Dorcas was born in London and baptised at St Bartholomew by the Exchange on 5th February 1568/9 as the daughter of Mr John Rivers Alderman.[1]
Dorcas was left a bequest in the Will of her father, John Rivers citizen and Alderman of London, which was made on 31st January 1583/4. [2]
Dorcas married Sir Henry James, and it is as his wife that she is left a bequest in the Will of her mother, Lady Elizabeth Rivers the elder, which was made on 12th January 1618/9. [3][4]
Dorcas died before May 1628, which is when her brother Edward Rivers merchant of London made his Will in which he referred to his two nieces 'Frances James and her sister now dwelling with her' as 'the daughters of the Lady Dorcas James deceased'. [5]
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