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
Woodward, 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 23
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 Hemeway 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 Clayed (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 Aronold. |
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] |
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. |
