Drury's Company of Colonel Jonathan Ward's Regiment - serving eight months service. Name borne on roll dated Watertown Nov. 3rd from Grafton. He served as sergeant. | |||||||
1776 |
Nathan Morse is drafted on or about the 1st of February, to go to Dorchester again for two months, and hires David Furbush to take his place. | |||||||
1777 |
Nathan Morse, son of Nathan and Elizabeth, is born on January 30th. He later marries Polly Fisher of Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire. | |||||||
1777 |
Nathan Morse is listed on the pay roll of Captain Joseph Warner's Company which is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Wheelock who marched to Bennington on alarm on the 21st of August. Nathan served as sergeant. | |||||||
1777 |
Nathan Morse is listed on the pay roll of Captain Edward Brigham's Company, Colonel Job Cushing's regiment and serves as sargeant from September 12th to November 2nd - two months, 28 days. | |||||||
1779 |
Nathan Morse,
along with wife Elizabeth (Stevens) and their young
children, remove to Alstead, NH and remain there until
about 1820. [See New Hampshire Chronology] |
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1779 |
Sarah Morse, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth, is born on April 18th, either before or after their move to Alstead, is unkown. She later marries (1799) Andrew BECKWITH. | |||||||
1785 |
Mary (Clayes) Morse, wife of Jonathan (1704-1734), dies in Framingham, Middlesex County. | |||||||
1854 |
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, certifies in a letter of September 25th that Nathan Morse had served in the War of the Revolution from Grafton. | |||||||
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