Richard MORSE c1740 (General)

by Ralph Cook, Sunday, November 22, 2009, 15:09 (5568 days ago) @ ChrisW

Hi

Well it turns out that this Richard was not my ancestor after all. It's something I realised only when doing a very careful review of the Morses. For quite a while, however, he has been in my tree (and I'm hoping he is related to my true ancestor, if only so that all the work I did wasn't wasted!!!)

It is unchecked at the moment but I have his brother John Morse 1744 married to Margaret Jones in 1762 at Newland. This would make him only 18 years old at marriage and I had it in my mind to review this when I realised his brother was not my ancestor, so I haven't bothered looking at John after all.

I note from previous posts you have something of a headache about your John Morse and I must say I am quite surprised at what a difficult bunch they are to pin down. I was pleased when I first realised there was a Morse connection to my genealogy (Inspector Morse, I suppose) but that was before I realised what a common surname Morse was in the Forest.

Yours Ralph