Descendants of Edward Dorr
Edmund Weld 1
Birth:1659 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 3
Death:13 Jun 1748 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1
Sex:M
Father:Thomas Weld b. 1626 in Terling, Witham, Essex, England
Mother:Dorothy Whiting b. 1629 in England
  
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Spouses & Children
Elizabeth White (Wife) b. 1667 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
4 1
Marriage: 10 NOV 1687 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Children: 
  1. DescendantsElizabeth Weld b. 21 Feb 1689 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  2. John Weld b. 1690 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  3. Joseph Weld b. About 1693 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  4. DescendantsEdmund Weld b. 23 Jun 1695 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  5. DescendantsDorothy Weld b. About 1700 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  6. Samuel Weld
  7. Thomas Weld b. 1702 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
 

Notes
Individual:
"Edmund was a landed man of considerable importance, as shown by his
inventory, and is called 'gentleman' in the records. His possessionsincluded 'mansion house, barn and shop (he was a 'Joiner'), home lotof three acres in Roxbury near Mr. John Greaton's, prized £75; fouracres with barn thereon, late the estate of Mr. William Denison,prized £225; ten acres of upland and meadow on the north-west side ofthe highway in Roxbury near Capt. Dorr's, prized £325; seven acres ofupland and meadow near the tide mill in Roxbury, prized £150; oneundivided fifth part of three acres of salt meadow in Roxbury, prized£7 10 s.; ten and one half acres in Roxbury lying at a place calledHolliston, part upland, part meadow, £180; eight acres of woodlandnear Capt. Joseph Weld's in Roxbury, £ 80;' added to this land therewas personal estate enough to bring the total to £ 1614 16 s 11 1/2 d.As he made no will, the settlement of the estate presented somedifficulties, which were finally settled by his tow sons Samuel andEdmund buying out the other children at £84 8s 5d apice, their motherto have the right of dower; and after her death, they were to pay eachher £42 4s 1 1/2 d more. The right in the training field, over whichthere was dispute with the town of Roxbury, was bought from the otherheirs by Joseph 22 Feb 1760."



Sources
  1. Title: Massachusetts Bay: Sources
    Page: Charles Frederick Robinson, Weld Collections, Ann Arbor, 1938, with
    corrections and additions 1939, Printed by Nicholas Benton, 1979
  2. Title: Hyde Genealogy
    Descendents, in the female as well as in the Male Lines, from William
    Hyde of Norwich, with their places of residence, and dates of births,marriages, &C., and other particulars of them and their families andancestry.Author: Reuben H. Walworth, LL.D.
    Publication: in two Volumes. Vol. I
    Page: 6. Clemence, b. 17 July, 1700, m. Edmund Weld of Roxbury.
  3. 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 31. Thomas Weld and Dorothy Whiting; issue:

    Samuel Weld, b. 1651;
    Thomas Weld, b. 1653;
    Samuel Weld, b. 1655;
    John Weld, b. 1657;
    Edward Weld, b. 1659
    Dorothy Weld, b. 1664;
    Margaret Weld, b. 1675;
    Edward Weld, b. 1659, m. Elizabeth -----, issue, Edmund Weld, born 1695, m. Clemence Dorr.
  4. Title: Descendants of Edward Dorr
    First Dorr in America
    Author: Cheryl Dorr Wright
    Publication: 11684 Channingway Blvd.
    The Plains, OH. 45780
    Page: Page 8 son of Edmund Weld and Elizabeth White. He was born 23 June,

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