When Thomas Morehouse was born on 18 November 1695, in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Morehouse, was 29 and his mother, Mary Hill, was 25. He married Joanna Denison on 27 December 1721, in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Norfolk, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America in 1745 and Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States in 1759. He died on 17 February 1769, in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 73.
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This town belonged to what was known as the Con- necticut colony, and was appointed to be sold at Harford on the second Tuesday in April, 1738. This failed until 1754
Created on October 9, 1751 from Fairfield, New Haven and Hartford Counties
English (Yorkshire): habitational name from any of the many places called Moorhouse in Yorkshire or Durham (from Old English mōr ‘moor’ + hūs ‘house’). In some cases the surname may have become Morris . This name is also established in Ireland.
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