When Morse was born in January 1816, in Hartford, Windsor, Vermont, United States, his father, Cady C. Morse, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Chase, was 23. He died on 23 January 1816, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Center of Town Cemetery, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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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.
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