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Dorcas Earle 1666–1754 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1666

Birth Location: Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony

Death Date: 1754

Death Location: Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Ralph III

Mother: Dorcas Sprague

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Charity Clapp

In 1666, Dorcas Earle entered the world in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony, born to Ralph Earle Iii And Dorcas Ann Sprague. Dorcas Earle married John Clapp, and had children including Charity Clapp. Dorcas Earle passed away in 1754 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1666, Dorcas Earle entered the world in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony, born to Ralph Earle Iii And Dorcas Ann Sprague.
  • Dorcas Earle married John Clapp, and had children including Charity Clapp.
  • Dorcas Earle passed away in 1754 in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Ralph III
1632–1717
Birth Location: Bishop's Stortford, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Dorcas Sprague
1632–1716
Birth Location: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Charity Clapp
1701–1763
Birth Location: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts
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Dorcas Earle's Ancestors

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Dorcas Earle
1666–1754
Birth Place: Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony
Parents
Ralph Earle, III
1632–1717
Bishop's Stortford, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Dorcas (Ann) Sprague
1632–1716
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Ralph Earl
–1678
Exeter, KINGDOM of ENGLAND (now UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRIT, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Francis Sprague
1589–1680
Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England
2nd (Wife) Sprague
–1623
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorcas Earle's Descendants

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Dorcas Earle (1666–1754)
  1. 1. Charity Clapp 1701–1763 m. Samuel Sherman 1686–1725
    1. 1. Samuel Sherman 1724–1811 m. Mary Snow 1729–1753 m. Jerusha Davis –1798
      1. 1. Prince Sherman 1753–1798 m. Mary (Submit) Rogers 1753–1804
        1. 1. Thomas Sherman 1792–1843 m. Jane McClure 1796–1886
      2. 2. Thomas Sherman 1751–1791
      3. 3. Mary Sherman 1764–
      4. 4. Ebenezer Sherman 1768–1834
      5. 5. Rueben Sherman 1759–1814 m. Elizabeth Whitcomb 1763–1815
        1. 1. Earl Sherman 1794–1855 m. Anna Sherman 1800–1841
        2. 2. Henry Sherman 1797–1869
        3. 3. Enos Sherman 1812–1881
        4. 4. Sally Lazell 1789–1863 m. Joshua Lazell 1785–1837
        5. 5. Newell Sherman 1806–1872
      6. 6. Samuel Sherman 1762–1791

Dorcas Earle's Timeline

2 Records

1666
1666
Birth of Dorcas Earle in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony
Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony
1754
1754
Age 88
Death of Dorcas Earle in Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1666
    Event Place: Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1754
    Event Place: Rochester, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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