Husband Thomas IMAGINARY MORSE
Born: 1603 - Redgrave, Suffolk, England
Christened: 1603 - Redgrave, Suffolk, Mass.
Died: 1640 - Massachusetts
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Father: Samuel MORSE (1576-1654)
Mother: Elizabeth JASPER (1578-1655)
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This Thomas isn't in Morse genealogy.
"Probably son of Samuel) of Dedham, MA. He was proposed for membership in the church at Dedham at its formatoin in 1638, was admitted to the church 28 June 1640, and probably died soon afterwards as no further record of him has been found.
In Samuel Morse Great Migration Immigrant, by Robert Charles Anderson, New England Ancestors, Summer 2007, Anderson argues that Thomas was a phantom.
"Various secondary sources credit this immigrant with an eldest son Thomas about whom little is known (NEHGR 83:290: Stevens-Miller Anc 17). The only records for him are three entries from the Dedham church records. Close examination of these records will demonstrate that they were intended for the immigrant and that this Thomas Morse was a phantom.
"Thomas Morse was thought by the company to be so dark and unsatisfying in respect of the work of grace that though his life was innocent in respect of men yet they had not grounds to embracehim into this society except they should see further & so declared unto him. (DeChR - Church Records of the Town of Dedham)
"Thomas Morsse, also not being able to hold forth anything that might persuade the country of a work of saving grace but restraining power & c., was also left to the further trail of the church gathered (DeChR 7)
"Thomas Morse concerning whom (as is before noted) the church was very dark & doubtful in respect to any work fo grace; yet after further trial of his carriage, by his submissive carriage under the ordinance of God, some awakenings of his heart by the word of the breathings of the spirit of prayer observed in him by his innocent conversation & some testimony of the Godly that knew him in Enlgand, hte church received further satisfaction & upon his renewed desires of joining to the church, he was received the 28 day of the 4th month (June) 1640 (DeChR23).
"No further record for Thomas Morse is seen. On the other hand, jst a few months after this record, on 8 October 1640, Samuel Morse was admitted to Massachusetts Bay freemanship along with a group of Dedham men (MBCR 12:378), and yet there was no corresponding church admission for a Samuel Morse. Also, on 24 December 1641, "___ the wife of our brother Samuell Morse was received into the church" (DeChR 26). Both of these records imply that Samuel Morse had earlier been admitted to teh Dedham Church. We conclude that during the difficult proceedings leading up to the admission ot Dedham Church of Samuel Morse, teh Rev. John Allin, the creator of these records, for some reason entered his given name as Thomas rather than Samuel.
"There are atleast three explanations for this error available. First, John Allin showed frequent difficulty with personal names, entering "Balducke" for "Borden" (DeChR 21:NEHGR 130:35-39) and "Madden" for "Mather" (DeChR 12). Second, as discussed above, Samuel Morse's father was probably named Thomas, a fact that could have been known to John Allin. Finally, and most intriguingly, the Rev. John Allin had married at Wrentham, Suffolk, on 10 October 1622, Margaret Morse, and her father's name was almost certainly Ghomas Morse (NEHGR 41:69, 83:84).
"Abner Morse gave to this immigrant a son Samuel who married Mary Bullen and died "at teh Eastward" (Morse Memorial 3). The revision of his work also includes this son, and gives him a daughter Mary, born at Dedham on 20 July 1642 (Morse Gen 11). The immigrant Samuel Morse did have a daughter Mary who married Samuel Bullen and had a daughter Mary Bullen born at Dedham on 20 July 1642 (DeVR 2). There is no correspnding record for the allged birth of a Mary Gay, son of Samuel, on the same day. What Abner Morse and his revisers have done is to hold Samuel Bullen, wife Mary Gay, and daughter Mary Bullen up to a mirror, reversing the surnames bu tretaining the dates, thus creating a totally imaginary family."
The description of Samuel Morse's problems gaining acceptance by the church in Dedham may possibly speak well of him. Maybe something was darkly wrong with Samuel's character and they sensed it. However, their stated objection was that he couldn't talk up a storm when it came to meeting the Puritan requirement that he produce objective evidence that everyone it applied to was expected to be able to, that before the beginning of time God made an unchangeable decision to save him. Therefore teh state his soul in regard to salvation was objective fact, objectively knowable to Samuel and to people around him, and objectively provable. Never mind any statements by Jesus about smug people sure God had saved them. This suggests that Samuel was scrupulous and humble, and the recognition of teh latter quality finally won him acceptance. Samuel must also have really wanted to join that church, possibly because he had to be accepted by the church in order to be granted freeman status and have critical rights in the town. He must have been patient and persistent. I might not have kept trying.
The theology of Puritanism caused serious problems all over England and ultimately brought this faith to an end. At the time of the Salem witch trials, all over New England, the most devout people of the congregations, most often clergymen's wives and other immediate family members, could not bring themselves to come to Church or to receive Communion, not because the Church had rejected them, but because they couldn't find objective evidence with which to convince THEMSELVES that they were in a "state of grace", ie, among God's favored chosen ones that he decided at the beginning of time to save, not because of anything at all that God foreknew about them, but solely because it suited his gracious Feudal Warlord Moodiness to save those particular people - to paraphrase from the Reformed statements of theology. Teenagers in the New England towns did not handle the issue that well; anxiety about the state of their souls underlay several outbreaks of hysteria that led to charges of witchcraft.
Husband William MORSE
Born: Abt 1492
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Father: John MORSE (Abt 1452- )
Mother: Unknown (Abt 1454- )
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Husband Zebediah MORSE
Born: 12 Aug 1748 - Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Died: 17 Apr 1817 - Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Father: Joseph MORSE (1705-1780)
Mother: Experience MORSE (1710-1761)
Marriage: 28 Dec 1771 - Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts
Wife Mary SABIN
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Husband George MOWERY
Born: Abt 1550
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Marriage: 8 May 1573
Wife Elizabeth ROGERS
Born: Abt 1550
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1 M Thomas MOWRY
Born: 26 Mar 1578 - England
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Spouse: Elizabeth (Abt 1588- )
Husband George PALMER
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Marriage: 30 Sep 1662
Wife Bethiah Appia MOWRY (MOWERY)
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Christened: 17 Jun 1638 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
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Father: Roger MOWRY (MOWERY) (Abt 1612-1667)
Mother: Mary JOHNSON (1614-1679)
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Wife Elizabeth MOWRY (MOWERY)
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Christened: 27 Mar 1642 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
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Father: Roger MOWRY (MOWERY) (Abt 1612-1667)
Mother: Mary JOHNSON (1614-1679)
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Great Migration Begins. Living in 1690 when she appears in an account of payments from the estate of her brother John (Providence probate A50); apparently unmarried.
Husband Benjamin SHERMAN
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Marriage: 3 Dec 1674 - Portsmouth
Wife Hannah MOWRY (MOWERY)
Born: 28 Sep 1656 - Providence, Rhode Island
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Father: Roger MOWRY (MOWERY) (Abt 1612-1667)
Mother: Mary JOHNSON (1614-1679)
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Husband Joseph MOWRY (MOWERY)
Born: Abt 1647
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Father: Roger MOWRY (MOWERY) (Abt 1612-1667)
Mother: Mary JOHNSON (1614-1679)
Marriage: by 1672
Wife Mary WILBUR
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Great Migration Begins. Daughter of William Wilbur.
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Wife Mary MOWRY (MOWERY)
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Christened: 16 Jan 1639 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
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Father: Roger MOWRY (MOWERY) (Abt 1612-1667)
Mother: Mary JOHNSON (1614-1679)
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Great Migration Begins. No further record of her.
Husband Roger MOWRY (MOWERY)
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Father: Roger MOWRY (MOWERY) (Abt 1612-1667)
Mother: Mary JOHNSON (1614-1679)
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Roger is not included in this family in the Great Migration Begins. He is included in the John Johnson Genealogy, as the first born son, but no date of birth nor any other information is given for him.