Anthony DORCHESTER and Martha Chapman

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Husband Anthony DORCHESTER ¹

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           Born: 1619 - Springfield, Hampden, Mass
     Christened: 28 Aug 1683 - Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
           Died: 28 Aug 1683 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
            AFN: FVZ9-CC

       Marriage: 2 Jan 1651 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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   Other Spouse: Sarah (      -1649)

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   Other Spouse: Widow Elizabeth Harmon (      -1699)

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Wife Martha Chapman ¹

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           Born: 7 Apr 1616 - Digswell, Hertsford, England
     Christened: 7 Apr 1616 - Digswell, Hertford, England
           Died: 17 Dec 1662 - Springfield, Massachusetts
         Buried: 
            AFN: 4HWP-ZT

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         Father: Simon CHAPMAN (1583-      ) 1
         Mother: Mary (1590-      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Samuel Ketcheral (1619-1651) - 1643 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

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Children

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1 M Benjamin DORCHESTER ¹

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           Born: 9 Oct 1651 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 May 1676 - Springfield Ma
         Buried: May 1676
            AFN: FM0B-WR

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2 F Hester DORCHESTER ¹

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           Born: 25 Oct 1656 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusets
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Nov 1662 - Springfield, Hampden, Ma
         Buried: 
            AFN: G3S4-0P

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3 F Sarah DORCHESTER ¹

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           Born: 16 Oct 1652 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Aug 1746 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusets
         Buried: Aug 1746
            AFN: 8H0C-CP

         Spouse: Joseph STEBBINS (1652-1728) 1
           Marr: 27 Nov 1673 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusets

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General Notes (Husband)

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Anthony Dorchester and his wife, Sarah, went to Springfield from Windsor, bringing their three children. HIs wife died there, and he married Widow Martha Kritchwell. He married thierd the widow of John Harmon.

He leased at different times JP's corn and sawmills for annual rents up to 18 pounds. ON FEb 10, 1655, Drochester leased a cornmill owned jointly by JP an dElizur Holyoke for 13 pounds annually; by 1669, the rental payment was 18 pounds; held lease utnil 1672 and possibly after; also leased oxen adn 5 acres of land; oxen formerly Dorchester's which he lost to JP for debts; leased JP's sawmill in 1673.

He was a canoeman and a laborer. In 1664, received credit for "Carying Corne... bringing up goods... carying Corne 681 bush from foote of falls... 7 days 1/2 Sawing... ferying.. scowering the ditch... work about the Mill... carying corne to Hartford 390 bush at 4d... bringing up 60 bush of salt... 2 days 3 hands and your Boats fetching hay"

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1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).