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George Dodge (1726 - 1808)

Capt. George Dodge
Born in Beverly, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Husband of — married 25 Aug 1746 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at age 81 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Captain George Dodge was born on 10 April 1726 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Joshua Dodge and Hannah Rayment. [1][2]

George Dodge married Lydia Herrick on 25 August 1746 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts.[3]

Children born to Lydia Herrick & George Dodge:

  1. Anna Dodge, who married Captain Israel Thorndike on 31 Oct 1784 in Beverly, Massachusetts. [4]

George Dodge was mentioned on a memorial in Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 18 January 1808.[5]

George Dodge wrote his will on 7 April 1800. His estate passed probate on 1 February 1808.[6]

Beneficiaries:

  • my son Joshua Dodge
  • my daughter Lydia Cabot
  • my son George Dodge
  • my grandson Larkin Dodge, son of my son George Dodge
  • my daughter Hannah Cabot, wife of John Cabot
  • my daughter Anna Thorndike, wife of Israel Thorndike
  • my grandson Benjamin Dodge, son of my son Larkin Dodge, deceased
  • my granddaughter Mehitable Dodge, daughter of my son Larkin Dodge, deceased


Sources

  1. Dodge, Joseph Thompson. Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Mass. 1629-1894 (Democrat Printing Co., Madison, Wisconsin, 1894) Page 56 & Page 93-94
  2. Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    citing Page: p 20; Digital film/folder number: 004029870_002_M9ZF-W9F; FHL microfilm: 864851; Image number: 20; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: I04717-4
    FamilySearch Record: Q29L-Z13W (accessed 3 April 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRQK-9J6K
    George Dodge born on 30 Apr 1726, son of Joshua Dodge & Hannah, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  3. Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007723077; FHL microfilm: 000823764
    FamilySearch Record: Q28K-M8HW (accessed 3 April 2024)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9BN-1QRS-9 Image number 00422
    George Dodge marriage to Lydia Herrick on 25 Aug 1746 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
  4. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZKP-TPPZ : 10 November 2020), George Dodge in entry for Anna Dodge, 31 Oct 1784; citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.
  5. Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #60373076 (accessed 3 April 2024)
    Memorial page for Capt George Dodge (30 Apr 1726-18 Jan 1808), citing Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Pete Rousseau (contributor 47130970).
  6. Probate: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Essex Cases 6000-7999; Case 7841 dated 1 Feb 1808; 34 pages; testate. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13764/7841-co1/245210902




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