BarryCoMorehouse.htm
Carol Morehouse sent me a xerox of pages from:
"Pioneer Families of Barry County, Michigan,"
compiled by Joanne Marshall Doster, publ. by
Anundson Publishing Co,Decorah, Iowa, 1995."
Page 198:
"David Morehouse b. abt 1740, of CT. He married Sarah Hanford
and
had a son, David, Jr. b. in 1764. There were probably other children.
David Jr. married Nov. 14, 1785, Tryphenia Bidwell, b. June 7, 1764.
David, Jr., died Nov. 16, 1839, and Tryphenia died in 1844.
Only known child: Henry Morehouse--b. April 27, 1797.
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Found a match here:
Rev.War Pensioners of 1835 Steuben Co NY:
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nysteube/rev1835.html
David Morehouse
Rank: Private
Yearly Allowance: 46 66
Sums Received: -
Served for: Connecticut militia
When placed on the pension roll: October 9, 1833
Start of pension benefits: March 4, 1831
Age: 68
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Also matches:
CT and REV WAR list linked on my Webpage, goes
back through THOMAS MOREHOUSE in CT here:
http://www.americanrevolution.org/morehouse.html
....
"David, Tryphena, W20265, CT Line, sol
was b 28 Nov 1764 at Norwalk
in Fairfield Co CT & he lived there at enl, in 1818 sol was
living at
Malta in Saratoga Co NY & was at one time a JP for said Co,
prior to 1818 he had lived in Albany Co
NY & in 1820 he had moved to Cohocton in Steuben Co NY where
he
appl 16 Oct 1832 & sol d there 16 Nov 1839, sol had m Tryphena
Bidwell 14 Nov 1756
at Stillwater NY & she was b 7 Jun 1765, wid appl 19 Jan 1844 at
Cohocton NY,
children shown were; David b 29 Oct 1787, Isaac b 4 Oct1789,
Hannah b 24 Oct 1791, D. Fondey b 14 Aug 1793 & d 27 Feb 1817
& Hennery b 21 Apr 1797, in 1844 one Isaac Morehouse was
of
Cohocton NY, in 1843 a Reuben Bidwell was of Stillwater NY aged 62."
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Also in BARRY COUNTY list:
Daniel Morehouse 4(Henry 3, David2, David1)
b. May 17, 1825, Steuben Co., N.Y.;
d. Nov. 13, 1872, Orangeville Twp., Barry Co.MI;
md. Sept. 29, 1847, in N.Y.,
to Sally Emaline Shepard, b. Dec. 23, 1825;
d. May 21, 1883.
Sally md., 2nd Nov. 7, 1875,
William M. Perry of Wayland, MI.
Daniel and Sally res. in Steuben Co., NY,
where nine of their eleven children were born.
During the winter of 1864/65, Daniel brought his family
by wagon through Ohio and the Maumee Swamp to
Orangeville twp., MI.
Daniel, Sally, and their dau., Sarah, are buried in Brown Cem.,
Orangeville Twp.
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Found online: Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT : Gen Registry:
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/pages/norwalk/norwalkgr41_50.htm
David Morehouse married Sarah Hanford, April 23, 1761.
Samuel Morehouse, born March 29, 1762.
Sarah Morehouse, born July 26, 1763.
David Morehouse, born Nov. 28, 1764.
Anna Morehouse, born July 17, 1766.
Esther Morehouse, born Feb. 15, 1768.
Rhoda Morehouse, born Dec. 23, 1769.
Hanford Morehouse, born Nov. 4, 1773.
Noah Morehouse, born May 5, 1775.
Lydia Morehouse, born Dec. 28, 1776.
Isaac Morehouse, born Aug. 1, 1778.
Hannah Morehouse, born Oct. 27, 1781.
Aaron Morehouse, born May 2, 1783.
Lettee Morehouse, born Dec. 14, 1784.
Polly Morehouse, born April 26, 1787.