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6. REBECCA CARLETON8 b. Hav., went South, m. Dec. 30, 1840, Paul Victor Sompayrac of Natchitoches, La. Six chil .: Paul9, Ambrosier9, Helen Rebecca9, James Albert9, Alphonse9, Marzelie9.
7. JOSEPH8 d. young.
8. MARY8 d. young.
9. VIRGINIA F.8 d. young.
COL. CALEB MORSE7 (Stephen6) born Haverhill Nov. 25, 1784; married May 20, 1807, Polly Fairbanks. Farmer; lived on Morse hill on a farm near his father. Was interested in militia; prominent in town affairs; selectman in 1826, '27, '28,'29 and'38; representative to General Court 1828-30; plaintiff in famous political libel case, John R. Riding of the Democratic-Republican defendant. He died Dec. 6, 1841; she died Dec. 30, 1864. Nine children all born in Haverhill:
1. CHASTINA8 b. Oct. 1808; m. William Gannett.
2. PERMELIA8 m. Levi Bradish. (See Bradish.)
3. VALENTINE MORSE8 b. 1811; m. Martha M. Bisbee, b. 1818; lived in Hav .; d. Aug. 22, 1864. She d. Nov. 28, 1853, ae. 35 yrs., 11 mos. Four chil. b. in Hav .: (1) Chastina9 b. June 1837, d. Aug. 2, 1842; (2) George W.9 b. March 1839, d. Apr. 14, 1839; (3) Charles H.9 b. Sept. 1842, d. Nov. 25, 1848; (4) William U.9 b. Nov. 1847, d. Jan. 9, 1849.
4. PERSIS8 b. 1813; m. George W. Clement; d. June 24, 1878.
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5. EBEN F.8 b. 1816; m. Mar. 22, 1839, Laura Ann Whitaker, b. Dec. 1817. He d. Oct. 22, 1895; she d. Dec. 19, 1894. Farmer; lived E. Hav. school dist. No. 6. Four chil .:
(1) ANNO m. Prescott Blake; five chil .: John10, Carl10, Anna10, Charles10, Gertrude10.
(2) CALEB9 m., 1st, Sarah J. Howard; 2d, Birdie Noyes.
(3) EMMAº m. - Burnham.
(4) EZRA W.9 b. 1849 (?); m. Submit, dau. Winthrop Elliott; Ezra d. -; she m., 2d, Lyman Robie of Piermont who d. 1915. Ezra W. and Submit had three chil .: (a) Albert E.10 b. 1873, m. Mabel J. Brooks, Sept. 25, 1901; (b) Emma J.10 b. 1875, m. Nov. 20, 1898, Percy A. Smith of Lowell, Mass., live Dracut, Mass .; (c) Olive P.10 b. 1888, m. Mar. 21, 1903, Charles L. Brooks, brother of Mabel.
6. ORSON8.
7. CALEB8.
8. RUTH W.8 b. 1823; d. Jan. 16, 1886; m. Charles G. Smith.
9. POLLY F.8 m. Chase S. Cawley.
JOHN C. MORSE7 (Stephen6) born Apr. 7, 1787; married Nancy Wheelock, born 1782. Lived at Horse Meadow. Farmer; tavern keeper; farm now owned by his granddaughter, Miss Katherine Morse.9 He died Feb. 8, 1853. She died Sept. 10, 1865. Nine children all born in Haverhill:
1. SARAH W.8 b. July 21, 1806; m. Amasa P. Niles; she d. Mar. 25, 1840; he d. Aug. 9, 1840.
2. LOUISA K.8 b. Nov. 1807; m. N. W. Burnham. Four chil .: (1) Nancy Burnham9, m. C. W. Buckley who d. 1876, three chil .: (a) Bessie F.10, (b) Harvey10, (c) Katherine H.10; (2) Sarah Burnham9 m. C. A. Parker who d. 1893; (3) Elizabeth Burnham9 m. June 14, 1892, E. H. Wells; (4) Harriett Burnham9, m., 1st, - - Kinsman, 2d, - Quimby.
3. MARY ANN8 b. Sept. 24, 1810; m. (2d wife) Windsor Cobleigh, hotel keeper. His hotel, a famous tavern for stages and river men, has been transformed into the Cottage Hospital, just south of Woodsville Village. She d. Dec. 2, 1860. No chil.
4. ISAAC L.8 b. Sept. 21, 1812; m. Nov. 16, 1848, Mary Ann Glynn; d. Feb. 26, 1875. Two chil .: (1) Alice; (2) William.
5. MARTHA M.8 b. July 25, 1815; m. Lowell T. Whitcomb of Rockingham, Vt., Sept. 2, 1835. Two chil .: (1) Joseph Whitcomb9 m. Katherine Leslie; (2) Sarah Whitcomb9 m. P. H. Ward, 2 chil., Jennie Ward10, Martha Ward10.
6. ALFRED N.8 b. Feb. 1817; d. Oct. 3, 1817.
7. JOHN NELSON8 b. Oct. 24, 1818.
8. NANCIE BARSTOW8 b. Oct. 24, 1818; unm .; d. Oct. 1898.
9. HARRIET8 b. May 22, 1822; m. Warren J. Fisher.
JOHN NELSON MORSE& (John C.7, Stephen6) born Oct. 24, 1818; died Oct. 9, 1898; mar- ried Kate Southard, born June 29, 1829, died Feb. 25, 1894. Lived on the farm owned by his father at Horse Meadow, and did an extensive business as a dealer in cattle and sheep buying in northern New Hampshire and Vermont and Canada, and selling in the Boston market. Was an up-to-date farmer; a director of the National Bank at Wells River, and prominent in town affairs. Accumulated a handsome property. Represented the town in the legislature of 1865. Republican. Two children:
1. KATHERINE MORSE9 b. Dec. 9, 1868; grad. Wellesley College, 1890. Since the death of her father has managed the homestead farm of which she is owner, and has made extensive improvements. Her cow barn is a model, and her herd of cows one of the finest in a fine dairy section. During the winters of 1899 to 1912, she was a resident and active worker in the Dennison House-College Settlement- Boston, and since then has spent her winters in the Social Service Department, City Hospital, Boston. Spends her summers on her farm. Has served as member of Board of Education. Unm.
2. JOHN H. MORSE9 b. June 14, 1872; studied at Dartmouth but left before graduation and went West; is a mining engineer and his work has been for the most part in Arizona and Nevada; m. Esther Cody, a native of Kentucky. No chil.
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II. CAPT. EDMUND MORSE
CAPT. EDMUND MORSE6 (Thomas5, Dea. Stephen4, Ensign Anthony3, Lieut. Anthony2, Anthony1), brother of Stephen6, born 1764 at Bradford, Mass .; married Dec. 28, 1786, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Ephraim and Sarah (Proctor?) Wesson, born 1764. Came to Haverhill with his brother, Stephen, but did not remain long. Went to Groton, Vt., about 1783, and was the first blacksmith in that town. He died Sept. 13, 1843; she died Nov. 12, 1843. One of their children, Sally Morse7, married in 1803 John Hill of Groton. It was the first ceremony performed by Rev. David Sutherland after he came from Scotland. Judith Morse6, sister to Capt. Edmund, married Ephraim Wesson, Jr., of Groton, Vt.
III. DESCENDANTS OF STEPHEN MORSE6, SON OF STEPHENS
CAPT. STEPHEN MORSE6 (Stephen5, Dea. Stephen4, Ensign Anthony3, Lieut. Anthony2, Anthony1), cousin of Stephen6 and Capt. Edmund6, born May 1751; married Oct. 21, 1773 or 1776, Sarah, daughter Moses Bailey, born July 21, 1750, died Apr. 29, 1825. He died -. He came to Haverhill from Newbury, Mass., in 1778. Was styled captain, possibly to distinguish him from his cousin, Stephen, of Morse Hill. Nine children, all born in Haverhill, except eldest:
1. ELIZABETH NOYES MORSE7 b. Newbury, Mass., Oct. 25, 1777.
2. STEPHEN BAILEY MORSE7 b. Hav. Mar. 29, 1779.
3. SARAH Or SALLY7 b. Feb. 17, 1781; m. (pub.) Nov. 4, 1801, Jahleel Willis.
4. CLARISSA7 b. Oct. 11, 1782; d. Jan. 29, 1788.
5. MOSES NOYES7 b. Oct. 18, 1784.
6. JOSEPH7 b. Aug. 29, 1786; m. Lucretia, dau. of Samuel Wetherbee of Concord, Vt .; resided in Hav. till about 1816 when he removed to Cincinnati, O., and later to Covington, Ky., where he d. 1836. She d. Concord, Vt., Jan. 21, 1822, ae. 34 yrs. Four chil. b. Hav .: (1) Tryphena8 b. Oct. 27, 1809, m. Mar. 5, 1833, John Farr of Littleton, d. Apr. 27, 1851; (2) Ira Forsyth8 b. Oct. 27, 1811, m. Sarah S. Granger of Westmorland, lived in Boston; (3) Albert8 b. 1813 (?), d. unm. in Con- cord, Vt .; (4) Susan& b. 1815(?), d. young. Joseph, m., 2d, in Ohio. There were children by second wife.
7. CLARISSA7 b. Apr. 28, 1788; m. (pub.) Aug. 23, 1808, John S. Sanborn.
8. SOPHIA7 b. Feb. 7, 1790.
9. INFANT7 b. Dec. 1791; d. Mar. 3, 1792.
STEPHEN BAILEY MORSE7 (Capt. Stephen6, Stephen5, Dea. Stephen4, Ensign Anthony3, Lieut. Anthony2, Anthony1) born Mar. 29, 1779; married Jan. 12, 1802, Clarissa Willis. Lived on Brier Hill. Was tax collector for many years, and his persistency in making collections won him the appellation of Pincher Morse. Twelve children:
1. JAMES A.8 b. June 30, 1802; m. 1827, Sarah Higgins. Chil .: (1) Sarah E.9 b. Nov. 1, 1831, d. Dec. 1839; (2) Henry C.9 b. Mar. 22, 1834; (3) Clarissa9 b. Dec. 31, 1835.
2. ALMIRA& b. Dec. 3, 1803.
3. GEORGE W.8 of Albany, N. Y., b. May 26, 1805; m. Eliza Holmes. Two chil .: (1) Uriel9; (2) Hannah9.
4. HENRY& b. Dec. 13, 1806; m., 1st, Eliza Bush; 2d, Hannah Armstrong. Chil .: (1) Lansing9; (2) Eliza Ann9; (3) Sarah E.9
5. CHARITY8 b. July 3, 1810.
6. WILLIS8.
7. ELIZA8 b. Oct. 17, 1814; d. soon.
8. ELIZA8 b. Mar. 3, 1815.
9. ANGELA8 b. Nov. 18, 1818.
10. JOSEPH8 b. Nov. 20, 1820; lived Nashua.
11. STEPHEN B.8 b. Apr. 15, 1822; d. infancy.
12. STEPHEN N.8 b. June 20, 1825.
MOSES NOYES MORSE7 (Capt. Stephen6, Stephen5, Dea. Stephen4, Ensign Anthony3, Lieut. Anthony2, Anthony1) born Oct. 18, 1784; married May 15, 1806, Hannah G., daughter John and Susan (Simpson) Sanborn of Bath, born Oct. 16, 1786, died Dec. 23,
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1861. He died Feb. 9, 1859. Farmer; lived Brier Hill. Eleven children all born in Haverhill:
1. ALDEN EDSON8 b. Oct. 17, 1807; m., 1st, about 1835, Mary Ann Johnson; m., 2d, Lydia Getchell of Hav. Removed to St. Louis, Mo. Two chil .: (1) Arabella9; (2) Joseph Willis9.
2. MARY ANN8 b. Jan. 23, 1809; d. young.
3. HAZEN SANBORN8 b. Nov. 6, 1810; m. Nov. 10, 1831, Eliza Ann Bass. Lived St. Clair, Mich.
4. SOPHIA C.8 b. Oct. 24, 1812; m. Apr. 24, 1836, William H. Barron; d. Apr. 27, 1849, St. Clair, Mich.
5. SUSAN S.8 b. June 26, 1814; d. in infancy.
6. MARY ANN8 b. Nov. 9, 1816; m. Leonard Smith; d. Apr. 28, 1855.
7. MOSES B.8 b. July 18, 1818; d. St. Clair, Mich., Apr. 19, 1872; m., 1st, Olive Barron; 2d, Louise Sawyer.
8. SUSAN K.8 b. Feb. 15, 1821; d. Mar. 15, 1855; m. Edmund Carleton. Lived St. Clair, Mich.
9. STEPHEN S.8 b. Oct. 9, 1825; m. Fannie C. Knight of Landaff. No issue.
10. JOHN FRANKLIN8 b. June 8, 1828; m., 1st, Ruby S. Johnson; 2d, June 15, 1854, Susan W. Johnson, daughters of Carleton Johnson of Bath. Harry M. Morseº, s. of John Franklin and Susan (Johnson) Morse, b. Hav. Mar. 22, 1857; m. Dec. 31, 1889, Helen, dau. John N. Oakes of Franconia. Studied law, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1880. In partnership with E. D. Rand of Lisbon till death of latter; later went to Littleton where he is still (1916) in active practice. No chil.
11. HANNAH SANBORN8 b. Mar. 25, 1830; d. June, 1853.
IV. DESCENDANTS OF DANIEL MORSE6
DANIEL MORSE6 (Capt. Daniel5, Benjamin4, Dea. William3, Dea. Benjamin2, Anthony1) born Newton, May 30, 1773; married Sarah, daughter Benjamin5 and Rachel (Webster) Morse, born Aug. 1777, died Jan. 22, 1834. He died May 3, 1861. His will proved Graf- ton County probate July 22, 1861. Nine children. Farmer, lived Horse Meadow. Came to Haverhill from Plymouth about 1806.
1. BETSEY7 b. July 7, 1803; m. Oct. 20, 1849, Isaac Robbins of Derby, Vt. She d. Oct. 4, 1877, buried Horse Meadow Cemetery.
2. BENJAMIN7 b. Jan. 31, 1805; m. May 10, 1841, Susan Norris, b. May 10, 1824, d. Derby, Vt., Oct. 29, 1883; he d. Apr. 3, 1885, buried Horse Meadow Cemetery. Lived Derby and Newport, Vt. Nine chil., none of whom lived in Hav.
3. SARAH7 b. Sept. 11, 1807; m. May 8, 1839, Perkins Fellows; lived in Hav .; she d. Nov. 28, 1884; buried in Daniel Morse family lot, Horse Meadow Cemetery.
4. REV. HORACE WEBSTER MORSE7 b. May 2, 1810; m. June 18, 1839, Lydia Smith, dau. of Hon. Edward F. Jacobs of Scituate, Mass., b. June 29, 1811, d. Apr. 22, 1880. He preached in Exeter, N. H., No. Reading, Chelmsford, Milford and E. Marshfield, Mass. Was superintendent of schools, Wrentham and Chelmsford, Mass .; d. in Greenwood, Mass. Two chil .: (1) Horace E.8, lawyer, Boston, Mass .; (2) Francena8 b. 1842, m. June 1, 1884, Joseph Gilman, Greenwood, Mass.
5. DANIEL PEABODY7 b. Apr. 7, 1812; m. Apr. 8, 1838, Harriette E. Hayward; d. May 9, 1854. Teacher private school, and merchant in Boston. Two chil.
6. WILSON7 b. Sept. 14, 1815; m. June 1, 1851, C. Eliza Tyler; d. June 3, 1873. Lived in Essex, Vt. Four chil., Maria8, Francena8, Wilson J.8, Eliza J.8
7. ASA PORTER7 b. Sept. 1, 1818; m. July 13, 1845, Dorcas Louisa, dau. of Thomas W. and Elizabeth Short, b. Aug. 28, 1822, d. Feb. 24, 1864; he d. - -. Went to Boston in 1840; bookkeeper till 1846 when he went to Cambridgeport where he lived till his death. Engaged in real estate; alderman 1866; member Mass. House of Representatives 1869-73; senate 1879-80. Three chil .: (1) Mary Louisa8 b. Nov. 16, 1847, m. Oct. 17, 1872, Chas. W. Jones, banker; (2) Velma Maria8 b. Jan. 28, 1851; (3) Arthur Porter8 b. Aug. 29, 1858, d. Dec. 20, 1863.
8. MARIA LOUISA7 b. May 8, 1820; d. Dec. 18, 1836.
9. LAFAYETTE7 b. Mar. 4, 1823; m. Mary Ann Wood of Claremont. Lived at Horse Meadow; house adjoined cemetery; the old homestead of his father.
V. DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MORSE6
JOHN MORSE6 (Daniel5, Benjamin4, Dea. William3, Dea. Benjamin2, Anthony1), brother of Daniel6, born Newton, June 17, 1777; married Eunice Willoughby. Lived in
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Haverhill at Horse Meadow, where he came from Plymouth with his brother, Daniel, about 1806. Died Dec. 3, 1847. Five children:
1. CYNTHIA7 m. pub. Mar. 9, 1819, Richard Nevins. Removed to Michigan.
2. JOHN MILTON7 b. about 1805; m. Mary White who d. 1860. Lived in Hav. He d. June 10, 1883.
3. JOSEPH B.7 b. May 21, 1814; m. May 11, 1837, Sarah Maria, dau. William Ripley. Grad. at Dartmouth. Teacher in Strafford, and in Charlestown, Mass., 20 years; studied divinity; ordained Congregationalist minister; preached George- town, Mass., Hanover, Orford, Strafford, N. H., Barnard and Roxbury, Vt .; taught at Woodstock (Vt.) Academy, and preached there; d. Hanover June 27, 1893. No chil.
4. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS7 b. about 1817; d. Jan. 22, 1840; unm.
5. OSGOOD7 b. Aug. 16, 1819; m. Dec. 5, 1843, Faustina, dau. Salmon Fish who changed his name to Fremont. She was b. Jan. 4, 1819, d. Sept. 4, 1894. He d. Dec. 6, 1874. Lived at "the Brook." Five chil. b. Hav .: (1) Cynthia Maria8 b. Sept. 7, 1844; m. Augustine F. Thomas; d. Aug. 1888. (2) William Augustus8 b. Aug. 22, 1846; m. July 4, 1867, Lydia Jane Leighton of Bath. (3) May E.8 b. Aug. 1, 1848, d. Jan. 3, 1867. (4) Charles Osgood8 b. Jan. 12, 1858; d. Feb. 7, 1889. (5) Edward B.8 b. Nov. 28, 1860; m. about 1885, Angie T. Noble; lived in Penacook. One child, Mary F.9, b. Oct. 8, 1886.
VI. DESCENDANTS OF DEA. JONATHAN MORSE6
DEA. JONATHAN MORSE6 (Stephen5, Abel4, Benjamin3, Dea. Benjamin2, Anthony1) born Chester Mar. 3, 1757; married, first, Abiah Worth, June 8, 1786. She was daughter of Edmund and Elizabeth (Webster) Worth of West Newbury, Mass., born Jan. 1767, died Sept. 1, 1822; married, second, Widow Fanny Worthley. He was for many years a resident of Hebron; deacon in Baptist Church there. In the latter part of his life he removed to Haverhill where his five youngest sons had settled, and where he died Mar. 3, 1840. Was a Revolutionary soldier, having enlisted three times, once from New Hampshire and twice from Massachusetts. Nine children:
1. ABIGAIL7 b. Oct. 17, 1787; m. 1810, Timothy Ferrin of Hebron. One dau. of theirs, Mary Ann8, m., 1st, Roswell Crosby; 2d, Maj. Samuel Carr. (See Carr.)
2. ELIZABETH7 b. Mar. 14, 1789; m. Edward Webber of Rumney, judge of probate, Grafton County.
3. EDMUND7 b. Feb. 17, 1791; d. unm. at Hebron, Aug. 6, 1817.
4. JONATHAN7 b. Feb. 21, 1793; m. Feb. 24, 1820, Jerusha Gilson; d. Mar. 31, 1854.
5. DAVID7 b. Hebron May 24, 1795.
6. ISAAC7 b. May 9, 1797.
7. JACOB7 b. Jan. 14, 1800.
8. DANIEL7 b. Mar. 25, 1804.
9. STEPHEN7 b. June 23, 1807.
These five brothers last named came to Haverhill from Hebron during the ten years, 1820-30. David and Stephen settled on the Pond road, while Isaac, Jacob and Daniel settled on farms adjoining each other on the hill west of district No. 10 schoolhouse. These three were active in town affairs, and held numerous offices of trust and honor. Isaac was a life-long Whig and Republican; Jacob an ardent and life-long Democrat, while Daniel, nominally a Whig and Republican, was sometimes charged by his political opponents with belonging to the party of Daniel Morse. He certainly had great good fortune in close elections. In religious preference, they were Baptists. They were each and all substantial and useful citizens.
DAVID MORSE7 (Jonathan6, Stephen5, Abel4, Benjamin3, Dea. Benjamin2, Anthony1) born Hebron May 24, 1795; married Nov. 20, 1823, at Alexandria, Dorothy, daughter Isaac and Dolly (Blaisdell) Ladd, born Alexandria June 10, 1793, died Newbury, Vt., Feb. 1876. He died Oct. 14, 1868, Newbury, Vt. Farmer. Four children:
1. DARIUS N. B.8 b. June 26, 1825; d. Oct. 24, 1839.
2. AUGUSTUS8 b. Dec. 13, 1829; d. Aug. 29, 1838.
3. WILLIAM SULLIVAN8 b. Oct. 3, 1832; d. unm.
4. ELIZA ANN8 b. Feb. 1, 1839; d. unm.
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ISAAC MORSE7 (Jonathan6, Stephen5, Abel4, Benjamin3, Dea. Benjamin2, Anthony1) born Hebron May 9, 1797; married, first, Mary, daughter Ebenezer and Susan (Dow) Kendall. She died May 21, 1842; married, second, Aug. 1843, Nancy Allen, born about 1801, died Mar. 29, 1864. He died Haverhill Nov. 11, 1871. He came to Haverhill about 1825 or 1826 and purchased the farm on which he afterwards lived, adjoining that of his brother, Jacob, and where he lived till his death. He was one of the selectmen in 1844, '45, '47, '48, '49 and '51, and was four times a member of the legislature from Haverhill, in 1847, '54, '55 and '56. Three children, all by first marriage, born in Haverhill:
1. ABIAH WORTH8 b. Apr. 30, 1830; m. Dec. 20, 1859, 2d wife of S. H. Crocker. (See Crocker.)
2. FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS8 b. Mar. 24, 1832; d. Feb. 2, 1833.
3. SUSAN Dow8 b. May 4, 1837; m. Aug. 4, 1880, at Greenville, Ill., Sylvanus Hutchin- son as 2d wife; d. in Greenville. No chil. living.
JACOB MORSE7 (Jonathan6, Stephen5, Abel4, Benjamin3, Dea. Benjamin2, Anthony1) born Jan. 14, 1800; married 1824 Hannah, daughter Jacob and Hannah (Bailey) Lovejoy. She died Aug. 16, 1877. He died Feb. 11, 1886. He was selectman in 1837-39, and in 1866-67, and representative in 1853. Six children born in Haverhill:
1. HANNAH ELIZABETH8 b. Dec. 28, 1825; m. June 30, 1846, Amos, s. of Nathaniel Foster of Landaff; d. June 1886. Four chil .: Hannah Elizabeth9, Annette Zavina9, Clark9, Jacob9.
2. MARCELLUS JACOB& b. Jan. 24, 1827; m. Mary A., dau. Simeon and Sarah (Flanders) Haines; lived in Fitchburg, Mass. One child, George Francis9, b. Dec. 9, 1858; m. Nov. 27, 1883, Emma Florence Burt; live Enosburg, Vt.
3. CAROLINE BURBANK8 b. May 24, 1830; m. Oct. 14, 1849, George Wells of Benton. (See Wells.)
4. ALBINUS& b. July 30, 1832; d. in infancy.
5. ANNETTE CLARK8 b. Mar. 22, 1834; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Enos Clark Wells, brother of George. (See Wells.)
6. MALVINA8 b. Apr. 23, 1837; m. Levi Bisbee. (See Bisbee.)
DANIEL MORSE7 (Jonathan6, Stephen5, Abel4, Benjamin3, Dea. Benjamin2, Anthony1) born Mar. 25, 1804; married, first, June 1833 Lavina Colby of Hebron, born 1808, died Sept. 1839; married, second, Ann Bradlee, born 1802, died 1862; married, third, Nov. 11, 1865, Mrs. Gratia A. (Glynn) Emerson, daughter James and Olive Glynn, born Aug. 1827. He died Feb. 3, 1870. For a number of years after coming to Haverhill was a farmer. Lived across the road from his brothers. Later moved to North Haverhill, kept a general store in partnership with George S. Kelsea; later conducted a shoe shop by himself. Was known in town as Daniel Morse, 2d. Was active in local politics, and was four times representative, 1844, '45, '49 and '61. Two children:
1. LUTHER COLBY8 b. Nov. 8, 1836, by 1st marriage; grad. Dartmouth 1860; admitted to bar 1863; register of probate, Grafton Co., 1860-70. Went to California later. Interested in mining properties; d. Barnwell, Cal., Jan. 21, 1917.
2. DANIEL CLAYTON8 b. Apr. 2, 1870, by 3d marriage; d. July 2, 1870.
STEPHEN MORSE7 (Jonathan6, Stephen5, Abel4, Benjamin3, Dea. Benjamin2, Anthony1) born June 23, 1807; married June 11, 1832, Ann Taylor of Haverhill, born Apr. 20, 1809; died Springfield, Mass., Apr. 13, 1888; he died Springfield, Mass., May 15, 1888. Lived in Haverhill and Springfield, Mass. Two children born in Haverhill:
1. EDWARD LAWRENCE8 b. July 14, 1834; m., 1st, July 25, 1860, Cornelia J. Hawkins of Wheeling, W. Va .; 2d, Jan. 4, 1888, Eugenia Louise Almedia of Philadelphia. Engaged in manufacture, and lived at Sharon Hill, Pa. Five chil .; by first mar- riage: (1) Lawrence Erving9 b. Dec. 4, 1861, lives in Missouri. By second marriage: (2) Marion Almedia9 b. Philadelphia Jan. 18, 1890; (3) Dorothy Erving9 b. Atlan- tic City, N. J., July 27, 1891; (4) Adalaide9 b. June 26, 1893, Sharon Hill, Pa .; (5) Ann Taylor9 b. Apr. 20, 1895.
2. HELEN M.8 b. May 4, 1836; m. David Gould. Resides in Springfield, Mass. No chil.
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NELSON
JOHN NELSON, son of Jonathan and Martha (Folsom) Nelson, born Exeter Jan. 4, 1778; married, first, May 29, 1810, Susan, daughter Gen. Ebenezer and Hannah Brewster of Hanover who died Oct. 25, 1815, in her thirty-fourth year; married, second, Mar. 16, 1818, Lois Burnham, daughter John and Lois Burnham Leverett, born Dec. 29, 1790, died 1859. He died May 3, 1838.
He graduated at Dartmouth, class of 1803; read law with Charles Marsh of Woodstock, Vt., later with Christopher Gore in Boston, and settled to practice his profession in Haverhill some time previous to 1807. He seems to have been elected to the important office of hogreeve at the annual town meeting of that year, an honor quite often conferred in those days on professional men who were newcomers in town. Two years later, he is found as chairman of a committee which reported a series of resolutions arraigning the National Administration for its policies which threatened to force the country into war, resolutions which had evidently been previously prepared, probably by Mr. Nelson himself. His associates on the committee to "take into consideration and report upon the alarming state of affairs," were George Woodward and Nathaniel Merrill. Mr. Nelson was an able lawyer and ranked high at the Grafton County bar which, during the first half of the nineteenth century, was one of marked learning and ability. He served his town in various capacities, though averse to holding office, and won success in the practice of his profession. His second wife was of a distinguished family which gave to Harvard College, in its early years, a president; to the Massachusetts Colony a governor. Her father was an eminent Vermont lawyer, a graduate of Harvard and for several terms member of Congress. Two of her sisters were, respectively, the first and second wives of Dea. Abel K. Merrill. She was a woman of superior intellect and of unusual literary taste and culture. Indeed the Leverett family was no small factor in the relig- ious and social life of the Corner. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nelson were interested in home and foreign politics; were strongly anti-slavery in their sentiments, and their large family was a credit to its parentage and training. Fourteen children born in Haverhill:
1. MARY SEWALL NELSON b. 1819; d. 1870; m. June 11, 1840, Ira Perley of Concord, b. 1799, d. 1874. He grad. Dartmouth 1822; was an eminent lawyer and chief justice of the Supreme Court. They had eight chil .: (1) Mary Nelson Perley b. 1841; d. 1904. (2) Julia Perley b. 1843; d. 1870; m. 1865 Penfield B. Goodsell; one child, Elizabeth Goodsell. (3) Allan Perley b. 1844; d. 1846. (4) Walter Perley b. 1847; d. 1870. (5) Susan Perley b. 1849; d. 1858. (6) Henry Perley b. 1852; d. 1858. (7) Edith Perley b. 1855; m. 1878 Lincoln N. Kinnicutt, b. 1849, banker and broker; one child, Roger Kinnicutt, b. 1880, Harvard. (8) Margaret Perley b. 1859; m. 1884 Samuel B. Woodward, b. 1853; Harvard.
2. SUSAN BREWSTER NELSON b. 1820; d. 1900; m. June 1, 1843, as second wife of William Coombs Thompson of Plymouth, b. 1802, d. 1877, lawyer, Dartmouth. His first wife was Martha Leverett, a sister of Mrs. Nelson.
3. JOHN LEVERETT NELSON b. 1821; d. 1822.
4. MARTHA NELSON b. 1823; d. 1849; m. July 8, 1846, William R. Hooper, b. 1819, d. 1891, lawyer, editor Worcester Spy.
5. LOIS LEVERETT NELSON b. 1824; m. Dec. 3, 1849, David Dickey, b. 1806, d. 1877; Dartmouth, lawyer. (See Dickey.)
6. JOHN LEVERETT NELSON b. 1825; d. 1826.
7. THOMAS LEVERETT NELSON b. Mar. 4, 1827; d. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 21, 1897; m., 1st, 1857 Anna Hastings Hayward, b. 1829, d. 1862; 2d, Louisa A. Small, b. 1832. He spent two years at Dartmouth, and completed his college course at the University of Vermont, Burlington, in 1846. He spent five years as a civil engineer, but, sustaining an injury which incapacitated him for the practice of that profession, he studied law with Judge Francis H. Dewey of Worcester, Mass .; was admitted to the bar in 1855, and thenceforward, until his appointment to the bench of the United States Court for the district of Massachusetts in 1879, he practiced his profession with gratifying success, being associated at different times with W. W. Rice, Dwight Foster and George F. Hoar. He was authority
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in equity and bankruptcy proceedings, regarded, perhaps, as the leading equity lawyer of the Commonwealth. He was a man of great refinement, acquainted with the best literature, of unblemished integrity and of absolute loyalty to his court and clients. He was a s. of whom Hav. may well be proud. By his first marriage he had two chil .: (1) Harry Leverett b. 1858, d. 1899, Harvard, lawyer; (2) Mary Hayward b. 1860, d. 1879. By his second marriage five: (3) John b. 1866; journalist; m. 1895 Genevieve Mountford Burke b. 1869; one child, John Leverett Nelson, b. 1897. (4) Thomas Louis b. 1867; d. 1867. (5) Louisa Burn- ham b. 1869. (6) William b. 1871, clerk U. S. District Court of Massachusetts. (7) Thomas Leverett b. 1873; lawyer.
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