When Daniel Morse was born on 18 September 1745, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Morse, was 42 and his mother, Margaret Bartlett, was 38. He married Miriam Hoyt on 20 November 1766, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 25 February 1826, in Bridgewater, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Bridgewater, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.