Reverend Jedediah Morse

Brief Life History of Jedediah

When Reverend Jedediah Morse was born on 23 August 1761, in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Deacon Jedidiah Morse, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Child, was 37. He married Elizabeth Ann Breese on 14 March 1789, in Shrewsbury Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 9 June 1826, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reverend Jedediah Morse
1761–1826
Elizabeth Ann Breese
1766–1828
Marriage: 14 March 1789
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
1791–1872
Jedidiah Edwards Morse
1792–1793
Sidney Edwards Morse
1794–1871
Richard Cary Morse
1795–1868
Thomas Russell Morse
1797–1797
Elisabeth Ann Morse
1798–1799
James R. Morse
1801–1801
Elizabeth Ann Morse
1803–1804
Morse
1805–1805
Mary K. Morse
1807–1807
Sarah K. Morse
1809–1880

Sources (72)

  • 1810 United States Federal Census
  • Jedidiah Morss, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1784-1840

World Events (8)

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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