This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morse, Johnson, Bonnett, Bonett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UN2.2ACIB/1220.1 Message Board Post: This is additional information from the same submitter-- Elizabeth L. Nichols- nicholsel@msn.com MORSE, Sarah who md John Johnson in 1751, in or of Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire Sarah’s parents are Peter Morse and Thomasin Hale. Her father, Peter Morse was born 5 Oct 1701 in Newbury, Essex, MA and married 30 Mar 1726 in Newbury, MA to Thomasin Hale (born there 10 Sept 1700), and had two children registered there, but who moved from Newbury, MA about 1729. Children: 1] Edmund , born 28 Dec 1726 Newbury MA and died 23 Sept 1816 in Hampstead, Rockingham, NH md 1) Rachel Rowell 26 Apr 1750 in Hampstead, Rockingham, NH); and md 2) abt 1764 Rebecca Charlton of Hampstead; he died in Hampstead, NH 23 Sept 1816- (Edmund’s birth is recorded in Newbury, MA) 2] Judeth born 14 Dec 1728 in Newbury, MA [birth recorded in Newbury, MA]; md 25 Mar 1746 in Hampstead, Rockingham, NH 3] Sarah born abt 1730, [birth not recorded] md as his second wife John Johnson in Jan 1751; -- her youngest child was Tamma or Tamar Johnson born 7 July 1761 in or of Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, who married Joseph Bonnett (Bonett) after the close of the Revolutionary War (abt 1784), and then lived in Vermont. 4] Martha Morse, born 2 Aug 1734 in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [baptism/chr recorded in church records of Hampstead, NH; found in IGI Extraction program batch C502731] 5] Peter Morse* b. 7 July 1739 in Hampstead, NH, [birth recorded there]; md Ann Currier and died 23 Feb 1821 in Hampstead, NH 6] Moses Morse born ?? probably either abt 1736, or about 1744 in Hampstead, NH; whose birth was not recorded – but who inherited his father’s homestead. 7] Benjamin Morse born 17 June 1746, Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire [birth recorded] In the published work, “A Memorial History of Hampstead, New Hampshire,” vol 2, compiled by Harriette Eliza Noyes and pub 1903, it says on p 332 “Lieut. Peter Morse, b. in Newbury, Mass, Oct 3, 1701, a son of William and Sarah (Merrill) Morse, of Newbury, married Tamosine Hale and moved to Hampstead (see vol 1, p 379). He was a member of the church at its organization June 3d 1752, and died in town, buried in the old burial ground at East Hampstead. He was early prominent in town and church affairs, and had been called “a man whose integrity none can question.” [Comment added by ELN: He was also a member of the first Board of Selectman] And Tamosine Hale, b. in Amesbury, Mass, a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Kelley) Hale, of Amesbury. She married Lieut. Peter Morse [above] Sept 30, 1726, adm. to the church from Amesbury at the organization June 3, 1752. She died in Hampstead and was buried in the old burial ground at East Hampstead. She had children (see pp 379-80, vol. 1—list did not include Sarah). Her son Peter b. July 7, 1739 (*the first child said to be recorded [emphasis made by the compiler] on the town records), and mar. Anna Currier—[it then lists the children of this Peter Morse Jr and his wife] *First child recorded in town records, but not in the church records. Before this published item was discovered, my own research had followed this Peter and Thomasin (Tamson) Hale Morse and come to the conclusion; that Sarah Morse was an unregistered child of this couple who moved from Newbury, MA to Hampstead, NH, and who had other children whose births were not recorded either. Elizabeth L. Nichols nicholsel@msn.com [sister to Kermit B Nichols] Dec 2006