Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Morse was born in 1726, in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Zechariah Morse, was 27 and his mother, Huldah Whitney, was 23. He married Joannah Newton on 3 January 1753, in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. He died in January 1753, at the age of 27.
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- Joseph Morse, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Joseph Morpe, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Joseph Morse, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
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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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