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Personal data Dorcas Chester 


Household of Dorcas Chester

She is married to Samuel W Whiting.

They got married on November 12, 1656 at Salem, Essex Co., MA, she was 19 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Oliver Whiting  1665-1736 


Notes about Dorcas Chester

Dorcas Chester

Sources: Author: Clark, Melissa Leigh; Whiting, Melissa A.; Chester, David; et al.; Title: "Dorcas Chester," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: iv Jan MMXXV)

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MBTZ-YX7

"... Dorcas Chester Last Changed: July 19, 2020 J. Moore Sex Female Last Changed: June 17, 2012 Ella Rich

Birth 1 November 1637 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ... Last Changed: July 16, 2024 J. Ortega

Death 16 February 1713 Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts ... Last Changed: July 16, 2024 J. Ortega

Burial 1713 Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, ... Reason: Find a Grave Memorial 19531526 Last Changed: May 19, 2022 Timm McGory

Alternate Name Birth Name Dorcas
Alternate Name Birth Name Doroas Chester
Alternate Name Birth Name Dorothy Chester
Alternate Name Birth Name Miss Chester
Alternate Name Married Name Dorcas Chester Whiting
Alternate Name Birth Name Dorcas Chester

FindAGrave 26 May 2007 Find a Grave Memorial 19531526.

Spouses and Children
Preferred

Samuel W Whiting Jr. Male 1633-1713 K2LB-RNF [<-possible ancestor]
Dorcas Chester Female 1637-1713 MBTZ-YX7 [<-ancestress]
Marriage 12 November 1656 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ...

Children (12)

[1] Elizabeth Whiting Female 1660-1705 LKK4-SHC
[2] Samuel Whiting III Male 1662-1715 LKC2-KC1
[3] Rev. John Whiting Male 1664-1697 LWJ4-K7M
[4] Oliver Whiting Sr. Male 1665-1736 L6S9-5HQ [<-ancestor]
[5] Mary Whiting Female 1667-1740 K4P5-V1N
[6] Dorothy Whiting Female 1668-1740 2WD8-V3H
[7] Joseph Whiting Male 1669-1701 2WD8-V84
[8] James Whiting Male 1671-1671 LHGH-JL6
[9] Unice Whiting Female 1672-1672 LHGH-JFQ
[10] Benjamin Whiting Male 1675-1675 2WD8-V2K
[11] William Whiting Male 1676-1761 LKJM-YCV
[12] Benjamin Whiting Male 1682-1682 K2LB-RNX

Dorcas Chester Female 1637-1713 MBTZ-YX7 [<-ancestress]
Samuel Whiting Male 1596-1679 LB4K-GCS [<-possible ancestor]
No Marriage Events

Children (1)

[1] Unice Whiting Female 1667-1672 GTVV-KWV

Dorcas Chester Female 1637-1713 MBTZ-YX7 [<-ancestress]

Children (1)

[1] Unice Whiting Female 1672– 1672 LHGH-JFQ

Parents & Siblings
Preferred

Leonard Chester Male 1610-1648 LVZG-VWM [<-possible ancestor]
Mary Sharpe Female 1608-1688 M637-6M9 [<-ancestress]
Marriage 1634 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ...

Children (8)

[1] Captain John Chester Male 1635-1697 6M71-W29
[2] Dorcas Chester Female 1637-1713 MBTZ-YX7 [<-ancestress]
[3] Stephen Chester Male 1639-1705 L759-GTM
[4] Lucy Chester Female 1639-1669 LHXS-CKS
[5] Mary Chester Female 1641-1669 L759-GT9
[6] Prudence Chester Female 1643-1678 L793-4JH
[7] Eunice Chester Female 1645-1676 F75Q-NGZ
[8] Mary Chester Female 1647-1669 M2X1-DRV

Leonard Chester Male 1612-Deceased MJMK-842 [<-possible ancestor]
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Children (1)

[1] Dorcas Chester Female 1637-1713 MBTZ-YX7 [<-ancestress]

Brief Life History
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Dorcas Chester Whiting BIRTH 1 Nov 1637 Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 16 Feb 1713 (aged 75) Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA BURIAL Old South Burying Ground Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA PLOT C87 MEMORIAL ID 19531526

Last Changed: March 5, 2022 Norma Closs"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Dorcas Chester

Mary Sharpe
1608-1688

Dorcas Chester
1637-1713

1656

Samuel W Whiting
1633-1713

Oliver Whiting
1665-1736

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Historical events

Birthday November 1, 1637

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1637: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 15 » Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
    • February 18 » Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
    • May 26 » Pequot War: A combined English and Mohegan force under John Mason attacks a village in Connecticut, massacring approximately 500 Pequots.
    • September 29 » 42-year-old Lorenzo Ruiz dies.

Day of marriage November 12, 1656

  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1656: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
    • July 21 » The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
    • July 28 » Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
    • July 30 » Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
    • October 14 » The US state of Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Day of death February 16, 1713

  • The temperature on February 16, 1713 was about 9.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1713: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 1 » The Kalabalik or Skirmish at Bender results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
    • March 1 » The siege and destruction of Fort Neoheroka begins during the Tuscarora War in North Carolina, effectively opening up the colony's interior to European colonization.
    • March 22 » The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
    • April 11 » War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
    • April 19 » With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inheritable by a female; his daughter and successor, Maria Theresa was not born until 1717.
    • June 23 » The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.


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