William (Dunsmore) Dinsmoor (1698 - 1782)

Born 1698 in Kilrea, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Mores) Dunsmoor — married 28 Nov 1733 (to Jul 1735) in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Jane (Smith) Dunsmoor — married 22 Apr 1736 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 27 Nov 1782 at about age 84 in Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States

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William (Dunsmore) Dinsmoor was born in Ireland.

Biography

Birth

William Dunsmoor was born circa 1698 in Kilrea, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland. His parents were John Dinsmore and Hannah Dinsmoor. He emigrated to America. He died November 27, 1782 at the age of 84 in Boylston (Worcester County), Massachusetts, United States. ^[1]

Marriage 1

His first wife was Jane Mores; they married on November 28, 1733 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Mass. She was born circa 1713. She died circa 1735 in Mass.

Children:

1. Agnes Dunsmoor was born on June 28, 1735 in Stow, Mass. She died on September 1, 1780 in Sterling, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.

He Married Jane Smith as his second wife on April 22, 1736. She died on October 15, 1765. Their children:

1. Mary Dunsmore was born circa 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She died before February 9, 1782 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She married William Crawford on February 26, 1758 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
2. Oliver Dunsmore was born on January 23, 1739/40 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He died after 1800.
3. John Dunsmore was born on September 17, 1742 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He died on August 4, 1811 in Grafton, Vermont. He married Sarah Winn on September 13, 1766 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
4. Elizabeth Dunsmore was born in July 1744 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She died on January 7, 1744/5 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
5. Elizabeth, baptized in Chocksett Church, Lancaster, Massachusetts, on 6 January 1745, by J. Mellen. ^[2]
6. Joseph Dunsmore was born on July 5, 1747 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He died after 1783 in Georgia Plains, Vermont. He married Ruth Newton on November 16, 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
7. Ruth Dunsmore was born before September 2, 1750 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She died after 1783 in Templeton, Massachusetts. She married Stephen Hayward on March 6, 1771 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
8. William Dunsmore was born before September 30, 1753 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. He died circa 1754 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
9. Olive Dunsmore was born on May 15, 1757 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She married Peter Brown on October 24, 1781 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.

He married third Ruth Mitchell in 1766. She was born in 1724. She died on April 4, 1808 in Boylston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She is buried in the Old Burial Ground, Boylston, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. Their Children:

1. William Dunsmore was born on March 11, 1769 in Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
2. John Dunsmore was born circa 1781.

He is buried in the Old Burial Ground in Boylston.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.ryanwadleigh.com/dunsmore.html#william
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Lancaster, page 379: January 6th: 1745. Baptized ye child of William Densmoor named Elisabeth.
3. ↑ Find-A-Grave

• William Dinsmore (Dunsmore), by Jamie Dinsmore. Geni.com. Last updated June 17, 2014.

• William Dunsmore, Find-A-Grave website