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Sophia Holbrook 1776–1858 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 SEP 1776

Birth Location: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Death Date: 1858

Death Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Father: Joseph Holbrook

Mother: Jane March

Spouse(s): Wentworth Dresser

Children(s): Asa Dresser, Joseph Dresser, Sarah Dresser, Josiah Dresser, John Dresser, Israel Dresser, Wentworth Dresser, Robert Dresser, Daniel Dresser, Lydia Dresser

In 1776, Sophia Holbrook entered the world in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, born to Joseph Holbrook And Jane March. Sophia Holbrook married Wentworth Dresser, and had children including Asa Dresser, Daniel Dresser, Israel Dresser, John Dresser, Joseph Wentworth Dresser, Josiah Dresser, Lydia Dresser, Robert Dresser, Sarah Dresser, Wentworth Dresser. Sophia Holbrook passed away in 1858 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1776, Sophia Holbrook entered the world in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, born to Joseph Holbrook And Jane March.
  • Sophia Holbrook married Wentworth Dresser, and had children including Asa Dresser, Daniel Dresser, Israel Dresser, John Dresser, Joseph Wentworth Dresser, Josiah Dresser, Lydia Dresser, Robert Dresser, Sarah Dresser, Wentworth Dresser.
  • Sophia Holbrook passed away in 1858 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Holbrook
1749–1783
Birth Location: Kittery Point, York, Maine
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Jane March
1749–1832
Birth Location: Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
JM

Spouses(s)

Wentworth Dresser
1762–1842
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
WD

Children(s)

Asa Dresser
1807–1854
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
AD
Joseph Dresser
1811–1870
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
JD
Sarah Dresser
1814–1876
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
SD
Josiah Dresser
1816–1868
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
JD
John Dresser
1795–1878
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
JD
Israel Dresser
1796–1880
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
ID
Wentworth Dresser
1797–
Birth Location: Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine, USA
WD
Robert Dresser
1799–1887
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
RD
Daniel Dresser
1802–1857
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
DD
Lydia Dresser
1805–1879
Birth Location: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
LD

Sophia Holbrook's Ancestors

Self
Sophia Holbrook
1776–1858
Birth Place: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Parents
Joseph Holbrook
1749–1783
Kittery Point, York, Maine
Jane March
1749–1832
Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Elisha Holbrook
1720–1768
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Lydia Dresser
1720–1765
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Dresser
1689–1724
Lydia Vaughn
1690–1765
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Dresser
1643–1704
Mary Leaver
1649–1714

Sophia Holbrook's Descendants

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Sophia Holbrook (1 SEP 1776–1858) m. Wentworth Dresser (1762–1 JUL 1842)
  1. 1. Asa Dresser 1807–1854 m. Nancy (F.) Smart 1811–1857
    1. 1. Frances (Abba) Dresser 1831–1870
    2. 2. Melville (Augustus) Dresser 1834–1835
    3. 3. Stephen (D.) Dresser 1835– m. Margaret Martin 1839–1880 m. Emma Hunt 1839–
      1. 1. Addie Dresser 1867–1868
      2. 2. William (Storer) Dresser 1869–1924 m. Katie (Greene) Knight 1874–1969
        1. 1. Helen (Knight) Dresser 1904–1993
        2. 2. Phillip (Leavitt) Dresser 1905–1905
        3. 3. Lillian (Foss) Dresser 1907–1907
      3. 3. Carrie (W.) Dresser 1871–
    4. 4. Julius (Alphonso) Dresser 1838–1893 m. Annetta (Gertrude) Seabury 1844–1893
      1. 1. Anne (Sophia) Dresser 1859–
      2. 2. Horatio (Willis) Dresser 1866–1954 m. Alice (Mae) Reed 1870–1963
        1. 1. Dorothea Dresser 1901–2000 m. Charles (H.) Reeves 1898–
        2. 2. Malcolm Dresser 1905–1985
      3. 3. Ralph (Howard) Dresser 1872–1873
      4. 4. Jean (Paul) Dresser 1877–1935 m. Faith (Leah) Storer 1880–
        1. 1. Leonore Dresser 1913–1963
      5. 5. Philip (David Seabury) Dresser 1885– m. Hildegarde 1864– m. Florence Guy 1866– m. Evelyn Uhler 1868–
      6. 6. Parkhurst (Quimby) Dresser 1885–
    5. 5. Henrietta (Sumner) Dresser 1839–1840
    6. 6. Horatio (Sumner) Dresser 1841–1875 m. Frances ('Fanny' L.) Weitzel 1845–
      1. 1. Esther (Elizabeth) Dresser 1873–1964 m. William (A.) Goodman 1873–1952
        1. 1. Frances (Catherine) Goodman 1911–1997
      2. 2. Lena Dresser 1880–1895
      3. 3. Hugh Dresser 1884– m. 1887–
    7. 7. Grenville (Wentworth) Dresser 1842–1853
    8. 8. Marcia Dresser 1847–1849
  2. 2. Joseph (Wentworth) Dresser 1811–1870 m. Eunice Deering 1805–1863
    1. 1. Virgil (O.) Dresser 1832–1913 m. Nancy Oldhausen 1839–1892 m. Henrietta (Malinda) Garrettson 1865–1945
      1. 1. Alice Dresser 1864– m. Hill 1860–
      2. 2. Virgil Dresser 1867–1942 m. Mildred Olive 1889–1973
        1. 1. Virgil Dresser 1909–1914
      3. 3. Schyler (Colfax) Dresser 1869– m. Alice (Marinda) Foster 1869–
        1. 1. Sylvia (Gertrude) Dresser 1887– m. Thomas (Archibald) Boggs 1884–
      4. 4. Eli (C.) Dresser 1874–1945 m. Ethel (Lulu) Burns 1882–1952
        1. 1. Mildred (G.) Dresser 1907–
        2. 2. Harold (Guy) Dresser 1910–1976
        3. 3. Helen (B.) Dresser 1912– m. Fred Kimball 1908–
        4. 4. Marion Dresser 1914– m. Richard Howey 1910–
        5. 5. Lulu (Evangeline) Dresser 1897–
        6. 6. Wilder (L.) Dresser 1902–1971
      5. 5. Edmund (Or Edward) Dresser 1875–1950 m. May 1878–
      6. 6. Ada Dresser 1877– m. Edmund Cressman 1845–1914
      7. 7. Henry Dresser 1880–
      8. 8. James (Deering) Dresser 1896–1987
      9. 9. William (Apple) Dresser 1899–1977 m. Ruth Brightwell 1902–1994
      10. 10. Virgilia Dresser 1902–
      11. 11. Samuel (Lewis) Dresser 1907–1961
    2. 2. Hellen (N.) Dresser 1841–
    3. 3. Margaret (Ann) Dresser 1846–
    4. 4. Addrean Dresser 1847–
  3. 3. Sarah Dresser 1814–1876 m. James (H.) Smith 1810–1855
  4. 4. Josiah Dresser 1816–1868 m. Lydia (W.) Junkins 1821–1896
    1. 1. William (Or Wilbur F.) Dresser 1848–1924 m. Sarah (E.) McLaughlin 1859–
      1. 1. Ira (F.) Dresser 1878– m. Mildred (E.) Grover 1882–
      2. 2. William (W.) Dresser 1881–1946 m. Edith (A.) Skillin 1895–1976
      3. 3. Perley (C.) Dresser 1885–1960 m. Alice (A.) Barbour 1890–
      4. 4. Leon (W.) Dresser 1893–1967 m. Phyllis (A.) Trefethen 1894–1976
      5. 5. Helen (M.) Dresser 1903–1996
    2. 2. Melville (W.) Dresser 1851–1885 m. Ella (S.) Smith 1855–
    3. 3. Emma (M.) Dresser 1853–1872
  5. 5. John Dresser 1795–1878 m. Eleanor (Brown) Macomber 1793–1870
    1. 1. Martha Dresser 1838–
    2. 2. Mary (Abigail) Dresser 1822– m. Ithiel Lawrence 1814–
    3. 3. Harriet Dresser 1823–
    4. 4. John (Wentworth) Dresser 1826–1901 m. Mary (Muzzy) Adams 1830–1913
      1. 1. John (Wentworth) Dresser 1850– m. Mary (M.) Adams 1854–
      2. 2. William (Adams) Dresser 1851–
      3. 3. Kate (Wentworth) Dresser 1855– m. O. (D.) Thompson 1852–
      4. 4. Frances Dresser 1857–1859
      5. 5. Samuel Dresser 1859–
      6. 6. Caroline Dresser 1861–
      7. 7. Caroline ('Carrie' Muzzy) Dresser 1869– m. Charles (B.) Witherle 1865–
    5. 5. Caroline Dresser 1826–
    6. 6. Lydia (Marie) Dresser 1828–1916 m. Moses (Plummer) Perkins 1822–1862
      1. 1. Miriam (Ellen) Perkins 1851–
      2. 2. Elizabeth (W.) Perkins 1854–1871
      3. 3. Caroline (Pierce) Perkins 1856–1932
      4. 4. Eleanor (R.) Perkins 1858–1925
      5. 5. Russell Perkins 1860–
    7. 7. Joseph Dresser 1829–
    8. 8. Sophia Dresser 1831–
  6. 6. Israel Dresser 1796–1880 m. Elizabeth Banks 1800–1865
    1. 1. John Dresser 1828–1902 m. Mary (Louise) Wyman 1845–
      1. 1. Wynnie Dresser 1875– m. John (P.) Milliken 1870–
    2. 2. Mary (E.) Dresser 1830–
    3. 3. Arthur (L.) Dresser 1832–
    4. 4. Julia (A.) Dresser 1835–
    5. 5. William (A.) Dresser 1837– m. Hattie (A.) Dresser 1831–1879
    6. 6. Emily (M.) Dresser 1839–
  7. 7. Wentworth Dresser 1797–
    1. 1. Jordan Dresser 1819–
    2. 2. Edward Dresser 1821–1865
    3. 3. Harris Dresser 1823– m. Rebecca 1824–
    4. 4. Wentworth Dresser 1825–
    5. 5. Betsey Dresser 1827–
    6. 6. Stephen Dresser 1830–
    7. 7. Clement Dresser 1833–
    8. 8. Mehitable (Walker) Dresser 1836– m. Joseph Perry 1833–
    9. 9. Almeda (G.) Dresser 1842– m. Roswell (G.) Small 1838–
  8. 8. Robert Dresser 1799–1887 m. Sophia (Ann) Rose 1798–1872 m. Mehitable ('Hattie') Harris 1831–1909
    1. 1. Caroline (C.) Dresser 1822–1836
    2. 2. Thomas (W.) Dresser 1825– m. Adeline 1828–
    3. 3. Sophia (Ann) Dresser 1826–1873
    4. 4. Robert (William) Dresser 1828–1875 m. Mary (Amanda P.) Winchester 1829–1891
      1. 1. Caroline (W.) Dresser 1851– m. Lewis (W.) Young 1845–
      2. 2. William (R.) Dresser 1856–1907 m. Laura A. 1857–
        1. 1. Robert (Nicholson) Dresser 1878–1924
        2. 2. Amelia (Ellen) Dresser 1880–
        3. 3. Mary (Leola) Dresser 1886– m. Chester Docteur 1877–1955
        4. 4. Ellena Dresser 1891–
      3. 3. Annie (S.) Dresser 1859– m. Lewis (H. L.) Davis 1858–
      4. 4. Philip (Stanfield) Dresser 1861– m. Ida 1865–
        1. 1. Revere (Winchester) Dresser 1895–1978
      5. 5. Henry (K.) Dresser 1864–
      6. 6. Marion (E.) Dresser 1866–
      7. 7. Benjamin (Pipi) Dresser 1868–
      8. 8. Alexander Dresser 1872–
    5. 5. Edward (K.) Dresser 1830–1875 m. Mary L. 1835–1894
      1. 1. Alice (Mariat) Dresser 1857–1896 m. Homer (C.) Holt 1846–
      2. 2. Fannie (Ellen) Dresser 1859– m. Robert Burlock 1853–
    6. 6. Stephen (Girard) Dresser 1832– m. Catharine 1837–
      1. 1. Edna Dresser 1867–
    7. 7. Daniel (Rose) Dresser 1833–1892 m. Mary (T.) Merrill 1836– m. Hannah (Liberty) Booty 1837–1903
      1. 1. Frederick (Edward) Dresser 1861–1886
      2. 2. Seward (M.) Dresser 1855–1855
      3. 3. Harry (B.) Dresser 1868–
      4. 4. Arthur (F.) Dresser 1870–1876
      5. 5. Jesse (Clifford) Dresser 1872–1941 m. Nancy (Ellen) Holland 1875–1954
        1. 1. Harry (Holland) Dresser 1902–1963
        2. 2. Wright (Lorimer) Dresser 1905–1964
        3. 3. Holland (Lamb) Dresser 1907–1981
    8. 8. Elizabeth (A.) Dresser 1836– m. Arthur Libby 1832–
    9. 9. Caroline (A.) Dresser 1839–1850
  9. 9. Daniel Dresser 1802–1857 m. Sarah Libby 1800–1865
    1. 1. Daniel (C.) Dresser 1826–1880 m. Phebe V. 1830–
      1. 1. Herbert (F.) Dresser 1856– m. Cora (M.) Howard 1860– m. Eva (J.) Francis 1866–
    2. 2. Matilda (Ann) Dresser 1827– m. Samuel (D.) Carey 1815–
    3. 3. Ira Dresser 1831– m. Jennie Tibbets 1837–
      1. 1. Susan Dresser 1859–
      2. 2. Robert (Dresser) Dresser 1864–1952 m. Marion (F.) Cilley 1861–
        1. 1. Roland (Earl) Dresser 1908–1983
    4. 4. Sarah (Jane) Dresser 1838–
  10. 10. Lydia Dresser 1805–1879 m. John Blake 1803–1887

Sophia Holbrook's Timeline

2 Records

1776
1 SEP 1776
Birth of Sophia Holbrook in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire
1858
1858
Age 82
Death of Sophia Holbrook in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 SEP 1776
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1858
    Event Place: Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA
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