Dorcas
Peters
formerly [surname unknown] aka Rogers
Born about in Gay Head, Ma
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Henry Peters
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Elnora (Peters) Silvia
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Dorcas Rogers is mentioned in her husband's biography:
- Henry Peters (before 1803-after 1870) was a seaman and farmer from the Gay Head Indian community. He was the husband of Dorcas Rogers and father of Eleanora Peters (b. 1819). The family was living at Gay Head in 1870.[1][2]
Research Notes
- Dorcas Peters is on the death record of her daughter Elnora Sylvia.[3]
Footnotes
Sources
- ↑ Pease, Pease Report, 53.
- ↑ https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/peters-henry
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW4D-GZV : 6 April 2020), Dorcas Peters in entry for Elnora Sylvia, 1888.
- ↑ Entered by Kerry Fisher.
Acknowledgments
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