Born in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of David Stone
and Dorcas (Freeman) Stone
Wife of
James Maxwell
— married
about 1676 in Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Died
at about age 38
in Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jul 2011
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Biography
Dorcas was born in 1652. She passed away in 1691.
Sources
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MPPD-XBP : 15 January 2020), Entry for Dorcas Stone, 1652.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:M69F-WDQ : 15 January 2020), Entry for Dorcas Maxwell, 1677.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRGX-RHZM : 11 May 2022), Entry for Jeremiah Rogers and Dorcas, 1672; citing Marriage, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011279.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-V48 : 20 May 2022), Dorcas in entry for Jerimiah Rogers, 11 Oct 1672; citing Marriage, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTD-S76Z : 10 November 2020), Dorcas in entry for David Maxwell, 31 Aug 1679; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM7-QJP : 15 January 2020), Dorcas in entry for David Maxwell, 1679.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCTM-R1W2 : 10 November 2020), Dorcas in entry for Susanna Maxwell, 27 Aug 1681; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHM7-5MC : 15 January 2020), Dorcas in entry for Susanna Maxwell, 1681.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMW-8X4 : 15 January 2020), Dorcas in entry for James Maxwell, 1684.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCT6-LSN2 : 10 November 2020), Dorcas in entry for Samuel Maxwell, 12 May 1686; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMW-P82 : 15 January 2020), Dorcas in entry for Samuel Maxwe;;, 1686.
- Dorcas Stone, descendant of Simone Stone genealogy: Ancestry and Descendants of Deacon Simon Stone of Watertown, Massachusetts 1320-1917.
- https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE57079
- Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840
- https://search.ancestry.com/collections/4592/records/34207
- The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1847-2011
- https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2129/records/477700
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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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~0.39%
Margie (Connable) Zeller
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Ginger (Backes) Baxter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FL1866439 [compare], Ancestry member carolmarieseager
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Rejected matches › Dorcas Montgomery (Stone) Knowles (1823-1858)
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