Anna Dodge

Mrs Anna “Annar” Low Dodge BIRTH 5 Mar 1718 Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 3 Apr 1782 (aged 64) Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA BURIAL Amherst Town Hall Burying Ground Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA PLOT 57 MEMORIAL ID 31096385 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 2 Conflicting birth dates:

... Anna Low, born 22 Dec 1719, Per S.A. Ranlett; died Amherst, 3 April 1782. ... Anner Dodge ... widow went to Pomfret, Conn., where she kept a school 15 years, and boarded in the family of Gen'l Putnam. She afterwards went to Amherst, NH and lived with her son Samuel till her death (of a cancer on the tongue), April 3, 1782, aged 63 y'rs. [Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Mass. 1629-1894 By Joseph Thompson Dodge (Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., 1894), p 69-70. via GoogleBooks]

1718 Mar 5; birth of Anna Low, d/o John & Anna, Ipswich Births, Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, (Salem, MA: Published by the Essex Institute, 1910) Vol. 1, Births, page 251.

1741 Dec 5: marriage intention, David Dodge & Anna Low of Ipswich [VR of Wenham Mass to 1850, I:106]

1741/2 Jan 14: marriage, Anna Lowe & David Dodge of Wenham. CR5* [Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to 1850 II:293] *CR5 = The Hamlet Parish Church

Regarding her first name: We have intentionally spelled it Anna in the name place above and added 'Annar' as a nick-name by way of not disregarding it completely. She was called Anna in her birth and marriage records. A 1766 deed for land she purchased in Amherst spelled her name Annah Dodge. One theory about the spelling 'Annar' is that it derives from the Boston area accent whereby words that end in A are often pronounced with an R sound (ie: idear, Canader, Brender). Another is that it was simply a mistake. Even gravestones can have errors, note Rev. Daniel Wilkins' stone with the wrong death year!. Thank you Gregory Wood for your help. [jlsm 5 May 2020]

Inscription

Memento Mori Erected in Memory of Mrs. Annar Dodge, the amiable Consort of Mr. David Dodge, who, after the lauda=
-ble exertions of a very useful & desireable life, Died greatly Lamented, on the 3d day of April 1782 In the 64th year of her age. Family Members Spouse David Dodge 1723–1756

Children David Dodge 1742–1807

Photo Samuel Dodge 1744–1785

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