Dorcas SHERMAN

Born

16 February 1723 , Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Died

21 September 1791 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

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Born: 16 February 1723 in Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Parents of Dorcas SHERMAN

Father

Joseph SHERMAN

Mother

Elizabeth SHERMAN

Grandparents of Dorcas SHERMAN

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Maternal grandparents

Eber SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) Honora BROWN

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Dorcas married Benjamin MOSHER 14 April 1753 in Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Benjamin MOSHER was born 19 April 1706 in Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay . Benjamin died 15 February 1792 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA . Benjamin was the child of Daniel MOSHER and Mary UNKNOWN.

Dorcas SHERMAN died 21 September 1791 in Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Dorcas SHERMAN

Dorcas SHERMAN married

Benjamin MOSHER
Marriage date: 14 April 1753
Marriage place: Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).

Benjamin MOSHER was the child of Daniel MOSHER and Mary UNKNOWN

Marriage notes:

1753 MOSHER Benjamin and Dorcas Sherman, both of D., int. Apr. 14, 1753. Marriage Dartmouth

Children of Benjamin MOSHER and Dorcas SHERMAN

Patience MOSHER

Born: 17 September 1768, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: ,

Married: Robert CROCKER 30 January 1796 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA

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Name: Dorcas Sherman
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 16 Feb 1723
Birth Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Father Name: Joseph Sherman
Mother Name: Elizabeth Sherman

Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

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1753 Marriage / Partner
Dorcas SHERMAN and Benjamin MOSHER 14 April 1753, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

She was 30 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1768 Birth of Child
Patience MOSHER was born 17 September 1768, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Dorcas was 45 years old.

1775 - Paul Revere's famous ride (April 18)

1775 - First shots of Revolutionary War fired in Lexington and Concord. (April 19)

1776 - American Declaration of Independence (July 4)

1776 - Congress renames the nation 'United States of America' (September 9)

1777 - The Articles of Confederation Were Adopted (November 15)

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 - The Continental Congress Ratified the Treaty of Paris Ending the Revolutionary War (January 14)

1787 - U.S. Constitution ratified (September 17)

1789 - George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States

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Death — 1791
21 September 1791
Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
She died at the age of 68.

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state