William DODGE

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF WILLIAM DODGE OF BEVERLY 1629 - 1692 by Donald R.Dodge *

In the approximate year of our Lord 1604, John and MargeryDodgeofMiddleChinnock, County of Somerset, England, had born tothemWilliam,theirfirst of three sons. John Dodge and his sonsWilliam,Richard, andMichaelwere linearly descended from that Saxon raceofwarriors whoserved assteel clad barons in wars waged for the NormankingsofEngland. On April 25, 1629, Mr. William Dodge joined a companyofPuritanplantersand craftsmen and journeyed to America on theLion'sWhelp, asmall shipof 120 tons displacement. The Lion's Whelp andhersister shipstheTalbot and the George carried their goods andpassengersto Naumkaeg,theIndian name for the North American territorysettledbyEngland'sMassachusetts Bay Company at Salem.

William Dodge, aged 25 years, or thereabouts, was describedaswelloverusual stature, with a well formed athletic physique, withthedarkhair,eyes, and complexion typical of the ancient Britons.ReverendJohnWhiteof the Massachusetts Bay Company called Mr. WilliamDodge a'skillfuland painful husbandman' in reference to his skills asafarmer.Herecommended that Governor Endicott give William the charge ofateamofhorses to facilitate his work efforts intheexpandingPuritansettlements in the Salem area The records indicatethatWilliamreturnedto England on October 15, 1635 to be present athisfather'sdeathbed.William was one of three witnesses to John Dodge'swillwhichgave him asum of 40 pounds and a team of oxen. Thisinheritancewasdescribed assupplemental to whatever gifts his father hadgivenhimbefore he firstemigrated to the New World in 1629.

William returned to Salem, presumably with his inheritedmoneyandfarmanimals to resume his life as an English Planter. As afreemanoftheSalem settlement, William was given two lots of landcomprisedof80acres and 20 acres each, on September 3, 1637. InMay,1641,Williampurchased 200 more acres of good, farmable land fromJohnPalfrey.Theland was located in an area of Salem near the headwatersoftheBassRiver. This land area later became part of the new townofBeverlywhereWilliam made his permanent residence in 1645.

William Dodge's 280+ acres of land made his land holdings thelargestoftheearly 17th century Planters according to the recorded landdeedsoftheSalem/ Beverly area. Records show that on December 3, 1641 hegave40acresof his land to his brother Richard Dodge who had emigratedtoSalemin 1638,nine years after his younger brother William.

William Dodge was a well respected farmer and citizenoftheSalem/Beverlycommunity. The area's historical texts andrecordsshowover 35 instanceswhere Farmer William was appointed or electedtopublicservices for hiscommunity. He held such offices asselectman,grandjuryman, and surveyorof roads and properties. He is notedas one ofthefounders of the FirstChurch in Beverly in 1667. He was aneighborandclose friend of theReverend John Hale.

William Dodge was a family man. According to historicalrecords,hemarriedMary Conant, the widow of John Balch of Beverly, inhislaterlife.However, the maiden name of the wife and mother ofhisfourchildren is notrecorded. His children, in order of birth were;

* John Dodge Baptized December 25, 1636

* William Dodge Baptized September 19, 1640

* Hannah Dodge Baptized July 24, 1642

* Josiah Dodge ( Baptismal date not recorded)

Farmer William Dodge Sr. died in his 80's at some timebetweentheyears1685 and 1692. He deeded most of his property to hissecondsonCaptainWilliam Dodge. No mention is made in Farmer William'swill , orinotherrecords, of his bequests to his eldest son CaptainJohnDodge,whooutlived his father by more than 30 years. It isrecordedthatCaptainJohn Dodge and his two brothers fought in thePuritancommunity'swarswith the Naragansett indians. Farmer Dodge'syoungest sonJosiahwaskilled in battle at Bloody Brook, South Deerfield,along withthe sonsofBenjamin Balch and Humphrey Woodberry.

Farmer William Dodge's surviving sons John and Williamlivedlongandprospered in their Puritan community of Beverly. CaptainJohnownedandoperated a successful grist mill at the head waters oftheBassRiverwhile Captain William continued as a prosperous farmeronhisfather'soriginal family homestead in Beverly. Both FarmerWilliam'ssonsserved,at different times, as Beverly's representative totheGeneralCourt.Today, the descendants of Farmer William and his twosonsstillreside inthe New England area and, indeed, the whole breadthoftheUnited States.Farmer William and his brother Richard have aposterityofwhich theywould be proud: a posterity in keeping with thetraditionsoftheir race.

* The author, Donald R. Dodge is a 12th generationlinealdescendantofEnglish Planter William Dodge of Beverly, Mass. throughhissonCaptainJohn Dodge. Donald currently resides in Munhall,Pennsylvaniawithhiswife Ruby Elizabeth (Phillips) Dodge, hischildren,andgrandchildren.Donald Dodge's family genealogy is accuratelypresentedinthe DODGEFAMILY GENEALOGY, 1898-1998 by Robert LivingstonDodge

Bibliography:++

*Vol 1, History of Salem by Sidney Perley * Salem in the SeventeenthCentury by James D. Phillips * The Old Planters of Beverly inMassachusetts and The ThousandAcreGrantby Gertrude Lapham * Beverly in1700 by Sidney Perley * Ancesters Descendants of John Dodge 1816-1898,Vol 2 byMarilynandPhillip Slinger

++ The author acknowledges the work of Mr. Stephen P. HalloftheBEVERLYHISTORICAL SOCIETY. Mr. Hall collected and suppliedthehistoricaltextswhich provided the source material for this article.

WILLIAM DODGE

ORIGIN: Somersetshire MIGRATION: 1629 on the Lyon's Whelp FIRSTRESIDENCE: Salem REMOVES: Beverly OCCUPATION: Husbandman. CHURCHMEMBERSHIP: Admission to Salem church prior to 25December1636implied bybaptism of child on that date; this would beanotherexampleof the defectsin the earliest Salem list of churchmembers. FREEMAN: 17 April 1637 [MBCR1:373]. EDUCATION: Signed various documents and deeds, 24 June1654,11November1654 [EQC 1:359, 379; ELR 3:52, 7:53]. OFFICES: Essexgrand jury, 30 December 1645, 30 November 1658,28June1659, 27 November1666, possibly September 1675 (no Sr.),likewise27June 1676 [EQC 1:89,2:123, 157, 3:367, 6:73, 145]. Petit jury,6July1647, 29 November 1653 25November 1656, 24 November 1657,26November1661, 25 November 1662, 24November 1663, 30 June 1674[EQC1:114, 313,2:6, 59, 320, 3:6, 102, 5:316].Jury, 20 October 1653[EQC1:309].Represented Salem in various lawsuits, 26June 1649, 28December1649[EQC 1:170, 183]. Coroner's jury, June Term,1660 into thedeathbydrowning of William Ellet [EQC 2:222]. Surveyor orlot layer for Salem: 16 March 1649/50, 20 July 1658[STR1:164;EQC 2:105].Beverly tythingman, June 1677 [EQC 6:289]. ESTATE: In the 1636 Salem landdivision William Dodge receivedsixtyacres'next to John Woodbury' [STR1:26]. In the 25 December1637division ofmarsh and meadows 'Will[iam]Dodge' receivedthree-quartersof an acre,with a household of five [STR1:103]. On 27 October 1644 George Hawkins of Boston, shipwright,asattorneyforGeorge 'Richesson' of Wapping, sold to William 'Dods'twohundredacres atthe head of Bass River [ELR 1:2]. He received an acrein Salem 20 April 1646 [STR 1:143]. At some point before 18 October 1652,'Guydo Bayley' then ofBassRiversold to William Dodge of Bass River,yeoman, a parcel of landforwhich hereceived a yellow cow (this deed wasretrospectively createdbyBayley 14September 1695 [ELR 11:19]). On 27November 1656 WilliamDodgeof Salemsold forty acres of upland, 'being partof eighty acresgrantedto themboth,' and six acres of meadow to RichardDodge of Salem[ELR1:34]. Both William and his son John were taxed 1s. inthe special rateleviedbyTopsfield in 1667 [EQC 3:386]. On 28 January1668[/9] WilliamDodge Sr.ofBeverly on Bass River, husbandman, andElizabeth his wife,sold toMr.John Hale, pastor of the church at Beverly,twenty acres ofpasture[ELR3:52]. On 22 November 1662, John Stone Sr. ofSalem,husbandman, soldtoWilliam 'Dodg' Sr. of Salem, farmer, seven acresinSalem on BassRiver[ELR 3:61]. On 7 June 1664 William Dodge,JohnRaymond, RogerConant,Benjamin Balch, and Peter Woodbury of BassRiverin Salem gave toIsaacHull, cooper, 'for considerations movingusthereunto' one acreeach,totalling five acres near Great Pond [ELR3:78].On 6 June 1667 JohnFiskof Chelmsford sold to William Dodge ofSalem allhis granted land inSalem[ELR 3:169]. At the request ofWilliam Dodge Sr.,John Rayment, Sr.,andWilliam Rayment, all ofBeverly, Brian 'Pemelton ofSaco'acknowledgedthat 'about the year ofone thousand six hundred andfiftythree or fiftyfour' he sold Dodge andthe rest a six hundred acrefarm'formerlybelong[ing] unto Old Mr.Thomas Dudley' and 'was honestlypaidfor it'[ELR 5:82]. On 12 May 1685, 'William Dodge, Senr., of Beverly'madeatestamentarydeed, giving for 'my parental care love & affection'to'myson WilliamDodge' of Beverly 'my house I now dwell in withallotheredifices,building, orchards, fences belonging thereto & uponthelandabout it'being twenty acres, also 'my land in the new field withalltherest ofmy land which adjoineth thereunto,' also 'my land atthehorsebridgebeing sixty acres more or less,' also 'ten acres ofmeadowlying inthebounds of Topsfield,' also 'five acres of meadow be itmore orless,'andalso 'the pond meadow belonging unto me at GoodmanHull's.' Thisgiftwasmade on the condition that William Sr. could use,occupy or sellanyofthe properties during his lifetime, and if the elderWilliamimprovedtheland he was to be paid Ð30 per year by the youngerWilliam,but heneednot demand it. William Jr. was also to pay thefollowinglegaciesasspelled out by William Sr.: to 'my daughter Hannah'two cows;to'mygranchild John Porter' Ð5; and if 'my brother --- if hecometoNewEngland & dwell in this town I now live in Ð5 per annum solongashehere shall dwell' [ELR 7:53]. William Dodge Sr. acknowledgedthisdeed13May 1685. On 12 May 1685, William Dodge Sr. of Beverly, statingthat hehadgivendeeds of gift on the same date to his 'two sons' JohnandWilliam,nowproceeded to give to others for whom he has parentalloveandaffection.To 'Hannah Woodbery' he gave twelve acres in Beverly,andthe'improvementon half my farm at Wenham which I bought of Mr.JohnFiske';to JohnPorter he gave the reversion of the land lefttoHannahWoodberry; if Johndied without heirs, the land to go tothechildren ofHannah Woodberryequally divided when they reach 21 ormarry;to WilliamDodge 'kinsman mybrother's son' sixteen acres of land offthehome farmat the south end ofBramble Hill, then to his children andtheirheirs[ELR 8:163]. BIRTH: About 1604-1609 (deposed aged about seventyyears forAprilTerm1679 [EQC 7:181] and aged about seventy-six years atSeptemberTerm1680[EQC 8:7]). DEATH: After 12 May 1685 [ELR 7:53, 8:163].MARRIAGE: By 1636 Elizabeth ____ (all secondary sourcescallherElizabeth,but the record evidence for this is not seen); shediedafter1642. CHILDREN: i JOHN, bp. Salem 25 December 1636 ('John, sonof WilliamDody')[SChR16]; m. (1) Salem 10 [blank] 1659 Sarah Proctor,daughter ofJohnProctor;m. (2) Elizabeth (_____) Woodbury, widow ofJohnWoodbury[evidence notseen, but so stated in Dawes-Gates 2:323].

ii WILLIAM, bp. Salem 19 September 1640 [SChR 18]; m. (1)by1663Mary(Conant) Balch, daughter of ROGER CONANT and widow ofJohnBalch,son ofJOHN BALCH (eldest child b. Salem 20 March 1663/4;WilliamDodge'swifewas executrix of the estate of John Balch in September1665[EQC3:273]);m. (2) Charlestown 26 May 1685 Joanna (Hale) Larkin[ChVR127(alsorecorded Beverly)], daughter of ROBERT HALE and widowofJohnLarkin[Wyman 452, 599]; m. (3) Marblehead 27 October 1698MaryCreatty(recordedBeverly).

iii HANNAH, bp. Salem 24 July 1642 [SChR 19]; m. (1)SamuelPorter(whomakes 'my father-in-law Wm Dodge' one of the overseers ofhis10February1658[/9] will [EPR 1:306, 3:43]); m. (2) Salem 2December1661ThomasWoodbury.

ASSOCIATIONS: Richard Dodge, Sr., of Beverly named 'mybrotherWilliamDodgeSr.' one of the overseers of his 14 November 1670will [EQC4:405].Therewas another Dodge brother still in England at thetime ofWilliam's1685testamentary deed, but we do not see if he trulycame.These twobrothersare said to be sons of John and Margery (_____)DodgeofMiddlechinnock,Somersetshire [Dawes-Gates 2:315, 319]. There wasathirdbrother, Michael,who did not come to New England, but whosesonWilliamdid [Dodge Gen 13;Dawes-Gates 2:319]. COMMENTS: In the 28 May 1629 letter from the Governorand DeputyoftheMassachusetts Bay Company in London to John Endicott andhiscouncilinNew England is a request from 'Mr. Whyte, the minster,'toshowalllawful favor and respect unto the planters that came overintheLyonsWhelpe out of the counties of Dorset and Somerset; thatyouwouldappointunto William Dodg, a skillful and painful husbandman,thechargeof ateam of horses [MBCR 1:401]. According to a family traditionWilliam Dodge returned toEnglandsometimebetween 1629 and 1636 to acquirea wife and an associatedgiftfrom hisfather. While the absence of anyrecord of William inNewEngland betweenthese dates makes this story apossibility, it isnothingmore than that. On 27 December 1636 'WilliamDodg's boy whipped for running awayfromhismaster several times' [EQC1:4]. If this servant is includedinthehousehold a year later when thegrant of marsh and meadowwasmade,crediting William Dodge with a householdof five, then four ofthefiveare accounted for: William Dodge, wifeElizabeth, son John,andunnamedservant boy. There is the possibility,then, of a child olderthanJohn,but this fifth person might as well beanother servant, or akinsmanofWilliam or his wife. In a documentpresented at June Term, 1679, John West,agedaboutfifty-eight years,deposed that being present when WilliamDodge,Sr.,and John Proctor, Sr.,made up the match between John DodgeandSarahProcter, son and daughter ofDodge and Procter, saidWilliamDodgepromised to give a parcel of land withhis son John, andsaidProctorengaged to give Ð40 with his daughter Sarah.Dodgefurthersaid'Notwithstanding what is given, what shall theseyoungbeginners doforhousehold stuff,' and deponent proposed that Dodgeshouldgive hissonJohn Ð10 and Proctor should give his daughter Ð5 to bepaidatthemerchant's, to which proposition they both agreed [EQC 5:195].With Roger Haskell he was to round up neighbors to mend thetwobridgesonthe country way over the Bass River toward Wenham on26October 1646[STR1:145, 148]. William Dodge and Henry Bartholomew,asagents for Mr.GeorgeTaylor, late inhabiting in Lynn, sold toRichardJohnson one houseandbarn and land, and four acres of salt marsh[ELR1:19]. Along withtheother executors of Thomas Scruggs, William'Dodg'sold ten acres toEdmondPatch of Salem [ELR 1:33]. William Dodge wasone of two attorneys for Gervis Garford, whowasaccusedby Roger Haskell ofnot laying out upland as agreed [JuneTerm,1657, EQC2:44]. William Dodgesued Robert Haskell for notmaintaining afence [JuneTerm, 1659, EQC2:160]. The matter was somethingof a draw,since yearslater the courtordered that the court costs bedividedbetween the twomen and that theland be divided equally [JuneTerm, EQC2:311, 313]. Itwas over a similar,if not identical, fence thatRogerHaskell and OsmondTrask came to blows.John Harris, an eighteen yearoldservant of WilliamDodge, testified thathe saw Haskell attack Traskwitha pitchfork andthat he, William Dodge,John Dodge, and William Fiskeranto them whenthey heard the outcry[November Term, 1661, EQC2:323].William's son,William, had little betterluck with fences, andboth menfound themselvesdeposing about them in theMarch Term, 1671 [EQC4:332]. 'Farmer John Porter,' William Dodge, andRoger Haskell, all ofSalem,wereto view the highway at Lynn [June Term,1660, EQC 2:218].WithMajorWilliam Hathorn and Jeffrey Massey, WilliamDodge wasappointedacommissioner to bound out the thirds of Eunice, thewidowofJonathanPorter [November Term, 1660, EQC 2:256]. William Dodge,John Porter and Mr. Edmond Batterwereappointedadministrators of theestate of Samuel Porter, NovemberTerm,1659 [EQC2:192]. William Dodge Sr.took the inventory of the estateofThomasScruggs of Salem 24 June 1654[EPR 1:185] and of thewidowElizabethHardy of Salem 11 November 1654 [EPR1:200] and of theestate ofLotConant 29 September 1674 [EQC 5:432].William Dodge Sr. and Joseph Ayers deposed at the NovemberTerm1678thatthey had been asked by Ephraim Fellows to appraise a parcelofcornwhichwas destroyed by swine [EQC 7:120]. William Dodge, Sr.,agedaboutseventyyears at April Term, 1679, deposed about a dying cow[EQC7:181]. At the September Term, William Dodge Sr. joined withotherinfluentialmenof Beverly, Wenham and Salem, to request furtherassistancefromtheGeneral court in establishing the final bounds ofthesetowns[EQC8:19-20]. The Josiah Dodge who was killed in King Philip'sWar has beensuggestedasa son of William Dodge [Dodge Gen 15; Dawes-Gates2:323]. BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: The basic genealogy of the Dodgefamilywaspublishedin 1894 by Joseph Thompson Dodge [Genealogy of theDodgeFamilyof EssexCounty, Mass. 1629-1894 (Madison, Wisconsin, 1894),citedaboveas DodgeGen]. Mary Walton Ferris prepared studies of bothWilliamDodgeand hisbrother Richard Dodge [Dawes-Gates 2:315-28].

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