TENTH GENERATION

888. Anthony Morse (16618) (16619)(16620) (16621)(16622) (16623) was born on 9 May 1606 in Marlborough, co. Wilts, England. (16624) (16625)(16626) (16627) He emigrated about 1635. (16628) He arrived aboard the "James". He took the oath of freeman on 25 May 1636.(16629) (16630) He took the oath of fidelity in 1678.(16631) He signed a will on 28 Apr 1680.(16632) I anthony Morse of Newbury in the name of god amen i being sensible of my own frality and mortality being of parfit memory due make this as my last Will and testament cominding my sole to god that gaue it and my body to the dust in hope of a joyful rasurixtion and as for my wourly goods I dispose of as foloieth,

"I gue and bequeth to my son Joshua Morse making him my lawful eaire all my housing and lands both upland and meddow with my freehould and privilidge in all comon lands both upland and meddow alweais provided that if the toen of Newbury dou divide any part of the comon lands that then the on half part of that land which belongeth to me which cometh by uartu of my freehould shall be the lawful inheritance of my son benieman morse all so I geue to my son Joshua morse all my cattell an horsis and sheep swuine and all my toules for the shumaking trade as allso my carte wheles dung pot plow harrow youkes chains houes forkes shovel spad grin stone yt as allso on father bed which he lieth on with a boulster and pillo and a pair of blinkets and courlitt and tou pair of shetes a bed sted and mat a pot and a brass cetell the best of tou cettles and a belmetell scillet and tou platars and a paringer and a drinking pot and tou spoons and the water pails and barils and tobes all these about named I geue to my son Joshua and his eaires of his own body begoten lawfully than then all aboue geuen to my son Joshua shall Return to the Rest of my children upon the peayment on good peay to my sons widow besides what estates she att any time brought to her husband she the said widdo shall injoy the houl estate on half year before she shall surrender (???) also I geue to my son Robard Morse Eighteen pounds or his children to my son Peter morse or children œ3. to my son Anthony morse children I geue œ3 to my son Joseph morses children I geue œ12 to my son Benieman Morse or children I geue œ12 to my dafter Thorlo or children œ12 to my dafter Stickney or children I geue œ12 to my dafter Newman children I geue œ12. to my dafter Smith or children I gieu œ12. to my grand son Richard Thorlo I geue an sheep to my grandson Robard Homes I gieu fieu pounds allso I geue the Remainder of my housall which is not in partikelar geuen to my son Joshua in the former part of this my will to all my children equally to be devided between them and my grand children hous parents are dead, namely anthonys children, Josephs children hanahs children, allso I dou by this my last will allow and geue loberty to my son Joshua morse hou is my Eaire to make sail and dispose of that land by the pine swamp which I had of Benieman lacon of that pece of land by John Akisons hous if he see Resan so to do. allso I du by this will apoynt my son Joshua morse to be my sole executor to peay all debtes and legacies by this will geuen and to Receue all debtes allso I dou apoynt my louing and crisian frinds Cap danil Pears and Tristram Coffin and thomas noyes to be oversers of this my last Will Allso I dou apoynt my Exicutor to peay my son Robard and son peter within on yeare after my death on the other to be peaid within three years the plas of peayment to be newbury my will is that my son benieman shal haue the on half of all comon lands when devided as aboue said in witnes thereof I anthony morse have hearunto set my hand and seall this 28 Aprell, 1680.

"ANTHONY MORSE (seal)
"Sinid selid and onid in the
presense of us
JAMES COFFIN
MARY BROWN
that whereas I anthony morse in this my will abou said
have geuen on half of all comon lands if devided to my
sonn benieman mors; my meaning iss that my sonn
benieman shall haeu the on half of my proportion of lands
when devided, but my sonn Joshua to haeu all my Rights
in the lower comon this is my mind and will as witnes my
seall this 20 of aprell 1680
"ANTHONY MORSE (seal)
"Witness to this part of my Will
JAMES COFFIN
MARY BROWN
"Joshua Morse is allowed Exer to this will."

He died on 12 Oct 1686 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16633)(16634) (16635)(16636) (16637) His estate was probated on 23 Nov 1686. (16638) He was a shoemaker.(16639) (16640) (16641) He was married to Ann Cox on 2 May 1629. (16642)(16643) (16644)(16645)

889. Ann Cox(16646) (16647) died on 9 Mar 1679/80 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.(16648) (16649) Children were:

child444 i. Lt. Anthony Morse Jr..
child ii. daughter Morse(16650).
child iii. Joseph Morse(16651) (16652) was born about 1638.(16653) He died on 15 Jan 1678.(16654) He was a blacksmith.(16655)
child438 iv. Deacon Benjamin Morse Sr..
child v. Sarah Morse(16656) (16657)(16658) was born on 1 May 1641 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16659)(16660) (16661) She died on 11 Dec 1711. (16662)
child vi. Hannah Morse(16663) (16664)(16665) was born in 1642 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16666)(16667) (16668)
child vii. Lydia Morse(16669) (16670) was born in May 1645 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16671) (16672) Morse Genealogy says 1643. She died on 8 May 1646. (16673)(16674)
child viii. Lydia Morse(16675) (16676)(16677) was born on 7 Oct 1647 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16678)(16679) (16680) She died on 19 May 1648 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16681) (16682)
child ix. Mary Morse(16683) (16684) was born on 9 Apr 1649 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16685) (16686)(16687) (16688) She died on 14 Jun 1662 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16689) (16690)(16691)
child x. Esther Morse(16692) (16693)(16694) was born on 3 May 1651 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16695)(16696) (16697)(16698)
child xi. Joshua Morse(16699) (16700)(16701) (16702) was born on 24 Jul 1653 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. (16703) (16704)(16705) (16706) He died in 1691/92.(16707)