Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Dorcas Pearson
1650 - Aft 1697 (> 48 years)1. Dorcas Pearson was born on 25 Apr 1650; died after 1697. Notes:
Long thought to have been Dorcas Green, this has been disproved.
Dorcas married John Eaton on 26 Nov 1674 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. John (son of Jonas Eaton and Grace) was born on 10 Sep 1645 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Jonas Eaton was born on 18 May 1680 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 13 Aug 1727 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Generation: 2
2. Jonas Eaton (1.Dorcas1) was born on 18 May 1680 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 13 Aug 1727 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Jonas married Mehetabel Gould before 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Mehetabel Eaton was born on 12 Feb 1707 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Mar 1777 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 26 Mar 1777 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
3. Mehetabel Eaton (2.Jonas2, 1.Dorcas1) was born on 12 Feb 1707 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 24 Mar 1777 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 26 Mar 1777 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 17 Feb 1707
Mehetabel married John Trowbridge about 1725 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. John (son of Thomas Trowbridge and Mary Winchester) was born in 1702 in Cambridge Village (later Newton), Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 19 May 1762 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Mary Trowbridge was born on 27 Jul 1728 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died after 4 Dec 1799.
Generation: 4
4. Mary Trowbridge (3.Mehetabel3, 2.Jonas2, 1.Dorcas1) was born on 27 Jul 1728 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died after 4 Dec 1799. Mary married Amos Gates on 28 Nov 1744 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Amos (son of Amos Gates and Hannah Oldham) was born on 28 Sep 1714 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 3 Oct 1714 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1800 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Ruth Gates was born on 12 Feb 1768 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 18 Oct 1854 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in East Cemetery, Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
Generation: 5
5. Ruth Gates (4.Mary4, 3.Mehetabel3, 2.Jonas2, 1.Dorcas1) was born on 12 Feb 1768 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 18 Oct 1854 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in East Cemetery, Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Ruth married Ebenezer Hemingway in Jun 1786 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Ebenezer (son of Samuel Hemingway and Hannah Rice) was born on 26 May 1760 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 27 Oct 1839 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in East Cemetery, Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 6. Luther Hemingway was born on 2 Jan 1787 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died on 13 Feb 1872; was buried in Meeting House Cemetery, Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
Generation: 6
6. Luther Hemingway (5.Ruth5, 4.Mary4, 3.Mehetabel3, 2.Jonas2, 1.Dorcas1) was born on 2 Jan 1787 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died on 13 Feb 1872; was buried in Meeting House Cemetery, Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Notes:
Also called Luther Hemenway.
"Brief Bio", posted to ancestry.com by user "janaiwin":
Luther Sr., son of Ebenezer and Ruth Gates Hemenway, was born in Framingham January 2, 1787 and came to Marlborough with his parents when but six months old. He married, for his second wife, Eliza Cummings on October 26, 1813. She was of a well-known and honored New Hampshire family. He was a blacksmith by trade and had a shop in Marlborough and was familiarly known as Captain Hemenway. He was a stanch man, an old-time Whig, interested in educational affairs, and was one of the number who formed the Social Library Association. He removed to Jaffrey, where he died February 13, 1872.Luther married Betsy Cummings on 26 Oct 1813 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Sarah E. Hemingway was born in 1818 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died on 6 Jan 1907 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
Generation: 7
7. Sarah E. Hemingway (6.Luther6, 5.Ruth5, 4.Mary4, 3.Mehetabel3, 2.Jonas2, 1.Dorcas1) was born in 1818 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died on 6 Jan 1907 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire. Notes:
Also called Sarah Hemenway.
She is named ("my daughter Sarah Towne") in her father's will, written 1871, and the records of his probate include a note from Sarah Towne dated 2 Aug 1873 acknowledging receipt of thirty dollars, her share in the estate.Sarah married Warren C. Towne on 15 Nov 1840 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Warren (son of Enos Towne and Lucy Browning) was born on 15 Sep 1815 in Barre, Washington, Vermont; died on 4 Nov 1895 in Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. Sophronia Augusta Towne was born on 22 Aug 1845 in East Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died on 14 Feb 1908 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Generation: 8
8. Sophronia Augusta Towne (7.Sarah7, 6.Luther6, 5.Ruth5, 4.Mary4, 3.Mehetabel3, 2.Jonas2, 1.Dorcas1) was born on 22 Aug 1845 in East Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire; died on 14 Feb 1908 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts. Notes:
The 1880 and 1900 US census both say that her father was born in Vermont and her mother in New Hampshire. As of the 1900 census she was a widow.
Sophronia married Henry Harrison Hartwell on 5 Feb 1869. Henry (son of Haskell F. Hartwell and Sarah Ann Ellis) was born on 18 Nov 1849 in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont; died on 21 Feb 1898 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. Bert Arthur Hartwell was born on 25 Nov 1875 in Foxboro, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1932 in Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Brook Cemetery, Mansfield, Bristol, Massachusetts.