Born in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Eaton
and Betsey (Boutwell) Eaton
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Thompson Jr.
— married
25 Feb 1774 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
William Thompson Jr., Timothy Thompson, Dorcas Shamding (Thompson) Kingsbury, John Thompson, Elizabeth Betsey (Thompson) Sumner, Sarah (Thompson) Coolidge and Polly (Thompson) Taylor
Died
at age 90
in Plymouth, Windsor, Vermont, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Feb 2015
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Biography
Dorcas was born July 31, 1754 in Reading Massachusetts. [1][2]
She and William declared their intent to marry in 1773[3]
They married in Reading on February 25, 1774. William's from New Ipswich. [4]
Marriage
- Husband: William Thompson
- Wife: Dorcas Eason
- Child: Sarah Thompson
- Relationship to Father: Natural
- Relationship to Mother: Natural
- Marriage:
- Date: 25 FEB 1774
- Place: Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
- Source: #S33
- Page: 103
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-3ZBW?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-L2Q%3A353350601%2C353868201%2C353868501 : 29 November 2018), Middlesex > Reading > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1846 > image 41 of 145; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-3ZHL?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-L23%3A353350601%2C353868201%2C353868202 : 29 November 2018), Middlesex > Reading > Births, marriages, deaths 1653-1776 > image 65 of 141; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYP-RJ9 : 28 July 2021), Dorkas Eaton in entry for William Thompson, 1773.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9QY-HSL4?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-K6D%3A353350601%2C353362601%2C353362602 : 21 October 2020), Middlesex > County records > Births, marriages, deaths 1651-1793 > image 554 of 652; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYP-RJ9 : 28 December 2022), Dorkas Eaton in entry for William Thompson, 1773.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-3ZBW?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-L2Q%3A353350601%2C353868201%2C353868501 : 29 November 2018), Middlesex > Reading > Births, marriages, deaths 1640-1846 > image 41 of 145; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-3ZHL?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-L23%3A353350601%2C353868201%2C353868202 : 29 November 2018), Middlesex > Reading > Births, marriages, deaths 1653-1776 > image 65 of 141; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90309562/dorcas-thompson: accessed 11 November 2022), memorial page for Dorcas Eaton Thompson (31 Jul 1754–3 Feb 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 90309562, citing Plymouth Notch Cemetery, Plymouth, Windsor County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Kees Vandenberg (contributor 46787921) .
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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%
Robert Mayville
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A227429 [compare], Ancestry member jamberleaschmitt
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~0.39%
Jade (Schmitt) Wanger :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A572433 [compare], Ancestry member jamberleaschmitt
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~0.39%
Bobby Godfrey :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bobby1_godfrey
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