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Dorcas (Spence) Neale (bef. 1686 - abt. 1708)

Dorcas Neale formerly Spence
Born before in Westmoreland, Virginia Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1702 in Northumberland, Virginia Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died about after about age 22 in Northumberland, Virginia Colonymap
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Biography

Dorcas Spence, daughter of Alexander Spence and Elizabeth Browne daughter of Evan Browne, was born about 1686 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. She passed away about 1708.

Dorcas was named in the will of her step-grandfather, John Jordan, dated 6 February 1693/4:[1]

  • Unto my loving [stepson] son Alexander Spence's daughter Dorcas one Negroe boy Dick. If Dorcas should marry and died without issue then the said Negro doe descend unto her next heir at law.

Dorcas and her husband Richard Neale are both named in the appraisal of the estate of her father, Alexander Spence, presented in Westmoreland County Court 29 May 1706.[1]

Marriage & Children

Dorcas married Richard Neale about 1702 in Northumberland County, Virginia.[2] Known children (named in his will) include:

  • Rose Neale, b 1703, d aft 1747; md 1) Philpott Bonum, 2) Samuel Damourvell, 3) Francis Awbrey
  • Dorcus Neale, b 1708; md Mr. Smith

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1691-1699 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills No. 2; Pages 86a-87a as cited on Dorcas Spence, bef 1686-abt 1708
  2. Virginia, U.S., Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, U.S., 1649-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data:Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649–1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Ancestry Image, page 260

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