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Dorithy (Porter) Overman (1654 - aft. 1715)

Dorithy Overman formerly Porter
Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, New Englandmap
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Wife of — married about 1693 (to after 12 Sep 1715) in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticutmap [uncertain]
Died after after age 61 [location unknown]
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Biography

Birth and Origin

Dorithy Porter, daughter of Thomas Porter, was baptized in November,1654 into the First Church of Christ, Congregational in Farmington, Connecticut Colony.[1] Today her father is listed as one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut.[2] Her mother, Sarah Hart, was the daughter of Stephen Hart, the first Deacon of the First Church of Farmington.[3]

Marriage

Dorithy was Jacob Overman's second wife. Overman's first wife, Hannah, died on the 22nd of February, 1692/3, two days after giving birth to her ninth child. Jacob Overman, as a single father of nine children, including a days old child, was in serious need of a mother for his children. At the time Dorithy was a 38 year old spinster. As soon as it was socially acceptable (1693-94) they married. While Dorithy never had any children of her own, she was mother to Hannah's brood.

Carolina
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Dorithy (Porter) Overman migrated from Colony of Connecticut to Colony of Carolina.
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Exactly what sparked Jacob and Dorithy's decision to move south to the Carolina colonies is not known. What is known is that on the 29th of November 1694 Jacob appeared before a court on Perquimans Precinct, in the Proprietary of Carolina where he proved headrights for himself, his wife and six of his children (Jacob, Sr, Dorithy, Jacob Jr, Thomas, Ephrim, Margery, Charles, and Ann). Three of Jacob and Dorithy's children are missing from this list John, Joseph and Hope. It is assumed that these three died prior to the movee to Carolina.[4][5] Two months later on the 7th of January 1694/5, Jacob purchased 132 acres of land from Charles Tailerin in Perquimans Precinct, Albemarle County, in the Proprietary of Carolina.[6] In this document, also, Jacob is identified as a brick layer.

Research Notes

  • Dorothy Porter was born in 1652 to Thomas Porter and Sarah Hart in Farmington, Connecticut Colony, English Colonial America. This is based upon Dorothea Porter's Find-a-Grave profile. It should be noted that the profile does not contain a photo of the headstone and provides no other source for these facts.[7]
  • She died in 1715 at the age of 63.[7]

Sources

  1. "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 6 Feb 2023), Volume 034 Farmington > image 216 of 327; citing Connecticut. Church Records Index, Vol 34:213. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Farmington.
  2. Jacobs, Timothy Lester, "Thomas Porter, Hartford Founder," Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, (https://www.foundersofhartford.org/the-founders/thomas-porter/ : 11 Feb 2023).
  3. Andrews, Alfred. Genealogical history of Deacon Stephen Hart and his descendants, 1632. 1875: with an introduction of miscellaneous Harts and their progenitors, as far as known; to which is added a list of all the clergy of the name found, all the physicians, all the lawyers, the authors, and soldiers. Hartford, Conn.: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1875 pp. 39-41
  4. North Carolina. General Court February 25, 1695 - March 01, 1695, Volume 01, Pages 443
  5. Whitley, Caroline B. 2001. North Carolina Headrights: A List of Names, 1663-1744. p.20. Department of Archives and History, NC Dept of Cultural Resources, Raleigh.
  6. Winslow, Watson. 1931 reprinted 1990. History of Perquimans County; As Compiled from Records Found There and Elsewhere; Abstracts of Deeds from 1681 through the Revolution. p 45. Baltimore Md: Genealogical Publishing Co.; citing Perquimans County Deeds Book Vol. A, #95.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67397989/dorothea-overman: accessed 9 February 2023), memorial page for Dorothea “Dorothy” Porter Overman (1652–1715), Find A Grave: Memorial #67397989, maintained by Lanie (contributor 47381115); citing Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.

Also see:

  • Find A Grave Index. Dorothea Porter Overman. Burial at Ancient Burying Ground in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Age: 63.
  • Dorothy was the 2nd wife of Jacob Overman. They were married after the death of first wife Hannah in 1692. She is named in his will, dated 9/12/1715 in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. The will was never probated, but can be found in the Colonial Records of North Carolina.
  • Dorothy, Jacob and six children migrated from Connecticut to North Carolina about 1694.
  • The following is from Joyce Overman Bowman, a leading researcher of the Overman and allied families for over 30 years: "The Carolina Colonial Records: 11/29/1694. Jacob Overman proved his right [headright - 50 acres per person] to four hundred acres of land by the Importation of Jacob Overman [himself], Dorathy Overman [his new wife], Jacob Overman Junior, Thos. Overman, Ephrim Overman, Margery Overman, Charles Overman and Anne Overman and Warrant Given. Children missing from this list are John, Joseph and Hope, who would have all been quite young. Hope only 2 years old. Perhaps these are children that did not survive. "The Index to the North Carolina Colonial Records has several entries in Volumes 1 & 2 - these need to be examined."
  • Abstracts of North Carolina Wills. Raleigh, North Carolina. By John Bryan Grimes. North Caroline Department of State, 1910. Jacob Overman's Will. Wills, 1663 - 1789. North Carolina, Division of Archives and History. Probate Place: North Carolina. Son: Ephraim. Daughter: Margaret Macky. Wife: Dorothy. Executors: William Haig and Thos. Macky. Witnesses: James Bell, Robert Wheatley, Thomas Woodley. No probate.
  • Note on Jacob Overman's FamilySearch Page: Sailed in 1667 to Maryland on the "Thomas and Mary", Captain Thomas Harwood, He was indentured for 6 years to Richard Gorsuch, Talbot County, Maryland. By 1677 he was in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut - where he married Hannah. In 1679 he bought 4 acres in Wethersfield from Thos. Wickam Jr. Hannah died in 1692. In 1694, Jacob got a 400 acre grant in North Carolina and moved his new wife Dorothy and the children of Hannah's to Pasquotank County, North Carolina. His children became Quakers. More on his page... https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCCY-67T
  • Will of Jacob Overman of Paasquotank. Probate: 9/12/1715. Wife, Dorothy. Son, Ephraim. Daughter, Margaret Mackey. Son, Charles. Children of my son Jacob, deceased. William Haig & William Mackey, Executors. Test: Robt Wheatley, Thos. Woodley. "Genealogical Records: Early NC Settlers 1700s-1900s" Barber states that the above date was the date of the Will found at the North Carolina Archives & that there was no probate date. She listed a third witness as James Bell - perhaps he was the clerk. The will seems to have been written just a few days following the death of his son, Jacob Jr.




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Dorothy's baptismal record is now found and cited. The name is "Dorithy" on that record. No idea where Dorothea comes from as that is not found on any documents that I can find in CT or NC. I think the Dorothea should be removed--it is repeated all over internet genealogy and does not seem to have a basis.

Did she perhaps remarry after Jacob died? The Pasquotank/Perquimans MM minutes for this period are incomplete and I can find no death or remarriage. I see unsubstantiated oddness that she died in Canada in 1715 and then see that F-a-G has her buried in Hartford.

posted by T Stanton
Thanks, Fred. I'll also check for other Connecticut records.
posted by T Stanton
Hi T,

Under "Notes" in the bio section, you'll see the reference to the maiden name. I have it from Joyce Overman Bowman, a well-respected researcher of the Overman family for more than thirty years. It has been several years since I've had contact with Joyce. If you google her and make contact, she can likely tell you where Porter, and her parents' names came from.

posted by Fred Remus III
What is the documentation of Dorothy's maiden name and was this her first marriage?
posted by T Stanton

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