Dorcas A (Green) Boyd (1804 - 1885)

Born 16 Aug 1804 in Vista, Lewisboro, Westchester, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Boyd — married 18 Sep 1826 in Connecticut, United States

Wife of Jeremiah Knapp — married 18 Dec 1867 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1885 at age 80 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Dorcas Green was born on August 16, 1804, in Vista, Lewisboro, Westchester, New York, United States. Her parents were William Green and Dorcas Unknown.

She married first Francis Boyd

Francis and Dorcas had 6 children:

1. Sarah Boyd
2. Esther Ann Boyd, b. 1830, m. David Stiles Clark
3. Angelina Boyd, b. 1834, m. Morris H. Canfield
4. Ellen Sabina Boyd, b. 1836, m. Edwin Taylor
5. Ruth Ann Boyd, b. 1839, d. 1858 unmarried
6. Frank Stiles Boyd, b. 1843, d. 1860 unmarried

She married second Jeremiah Knapp, husband of her sister, Olive Green.

She died on April 18, 1885 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHR3-GNC : 18 February 2021), Dorcas Boyd in entry for Francis Boyd, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M827-W69 : 29 May 2021), J Knapp in entry for Jeremiah Knapp, 1870.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLZ-LC7L : 17 July 2020), Dorcas Green Knapp, 1885; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8VT-1SC : 8 March 2021), Dorcas Greene in entry for Ester Boyd Clark, 30 Oct 1918; citing Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, reference fn 66018; FHL microfilm 1,984,446.