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Mary Dorchester

Female Abt 1648 - 1712  (~ 64 years)


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  • Name Mary Dorchester 
    Born Abt 1648  of Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 7/07 Feb 1711/2  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1424  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Anthony Dorchester,   b. Abt 1620, of Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1683, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Sarah,   d. 9 Nov 1649, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1642  Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F254  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Harmon,   b. Abt 1641, of Plymouth, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1712, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married 7/07 Jan 1668/9  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812.

      2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website <http://www.gencircles.com/users/cherylbills/1/data/32>:
      "Mary Dorchester (footnote 3)
      Birth: 1645 in "of Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts"
      Death: 7 Feb 1711/1712 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
      Father: Anthony Dorchester
      Mother: Sarah
      LDS Baptism: 21 Oct 1992 IFALL
      LDS Endowment: 27 Oct 1992 IFALL
      LDS Sealing Child: 15 Jan 1993 IFALL
      Probate: 2 Jan 1705 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (1, 2, 3)
      Spouse: John Harmon; MARRIAGE:7 Jan 1668/1669 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
      Children:
      Elizabeth Harmon
      Sarah Harmon
      Mary Harmon
      Sarah Harmon
      John Harmon
      Elizabeth Harmon
      Footnote Sources:
      1. Title: Probate Record Page: Film 0,879,184, pp. 154-155.
      2. Note: See brothers: James Dorchester and John Dorchester. Mary is the Mary Harman mentioned in these records.
      3. Title: Harmon Genealogy (The); Author: Artemas C. Harmon; Publication: Gibson Bros, Inc. Washington DC 1920, pg. 159"

      3. The book "Anthony Dorchester and his Descendants," by Janice P. Dorchester (1998) Janice P. Dorchester, p. 7:
      "MARY2 DORCHESTER (Anthony1) was born Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, about 1648; died 7 February 1712.
      She married her step-brother, JOHN HARMON, JR., son of John and Elizabeth Harmon, on 7 January 1668, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
      John received 30 acres of land from Anthony Dorchester in 1664. After Mary's father's death in 1683, she went to court in Springfield against her brothers, John and James, asking for additional funds in the settlement of her father's estate and was awarded 40 pounds. The settlement came in 1684 when she and John Harmon received additional land from the brothers.
      Children (HARMON), born in Springfield, Massachusetts:
      i. SARAH3, born about 1669; died young.
      ii. MARY, born 23 October 1671.
      iii. SARAH, born about 1673.
      iv. JOHN, born about 1675.
      v. ELIZABETH, born about 1677.
      References: Dorchester Family Chronicles, 1995, by Earle and Patricia Swanson, pp. 14, 18, 19, 22. The Dorchester Pedigree by Daniel Dorchester III, 1902, pp. 3, 4. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Torrey, pg. 344. Dorchester Family History by John W. Sielck."