My 64 ~ Researching My 4th Great Grandparents : Enoch Morse and Eunice Russell

My 4th great grandfather, Enoch Morse, was born on July 3, 1772, in Gray, Maine. He was the second son born to John Morse and Sarah Sanders. John is the DAR Patriot from whom I descend; I became a Daughter on March 5th this year.

In 1794, Enoch married Eunice Russell, with whom he had 10 children. Not much is known about Eunice Russell, and that made my DAR application quite challenging. Most researchers of the Russell Family assume that she is the daughter of James Russell and Lydia Mitchell. Most convincing for me was the marriage between Enoch's sister Sarah and James' son Nathaniel.


For all of their married life, Enoch and Eunice lived in New Gloucester, Maine, where Enoch was a farmer and blacksmith, and where all their children were born.

Mark, b. 1795

Enoch, Jr., b. 1799

Stephen, b. 1803

Susan F., b. 1804

Mary, b. 1806

Happia, b. 1808

Benjamin, b. 1809

Cynthia, b. 1811^*

Hannah, b. 1815

and 

Margaret, b. 1820

*My 3rd great grandmother

It was daughter Hannah's death record which gave me Eunice's maiden name:

Eunice died in New Gloucester on December 24, 1825, according to this death record, but I have not yet found her grave.

Following her death, Enoch married Eleanor Bradbury, of Minot, Maine, the daughter of Benjamin Bradbury and Eleanor Fellowes, on May 27, 1826. With Eleanor, Enoch had three children:

Russell B., b. 1827

Alfred J., b. 1828

Apphia Jane, b. 1829

At the age of 80, Enoch Morse passed away on August 16, 1852, in New Gloucester. He is buried in Webber Cemetery there.

Sources:

Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Year: 1810; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 272; Image: 00274; Family History Library Film: 0218682.

Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, 1820 U S Census; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Page: 283; NARA Roll: M33_33; Image: 155.

Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, 1830; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Series: M19; Roll: 46; Page: 149; Family History Library Film: 0009700.

Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Year: 1840; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: 138; Page: 313; Image: 556; Family History Library Film: 0009702.

Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, Year: 1850; Census Place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine; Roll: M432_250; Page: 79A; Image: 350.

Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), Ancestry.com, Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll #: 78.

Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Ancestry.com, Web: Maine, Find A Grave Index, 1700-2012 (Provo, UT. USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Ancestry.com.

Gray, Ruth, editor. Maine families in 1790 (Camden, Maine, Picton Press, 1990), p.202.

"Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZV-XMJ : accessed 6 October 2015), Eunice Morse, 24 Dec 1825; citing reference yr 1745-1858 p 477; FHL microfilm 11,587.

Morse, J. Howard and Emily W. Leavitt, Morse genealogy, comprising the descendants of Samuel, Anthony, William, and Joseph Morse and John Moss, being a revision of the Memorial of the Morses, published by Rev. Abner Morse in 1850 (New York, New York, The Morse Society, 1903.