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i. HANNAII, b. March 26, 1810. m. Chester F. Ellis (see).
ii. SARAH, b. Nov. 4, 1812. m. Austin George (see).
iii. MIRIAM JANE, b. Nov. 29, 1814. unm. d. Plymouth, March 6, 1886.
iv. JAMES OTIS, b. July 18, 1818. d. Oct. 23, 1824.
V. MARTHA ANDERSON, b. Dec. 18, 1820. m. Charles L. Hobart (see).
vi. JOHN JAY, b. March 2, 1822. d. Nov. 6, 1840.
vii. MARIA M., b. Feb. 23, 1825. m. Damon Y. Dearborn (see).
viii. CYRENA, b. May 14, 1827. d. Nov. 3, 1810.
6. ix. JAMES, b. April 14, 1830.
x. ELIZA ANN, twin, b. April 14, 1830. unm. Res. Haverhill, Mass., where she d. Oct., 1902.
6. JAMES MORRISON, son of Dea. James 5, b. Plymouth, April 14, 1830. He removed from Plymouth, 1857, to Ottumwa, Ia. He served in 36th Iowa Infantry, enlisting Sept. 12, 1862. He, with many others, was captured at Marsh Mills, 1864, and was confined in a stockade, at Tyler, Texas. After ten months he was exchanged, and discharged June 12, 1865. In 1873 he removed to Sioux Falls, S. Dak. He was a respected citizen. He m. Sept. 29, 1852, Amanda W. F. Shaw, b. Salisbury, May 28, 1833, dau. of Abram and VOL. II. - 30.
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Hannah (Fifield) Shaw. She was a sister of the mother of Governor Nahum J. Bachelder.
i. EDWARD ABRAM, b. Plymouth, June 13, 1853.
ii. CLARA AUGUSTA, b. Plymouth, May 9, 1856.
iii. JOHN AMOS, b. Iowa, August 18, 1858.
iv. GEORGE AUGUSTUS, b. Feb. 8, 1860.
V. MARY ALICE, twin, b, Feb. 8, 1860.
vi. EVERETT AUSTIN, b. Oct. 5, 1863.
vii. JAMES WALLACE, b. Jan. 17, 1865.
viii. ESTELLA AMANDA, b. July 22, 1866.
ix. SIDNEY ELLSWORTH, b. Feb. 22, 1868.
X. JOSEPH GRANT, b. March 27, 1871.
7. CHRISTOPHER MORRISON, son of Samuel 4, and a younger brother of Dea. James 5, b. Windham, Feb. 10, 1798. d. unm., in Windham, Jan. 17, 1859. He lived in Plymouth, 1820-1827, and then was a merchant, in Salem, about ten years, and subsequently lived on the homestead in Windham with his brother. He was a representative from Salem, and treasurer and selectman of Windham several years.
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1. SAMUEL MORRISON, emigrant ancestor of another family of Mor- rison, was one of the grantees of Londonderry. He was from London- derry, Ireland, where he had m. Margaret Henry. He d. . in Londonderry, Sept. 29, 1757, aged 76. Margaret, his wife, d. April 30, 1774, aged 89. Gravestone.
2. JOHN MORRISON, son of Samuel1, b. Londonderry, Ireland. Came in childhood to Londonderry. m. Elizabeth Alexander. He lived in Londonderry, where he d. about 1776. She d. about 1811.
3. SAMUEL MORRISON, son of John 2, b. Londonderry, March 5, 1752. m. June 30, 1774, Mary Roch. He lived in Derryfield, again in Londonderry, and finally in Fairlee, Vt., where he d. 1802. His son James was the father of Hon. George W. Morrison, the eminent lawyer of Manchester.
4. SAMUEL MORRISON, son of Samuel 3, b. Derryfield, now Manches- ter, Feb. 13, 1777. Removed with the family in youth from London- derry to Fairlee, Vt., where he and his brother James were prominent men. He m. 1802, Elizabeth R. Rowe, of Allenstown. He. d. Feb. 24, 1844.
5. DANIEL W. MORRISON, son of Samuel 4, b. Fairlee, Vt., Sept. 20, 1805. m. 1830, Bertha Gage. He lived in Fairlee, Vt., until 1846
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when he removed to Orford. He d. 1862. His son, Samuel R. Mor- rison, of Orford, is well and favorably known by many residents of Plymouth.
6. HENRY MORRISON, son of Daniel W. 5 and Bertha (Gage) Morri- son, b. Fairlee, Vt., Sept. 7, 1835. m. April 1, 1860, Martha W. Caverly, who d. 1870. m. second, June 12, 1873, Martha E. Eastman, dau. of George and Lucy Eastman. He was a blacksmith in Lyme a few years, removing to Plymouth, 1885. He was here about five years and d. in Ashland, 1893. His widow m. second, Charles Joselyn.
i. GEORGE HENRY, b. Lyme, July 5, 1864. m. June 24, 1890, Minnie Frances Chandler, dau. of John Chandler (see). He is a black- smith in Campton. (1) Edward Earle, b. Oct. 20, 1891.
ii. LucY, b. Nov., 1878. m. David Paul Burleigh (see).
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1. DANIEL MORRISON was living in Newbury, Mass., before 1690. There is no known reason for assuming that he was connected in any manner with the Morrison family of Londonderry. His wife Hannah d. in Newbury, Oct. 9, 1700, leaving five children. He m. second, 1707 (published March 27), Mary Folsom, of Exeter, who was the mother of four children, dying in infancy. She d. Feb. 14, 1710/11. He m. third, 1708 (published Nov. 8), Abigail Kimball, b. June 12, 1669, dau. of John and Mary (Jordan) Kimball, of Amesbury, Mass. He subsequently removed to Rowley, Mass., and there d. His will is dated Nov. 3, 1736, and proved May 10, 1737. In the will he names a wife Mary, but a record of a fourth marriage has not been found. His third wife, Abigail, was living 1727. Ten children b. Newbury.
i. MARY, b. March 20, 1688/9. m. Oct. 18, 1716, Charles Annis, b. Feb. 10, 1693/4, son of Abraham Annis, of Haverhill, Mass.
ii. DANIEL, b. August 1, 1691. m. Eleanor Lived in Wells, Me., where he d. 1756, leaving sons, Daniel, Nathan L., Joseph, and Samuel ; and daus. Hannah Allen, Eleanor Baston, Lydia Kimball, Abigail Maxwell, Mary, unm. 1756, Tabitha Stewart.
2. iii. JOHN, b. March 28, 1693.
iv. HANNAH, b. Jan. 27, 1694/5. d. June, 1716. v. EBENEZER, b. Oct. 6, 1697. Living 1736.
vi. ¿ TWINS, one b. April 2, one b. April 7, 1708. Both d. at birth. vii. S
viii. ) TWINS, one b. Feb. 4, one b. Feb. 6, 1710/11. Both d. at birth, the
ix. S mother surviving only a few days.
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x. ABIGAIL. The date of her birth and which wife was the mother not ascertained. She m. Roger Chase and lived in Nottingham West, now Hudson.
2. JOHN MORRISON, son of Daniel 1, b. Newbury, Mass., March 28, 1693. m. in Hampton, Jan. 8, 1718, Lydia Robinson, b. Exeter about 1700, dau. of John and Mehitable Robinson, and grand-dau. of Jona- than and Elizabeth Robinson. She was a sister of the John Robinson who m. Elizabeth Folsom. Soon after his marriage John Morrison settled in Haverhill, East Parish, Mass., and his name is found on tax- lists, and upon several petitions relating to the affairs of Haverhill. He d. 1769 or early 1770. His will on file at Salem is dated August 18, 1769, and was probated Feb. 27, 1770. In the will mention is made of his wife Lydia, and of the ten children named below. It has been stated that Mary Robinson, who m. 1768, Thomas Dearborn, was a dau. of John and Lydia (Robinson) Morrison. She is not named in the will. The order of age of the children is not known.
3. i. BRADBURY.
ii. JOHN. Was deceased 1769, leaving a son John who is remembered in the will.
iii. DAVID.
iv. DANIEL.
V. SAMUEL. m. Mary Ayer, b. Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 23, 1738, dau. of Samuel and Ann (Hazen) Ayer. She d. in Sanbornton, April. 1782. He m. second, June 4, 1783, Elizabeth (Meader) Woodman. He d. soon after. She m. third, Josiah Emery, of Sanbornton.
4. vi. EBENEZER.
vii. HANNAH. m. Peter Folsom, b. 1718, son of John and Sarah (Dudley) Folsom, of Exeter. They lived in Newmarket and in Gilmanton, where he d. August 5, 1815.
viii. ABIGAIL.
ix. LYDIA. m. John Goodridge. Both are named in will of her father.
x. JEREMIAH. Bapt. Amesbury, 1735.
3. BRADBURY MORRISON, son of John 2, b. about 1718. Lived in Amesbury and in Haverhill, Mass. The first seven children were baptized in Amesbury, but he was taxed in Haverhill, 1741, and served in the French War, from Haverhill, 1757. In 1743 he was in or near Nottingham West, but he did not remove his family to New Hampshire until after 1757. He d. before August 18, 1769, the date of the will of his father. He m. in Amesbury, May 27, 1740, Eliza- beth Badger, b. March 22 or May 22, 1723, dau. of John and Eliza- beth (Harris) Badger, of Amesbury, Mass.
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i. JONATHAN, bapt. Jan. 11, 1740/1. d. young.
ii. SARAH, bapt. April 11, 1742. m. Jonathan Smith, and settled in Sanbornton.
iii. ABIGAIL, bapt. August 19, 1744. m. John Johnson, and removed, 1775, from Epping to Sanbornton.
iv. ELIZABETH, bapt. April 24, 1748. m. in Sanbornton, May 18, 1801, William Smith, and lived in Sanbornton.
v. MARY, bapt. Nov. 11, 1750, probably was the Mary Morrison who m. Lt. Thomas Dearborn, of Candia, who was killed by a cannon ball, in Rhode Island, August 28, 1778. She m. second, Joseph Palmer. John Dearborn, b. May 29, 1772, a son by her first marriage, lived in Sanbornton. (See Thomas Dearborn 32. )
vi. ROBERT, bapt. Oct. 29, 1752.
vii. MIRIAM, bapt. May 4, 1754.
viii. JONATHAN, b. June 28, 1759. (See History of Sanbornton.) He m. 1782, Esther Jane Perkins, b. August 3, 1762, dau. of Abraham Perkins, of Sanbornton. This was a fruitful marriage. Omnit- ting mention of several able and worthy men not residents of New Hampshire, and several young men who have entered upon a business or professional career, under happy auspices, there have lived, or are living, grandsons, Rev. Oren Burbank Cheney, D.D., Dartmouth College, 1839, the learned president of Bates College; Governor Person Colby Cheney ; Hon. Elias HI. Cheney, of Lebanon ; Hon. Thomas Perkins Cheney, of Ashland; Hon. Mor- tier L. Morrison, of Peterboro; and of another generation, Hon. John T. Abbot, of Keene; Fred W. Cheney, of Concord; Hon. Harry M. Cheney, of Lebanon. The aggregate of their public service includes a governor, a United States senator, a minister plenipotentiary to Switzerland and to Colombia, a consul to Matanzas, Cuba, a United States pension agent, a superintendent of the railway mail service, three executive councillors, three State senators, and representatives in number and ability for a complete assembly, with an accomplished speaker of their own.
4. EBENEZER MORRISON, son of Jolin 2. m. Agnes Smith. m. second, Hannah (Clark) Darling, widow of Dea. Benjamin Darling (see). He settled in Sanbornton, now Tilton, and with Dea. Darling was con- nected with the mills. He was "a man dearly beloved by all who knew him for his Christian character." He d. March 15, 1803. His widow, Hannah, d. July 28, 1846, aged ninety-nine years and nine months. Of his children Samuel and Ebenezer are named in this register. His dau. Sarah m. William Keniston (see).
5. SAMUEL MORRISON, son of Ebenezer 4, b. probably in Sanbornton about 1769. m. Nov. 17, 1796, Sally French, dau. of Jeremiah French, of Sanbornton. He removed to Plymouth in the early spring
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of 1807. He was a farmer at Lower Intervale. He d. Dec., 1822. His widow d. August, 1835.
i. SALLY, b. 1797. d. Plymouth, Oct., 1819.
ii. ELIZA, b. about 1800. d. about 1822, aged 22 years.
6. iii. SMITH, b. 1801.
iv. LUCY, b. 1803. m. Daniel Rowe. m. second, Chase Hobbs, both of Andover. She d. 1875. No children.
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7. BETSEY, b. 1805. m. Hezekiah Blake (see).
vi. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 5, 1807.
8. vii. JACOB, b. August 31, 1808.
viii. LYDIA, b. Plymouth, April, 1810. m. Edward Robie. Lived in Andover, Bridgewater, and Clarksville.
ix. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. Plymouth, Jan. 2, 1812, was a farmer of Plymouth and later of Thornton, where he d. April 21, 1880. He m. Lovey Ann Rowe. m. second, Catherine Avery. Four children : (1) William Jones. (2) Sarah Ann. d. aged 18. (3) George. (4) Ida. d. aged 16.
6. SMITH MORRISON, son of Samuel 5, b. 1801. m. Feb. 8, 1829, Lydia Soames, b. March 28, 1808, dau. of Jonathan and Lucy (French) Soames, of Sanbornton. They were published in Plymouth, m. in San- bornton. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1823, 1824, 1829, 1832. He d. 1832. She m. second, James Stuart. m. third, Samuel Fellows, of Concord. One child.
9. i. WILLIAM M. B., b. 1830.
7. SAMUEL MORRISON, son of Samuel 5, b. Jan. 5, 1807. In 1828 he went to Medford, Mass., where he was employed eight years. He then removed to Bridgewater. He was a selectman, and often em- ployed in town affairs. He m. Dec. 14, 1836, Phebe Marston, dau. of Israel Marston (see). He d. Oct. 14, 1885.
11. i. JOSEPH SPALDING, b. Sept. 24, 1837.
ii. SARAH, b. August 25, 1840. m. Nov. 26, 1874, David Trumbull, of Hill, who d. Feb. 3, 1884. She m. second, Feb. 17, 1892, Harrison Adams, of Hill.
iii. JOHN LEWIS, b. Feb. 15, 1851, a farmer, supervisor, and town clerk of Bridgewater.
8. JACOB MORRISON, son of Samuel 5, b. August 31, 1808. m. Jan. 30, 1837, Nancy Blake, dau. of William Blake (see). She d. 1842, and he m. second, Sarah (Stoddard) Swift. He was a farmer in Ply- mouth until 1878, when he removed to Campton, where he d. April 28, 1894. She d. August 31, 1894.
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i. JOHN STODDARD, b. March 20, 1842. m. Feb. 13, 1864, Clara A. Corliss, dau. of Cyrus Corliss (see). She d. Nov. 8, 1877. He was a farmer in Plymouth until 1880. Removed to Gilmanton. (1) Emma Almira, b. Plymouth, June 16, 1865. m. Sept. 2, 1888, Hezekiah D. Farrar, of Laconia. (2) Fannie Clara, b. Plymouth, May 20, 1865. m. Sept. 26, 1885, John B. Young, of Boston, Mass. (3) Harry Richard, b. Plymouth, Oct. 18, 1877. d. Dec. 22, 1877. 1
9. WILLIAM M. B. MORRISON, son of Smith 6, b. 1830, and removed to Ellsworth about 1850. He was a corporal, Co. E, 12th N. H. In- fantry ; transferred, May 20, 1864, to Veteran Reserve Corps; dis- charged July 24, 1865. He m. Eliza J. Buzzell. Five children.
10. MORTIMER A. MORRISON, son of William M. B.9, b. Ellsworth, March 10, 1858. m. Feb. 28, 1879, Lizzie Annie Sargent, dau. of Moses Sargent (see). He has lived in Plymouth since 1880. Four children.
i. HARRY MOSES, b. April 16, 1880. m. Nov. 7, 1900, Gertie M. Powers, dau. of Harrison and Ruth ( Wheeler) Powers. (1) Bernice Estella, b. Sept. 11, 1901. (2) Roger Edward, b. Dec. 7, 1902. (3) Gladys Lucinda, b. July 16, 1904. d. Sept. 17, 1904.
ii. LESTER ELMER, b. Feb. 26, 1886.
iii. CARL SARGENT, b. August 26, 1889.
iv. CYRUS AUGUSTUS, b. May 13, 1899. d. March 3, 1900.
11. JOSEPH SPALDING MORRISON, son of Samuel 7, b. Sept. 24, 1837. m. April 17, 1872, Hattie Newell Mitchell, dau. of Robert and Eliza (Barker) Mitchell (see). He has lived in Bridgewater, except the years 1874-1876, when he was in Plymouth. He has been school committee, selectman, and town treasurer, of Bridgewater.
i. JOSEPH HENRY, b. Nov. 12, 1873. Res. Bridgewater.
ii. EDNA ALICE, b. Feb. 22, 1878. m. June 26, 1897, Walter H. Webster, of Laconia.
iii. ANNIE ELIZA COOK, b. April 20, 1881.
iv. HELEN PHEBE, b. Oct. 4, 1883. m. Horace Leavitt.
v. WEBSTER RANDALL, b. Dec. 17, 1886.
vi. FANNIE MAUD, twin, b. Dec. 17, 1886.
12. EBENEZER MORRISON, son of Ebenezer 4. m. Oct. 24, 1787, Hannah Smith, b. 1767, dau. of Joseph Smith, of Stratham and Sanbornton. He was a man of good repute. He d. March 31, 1810. She d. 1845.
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13. JOSEPH W. MORRISON, son of Ebenezer 12, b. 1792 or 1793. He was one of nine children, all b. in Sanbornton. In "History of Sanbornton " he is called Joseph W. Morrison. In Plymouth tax-lists he is written Joseph Morrison. He was a shoemaker in Plymouth several years and removed to Loudon, where he m. Olive Batchelder, b. Feb. 22, 1788, dau. of Capt. Abraham 14 and Betsey (Smithi) Batchelder (see). Later he was an innholder in London and in Thornton, but the greater part of his life was spent in Plymouth, and here he attended the ferry and later the toll bridge. In 1850 he re- moved to Campton, where he d. June 3, 1873. She d. May 23, 1870.
i. RELIEF, b. Oct. 15, 1814. m. Oct. 27, 1841, Thomas J. Sanborn, b. May 23, 1812, son of Chase T. and Martha (Haines) Sauborn, of Sanbornton. They lived in Campton. He was postmaster, selectman, and county commissioner, 1866-1869. Mrs. Sanborn d. 1904. In early life she taught school in Holderness, Plymouth, Loudon, and Campton. Their only child (1) Edward Hervey Sanborn, b. August 18, 1844. m. Dec. 21, 1871, Mary E. Mahan, of Chicago, Ill. IIe m. second, Julia Robinson. He continues the business established by his father, and finds pleasure and profit in the entertainment of summer guests.
ii. JOSEPH WELD, b. Plymouth, Nov. 23, 1818. m. Nov. 30, 1812, Hannah F. Giddings. He lived in Plymouth, 1841-1849, was pro- prietor of a hotel and a farmer in Thornton nearly twenty years, and subsequently farmer and merchant in Campton, where he d. April 26, 1886. Five children: (1) Weld Monroe, b. Plymouth, Sept. 6, 1843. A merchant several years in Campton and later a travelling salesman. Hed. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 1, 1888. (2) Emily Narcissa, b. Plymouth, Nov. 16, 1845. m. Sept. 26, 1870, Fisher Ames, b. Holderness, Feb. 8, 1844. Dartmouth College, 1869. A successful lawyer in San Francisco, Cal. (3) Mary Josephine, b. Plymouth, May 19, 1848. m. Dec. 1, 1880, John Marshall French, M.D., now of Milford, Mass. (4) Frank Leverett, b. Thornton, April 3, 1850. m. Jan. 2, 1889, Abbie S. Hancock, of Franklin. He is a merchant at Hillsboro Bridge, Franklin, and Tilton. (5) Joseph Wilbur, b. Thornton, Jan. 13, 1855. m. Jan. 25, 1898, Marguerite A. Gardner, of Portsmouth. He is a dry goods mer- chant at Tilton.
iii. ABRAHAM BATCHELDER, b. Loudon, Dec., 1826. m. Nov. 30, 1850, Mary Elizabeth Pond, of Wrentham. Hle was a merchant in Lowell, California, and Boston. He d. in Campton, August 5, 1887. Two children: (1) Cora Linn, b. March 17, 1852. m. July 10, 1871, Joseph II. Daniell, of Franklin. She is the author of several books that have received favorable mention. (2) Abraham C., b. Wrentham, Mass., Dec. 6, 1864. m. June 18, 1900, Emma Webster Conway. He is a resident of New York.
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1. ANTHONY MORSE, emigrant ancestor, b. May 9, 1606, came from Marlborough, England, to Boston, and lived in Newbury, after about 1635, where he d. Oct. 12, 1686. He had a wife Mary, and later a wife Ann, who d. March 9, 1679/80. He was a brother of William Morse, who settled in Newbury about the same date.
2. BENJAMIN MORSE, son of Anthony 1, b. 1641. m. August 27, 1667, Ruth Sawyer, b. Sept. 10, 1648, dau. of William Sawyer, of Newbury. He lived in Newbury. Deacon of the church. They both joined in a deed 1707, but date of death not known.
3. BENJAMIN MORSE, son of Dea. Benjamin 2, b. Newbury, Au- gust 24, 1668. m. Jan. 28, 1691/2, Susannah Merrill, b. Newbury, Nov. 14, 1673, dau. of Abel and Priscilla (Chase) Merrill, weaver. He d. Oct. 25, 1743.
4. ABEL MORSE, b. Newbury, Oct. 5, 1692. m. June 3, 1714, Grace Parker. He was an early settler in Chester, and the first representative from that town. He had a grist mill and a sawmill. He d. about 1762.
5. STEPHEN MORSE, son of Abel 4, b. Chester, Feb. 15, 1723/4. m. Abigail Ingalls, b. 1725, dau. Capt. Samuel and Mary (Watts) Ingalls, of Chester. Lived in Chester. He d. March 6, 1807. She d. 1806.
6. SAMUEL MORSE, son of Stephen 5, b. Chester, July 30, 1750. He was in Capt. Hezekiah Hutchins's company, Col. James Reed's regiment, siege of Boston and battle Bunker Hill, 1775; Capt. Daniel Runnel's company, Col. Thomas Tash's regiment, to reinforce Washington's army in New York, 1776. In 1777 he removed from Chester to Plymouth, and served in Capt. William Tarlton's company, Col. Timothy Bedel's regiment, expedition against Canada, 1778. He was a pensioner. He settled in the west part of the town, on the farm now owned by Charles E. Brown. He m. Sarah Webster, dau. of Abel Webster (see). He d. March 8, 1848. She d. Nov. 17, 1847. Eleven children b. Plymouth.
7. i. STEPHEN, b. June 7, 1781.
ii. HANNAH, b. Feb. 4, 1783. m. Winthrop Wells, Jr. (see).
8. iii. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 24, 1785.
9. iv. SAMUEL, b. April 13, 1787.
v. MARY, b. May 13, 1789. d. Oct., 1789.
vi. SARAII, b. Feb. 19, 1791. m. Thomas Clifford (see).
vii. ABEL WEBSTER, b. Sept. 22, 1793. IIe d. Feb. 6, 1877.
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viii. IRA, b. Jan. 22, 1797. He served in War of 1812, and removed to Maine, and subsequently to Illinois, where he d. 1830. A son, David, has been clerk of one of the courts of Kansas.
ix. ELIZA, b. Jan. 15, 1799.
x. SABRINA, b. May 25, 1801.
xi. ARTHUR, b. May 15, 1803. Farmer. unm. d. Plymouth, Nov. 13, 1878.
7. STEPHEN MORSE, son of Samuel6, b. June 7, 1781. m. 1807 (certificate, Dec. 27); Sarah Chamberlain, dau. of Jonathan Chamber- lain (see). He was a farmer on a part of the farm of his father, in Plymouth, but lived 1814 to 1817 in Hebron. He d. Nov. 26, 1865. She d. Dec. 21, 1873.
i. ELISHA. d. spotted fever.
ii. SOPHIA, b. Feb. 12, 1810. m. Gilbert Osgood. Ile d. Hanover. Children : Alpheus, Alfred, Anna.
iii. SARAH, b. Sept. 20, 1814. m. Andrew Lovering Davis. Res. Boston, Mass., where she d. 1852.
iv. CYRUS SOLOMON. m. Roxana Strong. Lived in Hanover. Car- penter.
10. v. ELBRIDGE GERRY, b. Oct. 22, 1817.
vi. ALVIN THORNTON, b. April 18, 1820. d. April 6, 1846.
vii. MARTHA JANE. m. Doddridge Wetherbee, Jamaica Plain, Mass ..
viii. CHRISTOPHER MOSES, b. Feb. 10, 1825. m. Jan. 1, 1850, Rhoda Elizabeth Drew, dau. of Levi Drew (see). Res. Lynn, Mass. Merchant. She d. Nov. 2, 1891.
ix. WILLIAM GEORGE, b. May 7, 1827. d. Oct. 1, 1848.
8. WILLIAM MORSE, son of Samuel 6, b. Feb. 24, 1785. m. 1815 (certificate, Dec. 24), Ruth Homans. He was a farmer in Plymouth, where he d. Feb. 2, 1865. She d. Nov. 15, 1857.
i. WILLIAM, b. May 3, 1818.
ii. JOSEPH, b. Dec. 20, 1821. m. Caroline Hopkinson, of Deerfield. He was a merchant, Chichester. No children.
iii. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 22, 1824. unm. d. Dec. 1, 1875.
iv. MOSES, b. 1826. unm. d. Feb. 15, 1856.
v. CHARLES, b. 1834. m. Feb. 8, 1859, Susan J. Boynton, dau. of John Boynton (see). Lived in Plymouth, where he d. April 30, 1883. She d. Dec. 5, 1904. Three children : (1) William, b. Jan. 14, 1860. (2) Jennie A., b. 1872. m. Sept. 18, 1895, George F. Gilpatrick, son of John C. and Eliza A. (Ilall) Gilpatrick, of Meredith. Ile is a tinsmith. Res. Wilton. (3) Perley O., b. Nov., 1865. d. Dec. 2, 1870.
9. SAMUEL MORSE, son of Samuel 6, b. April 13, 1787. Was a farmer on the homestead in Plymouth. He m. Nov. 28, 1833, Abigail
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(Flanders) Cole, widow of Nathaniel Cole (see). She d. Sept. 3, 1837. He m. second, Ruth Whitcher. She d. March 16, 1865. He d. May 6, 1870.
i. ABBIE MARIA, b. Jan. 24, 1841. m. Moses Corliss (see).
11. ii. SAMUEL MONROE, b. July 15, 1844.
10. ELBRIDGE GERRY MORSE, son of Stephen 7, b. Oct. 22, 1817. m. Nov. 6, 1842, Lucy Jane Marsh, dau. Samuel Marsh (see). He was a farmer on the paternal homestead. d. March 19, 1898. She res. with her dau. Mrs. Fletcher.
i. MARTHA JANE, b. March 25, 1845. m. Nov. 10, 1864, Isaac B. Gove, a farmer of Groton. Ile d. Jan. 22, 1891. She m. second, Sept. 30, 1893, Asa W. Smith, a farmer of Groton. Five children of Isaac B. and Martha J. (Morse) Gove. (1) Henry, b. August 13, 1867. m. Sept. 25, 1889, Gertie May Cross. (2) Isabel, b. Dec. 23, 1870. m. June 25, 1887, William S. II. Remick. (3) Rose, b. July 19, 1875. d. Sept. 18, 1875. (4) Grace, b. Oct. 2, 1876. m. June 12, 1896, Frank W. Copp. (5) Lizzie, b. May 23, 1881.
ii. ANN MARIA, b. May 27, 1847. unm. d. June 5, 1896.
iii. GEORGE ELBRIDGE, b. May 10, 1850. m. April 4, 1883, Nellie Barrett. He was a dealer in tinware, Lancaster, and now a salesman.
iv. FRANK PIERCE, b. Oct. 1, 1852. m. March 23, 1880, Susan Chap- man. He was a farmer with his father. He d. May 14, 1883. She removed to Topeka, Kans. m. second, John Stratton.
v. SARAH ELIZABETHI, b. March 28, 1854. m. John Gill Fletcher (see).
vi. CLARA FRANCES, b. May 7, 1857. m. Dec. 25, 1882.
vii. NELLIE GRACE, b. August 30, 1859. m. Nov. 12, 1887, Charles Wesley Brown, of Manchester.
11. SAMUEL MONROE MORSE, son of Samuel 9, grandson of Samuel 6, b. July 15, 1844. Farmer and carpenter, living on the " Morse farm" until 1897, when he removed to Pleasant Street, in the village. He m. Nov. 16, 1865, Eliza G. Cochran, dau. of Robert Cochran (see). She d. July 27, 1876. He m. second, March 16, 1878, Elizabeth Farley (Drake) Dearborn, widow of George Perkins Dearborn (see). She d. April 15, 1897.
i. HARRIET ELLEN, b. May 26, 1866. A teacher in schools of Ply- mouth. m. March 3, 1903, George H. Woodman, of Wilmington, Mass.
ii. EMMA ELIZA, b. June 4, 1868. Plymouth High School, 1888; State Normal School, 1891. A teacher in Reading, Mass.
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iii. JUSTUS PENNIMAN, b. Oct. 9, 1870. m. June 2, 1896, Addie E. Philbrick, b. Sutton, Vt., 1876, dau. of Orren and Roanna E. (Hayward) Philbrick. He is baggage master, Boston & Maine R.R. Res. Concord. (1) Clayton Monroe, b. June 29, 1897.
iv. HOWARD BEECHER, b. Sept. 10, 1872. m. April 2, 1895, Francena Buck. IIe is a baggage master Boston & Maine R.R. Res. Wil- mington, Mass. (1) Donald Howard, b. Jan. 11, 1897. (2) Dorothy Francena, b. May 13, 1898.
v. FRANK, b. July 27, 1876.
vi. HARRY ARTHUR, b. April 16, 1880.
vii. PARK ASHLEY, b. Jan. 8, 1882. Plymouth High School, 1899. Dartmouth College, 1904.
12. JONATHAN MORSE, son of Stephen 5, and brother of Samuel 6, b. Chester, March 3, 1757. He served in the Revolution, and removed, 1784, to Plymouth. In 1792 a section of Plymouth was severed and joined with other territory, incorporated as Hebron. In this proceed- ing Plymouth lost a good citizen. He was a deacon of the Baptist church of Hebron and a useful townsman. Late in life he removed to Haverhill, where he d. March 3, 1840. He m. June 8, 1786, Abiah Worth, b. Jan. 13, 1767, dau. of Edmund and Elizabeth (Webster) Worth, of West Newbury, Mass. She d. Sept. 1, 1822. He m. second, June 11, 1826, Fanny (Chase) [Favor-Worthley] b. March 11, 1769, dau. of John Chase, of Portland, Me., and widow of John Favor and Nathan Worthley, both of Weare. She d. in Weare, Dec. 9, 1869, aged nearly 101 years. Three children b. in Plymouth, and five b. in Hebron after that town was incorporated.
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