Dorothy (Burgess) Clifton (1670 - bef. 1727)

Born 12 Nov 1670 in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Savory Clifton — married before 1690 in Rochester, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died before 1 Jun 1727 before age 56 in Rochester, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Dorothy Burgess (alternately spelled Burg, Burge, Burgis), daughter of Joseph and Patience (Freeman) Burge, was born 12 November 1670, at Sandwich in the Plymouth Colony.^[1] Dorothy's father Joseph was instrumental in founding the town of Sippican, now Rochester, in 1679.^[2] It was probably there that Dorothy married Savory Clifton prior to 1690.^[3]

The 1695 will of Joseph Burgess named his daughter "Dorrity" Clifton leaving her 20 shillings. She also benefited from land transactions as a result of his estate. 17 March 1714/5 the children of Joseph Burge of Rochester, late deceased relinquished and discharged to their brother Benjamin Burge, all their right in land which had belonged to their father. This deed was signed by Savorill [sic] Clifton, Dorothy Cliftion (mark), Edward Rose (mark), Rebecca Rose (mark) and Ichabod Burge. ^[4] 10 April 1725 Patience Burge of Rochester (Dorothy's mother), widow of Joseph acquitted and discharged to Benjamin Burge (er son) and her daughter Dorothy, the wife of Clifton Savory, her "right in a share of land in Middleboro, which was formerly in the right of Governor Prence ... I am heir to a part of the same." ^[4]

Dorothy and Savory remained in Rochester and raised a family of at least eleven children there. ^[4] The Cliftons were closely allied with the Wing family and together they were founders of the Quaker movement in Rochester.^[2]

Dorothy Clifton died probably in Rochester, after April 10, 1725 (deed) and before June 1, 1727 (deed)^[4]

Children

1. Benjamin b. 1 Aug 1690
2. Patience b. 2 Mar 1693, prob. died young
3. Margaret/Margirit, b. 3 Nov 1695
4. Jane b. 15 Feb 1697
5. Dorothy b. 25 Mar 1699
6. Sarah b. Thursday 15 Oct 1702
7. Lydia/Lidia b. Tuesday 29 May 1705
8. Bathsheba/Barsheba, b. Sunday 9 May 1708
9. Mary b. Tuesday 10 Apr 1711
10. Savory/Savery b. Wednesday 15 July 1713, may have died young
11. Hannah b. Friday 21 Jun 1717

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RTC8 : 18 February 2020), Dorite Burge, 12 Nov 1670; citing Birth, Sandwich, Plymouth, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Leonard, Mary Hall. Mattapoisett and Old Rochester Massachusetts. New York: The Grafton Press, 1907. https://books.google.com/books?id=gPwcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA37&dq=Mattapoisett+Joseph+Burge&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAlfOZ4I7qAhUSU80KHdF0DSoQ6AEwAHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Mattapoisett%20Joseph%20Burge&f=false
3. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1985. Page 162. https://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA162&dq=dorothy+burgess+clifton&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjthIS_55DqAhWJVc0KHWigAuwQ6AEwA3oECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=dorothy%20burgess%20clifton&f=false
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families in Progress William Brewster of the Mayflower And the Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Patience. (General Society of Mayflower Descendants 2001.) p. 3 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)