Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Morse was born on 22 January 1721, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Morse II, was 24 and her mother, Lidia Newton, was 21. She married Samuel Sherman on 1 August 1742, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 August 1756, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 35.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Lydia in entry for Jeduthan Sharmon, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Lidia Mors in the Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620
- Vital records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849
Spouse and Children
1718–1784 Male
1721–1756 Female
Children (7)
1743–1793 Male
1745–1815 Male
1748–1819 Male
1751–1819 Male
1753–1826 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1696–1755 Male
1699–1733 Female
Siblings (8)
1720–1750 Female
1721–1756 Female
1723–1776 Female
1725– Female
1726–1727 Female
+3 More Children
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: variant of Morris .
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames, especially Moses . Compare Morris .
History: Samuel Morse (1791–1872), inventor of the electric telegraph andof Morse code, was a direct descendant of Anthony Morse of Wiltshire,England, who had emigrated to MA in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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