Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Morse was born on 16 January 1733, in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Major Joseph Morse Sr., was 26 and her mother, Sarah Lewis, was 26. She married Capt Jabez Ellis on 25 September 1754, in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America in 1754. She died on 21 July 1821, in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, North Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Abigal Morse, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Abigail Morse Ellis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abigail Morse, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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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