High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Benjamin C Morse

1803 – 9 Oct 1878 · about 75 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Benjamin C Morse lived from 1803 to 9 Oct 1878, a span of about 75 years.

Theirs is one of 8 markers bearing the name Morse in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 4relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Benjamin C Morsem.Phoebe Gore Pineo Morse1807–1865 (m. 1826)
Eliza Jane Morse Curtis1828–1912Henry G. Morse1830–1913Charles W. Morse1842–1869

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

A 1893 History of Hingham entry, likely this person uncertain match

The 1893 genealogies repeat many names; this is matched exact death date, found in the Morse family genealogy (read as a lead), corroborated by a relative's name and may be a different person of the same name. Read it as a lead, not a certainty.

The entry, as printed
of Daniel and Rebecca (Tower) Souther. She was b. in Hing. Feb. 22. 1827. Benjamin C. d. 9 Oct. 1878, aet. 76th yr. Ch., prob. all b. in Nova Scotia, — i. Olivia A., 1831. m. Spooner, and d. in Hing. 14 March, 1875, aet. 42 yrs. ii. Eliza J., . m. (1) July 31, 1853, Martin Souther, and (2) Oct. 7, 1879, Samuel Curtis of Wey. iii. Henry G., . m. Lucy A. Peakes, a native

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Nova Scotia, Canada. Died in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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