Born in Groton, New London County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Nathaniel Smith
and Mary (Denison) Smith
Sister of
Nathan Smith, Mary (Smith) Swan, Jane (Smith) Denison, Elizabeth (Smith) Swan, Oliver Smith, Gilbert Smith, Hannah (Smith) Avery and Jabez Smith
Wife of
Samuel Edgecomb I
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Catherine Edgecomb, David Edgecomb, Elizabeth (Edgecomb) Walworth, Samuel Edgecomb II, Gilbert (Edgcomb) Edgecomb Sr. and Jabez Edgecomb
Died
at age 83
in Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2010
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Biography
Dorothy Smith, born 18 Apr 1729 at Groton, Connecticut, was the third child of Nathan Smith and Mary Denison.
She married Samuel Edgecomb.
Dorothy (Smith) Edgecomb died 14 Jan 1813 at Groton, Connecticut. Her grave is in Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, USA: Find A Grave: Memorial #76665781
Sources
- Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 465: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/17/mode/1up
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy:
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~0.78%
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Dorothy is recorded in this census image directly beneath her son Samuel