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Harding Morse
1796 - 1853 (57 years)-
Name Harding Morse Birth 8 Feb 1796 Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut 
Gender Male Death 30 Oct 1853 Cold Spring, Cattaraugus County, New York Notes - Harding MORSE, born in Connecticut, Feb. 5, 1796, was a descendant of seven brothers, early settlers of New England, and his father, James, served seven years in the Revolutionary army. His mother was a Brewster, a family noted in New England history. Mr. MORSE was a hatter by trade and worked in the first factory in the United States that employed machinery in the manufacture of hats, pursuing his avocation under lock and key, for the work then was a secret. His wife, Catherine HARTMAN, whom he married in Dansville, Livingston county, about 1820, bore him eight children, three of whom grew to maturity, viz.: Harman, Lovisa, and Charles. He removed finally to Perry, Wyoming county, after following his trade in nearly all the eastern States, and came thence in 1833 to Otto, where he was a farmer and lumberman, running a saw-mill there about two years. In 1842 he moved to Mansfield and thence in 1847 to Cold Spring, where he died Oct. 30, 1853. His wife died in Otto, April 10, 1840. He was a Royal Arch Mason.
(Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893, History of the Town of Cold Spring - Chapter XXI, Page 498)
Person ID I10110 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 13 Dec 2020
Father James Morse, b. 21 Sep 1760, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut d. 13 Mar 1845, Centerville, Allegany County, New York (Age 84 years) Mother Doris Lovisa Brewster, b. 22 Jun 1762, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut d. 21 Jul 1842, Centerville, Allegany County, New York (Age 80 years) Marriage 19 Jul 1780 Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut Family ID F2505 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Catharine Hartman, b. 30 Aug 1802, Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania d. 10 Apr 1840, Otto, Cattaraugus County, New York (Age 37 years) Marriage Abt 1820 North Dansville, Livingston County, New York Children + 1. Lovisa Morse, b. Apr 1821, Dansville, Livingston County, New York d. 1902 (Age ~ 80 years)2. Harmon Morse, b. ca 1825, Livingston County, New York + 3. Charles Harding Morse, b. 14 Apr 1830, Perry, Wyoming County, New York d. 12 May 1911, Cold Spring, Cattaraugus County, New York (Age 81 years)Family ID F2504 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Harding MORSE, born in Connecticut, Feb. 5, 1796, was a descendant of seven brothers, early settlers of New England, and his father, James, served seven years in the Revolutionary army. His mother was a Brewster, a family noted in New England history. Mr. MORSE was a hatter by trade and worked in the first factory in the United States that employed machinery in the manufacture of hats, pursuing his avocation under lock and key, for the work then was a secret. His wife, Catherine HARTMAN, whom he married in Dansville, Livingston county, about 1820, bore him eight children, three of whom grew to maturity, viz.: Harman, Lovisa, and Charles. He removed finally to Perry, Wyoming county, after following his trade in nearly all the eastern States, and came thence in 1833 to Otto, where he was a farmer and lumberman, running a saw-mill there about two years. In 1842 he moved to Mansfield and thence in 1847 to Cold Spring, where he died Oct. 30, 1853. His wife died in Otto, April 10, 1840. He was a Royal Arch Mason.
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Birth - 8 Feb 1796 - Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut 
Marriage - Abt 1820 - North Dansville, Livingston County, New York 
Death - 30 Oct 1853 - Cold Spring, Cattaraugus County, New York = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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