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(V1) Captain Stephen (3), only child of Stephen (2) and Judith (Carr) Morse, was born in Newbury, May 1, 1751, and died in Haverhill, New Hamp- shire, April 29, 1825. He was styled captain, and lived for years in Ilaverhill, New Hampshire. He married, 1777, Sarah Bailey, who was born No- vember 11, 1761, daughter of Moses Bailey. Their children were: Elizabeth Noyes, Stephen Bailey, Sally, Clarissa (died young), Moses Noyes, Joseph, Clarissa, Sophia and an infant.
(VII) Moses Noyes, fifth child and second son
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of Steplien (3) and Sarah (Bailey) Morse, was born at "Briar Hill," Haverhill, New Hampshire, October 18, 1784, and died in Haverhill, February 9, 1859. He was a farmer and resided on the old Morse homestead the most of his life. For many years he drove a "pod" team between Haverhill, New Hampshire, and Portland, Maine, and between Haverhill, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachu- setts. He was a man of few words, fearless, and fond of good horses. He married, May 15, 1806, Hannah G. Sanborn, who was born October 16, 1786, at Bath, New Hampshire, and died at Haverhill, December 23, 1861, aged seventy-five years, daughter of John and Susie ( Simpson) Sanborn. Their chil- dren were: Alden Edson, Mary Ann, Hazen San- born, Sophia C., Susan S., Mary Ann, Moses B., Susan K., Stephen S., John Franklin and Hannalı Sanborn.
(VIII) John Franklin, fifth son and ninth child of Moses Noyes and Hannah G. (Sanborn) Morse, was born in Haverhill, June 8, 1828, and died in Bath, December 10, 1897. He was a farmer and re- sided on the homestead until 1865, when he moved to North Haverhill Village, and in partnership with Parker M. Childs purchased the general store of Jerome Cotton, which they conducted two or three years. The firm then dissolved and Mr. Morse car- ried on the business alone until early in 1870, when he sold out to Morris E. Kimball. He removed to Lisbon, where with his brother Stephen and E. C. Knight he engaged in the manufacture of excelsior. Some years later he withdrew from this business and moved to Lisbon Village, where he was in trade until about 1883. He then went to reside in Bath, where he died. He married (first), Ruby S. Johnson, who died without issue; (second), June 15, 1854, at Haverhill, Susan W. Johnson, who was born in Bath, New Hampshire, February 18, 1835, daughter of Carleton and Ruby (Sawyer) Johnson, of Bath. Their children were: Harry Moses and Frank Orville.
(IX) Harry Moses, son of John Franklin and Susan W. (Johnson) Morse, was born in Haverhill, March 22, 1857. He was educated in the public schools of Haverhill and Lisbon, and in 1878 began the study of law in the office of Jolin L. Foster, Esq., where he read a year. The two years following he pursued his studies in the office of Judge Edward D. Rand, and was admitted to the bar in Concord, August 31, 1880. Soon after liis admission to prac- tice he formed a partnership with Edward D. Rand, which under the firm name of Rand & Morse con- tinned until the death of Mr. Rand in 1885. Subse- quently he became associated with George F. Morris, Esq., and as Morse & Morris they practiced together until 1892. In 1895 Mr. Morse went to California, where he remained four years and on his return to New Hampshire settled in Littleton, where he has since had an active and successful practice. He was superintendent of schools of Lisbon eight years ; member of the constitutional convention from Little- ton in 1903 and is a member of the board of trustees of the public library, and special justice of the police court. He married, December 31, 1889, Helen Oakes, who was born in Franconia, January 31, 1863, daugh- ter of Jolin Norris and Mcrcy (Priest) Oakes, of Franconia.
(II) Deacon Benjamin, fifth son and child of Anthony Morse, was born March 28, 1640; the date of his death is not known. He was deacon of the First Church of Newbury. Some time before his death he made a deed of gift to his son Philip, by the terms of which the son should pay certain sums to his sisters after the death of their parents.
This deed was executed November 22, 1707. Ben- jamin Morse married, August 26, 1667, Ruth Sawyer, who was born September 16, 1648, daughter of Wil- liam and Ruth (Binford) Sawyer. They had: Ben- jamin, Ruth, Joseph, William, Sarah (died young), Philip, Sarah, Anne, Hannah, Samuel and Esther.
(III) Deacon William, fourth child and third son of Deacon Benjamin and Ruth (Sawyer) Morse, was born January 23, 1674, resided in Newbury, and died May 20, 1749, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. He executed his will August 1, 1744, and it was probated May 25, 1749. To his wife he gave all his household goods, &c., and to his son Moses the west end of the residence he then occupied, and the remainder of his estate after his mother's decease. William Morse married, May 12, 1696, Sarah Merrill, who was born in Newbury, October 15, 1677, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Clough) Merrill. The date of her death is not known. They had twelve children : Daniel, Ruth, Peter, Benjamin, William, Sarah, Martha, Anne, Moses (died young), Miriam, Hannah and Moses.
(IV) Peter, third child and second son of Dea- con William and Sarah (Merrill) Morse, was born in Newbury, October 5, 1701. The date of his death is not given, neither is that of his wife. He married, March 30, 1726, Thomasine Hale, who was born September 10, 1700, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Kelly) Hale, and settled in Hampstead, New Hampshire. The children of this union were: Edmund, Judith, Martha, Peter, Benjamin and Moses.
(V) Lieutenant Peter (2), fourth child and second son of Peter (I) and Thomasine (Hale) Morse, was born July 7, 1739, and died February 23, 1821. He married (first) Anna Currier, who died in April, 1781, aged forty-eight; and a second wife, name unknown, who died at Hampstead, January 12, 1812, aged seventy years. His children, all by the first wife, Anna, were: Peter, Sarah, Lois, Anna, Hannah, Childs, James, Caleb, Nathan, Abigail, Stephen and Joseph.
(VI) Caleb, eighth child and third son of Lieu- tenant Peter (2) and Anna (Currier) Morse, was born in Hampstead, September 28, 1770, and died August 4, 1850, aged eighty. After serving an ap- prenticeship at the hatter's · trade, he removed to Salisbury in 1796, and settled on a farm which was afterwards occupied by his descendants, where he carried on business for a number of years. He then built a house east of Bogbrook, on the rangeway, where he managed the grist mill for Josiah Green, and resided in a house just south of the mill. Later he took a partner named Page, and carried on the hatter's trade in a place which he bought nearby. He married, in 1789, Mary Healey, of Dunbarton, a descendant of one of the early families of Chester, where she was born April 5, 1776, her parents re- moving to Dunbarton in 1780. She died November 5, 1856, aged eighty. Their children were: Stephen, Healy, Elizabeth, Mary A., Caleb, James M. and Abigail.
(VII) Captain Stephen, eldest child of Caleb and Mary (Healey) Morse, was born in Salisbury, May 16, 1800, and died November 15, 1887, in the eighty- first year of his age. He completed his education under Samuel I. Wells, at Salisbury Academy, and was a clerk for Thomas R. White, who removed his stock to Warner, whither young Morse ac- companied him, and remained in his employ three years. Mr. Morse then went in trade for himself, continuing for three years, but failing health com- pelled him to take outdoor exercise, and the follow- ing three years lie was engaged in the construction of
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the Northern railroad. At the age of thirty-nine he returned to Salisbury. He married, April 27, 1827, Judy Burt Smith, who was born at Fort Inde- pendence, Boston Harbor, November 4, 1804, and died at South Natick, Massachusetts, May 31, 1893, daughter of Captain Joseph Smith, who was military instructor of the militia of New England. Their children were: John C., Charles G., Mary A., Frank R. and Lizzie E.
(VIII) Charles George, second son and child of Captain Stephen and Lucy B. (Smith) Morse, was born in Warner, September 15, 1832, and died in Newmarket, July II, 1902, aged seventy. He was a cabinet maker and worked for the H. H. Amsden Manufacturing Company, of Penacook, thirty-one years. During the latter part of his life he was a farmer in Salisbury and Durham. His political faith was of the Jacksonian pattern. He was a valued member of his party, and was one of the selectmen of Salisbury, filling the office of chairman of the board for a time. He was also a member of the school board, and justice of the peace. In re- ligious faith he was a follower of Jolin Calvin. He was a member of the Contoocook Lodge, No. 26, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Penacook, in which he was a past grand, and also belonged to the Patrons of Husbandry. He married, November 5, 1856, Lucy J. Calef, who was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, January 18, 1837, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel ( Blaisdell) Calef. The former was born July 13, 1786, in Salisbury, New Hampshire, and died May 18, 1854, in that town. The latter was born October 2, 1792, in Salisbury, and died September 4, 1872, in Penacook. Mrs. Morse resides at Packers Falls, New Durham. They had five children : Charles Alfred, Alma Jane, Lucy Ann, Alfred and Joseph. Alma Jane and Charles A., only survive.
(IX) Charles Alfred Morse, M. D., eldest son of Charles G. and Lucy J. (Calef) Morse, was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, September 8, 1857. He acquired his literary education in the public schools of Concord and at Penacook Normal Acad- emy. In 1878 he began the study of medicine with Dr. E. E. Graves, of Boscawen, with whom he read for three years, and in 1879 entered Dartmouth Col- lege, and with the class of 1882 graduated from its medical department with the degree of M. D., and soon after began a successful practice at Newmarket, where he has since continuously resided and prac- ticed. He is very active, and has taken a prominent part in the medical, political and social organizations in the state of New Hampshire. He is a member of the American Medical Society; the Rockingham County District Medical Society ; New Hampshire State Medical Society, was a member of the board of examiners of the medical department of Dartmouth College four years, and on November 23, 1897, de- livered the address to the graduating class of the medical department of that institution. His ex- perience in politics covers a wide range. He is a Democrat, and was postmaster at Newmarket during both administrations of President Cleveland. He has been superintendent of schools, and judge of the police court; was a member of the lower house of the general court in 1891-92, and of the senate in 1899-1900; was twice a candidate for member of the governor's council in the first district, and a candidate for congress in 1906. He was chairman of the board of selectmen in 1906, and moderator of the town meetings. He is president of the Rock- ingham County Democratic Club; member of the Democratic state committee ; and was one of a com- mittee of five to meet Hon. William Jennings Bryan and Governor Folk, of Missouri, at the Hotel
Gotham on their recent visit to New York. His membership in fraternal and social organizations includes the following: Pioneer Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias, of Newmarket, of which he is a past chancellor, and the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of New Hampshire, of which he is a past grand chancellor; he is also assistant surgeon gen- eral with the rank of colonel on the staff of Gen- eral Chauncey B. Hoyt, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. He is past grand of Swampscott Lodge, No. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of New- market, is a member of the Amoskeag Veterans of Manchester, and the University Club of Concord. For ten years he was captain of the fire department of Newmarket. In all matters athletic he is an enthusiast, and gives much encouragement to all athletic sports. His circle of acquaintances is neces- sarily wide, and in the various organizations of which he is a member he is called to act as toast master on almost all occasions where the presence of that official is necessary, and with the experience of years he has become an adept whose skill con- tributes in no small degree to the pleasure of the occasion. His many worldy missions have not kept him from recognizing his duty to the Almighty, and for thirty years he has been an exemplary mem- ber of the Calvinist Baptist Church, and a generous contributor to its aid.
Charles Alfred Morse married (first), Septem- ber 5, 1883, Annie Evelyn Sanders, of Epsom, who was born August 1, 1858, in Newmarket, and died April 12, 1885, daughter of William A. and Sarah (French) Sanders, of Newmarket. He married (second), October 27, 1887, Gertrude May Davis,. who was born in Durham, October 27, 1868, youngest daughter of Captain David O. and Martha (De- Merritt) Davis, of Durham. He had by the first wife one child, Annie L., born in Newmarket, June 24, 1884. She graduated from the Newmarket high school and from the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital of Hanover, and is a trained nurse. The children of the second wife are: Alice Gertrude, born April 23, 1889, a member of the senior class of Robinson Female Seminary, Exeter. Dorothea DeMerritt, October 21, 1896.
(II) Joshua, youngest child of Anthony Morse, was born July 24, 1653, in Newbury, Massachu- setts, and died in that town March 28, 1782. His will shows him to have been possessed of smith's tools and land at Piscataqua. He was married about 1680 to Joanna, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Smith) Kimball, of Bradford, Massachusetts, where she was living at the time of the marriage. She died April 10, 1691, in Newbury, leaving the following children : Hannah, Joshua and Anthony.
(III) Anthony, youngest child of Joshua and Joanna (Kimball) Morse, was born April 11, 1686, in Newbury, and spent his life in that town. His marriage occurred in 1710 (the intention being pub- lished in April) to Judith, daughter of Dr. Caleb and Sarah ( Pierce) Moody, who was born Febru- ary 12, 1683, in Newbury. He died about 1729, his estate being inventoried February 22 of that year, and administered nine days later. His children were: Caleb, Joshua, Moses, Moody, Anthony, Ju- dith and Joanna.
(IV) Moses, third son and child of Anthony and Judith (Moody) Morse, was born February 28, 1715, in Newbury, and resided in West Newbury. He was married (first), December 16, 1742, to Anne Sawyer; and (second), September 1, 1759, to Mrs. Sarah, widow of Bernard Brickett, and daughter of Ezekiel and Ruth (Emery) Hale. She was born December 10, 1720. There were seven children of
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the first wife and three of the second, namely : David ( died young), Francis (M. D.), David, Molly, Judith (died young), Joseph, Moody, Ezekiel, Ruth and Judith.
(V) Judith, youngest child of Moses and Sarah (Hale) (Brickett) Morse, was born March 1, 1766, in West Newbury, Massachusetts, and became the wife of Lieutenant Amos Abbott (see Abbott, V).
So far as can be ascertained this branch MORSE of the Morses is not related to those of the family whosc history has previ- ously been traced.
(1) Cady Morse and wife Catherine had four children: James, whose sketch follows; Luther, Lucinda and Jane.
(II) James, eldest child of Cady and Catherine Morse, was born in Hartford, Vermont. He had a common school education, and became a farmer. He was a Republican in politics. He died in 1876; his wife Catherine died in 1899. He married Catherine MeCabe, and they had five children: Mary, Minnie, Charles, William, and Frank Cady, whose sketch follows.
(III) Frank Cady, second son and child of James and Catherine ( McCabe) Morse, was born at Hartford, Vermont, December 2, 1866. He was educated at the high school in Quechee, and at the academy at South Woodstock, both in his native state. From the age of seventeen he has worked in a woolen mill, since 1900 has been with the American Woolen Mills Company, and since 1902 has been superintendent of their mills at Lebanon, New Hampshire, having the oversight of between four and five hundred hands. Mr. Morse is a Re- publican in politics, and belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Red Men's Lodges in Lebanon, having been through the chairs in the latter or- ganization. On February 25, 1895, Frank Cady Morse married Nellie View, daughter of Oliver and Mary ( Parent) View, of Woodstock, Vermont. They have one child, Harold M. Morse, born March 25, 1897.
DAY The immigrant of this name to whom many citizens of New England to-day trace their ancestry came to this country impelled, doubtless, by a desire for religious freedom, about the time of the greatest exodus from England to these shores on that account.
(1) Anthony Day, aged nineteen, was one of the passengers on the "Paule," Leonard Betts, mas- ter, which sailed from London, England, July 16, 1635, bound for Virginia. He had a certificate of conformity to the Church of England, issued by the minister at Gravesend. Where he landed, and where he spent the first ten years of his residence in America are not known, but the records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, show that Anthony Day sold land to John Pearce about the year 1645. He also purchased a house and lot of Edward Marshall in that town in 1657. He died April 23, 1707, at the age of ninety. He married Susanna Matchett, who survived him ten years, dying December 10, 1717, aged ninety-three. They had seven children : John (1657), Ezekiel (died young), Ezekiel, Na- thaniel, Elizabeth, Samuel, and Joseph, whose births are recorded, and Timothy, who was probably born before the settlement in Gloucester.
(II) Timothy, son of Anthony Day, was born in 1653, and died April 8, 1723. He was made a freeman in 1690. married, July 24, 1679, Phebe Wildes, and had a son born February 20, 1682. He lived during the period of the terrible witchcraft
delusion. The records show that on September 24, 1692, Mary, wife of Hugh Rowe, Phebe, wife of Timothy Day, and Widow Rachel Vinson, all of Gloucester, were released from Ipswich prison, on bonds for their appearance, having been confined there for witchcraft.
(III) Timothy (2), son of Timothy (1), died September 16, 1757. His wife's baptismal name was Jean.
(IV) Abner, son of Timothy (2) and Jean Day, was born August 12, 1716, married Susanna Mar- shall, in 1739, and died in 1763.
(V) Eliphalet, son of Abner and Susanna (Marshall) Day, was born February 11, 1754, and died in 1826. He was a farmer in North Stratford, where he married Thirzah French. They had three children : Nahum D., Schubert, and Abner L., who is next mentioned.
(VI) Captain Abner Langdon, third and young- est child of Eliphalet and Thirzah ( French ) Day, was born in Stratford, March 24, 1795, and died in North Stratford, September 13, 1835. He was a prosperous farmer and a captain in the militia. Ile married (first) a Miss Wait, by whom he had a son Silas, and a daughter Ann. He married (sec- ond) Susan Bradley, who was born in Shelburne, New Hampshire, died 1872, daughter of John and Bethsheba Bradley, of Shelburne, New Hampshire. Seven children were born of this union: Abner L., Susan E., Samuel A., Nahum D., Eunetia E., Albert M. and Volney F. Abuer L., married Lucia Lyman, and they had four children. Susan E., married George T. Brabrook, of Boston, and had one child. Samuel A., married Amanda Thayer, and had five children. Nahum D., married Mary Curtis, by whom he had four children. Eunetia E., married (first) Horace C. Campbell, by whom she had three chil- dren; (second) Charles D. Waterhouse, by whom she had one child. Albert M., never married. .
(VII) Volney French, son of Abner L. and Susan ( Bradley) Day, was born September 14, 1835, one day after the death of his father. The circumstances of the family required him to rely for his support and education upon his own re- sources, and he found employment on farms and in hotels. Having acquired a knowledge of vocal and instrumental music, and being an acceptable per- former on the violin he found employment as a musician during a part of the year in the summer hotels in the White Mountains. During the period of the Civil war he was employed at the old White Mountain House, ncar Fabyans. In 1867 he engaged in the boot and shoe trade in Colebrook, and carried on a profitable business until I870, when a fire de- stroyed his stock and store. Before the ashes and foundation of lis late store were cold he began pre- parations to build, and within thirteen weeks he rebuilt his store on the old site and was again ready for business. Some time afterward he added a line of dry goods and ladies' garments to his stock. In 1869 lie was appointed postmaster of Colebrook, and held that office six years, and then resigned and quit business on account of impaired health. After two years of rest he resumed business in 1877, and carried on the principal dry goods store in the village until 1894, when on account of an accident to his right eye he retired from trade. During the last two years he was in business his brother Albert M., formerly buyer for A. T. Stewart, of New York City, was associated with him. In 1899 Mr. Day was one of the organizers of the Farmers' and Traders' National Bank, which started with a capital of $50,000. He served as vice-president of this institu- tion a few months, when Albert Eastman resigned
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the presidency, to which Mr. Day was then elected, and in which place he has ever since served. He is an extensive holder of real estate, in which he is a dealer. Politically he is a Republican. For a number of years he was president of the Coos Mu- sical Association. He married, April 19, 1860, at Groveton, New Hampshire, Ellen F. Denison, who was born at Burke, Vermont, June 12, 1841, daughter of Daniel 13. and Mary ( Bundy) Denison, of Strat- ford, natives of Burke, Vermont. Her father was formerly a hotel keeper of that place, and later removed to Upper Canada. Mr. Day is a past grand of Excelsior Lodge, No. 72, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and Mrs. Day are members of Rebekah Lodge, No. 30. They are mem- bers of the Congregational Church, and have taken part in the work of its choir for over thirty years.
STRAW The Straw family is one of the pioneer families of the United States, and one of those which have enabled her to attain and maintain the proud supremacy she now holds in the world. This family has been well and prominently represented in the professions and in all the honorable callings of life. When our coun- try needed men to defend her just rights, the mem- bers of the Straw family were ever ready to lay aside their personal affairs and respond to the call to arms, and, in this way, help build up the glorious history of our land.
(I) William Straw, supposed to be the first of that name to settle in America, came to this country as nearly as can be learned about the year 1635, and located in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He came from Nottinghamshire, England. He married, first, Mehitable , and they had three chil- dren: Dorothy; William, born May 22, 1686; and Jolın, 1688. He married, second, Margaret
and had two children: Samuel, of whom later; and Lawrence, born May 13, 1699. William Straw died in 1712.
(II) Samuel, eldest child of William and Mar- garet Straw, born August 13, 1692, in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He married, December 12, 1717, Elizabeth Dimond, and among his children were sons Jacob and Ezekiel. (The latter and descendants are mentioned at length in this article.)
(III) Jacob, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Di- mond) Straw, was born May 21, 1733, and died November 5, 1807. He married Lydia Ordway, of Rumford, and lived in Hopkinton, new Hampshire. Among his children was a son named Samuel.
(IV) Samuel, son of Jacob and Lydia (Ord- way) Straw, born April 4, 1761, died August 6, 1844, in Hopkinton. He married Mary Flanders, and was the father of a son named Daniel.
(V) Daniel, son of Samuel and Mary (Flan- ders) Straw, was born April 15, 1792, and died August 14. 1847. Ile married, August 22. 1819, Lydia Ann Felch, born December 2, 1795, died De- cember 23, 1879. About the year 1845 they lived in Hooksett, afterward Manchester, New Hampshire, and among their children there was a son whose name was Daniel Felch.
(VI) Daniel Felch, son of Daniel and Lydia Ann (Felch) Straw, was born July 21, 1823, and died April 14. 1896. He was born on a farm at Hopkinton, and spent his life until he had attained the age of twenty-three years in the occupation of farming. He then went to Manchester, New Hamp- shire, and for a short time was engaged in the retail grocery business in connection with his brother, Monroe J. Straw. He retired from this in order to engage in the jewelry business, in which he
established himself and conducted very successfully until his retirement from active business life, a few years before his death. He had been educated in the public schools and attended Pembroke Academy, which was under the directorship of Principal Kinsman. He was for a time paymaster in the militia of New Hampshire. He affiliated with the Democratic party, and was a man of prominence and influence in the community. In religious faith he was a Unitarian. He was a member of Washing- ton Lodge, No. 61, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he had been master; and eminent commander of Trinity Commandery. Mr. Straw married, January 20, 1850, Lucretia Ann Kenney, born January 22, 1829, died November 5, 1894. She was the daughter of Enoch and Susanna ( Brown) Kenney, of Whitefield, New Hampshire, who were the parents of eleven children. Mr. Enoch Kenney, born in 1781, died April 15, 1868, was one of the first settlers in Whitefield, New Hampshire, and lived on and cultivated the same farm for more than fifty years. He married, Susanna Brown, born in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Among their children was Amos Gale Straw, the subject of this sketch.
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