DORR George B. 1853 - 1944 WARD FAMILY ANCESTRY to G.B. Dorr Miles Ward of Erinth, England Joshua Ward (1641-1680) m. Hannah Flint (1647-1723) Miles Ward (1672-1764) m. Sarah Massey (1669-1728) Ebenezer Ward (1710-1791) m. Rachel Pickman (1717-1789) William Ward (1736-1767) m. Ruth Putnam (1740-1786) William Ward [Candid] (1761-1827) m. Martha Ann Proctor (1763-1788) Thomas Wren Ward (1786-1858) m. Lydia Gray (1788-1874) Mary Gray Ward (1820-1901) m. Charles Hazen Dorr (1821-1893) George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944). 1-27-14 Edward Dorr Family Edward Dorr 1648-1734 (barn in Dorset, England) m. settled in Casco Bay then to Bostan in 167. Rev. Joseph Dorr Elizabeth Hawley 1690-1768 1656-1719 m. Mary Rawson 1699-1776 Judge Joseph Dorr Nathan Bucknam 1730-1808 1703-1795 m. m. Catherine Bucknam Margaret Fiske 1741-1806 1704-1796 Lucy Tuttle Fox Samuel Fox Dorr Sam 1776-1814 1804- Susan Elizabeth Dorr m.1 m. 1819- Elizabeth Brown Hazen Hazen I Samuel F. Dorr George Bucknam Dorr 1774-1844 1806- m. m. 2 Joanna Hone Howard Susan Brown 1820-1842 1779-1841 1 Albert Dorr Charles Hazen Dorr 1807- 1821-1893 m. 1 Martha Ann Dorr Mary Gray Ward 1809- 1820-1901 m. Henry Edwards William Ward Dorr Francis Dorr 1851-1876 1811- James Augustus George Bucknam Dorr 1812- 1853-1944 Fravard college class 1874. Fiftieth Anniversary Report 1924] [87] Bennett, a writer and translator of note. Three sons and a daughter have been born to them: all are married, and there are five grandchildren. The family home is at I2 Dane Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, with a summer place, The Moorings, Ogunquit, Maine. GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR was born in Jamaica Plain, Bos- GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR ton, December 29, 1853, son of Charles Hazen and Mary Gray (Ward) Dorr, and fifth in descent from Edward Dorr, who came to Massachusetts Bay Colony and settled in Rox- bury about 1660. Dorr prepared for college in Mr. Dix- well's school. After graduation Dorr lived for four years in Europe, spending some of the time in travel. Returning to the United States in 1878 he entered the Harvard Graduate School, and for three years read philosophy, history, and general literature. He served as chairman of the Visiting Committee on Philosophy, which with the help of President Eliot and the Faculty of the Department raised a fund for the building of Emerson Hall. Later he again travelled in Europe, and in Egypt and the Nearer East. He became in- JAMES DWIGHT *1917 terested in the opening fields of mental suggestion, thought transference and psychical research, working on the latter subject in conjunction with Professor William James and the English Psychical Research Society, which later pub- lished a volume on his work. He travelled in the West through the wilder portions, and took up the study of trees and landscape planting: he founded the Mount Desert Nur- series at Bar Harbor, and joined with President Eliot and Bishop William Lawrence in establishing the Hancock County, Maine, Trustees of Public Reservations. In 1916, on Mount Desert Island, in territory once a portion of the French Province of Acadia, Dorr founded Lafayette Na- tional Park, the first in the East or bordering the sea, and LOUIS DYER *1908 [88] ] the first Wild Life Sanctuary administered by the Federal Government in our Eastern States. In recognition of this work by Harvard University, at Commencement, 1923, President Lowell conferred the honorary degree of Master of Arts upon him, as "A lover of nature, who has preserved as a national park the grandest point on our Atlantic coast " And in 1924 the University of Maine gave him the honorary degree of Master of Science. Dorr's address is The Somerset Club, Boston, or Bar Harbor, Maine. JAMES DWIGHT JAMES DWIGHT was born in Paris, France, July 14, 1852, son of Thomas Dwight and Mary. Collins, daughter of John Collins Warren, M.D., of Boston. After he was two years of age he lived in Boston, and he prepared for college in the school of Epes Sargent Dixwell. After graduation Dwight entered the Harvard Medical School, choosing naturally the profession in which his mother's family had won great distinction. He took his M.D. in 1879, and entered practice: by reason of ill health he was soon forced to give up medical work for a time, and he never resumed it. On January I2, 1887, he married Elizabeth Frances Iasigi, who bore him three sons and three daughters: the first son, Alfred Warren, died May 4, 1893. After a long and painful illness our classmate died at Matta- poisett, Massachusetts, July I3, 1917. Mrs. Dwight, two sons and three daughters survive him: two of the children have married, and there are two grandchildren. The young- est child, Richard Warren, is a member of the Harvard Class of 1925. Mrs. Dwight resides at 18 Browne Street, Brookline. " From boyhood Dwight's success in games involving skill, strength and judgment had been great. This was the more remarkable because in certain ways he was physically / of L Betsy Grassi 597 Delano Rd Marion, MA 02738 20 November, 2001 Hi Ronald, Please excuse the scribbled notes. I found this way back when I first began to research my family. After I discovered this was not my line, I didn't document any of the information. I believe the book I used was the American Compendium. Not too certain of the "American" in the title. I am much more careful now with listing sources. Geo. Bucknam Dorr is related to the affluent Dorr's including the law firm of Hale and Dorr in Boston. I am descended from the not-so-affluent line. But it is a wonderful line!! Hope this helps a bit. Betsy (Dorr) Ghassi voll Pg 253 Fairhoven George Bucknom Dorr 2 of 2 Seenotes for other families A- VR 1850-Mendor CDS Joseph - England dates with Edward? babt1600 (1647/15) - Edward (England b 1648 ) 1647 d 9Feb- 1734 Edward ( died yours), ann, Edward, Ebenezer, REV Joseph, 1674 m. Elezabeth Hawley @1679 Edmund, Harbattle, Clemence, Elyobeth, probably others (into Rev.Joseph m @mendon, ma mary Rawson 1724 b 1690 boston -1768 (1699-1770) 3,776 mary Joseph Catherine Susannah(m. amarish 1779 Froet) 1725 1730 1731/2 1734 LDS 1G1 #56 (128-g) - Joseph ESPri (Probate Judge) s/o m 12-24-1767 m. Catherine Bucknam Samuel Sarah Thon Shep 778 and Joseph Joseph 1772 Hawley mary 1784 1774 1776 1769 (1774 1844) ( 1777 - 1814 ) 37 yrs Samuel 704r Pres NG.BunhBost) m. LUCY TUTTLE Fox (1804-1844) 40yist (1816 ) Samuel Fox Dorr M. Elizabeth Chepman HAZEN charlest, william moses, Richard, Edward (1821- (1821- ) (1820- Charles HAZEN DORR m MARY GRAY WARD George, William (18/1974) George Buckram Dorr unmarried acadia William merywether DORR John OVER b. Louiville KY 2-11-1896 Births. Don The line 2/31/05 Samuel Don. The fine children above four was from of Joseph t Cathamine mentioned are recorded in Dor. at Mendon Jine 23rd 1774 the town. book.- book Lucy T For No 3 hage 103 by I Clark - Town clerk was born at Fitchbing June 1811. of Joseph / Many Fox September 6th 1776. James Argumber Dont Sammel: For Dorr form June 8th 1812. form August 26th 1804. Pusan E big babeth for from March 11th 1819 beingon Thursday 2 o'cluch All. Hopping a George Bucknam Don. from January 23rd 1806. bharles Hazan Dorr, Some Albert Henry for born August 24th 1821 from December 8th 180y being h Monday. of Brown J Susan, to Martha Am Dorn and Don Ir from June 11th 1836 at New York from December 20th 1809. Francis Fishe Dor. Aagen for San of BFD. born November 30th 1857 born March 16th 1811 at New York. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Dept. New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 Births. maya word Children of martha am Edwards of thanks Hb Dorr Henry Don Edwards William Ward Door Z. at Paris- France, March 5th 1830. born at Jamine Plain. mafore Friday 31th January 1851, Henry Augustas Edwards at nine o'clock evening. born at Boston May 9th 1832. George love Bucknam Door.just Incy Jane Edwards at Jamaica Plain, male Thursday. 29th December 1853. bm at Boston January Y* 1834 at 3th o'clock morning. Emily E lingbeth Edwards from A Boston. August 14th 1835. R. Stanton Avery COPY Special Collections Dept. New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 HUA Class Book of 1874. Pq.229. Plain. Thass. I was born, December 29th 1853 at Jamaien of Boston my mother's Dates was many I am the Son of Charles H. for Koston. Gray Ward, the daughter of Thomas W. Haid of to america and sellied in the town of Roxbury my ancestor, Edward Dom, came about the year 1660; his son, Edebard Dort, thiendon was Presbyterian minister in the toun of , mass. i his Son Joseph Don. was a judge in the U.S. circuit Court for ancester county his son, Samuel Dorr, was a merchant ut ih the city of Boston: his son, Charles H. Dorr, is my father grand- daughter, of William waid and of my mother was the Samuel I kiray both of Salem. lived in Jamaica Plain until seven years old; course. in Boston, until my college of E.S. Dixebell of Bobton. I prehaud for college at the school at the age of Sixteen. I passed the greater I entered college part I of my senior year in Europe. during my Sophorhore year. was a member of the Institute of 1/70, in no. 18 Harwald Block, chelmming with During my Fresh man year I roomed David Sears, of Boston my last Three years I roomed in no. 18 Holyoke House, alone. church, in Boston. When about 15 years old I joined the Efiscoke for a couple of years. and, for after that I intend to study abroad my plans are indecided. George Bucknam Dorr Jr. Roots Web's WorldConnect Project: Hyde to Boone Page 1 of 1 Return to normal view Hyde to Boone Entries: 21432 Updated: 2005-04-03 09:02:16 UTC (Sun) Contact: Penelope Ashcraft Display pedigree in table format /Joseph DORR b: 1620 Edward DORR b: 1648 d : 9 Feb 1734 / Joseph DORR b: 1690 d : 9 Mar 1768 /Thomas HAWLEY b: 1609 d: 21 Apr 1676 = Elizabeth HAWLEY b: 27 Jun 1656 d : 7 Dec 1719 \Dorothy HARBOTTLE (LAMB) b: 1619 d : 28 /Joseph DORR b: 24 May 1730 d: 31 Oct 1808 /Edward RAWSON /Grindall RAWSON b: 23 Jan 1659 d: 6 Feb 1715 \Racahel (RAWSON) Mary RAWSON b: 22 Jun 1699 d : 9 Apr 1776 /John WILSON b: Sep 1621 d: 23 Aug 1691 Susannah WILSON b: 1 Dec 1664 d: 8 Jul 1748 \ Sarah HOOKER b: 1629 d : 20 Aug 1725 => /Samuel V. DORR b: 23 Jun 1774 d: 18 Dec 1844 /Nathan BUCKNAM b: 22 Oct 1703 d: 6 Feb 1795 Catherine BUCKNAM b: 9 Feb 1741/1742 d: 6 Aug 1806 /Moses FISKE \ Margaret FISKE b: 16 Dec 1704 d: 1 May 1796 \Anna QUINCY Charles Hazen DORR b: 27 Aug 1821 /Joseph Lasinby BROWN Susan BROWN b: 16 Aug 1779 d : 25 Feb 1841 \ (Unknown) (BROWN) George Buckman DORR b: 29 Dec 1853 d : 5 Aug 1944 /Thomas W. WARD b: Bef 1820 \ Mary Gray WARD b: 29 Sep 1820 \ (Unknown) (WARD) http://wc rootsweb 8/24/2006 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Hyde to Boone Page 1 of 6 Return to normal view Hyde to Boone Entries: 21432 Updated: 2005-04-03 09:02:16 UTC (Sun) Contact: Penelope Ashcraft Ahnentafel, Generation No. 1 1. George Buckman DORR was born 29 Dec 1853 in Boston, Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 5 Aug 1944 in Bar Harbor,Hancock County,Maine, He was the son of 2. Charles Hazen DORR and 3. Mary Gray WARD. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 2 2. Charles Hazen DORR was born 27 Aug 1821 in Boston, Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died in Boston,Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of 4. Samuel V. DORR and 5. Susan BROWN. 3. Mary Gray WARD was born 29 Sep 1820 in Boston, Suffolk County,Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 6. Thomas W. WARD and 7. (Unknown) (WARD). Children of Mary Gray WARD and Charles Hazen DORR are: i. William Ward DORR was born 31 Jan 1851 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 4 Nov 1876 in Cambridge,Middlesex County,Massachusetts. 1. ii. George Buckman DORR was born 29 Dec 1853 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 5 Aug 1944 in Bar Harbor,Hancock County,Maine. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 3 4. Samuel V. DORR was born 23 Jun 1774 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. and died 18 Dec 1844 in Cambridge,Middlesex County,Massachusetts. He was the son of 8. Joseph DORR and 9. Catherine BUCKNAM. 5. Susan BROWN was born 16 Aug 1779, and died 25 Feb 1841 in Cambridge,Middlesex County, ,Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 10. Joseph Lasinby BROWN and 11. (Unknown) (BROWN). Children of Susan BROWN and Samuel V. DORR are: i. Susan Elizabeth DORR was born 11 Mar 1819 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. http.//wc rootsweb 8/24/2006 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Hyde to Boone Page 2 of 6 2. ii. Charles Hazen DORR was born 27 Aug 1821 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died in Boston, Suffolk County,Massachusetts. He married Mary Gray WARD 4 Jun 1850, daughter of Thomas W. WARD and (Unknown) (WARD). She was born 29 Sep 1820 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. 6. Thomas W. WARD was born Bef 1820 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. 7. (Unknown) (WARD). Child of (Unknown) (WARD) and Thomas W. WARD is: 3. i. Mary Gray WARD was born 29 Sep 1820 in Boston,Suffol County,Massachusetts. She married Charles Hazen DORR 4 Jun 1850, son of Samuel V. DORR and Susan BROWN. He was born 27 Aug 1821 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 4 8. Joseph DORR was born 24 May 1730 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 31 Oct 1808 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He was buried Abt 31 Oct 1808 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He was the son of 16. Joseph DORR and 17. Mary RAWSON. 9. Catherine BUCKNAM was born 9 Feb 1741/1742 in Medway,Norfo County, ,Massachusetts., and died 6 Aug 1806 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 18. Nathan BUCKNAM and 19. Margaret FISKE. Children of Catherine BUCKNAM and Joseph DORR are: i. Joseph DORR was born 10 Mar 1769 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 25 Mar 1769 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. ii. Catherine DORR was born 17 Aug 1770 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 6 Aug 1806 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. iii. Joseph Hawley DORR was born 20 Jul 1772 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 9 Mar 1852 in Fitchburg, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He married Lucy PENNIMAN 23 Apr 1802 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. She was born Bef 1802 in New Braintree, Worcester County,Massachusetts. 4. iv. Samuel V. DORR was born 23 Jun 1774 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 18 Dec 1844 in Cambridge,Middlesex County,Massachusetts. He married Susan BROWN 9 Dec 1815 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, daughter of Joseph Lasinby BROWN and (Unknown) (BROWN). She was born 16 Aug 1779, and died 25 Feb 1841 in Cambridge,Middlesex County,Massachusetts. He married Lucy Tuttle FOX 3 Sep 1803 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, daughter of Joseph Esq. Fox Esq. and (Unknown) (FOX). She was born 6 Sep 1776 in Fitchburg, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 4 Jan 1814 in Cambridge,Middlesex County,Massachusetts. V. Sarah DORR was born 10 Aug 1776 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died httn://wcrootsweh com/coi-hin/iom 8/24/2006 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Hyde to Boone Page 3 of 6 7 Jun 1823. She married Jonas NEWEL 18 Sep 1811 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He was born Bef 1811 in Braintree,Norfolk County,Massachusetts. vi. Thomas Shepard DORR was born 11 Nov 1778 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died Oct 1816. He married Malinda PARSONS 7 Nov 1813 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She was born 1791, and died 27 Aug 1815 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. vii. Mary DORR was born 7 Jan 1784 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She married Oliver Esq. Fox Esq. 24 Jan 1804 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He was born Bef 1804 in Fitchburg, Worcester County,Massachusetts. viii. Edward DORR was born 20 Oct 1786 in Auburn, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died Apr 1847 in New Iberia,Martin Parrish,Louisiana. 10. Joseph Lasinby BROWN. 11. (Unknown) (BROWN). Child of (Unknown) (BROWN) and Joseph Lasinby BROWN is: 5. i. Susan BROWN was born 16 Aug 1779, and died 25 Feb 1841 in Cambridge,Middlesex County,Massachusetts. She married Samuel V. DORR 9 Dec 1815 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, son of Joseph DORR and Catherine BUCKNAM. He was born 23 Jun 1774 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 18 Dec 1844 in Cambridge,Middlesex County,Massachusetts. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 5 16. Joseph DORR was born 1690 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 9 Mar 1768 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He was the son of 32. Edward DORR and 33. Elizabeth HAWLEY. 17. Mary RAWSON was born 22 Jun 1699 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 9 Apr 1776 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 34. Grindall RAWSON and 35. Susannah WILSON. Children of Mary RAWSON and Joseph DORR are: i. Mary DORR was born 6 Jun 1725 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 10 Jan 1796. She married Moses TAFT 15 Aug 1753 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He was born 20 Jul 1722 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 12 Nov 1791 in Randolph,Norfolk County,Massachusetts. 8. ii. Joseph DORR was born 24 May 1730 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 31 Oct 1808 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He married Catherine BUCKNAM 6 Dec 1768 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, daughter of Nathan BUCKNAM and Margaret FISKE. She was born 9 Feb 1741/1742 in Medway,Norfolk County,Massachusetts., and died 6 Aug 1806 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. http://wc com/coi-hin/iom HN&dh=.20766868rid=160005525 8/24/2006 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Hyde to Boone Page 4 of 6 iii. Elizabeth DORR was born 8 Mar 1731/1732 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. iv. Katherine DORR was born 8 Mar 1732 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She married Ezekiel EMERSON 27 Mar 1760 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, son of John EMERSON and Mary (EMERSON). He was born 8 Mar 1732 in Uxbridge, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 1 Nov 1815 in Phillipsburgh,Lincoln County,Maine. V. Susannah DORR was born 4 Sep 1734 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 21 Jun 1783 in Milford, Worcester bounty,Massachusetts. She married Amariah FROST 23 May 1779 in Milford, Worcester County,Massachusetts, son of Samuel FROST and Elizabeth RICE. He was born 4 Oct 1720 in Framingham,Middlese: County,Massachusetts, and died 14 Mar 1792 in Milford, Worcester County,Massachusetts. 18. Nathan BUCKNAM was born 22 Oct 1703 in Charlestown,Middlesex County,Massachusetts, and died 6 Feb 1795 in Medway,Norfolk County,Massachusetts. 19. Margaret FISKE was born 16 Dec 1704 in Braintree,Norfolk County,Massachusetts, and died 1 May 1796 in Medway,Norfolk County,Massachusetts.. She was the daughter of 38. Moses FISKE and 39. Anna QUINCY. Child of Margaret FISKE and Nathan BUCKNAM is: 9. i. Catherine BUCKNAM was born 9 Feb 1741/1742 in Medway,Norfolk County,Massachusetts., and died 6 Aug 1806 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She married Joseph DORR 6 Dec 1768 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, son of Joseph DORR and Mary RAWSON. He was born 24 May 1730 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 31 Oct 1808 in Brookfield, Worcester County,Massachusetts. Ahnentafel, Generation No. 6 32. Edward DORR was born 1648 in Dorchester,Dorset,England, and died 9 Feb 1734 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. He was buried Aft 9 Feb 1734 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. He was the son of 64. Joseph DORR. 33. Elizabeth HAWLEY was born 27 Jun 1656 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 7 Dec 1719 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. She was buried About 7 Dec. !719 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 66. Thomas HAWLEY and 67. Dorothy HARBOTTLE (LAMB). Children of Elizabeth HAWLEY and Edward DORR are: i. Ann DORR was born 4 Sep 1681 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 5 Oct 1683 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. ii. Edward DORR was born 15 Nov 1683 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 28 Nov 1683 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. iii. (Infant) DORR was born 1684 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 10 http://wc rootsweb 8/24/2006 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Hyde to Boone Page 5 of 6 Nov 1684 in Roxbury, Suffolk County,Massachusetts. iv. Ebenezer DORR was born 25 Jan 1687 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 25 Feb 1760 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. He married Mary (Greenough) BRIDGE 25 Sep 1749 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, daughter of John GREENOUGH and Eliza GROSS. He married Mary BOARDMAN 16 Feb 1709 in Cambridge,Ma, daughter of Aaron BOARDMAN and Mary (BOARDMAN). She was born 6 May 1689 in Cambridge,Middlesez County,Massachusetts, and died 12 Jun 1728 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. He married Hannah JACKSON 28 Aug 1729, daughter of Edward JACKSON and Abigail WILSON. She was born 10 Aug 1692 in Newton,Middlesex County,Massachusetts, and died 17 Mar 1747/1748 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. 16. V. Joseph DORR was born 1690 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 9 Mar 1768 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He married Mary RAWSON 9 Apr 1724 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, daughter of Grindall RAWSON and Susannah WILSON. She was born 22 Jun 1699 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 9 Apr 1776 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. vi. Edmund DORR was born 19 Oct 1692 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 23 Mar 1772 in Lyme, New London County,Connecticut. He married Mary GRISWOLD 4 Sep 1719 in Roxbury,Middlesex,Ct daughter of Mathew GRISWOLD and Phebe HYDE. She was born 22 Apr 1694 in Lyme,New London County, Connecticut, and died 21 Feb 1776 in North Lyme,New London County,Connecticut. vii. Harbottle DORR was born 11 May 1696 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 18 Jun 1746 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. He married Dorothy WELD 8 Apr 1724 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, daughter of Edmund WELD and Elizabeth WHITE. She was born Abt 1700 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 16 Apr 1765 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts. 34. Grindall RAWSON was born 23 Jan 1659 in Mendon, Worcester County, ,Massachusetts, and died 6 Feb 1715 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He was the son of 68. Edward RAWSON and 69. Racahel (RAWSON). 35. Susannah WILSON was born 1 Dec 1664 in Medfield,Norfolk County,Massachusetts, and died 8 Jul 1748 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 70. John WILSON and 71. Sarah HOOKER. Children of Susannah WILSON and Grindall RAWSON are: i. Susannah RAWSON was born 31 Oct 1678 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She married Benjamin REYNOLDS 1719. He was born Bef 1719 in Bristol,Bristol County,Rhode Island. ii. John RAWSON was born 26 Apr 1685 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. iii. Edmund RAWSON was born 8 Jul 1689 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth HOWARD Bef 1718. She was born in Bridgewater,Plymouth County,Massachusetts. iv. Wilson RAWSON was born 23 Jun 1692 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 14 Nov 1757 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He married Margaret ARTHUR 4 May 1712. She was born Bef 1712 in Nantucket,Nantucket County,Massachusetts. 8/24/2006 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Hyde to Boone Page 6 of 6 V. John RAWSON was born 1 Oct 1695 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He married Mercy HAYWARD 23 Jan 1719. She was born Bef 1719 in Bridgewater,Plymouth County,Massachusetts. 17. vi. Mary RAWSON was born 22 Jun 1699 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 9 Apr 1776 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She married Joseph DORR 9 Apr 1724 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, son of Edward DORR and Elizabeth HAWLEY. He was born 1690 in Roxbury,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 9 Mar 1768 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. vii. Rachel RAWSON was born 6 Sep 1701 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 1802. She married Samuel WOOD Bef 1718 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. He was born 1696 in Upton, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 1790. viii. David RAWSON was born 25 Oct 1703 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. ix. Grindall RAWSON was born 6 Sep 1707 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died 29 Mar 1777 in Hadlyme,Middlesex County,Connecticut. He married Dorothy CHAUNCEY Bef 1777, daughter of Charles CHAUNCEY and (Unknown) (CHAUNCEY). She was born 1710 in Boston,Suffolk County,Massachusetts, and died 1780 in Hadlyme,Middlesex County,Connecticut. X. Elizabeth RAWSON was born 21 Apr 1710 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. She married Abner HAZELTINE 11 Feb 1730/1731. He was born Bef 1730 in Sutton, Worcester County,Massachusetts, and died Bef 5 Nov 1731. She married James WOOD 8 Mar 1737/1738. He was born Bef 1737 in Mendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts. 38. Moses FISKE. 39. Anna QUINCY. Child of Anna QUINCY and Moses FISKE is: 19. i. Margaret FISKE was born 16 Dec 1704 in Braintree,Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and died 1 May 1796 in Medway,Norfolk County,Massachusetts. She married Nathan BUCKNAM 23 Jan 1727/1728 in Braintree,Norfolk County,Massachusetts. He was born 22 Oct 1703 in Charlestown,Middlesex County,Massachusetts, and died 6 Feb 1795 in Medway,Norfolk County,Massachusetts. http://wc rootsweb 8/24/2006 The Berkshires & the Dorr Family: Rough Non-Chronological Fragments from the Dorr Biography, including a listing of interring dates for Dorr Family members at the Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. October 2007 While the Ward family led the way to Lenox in 1844, the Dorr family nearly a decade later is also attracted by the charms of Lenox. New York import merchant Francis Fiske Dorr purchased thirty acres on a Lenox hillside overlooking Laurel Lake from the Reverend Russell Salmon Cook, an influential ecclesiastical figure of his day. In 1849 Cook had built a house "of the old sloped-roof pattern, boarded up and down outside and painted and sanded not unlike the primitive railroad stations often seen in small towns." (Lenox Life. June 1, 1901). Francis Dorr, his brothers George Bucknam Dorr (1806-1876)--after whom the founder of Acadia will be named-and Charles Hazen Dorr would be joined by their sisters Susan Elizabeth and Martha Ann Dorr Edwards as residents over their lifetimes at their newly named Highlawn estate. (Richard S. Jackson and Cornelia Gilder. "Highlawn," in Houses of the Berkshires 1870-1930.) Richard Star Dana visited his aunt in Lenox and his letters home were centered on observations on the equine status of people around town. Soon after the Dorrs bought Highlawn (7.12) he wrote his mother Juliette Starr Dana: "There are a good many people in Lenox now and some of them make quite a dash. There is a Mr. Dorr here from New York that has 12 horses and about as many vehicles of different descriptions." (Cornelia Gilder email [1.02.06] referencing Richard Star Dana Papers in private family collection). The proximity of the Highlawn and Highwood properties as well as their related ownership led to comparisons. Highlawn was considered "more elaborate and symmetrical" of the two, in large part due to the energy and time that merchant George B. Dorr dedicated to the grand house. Highlawn gave him the opportunity to expand his horticultural passion and landscaping skills. His neighbor, Henry Ward Beecher, begins his 1854 essay on "Dream-Culture" by stating that "there is something in the owning of a piece of ground, which affects me as did the old ruins of England it takes me but a second to run down that eastern slope, across the meadow, over the road, up that long hillside (which the benevolent Mr. Dorr is so beautifully planting with shrubbery for my sake-blessings on him!)." [Star Papers; Experiences of Art and Nature. New York: C. Derby, 1855, p. 267- 68) Over the last two decades of his life, the uncle of Acadia's founder spent his summers transforming the grounds of Highlawn into "a seat of unsurpassed beauty," recognized "for extent and variety of prospect, and the high culture of its immediate surroundings.' (Gilder, "Highlawn," quoting the Gleaner and Advocate. August 7 & September 28, 1876) Frequent visits by the Mary and Charles Dorr family would expose their sons to the beautiful hilltop plantings and inspire young George in ways that none recognized in their day. 2. In the Dorr Ms. ('Children of Sam Dorr'), GBD recalls solitary memory of Francis Fiske Dorr "when I saw him at Lenox during occasional visits that I made to Highlawn, the family estate, as a child where I recall him--a kindly old gentleman, he seemed to me then-pruning trees that bordered on the beautiful great lawn, while I stood beside him." At nearly seventy years of age (March 5,1923), Dorr would recall in a letter to J.D. Rockefeller Jr. that "open grassy spaces like wild sheep pastures, are often better in contrast to continuous woods. I used to be familiar with them, wandering over the Berkshire country when I was a boy." (RAC. III.2.I. B. 83. f. 827) Dorr recalls Francis' "wonderful [Parisian] cookoo clock" and that he was given "a tiny sip of the famous green Chartreuse." If we ponder why Dorr is not more expansive in recalling his elders, it is wise to heed the judgment of one of his peers, Maud Howe Elliott who discerns that "Children take grown people for granted, accept them as fixed facts like the earth, the heaven, and the stars. They do not analyze them as they do their contemporaries" (Three Generations,24). When summer heat was too severe the family went off to the seashore. (See Robert Grant, "The North Shore of Massachusetts," Scribner's Magazine 16, #1 (1894) for an account of why the shore at Cape Ann proved so appealing to "men of comfortable means."). Yet to Dorr his sights were drawn to the Berkshire hills, to Lenox "real country then, where my mother had stayed with my uncle [Sam] and, as a girl, ridden the whole region-the most fearless horsewoman, Mr. Curtis the old inn keeper at Lenox, told me in later years, that he had even known save Fanny Kemble. There we spent delightful summers on horseback or foot. This migratory habit of the family [continuing through 1868 ] was to prove important afterward in leading us to Bar Harbor." Dorr confirms here his mother's frequent Lenox visits during the 1840's when her brother, Anna, and the children had resided at Highwood. Nearly two decades later Mary and the family spent summer days at her brother-in-laws Highlawn estate where New York merchants James and George Dorr became gentleman farmers. It was "a very adult world occupied by the quartet of elderly, childless Dorr uncles and aunts" occupying a small part of "the fourteen bedroom house with its library, dining room and music room." (C. Gilder. "Highlawn.") The children of Charles and Mary Dorr observed and learned from their horticulturist uncles and witnessed the involvement of uncle George in village improvement projects, including in later years "embellishing the Lee and Lenoxdale roads on either side of Highlawn. (Gilder, Op.cit., quoting the Gleaner and Advocate, Oct. 22, 1874). James Augustus Dorr was born June 8th, 1812 in Boston (Dorr Papers, NEHGS, "Children of the Hon. Samuel Dorr by his First Marriage," George B. Dorr, p. 69). He and Charles Hazen Dorr would share a common father but different mothers-and different educational experiences. Unlike Charles, James pursued an academic career, attended Harvard and delivered the 1832 commencement oration on "The Progress of Man." (Massachusetts Historical Society 3. Proceedings, Series II,5, p. 209. He died in Boston February 18, 1869 immediately prior to the beginning of another Harvard experience for his kinsman, George B. Dorr. Like his brothers George and Francis, James spent a good deal of time in Paris during the Third Empire and become ardent admirers of the Napoleonic dynasty. James translated and published at his own expense (printed in Brussels by Prince Napoleon-Louis Bonaparte), "Idees Napoleoniennes." Copy given to Mary Dorr (7/4/68) that GBD inherited. (Dorr Papers, NEHGS, "Hon. Samuel Dorr," p. 29). James purchases in 1845 a 952 sq. ft. MAC Pine Avenue lot near the entrance to the Mount Auburn Cemetery (4.26). The first burials are on the same date later that year (October 14) when Lucy, Susan, Samuel F. and Samuel Dorr are interred here (presumably from another unspecified cemetery location). George B. Dorr's brother was interred at this site on May 18th, 1876 and re-interred in the new Charles H. Dorr lot (#4474) on November 4, 1876. Sixteen Dorr family members are interred here, the most recent-Susan Elizabeth Dorr-in 1889. (Mount Auburn Cemetery Historical Collection, # 1151). Twenty-five years later James died at his brother Charles home (in Canton) and a legal document dated February 1870 sheds light on to whom he assigned his property. The Mount Auburn Cemetery document assigns "as his only heirs-in-law the whole estate in trust to said [executors] Charles H. and Samuel Dorr [James A. Dorr's nephew] to divide into seven shares and to distribute whenever they should see fit the four shares to said George, Francis, Charles, and Samuel and hold three shares in trust for said Albert, Martha, and Susan." MAC Historical Collections. #1151). Pregnant Joanna Dorr traveling with husband George Bucknam Dorr in 1842 is confined prematurely in Leamington (near Warwick) where she died giving birth (so too the infant). The baby clothes prepared by the Howland family would later be used by Catherine Howland who GBD traveled with "through the Tyrol" and married architect Richard Hunt. "Kate Hunt and I came to have a curiously close relation united in the memory of one we neither of us had ever seen and who yet seemed in some strange way so close to both.' (Dorr Ms. NEHGS, 'Children of'). The death of Hon. Samuel Dorr occurred in late December 1844. His estate (approximately $400,000) is divided among male offspring (5, if all survived) and shortly thereafter with this capital "and a friend for a partner, he [Charles Hazen Dorr] entered business as a commission merchant." (Dorr Papers,. NEHGS, "Charles Hazen Dorr," by George B. Dorr, p. 99). He carried on this business "until the coming of the Civil War having gone through "difficulties and trying experiences" [wrought by two major panics] he came through "with credit, and undiscouraged, started out afresh." 4. The marriage of Samuel Dorr to Lucy Tuttle Fox, daughter of Joseph and Mary Fox of Fitchburg (10.13) occurred in 1803. Six children came of this marriage (1804-12), five males and one born January 23, 1806 was named George Bucknam Dorr (1806-76) after whom GBD Jr. would be named in 1853: Samuel Fox (1804-44) who married Elizabeth Chipman Hazen, Charles Hazen Dorr's first cousin, GBD; Albert Henry(1807-1880); Martha Ann (1809-1882); Francis Fiske (1811-1871); and James Augustus (1812-69). (Dorr Papers. "Children of the Hon. Samuel Dorr," by George B.Dorr, who makes the point that these children "have no place in my descent" but affirms that with the exception of Samuel Fox Dorr "I came into contact at one time or another as I grew up." He says at early age he wondered at "the difference between these earlier children and my father and his own sister, Susan Elizabeth Dorr (1819-1889), who [both] had qualities of humor, quick sympathy and warm affection the older children did not share." Birth of Susan Elizabeth Dorr (3.11.1819), sister of CHD, daughter of Samuel Dorr and his second wife, Susan Brown. GBD says that he came to know his aunt "intimately as I grew up and who had a warm affection for me always, was a woman of rare nobility and purity of character." Never married, she directed her energies to the care of the poor and those in need. GBD includes a December 10, 1889 letter that CHD received from Col. Henry Lee after Susan's death (same year, likely) which describes in detail her character. Lee was a gallant Civil War soldier and founder of Boston's leading banking firm (Lee, Higginson & Co.). GBD also says that he knows little of his father's brothers and sister by his father's first marriage though Susan was "close to me always alike in temperament and sympathy." As a child he says, he instinctively recognized "that there is much that older folk have lived through to which they do not willingly turn back"-and so he asked no questions. (Dorr Papers, NEHGS). Samuel Dorr's second son, George Bucknam Dorr (1806-72) enters Harvard in the class of 1824. Member of the Porcellian Club he did not graduate because of an accident -a bootjack falling from the sill of his room-narrowly missed the head of an unpopular instructor passing below, resulting in his separation from the College which "vexed" his father. Sam Dorr's dissatisfaction with Harvard College's handling of this incident kept him from sending Albert or Francis. George learned the export-import trade from his father before following his brother (1827) to New York, marrying Joanna Hone Howland (12.21.37), eldest daughter of Samuel S. Howland who was part of the importing firm of Aspinwall and Howland. Joanna's mother was a daughter of a "methodical, shrewd, energetic businessman" named Philip Hone, who would retire this year from his commission business having "realized that he had a generous competence; that life was too rich and interesting to be spent within the four walls of a commission warehouse; and that approaching forty, he must begin at once if he would enjoy himself and complete his education." (The Diary of Philip Hone. Vol. 1. Ed. Allan Nevins. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1927. ix). Samuel Dorr's motive for retirement two years earlier was not all that dissimilar. 5. On August 27th Charles Hazen Dorr (1821-1893) enters the world, the youngest son of the Hon. Samuel Dorr and Susan Brown (1779- ) of Boston; born in his father's house overlooking the harbor. Named for his uncle by marriage (Charles Hazen), husband of his mother's younger sister, Elizabeth Brown. The biographical information on Charles is incidental at best, with rare exception a twelve page sketch-in The Dorr Family Papers--of his life by his son George is all that remains. Considerable insight into the context of his-and Mary Gray Ward's--Boston childhood can be gained by scrutinizing the "Autobiographical Sketch" written by James Elliot Cabot, who was born two months earlier and considered those who lived on Park Street his neighbors. Of course, Cabot is best known as Ralph Waldo Emerson's literary executor and his two-volume biography, A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson. (Nancy Craig Simmons. "The 'Autobiographical Sketch' of James Elliot Cabot," Harvard Library Bulletin 30 [1982]: 117-152) CHD recalls looking out the nursery window to "see the ships sailing in and out of the harbor-a remarkable instance of early memory." That house was sold "when he was not quite three years old." (Dorr Papers,, NEHGS), purchasing "for his older children's sake" a home on Tremont St. opposite the Common and not far from foot of Park St., his home until he died in 1844.[See Dorr Papers for additional details about education and wharf environment]. Charles Hazen Dorr looked upon the harbor front as his "favorite playground" and he looked back always on "its memories with great pleasure." Dorr's kept a cow on Commons since they had a right to pasture. The Common was "a great playground" for games, concerts, skating, and parades. (Dorr Papers, The Home of Samuel Dorr, in Boston', p. 4). Dorr recalls story "told me by President Eliot of Harvard of his own boyhood when he was one of a group living on the 'Hill' which was being attacked and driven back by another group from the then 'South End.' His band, over-powered, fled, that from the South End pursuing. 'But,' he said, 'I somehow did not like to run away and stood my ground alone. The leader of the attackers called out as they rushed past, 'Don't hit Eliot, he's brave.' That had remained in the President's mind for near seventy years at the time he told me of it and I could not help thinking what a factor that word might have been in molding the character that was so marked in his later life for its independence and his refusal to quit when attacked." The Dorr Papers at the NEHGS contains two biographies of CHD with much overlap. One 12 page account is non-attributed, the other 16 page version is credited to GBD, written in 1938. CHD went to the Boston public schools and playing with his comrades on the Common "or in long-vanished, friendly gardens, or-best of all-round the wharves [where] there were sailors to talk with and glorious opportunity for climbing up the masts and rigging." 6. In 1826 Martha Ann Dorr marries importer Henry Edwards of Northampton, a direct descendant of Jonathan Edwards. Lived abroad, several children, two surviving to return to America but succumbing as they were reaching maturity. They had four children: Henry Dorr Edwards (1830- ), Henry Augustine Edwards (1832- ), Lucy Edwards 1834- ), and Emily Elizabeth Edwards (1835-1852). Martha took up the new "Religion of Humanity" with Comte, Spencer, and Mill as interpreters and guides. She and her half-sister-Susan Dorr-made their home together [in Lenox at Highlawn with George and Francis and financed a trip in mid-century to England by John Fiske. He wrote them long and interesting letters which were read to young GBD which he recalls clearly. (Dorr Papers, NEHGS, "Children of the Hon. Samuel Dorr by his First Marriages, George B. Dorr, p. 89-90). In a letter to JDRJr. (March 5, 1923), GBD defends his claim that "open grassy spaces like wild sheep pastures, are often better in contrast to continuous woods. I used to be familiar with them, wandering over the Berkshire country when I was a boy." (RAC III.2.I.B83.f. 827). A New York Times article on "Berkshire in the Winter," (2.7.1881) describes many of the homes and estates of past and present landowners, including land owned by "the Brothers Dorr, so well known for many years in the social circles of New York, and whose then bachelor domicile in Washington-place almost forty years ago, was noted for its agreeably fashionable reunions. They [James Augustus Dorr (d. 1869) and Francis Fiske Dorr (d. 1871)] are all gone, and this pleasant memorial of their latter life-work with its pictures of landscape in frames of vines and foliage, is now possessed and prized as it ought to be by their surviving sisters It is a place that every sojourner in Lenox visits at least once." Brief mention is given to Samuel G. Ward who "claims to be its [Lenox] first discoverer, and I believe he was the first to lead the way in its foreign occupation. He built what is now the Ballard House, years ago, and then tried various places, building at Newport, but finally bringing up at Lenox again as the ne plus ultra of Summer homes." In Lenox, the Ward "aggregate of several houses in one forms the most picturesque feature of the Stockbridge Bowl." In the Spring of 1900, Samuel Gray Ward reveals his concern about the "ultimate disposition" of Ward family manuscripts," asking Mary what she thinks of passing them on "while we are here to the next generation of the Ward name." His son Tom will be seen as the likely candidate yet the bulk of the Ward family papers will be retained for a time by Mary's son. In another letter (5/11) to Mary he refers to old letters of Martha and family images. Samuel Gray Ward writes to Mary that he is delighted "to hear of you in such vigor as you show in going to Lenox to put the house in order." This Spring visit would have been her last contact with the property-her brother following Anna's death would still visit Lenox friends as late as 1904--though her son would likely 7. have returned later that year to finalize the property transfer. (Gilder email: Sept. 24, 2005) The Lenox property Highlawn is sold to Robert Warden Paterson, a Scottish-born turpentine broker and his wife Marie. Within the year, "amidst the Dorrs' towering elms, copper beeches and black walnuts the extravagant new brick and half- timbered Tudor mansion took form." (C. Gilder, op. cit., paraphrasing an article in Lenox Life, June 1, 1901) Potter and Robertson of New York designed the new baronial one hundred thirty acre Blantyre property that today offers guests elegant accommodations and world-class dining. Highlawn itself became the temporary accommodations for the craftsmen employed to construct Blantyre; the house that George B. Dorr inherited was subsequently demolished. "The Dorr era is told only in a few nineteenth century outbuildings-the shingled carriage house and a little board and batten hipped roof structure-and some surviving ancient specimen trees planted 150 years ago by 'the benevolent Mr. Dorr." (Gilder, op. cit., p. 4 and Houses of the Berkshires 1870-1930, Pp. 203- 210) The Dorr connection with Lenox, however, was not permanently severed. For the next six years Dorr would carry on correspondence with a new Plunkett Street property owner, accept her offers to be a guest at her new home, and offer professional advice on the location and naming of gardens and paths on Edith Wharton's Laurel Lake property. (See "R.H. Epp, "Wild Gardens and Pathways at the Mount," forthcoming in The Mount Conference Papers, 2007). Dorr Family Members dates Interred, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Lot # 1151 Mrs. Joanna Howland Dorr August 17, 1860 23 years Lucy J. Dorr Oct.. 14, 1845 37 Susan Dorr Oct. 14, 1845 61 Samuel F. Dorr Oct. 14, 1845 40 Samuel Dorr Oct. 14, 1845 70 Emily Elizabeth Edwards Sept. 27, 1852 17 Hazen Dorr June 10, 1856 18 Elizabeth Chipman Dorr May 23, 1865 48 James Augustus Dorr Feb. 20, 1869 56 Francis F. Dorr Feb. 11, 1871 59 William Ward Dorr May 18, 1876 28 * George B. Dorr Sept. 3, 1876 70 Albert H. Dorr Mar. 26, 1880 72 Martha Ann Edwards May 9, 1882 72 Henry Edwards Sept. 25, 1885 86 Jennie Dorr July 26, 1887 47 Susan Elizabeth Dorr Dec. 8, 1889 70 * The age at time of death for the first born son of Charles Hazen Dorr (1821- 1893), William Ward Dorr (28 years) is incorrect. His parents married June 4, 1850 and William was born Jan. 31, 1851 making him 25 years of age at the time of his death. His remains were relocated to a separate Dorr burial plot on the Raven Path (# 4474) where he was interred Nov. 4, 1876 and later joined by the family nurse, and his parents, Charles and Mary Dorr; a memorial stone was placed here in the 1940's for his younger brother, George Bucknam Dorr. u Luthe brittadleg , Dorr Deinire on ANP. # 3028 Ur. Don. Verizon Yahoo! Mail eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 5 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! Search: Web Search Welcome, eppster2@verizon Mail Home Tutorials Help verizon [Sign Out, Member Center MAIL Mail Addresses Calendar Notepad Mail For Mobile Options Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Folders [Add Edit] Previous Next I Back to Messages Inbox (5) Delete Reply Forward Spam Move Draft This message is not flagged. Flag Message Mark as Unread Printable View Sent Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:14:10 Bulk [Empty] From: "Andy Dorr" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert Trash [Empty] Subject: RE: George Bucknam Dorr My Folders [Hide] To: "ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP'" Eliz messages Member Information Dear Ron: Ron Archives (18) I learned of your efforts via some internet research I was dong about our family's history. My great Grandfather and grandfather both had strong interests in Genealogy. I took a trip 22 years ago to New England after college and got hooked. I've worked on a detailed history of the Dorr family and other lines on and off for over twenty years. Some of the material Search Shortcuts comes from by grandfathers papers, but most of it is just detective work. A lot of what I find is work done by other My Photos genealogists. Some of the information comes from classical books that are written in the 19thb century, like the Hyde Family Genealogy. Lots of information comes from the internet and need to be verified. Currently I have about 1,650 persons in my My Attachments history's database. For some persons I have extensive records and others are just names and dates. I've been working at trying to provide context for their lives. Edward, our progenitor as example lived in Roxbury, in the Colony of Massachusetts. I've been to his grave, seen what I believe to be his home (possibly a sons') and visited his church (pictures attached). However, modern day Boston is nothing like Roxbury during and at the end of the 17th Century. I believe it to be very rural and live was very difficult for most. He moved there 100 years before the Revolutionary war. I find it amazing that Edward lived to be 85 years old. I've attached a file with the sources for the information I've collected about Samuel and Joseph. Joseph is my first Cousin seven times removed and Samuel is my 2nd Cousin, 6 times removed. George turns out to be my 4th Cousin, 4 times removed. I've included reports from my data base on how we are related. I'm just starting to cite sources much more carefully and am revising things as I get time. I wish what I had to offer was in better shape. Oh well. A fellow research who is compiling a history of the seed business had told me about George B. Dorr and what he had done. She thought that since my great grandfather was in the seed business and George's interest in botany, that they might some how have had a relationship during their early years. My Great Grandfather Charles Wesley Dorr was in the seed business in lowa for about 10 years from 1876 to 1886, and then moved to Washington State and was a successful lawyer and politician. Charles W. was born in 1856 is three years younger than his cousin George. Louise and I thought they may have know each other or at least about each other. I've been looking for a possible link. It's just a hunch, but there maybe a connection. Do you know of one? I hope to get to Arcadia someday soon. My wife was there three years ago and raved about it, Bar Harbor and the whole region. She brought me back a reproduction of George's book. That's how I first learned of him. I love to hike and camp, so I'm looking forward to a trip to Maine someday to visit the park and beyond. One thing I'm just beginning to do is correlate all this information in my data base to geophysical maps. It's kind of like trying to plot their courses around the Country and abroad. I don't know how far I'll get, but I feel it's a novel approach. I think people will enjoy seeing where they have come from using various maps. I've attached one I've been working on for another ancestor, Henry Wolcott. As far as I know Henry and George are not related, but I don't come anywhere close to having all George's lines, so who knows. I don't know much about Charles Hazen. He has some Dorr cousins who were quite well off and left a lot of records and correspondence. Joseph had a 1st cousin Ebenezer Dorr II. His son's son was Samuel's 2nd cousin, once removed and in the shipping and trade business, Sullivan Dorr (see report attached). They lived about the same time. Samuel was 4 years older than Sullivan, born is 1774 vs. 1778. There is a wonderful Dorr house in Providence that still remains, on Benefit Street, which was owed by Sullivan. The best collection of Dorr material regarding Sullivan, his brothers and sons is in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, per Mary Malloy, author and Maritime Studies Faculty Member at Woods Hole Institute, Massachusetts. She has done a lot of work on these members of the family. Other materials are in the Hay Library at Brown. They were involved in the China Trade and owed dozen major ships. Their ships were going around the horn from 1790 until about 1803. I believe, but have no proof that many members of the family may have profited from this substantial trade business. The business was known as Dorr and Son's, based in both Boston and Rhode Island, Joseph's cousin, Ebenezer II was well known for riding with Paul Revere sounding the alarm that the British were coming. Sullivan's son, Thomas Wilson Dorr was Governor of Rhode Island briefly in 1842, but was found to be treasonous, only later to be released from prison after 2 years. Both the General Assembly, as well as President Tyler, refused to recognize Dorr as the legitimate leader of the State. This set off armed confrontations and resulting in the loss of life and is well known as Dorr's Rebellion. I've got to believe that George would have been aware of this act on behalf of a old cousin as he went to school/ college. Thomas Wilson died an early death due to prison life in 1854, when George was 1. His father, Charles Hazen certainly should have known about this hullabaloo with Thomas and his governorship. He was 21 when his older cousin was elected. I could go on about this for quite a bit, if it's of any interest. Do you have copies of the Genealogy that George and his father worked on? Is it possible to send or somehow obtain a copy? A number of us have been looking for years for more information about Edward, his wife and their Children, life in Roxbury, etc. We don't know of any Dorr's prior to him, or exactly where he came from in England. http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/us/ShowLetter?box=Inbox&login=1&uid=8267 8/21/2007 Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 2 of 5 We live in Sarasota, Florida, but are originally from California in the Bay Area, I would like to read the articles if you can send them. Thanks for getting back to me. Hope this is helpful to your effort. Andy Dorr Dear Andy, I've just returned from a week in New York State and was pleased to receive your message. How did you learn about me and the Dorr biography I'm writing? When you say you are a distant cousin, please give details of this ancestry. Also, the extended quotes you provide about Samuel and Joseph Dorr are not credited. What is the source? I've spent seven years delving through archives researching your ancestor. I've got the genealogy pretty tightly defined from the 17th century Englishman Edward Dorr through Acadia's founder. The most complete set of documents relative to this arm of the Dorr family is in the manuscripts left by G.B. Dorr to the New England Historic Genealogical Society which holds several hundred pages of family history left by our Mr. Dorr, most of the content written by Dorr and his father, Charles Hazen Dorr (1821-1893) --who remains a most elusive figure. Dorr also gifted his own annotated family papers from the Ward side of his family, Mary Gray Ward Dorr (1820-1901), the granddaughter of a highly prominent Salem seafaring family whose father, Thomas Wren Ward was a banking giant, the sole American representative of the Baring Brothers Banking establishment of London as well as Treasurer of Harvard University from 1830-42. George B. Dorr's uncle, Samuel Gray Ward, has a rich family history which is documented in the Ward Family Papers published in a limited edition of 12 copies in 1900. His papers are at Harvard University, Houghton Library. It was my interest in his early years that prompted my research. When Dorr allied himself with the President of Harvard University to establish the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations in 1901 Dorr became the executive that assembled over the next decade the parcels of gifted land that eventually was donated to the Federal government to form a national monument that became Lafayette National Park in 1919. But I wondered, why would this man--48 years of age in 1901--engage in such an ambitious enterprise that would consume his life for the next 43 years? None of the published accounts asked that question and they completely ignored the first five decades of life of this largely unrecognized pioneer conservationist. Of course I could go on and on, but do get back to me and we'll try and continue this email conversation. Where do you reside? I retired last year from library administration. I've got a couple of articles on Dorr published thus far on Dorr. Let me know if you'd like to read them and I'll ship them off to you. With best wishes, Ron "Growney, Kathryn"