Dorcas Adams

Dorcas Watson, daughter of John Watson and Alice, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born 20 Sep 1639 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. She died 9 Nov 1707 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.

Married

1. Timothy DWIGHT on 8 Jul 1669 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Timothy was b.abt 1619 d.09 Mar 1677 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Dwight & Alice Vunter, and the widower of Mary Lotten.
2. Lieutenant John ADAMS on 8 May 1677 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Lieutenant John Adams was b.Abt 1631 d.1703 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Adams of Ipswich, and the widower of Sarah Woodman.

Children with 1st husband

•   M i Timothy DWIGHT 1, 2, 3 was born 4 23 Jul 1670 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
•   M ii John DWIGHT 1 was born 2 28 Jun 1672 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He died 3 28 Jan 1673 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
•   M iii John DWIGHT 1, 2, 3 was born 4 3 May 1675 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. He died 30 Mar 1751 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Married Elizabeth Harding.

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• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Dorcas_Watson_(6)_
  • "John Watson", in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), III:1947ff.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg240...

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