Bathsheba (Unknown) Doggett (abt. 1610 - aft. 1673)

Wife of Joshua Pratt — married about 1630 in Plymouth Colony

Wife of John Doggett — married 29 Aug 1667 in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 4 Jun 1673 after about age 63 in Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Bathsheba _______, whose birth is estimated at 1610 (20 years before her marriage) married about 1630, Joshua Pratt of Plymouth, Plymouth Colony. This assumes she was his only wife and mother of his children.^[1]

There were not a lot of women available in Plymouth to marry. No one named Bathsheba was listed in the 1627 cattle division, when Joshua was still single. They were married about 1630, which suggests that Bathsheba came in the last group sailing from Leiden in late 1629 and early 1630.^[1]

She was granted administration of his estate, 5 Oct 1656.^[1]

After the death of Joshua, Bathsheba married John "Doged" of Martha's Vineyard in Plymouth on 29 Aug 1667.^{[1] [2]}

Bathsheba was still living 4 June 1673, when she exhibited the inventory of her second husband.^[3]

Disputed Surname

"Some sources claim that Joshua Pratt's wife was named Bathsheba Fay. There is no evidence for this, and no Fay family in Plymouth who might have supplied such a wife. This false claim apparently arises from the misinterpretation of the marriage in Marlborough, Massachusetts, of John Pratt and Bathsheba Fay on 4 January 1715/6"^[1]

Children of Joshua and Bathsheba

1. Benajah , b. say 1630; m. 1655 Persis Dunham, daughter of John Dunham^[1]
2. Hannah, b. say 1632; m. March 1651/2? William Spooner - as his second wife^[1]
3. Jonathan, b. say 1637; m. (1) 1664 Abigail Wood m. (2) 1689/90 Elizabeth (White) Hall, daughter of Nicholas White and widow of Samuel Hall^[1]
4. Bathsheba, b. about 1639 m. 1662 "Josua Ris" son of Robert Roice.^[1]
5. Deborah (probably), born say 1642, d. Rehoboth 1 Apr 1720; m1. John Barrows about 1665, m2. Joseph Buckland 17 Oct 1693 Plymouth.^[4]

Research notes

The sources for this book, Second Boat, might be checked for validity as it names a Bathsheba Fay arriving in 1623:

Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"
Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1623; Page Number: 50
Ancestry Record 7486 #3501814 (accessed 9 May 2023)
Source Bibliography: SHERMAN, JOHN H. "'Second Boat' Ancestors." In The Second Boat (Pentref Press, Machias, ME), vol. 4:2 (Aug. 1983), pp. 49-55.; Arrival Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts;
Household Members (Name):
Bathsheba Fay; Source Publication Code: 8395; Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of first mention of residence in the New World. In some cases, the name of the ship and spousal information is also provided.; Name: Bathsheba Fay; Arrival Year: 1623; Primary Immigrant: Fay, Bathsheba.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. Joshua Pratt (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004).
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8C-FK4B : 31 October 2019), John Doged and Bathsheba Prat, 29 Aug 1667; citing Marriage, Plymouth, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009308.
3. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). John Doggett https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/569/1415512063
4. ↑ Martin E. Hollick, "John Barrows of Plymouth, Mass.," NEHGR Vol. 166 (Apr 2012):123. (Article published after Anderson's Great Migration Begins, which does not include her as a child of Joshua.)

• COURT: October 5, 1656 (PCR 3:108) Letters of administration are granted unto Bathsheba Pratt, to administer on the estate of Joshua Pratt, deceased.