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Dorcas Way 1717–1794 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 July 1717

Birth Location: Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

Death Date: 24 November 1794

Death Location: Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: George Way

Mother: Lydia Sprague

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Dorcas Way was born in 1717 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America, the child of George Way And Lydia Sprague. Dorcas Way passed away in 1794 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Dorcas Way was born in 1717 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America, the child of George Way And Lydia Sprague.
  • Dorcas Way passed away in 1794 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Dorcas Way's Ancestors

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Dorcas Way
1717–1794
Birth Place: Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Parents
George Way
1691–1760
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Lydia Sprague
1692–1762
Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Grandparents
George (Way) Jr
1655–1717
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Susannah Nest
1660–1717
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
George Way
1614–1690
Elizabeth Smith
1630–1713
Joseph Nest
1635–1711
Sarah Boddington
1630–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Allen
1567–1648
Margery Allen
1564–1649
John Smith
1612–1670
Joanna Ormsby
1613–1687

Dorcas Way's Timeline

2 Records

1717
1 July 1717
Birth of Dorcas Way in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
1794
24 November 1794
Age 77
Death of Dorcas Way in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America
Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 July 1717
    Event Place: Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 November 1794
    Event Place: Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America

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