Individual Details
Dorcas Abbott
(30 Jan 1774 - Abt 1846)
Events
| Birth | 30 Jan 1774 | Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire | |||
| Marriage | 3 Feb 1795 | Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire - Eliphalet Putnam |  | ||
| Residence | 1830 | Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire | | ||
| Death | Abt 1846 | Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire | |||
| Will | 2 Oct 1846 | Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire |  | ||
| Probate | Hillsborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire | |
Families
| Spouse | Eliphalet Putnam (1766 - 1826) |
| Child | Rachel Putnam (1796 - 1856) |
| Child | Eliphalet Putnam (1797 - 1799) |
| Child | Eliphalet Putnam (1799 - 1862) |
| Child | Abiel Abbot Putnam (1801 - 1881) |
| Child | Sewall Putnam (1803 - 1803) |
| Child | Sewall Putnam (1805 - 1895) |
| Child | Samuel Putnam (1807 - 1814) |
| Child | Dorcas Putnam (1809 - 1810) |
| Child | Dorcas Putnam (1811 - 1887) |
| Child | Mary Eastman Putnam (1813 - 1830) |
| Child | Abigail Putnam (1817 - 1871) |
| Child | Samuel Putnam (1819 - 1853) |
| Father | Abiel Abbott (1741 - 1809) |
| Mother | Dorcas Abbott (1744 - 1829) |
| Sibling | Abiel Abbott (1765 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Jacob Abbott (1768 - 1834) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Abbott (1770 - 1823) |
| Sibling | Ezra Abbott (1772 - 1847) |
| Sibling | Unknown Abbott (1776 - 1776) |
| Sibling | Samuel Abbott (1777 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Abigail Abbott (1779 - 1812) |
| Sibling | Persis Abbott (1781 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Rhoda Abbott (1784 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Samuel Abbott (1786 - 1839) |
| Sibling | Phebe Abbott (1788 - 1825) |
Notes
Will
New Hampshire. Probate Court (Hillsborough County); Probate Place: Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Probate Records, Vol 55-56, 1846-1849, pp 415-416Dorcas Abbot Putnam wrote her will 2 October 1846.“I give to my daughter Rachel Dascombe my least valuable bed.” Son Eliphalet also receives a bed. She leaves in trust with the executor for daughter Dorcas Putnam the amount of $302.27. Daughter Abigail wife of George Buss receives$377.45. Daughters Rachel, Abigail, and Dorcas receive the kitchen and household items. Son Samuel receives the great bible and the remainder of her books. She orders her executor to sell her farm in Milford now occupied by Calvin Dascombe and authorizes the executor to provide a promissory note to the trustees of Philips Academy for $500. Sons Abiel Putnam, Eliphalet Putnam, and Sewell Putnam receive all the residue of the estate. Son Eliphalet is named executor.[1] [I know I am not supposed to editorialize, but I must wonder what daughter Rachel and husband Calvin Dascombe did to warrant “the least valuable bed” and having the farm sold out from under them.]
[1] New Hampshire Wills and Probate Records 1643-1982, Will of Dorcas Putnam, Hillsborough, 2 Oct 1846.
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).
2. Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), 1830; Census Place: Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; Series: M19; Roll: 76; Page: 551; Family History Library Film: 0337929.
3. Ancestry.com, New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Probate Records, 1771-1921; Indexes to Probate Records, 1771-1859, 1885-1961; Author: New Hampshire. Probate Court (Hillsborough County); Probate Place: Hillsborough, New Hampshire.