Dorothy (Prescott) Varnum (1682 - aft. 1722)

Born 16 Feb 1682 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Varnum — married 13 Nov 1700 (to 23 Feb 1715) in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after Oct 1722 after age 40 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Dorothy Prescott was born in Groton, Middlesex County, (then) Massachusetts Bay Colony on 16 February 1681, the daughter of Capt. Jonas and Mary (Loker) Prescott.^[1][2]

She married John Varnum on 13 November 1700 in Dracut.^[3][4] John was the first town clerk, serving from 1702-1713, and so recorded his own marriage in the town books.^[2] He was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Langton) Varnum.^[5]

She outlived her husband, and was represented in Oct 1722 by her agent in fixing the boundary line between her farm and that of Col. Joseph Varnum, her husband's brother.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1926-1927), p. 190.

   "PRESCOTT, Dorithea, d. Capt. Jonas and Marey, Feb. 16, 1681."

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Varnum, John Marshall, The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts) (Boston: David Clapp & Son, Printers, 1907), p. 45.
3. ↑ Woods, Henry Ernest, Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 1907), p. 248.

   "Varnum, John and Dorathi Prescout of Groto[n] Nov 13, 1700 [int. also recorded]."

4. ↑ A List of Marriages Sent to the Town Clerk of Groton, MA under Chapter LXXXIV, Section 4, of the Acts of 1857 and some other Sources. Groton Historical Series by Dr. Samuel A. Green Vol. 1, 1887, p. 44.

   "John Varnum of Dracut & Dorathy Prescott of Groton were lawfully married in November, the 13th day in the year 1700."

5. ↑ Essex Institute, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, MA: 1914), p. 159.

See also:

• Longley, Louise B.; Janneyne Longley Gnacinski, The Longley Family Genealogy (Sentinel Printing Co., Fitchburg, 1901), page 104. (Birth Date: 16 Feb 1681, First Marriage Date: 15 Nov 1700 [page 104 Image 105 of 192])