Born in Buxton, York, Maine
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Sands
and Lydia (Fall) Sands
Sister of
Elizabeth (Sands) Thompson, Lydia Sands, James Sands, Abigail Sands, Thomas Sands, Lydia Sands, John Sands and James Sands
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 60
in Buxton, York, Maine, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2011
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Biography
Dorcas, daughter of James Sands & Lydia, was baptized 24 Feb 1778 at the Church of Christ in Buxton, Maine, United States.[1][2]
Dorcas Sands and Stephen Merrill were married on 23 February 1812 at the Church of Christ in Buxton, Maine, United States.[3][4][5][6]
Sources
- ↑ "Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907", citing Record number: 17, FamilySearch Record: QP7S-1GKK (accessed 8 August 2022) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSVY-T938-S Image number 00180, Dorcas Sands birth in Maine, United States, daughter of James Sands & Lydia.
- ↑ The Records of the Church of Christ in Buxton, Me: Page 53 https://archive.org/details/cu31924028809908/page/n57/mode/2up?q=Dorcas
- ↑ "Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907", citing Marriage, Maine, United States, Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 008133037, FamilySearch Record: QG2T-CR9J (accessed 8 August 2022) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CSVY-T936-6 Image number 00171, Dorcas Sands marriage to Stephen Merrill on 23 Feb 1812 in Maine, United States.
- ↑ The Records of the Church of Christ in Buxton, Me: Page 44 https://archive.org/details/cu31924028809908/page/n49/mode/2up
- ↑ Merrill: Page 510
- ↑ "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000", M > Merrill > A Merrill Memorial: An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill, An Early Settler of Newbury > image 522 of 735, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 8 August 2022), Dorcas Sands.
- The Records of the Church of Christ in Buxton, Me (Rev. Paul D. Coffin, Printed for Cyrus Woodman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Press of John Wilson and Son, 1868.)
- Merrill, Samuel. A Merrill Memorial An Account of the Descendants of Nathaniel Merrill (Cambridge, Mass., 1928)
See Also:
- Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: Ancestry Profile
Acknowledgments
- Profile Sands-200 was created through the import of Frank Walter Sands_ Family Tre.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Frank Walter Sands.
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