ambrotype of Emeline Sylvester Morse in the Penobscot Marine Museum's collection
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52 Ancestors: Emeline Sylvester Morse

In honor of Valentine’s Day, this week’s theme is, of course, “Love.” It is the perfect time to continue the Melcher family’s story. I’ve already written about Benjamin Morse Melcher, a sea captain living in Brunswick, Maine. His wife’s name was Emeline Sylvester Morse, daughter of Joseph Morse Jr. and Lucy Sylvester. They were first…

The Seward House in New Hackensack, New York
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52 Ancestors: The Seward House, Part I #52

I am stepping away from the assigned 52 Ancestors theme of “resolution” this week. Instead of focusing on one ancestor, I’ll be talking about the house many of them lived in and the church they all attended. Rev. William Seward  moved with his family from Connecticut to Dutchess County, New York about 1795, after he retired…