When Abel Morse was born on 25 November 1755, in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Daniel Morse, was 29 and his mother, Ann Merrill Carpenter, was 29.
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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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