Samuel MORSE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Richard Morse and Margaret Symson

Notes:

Name:
Samuel Morse was born in 1587, died April 5 (June 20), 1654. In the Register of Dedham, England was found: "Richard Morse married February 15, 1586, Margaret Symson, and their son Samuel was baptized July 25, 1587. At the time of Samuel's decease in Dedham, Mass., in 1654, he was 67 years of age, whence it is argued that tis Samuel is more likely to have been the son of Richard and Margaret Morse than of Rev. Thomas Morse, whose will Rev. Abner Morse, placed on record as promising to have been that of the father of Samuel of Dedham, Mass. Samuel Morse married, before he left England, Elizabeth, who was born in 1587, died in 1654.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth ?. Elizabeth was born in 1587 in England; died in 1654. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph MORSE was born about 1615; died before 3 Nov 1658 in Dedham, Massachusetts.