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Dorcas Wade (Lyon)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Elizabethtown, Essex County, Province of East Jersey
Death: August 18, 1766 (74)
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Lyon, of Newark and Mary Lyon
Wife of Benjamin Wade, Jr
Mother of Jonathan Wade; Abraham Wade; David Wade; Joseph Wade; Ebenezer Wade and 1 other
Sister of Mary Lyon
Half sister of Thomas Lyon; Mary Ward; Samuel Lyon; Joseph Lyon; Nathaniel Lyon and 4 others

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About Dorcas Wade

Henry Lyon mentions two minor daughters, Dorcas and Mary Lyon born after his wife Elizabeth's death. In his will 1702/3, his wife is called Mary. New Jersey Archives, Unrecorded Wills, Book 4, 273-4, Book 5, 233-4. ( His will is in the Lyon Memorial also p 64-66)


FamilySearch profile for Dorcas Lyon: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCVM-W2D

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Dorcas Wade's Timeline

1692
March 1692
Elizabethtown, Essex County, Province of East Jersey
1715
1715
Essex, NJ, British Colonial America
1720
1720
1723
1723
Elizabeth, Essex County, Province of East Jersey
1766
August 18, 1766
Age 74
Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, United States
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