Birth Name: David Bowditch Morse
Place of Birth: Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 11, 1953
Ethnicity: English, distant Dutch
David Morse is an American actor, singer, director, and writer.
David is the son of Jacquelyn and Charles Morse. He is married to actress and author, Susan Wheeler Duff Morse, with whom he has three children.
He has deep Colonial American roots, in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
He is said to be related to mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch.
David’s maternal grandfather was Herman/Hermon Kendall VanBlarcom/Van Blarcom (the son of Harold Earl VanBlarcom/Van Blarcom and Ella Cahoon Marsters). Hermon was born in Maine. Harold was the son of Hermon Leslie VanBlarcom/Van Blarcom and Ella Melvina Dimock. David’s great-grandmother Ella was born in Hantsport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada, the daughter of Daniel Warren Marsters and Emily Ann Barker.
David’s maternal grandmother was Ruth Evelyn Ladd (the daughter of Frank Bancroft Ladd and Pearl Alberta Dakin). Ruth was born in Massachusetts. Frank was the son of John Dennett Ladd and Mary Ellen Bancroft. Pearl was born in Centreville, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, the daughter of Solomon Morton Dakin and Almira Eliza Cossaboom. David’s Cossaboom line originates with Dutch ancestors in New York.
Sources: Genealogy of David Morse (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.laddfamily.com
Genealogy of David’s mother (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.erikvanblaricum.nl
David’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of David’s maternal great-grandmother, Pearl Alberta Dakin – https://wc.rootsweb.com