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Amos Rogers, son of Thomas, Jr., and
Hannah, was born October 30, 1724, and
died in 1809. He married, November 22,
1748, Abigail Brown, born April 17, 1724,
daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Morse)
Brown. Stephen Brown, born July i,
1702, in Newbury, son of John and Mary,
married, February 26, 1722, Sarah Morse,
who was born October i, 1706, daughter
of William and Sarah (Merrill) Morse.
The name of Morse is inseparably con-
nected with the invention of the electric
telegraph and is otherwise distinguished
in relation to science, literature and all in-
fluences that make for the betterment of
the condition of mankind. Its bearers
have been noted for their maintenance of
the standards set by their Puritan fathers.
Anthony Morse of Newbury, Massachu-
setts, came from Marlboro, Wiltshire,
England, and settled in Newbury in 1635,
with his brother William, both registering
as shoemakers. They sailed from Lon-
don, England, in the ship "James," April
5, 1635. Anthony Morse built a house
in what is called "Newbury Old Town,"
about one-half mile south of the old cemetery,
on a slight eminence in a field which
is still called "Morse's Field." Traces of
the house a few rods from the road are
still visible. His will is on file in Salem.
He died October 12, 1686, in Newbury.
His first wife, Mary, is supposed to have
been the mother of his children. The fifth
son. Deacon Benjamin Morse, was born
March 28, 1640, in Newbury, where he
resided and was deacon of the church,
was made a freeman in 1673, subscribed
to the oath of fidelity and allegiance in
1668 and 1678, and was still living November
22, 1707. He married August 26,
1667, Ruth Sawyer, who was born September
16, 1648, daughter of William and
Ruth (Binford) Sawyer. She was a mem-
ber of the Newbury Church in 1674.
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Deacon William Morse, third son of Benjamin
and Ruth, was born January 23,
1674, in Newbury, where he made his
home and died May 20, 1749. He married.
May 12, 1696, Sarah Merrill, who
was born October 15, 1677, in Newbury,
daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Clough)
Merrill, granddaughter of Nathaniel Mer-
rill, born in 1610. in England, and one of
the first settlers of Newbury, in 1635.
His wife was Susannah Wellerton, whose
name is also written in early records as
Wilterton and Williston. Sarah Morse,
second daughter of William and Sarah,
became the wife of Stephen Brown and
the mother of Abigail Brown, wife of
Amos Rogers.
Amos Rogers, eldest child of Amos and
Abigail (Brown) Rogers, was born November
3, 1749, in Newbury, where he
lived and married, December 28, 1769,
Mary Davis, who was born July 31, 1750,
daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (Brown)
Davis.
Joshua Rogers, son of Amos, Jr., and
Mary (Davis) Rogers, was born July 21,
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1777, in Newbury, and lived in the adjoining
town of Hampstead, New Hampshire.
He married Nabby Currier, born
January 16, 1783, in Haverhill, Massachu-
setts, daughter of Reuben and Lydia (Atwood)
Currier. Their son, Ezekiel Cur-
rier Rogers, was born June 28, 1800, in
Hampstead, and lived in Concord and
other towns in that State. He married
Lavina Leavitt, and they were the parents
of George Leavitt Rogers, who was born
December 8, 1836, in Concord. The last
named engaged in the trucking business
in Plymouth, New Hampshire, whence
he removed to Middletown. Connecticut,
in 1880. Here he built up a handsome
business in storage and trucking, which he
continued until a short time before his
death, which occurred in 1912, in Ash-