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Lydia Wight

Female 1669 - 1741  (72 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lydia Wight was born on 14 Mar 1669 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts (daughter of Ephraim Wight and Lydia Morse); died on 30 Oct 1741 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

    Lydia married Nathaniel Partridge on 24 Nov 1686 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Nathaniel (son of William Partridge and Sarah Colborne) was born on 3 Nov 1660 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 25 Mar 1741 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Deborah Partridge was born on 12 Oct 1694 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 12 Jul 1723 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ephraim Wight was born on 27 Jan 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 8 Feb 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts (son of Thomas Wight and Alice); died on 26 Feb 1723 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

    Ephraim married Lydia Morse on 2 Mar 1668 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Daniel Morse and Lydia Fisher) was born before 13 Apr 1645; was christened on 13 Apr 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 14 Jul 1722 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lydia Morse was born before 13 Apr 1645; was christened on 13 Apr 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts (daughter of Daniel Morse and Lydia Fisher); died on 14 Jul 1722 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 1. Lydia Wight was born on 14 Mar 1669 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 30 Oct 1741 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Wight died on 17 Mar 1674 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    At Watertown in 1637, then at Dedham shortly after.

    Thomas married Alice. Alice died on 15 Jul 1665 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alice died on 15 Jul 1665 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Also called Elsie. Often called Alice Roundy in online charts; we're unaware of any evidence for this.

    Children:
    1. Mary Wight died on 7 Mar 1693 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    2. John Wight was born in of Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    3. 2. Ephraim Wight was born on 27 Jan 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 8 Feb 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 26 Feb 1723 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  Daniel Morse was born about 1610 (son of Samuel Morse and Elizabeth Jasper); died on 5 Jun 1688 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Farm Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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]


  4. 7.  Lydia Fisher was born before 4 Mar 1621; was christened on 4 Mar 1621 in Syleham, Suffolk, England (daughter of Anthony Fisher and Alice); died on 29 Jan 1691 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Farm Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Dr. Daniel Morse was born on 31 Jan 1641 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 29 Sep 1702 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Farm Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    2. 3. Lydia Morse was born before 13 Apr 1645; was christened on 13 Apr 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 14 Jul 1722 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    3. Samuel Morse was born on 12 May 1661 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 2 May 1704 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  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]


  2. 13.  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:
    1. 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.
    2. John Morse was born before 28 Feb 1608; was christened on 28 Feb 1608 in Redgrave, Suffolk, England.
    3. 6. Daniel Morse was born about 1610; died on 5 Jun 1688 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Farm Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
    4. 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.

  3. 14.  Anthony Fisher was born before 23 Apr 1591; was christened on 23 Apr 1591 in Syleham, Suffolk, England (son of Anthony Fisher and Mary Fiske); died on 18 Apr 1671 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    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:
    "Md 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 14d 1m 1645."

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


  4. 15.  Alice was born about 1594; died on 12 Jan 1663 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Capt. Daniel Fisher was born about 1619; died on 8 Oct 1683 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
    2. 7. Lydia Fisher 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.