Dorothy Bell (abt. 1660 - 1740)

Born about 1660 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Died 9 Mar 1740 at about age 80 in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Dorothy Bell, was born about 1660^[1]

Dorothy Bell, daughter of Abraham Bell and Katherine, married Samuel Cutler, 1681.^[2] 20 June 1681 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts,^[3]

Dorothy Cutler married second Josiah Treadway, 3 Feb 1697/8 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts^[4]

She was buried at the Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massacusetts. Her tombstone reads “Here Lyes Buried The Body Of / Mrs Dorothy Treadway / Aged 79 Years / Died March Ye 9th / 1740.”^[5][1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Photo of Gravestone FindaGrave 21754423. Granary Burying Ground. Boston.
2. ↑ Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. Vol A-J. Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1879. p. 74
3. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. Volume 1 p. 413. "CUTLER, Samuel (ca 1658-1688) & Dorothy BELL, m/2 Josiah TREADWAY 1698; 20 Jun 1681, 30 Jun; Charlestown {Charlestown 75, 258; Middlesex Court Rec. 1:618; Cutler 512; Sv. 1:494; Warner-Harrington 162}"
4. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. Volume 3. PAGE: 1539. "TREADWAY, Josiah (-1732) & 2/wf Dorothy (BELL) CUTLER, w Samuel (-1740); 3 Feb 1697/8; Charlestown {Charlestown 75, 258, 951; Watertown 608; Paine (,5) 107; Temple (1900) 133; Cutler 18; Bullard Anc. 219; Warner-Harrington 678; Treadway-Burket 11}"
5. ↑ Boston, MA: Old Cemeteries of Boston. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Inscriptions and Records of the Old Cemeteries of Boston, Dunkle, Robert J. and Lainhart, Ann S., Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000.)