Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameEdward Dorr 
Birth9 Feb 1648, Dorchester, Dorset, England
Death9 Feb 1734, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA
BurialEliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA
MemoSection C, Lot 320
Misc. Notes
Son of Joseph Dorr. Though some researchers say Edward's father Joseph also came to America, there doesn't seem to be a lot of evidence to support that belief; whether Joseph was here or not, Edward was the first Dorr to marry and have children here.
Edward Dorr, born 1648, and first in USA came from the western part of England to Boston about 1670; he married Elizabeth Hawley, who was born in 1656, and settled at Roxbury, Mass. where she died in 1719. He then married second Elizebeth Dickerman Clapp, who was born in 1664. She died at Roxbury. He died at the same place in 1734. The records of Roxbury indicate that his position was at least respectable; he was a Select man, and frequently upon committees, sometimes as a man of the same for the transaction of important public trusts.
Edward and Elizabeth had the following children - Edward born 1680; an infant unnamed; Edmund B. 1686. All died in infancy. Those who survived to a mature age are listed as their family.
Edward Dorr, born 1648, and first in USA came from the western part of England to Boston about 1670; he married Elizabeth Hawley, who was born in 1656, and settled at Roxbury, Mass. where she died in 1719. He then married second Elizebeth Dickerman Clapp, who was born in 1664. She died at Roxbury. He died at the same place in 1734. The records of Roxbury indicate that his position was at least respectable; he was a Select man, and frequently upon committees, sometimes as a man of the same for the transaction of important public trusts.
Edward and Elizabeth had the following children - Edward born 1680; an infant unnamed; Edmund B. 1686. All died in infancy. Those who survived to a mature age are listed as their family.
Spouses
Birth27 Jun 1656, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA
Death7 Dec 1719, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA
BurialEliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA
MemoSection C, Lot 321
Misc. Notes
The following is the pedigree of Edward Dorr's first wife Elizabeth Hawley, to wit: Thomas Lamb of Roxbary came in the fleet with Winthrop in 1630. In 1640 he married his second wife, Dorothy Harbottle. "Godly member of the Kirk", he died in 1646. Thomas Hawley of Roxbury (his wife Amy or Emma having died 29th November 1651) married Feb. 2, 1652 Dorothy, widow of Thomas Lamb; of four children of this marriage, Elizabeth Hawley was the third, baptized June 1656, and became the wife of Edward Dorr the progenitor, thus ends the story of the mother of all of the family of Dorr’s in America.
Marriage1679, Boston, Suffolk Co, MA
Misc. Notes
dau of Thomas Dickerman; she was 1st married to Ebenezer Clapp.
Marriage1722