Individual Details

Henry Dearborn

(23 Feb 1751 - 6 Jun 1829)

U.S. Congressman, Presidential Cabinet Secretary, U.S. Army Major General. During the U.S. Revolutionary War, he served under Benedict Arnold in the expedition to Quebec, Canada, in 1771. Later he was a Lieutenant Colonel Deputy Quarter Master and served on George Washington's staff while in Virginia. After the war, he was commissioned Brigadier General of the Massachusetts Militia in 1787, was promoted Major General in 1789 and was appointed as the first U.S. Marshal for the District of Maine, by President Washington. He was elected a Democrat-Republican to the Third and Fourth Congresses, serving (1793-97). In 1801, President Thomas Jefferson appointed him Secretary of War and he served until 1809. During the War of 1812, President James Madison appointed him Major General in command of U.S. Army troops on the North Eastern coast and he served until honorably discharged in 1815. He was later appointed Minister to Portugal, by President James Monroe, serving (1822-24).

Events

Birth23 Feb 1751Hampton, New Hampshire
Marriage20 Aug 1771Mary Bartlet
MarriageAbt 1780Dorcas Osgood
Marriage1813Sarah Bowdoin
Probate1829Norfolk, Massachusetts
Death6 Jun 1829Roxbury, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseDorcas Osgood (1752 - 1810)
ChildJulia Octavia Cascaline Dearborn (1782 - 1867)
ChildHenry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783 - 1851)
ChildGeorge Raleigh Dearborn (1784 - 1806)
SpouseMary Bartlet ( - )
ChildSophia Dearborn (1773 - 1814)
ChildPamela Dearborn (1775 - 1799)
SpouseSarah Bowdoin ( - )
FatherSimon Dearborn ( - )
MotherSarah Marston ( - )

Notes

Probate

In his will written 30 November 1827 and proved August 1829, Henry Dearborn bequeathed to beloved son Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn the house and land in Roxbury where he now lives and the farm in Pittstown Maine where Rufus Gay lives. Beloved daughter Julia Octavia C. Wingate received two thousand dollars. Grandson Henry G. R. Dearborn receives the farm in Monmouth, Maine. Grandson William R. Lee Dearborn also receives a farm in Monmouth. Granddaughter Pamela Augusta Sophia Dearborn receives one thousand dollars. Granddaughter Mary Ann A. S. Melwell and Sophia Blake each receive three hundred dollars. Beloved step-daughter Mary Gay receives four hundred dollars and Dorcas Parker receives two hundred dollars. There are also bequests of two hundred and fifty dollars to each of his step-grandchildren.The remainder of the estate is divided equally between his children Julia and Henry. Son Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, son Joshua Wingate, Jr., and John B. Davis, Esq. are named executors.

Endnotes

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2. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Probate Docket Books, and Record Books (1793-1916) (Norfolk County, Massachusetts); Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Norfolk County); Probate Place: Norfolk, Massachusetts.

3. Ancestry.com, New York, Death Newspaper Extracts, 1801-1890 (Barber Collection) (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

4. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Probate Docket Books, and Record Books (1793-1916) (Norfolk County, Massachusetts); Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Norfolk County); Probate Place: Norfolk, Massachusetts.

5. Ancestry.com, Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016), Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. II.