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DORR, Edward[1]

Male 1710 - 1768  (57 years)


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  • Name DORR, Edward 
    Birth 30 Nov 1710  Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
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    Misc 31 May 1745  Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Church Members 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 2 Jan 1768  Salisbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7
    Burial 2 Jan 1768  Amesbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Address:
    Salisbury Point Burying Ground 
    Person ID I19474  Puffers
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2023 

    Father DORR, Capt. Ebenezer,   b. 25 Jan 1687, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1760, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother BOARDMAN, Mary,   b. 6 May 1689, Cambridge, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 1728, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 16 Feb 1709  Cambridge, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9, 10, 11
    Family ID F10208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 RUGGLES, Abigail,   b. 12 May 1726, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1745, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 19 years) 
    Family ID F20612  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

    Family 2 LORING, Abigail,   b. 29 Dec 1712, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1743, Roxbury, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Family ID F20613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

    Family 3 GRIDLEY, Abigail,   b. 1726, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1820, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Children 
     1. DORR, Edward,   b. 17 Dec 1750, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1753, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)
     2. DORR, Deacon Edward,   b. 4 Oct 1757, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1844, Salisbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F20614  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2024 

  • Photos
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  • Notes 
    • The affection had for Edward by his father and grandfather is expressed i n their wills. The latter directs that "when the house and land in Rox bury is to be sold my grandson Edward Dorr of Roxbury, have the refusal o f it at 10 pounds cheaper price than any other person shall whatsoever" . His father gives him one and a half shares in the division of his es tate and directs that he shall have all the real estate at its appraise d value; or "if he does take the whole, he shall have the liberty to ta ke my Dwelling-house, Barn, Yards, and all the Conveniences for the Tan ning business at its appraised value". Also "my son Edward shall have m y Silver hilted Sword in consideration of its tender of dutiful behavio r to his own mother".

  • Sources 
    1. [S39] Records of Lineage in the Families of Dorr, Dalton, Taken from the Records of Lineage in the Families of Dorr, Dalton, Odin, Walter, MAther, Cotton, Lynde, Bowles, Eliot and Checkley, compiled by Benjamin Dalton Dorr, Philadelphia, PA, May 1879.

    2. [S41] James Bryan Dorr, Pedegree Some Branches of the Dorr Family Data compiled by Charles Edwin Dorr, gen.
      Children of Dr. Russell Dorr:Paulina, b. 7.13.1803, d. 5/21/1844, m. Martin Harder, b. 1783, d. 12/31/1843.Catherine Van Slyck, b. 10/10/1804, d. 9/21/1892, m. George C. Clyde, b. 1802, d. 12/31/1868, no issue.Dr. Joseph Priesley, b. 7/9/1805, d. 1/14/1879

    3. [S53] Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts, Vol I To the end of the year 1849, Vol I - Births. (Publish, Page 109.

    4. [S42] Abstract from Dorr family records.
      Page 11, Dorr, Ebenezer son of Edward & Elizabeth, married Mary, daughter of Aaron and Mary Boardman of Cambridge, born 6 May, 1689. They married 16 Feb., 1709/10 and owned the church covenant in Roxbury 5 Nov., 1710.Children:Edward, b. 7 Nov., 1710; Eben

    5. [S41] James Bryan Dorr, Pedegree Some Branches of the Dorr Family Data compiled by Charles Edwin Dorr, gen, Edward Dorr, b. 11/30/1710, d. 1/2/1768.

    6. [S55] Walter Eliot Thwing, History of the First Church in Roxbury Roxbury, Mass. 1630 - 1904 (Boston W.A., Page 143 Admitted in Brick School House.31 May, 1745Edward Dorr.

    7. [S39] Records of Lineage in the Families of Dorr, Dalton, page 6 and 7. The ston erected to his wife Abigail Gridley's memory, besides the grave of their son Edward in the family lot at Salisbury Point Cemetery, Salisbury Massachusetts.

    8. [S34] Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts To the end of the year 1849. (The Topsfield historical Soc, pages, 70 549, 328.

    9. [S42] Abstract from Dorr family records.
      Page 11, Citation Children of Edward & Elizabeth DorrEbenezer Dorr and Mary Boardman, daughter of Aaron & Mary Boardman of Cambridge May 6, 1689.Joseph Graduated at Harvard University 1711. M. Mary second daughter of Rev. Grindall Rawson of Mendon, Apr. 9,

    10. [S54] Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts Vol II To the end of the year 1849, Vol II. - Marriages and Deaths., Page 121.

    11. [S35] Compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, member of NEHGS, Vital Records of Cambri dge, Massachusetts. Vol 2. T, pagw 121.