Dorothea (Drinkwater) Cudworth (abt. 1738 - abt. 1800)

Born about 1738 in Dighton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Cudworth — married 8 Apr 1768 in Freetown, Dighton, Massachusetts

Died about 1800 at about age 62 in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Descendant of George Soule.

Biography

Dorothy Drinkwater
is the 3rd generation of this surname found in Colonial America.

Dorothea, sixth daughter of of Samuel Drinkwater and Dorothy Josselyn, was born in 1748 in Province of Massachusetts Bay.

She married Nathaniel Cudworth, brother of her sister's spouses.^[1]

Children:

1. i. Synthia, b. 26 Sept 1758
2. ii. Ardelia, b. 30 May 1772
3. iii. John Drinkwater Cudworth, b. 11 Aug 1775
4. iv. Nathaniel, b. 27 April 1777

Last Will & Testament

We the subscribers purfuant to an order hereunto from the Honble George Leonard, esq. to appraise and divide all the real estate whereof Dorothy (nee: Josselyn) Drinkwater late of Dighton deced ___ of all parties bring notified we promised to divide too and among the children of the deced in the following manner:

1. We set off to Abigail Cuds

worth the wife of Edward Cuds worth daughter of the deced, the following piece of land with part of the decd dwelling house and the land as bounded as followeth: beginning at the northwest corner of the land belonging to the heirs of Samuel Drinkwater deced by the road leading to Berkley thence east ...

1. We set off to Susannah Drinkwater daughter of the deced two pieces of land ...
2. We set off to Desire Drinkwater daughter of the deced the following piece of land with part of the deced dwelling house and the land is bounded beginning at the northwest corner of the land set off to Susannah Drinkwater by the road leading to Berkley ...
3. We set off to Elizabeth Briant the wife of Jonathan Briant daughter of the deced the following piece of land
4. We set off the Phebe Cudworth the wife of David Cudworth deced daughter of the deced two pieces of land as follows ...
5. We set off to Dorothy Cudworth the wife of Nathaniel Cuds

worth deced two pieces of land as follows: ...

1. We set off to Thomas Drinkwater son of Thomas Drinkwater deced the following piece of land ...

Research Notes

Name: Dorothea in Mayflower refs, Dorothy in other refs.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #45914469 (accessed 27 January 2022)
   Edward Cudworth marriage to Abigail Drinkwater in Nov 1772 in Freetown, Massachusetts.

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Dorothy Drinkwater and Nathaniel Cudworth 20:18, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Vol. 3. Author George Soule. Publisher: General Society of Mayflower Descendants. p.362. 17:48, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=68017036&pid=433

Acknowledgements

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Drinkwater-210 was created by Lisa Edwards through the import of Edwards Family Tree.ged on Apr 9, 2014.