Samuel Morse (Dedham)
Samuel Morse (1585-1654) was an original proprietor of
board of selectmen for two years.[2] He was also a founder of Medfield, Massachusetts when it broke away from Dedham.[3][4] He was elected a selectman before joining the First Church and Parish in Dedham.[5] He was a signer of the Dedham Covenant.[6]
Morse was born in England in 1585[3] and came to Dedham from London.[7] With his wife, Elizabeth, he was the father of Joseph, Abigail, John, Daniel, Samuel, Jeremiah, and Mary.[7][3][4] He died in 1654.[3] It was said in 1907 that "no family has ranked higher in eastern Massachusetts for the past two hundred and fifty years than the descendants" of Morse.[8] He was the grandfather of Ezra Morse.[9]
References
- ^ Worthington 1827, p. 84.
- ^ Worthington 1827, p. 79-81.
- ^ a b c d Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts: Containing Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ... Vol. III. J.H. Beers & Company. 1912. p. 1774. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ a b Hanson 1976, p. 69-70.
- ISBN 978-0-393-95459-3.
- ^ Worthington 1827, p. 54.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8063-0378-9. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Crane, Ellery Bicknell (1907). Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 491. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ^ Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. New England magazine. p. 670. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
Works cited
- Worthington, Erastus (1827). The history of Dedham: from the beginning of its settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827. Dutton and Wentworth. p. 29. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- Hanson, Robert Brand (1976). Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890. Dedham Historical Society.