Individual Details
Dorcas March
(11 Jun 1746 - Mar 1820)
Events
| Birth | 11 Jun 1746 | Boston, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 19 Jan 1763 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts - Dudley Woodbridge | |||
| Death | Mar 1820 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Probate | 28 Mar 1820 | Salem, Essex, Massachusetts | |
Families
| Spouse | Dudley Woodbridge (1732 - 1799) |
| Child | Dudley Woodbridge (1764 - 1771) |
| Child | Thomas March Woodbridge (1765 - 1841) |
| Child | John Woodbridge (1767 - 1784) |
| Child | Mary Gilman Woodbridge (1769 - 1809) |
| Child | Benjamina Woodbridge (1772 - 1851) |
| Child | Dorcas Woodbridge (1774 - 1803) |
| Child | Dudley Woodbridge (1776 - 1795) |
| Child | Elizabeth Grafton Woodbridge (1778 - ) |
| Child | William Woodbridge (1780 - 1820) |
| Child | Joseph Jackson Woodbridge (1782 - 1863) |
| Father | Thomas March ( - 1752) |
| Mother | Dorcas Osgood (1721 - 1749) |
| Sibling | Thomas March (1745 - ) |
Notes
Death
Dorcas, wid., consumption, Mar. ––, 1820, a. 74 y. [Issue of Mar. 10. NR9]Probate
Case number 30542Thomas M. Woodbridge was not able to attend to the settlement of his mother's estate and recommended Archelaus Rea as administrator. The estate was valued at $6,866.70 with $5,624.90 of this being in shares of Salem Turnpike, Salem Mariner Insurance, and Essex Fire and Marine. Heirs signing as satisfied with the probate accounting were Thomas M. Woodbridge, Stephen Phillips as guardian to his son, Joseph J. Woddbridge, John W. Fenno, Louisa Fenno, and Robert J. Cloutman. Her will was written 11 September 1819. Her will specifies that her estate be distributed to her heirs according to law and she canceled the obligation held against her son Joseph Jackman Woodbridge so he would be eligible to receive a distribution from the estate.