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Dorcas (Smith) Hastings (1707 - 1731)

Dorcas Hastings formerly Smith
Born in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 10 Nov 1726 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticutmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 23 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticutmap
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Biography

Dorcas Smith was born on November 19, 1701, to Ebenezer Smith and Sarah (Huxley) Smith of Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony.[1][2]

On November 10, 1726, Dorcas married Joseph Hastings, also of Suffield.[3][2][4] Joseph was a Baptist minister as well as a "joyner" or maker of fine cabinetry.[5] The couple had two daughters:

1. Submit Hastings (1727-1782)[6], m. 9 Mar 1749, Moses Spear (1720-1782)
2. Dorcas Hastings (1731-1816)[7], m. Phineas Harmon (1720-1802)

Dorcas passed away on June 19, 1732, in Suffield, Connecticut, at the age of 30.[1] She is buried in Zions Hill Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA[1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find-a-Grave memorial for Dorcas (Smith) Hastings
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. Family book of remembrance and genealogy, with allied lines (online database). Provo, UT, USA. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004 Online version here
  3. "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78X8-Y3W2 : 20 February 2019), Dorcas Smith, 10 Nov 1726; citing Marriage, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272247.
  4. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Book Title: Rising Genealogy : descendants of Jonathan Rising of Suffield, Connecticut, Appendix E. Online version here
  5. Ancestry.com. U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995 (online database). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Delaware, Craftperson Files, 1600-1995. Card File of American Craftspeople, 1600-1995. The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. Winterthur, Delaware.. Online version here
  6. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WJ-H5Z : 11 February 2018), Dorcas in entry for Submit Hastins, 17 Oct 1727; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
  7. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WJ-HV2 : 11 February 2018), Dorcas in entry for Dorcas Hastins, 14 Jun 1731; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

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Smith-10265 and Smith-180777 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same parents, same date of birth. I have info and links to add to her profile, but first she needs to have a single profile - one that links to her husband Joseph Hastings (Hastings-876). Thanks.
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