Born in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Moss
and Abigail (Russell) Cook
Sister of
Abigail (Moss) Kent and Mary (Moss) White
Wife of
Jonathan Ingersoll
— married
10 Nov 1740 in Derby, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Ingersoll) Lee, Dorcas (Ingersoll) Andrews, Jonathan Ingersoll, Mary (Ingersoll) Hooker, Abigail (Ingersoll) Olmsted, Esther (Ingersoll) Olmstead, Moses Ingersoll and Ann (Ingersoll) King
Died
at about age 86
in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Apr 2016
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Biography
Dorcas Moss was born in 1725 in Derby, CT.[1]
Married 10 Nov 1740 Jonathan Ingersoll. [2][3]
She passed away 29 Sep 1811 in Ridgefield, CT.[4][5]
Her husband Rev. Jonathan Ingersoll was a patriot during the American Revolution when he took the Freemans Oath in 1777. [6]
Burial
- Titicus Cemetery, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut (Find A Grave)
Sources
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Name Rev Jonathan Ingersoll Gender Male Birth Place CT Birth Year 1713 Spouse Name Dorcas Moss Spouse Birth Place CT Spouse Birth Year 1725 Marriage Year 1740
- ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Name Rev Jonathan Ingersoll Gender Male Birth Place CT Birth Year 1713 Spouse Name Dorcas Moss Spouse Birth Place CT Spouse Birth Year 1725 Marriage Year 1740
- ↑ A Genealogy of The Ingersoll Family in America 1629-1925 Compiled by Lillian Drake Avery, Published by the Grafton Press 2006 Page 135
- ↑ Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 Name Dorcas Ingersoll Birth Date abt 1725 Age at Death 86 Death Date 29 Sep 1811 Death Place Connecticut FHL Film Number 3147
- ↑ A Genealogy of The Ingersoll Family in America 1629-1925 Compiled by Lillian Drake Avery, Published by the Grafton Press 2006 Page 135
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 24 Nov 2020), "Record of Jonathan Ingersoll", Ancestor # A060093. Meehan-411
- Rockwell, George. The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut (Ridgefield, Conn., 1927) Page 405.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #18067223
- Hayes, Charles Wells. William Wells of Southold and His Descendants, A.D. 1638-1878 (Baker, Jones & Co., Buffalo, NY, 1878) Page 169.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
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~0.78%
Marissa (Ingersoll) Caiazzo
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A296414 [compare], Ancestry member Camaro8887
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~0.78%
Sandra (Glover) Laing :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Lexi (Olmstead) Hunt :
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