Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Gen. Israel MOREY (25) & Martha PALMER

66. Maj. Israel MOREY (Israel6, Linsford5, John4, George3, George2, George1). Born on 10 Jun 1760 in Hebron, Tolland Co., CT. Died on 25 Jan 1820 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Service: Rev. War Pvt.

He first married Theodora PHELPS, daughter of Alexander PHELPS (9 Jan 1723/4-) & Theodora WHEELOCK, abt 1779. Born on 3 Sep 1757 in Hebron, Tolland Co., CT. Died bef 1796.

They had the following children:
181 i.  Lucy (1780-1838)
ii.  Stephen.
iii.  Davenport.
iv.  A daughter. Born on 28 Sep 1790.
She married -- BISSELL.

He second married Margaret McHURD, in 1789.

They had the following children:
i.  George Augustus. Born on 1 Jul 1792 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH.
He married Sally ELLSWORTH.
ii.  Samuel. Born on 3 Aug 1796 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Personal: Died young.
iii.  Henry. Born on 2 Oct 1798 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH.
iv.  Betsy Jenkins. Born abt 1800 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Personal: Unmarried.

67. Capt. Samuel MOREY (Israel6, Linsford5, John4, George3, George2, George1). Born on 23 Oct 1762 in Hebron, Tolland Co., CT. Died on 17 Apr 1843 in Fairlee, VT. Buried in Wilcox Lot, Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Occupation: 'Inventor Extraordinary'.

A brief discussion of some accompishments of Capt. Samuel Morey, and a rare glimpse into his home, appears in the December 1998 issue of Yankee Magazine at http://newengland.com/hfs/index.1298.html .

Centennial Celebration - Orford, N.H. - September 7, 1865

Gen. Israel Morey was one of the early settlers, a placid, easy gentleman, with benignant countenance; and when I knew him his hair was blanched to perfect whiteness. It seems almost as if I could see him on his gentle horse passing by on summer days, with a slow trot, dressed in light colored garments, much in Quaker style, with a cloak thrown over one arm, the very personification of quiet enjoyment.
What a genial man was his son, Samuel Morey, who built the house in which Dr. Hosford now lives. His philosophic mind was ever studying out some new invention for the benefit of mankind. Had he lived where there were skillful mechanics and artificers to construct readily good models of what he invented, he would have been extensively known as an ingenious, practical philosopher, and valuable contributor to the arts. His experiments in steam and the rarefication of atmospheric air to produce motion for propelling machinery, were among the first in this country. His various methods of heating rooms with little expense of fuel were very serviceable, as many of us know by agreeable experience, when the mercury was courting the small figures. To him, as is supposed, belongs the honor of being the inventor of the steamboat, though the public has accorded that honor to Fulton; but I claim that honor for our townsman. If I am not mistaken, Fulton obtained his first ideas of such a vessel from Morey, and secured a patent just as Morey had secured or was preparing to secure one for himself. Certain it is, that the first boat moved by steam was a little thing constructed by him, and its trial trip was on this river, opposite this village. The trial was made on a Sabbath, when the people were at meeting, to avoid notice; when he with a brother of mine, passed up in it near to where the bridge now is; for it was important to ascertain whether it would go against the current as well as with it. My brother Cyrus, a few years ago, collected and published the proofs of the fact, that Morey was the real inventor of the steamboat, so far, at least, as steam could be applied to the propelling of such a craft. Had our ingenious townsman lived in Boston or New York where his facilities for constructing and making improvements would have been such as he needed, he would now probably be acknowledged as the projector of those floating palaces which are crossing oceans and visiting the remotest portions of the world.
Morey was not a mere visionary experimenter or superficial sciolist in hydrostatics and pneumatology. His correspondence with the late Professor Silliman, of Yale College, shows that he was an ingenious inventor and practical philosopher. In the first volume of "Silliman's Journal of Science and Art," there is an article by John L. Sullivan, Esq., of Boston, describing and commending Morey's apparatus for producing heat and light from tar or rosin, and the steam of water. He says; "The inventor, not unskilled in chemistry, and aware of the attraction of oxygen for carbon, conceived it practicable to convert the constituent parts of water into fuel by means of this affinity." Morey succeeded in producing carburetted hydrogen gas, which, issuing from a pipe and being ignited, gave a blaze as large as that of a candle, or "many hundred times as large," just at pleasure by increasing the steam; - indeed a flame sufficiently large to fill a common fire-place. Thus Morey showed by his simple apparatus, that the burning of water is no hoax, but a reality; and that private and public buildings could be lighted and warmed by the same gas. In the same volume is an article entitled, "The revolving Steam Engine recently invented by Samuel Morey, and patented to him on the 14th of July, 1815, with four engravings." A scientific description of it is given by the same author.
There is also a long, well written article, "On Heat and Light," by Mr. Morey, in which he details various experiments made by himself, showing that the fumes of heated tar, rosin, or oil, mixed with steam or water, gives "a great body of flame and intense heat.

[from the address by Rev. Joel Mann. The article by his brother, Cyrus, referred to in the address and printed in the Boston Recorder in 1858, is reproduced following the address. Extensive additional information on the life and work of Samuel Morey is found in 'Samuel Morey - Inventor Extraordinary', by Alice Doan Hodgson (Orford, NH, 1981)]

Research: To Orford, NH in Jan. 1766 with parents and 3 brothers

He married Hannah AVERY, daughter of Dea. Simeon AVERY (25 Apr 1730-18 Sep 1790) & Sarah NILES (23 Oct 1732-12 Apr 1783), on 1 Dec 1785 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Born on 15 May 1768 in Groton, New London Co., CT. Died on 21 Apr 1822 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Buried in Wilcox Lot, Orford, Grafton Co., NH.

Married by her father as Justice of the Peace

They had the following children:
i.  Infant son. Died bef 1792. Personal: Died as infant.
ii.  Infant son. Died on 1 Aug 1792. Born abt 1792. Personal: Died as infant.
iii.  Timothy Olcott. Born abt 1796 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Died on 28 Sep 1796 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH.
182 iv.  Almira (1799-1830)

68. Moulton Ware MOREY (Israel6, Linsford5, John4, George3, George2, George1). Born on 4 Jul 1765 in Hebron, Tolland Co., CT. Died on 7 Feb 1854 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Occupation: Attorney, judge, representative (Dartmouth 1789).

History of Orange Co., Vermont: Moulton Morey, the third son of General Israel Morey, and the sixth in order of the chief judges of the Orange County Court, held that position from 1806 to 1808. He was born in Hebron, Conn., July 4, 1765, was educated at Dartmouth college and graduated at that institution in 1789. He married Patty Frizzell, November 10, 1793. He studied law and practised his profession with a good degree of success for many years in Fairlee. Judge Morey represented his town in the state legislature during the years 1824 and 1825, was one of the assistant judges of the County Court prior to being its chief judge, from 1803 to 1805, inclusive, and was also an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1806 to 1808. He died in the early part of the year 1854.

He married Patty FRISSELL, on 10 Nov 1793 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT. Born on 8 Aug 1773 in Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. Died on 8 Jun 1834 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT.

They had the following children:
183 i.  Samuel Timothy (1797-1872)
ii.  Moulton Storey. Born on 30 Jun 1799 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT. Died on 26 Jan 1890.
He married Eliza DREGGS, on 26 Jun 1831 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT. Died on 11 Mar 1886 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT.
iii.  Ben Pickney. Born on 20 Jun 1802 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT. Died on 24 Sep 1804 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT.
iv.  Ben Pickney. Born in 1805 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT. Died on 15 Jul 1832 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT.
v.  Martha Elizabeth. Born on 5 Aug 1808 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT.
vi.  Israel Gould. Born on 26 Jul 1811 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT.

69. Martha MOREY (Israel6, Linsford5, John4, George3, George2, George1). Born on 20 Dec 1767 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Died on 1 Jun 1820 in Columbia, OH. Buried in Cincinnati, OH.

She married Simeon BISSELL, on 2 Dec 1790. Born on 16 Jun 1769 in East Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Died on 13 Mar 1843 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Personal: Died at age 74.

Residences: Orford, NH; Fairlee, VT;Cincinnati, OH.

They had the following children:
i.  Edward M.. Born in 1800 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT. Died on 6 Apr 1857 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Occupation: Merchant.
Centennial Celebration - Orford, N.H. - September 7, 1865

Col. Edward M. Bissell, son of Simeon B. Bissell, was born in Fairlee, Vt., in 1800. His mother was Martha, daughter of Gen. Israel Morey, and the first female born in Orford. He was the eldest of four brothers, Israel M., who is a merchant and resides in Philadelphia; Simeon B., a Captain in the United States Navy; George W. P., who was, for many years, in command of ships in the merchant service, and subsequently became an extensive banker in San Francisco, Cal., where he died a few years since. Edward M. came to Orford in early life, and was for many years, prominent in mercantile business. Affable and gentlemanly in deportment, he was universally esteemed. An ardent admirer of the beautiful, to his taste and judgement may be justly attributed much which adorns and beautifies the village.
He was, for a number of years, Representative of the town in the Legislature. He was twice married - first to Elizabeth M., daughter of William Howard, who died January 10th, 1845; second to Catherine M., daughter of Hon. A. G. Britton. He died April 16th, 1857.

He first married Catherine M. BRITTON, daughter of Abiathar G. BRITTON.
He second married Elizabeth Martha HOWARD, daughter of William HOWARD & Betsy PIERCE. Died on 10 Jan 1845.
184 ii.  Israel Morey (1814-1877)
iii.  Simeon B.. Service: US Navy.
iv.  George W. P.. Died abt 1863 in San Francisco, CA. Occupation: Merchant, shipper, banker.

70. Darius Linsford MOREY (Israel6, Linsford5, John4, George3, George2, George1). Born on 3 Aug 1771 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Died on 25 Jul 1825 in Fairlee, VT. Buried in Orford, Grafton Co., NH.

Research: Birth day may be 5 Aug 1771

He married Nancy THYNG. Died on 22 May 1842 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH.

They had one child:
i.  Two sons.

71. William Pitt MOREY (Israel6, Linsford5, John4, George3, George2, George1). Born on 23 Jun 1774 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Died on 28 Jan 1807 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT.

He married Elizabeth EMERY. Died on 25 Jul 1807 in Fairlee, Orange Co., VT.

They had the following children:
i.  Payson Alcott. Born abt 1799.
ii.  Andrew Parker. Born abt 1801.
iii.  Mary E.. Born on 30 Apr 1803. Died on 27 Jul 1875.

72. Sarah Mary 'Sally' MOREY (Israel6, Linsford5, John4, George3, George2, George1). Born on 6 Nov 1777 in Orford, Grafton Co., NH. Died on 19 Jun 1817 in Middlebury, Addison Co., VT.

She married Dr. Edward TUDOR, in 1801 in Fairlee, VT. Born in Feb 1772 in East Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Died on 8 May 1859 in Middlebury, Addison Co., VT.

They had the following children:
i.  Edward Morey.
ii.  Martha.
iii.  Emmeline.
iv.  William Brewster.
v.  Sarah M..
She married John W. STRONG.
vi.  Alfred Brewster.
vii.  Benjamin Rush.
viii.  Abigail M..

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