Betty (Welcome) Morse (bef. 1774 - 1822)

Born before 17 Jul 1774 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Morse — married 15 Jan 1801 in Poland, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1822 after age 48 in Livermore, Oxford, Maine, United States

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Biography

Baptism

Betty (or Betsey) Welcome was baptized at Gloucester, Massachusetts, on 17 Jul 1774, the daughter of Michael Welcome and Judith (Ball) Welcome.^[1]

Marriage

The marriage intention of Betsey Welcome of Poland, Maine, and Jonathan Morse of Livermore, Maine, (both towns were then in Massachusetts) was published at Livermore on 10 Jan 1801, and they were married at Poland on 15 Jan 1801.^[2]

Death

Betsey (Welcome) Morse died at Livermore, Maine, on 25 Nov 1822.^[3] Her name appears on a gravestone with those of Jonathan Morse and his other two wives at the Lakeside Cemetery in Livermore,^[4] but it is uncertain whether she is actually buried there.

She passed away in 1822. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (three volumes, Salem, Mass., 1923), volume 1, page 751
2. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910;"Livermore Vital Records, 1762-1810," unpaginated; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 288 of 718
3. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1786-1840," page 90; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 76 of 718
4. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Jonathan Morse and his wives (Find A Grave: Memorial #192681297)
5. ↑ Source will be added by Stu Bloom by 28 Oct 2019.