| Birth: | 25 Jan 1687 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1 2 3 4 |
| Death: | 25 Feb 1760 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 3 5 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Edward Dorr b. 1648 in West of England |
| Mother: | Elizabeth Hawley b. 27 Jun 1656 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
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| Burial: About 25 Feb 1760 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 6 5 |
| Baptism: 29 Nov 1687 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Probate: 9 Mar 1760 Suffolk County, Massachusetts 7 |
| Military: Bet 1733 and 1734 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 3 |
| Property: The church covenant 5 Nov 1710 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Property: Pew 36 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 8 |
| AKA: 2 |
| AKA: 2 |
| AKA: 2 |
| Will: 22 Aug 1759 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 7 |
| Misc: 5 Nov 1710 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 8 |
| Misc: 3 Sep 1727 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 8 |
| Misc: 29 May 1737 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 8 |
| Appointed: Bet 1 Mar 1713 and 1714 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: Bet 3 Mar 1717 and 1718 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: Bet 6 Mar 1720 and 1721 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: 24 Oct 1721 2 |
| Appointed: Bet 12 Mar 1722 and 1723 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: Bet 6 Mar 1726 and 1727 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: 3 Mar 1728 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2 |
| Appointed: 19 Sep 1750 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 8 |
| Mary Boardman (Wife) b. 6 May 1689 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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| Marriage: | 16 FEB 1709 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
| Children: | |
 Edward Dorr b. 30 Nov 1710 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Ebenezer Dorr b. 2 Feb 1712 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
 Joseph Dorr b. 22 Aug 1714 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Aaron Dorr b. 14 Apr 1716 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Aaron Dorr b. 7 Jul 1717 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Mary Dorr b. 25 Jan 1718 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Elizabeth Dorr b. 15 Apr 1720 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Moses Dorr b. About 1721 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Abraham Moses Dorr b. 5 Nov 1722 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Sarah Dorr b. 5 Aug 1724 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Edmund Dorr b. 4 Jul 1726 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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| Hannah Jackson (Wife) b. 10 Aug 1692 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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| Marriage: | 28 AUG 1729 |
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| Mary (Greenough) Bridge (Wife) |
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| Marriage: | 25 SEP 1749 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
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Individual:
At his marriage, his father gave him land in Roxbury, with a dwelling
house, mill house, and tan-pits to start him in housekeeping and thebusiness of tanning. He lived there and became a prominent member ofthe community, frequently chosen to the offices of constable, auditor,fence-viewer, surveyor of highways and sealer of weights and measures.He was Captain of the Roxbury Militia 1733/34.Source at page 19. lists birth as 25 Jan., 1687.
Source at page 19 list death as 25 Feb., 1760.
He was buried in the Eliot Burial Grounds, Roxbury, Suffolk County,
MA.Inventory of 1521 Pounds.
Captain in the Roxbury Militia from 1733 to 1734.
Capt. Ebenezer Dorr, paid 22 pounds, 2 shillings and 6 d. for Pew 36.
Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury. Tanner in his Will dated 1759.
Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury, Currier in his deed, 1742.
Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury, Currier in his deed of Sam Weld to him 1743 Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury, Gentleman in inventory and Appraisement,
1760
Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury, Gentleman in Deed of Sam Weld to him, 1733.
Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury, Gentleman in Deed as Executor of Shubael Seaver 1757.
Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury, Gentleman in Deed of Edward Weld to him, 1757.Ebenezer was the owner of Pew 36, Third Meeting House.
He was chosen with others to take care and provide help for the
minister.The Fourth Meeting house.
Rev. Mr. Nehemiah Walter died Sept. 17, 1750, and on the 19th a committee consisting of Capt. Eleazer Williams, Capt. John Richardson,Capt. Ebenezer Dorr, Capt. Samuel Stevens, and Deacon Edward Ruggleswere chosen to have the oversight of the funeral of our late Rev. agedPastor, Mr. Nehemiah Walter. In Oct. it was voted to raise 230 Pounds9 shillings to defray the charge of the funeral of our late Rev. agespastor Mr. Nehemiah Walter Deceased.
Marriage:
Source on page 19 lists marriage as October, 1709. Roxbury Vitals
lists 16 Feb., 1709-10.
- 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: This Edward Dorr is supposed to be the progenitor of all Dorrs of New
England. He came to this country from West England. He was born in1648, and came here about 1670 and settled in Boston. He m. his firstwife, Elizabeth Hawley, daughter of Thomas Hawley, previous to 1680.They removed to Roxbury, where she died. He was a selectman ofRoxbury. His second wife was the widow Elizabeth (Dickerman) Clapp,who died in 1733. He died at Roxbury in 1734. His children, inaddition to six who died young and unm., were: 1. Ebenezer, b. 25Jan., 1688, who married twice, settled at Roxbury, and had seven sonsand three daughters. 2. Rev. Joseph, b. in 1690, graduated at Harvardin 1711, was settled a minister at Meridan, Mass., in 1716, and d. 9March, 1768, m. Mary Rawson, second daughter of Rev. Grindal Rawsonand Susannah Wilson of Meridan, and had one son and three daughters.3. Edmund, who m. Mary Griswold. 4. Harbottle, b. 11 May, 1696, m.Dorothy Weld and settled in Boston.
- 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 19. Capt. Ebenezer Dorr, born Jan. 25, 1687, bapt. Nov. 29,
1687, died Feb., 25, 1760, Married, Hannah, married second, Oct.,1708, Mary Boardman, b. 1683 died 12 June, 1728, daughter of Aaron andMary Boardman of Cambridge.
- Title: Colonial Families of The United States
Page: Capt. Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury, MA., b. 25 Jan., 1687, d. 25 Feb.,
1760; was Captain of the Roxbury Militia, 1733 - 34; m. 16 Feb.,1709/10, Mary Boardman, b. 6 May, 1689, d. 1762, dau of Aaron and MaryBoardman.
- Title: Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts, Vol I
To the end of the year 1849, Vol I - Births.
Publication: Published by Essex Institute
Salem Mass.
1925
Page: Page 108
- Title: Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts
To the end of the year 1849, Vol II. - Marriages and Deaths.
Publication: Published by the Essex Institute
Salem, Mass.
1926
Page: Page 122,.
- Title: Gravestone Inscriptions - Eliot Burying Ground
Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA.
Page: Cap Ebenezer
Dorr 1760
- Title: Records of Lineage in the Families of Dorr, Dalton
Taken from the Records of Lineage in the Families of Dorr, Dalton,
Odin, Walter, MAther, Cotton, Lynde, Bowles, Eliot and Checkley,compiled by Benjamin Dalton Dorr, Philadelphia, PA, May 1879.Page: page 5. His will of 22 Ayg 1759, was probated 9 March 1760, Inventory
1521 pounds.
- Title: History of the First Church in Roxbury
Roxbury, Mass. 1630 - 1904
Author: Walter Eliot Thwing
Publication: Boston
W.A. Butterfield
59 Bromfield Street
1908
Page: Page 140 Capt. Ebenezer Dorr Pew 36, 22 Pounds, 2 s. 6 d.
- Title: Vital Records of Cambridge, MA. Vol 2.
To the year 1850, Vol 2, Marriages and Deaths.
Author: Compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin, member of NEHGS
Publication: NEHGS
Boston, MA. 1915
Page: pagw 121
- Title: Ancestry World Tree Viewer
Dorr Surname Search.
Page: Marriages of MA. to 1880 Page 75. Ebenezer Dorr, m. Hannah Loring, 28
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