Dorothy MOULTON

Female 1618 -


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  • Name Dorothy MOULTON  [1
    • In 1943, Mary Walton Ferris cautiously suggested, as a "theory justified by circumstantial evidence," that Dorothy was the daughter "Dorothy Edwards" whose bequest was 20 marks and two pullobers in Robert Moulton's will dated 20 February 1654/5 at Salem, Massachusetts (Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines (Milwaukee, 1943), 1:452). Except for dates, names, and the implication that Dorothy probably lived at a distance since she was to receive no share of the household goods, Mrs. Ferris had little specific evidence for this conjecture. However, it is confirmed by a combination of records in Connecticut which show that Dorothy Moulton's nephew Samuel Moulton (Robert2-1) of Salem was temporarily residing at Wethersfield when he died 25 September 1667 at the home of John Edwards's son Thomas in Hockanum (JWJ Med. rec., 759; Hartford Probate District, 3:60). the presence of this young man at Wethersfield, whose estate was also administered at Salem in June 1668, is naturally explained if Thomas Edwards's stepmother, Dorothy, was Samuel Moulton's aunt Dorothy Moulton. The two pillobers may have been in Dorothy's possession long before her father formally gave them to her in 1655. Her husband Abraham Finch's inventory a Wethersfield in 1640 included "2 prre of pilloberes" (Charles William Manwaring, 'A Digest of the Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District (3 vols. Hartford, 1904-6; hereinafter Manwaring, 1:11). [1]
    Birth 1618  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Fact Daughter of Robert and Alice Moulton Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I40671  Main Tree
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 

    Family 1 Abraham FINCH,   b. 1610   d. 23 Apr 1637, Wethersfield "massacre" Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1637  [2
    Children 
     1. Abraham FINCH,   b. 12 Aug 1637   d. Between Nov 1666 and Jun 1667 (Age 29 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F13819  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 

    Family 2 John EDWARDS,   b. Abt 1600, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1664, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage Bef Dec 1638  [1
    Children 
     1. John EDWARDS,   b. Dec 1638   d. 19 Dec 1675, Great Swamp Fight - King Philip's War Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Hester EDWARDS,   b. Jun 1641, Wethersfield, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jan 1680, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Ruth EDWARDS,   b. Dec 1643   d. 31 Dec 1714, Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
     4. Hannah EDWARDS,   b. Jan 1644/5  [Birth]
    +5. Joseph EDWARDS,   b. May 1648   d. 10 Dec 1681, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
    +6. Lydia EDWARDS,   b. Jul 1650   d. 10 Aug 1683, Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F43077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 

    Family 3 Richard TOWSLEY   d. Bef 12 Apr 1676 
    Marriage Bef 5 Jun 1667  [1
    Family ID F43078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S12607] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1991, Vol. 145 October.

    2. [S3569] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration - Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. II.