Born in Vermont
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ezra Mead Sr.
and Tryphena (Burton) Wylie
Sister of
Isaac Mead, Silas Mead, Lydia Mead, Rufus Mead, Ezra Mead II, Tryphena (Mead) Smith, Solomon Mead, Lydia (Meade) Sever, Mary (Mead) Thrall, Josiah Mead, Peter Mead, Michael Mead and Cynthia (Mead) Smith
Wife of
Joseph Chapman
— married
21 Feb 1798 in Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 47
in Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Oct 2016
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Biography
Dorcas Mead (Ezra, Timothy, Jonathan, John, William) was born on 16 December 1777, the daughter of Ezra Mead and Tryphena Burton.[1]
Marriage
Dorcas Mead married on 21 February 1798 in Vermont to Joseph Chapman.[2] They had at least two children together: Elsa (Chapman) Beall, b. 1806, d. 29 Jul 1890[3] Harvey Chapman, born abt. 1813, died 10 Dec 1892.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Mead, Spencer P., (1901) "History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield ..." New York: Knickerbocker, Archive.org (Page 366).
- ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFKZ-9H3 : 6 December 2014), Joseph Chapman and Dorcas Mead, 21 Feb 1798, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,628.
- ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHBK-Y42 : 9 December 2014), Dorcas Chapman in entry for Elsa Beall, 29 Jul 1890; citing Sherwood, Branch, Michigan, reference v B p 49; FHL microfilm 930,801.
- ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF3J-PXC : 6 December 2014), Dorcas Mead in entry for Harvy Chapman, 10 Dec 1892, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,072.
- "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFJJ-K9W : 3 November 2017), Chapman, Jul 1825, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,505.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #30786895
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorcas by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 ancestors' 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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~0.78%
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