Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-09-20
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nd lanes Morse built their houses
~ or seventy years ago and likely to
h.ve been the lot on which their father,
s',,,el Morse. resided during his stay on
the Neck.
samuel Morse, ST., was born in Beverly,
ua,s July 6, 1850, married first Margaret
Thistle March q, t7si; she was born
March IS. 1865. They had children born
Il Beverly as follows:
Samuel, born September 81, 1852.
II James, born October 2, 1854, never
married.
in 1875.
~ Corning, born August 2, 1870, died
at sea-
The family removed to Biuehi,l March
,-q5 Margaret, the wife, died Sept. 10,
,-0S and Mr.. Morse married for a second
wife Elizabeth, daughter of James, Jr,
and Hannah (Roundy1 Csndage Jan. 10,
t7g7: she was born Sept. Is, 1775, who had
children as follows:
V. Eben, born Oct. 10, 1877; died.
VI Margaret, born Oct. 81, 1913; mar
ried Joseph Holt.
VII. Arabella, born July 30, 1901; mar
ried William Farnsworth.
WI. John Thistle, born May Is, 1903;
married Emily Hammond.
TX. Roundy, born May IS, 1906; died
June :, 1909.
Y. solace, born Feb. q, 1907; married
Catherine Reynolds.
XI. sally, born Sept 10, 1905; married
E. o. shorey.
XII. Betsey, born Sept. s, 1910; married
Z. o. Shorey.
Samuel Morse, Jr., married Abigail
Candage, Oct. %, 1918; she was born May
II, 1870; died Oct. 1896; he died. Children:
/. Mark Corning, born Oct. 2, 1921.
q Mary Abigail, born Dec s, 1873.
g. John Pinckney born March 10, 1926
Samuel Morse, jr., was a sailor in his
younger days and farmer later. His and
| his brothers. farms were the best cared
| for and cultivated Of any on the Neck and
possibly OF any in town.
Their green fields, sloping TO the shores
Of the bay, freed from stones and bushes,
were spoken OF by passers as pleasing to
behold Samuel Morse, ir., died in octo-
Der, 1856, aged 81; his wife in May, 1866,
aged rs, and his brother James died De-
oember 20, 1855, aged II years.
Upon the west side OF the road, next
southwark stood the Isaac Carter house
built early in 1900, occupied later by a
Mr. Court, Elder Macomber and by Oliver
Eaton, in the boyhood of the writer and
still standing, but changed from one to
two stories in height, with outbuildings.
Oliver Eaton was the son OF jeremiah and
Patty Eaton, born March Is, 1906; married
first, Dorcas Finney, Feb. %, 1929; she
died and he married second Phebe Bart
lett; by the two wives he had seven chill
dren:
/. jeremiah, born Dec. %, 1929, by first
wife
2. Clarissa E., born Dec. %, 1887, by
second wife.
g. Augustus w, born Jan. %, 1871, by
second wife.
l. Avery W., born Feb. 4, 1915, by
second wife.
8. William NJ, born May %, 1si7, by
second wife.
8. Oliver N, born Nov. is, 1919, by
second wife.
7. Francina NJ, born Jan. 10, 1855, by
second wife.
Mr.. Eaton was a farmer who spent his
life ON the Neck. He died there April Is,
1872, aged 90, and his widow Phebe, died
Sept. "a, 1872. The house at this writing
Is occupied by a son Of Mr.. Eaton and by
his family.
South Of the Eaton house upon the same
side of the road, seventy years ago, stood
the Neck schoolhouse, with well OF cool
water near by.
Nearly opposite the schoolhouse at that
time stood the house OF Mr.. Moses Day, the
cellar OF which is still to be seen, although
the house has been gone many years.
Moses was the fourth child OF James and
Nancy (Yatesl Day, born May IS, 1911.
He removed from the town prior to 1850.
After Mr.. Day the house was occupied by
Rhoderiek IL. Candage and family. South
ward, the next place was that OF James
Day, ST., who was born in Beverly, Mass,
in l75l, came to the Neck and settled in
1865; married Betty Candage Dec. 2, ITS;
she was born in Feb. 1858, by whom six
teen children were born to him as follows:
l. James, born April 20, 1776; married
Nancy Yates.
II. Lydia B., born Oct. 10, 1777; married
Elisha Dodge.
LII. Mary, born Nov. 2, ITS.
~. Bitheah, born Sept. 10, 17so; died
Feb, 1867.
V. A daughter born; lived nine days.
VI. Jonathan, born; lived seven weeks.
VII. Elizabeth, born.
VIII. Hannah, born Nov. II, 1854.
TX. Twin boys, born, lived two days.
x. Twin boys, still born.
x. Jonathan, born Oct. is, 1870; died
Feb IS, 1869.
XII. Ebenezer, born April 20, 1872.
XIII. Lucy, born August is, 1874.
XIV. Andrew, born Dec. is, 1916.