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- Possible origin of the confusion of Matthew's surname. On page 74 he is Matthew Horr, but on page 45 he is Matthew Dorr (also found as Matthew Horr in the index).
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Palmer groups: John Melvin of Charlestown and Concord, Mass. and his ...
By Emily Wilder Leavitt
Page 74: "133. ELIZABETH4 Palmer, daughter of Jonathan3 (jyehemiah? Waller1) and Mercy (Mannering) Palmer, was born November 28, 1724. She married Matthew Horr, and they were living in Lyme, Conn., when they, with her brothers and sisters, acknowledged the receipt of their share of their (or her) father's estate".
Page 45: "37. JONATHAN3 Palmer, son of Nehemiah9( Walter1) and Hannah (Stanton) Palmer, was born in Stonington, August 7,1668. February 17,1715-6, Benjamin Palmer gave " to my cousin, Jonathan Palmer, junior, six acres of land lying in the Neck, by the land of his uncle Jonathan Palmer, he to possess it when he arrives at the age of twenty one years."? (Land Records, vol. 3, page 144.)
September 4, 1716, IsTehemiah Palmer gave his son, Jonathan Palmer, " my twelve acre lot and the fifty acre grant of land on the east side of the Pawcatuck river which contains land not yet laid out."?(Ibid, vol. 3, page 164.)
March 24, 1717-8, Daniel, Nehemiah, Ichabod and his wife Hannah Palmer, all heirs to Nehemiah Palmer, deceased, made out a quit-claim deed of all their rights in their father's estate, to their brother, Jonathan Palmer.?(Ibid, vol. 3, page 245.)
November 11, 1748, "William Herrick with his wife Marcy of Preston, Conn., Jonathan and Love Shepherd of Killingly, Conn., Henry and Irene Rowling (Rowland), Matthew and Elizabeth Dorr of Lyme, Conn., together with Hannah Palmer, "spinster," of Stonington, gave a quit-claim to their brother, Jonathan Palmer, of all their rights to the land lying on the east side of the Pawcatuck river, which were a part of the estate of " our parents, Jonathan and Marcy Palmer, both deceased."? (Ibid, vol. 7, page 222.)
Jonathan Palmer's will was drawn June 24, 1726. In it he states that he was very ill; gave his wife, Mercy, one-third of his housings and his personal estate; Judith, Mercy, Sarah, Ana, Jerusha, Love, Prudence and Elizabeth, his daughters, were each to receive fifty pounds, all under eighteen years of age; his son, Jonathan, was to receive one half of the lands when he came of age; his son, Oliver, to have the other half when of age. The will was entered October 21, 1726. Jonathan Palmer married in Stonington, December 1,1706, Mercy (written Marcy) Manwaring, daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Raymond) Manwaring; he died in Stonington, August 26, 1726.
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14496. Matthew Dorr. Born on 14 Jun 1724 in Lyme, CT. Matthew died in Athens, OH, on 18 Sep 1801; he was 77.
On 4 Nov 1747 when Matthew was 23, he first married Elizabeth Palmer, daughter of Jonathan Palmer (7 Aug 1668-26 Aug 1726) & Mercy Manwaring (ca 1682-ca 1739), in Lyme, CT. Born on 28 Nov 1724 in Stonington, CT. At the age of <1, Elizabeth was baptized on 28 Mar 1725. Elizabeth died ca 1775 in East Haddam, CT.
Children of Mathew and Elizabeth (Palmer) Dorr, born at Lyme:
i. Phebe D. Dorr, b.1 Aug 1748, d. 16 Feb 1831 at West Bloomfield, Ontario Co., NY, m. at Lyme 28 Feb 1765 Jasper Peck (b. 20 Sep 1737 at Lyme, d. there 16 Jan 1821, son of Jasper & Sarah (Clark) Peck);
ii. Edward Dorr, b. 28 May 1752, d. 19 May 1839 at Kinderhook, Columbia Co., NY, m. at Lyme 26 May 1774 Judith Champion (b. ca. 1756 at Lyme, d. 14 Oct 1852 at West Stockbridge, MA, dau. of Henruy & Sarah (Peck) Champion);
iii. Helena Talcott Dorr, b. 16 Jul 1754, d. 24 Mar 1824 at Burlington, Otsego Co., NY, m. at Lyme 20 Jun 1773 Andrew Sill (b. 20 Apr 1745 at Lyme, d. 29 Oct 1835 at Burlington, son of Andrew & Phebe (Mather) Sill);
iv. Matthew Dorr, b. 28 Mar 1756, d. 26 May 1843 at Chatham, Columbia Co., NY, m. there 15 Jan 1784 Dinah Mudge (b. 6 Sep 1759 at Sharon, CT, d. 30 May 1841 at Dansfille, Livingston Co., NY, dau. of Abraham & Anna (Gray) Mudge);
v. Samuel G. Dorr, b. 15 Sep 1758, d. 1794 at London, England, m. Harriet Smith;
vi. Jonathan Dorr, b. 25 Dec 1759, d. 22 Apr 1825 at Cambridge, Washington Co., NY, m. 31 Jul 1787 Maria Faulkner (b. 22 Jul 1770 in New Jersey, d. 11 Mar 1844 at Cambridge, dau. of James & Anne Faulkner);
vii. Joseph Dorr, b. 15 Jul 1761, d. 8 Aug 1833 at Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer Co., NY, m. at Cambridge 1 Sep 1785 Sarah Bull (b. 29 Jan 1769 at Hoosick Falls, d. 10 May 1751 at Troy, NY, dau. of Isaac & Amy (Chase) Bull);
viii. Elisha Dorr, b. 27 Mar 1764, d. 30 Apr 1843 at Albany, NY, m. there 14 Sep 1796 Elizabeth Brower (d. 19 Sep 1837 at Albany);
ix. Elizabeth Dorr, b. 14 Mar 1766, d. 25 Mar 1850 at Lockport, Niagarqa Co., NY, m. at Chatham 1786 Jacob Delameter (b. 1 Jun 1762 at Oblong, Dutchess Co., NY, d. 27 Jun 1828 at Florida, Montgomery Co., NY, son of John & Maria (Kipp) Delameter); and
x. Russell Dorr, b. Apr 1771, d. 30 Mar 1824 at Burlington, Otsego Co., NY, m. 21 Mar 1801 Palsapeanna Bull (b. 25 Feb 1783 at Cambridge, d. 1869, sister of Sarah Bull who married Russell's older brother Joseph).
In 1776 Matthew second married Lydia Wood, daughter of John Wood & Lydia Mack, in Lyme, CT. Born on 4 Mar 1741/2 in Lyme, CT. Lydia died in Athens, OH, on 8 Dec 1814; she was 72.
Children of Matthew and Lydia (Wood) (McLean) Dorr, born at East Haddam, CT:
i. Edmund Dorr, b. 29 Jun 1777, d. 1 Jun 1842 in Athens Co., OH, m. in Washington Co., OH 11 Feb 1799 Annie Farnam (b. 4 May 1780 in Maryland, d. 17 Apr 1844 in Athens Co.;
ii. Baruch Dorr, b. 29 Aug 1778, d. 4 Mar 1841 in Porter Co., IN, m. in Licking Co., OH, 1 Jun 1809 Phebe Ward (b. 21 Feb 1788 in rockingham Co., VA, d. 23 Apr 1877 in La Porte Co., IN, dau. of Jonas & Phebe Ward);
iii. Lydia Dorr, b. 30 Jan 1780, d. 3 Oct 1842 in Porter Co., m. in Athens Co., OH, 1 Apr 1806 Jacob Wolf (b. 13 Aug 1784 in Blairsville, Indiana Co., PA< d. 15 Apr 1850 in Porter Co., son of Andrew & Eva (Krebs) Wolf);
iv. William Dorr, b. 13 Oct 1782, d. 19 Mar 1832 in Athens Co., m. 1st in Athens Co., 19 Jun 1806 Janes Lyons (b. 22 Feb 1787 in New York, d. 14 May 1870 in Athens Co., dau. of Joseph & mary (Cary) Lyons), m. 2nd Jane Lewis-Lyons; and
v. Rhoda Dorr, b. 15 Jul 1784, d. 9 May 1845 at Haydenville, Hocking Co., OH, m. in Washington Co., OH 20 Mar 1804 Christopher Wolfe (b. 23 Feb 1780 in Westmoreland Co., PA, d. 21 Sep 1845 at Haydenville, son of Andrew & Eva (Krebs) Wolfe).
For more on Captain Matthew Dorr see:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hoye/PS02/PS02_122.HTML
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