Grave has been located flag male ancestor  Joseph  MORSE

  (b. 25 March 1679 Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony   d. 18 April 1734 Sherborn, Province of Massachusetts Bay )  

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Joseph MORSE was born 25 March 1679 in Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Joseph MORSE was the child of Joseph MORSE   and   Mehitable WOOD and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Joseph MORSE and Hannah PHILLIPS (maternal)  Nicholas WOOD and Mary PIDGE? WILLIAMS?

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Joseph  married  Prudence ADAMS 14 April 1702 in Sherborn, Province of Massachusetts Bay .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Prudence ADAMS  was born 10 April 1683 in Medfield, Massachusetts, USA (Harding).  Prudence died 23 February 1772 in Medfield, Massachusetts, USA (Harding).  Prudence was the child of Henry ADAMS and Prudence FRARY.

Joseph MORSE died 18 April 1734 in Sherborn, Province of Massachusetts Bay .
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Joseph MORSE married Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Prudence ADAMS-- Date: 14 April 1702 Place: Sherborn, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Prudence ADAMS was the child of Henry ADAMS and Prudence FRARY




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birth1679 Birth
25 March 1679
Medfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
marriage1702 Marriage / Partner
Joseph MORSE and Prudence ADAMS 14 April 1702, Sherborn, Massachusetts, USA (Sherburne)

He was 23 years old.
1703 Birth of Child
Henry MORSE was born 14 June 1703, Sherborn, Massachusetts, USA (Sherburne)

Joseph was 24 years old.
1705 Birth of Child
Joseph MORSE was born 1 November 1705, Salisbury, Massachusetts, USA (Salisbury Beach)

Joseph was 26 years old.
marriage1725 Marriage of Child
Henry MORSE married 11 April 1725, Sherborn, Massachusetts, USA (Sherburne) to Sarah KIBBY (KIBBE) (KEBBE)
marriage1733 Marriage of Child
Joseph MORSE married 17 May 1733, Holliston, Massachusetts, USA (Metcalf) to Experience MORSE
death1734 Death
18 April 1734
Sherborn, Province of Massachusetts Bay

He died at the age of 55.

Joseph is buried at: Central Burying Ground Holliston Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
Added: 10/20/2016 11:42:06 AM - Updated: 1/31/2025 6:03:00 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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