Dorcas Hinman (1736)

Born 13 Dec 1736 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Phineas Potter — married 10 Mar 1757 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Fly Creek, Otsego, New York, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Dorcas HINMAN was born 13 Dec 1736 in Woodbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut to Eleazer and Hannah Hinman. ^[1][2]

Phineas Potter married Dorkus Hinman on March 10, 1757 at Woodbury, Connecticut.^[3]

Research Notes

In 1774 Phineas Potter, from Westbury, owned land in Winstead. In that year, accompanied by sons Daniel and Sheldon, he built a shanty on the west side of the Still River. The family, wife Dorcas and children (Sheldon, Daniel, Salmon and Freedom) lived in the shanty until a permanent house was built, becoming the first family to settle in the Still River Valley south of the Old North Road.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WJ-VYC : accessed 26 April 2016), Eleazer Hinman in entry for Dorcas Hinman, 13 Dec 1736; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGYV-J9H4 : 21 September 2019), Dorcas Hinman, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272233.
3. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Free Image Link
4. ↑ Annals and family records of Winchester, Conn.; Logan Family History Center, pg 277 Phineas Potter

See also:

• Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 6321.