Martin MORSE

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18 May 1793 , Natick, Massachusetts, USA

Died

30 April 1872 , Newton, Massachusetts, USA

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Samuel MORSE Sybil JENNINGS

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Born: 18 May 1793 in Natick, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Samuel MORSE

Mother: Sybil JENNINGS

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Martin married Rebecca DARBY 21 November 1819 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA* . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Rebecca DARBY was born 15 July 1793 in Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca died 7 December 1853 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. Rebecca was the child of Samuel DARBY (DERBY) and Hannah MINOT.

Martin MORSE died 30 April 1872 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.
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Rebecca DARBY
Marriage date: 21 November 1819
Marriage place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*
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Rebecca DARBY was the child of Samuel DARBY (DERBY) and Hannah MINOT

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Spouse's Name: Rebecca Darby

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Event Date: 21 Nov 1819

Event Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00798-8

System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy

GS Film number: 741320

Reference ID: p 201

"Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910," index, FamilySearch.org : accessed 02 Dec 2013), Martin Morse and Rebecca Darby, 21 Nov 1819.

Children of Martin MORSE and Rebecca DARBY

Charles MORSE

Born: 13 October 1820, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: abt. 1896, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Lyman Whitman MORSE

Born: 9 November 1822, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 10 April 1885, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Almira MORSE

Born: 6 January 1824, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 6 May 1825, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Alfred Martin MORSE

Born: 12 November 1826, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 2 January 1895, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Elvira MORSE

Born: 25 June 1829, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 30 March 1897, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Mary E MORSE

Born: 4 October 1833, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth — 1793
18 May 1793
Natick, Massachusetts, USA

1797 - John Adams becomes President of the United States

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1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 - Thomas Jefferson becomes President of the United States

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1803 - Louisiana Purchase - The United States doubled its size by purchasing this territory from Spain. (October 20)

1805 - Lewis and Clark reach Pacific (November 15)

1809 - James Madison becomes President of the United States

The War of 1812 was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain, lasting from 1812 to 1815. It was primarily fueled by issues such as trade restrictions due to Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American sailors into the British Navy, and British support of Native American tribes against American expansion. The war ended with the Treaty of Ghent, restoring pre-war boundaries but resolving few of the initial disputes.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1817 - James Monroe becomes President of the United States

1819 Marriage / Partner
Martin MORSE and Rebecca DARBY 21 November 1819, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*

He was 26 years old.

1820 Birth of Child
Charles MORSE was born 13 October 1820, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 27 years old.

1822 Birth of Child
Lyman Whitman MORSE was born 9 November 1822, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 29 years old.

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1824 Birth of Child
Almira MORSE was born 6 January 1824, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 30 years old.

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1825 - John Quincy Adams becomes President of the United States

1825 Death of Child
Almira MORSE died 6 May 1825, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 31 years old.

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 - Former U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both die on the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

1826 Birth of Child
Alfred Martin MORSE was born 12 November 1826, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 33 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1829 - Andrew Jackson becomes President of the United States

1829 Birth of Child
Elvira MORSE was born 25 June 1829, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 36 years old.

1830 - The Indian Removal Act marks the beginning of the forced relocation of five tribes of native Americans, known as Trail of Tears

1833 Birth of Child
Mary E MORSE was born 4 October 1833, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 40 years old.

1837 - Martin Van Buren becomes President of the United States

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rebecca DARBY died 7 December 1853, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

Death — 1872
30 April 1872
Newton, Massachusetts, USA
He died at the age of 79.

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