Dorothy MOULTON

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• Fact: Daughter of Robert and Alice Moulton

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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).

Dorothy married Abraham FINCH before 1637. Abraham was born in 1610; died on 23 Apr 1637 in Wethersfield "massacre". [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abraham FINCH was born on 12 Aug 1637; died between Nov 1666 and Jun 1667.

Dorothy married John EDWARDS before Dec 1638. John was born about 1600 in England; died on 27 Dec 1664 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John EDWARDS was born in Dec 1638; died on 19 Dec 1675 in Great Swamp Fight - King Philip's War.
2. Hester EDWARDS was born in Jun 1641 in Wethersfield, Connecticut; died before Jan 1680 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
3. Ruth EDWARDS was born in Dec 1643; died on 31 Dec 1714 in Hatfield, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.
4. Hannah EDWARDS was born in Jan 1644/5.
5. Joseph EDWARDS was born in May 1648; died on 10 Dec 1681 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
6. Lydia EDWARDS was born in Jul 1650; died on 10 Aug 1683 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Dorothy married Richard TOWSLEY before 5 Jun 1667. Richard died before 12 Apr 1676. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]