Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Richard Thomas Thornton
and Meribah (Borden) Thornton
Sister of
Mercy (Thornton) Winsor
Wife of
Nicholas Irons
— married
about 1793 in Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Irons and Palmyra Irons
Died
at about age 87
in Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island
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Biography
Dorcas was born in 1774 in Rhode Island, the daughter of Richard and Meribah Thornton.[1][2]
Sources
- ↑ Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission, gravesite information online
- ↑ "Irons family genealogy" in Rhode Island Roots, Page 19
- Rhode Island Roots, Special Genealogy Project Issue: "Irons family genealogy, first draft", March 2000
- Find A Grave: Memorial #19408808
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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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~0.78%
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