Individual Details
Richard Dodge
(22 Sep 1602 - 15 Jun 1671)
Appears in Salem in 1638
"Richard for a short time lived on land belonging to his
brother. He was received as an inhabitant 29th October,
1638, was granted by the town of Salem, 12th November,
1638, ten acres of land, and 26th of November, 1638, the
undivided half of eighty acres more, the other half being
granted to his brother William. This last tract was on the
east end of Conant's, John Woodberry's and John Balch's
farms, whereof twelve acres were meadow. The 3d of
December, 1641, the town granted to Richard forty acres
more, making ninety in all. He was received into the
church at Salem, 5th May, 1644. In 1667 he was one of
the founders of the First Church, noAv of Beverly. Richard
died in Beverly 15th June, 1671,"
Dodge, Dodge Family, 9.
Son of John and Margery Dodge born between 1600 and 1602; Married in England to Edith (maiden name uncertain, but may be Brayne - see her tribute on her name questions); Some of their children were born in England before the couple immigrated to America's Massachusetts Bay Colony.
They received an 80 acre land grant disposed by the village of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts in the area adjacent to Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts in 1638;
He was a farmer as were many in that inland area away from the Salem waterfront and village.
As an original Dodge owner of the land which became "Dodges Row Cemetery," this family cemetery is on Dodge family land of his lifetime, although his burial site is not here. A headstone tribute was placed for him in 1962.
Sources/Credits: cemetery markers list online 2009; ancestry.com cemetery memorial marker photo by Karen Dankar, July 2010; Notice that Richard's headstone does not mark his grave, but memorializes him only, from Norman Dodge 11/2011; Joseph Thompson Dodge, "The Dodge Family of Essex County, Mass", New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 45, p. 383 (Oct. 1892).
"Richard for a short time lived on land belonging to his
brother. He was received as an inhabitant 29th October,
1638, was granted by the town of Salem, 12th November,
1638, ten acres of land, and 26th of November, 1638, the
undivided half of eighty acres more, the other half being
granted to his brother William. This last tract was on the
east end of Conant's, John Woodberry's and John Balch's
farms, whereof twelve acres were meadow. The 3d of
December, 1641, the town granted to Richard forty acres
more, making ninety in all. He was received into the
church at Salem, 5th May, 1644. In 1667 he was one of
the founders of the First Church, noAv of Beverly. Richard
died in Beverly 15th June, 1671,"
Dodge, Dodge Family, 9.
Son of John and Margery Dodge born between 1600 and 1602; Married in England to Edith (maiden name uncertain, but may be Brayne - see her tribute on her name questions); Some of their children were born in England before the couple immigrated to America's Massachusetts Bay Colony.
They received an 80 acre land grant disposed by the village of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts in the area adjacent to Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts in 1638;
He was a farmer as were many in that inland area away from the Salem waterfront and village.
As an original Dodge owner of the land which became "Dodges Row Cemetery," this family cemetery is on Dodge family land of his lifetime, although his burial site is not here. A headstone tribute was placed for him in 1962.
Sources/Credits: cemetery markers list online 2009; ancestry.com cemetery memorial marker photo by Karen Dankar, July 2010; Notice that Richard's headstone does not mark his grave, but memorializes him only, from Norman Dodge 11/2011; Joseph Thompson Dodge, "The Dodge Family of Essex County, Mass", New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 45, p. 383 (Oct. 1892).
Events
| Birth | 22 Sep 1602 | Middle Chinnock, Somerset, England | |||
| Marriage | 5 May 1628 | Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England - Edith Brayne | |||
| Death | 15 Jun 1671 | Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts |  | ||
| Burial | Dodge Row Cemetery, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts |  | |
Families
| Spouse | Edith Brayne (1603 - 1677) |
| Child | John Dodge Sr. ( - 1722) |
| Child | Mary Dodge (1632 - 1710) |
| Child | Richard Dodge (1642 - 1705) |
| Child | Sarah Dodge (1644 - 1726) |
| Child | Samuel Dodge (1645 - 1705) |
| Child | Edward Dodge ( - 1727) |
| Child | Joseph Dodge ( - 1716) |
Notes
Burial
Richard's headstone does not mark his grave, but memorializes him only.GPS (lat/lon): 42.589, 70.869
Endnotes
1. Dodge, Joseph Thompson, Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County,Massachusetts 1629=1894, Dodge, Joseph Thompson, Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Mass 1629-1894. Madi.
2. Find A Grave Memorial# 41654467.