Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Morse, John 1763 - 1844
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Author: E. O. Jameson (1886)

   JOHN MORSE, son of Dea. James and Hannah (Daniels) Morse, was born March 24,
1763, in East Medway. He became a Christian in early life and was very active in
the revivals of 1785, holding meetings in Holliston, Medway, and other towns.
Having determined to enter the ministry, he prepared himself for college, and
graduated in 1791 from Brown University, Providence, R. I. He studied theology
with the Rev. Dr. Emmons and the Rev. David Sanford. Having completed his
professional studies, he went to preach the Gospel in the then "far West," and
was settled, in 1792, pastor of the Congregational Church in Green River, N. Y.,
where he remained twenty-three years, and removed in 1816 to Otego, N. Y. He was
installed over the Presbyterian Church in Otego, and labored there some twelve
years. The last sermon he preached was on the occasion of President Harrison's
death, he being at the time seventy-eight years of age. He died Jan. 3, 1844, in
Otego, having spent over fifty years in the ministry. His ministrations were
blessed and attended with seasons of revival. He preached the distinguished
doctrines of Free Grace, which were his own comfort and support in his last
illness and in death.

   The Rev. Mr. Morse married, Feb. 4, 1793, Clarissa Sanford, daughter of the
Rev. David and Bathsheba (Ingersol) Sanford. She was born Nov. 20, 1763, in
Medway.


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THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS, AND The Genealogical Records 
OF MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES 
IN MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886.

Illustrated
WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

BY
E. O. JAMESON,

THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS.." ETC.

MILLIS, MASS. 1886.

 Copyright, 1886.

E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS.

All Rights Reserved.

J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


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