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| Birth: | 24 May 1730 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts 1 1 2 3 |
| Death: | 31 Oct 1808 in Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts 1 1 2 4 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Joseph Dorr b. 1690 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Mother: | Mary Rawson b. 22 Jun 1699 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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| Burial: About 31 Oct 1808 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts 5 |
| Graduation: 1752 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 1 2 |
| Misc: 1779 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: Bet 1773 and 1780 Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts 1 |
| Appointed: 1780 Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts 1 |
| Appointed: Bet 1764 and 1767 Worcester County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: 1774 Worcester County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: 1776 Worcester County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: Bet 1776 and 1801 Worcester County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: 1780 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: 1780 Worcester County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: Bet 1784 and 1800 Auburn, Worcester County, Massachusetts 2 |
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| Catherine Bucknam (Wife) b. 9 Feb 1741/42 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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| Marriage: | 6 DEC 1768 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
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 Joseph Dorr b. 10 Mar 1769 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Catherine Dorr b. 17 Aug 1770 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
 Joseph Hawley Dorr b. 20 Jul 1772 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Samuel V. Dorr b. 23 Jun 1774 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Sarah Dorr b. 10 Aug 1776 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Thomas Shepard Dorr b. 11 Nov 1778 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Mary Dorr b. 7 Jan 1784 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Edward Dorr b. 20 Oct 1786 in Auburn, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Individual:
Hon. Joseph Dorr, studied Divinity and preached occasionally for
several years. His exertions in the cause of the country during theRevolution were great. He was one of the Commissioners to demand ofthe Mandamus Councilors of the County of Worcester a surrender of thecommission. From 1773 to 1780 he filled several town and stateoffices- was member of the Secret Committee- Member of the Committeeof Safety- Member of the Committee of Correspondence - Member of theLegislature. After the treaty of peace he was appointed Justice ofthe court of Common Pleas - and Judge of Probate - and held otheroffices until the close of his life.
JUDGE JOSEPH DORR
Judge Joseph Dorr of Mendon, MA., was born in that town on May 24, 1730, the only son of Reverend Joseph (A. B. 1711) and Mary(Rawson) Dorr. At college he held Hollis, Hopkinton and Stoughtonscholarships, and when he took his M.A. he had a speaking part in theCommencement exercises, the affirmative of "An certiorari sint quaeDiscursu, quam quae Sensu, percipiuntur."
During his college vacations, Dorr had kept the Mendon School "by Spells." After graduation, he studied for the ministry and preachedwhere occasion offered, although his circle was narrowed by anaffliction of boils "so situated" as to make travel difficult. He wasat Provincetown for a while, but when his father began to fail hereturned to Mendon where on December 24, 1767, he married Catherine,daughter of Nathan Buckman (A. b. 1721. He quickly began to take overthe town offices of assessor, clerk, treasurer, and selectman, and in1764 was sent to the House of Representatives where he opposed ThomasHutchinson (A. b. 1727). In this he represented the wishes of histown, for it instructed him to vote against making "any Compensationto the sufferers in Boston by Mobs." However, in 1767 he quitted thepatriot ranks to vote for a proposed tax on liquor, and the next yearwas appointed a Justice of the Peace by Governor Bernard, and was notreturned to the House.
If this represents political wavering on Dorr's part, he redeemed himself when in March, 1773, he reported for a town committee a longlist of resolutions, which in substance have a remarkable resemblanceto the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. They begin:"Resolved, That a Right to Liberty and Property (which is one of theNatural Means of Self Preservation) is absolutely unalienable, and cannever, lawfully, be given up by committees of Correspondence andInspection, and on that to obtain the resignation of the MandamusCouncilors. As a Justice of the Peace he happily signed a promise tostay all proceedings of the Court of General Sessions when ordered todo so by the Convention of Committees of Correspondence. In 1774 thetown sent him to the First Provincial Congress, and in 1776, to thereconstituted House of Representatives. The new government promptlyappointed him a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of WorcesterCounty.
During the war period, Dorr spent, he calculated, three hundred days a year in uncompensated public service, living off his farm. AsTown Clerk, he copied the text of the Declaration of Independence intothe town records, but he continued to submit uncomplainingly to thedemands for his services made by the town and the Proprietors. In1779 he attended the Constitutional Convention, and the next year heaccepted election to the Council, sending this note of thanks to SamAdams (A. b. 1740):
I am very sensible of the dignity conferred upon me by this Election, and feel the warmest emotions of Gratitude to the HonorableGentlemen of the General Assembly for their suffrages on the occasion;at The same time, conscious of my Inability to discharge the importantDuties of this elevated station with that benefit and real service tothe public as I could earnestly wish, I shall enter upon this arduousbusiness with great Diffidence and some degree of Reluctance. TheCircumstances of my Family and domestic Affairs are such as willrender my Constant attendance at Court extremely inconvenient. Idoubt not therefore that the Honorable Board will readily grant me allreasonable Indulgence.
Under the new Constitution he was twice elected to the State Senate, and by virtue of these offices he sat as a member of the Boardof Overseers.
For the rest of his life Dorr moved around Worcester County in a bewildering way. In 1781 he sold his farm in Mendon and moved toWard, now Auburn, while looking around for a choice farm to purchase.Two years later he was back in Mendon leading the incorporation of theFirst Congregational Society in the First Parish, but when he wasappointed Judge of Probate in 1784, he was described as an inhabitantof Ward. In 1797 he moved to Leicester where he bought the housebuilt by Thomas Steel (A. b. 1730). In 1800 he resigned from theProbate Court, and in 1801 from the court of Common Pleas. Thefollowing year he moved to Brookfield, where he died on October 31,1808. His eight children had no Harvard connections.
He was buried in the Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, Worcester
County, MA.He graduated from Harvard College, Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA.
Appointed for two terms.
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- Title: Abstract from Dorr family records
Now in possession of Mrs. Edward C. Spring,
526 South 42nd Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Author: Mrs. Frederick E. Stow, Chairman, Genealogical Records
Publication: Member of William Penn Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists
Page: Page 35 last Para.
- Title: Harvard College
Biographical Sketches of those who attended Harvard College
in the classes of 1701 - 1712
Author: Clifford K. Shipton
Publication: Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston MA.
1937
Page: Harvard College in the Class 1751 - 1755
Joseph Dorr entered the Class of 1752., at the age of 18.
Born 24 May, 1730, only son of Reverend Joseph (A.B. 1711) and Mary (Rawsom) Dorr.
After graduation he studied for the ministry. He married 24, Dec., 1767 Catherine, daughter of Nathan Buckman (A.B. 1721). in 1764 wassent to the House of Representatives. In 1768 appointed a Justice ofthe Peace by Governor Bernard. In 1774 the town sent him to the FirstProvincial Congress, and in 1776 to the reconstituted House ofRepresentatives. The new Government promptly appointed him Judge ofthe Court of Common Pleas of Worcester County. 1779 he attended theConstitutional Convention. 1780 elected to the Council. Under thenew constitution he was twice elected to the State Senate, then becamea member of the Board of Overseers. 1781 sold his farm in Mendon andremoved to Ward, now Auburn.
1784 he was appointed Judge of Probate. 1797, moved to Leicester, bought the home of Thomas Steel.
- Title: Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts
To year 1850.
Author: Complied by Thomas W. Baldwin
Publication: Member of the New England Historical Genealogical Society
Boston, MA.
1920
Page: Mendon Births
Page 71. Catherine, d. of Joseph Esq. and Catherine, Aug. 17, 1770
Elizabeth, b. of Joseph and Mary, Mar. 8 1731-2
Joseph, s. of Joseph Esq. and Catherine, Mar 10, 1769
Joseph Hawley, s. of Joseph Esq. and Catherine, July, 20, 1772
Mary d. of Joseph and Mary, June 6, 1725
Mary d. of Joseph and Catherine, Jan. 7, 1784
Samuel, d. of Joseph and Catherine, June 23, 1774
Sarah, d. of Joseph and Catherine, Aug. 10, 1776
Susanna, d. Joseph and Mary, Sept. 4, 1834
Thomas Shepard, s. of Joseph and Catherine, Nov. 11, 1778.
- Title: Vital Records of Billerica, MA.
To the end of year 1849
Publication: Worcester, MA.
Franklin P. Price, 1909.
Page: page 77., 304,479.
- Title: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
Vol 1 A - D.
Author: Patricia Law Hatcher
Page: page 262, 263.
- Title: New England Historical and Genealogical Register
Newbery St. Boston, Suffolk County, MA.
Page: vol III page 312. He m Catrherine Buckman 6 Dec 1768.
- Title: Vital Records of Medway, MA.
To the year of 1850
Publication: NEHGS
Boston MA. 1905.
Page: page 182.
- Title: Bucknam Descendents of William of England
Author: Richard Dean Bucknam
Text: Richard Dean Bucknam
11 Ward Brook Rd
Wiscasset, ME 04578
United States
thebucknams@prexar.com
Page: Bucknam Descendents of William of England
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