Jennet Twitchell

Jennet married Silas Stone on 9 Jan 1781 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Silas (son of Silas Stone and Elizabeth Russell) was born on 5 Apr 1755 in Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 12 Jul 1820 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dr. Ebenezer Stone was born on 10 Oct 1797 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 13 Aug 1869 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Deacon married Deborah Bullard on 1 Mar 1744 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Deborah (daughter of Benjamin Bullard and Miriam Morse) was born on 26 Oct 1725 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Elizabeth Holbrook on 27 Mar 1718 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Holbrook and Silence Wood) was born on 22 Jul 1696 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 31 Mar 1782 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 12 Feb 1762, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Benjamin married Miriam Morse on 20 Dec 1721. Miriam (daughter of Samuel Morse and Deborah Herring) was born on 29 Mar 1700 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 9 Dec 1774 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 30 Jun 1700

Joseph married Lydia Goard before 29 Apr 1679. Lydia (daughter of Richard Goard and Phebe Hewes) was born before 27 Feb 1653; was christened on 27 Feb 1653 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 27 Apr 1725 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Silence Wood about 1694. Silence (daughter of Jonathan Wood and Mary Daniel) was born on 5 Feb 1675 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 11 May 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Deborah Atherton in Jun 1691. Deborah (daughter of James Atherton and Hannah) was born on 1 Jun 1669 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; died on 26 Jan 1759 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Old South Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 16 Jan 1759, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Samuel married Deborah Herring. Deborah (daughter of Thomas Herring and Mary Pierce) was born on 16 Oct 1666 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 5 Oct 1719 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mary Riggs about 1650. Mary (daughter of Edward Riggs and Elizabeth Holmes) was born before 1 Jul 1632; was christened on 1 Jul 1632 in Nazeing, Essex, England; died on 30 Oct 1694 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Phebe Hewes on 30 Nov 1639 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Phebe (daughter of John Hewes and Mary Foote) died on 28 Feb 1679 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Hannah Shepard on 28 May 1656 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Hannah died on 28 Aug 1668. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Killed in an attack by native Americans.

Jonathan married Mary Daniel. Mary died on 23 Feb 1676 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Martha Pidge on 5 Apr 1659 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Martha (daughter of Thomas Pidge and Mary Sothy) was born on 12 Mar 1643 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died before 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Hannah before 1654. Hannah died on 29 Dec 1713. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1613

Daniel married Lydia Fisher about 1638. Lydia (daughter of Anthony Fisher and Alice) was born before 4 Mar 1621; was christened on 4 Mar 1621 in Syleham, Suffolk, England; died on 29 Jan 1691 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Farm Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 27 Jun 1684, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Notes:

It has been speculated that he was Danish. His origins are in fact unknown.

Thomas married Mary Pierce on 15 Apr 1650 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Robert Pierce and Ann Greenway) died after 27 Aug 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Emigrated to New England in 1633, settling at Dorchester. Robert Charles Anderson, in The Great Migration Begins (citation details below), considers him "probably" the father of Benjamin Riggs.

Joseph married Elizabeth Lovett on 12 May 1614 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Lovett and Joan Byrch) was born before 27 Apr 1589; was christened on 27 Apr 1589 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1590

Notes:

"The Riggs and the Holmes families came in the Great Migration to Massachusetts Bay as part of a group of Puritans known as the Nazeing Christians under Rev. John Eliot, settling in Roxbury. Edward Riggs and his family came in 1633; George Holmes* and probably his wife (and possibly some children) came after the baptism of his daughter Lydia in Nazeing on 26 July 1635 and before the first recorded birth of a child of his, a son Nathaniel, on 1 (12) 1639 [1 February 1639]. Edward Riggs was admitted to the Roxbury church in 1633, and George Holmes in 1638, so George probably immigrated in 1638. 18 Edward was admitted freeman on 14 May 1634 and George on 22 May 1639." ["Edward Riggs of Roxbury, Mass. Revisited", citation details below.]

* Elizabeth Holmes's brother, not her father. --PNH

Edward married Elizabeth Holmes on 16 Sep 1618 in All Saints, Nazeing, Essex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of George Holmes and Elizabeth) was born before 13 Dec 1590; was christened on 13 Dec 1590 in All Saints, Nazeing, Essex, England; died in Oct 1634 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

First wife of Edward Riggs.

John married Mary Foote before 1608. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Mary Pidge about 1642 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Pidge and Mary Sothy) was born about 1622; died on 19 Feb 1663 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1599
• Alternate birth: Abt 1600, Barnham, Suffolk, England

Notes:

Plummer (citation details below) and Dana (citation details below) both have his death as 24 Apr 1639, but the actual Watertown record of his burial, as noted in Eva Belle Kempton 1 (citation details below), reads "Robert Bullard the hufband of Anne Bullard buried the 29^d--4^mo 40 years ould", which is to say, he was buried, and presumably died, in June, the fourth month by old-style reckoning.

Robert married Ann Martyn about 1625. Ann (daughter of John Martyn and Agnes) was born before 8 May 1597; was christened on 8 May 1597 in Euston, Suffolk, England; died before 15 Oct 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly, arguably probably, a son of Nicholas Pigg of Newport, Essex, a tailor, whose will was dated 1 May 1603. His wife was Joan.

Thomas married Mary Sothy on 1 Nov 1619 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. Mary (daughter of Richard Sothy) was born before 1602; died on 12 Feb 1673 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

He emigrated to New England in 1637. As reported in The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 4 (citation details below), the wife of Anthony Fisher was received into the church at Dedham 27 March 1642. But Anthony took some persuading:

"M^d Anthony Fisher mentioned in ye beginning after many offences given in this conv'rsation & much means used to convince & reduce him into order, at last after god had much humbled him & brought him to a penitent co'fession therof he was co'fortably received into ye church 14^d 1^m 1645."

Anthony married Alice about 1614. Alice was born about 1594; died on 12 Jan 1663 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 6 Jan 1655, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Notes:

He first appears in Dorchester in 1639. A family tradition still current in the mid-19th century is that a piece of bread he brought over from England, "the remainder biscuit," was built into the walls of the house he built at Dorchester.

Robert married Ann Greenway before 1631. Ann (daughter of John Greenway and Mary) was born about 1601; died on 31 Dec 1695 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]