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Dorcas (Vickery) Sparrow (1698 - 1776)

Dorcas Sparrow formerly Vickery
Born in Hull, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , [half], [half] and [half]
Wife of — married 12 Oct 1721 in Harwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died at about age 77 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USAmap
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Biography

Dorcas Vickery was born on 13 March 1698 in Hull, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Benjamin and Dorcas (Paine) Vickery.[1]

She married Jonathan Sparrow on 12 October 1721 in Harwich, Barnstable County. He was the son of Jonathan and Rebecca Sparrow, born about 1695 probably in Eastham. He died in Eastham in 1790, aged 95. He was also a descendant of Mayflower passenger Steven Hopkins.[1]

Dorcas Sparrow died in Eastham in 1776.[1]

No probate records have been found for either Dorcas or Jonathan.[1]

Children of Jonathan and Dorcas (Vickery) Sparrow, recorded in Eastham:[1]

  1. Dorcas Sparrow, b. 04 Oct 1722
  2. Jonathan Sparrow, b. 02 Feb 1725/6; m. (1) Elizabeth (Paine) Hurd; (2) Hannah Warren; administration of his estate granted to widow Hannah Sparrow 10 Oct 1769.
  3. Benjamin Sparrow, b. 07 Oct 1727
  4. Isaac Sparrow, b. 26 Nov 1730; m. Mary Hopkins
  5. Joshua Sparrow, b. 04 Sep 1735.
  6. Phebe Sparrow, b. 03 Jan 1737/8; m. Elnathan Snow.
  7. [Sparrow-882|Solomon Sparrow]], b. 14 Feb 1739/40; m. Keziah Cole.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Stephen Hopkins, Vol. 6 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition]), p. 46, 203-4.

See also:

  • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 October 2018, 14:53), entry for Dorcas Vickery(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LBWW-XQ2); contributed by various users.
  • Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006) *Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol. 6 Stephen Hopkins p. 101




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