flag male ancestor  Martin  MORSE

  (b. 18 May 1793 Natick, Massachusetts, USA   d. 30 April 1872 Newton, Massachusetts, USA )  

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Martin MORSE was born 18 May 1793 in Natick, Massachusetts, USA

Martin MORSE was the child of Samuel MORSE   and   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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Martin MORSE married Ancestor is complete!flag female ancestor Rebecca DARBY-- Date: 21 November 1819 Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*
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Rebecca DARBY was the child of Samuel DARBY (DERBY) and Hannah MINOT


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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:

flag male ancestor Charles MORSE (b.13 October 1820, Newton, Massachusetts, USA  d. abt. 1896, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)

flag male ancestor Lyman Whitman MORSE (b.9 November 1822, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA  d. 10 April 1885, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)

flag baby girl ancestor Almira MORSE (b.6 January 1824, Newton, Massachusetts, USA  d. 6 May 1825, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)

flag male ancestor Alfred Martin MORSE (b.12 November 1826, Newton, Massachusetts, USA  d. 2 January 1895, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)

flag female ancestor Elvira MORSE (b.25 June 1829, Newton, Massachusetts, USA  d. 30 March 1897, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)

flag female ancestor Mary E MORSE (b.4 October 1833, Newton, Massachusetts, USA  d. , )



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birth1793 Birth
18 May 1793
Natick, Massachusetts, USA
NewsThe 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.
marriage1819 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 Birth of Child
Almira MORSE was born 6 January 1824, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 30 years old.
1825 Death of Child
Almira MORSE died 6 May 1825, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 31 years old.
1826 Birth of Child
Alfred Martin MORSE was born 12 November 1826, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 33 years old.
1829 Birth of Child
Elvira MORSE was born 25 June 1829, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 36 years old.
1833 Birth of Child
Mary E MORSE was born 4 October 1833, Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Martin was 40 years old.
NewsFrom 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.
Invention 1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1853 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rebecca DARBY died 7 December 1853, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
News1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
News1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.
death1872 Death
30 April 1872
Newton, Massachusetts, USA

He died at the age of 79.
Added: 2/19/2016 1:39:11 PM - Updated: 7/10/2025 2:30:53 PM
Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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