Born in New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Smith
and Hannah (Atwater) Smith
Sister of
Samuel Smith, Anna (Smith) Hemingway, Joseph Smith, Benjamin Smith, Daniel Smith, Laban Smith and Hannah Smith
Wife of
Timothy Andrews
— married
16 Dec 1776 (to about 1780) in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Wife of
John Thompson
— married
4 Sep 1783 in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Desire (Thompson) Smith and Lucy (Thompson) Smith
Died
at age 75
in East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jul 2013
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Biography
Dorcas Smith, the daughter of Daniel Smith and Hannah Atwater, was born February 25, 1760, baptized May 11, 1760, and died October 20, 1835 at the age of 75. On December 16, 1776 she married Timothy Andrews. Timothy died about 1780 and on September 4, 1783 she married John Thompson.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol VII, page 1658 (Smith Family).
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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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~0.78%
Carol Proud
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Dorothy (Monroe) Wind :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ME9534475 [compare]
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