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Richard Dodge married Edith , by whom he
had five sons and two daughters.
He died
in Beverly, Mass., June 15, 1671;
and his
widow died in Beverly, Jan. 27,
1677, aged
about seventy-five: years
Richard Dodge and his family came to America
from East Coker, Somersetshire, England,
or vicinity, about 1638; and they settled
in Salem, Mass., where Richard Dodge "desired
accommodation;" and where he and his
family lived on land belonging to his brother,
William Richard Dodge and his family later
settled on "Dodge Row," North Beverly
(which was once a part of Salem), Mass.,
not far east of Wenham Lake.
Richard Dodge was a farmer. He and his wife
were members of the church in Wenham, Mass.,
before 1648. He was one of twenty-one subscribers
to Harvard College, in 1653. He gave a piece
of his land for use as a cemetery (Dodge
Row Cemetery). By his will, Richard Dodge
gave his wife personal property and "the
sole and proper use of the parlor and chamber
over it in my now dwelling house." He
made provision for annual payments to be
made her by their five sons. He gave his
sons, Joseph and Edward, his farm, valued
at $1000; and he gave his son, John, a farm
valued at over £100, Richard Dodge's estate
was valued at £1!764.2. His widow also left
a will.
John Dodge, son of Richard and Edith, was
baptized in East Coker, Somersetshire, England,
Dec. 29, 1631. He married Sarah, by whom
he had four sons and four daughters. John
Dodge died in Beverly, Mass., Oct. 11, 1711,
'aged about eighty years;" and his wife
died in Beverly, Feb. 8, 1706, aged sixty
years.
John Dodge and his family lived in that part
of Beverly, Mass., which was later annexed
to Wenham, Mass.
Lieut. John Dodge built a sawmill on Mill
River, at Wenham Neck. He received from his
father's estate a farm valued at over [100,
about eighty acres, lying about his (John
Dodge's) mill, and five acres of meadow on
the same side of Longham Brook as John Dodge's
house Lieut. Dodge was elected a deputy to
the General Court; and he was often elected
a selectman. He served in public capacities
too numerous to mention.
John Dodge, son of John and Sarah, was born
in Beverly, Mass., April 15, 1662. He married
Martha Fi ske, who was born in Wenham, Mass.,
April 27, 1667, daughter of Thomas and Joan
(White?) Fiske, by whom he had two sons and
two daughters; and who died Dec. 29, 1697.
He married secondly, in Beverly, April 11,
1698, Ruth Grover, who was baptized in Beverly,
Oct. 14, 1677, daughter of Nehemiah and Ruth
(Haskell) Grover; and by her, he had two
sons and three daughters. John Dodge died
in Wenham, Jan. 18,
John Dodge's will was dated July 7, 1703;
and it was signed by his father, mother,
and first wife's father. His estate was valued
at £453, less debts of £13.
Phineas Dodge, son of John and Martha (Fiske),
was born in Wenham, Mass., May 23, 1688.
He married Martha Edwards, int. in Wenham,
Nov. 15, 1712; and by her, he had five sons
and one daughter; she died in Wenham, March
31, 1723. He married secondly, in Salem,
Mass., Sept. 21, 1726, Sarah Whipple, who
was born in Salem, Feb. 26, 1692, daughter
of Joseph and Sarah (Hutchinson)
Whipple; and by her, he had five sons. Phineas
Dodge died in Wenham, July 19, 1759; and
his widow died in Wenham, May 27, 1769
By his father's will, proved March 6, 1704,
Phineas Dodge received about thirty-six acres
adjoining the town common and Thomas White's
land; and he was to pay his mother 20s. a
year while she remained widowed. Phineas
Dodge's will was dated Nov. 4, 1757; and
proved Aug. 6, 1759. In this document, he
mentions among other persons, his son, John.
His estate was valued at £648.
John Dodge, son of Phineas and Martha (Edwards),
was born in Wenham, Mass., Feb. 25, 1715.
He married, in Wenham, Nov. 17, 1737, Bethiah
Conant, who was born in Beverly, Mass., Jan.
29, 1720, daughter of John and Martha (Dodge)
Conant; and by her, he had five sons and
five daughters, one of whom, Martha, married
Benjamin Friend (see Friend genealogy). John
Dodge was "shipwrecked" and drowned
near Annisquam, Cape Ann, while on his way
to Bluehill, May 13, 1762; his widow married,
in Rowley, Mass., Feb. 29, 1768, Joseph Noyes,
of Newbury, Mass.; she died a widow, in Rowley,
Feb. 22, 1802, in the old Dodge house on
the Georgetown road.
John Dodge, a weaver, and his family moved
to Rowley, Mass., probably from Wenham, Mass.;
and he had a farm in what is now Georgetown,
Mass.
Elisha Dodge, son of John and, Bethiah (Conant),
was born in Rowley, Mass., Aug. 22, 1757;
and haptized Aug. 27, 1757. He married, Feb.
27, 1783, Dorcas Osgood, who was born in
Andover, Mass., Aug. 2, 1759, daughter of
Ezekiel and Mary (Barker) Osgood; and who
died Dec. 1, 1794. He married secondly, Nov.
19, 1795, Han- ] nah Dyke, who was born in
BeverIy, Mass., March 17, 1767, daughter
of William and Eunice (Gallup) Dyke. Elisha
Dodge died in Bluehill, May 8, 1804; and
his widow died May 18, 1806. :
In or before 1783, Elisha Dodge moved to
Bluehill, probably from Rowley, Mass.
Elisha Dodge was a weaver; and he served
in the Revolutionary War, engaging for the
town of Rowley, Mass., for a term of three
years: and being a private in Capt. Job Whipple's
company, Col. Rufus Putnam's (4th) regiment,
Continental army pay accounting for service
from March 10, 1777, to March 10, 1780.
By Dorcas (Osgood), Elisha Dodge had four
children:
(1) Dorcas, born Jan. 6, 1784; died Nov.
27, 1804.
(2) Elisha, born Sept. 18, 1785; died Jan
26, 1820; married Lydia B. Day, Sept. 25,
1806; children: (a) Sophia, born Jan. 18,
1812. (b) Phineas, born Sept. 6. 1813; died
in 1887; married Harriet Newell Candage,
May 16, 1837; she survived him; he was successively
a sailor ship carpenter and farmer; children:
Justin Evander, born Nov. 24, 1840; Rosina
Harriet, born Oct. 26, 1842; Adelbert Delasco,
April 6 1845; Clara
Havilah Whitney, born Sept 26, 1847; Mina
Herbert, born April 3, 1850 Frank W., born
Oct 31, 1852, Annah Elizabeth, born Sept.
7, 1855; George A., born Sept. 24, 1859.
(c) Sabin, born Sept.15, 1315, drowned.
(3) John, born June 28,1787, in Bluehill;
died Sept. 5, 1862; married Thankful Sophia
Townsend, in May, 1816; married secondly,
Sarah Hadley, of Mount Desert, May 3, 1837;
he was a farmer; children; (a) Mary Hotchkiss,
born Sept. 19, 1817; died Feb. 2, 1855 (b)
Charlotte, born July 9, 1819, died in July,
1835. (c) Caroline, born July 14, 1821; died
June 30, 1835. (d) John Hamilton, born July
24, 1823, married, in Bluehill, Nov. 5, 1855,
Lydia B. Hadley, who was born in Eden (Bar
Harbor), Aug. 29, 1828. he was a farmer and
carpenter; children: Willis Eugene. Born
Nov. 5, 1856; Ansel Leland, born May 8, 1859;
Elsie Phedora, born April 17, 1862; Nellie
Amie, born Sept. 9, 1867; Luther Hamilton,
born Sept. 10, 1869. (e) Thankful Sophia,
born July 31, 1825; died Feb. 24, 1844. (f)
Maria E., born July, 1827; died in 1833,
(g) Julia Ann born Aug. 16, 1830; died Dec.
24, 1859. (h) Luther Calvin, born Jan. 24,
1833; died Jan 24, 1889. (i ) Sarah Caroline,
born Aug. 14, 1838
(4) Phineas, born Jan. 18, 1791; dies Dec.
6, 1808
By Hannah (Dyke), Elisha Dodge had a daughter:
Hannah, born Aug. 6, 1796
Joseph Dodge, Son of Richard and Edith, was
born in 1651. He married, in Beverly, Mass,
Feb. 21, 1671, Sarah Eaton, who was born
about 1650, daug hter of Jonas and Grace
Eaton, of Reading, Mass.; and by her, he
had five sons and five daughters. Joseph
Dodge died in Beverly, Aug. 10, 1716; and
his wife dies in Beverly, Dec. 12, 1714.
Joseph Dodge was a farmer. He was one of
the executors of his father's will; and he
and his brother, Edward, jointly received
a share of the estate which they held under
a verbal agreement until Feb. 1709, when
they put their division in writing.
Jonah Dodge, son of Joseph and Sarah (Eaton),
was born in Beverly, Mass., Aug. 21, 1683.
He married Sarah, daughter of John Friend,
of Wenham, Mass., March 27, 1707; and by
her had three sons and one daughter; she
died in 1741. He married secondly, Oct. 20,
1743, in Beverly, Priscilla Lovett, who was
born in Beverly; July 3, 1710, daughter of
Samuel and Prudence (Dodge) Lovett. Jonah
Dodge probably died in 1754; and he was buried
in Dodge Row Cemetery.
Jonah Dodge was a weaver and farmer. He and
his first wife received £40 from the estate
of her father. Joseph Dodge divided his land
in Ipswich, Mass., between his sons, Jonah
and Elisha, May, 3, 1716.
Jonah Dodge, son of Jonah and Sarah (Friend),
was born in Beverly, Mass., Nov. 8, 1710.
He married, Feb. 22, 1738, Mary Edwards,
who was born in Wenham, Mass., March 4, 1719,
daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Lamson)
Edwards; and who died in Beverly, July 30,
1761. He married secondly, May 29, 1770,
Sarah (Prince) Thorndike, who was born in
Beverly (Nov. 22, 1736?), daughter of John
and Sarah (Morgan) Prince; shemarried in
Beverly, Sept. 7, 1750, Hezikiah Thorndike,
who was born in Beverly, Jan. 5, 1729, son
of James and Anne (Ober) Thorndike; and by
him she had two sons and one daughter; Hezekiah
Thorndike dies on board a man-of-war in 1758.
Jonah Dodge died in Bluehill, March 8, 1788;
and his widow died April 12, 1809.
In June, 1784, Jonah Dodge and his family
moved to Bluehill, from Beverly, Mass.
Lieut. Jonah Dodge was a weaver. On April
24, 1784, Jonah Dodge and his wife deeded
twelve acres in Ipswich, Mass., five acres
of woodland in Manchester, Mass., and four
acres in Wenham, Mass., to Thomas Appleton,
a yeoman, of Ipswich, for £80; and for £350,
he and his wife sold seventy-six acres in
Beverly, Mass., (with buildings at Long Hill)
abounded by Amos and John Dodge's land. Jonah
Dodge's will was dated June 17, 1784; and
probated the first Wednesday in Sept., 1788;
he left an estate valued at £326.5.10. By
the terms of his will, his widow received
"the improvement of" one-
half of his real and personal property as
long as she remained his widow; his sons,
Jonah, Abner, Benjamin and Abraham, received
£13.6.8 each; his sons, John Prince and Reuben,
received the remainder of his real and personal
property; and his daughter, Abigail, wife
of Simon Dodge, received 15s. ; his wife
was appointed exucutrix of the will. On Aug.
27, 1788, John Prince and Reuben Dodge chose
their mother as their guardian.
By Mary (Edwards), Jonah Dodge had nine children
(the first and the last six born in Beverly,
Mass.):
- Jonah, born Nov. 19, 1738; married, in Gloucester,
Mass., May 4, 1762,Lydia Herrick, who was
baptized in Gloucester,) Dec. 3, 1738, daughter
of Thomas and Abigail (Evelith) Herrick;
about 1770, Jonah Dodge and his family moved
from Beverly, Mass., to Sedgwick, which then
included part of Brooksville, and Brookin;
Jonah Dodge served in the {Revolutionary
War, enlisting as a private in Capt. Nathaniel
Fales' Company, Aug. 3, 1779; and being discharged
Aug. 15, 1779; this company marched on an
expedition to Majabigwaduce, by order of
Gen Lovell; children: (a) Amaziah, baptized
in Beverly, June 5, 1763. married Mary Somes,
who as born in Mount Desert, Dec.1, 1766,
daughter of Abraham and Hannah (Herrick)
Somes; and who died July 12, 1845; Amaziah
Dodge and his family moved to Ohio. (b) Ezra
Herrick, baptized in Beverly, June 23, 1765;
died March 25, 1848; married Mary Richardson,
who was born in Gloucester, Jan. 16, 1761,
daughter of James and Rachel (Gott) Richardson,
and who died Oct. 7, 1823, Ezra Herrick Dodge
moved from Sedgwick to Mount Desert, in or
before 1790; and he and his family settled
on Dodge's Point, on the south side of Seal
Cove; Ezra Herrick Dodge and his wife were
charter members of the First Church, Mount
Desert, children (all baptized in Mount Desert)
Lydia Herrick, baptized in July, 1792; Rhoda
Richardson, baptized (in July, 1792?) (married
John Rich); Mary, baptized in 1794; Ezra
Herrick, baptized in 1794; Abigail, baptized
Sept. 4, 1796 (died Sept. 20, 1887; married
married Nathaniel Gott); John Somes, baptized
June 20, 1802; Reuben Freeman, baptized June
10, 1803 (married Lydia Tinker;) Reuben Freeman
Dodge and his family moved from Mount Desert
Island to Sedgwick, about 1840; children,
probably among other children: Mary Jane,
baptized in Mount Desert, Sept. 3, 1837;
James Alanson, bapitized in Mount Desert,
Sept. 3, 1837; Reuben Alphonso, baptized
in Mount Desert, July 5, 1840), (c) Mary,
baptized in Glouscester, in April, 1767.
(d) Abigail Edwards, baptized in Beverly,
Jan. 14, 1770. (e) ------- (f) ------- (g)
--------- (h) -----------
(2) Abraham, a twin, born Feb. 4, 1741; baptized
in Wenham, Mass., March 1, 1741; died June
28, 1741.
(3) Benoni, a twin, born Feb. 4, 1741- baptized
in Wenham, Mass., March 1, 1741; died July
23, 1741.
(4) Abner, born March 6, 1743; baptized in
Wenham, Mass., March 13, 1743; died in Sedgwick
about 1830 married, in Beverly, Mass., April
10, 1764, Lydia Pride, who was born in Beverly,
April 21, 1744, daughter of Peter, jr., and
Jerusha (Trask) Pride; in Dec., 1766, Abner
Dodge sold his house, barn, and ninety-six
acres in Beverly, Ipswich, and Wenham, Mass.,
to Jacob Dodge; and he and his family moved
to that part of Sedgwick now Brooklin; Abner
Dodge was a joiner; he served in the Revolutionary
War, he and his brother, Jonah, serving in
similar capacities; children: (a) Abner,
born Aug. 18, l765; baptized in Beverly,
Aug 31, 1766; died in Sedgwick, April 28,
l743; married, in Sedgwick, July 19, 1791,
Lois Somes, who was born in Mount Desert,
March 25, 1772, daughter of Abraham and Hannah
(Herriek) Somes; and who died in Sedgwick,
Dec. 31, 1851; Abner Dodge was a storekeeper,
shipbuilder and deputy collector of customs;
children (born in Sedgwick): Hezekiah, born
April 17, 1792; Daniel, born May 16, l794;
Jonathan Basa, born June 26, l796; Sophia,
born June 18, 1799; Jacob, born Nov. 3, 1801;
Eliza, born June 3, 1804; Lois, born Nov.
20, 1806; Almira, born July 22, 1809; Moses,
born March 9, 1812. (b) Peter, baptized in
Beverly, April 23, 1768; married Sarah Hale.
(c) Hezekiah, born in 1771; married Judith
Eaton. (d) Mary, born in 1775; married Robert
Means. (e) Jonathan, born in 1778; married
Hannah Wallace. (f) Mark, born in 1781; married
Paulina Tapley. (g) Benjamin, born in 1784;
married Martha Babson.
(5) Mary, born July 5, 1745; died July 21,
1767; married Nathaniel Allen, of Manchester,
Mass., in 1766.
(6) Abigail. born Sept. 16, 1750; married
Simon or Simeon Dodge.
(7) Benjamin, born March 19, 1753; died in
Nov. 1784.
(8) Sarah, born Sept. 29, 1750; died Oct.
12, 1764.
(9) Abraham, born April 5, 176C; died in
Sedgwick, in 1836; he is said to have served
in the Revolutionary War.
By Sarah (Prince) Thorndike, Jonah Dodge
had two sons (the second born in Beverly,
Mass.):
(1) John Prince, born Aug. 21, 1771; baptized
in Beverly, Mass., Sept. 21, 1771; died July
21, 1827.
(2) Reuben, born Feb. 19, 1773; died in Bluehill,
Dec. 16, 1830; married, Jan. 16, -----, Sally
Peters, who was born Feb. 2, 1780, daughter
of John Peters; and who died Sept. 19. 1850:
Reuben Dodge was a farmer and owner in navigation;
he was town clerk of Bluehill for twenty-four
years; a selectman in Bluehill for thirty-one
years; and a treasurer in Bluehill for fifteen
years; he represented Bluehill in the General
Court, in 181,. 1811, 1812, and 1819: children:
(a) Addison, born Feb. 25, 1799; died Sept.
4, 1808 (b) Charlotte born Feb. 25, 1800
died Sept. 6,1872; married Isaac Somes, of
Mount Desert, in Sept., 1826. (c) Lucretia, born Feb 6, 1802; died in Jan., 1879; married
Sabin p. Jordan, Nov. 11. 1832. .(d) Elvira,
born April 17, 1804: died Dec. 4. 1864: married Jeremiah
Nichols, Dec. 28, 1825. (e) Sally Prince,
born Dec. 12, 1806: married Capt. Moses Clough. Jan. 19, 1832; married secondly, Weston Merritt
(f) Addison, born Jan. 16, 1809; died June
27, 1865? being drowned in Union River: married
Mary Newell, in Oct., 1837; he was employed
by Col. John Black, of Ellsworth. (g) Julia,
born Nov. 22, 1810; died Dec. 30, 1884; married
William B. Abbott, March 7, 1837; moved to
Illinois. (h) Mary Peters, born March 23,
1813; died Oct. 25, 1815. (i) Reuben George
Washington. born March 15, 1815; died May
29 or 30, 1886; married Betsey Jackson Cheever,
daughter of John Cheever, Sept 8, 1847; she
died April 7, 1857; married secondly, Laguira
Morgan, Aug. 28, 1858: she died Sept. 4,
1859; married thirdly, Caroline Augusta Allen,
Nov. 16, 1862; she was born in Bluehill,
Nov. 28, 1831, daughter of Herrick and Lydia
(Stover) Allen; and .she died July 26, 1898;
Reuben G. W. Dodge and his family lived on what had
been his father's homestead; he built the
bark "Antioch," on the shore near
his home; he was part owner of the bark "R.
G. W. Dodge," which was named for him;
and he was interested in other vessels; Reuben
G. W. Dodge and Rufus G. F. Can dage did
more than any other two men to preserve the
early history of Bluehill and its families;
children: Agnes Ilanette, born Dec, 1, 1849;
Anna Gardner, born Jan. 17, 1852; Sarah E.
S., born Nov. 13, 1853; George A., born June
16, 1856 Agnes L., born May 30, 1859; Maude
A., or Amy Maude, born March 1, 1866; Cora
J., born m Nov., 1867; Ernest Fitz Allen,
born Jan. 29, 1870; Carrie McNair, born April
1, 1872. (j) Mary Peters, born April 24,
1817; marrred Dr. Lyman Hall, Nov. 20, 1834.
(k) Almira Ellis, born Sept. 4, 1819; died
Jan. 1, 1879; married -------- Lord; married
secondly, George Somes, June 30, 1852. (1)
Emily Walker, born Aug. 25, 1821; died Dec.
1, 1870; married John H. Langdon, Oct. 21,
1852. (m) Harriet Maria, born Feb. 23, 1824 |