John Dodge Jr. (1662 - 1704)

Born 15 Apr 1662 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Fiske) Dodge — married about 1682 in Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Ruth (Grover) Dodge — married 11 Apr 1698 (to 18 Jan 1704) in Beverly, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1704 at age 41 in Wenham, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Dodge, Jr., was born on 15 April 1662, in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of John Dodge and Sarah Porter.^[1][2][3]

John married Martha Fiske in about 1682, but at least by 1688, in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[4] They registered the births of two children in Wenham, while two more are known from their father's probate documents:

• Phineus Dodge (b. 23 May 1688)^[5]
• Amos Dodge (b. ca. 1690)^[6]
• Martha Dodge (b. ca. 1692)^[7]
• Elizabeth Dodge (b. 15 Aug 1695)^[8]

After Martha Fiske Dodge died on 29 Dec 1697, in Wenham,^[9] John remarried on 11 Apr 1698, in Beverly, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. His second wife was Ruth Grover.^[10][11][12] They registered four children in Wenham:

• Nehemiah Dodge (b. 17 Jan 1698/9)^[13]
• Ruth Dodge (b. 13 Mar 1699/1700)^[14]
• Sarah Dodge (b. 9 Mar 1701/2)^[15]
• John Dodge (b. 28 Dec 1703)^[16]

John Dodge, Jr., died on January 18, 1703/4, in Wenham, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[17]

Probate

John Dodge, Jr.'s Last Will and Testament was dated 7 Apr 1703.^[18] In it he designated his brother, Josiah, and his wife, Ruth, as his executors. He divided his real estate properties between his sons (Phinehas, separately, Amos and Nehemiah, to share a portion) and, after providing for his widow with all his "moveable" property and an annual income of s20, he bequeathed what remained of the "moveables" equally to his four daughters: Martha, Elizabeth, Ruth, and Sarah. In the event there was an additional child born to him and his wife, that child would receive £20 from his eldest son, Phinehas, if he or she survived. If any of the children died before reaching the age of 16, that child's portion would be divided equally among the survivors.

Amos and Nehemiah reached an agreement on the division of their inherited properties on 21 Apr 1712.^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-GTM4 : 10 November 2020), John Dodge, 15 Apr 1662; citing Birth, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.
2. ↑ Essex Institute Historical Collections, v. 2, p. 43.
3. ↑ "Dodge, John, s. John, sr.:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Births, p. 103 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
4. ↑ Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700, v. 1, p. 460 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
5. ↑ "Dodge, Phineus, s. John:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Births, p. 28 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
6. ↑ Although there is no entry for Amos Dodge in the Wenham collected vital records, he is included in his father's probate papers, which include not only his father's Last Will and Testament, dated 7 Apr 1703 (Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #7876 (accessed 4 Oct 2017)), but also an agreement dated 21 Apr 1712, between Amos and Nehemiah, concerning the division of inherited lands: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #7876 (accessed 4 Oct 2017)).
7. ↑ Although there is no entry for Martha Dodge in the Wenham collected vital records, her father listed her in his Last Will and Testament, dated 7 Apr 1703 (Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #7876 (accessed 4 Oct 2017)).
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Births, p. 23 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
9. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Deaths, p.192 (accessed 5 Oct 2017).
10. ↑ Intention also recorded: Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Beverly - Marriages, p. 87 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
11. ↑ Duplicate record in Wenham verifies the marriage took place in Beverly: Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Marriages, p. 108 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
12. ↑ Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700, v. 1, p. 460 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
13. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Births, p. 27 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
14. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Births, p. 28 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
15. ↑ "Dodg, Sarah:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Births, p. 21 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
16. ↑ Duplicate entry gave the date as 13 Dec 1703: Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Births, p. 25 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
17. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Wenham - Deaths, p. 191 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
18. ↑ Last Will and Testament, dated 7 Apr 1703: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #7876 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).
19. ↑ Agreement for division of property, dated 21 Apr 1712: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, #7876 (accessed 4 Oct 2017).

• Essex Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts) Vol. 2, Page 43

• 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.) (subscription required)

• Joseph Thompson Dodge, Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County MASS, 1629-1898, (Democrat Printing Co. Wisconsin - Vol 1 1894 & Vol 2 1898), J, T, D. Pg. 24 & 34. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdodge011894dodg/page/34/mode/2up.

• Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (subscription required)