Morehouse Genealogy

Spouse:      Isabel -?-

Children:  Hannah
                    Samuel (ca 1642-)
                    Thomas
                    Mary
                    John
                    Jonathan

Notes:  Deputy (Fairfield) to Conn. Legis. 1653.
Settled in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT where his holdings ajoined those of Thomas Sherwood, with whom he removed to Stamford, Fairfield, CT in 1640/41.  He settled last in Fairfield, CT where he purchased Henry Jackson's tide mill in 1653.
 

(2) Thomas MOREHOUSE Jr.
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Spouse:      ?___? KEELER (Or KEELEY)
Father:       Ralph KEELER (Or KEELEY) (1613-1672)
Mother:     Sarah WHELPLEY (Widow)
Marr:          ca 1672

Children:  Gideon (ca 1682-1753)
                    Thomas
                    Nathan
                    Mary
 

(3) Gideon MOREHOUSE
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Birth:        ca 1682
Death:       12 Mar 1753, Westport, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:     Mary GROMMAN (GRUMMAN)
Birth:         ca 1690
Death:        13 Sep 1780, Redding, Fairfield, CT
Father:       Samuel GROMMAN (GRUMMAN) (-1690)
Mother:     Mary HUBBARD (ca1666-1754)

Children:  Lieut. Samuel (1710-1776)
                    Abigail
                    Gideon (ca 1718-1771)
                    Zaccheus (ca 1722-1780)
                    John (ca 1727-1753)
 

(4) Lieut. Samuel MOREHOUSE
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Birth:        10 Oct 1710
Death:       17 Jan 1776

Spouse:     Abigail FROST
Birth:         ca 1723
Death:        9 Dec 1800, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Father:       Isaac FROST (1694-1761)
Mother:     Abigail -?- (-1761)
Marr:          20 Aug 1743

Children:  Abigail (1744-1797)
                    Infant (Died in Youth) (-1747)
                    Infant (Died in Youth) (-1748)
                    Mary (Died in Youth) (-1756)
                    Child (Stillborn) (1761-)

Notes:  Revolutionary War Soldier
Ens., west parish, Fairfield, May 1756; Lt., Oct. 1762.
 

(5) Abigail MOREHOUSE
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Birth:         22 Mar 1744, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:        3 Feb 1797

Spouse:     Capt. Ebenezer COLEY
Birth:         19 Oct 1741, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Bapt:          28 Mar 1742, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Death:        2 Nov 1811, Weston, Fairfield, CT
Father:       David COLEY (1715-1802)
Mother:     Mary HYDE  (Or HIDE) (1720-1783)
Marr:          11 Aug 1763, Weston, Fairfield, CT

Children:  Ebenezer (1768-1823)
                    Michael
                    Samuel 

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