Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Joseph Morse
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1. Joseph Morse was born before 2 May 1613; was christened on 2 May 1613 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England (son of Samuel Morse and Elizabeth Jasper); died before 20 Jun 1654 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Joseph married Hannah Phillips on 1 Sep 1638 in Dedham, Essex, England. Hannah died on 3 Oct 1676 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Dorcas Morse was born on 24 Aug 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 14 Jul 1725 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
2. Samuel Morse was born before 12 Jun 1576; was christened on 12 Jun 1576 in Boxted, Essex, England (son of Rev. Thomas Morse and Margaret King); died on 5 Dec 1654 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Notes:
With his wife, he migrated to New England in 1635.
Probably, but not absolutely proven as, a son of the Rev. Thomas Morse of Boxted, Essex; Hinderclay, Suffolk; and Foxearth, Essex.
Samuel Morse and Elizabeth Jasper are the most recent common ancestors of BAM and TWK. They are also ancestors of presidents William Howard Taft and Calvin Coolidge, and (probably, assuming that Nathaniel Butler, husband of Sarah Herrick, was a son of Benjamin Butler, 1727-1800, and Susanna Whiting, 1734-1775) also of the two Bush presidents.
Robert Charles Anderson, in The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, p. 174:
In 1929 G. Andrews Moriarty published an extensive collection of extracts from probate records and parish registers for the surname Morse in Suffolk and Essex and on that basis constructed a pedigree of the family in those counties [NEHGR 83:70-84, 278-94]. He discussed three Samuel Morses who might have been the immigrant, and concluded that the New England man was the son of the Rev. Thomas Morse of Boxted, Essex, Hinderclay, Suffolk, and Foxearth, Essex [NEHGR 83:286-89]. (This same identification had been made in 1865 by Abner Morse [NEHGR 19:264-66].)
In 1948, in the course of examining John Morse of Boston, Robert H. Montgomery analyzed Moriarty's arguments and concluded that Moriarty had not proved his case [TAG 24:147-56, at 148-49]. Less than a year later Moriarty defended his position vigorously [TAG 25:54-56]. We have accepted Moriarty’s identification as the most likely solution, with the caveat that additional evidence would be welcome.Samuel married Elizabeth Jasper on 29 Jun 1602 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Lancelot Jasper and Rose) was born before 30 Jan 1580; was christened on 30 Jan 1580 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Jun 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Jasper was born before 30 Jan 1580; was christened on 30 Jan 1580 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England (daughter of Lancelot Jasper and Rose); died on 20 Jun 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Children:
- Elisabeth Morse was born before 6 Mar 1606; was christened on 6 Mar 1606 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England; died on 2 Oct 1643 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
- John Morse was born before 28 Feb 1608; was christened on 28 Feb 1608 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England.
- Daniel Morse was born about 1610; died on 5 Jun 1688 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Farm Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
- 1. Joseph Morse was born before 2 May 1613; was christened on 2 May 1613 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England; died before 20 Jun 1654 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
4. Rev. Thomas Morse died in 1597 in Foxearth, Suffolk, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Between 10 Nov 1596 and 10 Mar 1597
Notes:
He was an early member of the Dedham Classis, alongside the Rev. Thomas Stoughton. Installed in 1573 as vicar of Boxted, Essex, of which the bishop of London was patron, he was, as Robert Charles Anderson says in Puritans and Pedigrees (citation details below), "repeatedly called before the church courts for the usual puritan infractions, such as not wearing the surplice, not using the Book of Common Prayer and not using the sign of the cross in baptism." He resigned his position at Boxted in 1578 and was an intinerant preacher for the next five years. He was made rector of Hinderclay in northern Suffolk, 14 Jul 1583. From 1595 to his death he was rector of Foxearth, Essex.
Thomas married Margaret King on 26 May 1573 in Boxted, Essex, England. Margaret was born before 28 Jul 1525; was christened on 28 Jul 1525 in Hinderclay, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Margaret King was born before 28 Jul 1525; was christened on 28 Jul 1525 in Hinderclay, Suffolk, England. Children:
- 2. Samuel Morse was born before 12 Jun 1576; was christened on 12 Jun 1576 in Boxted, Essex, England; died on 5 Dec 1654 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
6. Lancelot Jasper was born about 1550; died before 2 Feb 1617; was buried on 2 Feb 1617 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England. Lancelot married Rose. Rose died before 3 Sep 1625; was buried on 3 Sep 1625 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Rose died before 3 Sep 1625; was buried on 3 Sep 1625 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England. Children:
- 3. Elizabeth Jasper was born before 30 Jan 1580; was christened on 30 Jan 1580 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England; died on 20 Jun 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.