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Dorcas Elwell (Low)

Also Known As: "Dorcus Low"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Death: April 06, 1762 (88)
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: First Parish Burial Ground, Gloucester
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Low, of Ipswich and Dorcas Low
Wife of Elias Elwell, Sr.
Mother of Experience Marsh; Dorcas Ellery; William Elwell; Nehemiah Elwell, Drowned Young; Josiah Elwell and 4 others
Sister of Martha Rowe; Joseph Low; Hannah Hadley; Alice Elwell; Susannah Wood and 1 other
Half sister of John Low, Jr.; Elizabeth Low; Margaret Larcom; Sarah Grover; Thorndike Low and 1 other

Managed by: Erica Howton
Last Updated:

About Dorcas Elwell

On 12 Nov 1690 Dorcas married Elias Elwell, son of Josiah Elwell (22 Jun 1644-1683) & Mary Collins (8 Mar 1646/7-9 Mar 1725/6), in Gloucester, MA. Born on 6 Oct 1668 in Gloucester, MA. Elias died in Gloucester, MA, on 14 May 1737; he was 68.

Their children include:

  1. Experience Elwell (16 Jun 1694-)

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Dorcas Elwell's Timeline

1673
November 3, 1673
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1694
June 16, 1694
Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1695
September 16, 1695
Gloucester, Massachusetts
1698
May 18, 1698
Gloucester, Essex County, MA, United States
1701
April 10, 1701
1703
July 25, 1703
Gloucester, Essex County, MA, United States
1709
July 30, 1709
Gloucester, Essex County, MA, United States
1712
February 27, 1712
Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts
1718
September 4, 1718
Gloucester, Essex County, MA, United States