MORSE
[Trans. note; at beginning of this section it states, "For early generations see Joseph Morse 2." I don't know which volume this may be found in, but if I locate it I'll be sure to transcribe it.]
(III) Joseph Morse, son of Joseph Morse (2), was born in Watertown, Mass., April 3, 1637, and died in 1677. He settled in Groton, Mass., but in 1675 was forced to return to Watertown on account of the Indian attacks. He married, Feb. 11, 1661, Susanna Shattuck, born 1634, daughter of William and Susanna Shattuck. She married second, July 15, 1678, John Fay.
Children:
1. Susanna, born Jan. 11, 1662-3, in Groton; married 1679=80, Daniel Newton, b. Dec. 21, 1655, d. Nov. 20, 1739.
2. Hester, born Sept. 11, 1664; married Feb. 12, 1681-2, Nathaniel Josselyn, b. in Marlborough June 21, 1658, d. March 5, 1725.
3. Joseph, born Nov. 11, 1667, mentioned below.
4. Samuel, born Sept. 4, 1670; married Grace ____.
5. Mary, born April 27, 1672; married July 23, 1694, John Barnard.
6. Hannah, born April 7, 1674, died Sept. 10, 1732; married June 19, 1691, John Newton, b. June 6, 1667.
7. Jonathan, born 1676; married June 13, 1706, Mary Stowe: married second, Mary Church.
8. Jacob, married Elizabeth ____, who died at Sudbury, Dec. 10, 1690.
(IV) Joseph Morse, son of Joseph Morse (3), was born in Groton, Nov. 11, 1667. He resided in Marlborough. He married, in Watertown, Jan. 20, 1690-1, Grace Warren, b. March 14, 1671-2, died July, 1753, daughter of David and Mary (Barnard) Warren, of Watertown.
Children:
1. Joseph, born Sept. 27, 1691; mentioned below.
2. Grace, born Jan. 7, 1694; married Dec. 6, 1716, Jacob Hinds, born in Brookfield, 1683, died in West Boylston.
3. Mary, born Oct. 13, 1697; married Jan. 6, 1718, James Maynard, b. March 31, 1694.
4. Elizabeth, born Jan. 4, 1700; married Aug. 18, 1717, Benjamin Woods, born June 5, 1691.
5. Jonas, born July 25, 1703; married, 1735.
6. Patience, born Oct. 30, 1705; died May 1, 1776, married, Nov. 11, 1727, Jonathan Keyes, b. Nov. 29, 1702, d. June 25, 1778.
(V) Joseph Morse, son of Joseph Morse (4), was born in Framingham, Mass., Sept. 27, 1691, and died Jan. 22, 1756. He married, in Framingham, Mass., Nov. 1, 1716, Abigail Barnes, born 1695, died Sept. 5, 1741, daughter of John and Hannah Barnes. He married second, Joanna ____.
Children:
1. Elizabeth, born July 18, 1717; married, 1742, Joseph Newton, b. March 1, 1719.
2. Dorothea, born Feb. 11, 1718-19; died same day.
3. Bezaleel, born March 12, 1719-20; was ensign at Louisburg, and died there Jan. 12, 1756.
4. Lieut. Joseph, born Dec. 2, 1721; married Aug. 29, 1746, Mary Thomas, b. Feb. 16, 1729; resided at West Boylston.
5. Stephen, born Nov. 26, 1723; married first, Nov. 12, 1751, Mary Newton; second, Betsey ____.
6. Abigail, born Nov. 11, 1725; married Nov. 27, 1744, John Shattuck, b. at Shrewsbury Feb. 7, 1722.
7. Abner, born Nov. 5, 1727; mentioned below.
8. Dinah, born Oct. 8, 1729; died May 19, 1801; married, 1747, Manasseh Stow, born Nov. 8, 1724; died Jan. 12, 1776.
9. Miriam, born May 31, 1735; died Jan. 18, 1776; married Jan. 9, 1753, Jabez Rice, b. April 7, 1728.
10. Dorothea, born Sept. 21, 1739; married Nov. 6, 1760, Jonathan Temple, b. May 5, 1735.
(VI) Abner Morse, son of Joseph Morse (5), was born Nov. 5, 1727. He married, Nov. 27, 1755, at Marlborough, Keziah Stow, born 1733, died 1823. He resided in Malborough and Leicester.
Children, the 1st b. at Marlborough, the others at Leicester:
1. Aaron, born March 2, 1756.
2. Elijah, born March 25, 1758.
3. Stephen, born Dec. 14, 1759, mentioned below.
4. Keziah, born May 11, 1762.
(VII) Stephen Morse, son of Abner Morse (6), was born in Leicester, Dec. 14, 1759, and died at Marlborough, Sept. 2, 1836. He was a soldier in the revolution, and was reported a deserter from Captain Benjamin Munroe's company Jan. 24, 1778, but returned to the company four days later with a pardon from the general, evidently having been absent for some good reason. He was also in the same regiment in the summer of 1779 under Colonel Sprout in Rhode Island.
He married, Nov. 1, 1786, Rebecca Howe, b. Aug. 20, 1766, daughter of David and Abigail Howe, of Sudbury.
Children, b. at Marlborough:
1. Betsey, born July 30, 1787; died young.
2. Keziah, born April 18, 1789.
3. Betsey, born March 14, 1791.
4. Lyman, born Nov. 10, 1792.
5. Rebecca, born Dec. 8, 1794.
6. Stephen, born Jan. 16, 1797, mentioned below.
7. Freeman, born Dec. 4, 1798.
8. Trueman, baptized Feb. 3, 1799.
9. Nabby, born Aug. 7, 1802.
10. Abner, born July 31, 1804; died young.
11. Abner, born July 4, 1806.
12. Gardner, born April 11, 1809.
13. Charles, baptized June 16, 1811.
(VIII) Stephen Morse, son of Stephen Morse (7), was born at Marlborough, Jan. 16, 1797, and died in 1885. He married first, Elizabeth Thompson; second, Martha Ann Morse, b. Jan. 11, 1824, daughter of Jesse and Patty (Howe) Morse.
Children:
1. Stephen, born 1825; mentioned below.
2. Emily Thompson, born April 5, 1841, at Marlborough; died unmarried.
Children of 2d wife:
3. Mary Hubbard, married Dr. W. S. Richardson, of Marlborough.
(IX) Stephen Morse, son of Stephen Morse (8), was born probably in Boston, in 1825, and died July 6, 1896, in railway accident. He married, Sept. 11, 1851, Wealthy Holmes, b. Jan. 31, 1822, d. Feb. 9, 1885.
Children:
1. Elizabeth Emma, born Aug. 7, 1852; unmarried.
2. Harriet Holmes, born Dec. 30, 1853; married John Litchfield, and had Ernestine Morse, and Morris Henry Litchfield.
3. Joseph Copeland, born Sept. 5, 1855; mentioned below.
4. Caroline Ellen, born Nov. 9, 1857.
5. Mary Vose, born March 5, 1860; married William D. Jackson, and had Dunham and Elizabeth Jackson.
6. Stephen, born Aug. 31, 1862; married Effie G. Thomas; died 1895.
7. Ernest Winslow, born July 9, 1867, died Dec. 12, 1879.
(X) Joseph Copeland Morse, son of Stephen Morse (9), was born in Quincy, Mass., Sept. 5, 1855, and died July 4, 1905, in that city. He was educated in the public schools of Quincy, and in 1870 entered the employ of E. B. Pratt & Company, Boston, in the leather business. In 1879 he was admitted to partnership in this firm, and on the death of Mr. Pratt in 1895 he became the sole owner of the business, which has been conducted since then under the firm name of J. C. Morse & Company. In 1901 he incorporated his business. Mr. Morse was also vice-president of the J. H. Ladew Company, tanners, of New York, and for many years before his death took rank among the leading leather merchants of Boston and New England. Mr. Morse always took an active interest in the affairs of his native city. In 1889 he was a member of the first city common council. He was for a number of years a director of the National Mount Wollaston Bank of Quincy.
He was a member of Rural Lodge of Free Masons; of St. Stephen's Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of the Council, Royal and Select Masters; had been a member of South Shore Commandery Knights Templar, of Weymouth, and at the time of death was a member of De Molay Commandery, Boston.
He mararied Jan. 6, 1880, Ethel Evelyn Seavey, born Dec. 17, 1860, at Boston, daughter of Gilman S. and Mary S. (Bosworth) Seavey.
Children, b. at Quincy:
1. Joseph Copeland, Jr., born Dec. 14, 1880.
2. Edwin Murdock, born April 9, 1884; married first, Sept. 29, 1904, Myra H. Spear; d. Dec. 7, 1706; child: Joseph Copeland Jr. (3), born Nov. 14, 1906;, married second, Feb. 5, 1908, Bertha Haskell Packard.
3. Clifton Seavey, born May 18, 1885; died Aug. 11, 1885.
4. Gilman Stephen, born Aug. 14, 1888; died July 24, 1889.
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