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John  Morehouse 

 

Birth:       1762      Place:  Connecticut, USA

Death:     1839      Place:  Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Burial:     Church of the Nativity, Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father:    Joseph Morehouse  (1723/24-1770)

Mother:   Elizabeth Silliman  (Feb 1 1725 or 1726)

 

Spouse:  Mary Jones

Birth:    1762          Place:  New York, New York, USA   

Death:   1812         Place:  Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father:   John Jones

Mother:  

 

Marriage:    

 

Children:

Jonathan

James

Daniel

Samuel  (1795-1857)

Jones

(+3 others)

  

  

  

 

Above: John Morehouse gravestone in grave yard of Church of the Nativity, Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia.  Photo by Carol Quigley Measham.

   

Sandy Cove photograph by Carol Quigley Measham taken January 2007.  Three churches seen in the centre of this photograph are  the Church of the Nativity built in 1844 (highest and left of centre) ), the Baptist Church built in 1849 (lowest and centre) and the Zion United Church built in 1857 (right of centre).
 

Notes for John Morehouse:

  • John & Mary were United Empire Loyalists (UEL).
  • At age 21, along with his wife, Mary and her father, John Jones, John immigrated to Canada, from New York, in 1783.   They had land grants in Sandy Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia.

    

   

Sources

1. Carol Quigley Measham, Morehouse family researcher  

2.  Publication:  "330 Years of Morehouse Genealogy 1640-1970" by Manzer Syper Morehouse.