Born in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Timothy Pratt
and Tabitha Boutwell
Sister of
Isaac Pratt [half]
Wife of
Thomas Wakefield Sr.
— married
29 Mar 1750 in Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Wakefield, Joseph Wakefield, Ebenezer Wakefield, Timothy W. Wakefield, William Wakefield, Dorcas (Wakefield) Damon, John Wakefield and Peter Wakefield
Died
at age 77
in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Died November 25, 1782. Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [3] 25 Nov 1802. Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [4] Found multiple copies of death date. Using November 25, 1782
Buried Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [5]
Marriage Husband Thomas Wakefield. Wife Dorcas Pratt. Child: Thomas Wakefield. Child: Joseph Wakefield. Child: Ebenezer Wakefield. Child: Timothy Wakefield. Child: William Wakefield. Child: Dorcas Wakefield. Child: John Wakefield. Child: Peter Wakefield. Marriage 29 Mar 1750. Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [6]
Husband Timothy Pratt. Wife @P83@. Child: Dorcas Pratt. Marriage 26 May 1724. Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [7][8]
Dorcas was born in 1725. She passed away in 1802. Died of lung fever.
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S253029930
- ↑ Source: #S253035072 Book Title: Wakefield Memorial : comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield
- ↑ Source: #S253029930
- ↑ Source: #S253035072 Book Title: Wakefield Memorial : comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield
- ↑ Source: #S253029930
- ↑ Source: #S253035072 Book Title: Wakefield Memorial : comprising an historical, genealogical and biographical register of the name and family of Wakefield
- ↑ Source: #S253036480
- ↑ Source: #S253036480
- Source: S253029930 Repository: #R250183524 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- Repository: R250183524 Ancestry.com
- Source: S253029976 Repository: #R250183524 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=103523171&pid=64
- Source: S253035072 Repository: #R250183524 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
- Genealogies
By Josiah Lafayette Seward [1] Page: 1434 WAKEFIELD I _ OSEPI I1 WAKEFIELD is said to have come from Wales and is found in Boston in 1727 m Cassy Bridge II THOMAS2 WAKEFIELD son ofjosephl I b Boston Aug 5 1727 d abt 1791 m in 1750 Dorcas Pratt who I in 1802 aged 77 dau of Timothy and Dorcas Eaton Pratt III l HOM IS WAKEFIELD
- Thomas Wackfeild, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
[1] Citation "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch [2]Thomas Wackfeild and Dorca Pratt, 29 Mar 1750; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 890,236.
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- Repository: R1050463636 Ancestry.com
- Genealogical history of the town of Reading, Mass. : including the present towns of Wakefield, Reading, and North Reading, with chronological and historical sketches, from 1639 to 1874. by Lilley Eaton (published in 1874)
Vital records of Reading, Massachusetts, to year 1850 – by Thomas Williams Baldwin (published in 1912).
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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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