Born in N. Yarmouth, ME.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ezekiel Delano
and Martha (Chandler) Delano
Wife of
Abel Merrill
— married
25 Jun 1809 in Church of Christ, Buxton, ME.
Descendants 
Mother of
Edmond Chandler Merrill
Died
at about age 73
in N. Yarmouth, ME.
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Dec 2018
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Biography
Dorcas was born in 1777.
- married Abel Merrill 25 Jun 1809 in Church of Christ, ME. ( Tory Hill )
- They had at least 5 children
- Edmond. 1809
- Joan. 1811
- Benjamin Delano Merrill 1814
- Daniel Sweetser Merrill. 1816
- David Sweetser Merrill. 1821
- She passed away in 1850.
Sources
- ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Thomas Bradbury.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Dorcas:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Thomas Bradbury 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch qw3204885 [compare], Ancestry member TomBradbury1951
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~0.78%
Frederick Leickly :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fleickly
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