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Elizabeth married HAWLEY, Samuel before 1603. Samuel (son of HAWLEY, Joseph and BOOTH, Katherine) was born in 1577 in Parwich, Derbyshire, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Miriam married WHEELER, Moses in 1640. Moses was born on 5 Jan 1598 in Kent, England; died on 15 Jan 1698 in Stratford, CT; was buried in Stratford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After arriving in Boston in 1629, he went to Wethers, CT, then settled i n Stratford in 1646. The oldest existing land records there were recor ded by him, as were also the vital records and town acts. He also draf ted the charter of the town. he was town clerk or recorder for 16 year s, town treasurer, on committees to survey land and purchase land from t he Indians, deputy to the General Assembly of CT 29 sessions, a nd commissioner for 8 years.

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Elizabeth married BOOTH, Richard in 1640 in Stratford, CT. Richard (son of BOOTH, Edward and Marsia) was born on 5 Mar 1607 in Great Budworth, Cheshire, England; was christened in Aug 1608 in Great Budworth, Cheshire, England; died in 1687/8 in Stratford, CT; was buried after 1688 in Stratford, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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An early settler at Roxbury, NA, he was in Capt. Cowell's Company of Dr agoons and was killed in the Sudbury fight during King Philip's War.

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Thomas married Amy Emma in 1650 in Parwich, Derbyshire, England. Amy died on 29 Nov 1651 in Roxbury, CT; was buried in Roxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married HARBOTTLE, Dorothy on 2 Feb 1652 in Roxbury, MA. Dorothy (daughter of HARBOTTLE, William and BEALLE, Alles) was born in 1619 in Kippax, Yorkshire, England; died on 28 Jan 1699 in Roxbury, MA; was buried on 15 Feb 1699 in Roxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"If Mr. Joseph Hawley, who hath married Lydia my grand child & is now living at Northampton, see cause to settle there and build an house, I give him Land which lyeth between Elder John Strong's Homelott and my own, provided he build on it and live there four years, then it shall be to him and his wife and their heirs forever," from the Will of Lt. David Witton, of Northampton, who died 5 Feb. 1677/78, will dated 25 Dec. 1677.

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• Possessions: Aft 21 Apr 1676, Roxbury, MA; six acres

Elizabeth married DORR, Edward in 1679 in Boston, MA. Edward (son of DORR, Joseph) was born on 9 Feb 1648 in England; died on 9 Feb 1734 in Roxbury, MA; was buried after 9 Feb 1734 in Roxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 15 Nov 1683, Roxbury, MA
• Death: 28 Nov 1683, Roxbury, MA

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• Possessions: Roxbury, MA; Pew 36
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• Misc: 5 Nov 1710, Roxbury, MA; Church Member
• Possessions: 5 Nov 1710, Roxbury, MA; The church covenant
• Appointed: Between 1 Mar 1713 and 1714, Roxbury, MA; Fence Viewer
• Appointed: Between 3 Mar 1717 and 1718, Roxbury, MA; Constable, Inspector of the Town Treasurer's accounts.
• Appointed: Between 6 Mar 1720 and 1721, Roxbury, MA; Clerks of the Market
• Appointed: 24 Oct 1721; Moderator
• Appointed: Between 12 Mar 1722 and 1723, Roxbury, MA; Auditor
• Appointed: Between 6 Mar 1726 and 1727, Roxbury, MA; Auditor
• Misc: 3 Sep 1727, Roxbury, MA; Church Member
• Appointed: 3 Mar 1728, Roxbury, MA; Surveyor of Highways
• Military: Between 1733 and 1734, Roxbury, MA
• Misc: 29 May 1737, Roxbury, MA; Church Member
• Appointed: 19 Sep 1750, Roxbury, MA; Committee
• Will: 22 Aug 1759, Roxbury, MA
• Probate: 9 Mar 1760, Suffolk County, MA

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At his marriage, his father gave him land in Roxbury, with a dwelling house, mill house, and tan-pits to start him in housekeeping and the business of tanning. He lived there and became a prominent member of the community, frequently chosen to the offices of constable, auditor, fence -viewer, surveyor of highways and sealer of weights and measures. He was Captain of the Roxbury Militia 1733/34.

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Ebenezer married BOARDMAN, Mary on 16 Feb 1709 in Cambridge, MA. Mary (daughter of BOARDMAN, Aaron and HILL, Mary) was born on 6 May 1689 in Cambridge, MA; died on 12 Jun 1728 in Roxbury, MA; was buried about 12 Jun 1728 in Roxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married JACKSON, Hannah on 28 Aug 1729. Hannah was born on 10 Aug 1692 in Newton, MA; died on 17 Mar 1747 in Roxbury, MA; was buried in Mar 1747 in Roxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Graduation: 1711, Cambridge, MA
• Occupation: Between 1716 and 1768, Mendon, MA; Pastor, First Church of Mendon

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Copy of old Letter, Mary Rawson second daughter of Rev. Grindall Rawson born June 22, 1699, m arried April 9, 1724, to Rev. Joseph Dorr her father's successor in the m inistry at Mendon. He graduated at Harvard College 1711. Settled in M endon 1716, died March 9, 1768 in 79th year of his age. His epitaph in forms us that he was endued with good sense, his temper was mild and pl acid, he excelled in the virtues if meekness, patience, temperance, sob riety, gravity, benevolence, and charity- was a good scholar advances D ivine and exemplary Christian. JOSEPH DORR Joseph Dorr, second minister of Mendon, MA., was one of the younger chi ldren of Edward and Elizabeth (Hawley) Dorr of Roxbury. The father has b een called "the Reverend" but there is no evidence that he was anything m ore than a respected citizen and a member of the church of Roxbury. Jo seph did not take up residence at the College until the beginning of th e sophomore year of his Class. He achieved neither honors nor notable c ensures although he was fined in every quarter of his junior year. Per haps this fairly good record can be laid to Joseph Sewall (A.D. 1707), a n older student, who recorded in his diary: "God helped me to perform w hat (If I Mistake not I have attempted once & Again, i.e..,) To Speak t o Dorr of his Soul's concern to exhort him earnestly to give himself to C hrist." Dorr took his first degree in due course, but got into difficu lties when he came up for the M.A. three years later. He submitted an a ffirmative answer to the Question, " An Essential Rerun sint aeternae?" t he religious implications of which do not seem to have troubled the col lege authorities. But over in Boston Judge Sewall was distressed, and t ook the matter in his parson, Ebenezer Pemberton (A. B. 1691). Mr. Pemberton seemed to approve of it. When he did not explain it t o my satisfaction; He said, I have for got my Philosophy. Upon my ment ioning Divinity, He said, There was nothing of Divinity in it. This he s poke with an air of displeasure. I came away, Meeting Mr. Remington (J onathan, A. B. 1696) in the street I told him of it, and desired him to s peak to the president; and by Mr. Higginson next day I received a kind l etter from the President with a Master's Thesis in it corrected as it n ow stands. And the Question stands on the printed sheet as the affirmative of , " An Novitas essendi sit de ratione Creations?" As there is no evide nce that Dorr tool part in the exercises, he probably not asked to writ e a new essay. That same year, 1714 found Mr. Dorr keeping the school at Andover. D espite his Question he aimed to enter the ministry, and accepted an inv itation to preach at Mendon. There were troublesome Quakers in Mendon, b ut they were at least not addicted to scalping as were the Indians who t errified Andover schoolmasters. The young preacher satisfied the churc h members, and at the town meeting of February 9, 1715/16, it was " pro posed to the Town to Bring in their votes for Their Concurrence in the C hurch's choice of Rev. Joseph Dorr to Be Their Pastor, which was accord ingly Don and voted to be the Town's Minister." Two weeks later he and t he town fathers came to an agreement on the terms. Imprimis. That they will give him for a yearly salary The Sum of s eventy-five pounds per annum, after the first year & the first year sev enty pounds To be paid in money... 2nd. That they will give for Settlement or Encouragement the sum o f One hundred and sixty pounds, One hundred pounds in money... and Sixt y pounds to be paid in Labor & materials for and towards the building o f him an house amongst us... The ordination took place on February 25, 1716. It was not until April 9, 1724, that Mr. Dorr obtained a mistress f or his new house in the person of Mary, a daughter of his predecessor, t he Reverend Grindall Rawson, A. B. 1678. She was a happy choice, for " S he filled up the measure of her days with religion and devotion... was a t ender, courteous, affable and obliging disposition; confined not to her o ffices of kindness and respect to her family ... was such a friend as l oveth at all times, expressed by a constant series of doing good to all i n their varying circumstances." The Dorr's had four or five children, d epending on whether Katherine and Elizabeth were twins or a mistake in t he record. The only son, Joseph, was graduated in 1752. Mary became hi s wife of the Reverend Moses Taft (A. B. 1751), and Susannah, the secon d wife of Reverend Amariah Frost (A. B. 1740). While an increasing family and inflation were burdening the parson 's purse, the freeing of the Quakers and the Baptists from the necessit y of contributing to his salary and the separation from the church of M endon of what are now the First Churches of Bellingham, Uxbridge, Upton , Milford, and Blackstone were making it difficult for the church to me ets his needs. they did, however, from time to time take special contr ibutions and voter him supplementary sums sometimes as large as the sal ary itself. In general, he kept the affections of his parishioners by s uch acts of kindness as petitioning to the court for leniency for a lad y of the congregation who had violated the seventh commandment. It may Justly be Supposed that as the End of the law which is refo rmation is fully answered with respect to her with out the Execution of i t. These are therefore to Desire that She may with her Judges find as m uch Clemency and favour as can Consist with the Law. Mr. Dorr has been called a New-Light because he signed the Testimo ny and Advice of July 7, 1743, but his experiences during the Great Awa kening suggest that he was not New-Light enough for a large minority of h is congregation. Although his " temper was mild and placid," and " He e xcelled in the virtues of meekness, patience, temperance, sobriety, gra vity, benevolence, and charity," he was in some sort of ecclesiastical d ifficulty and appealing for advice to the Worcester association of mini sters in October, 1740. That the dissatisfied members of his congregat ion took a like step is shown by a resolution which he offered in the t own meeting of March 2, 1741. Gentleman, In as much as an opposing party in this Town have Obtained a j udgement of a Council Against the Minister of the Town, without a Trial , Relating to his administration viz: - of a Council Chosen by them Sel ves in so private a manner that the pastor of the Church had No Copy of t he Letters Missive until after the Letters were Sent out to the Churche s - If you judge that the Minister of this Town Ought to be defended ag ainst Such Proceedings and you will defend him Signify it by Lifting up y our hands. Gentlemen, if you will choose three persons as a Committee chosen b y the Church, or by that part of it that adheres to the Pastor to advis e and concur with them in the choice of a Council, if they shall think f it, to judge of the Result of the late Council Chosen by the opposite p arty here by lifting up your hands. The Parson retained the support of a majority, but " a great numbe r " of the dissatisfied appealed to the General Court on the grounds t hat Mr. Dorr would not abide by the results of their council and would d o nothing " to give the Petitioners reasonable satisfaction." As a con sequence the parish of mill River, later the town of Milford, was set u p. the strict theology of the new covenant suggests that the division w as not simply geographical. There was , however, no doubt cast upon Mr . Dorr. He was a man... of singular virtue, sobriety and temperance, a M an of good learning, polemical, political and divine, a father to his f amily, flock, and ministers, in the Vicinity: a faithful Minister ... a s trict adherent to the doctrines of grace ... (He) highly recommended th e examination of candidates, for the work of he ministry; preventive (i f possible) of the introduction of men unsound in the faith into the mi nistry, a great friend to our English Liberties, was much concerned for t he peace and good order of the Churches. ... It was in an effort to further these ends that he joined in the ga thering of the Mendon association of ministers, of which he was the fir st moderator. Through all these years Mr. Dorr carried on the entire work of the m inistry of Mendon without assistance than a few sermons from schoolmast er Samuel Terry (A. b. 1710) at a time when the parson was sick. Final ly, in April, 1767, the parish sent a committee to ask the old minister o n what terms he would retire. He replied: I have Duly Considered the S ame and accordingly Propose as follows, viz. Considering the difficulty y ou Labor under and to preserve peace a among your and to enable and enc ourage your to proceed with Unanimity and Cheerfulness to the Settlemen t of another Gospel minister, I find in myself a freedom to accept of t he Sum of Thirteen Pounds, Six Shillings and Eight pence, Lawful Money, A nnually, During my Natural Life, tho at the same time, as my Worldly Es tate is small, Labor dear and I am unable by reason of my great age and I nfirmities to manage my affairs to advantage, I am apprehensive that sa id sum will fall short of a Necessary Support, yet Considering the Long T erm of years I have Labored among you in the Gospel of Christ, I am Per suaded, my Brethren, you will not See me suffer Extreme want. On March 9, 1768, before the parish had called another minister un der this agreement, Mr. Dorr died, then being in the fifty-second year o f his service and the seventy-ninth of his age. His widow followed him o n April 9, 1776.

Joseph married RAWSON, Mary on 9 Apr 1724 in Mendon, MA. Mary was born on 22 Jun 1699 in Mendon, MA; died on 9 Apr 1776 in Mendon, MA; was buried in Mendon, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edmund Dorr and Mary Griswold settled at Lyme, where he carried on the business of a clothier, or cloth dresser. He was a man of mind, and of indomitable perseverance. And he and a few other members of the first congregational society of Lyme carried on an ecclesiastical controversy with Rev. Jonathan Parsons, the third minister of Lyme, who married Phebe Griswold, his wife's niece. During this controversy, he obtained the sobriquet of "Servant Dorr," which he retained for life.

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Edmund married GRISWOLD, Mary on 4 Sep 1719 in Lyme, CT. Mary (daughter of GRISWOLD, Matthew and HYDE, Phebe) was born on 22 Apr 1694 in Lyme, CT; died on 21 Feb 1776 in Lyme, CT; was buried in Lyme, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointed: Between 1 Mar 1724 and 1725, Roxbury, MA; Clerk of the Market

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Harbottle Dorr, son of Edward Dorr and Elizabeth Hawley, was born in Bo ston, May 1696 and died there in 1746. He was a leather draper in Bost on where he married in 1724, Dorothy Weld, who at his decease, was appo inted his administrator. With her he settled in Boston and carried on t here his trade of Leather Draper. His son, Harbottle is called in lega l papers after his decease " of Boston, Esquire. The inventory of his e state indicated a condition of great responsibility." "Harbottle Dorr's remarks at Parish meeting." The last time the Proprietors met, was on a Sabbath day, after div ine service, in the afternoon, which in my humble opinion was not well t imed, or the notice properly given: as not only "the Proprietors if Pew s, but the constant contributors" were notified, although the Law which w e have adopted (and which is the only rule to direct us in these matter s knows only the owners. There was something which was called a vote passed though there wa s no negative put, which always ought to be, and is practiced every whe re else, that each Proprietor and etc. should from time to time mark hi s money, which vote several were dissatisfied with, (Myself among the r est) not only as to the method of voting, without putting the negative, b ut as there was not time to deliberate on such an affair. I think we o ught to settle things now on a sure bottom and that the Proprietors oug ht to know whether it is expected that any tax should be paid during th e blockade of the Town, if none is expected then there ought to be a vo te of the Society, and properly recorded, "that not tax shall be paid d uring that period", otherwise in case of any of the owners in time to c ome, should have occasion to fill their Pews, the Committee would have p ower by Law, to deduct so much as their Tax came to within that time, w hich would be very unjust. I would beg leave to propound a few queries ; first premising that I have always paid my tax cheerfully, and shall f or future, if the burden doth not lay on a part instead of the whole. Query 1, Whether when it was voted at the last meeting "that from t hat time they would begin to mark their money as usual" it was to be un derstood that we were then to begin anew; and consequently that all the m oney due for Taxes, at the time the town was blockaded was to be sunk o r remitted? Query 2, Whether there was not a large sum due for Taxes at that t ime, viz. when the Town was first Blockaded; and whether it ought not t o be collected, or delinquents proceeded with agreeable to the Law whic h we have adopted. Query 3, Whether we have any other rule to direct us, but the law a bove said, except it is set aside, in whole, or in part by a vote of th e Proprietors? Query 4, Whether it is not partial to take Pews as forfeited, if a ll the delinquents are not proceeded with in the same manner? Query 5, Whether it is not unequal that A. should pay if it was b ut one penny tax, on his pew, when perhaps B. who owners a better Pew, o r is in better circumstances pays but a farthing, or perhaps nothing? Query 6. Whether that is not precisely the case, if some persons c onstantly pay their Tax, and after some years there is a great deficien cy from some persons not paying any or but a small part, and the money d ue which makes the deficiency, is from one period to another remitted, a s has been the case once and again, since the deceased of the Rev. Mr. Webb, whereby a very large sum, which ought to have been in stock, i s sunk? Query 7, Whether the Committee has not from time to time, taxed so me Pews, according to the ability of the owners and not according to th e Convenience, or situation of them, which is only mode pointed out by t he law? Query 8, Whether taxing the Pews in that manner, would not if it w ere contested, overset the whole Tax? Query 9, Whether the Proprietors ought not to have an Annual Meet ing, and the Treasurer's Accounts be audited - and the Society made acq uainted with a True state of their affairs from Year to Year? I submit the above to the Conclour of the Society, and mean not to g ive offence to any; at the same remembering that he who never dares giv e offence is not an honest man. Signed Harbottle Dorr

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