Dorothy Edmunds

Dorothy married Thomas Hett, Jr. on 08 Jan 1666/67 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Thomas (son of Thomas Hett, Sr. and Ann Needham) was born in in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 11 Jun 1692 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Dorothy was the first born of the 10 Hett children, and had already married by the time her father drowned. She had at least 5 children, with Elizabeth being the oldest.

Dorothy married John Mousall, Jr. on 01 Jul 1691 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. John (son of John Mousall, Sr. and Elizabeth Richardson) was born on 11 Mar 1665/66 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 17 Feb 1712/13 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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She was already a 4th generation resident of Charlestown, MA (which is now part of Boston) on her father's side. Her great-grandfather, Ralph MOUSALL, was an early immigrant to Charlestown coming therre about 1633. He and his wife, Alice, joined the church there on 3 Sep 1634, soon after Charlestown was settled. She was 5th generation in New England on her mother's side, going back to Major Simon Willard who was a co-founder of Concord, MA in 1635 and was very prominent in the Indian Wars. The other founder of Concord was Rev Peter Bulkeley who was an ancestor of Amarilla Peck, a great-granddaughter-in-law.
After her death, her youngest son, Samuel, who was taking care of her on his parents property, was able to marry. He then inheirited the property, as was in the agreement that he had signed. He was in his 40s by the time he was free to marry.

Elizabeth married Mark White on 13 Nov 1712 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mark was born about 1689 in England; died on 05 Oct 1758 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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There is a record of a John White marrying Mehitabel French in Concord on 23 Sep 1741. This may have been the marriage of this John White, but no records say he was the son of Mark and Elizabeth. There could have been another John White in Concord at the time, but nothing has been found to know one way or the other. John, the son of Mark, would have been about the right age to marry in 1741, as men usually were 25 to 30 when they married.

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He turned out with the Minute Men and held several offices in Acton, MA; where he lived while raising his many children. He was a Representative to the General Court. He was a cooper by trade, and also had an inn along The Great Rd. to Groton for several years. He was Representative to the State Assembly during the Rev. War. He later moved to Westford, MA which is just north of Acton and west of Groton.

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She and Daniel lived in Sudbury, MA which is near Concord. There is record of five children having been born there: four boys and 1 girl. There is no record of either Daniel or Elizabeth's deaths in the Sudbury VR. They may have moved after 1761 when their fifth child was recorded there, or their deaths weren't recorded, whcih often happened.[maryabbywhite.FTW]

She and Daniel lived in Sudbury, MA which is near Concord. There is record of five children having been born there: four boys and 1 girl. There is no record of either Daniel or Elizabeth's deaths in the Sudbury VR. They may have moved after 1761 when their fifth child was recorded there, or their deaths weren't recorded, whcih often happened.

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Thomas was named as one of the surveyors of highways in the Acton town meeting of 7 Mar 1748. This was shortly after he received some of his father's land, as only landholders could vote and hold office. Thomas obtained a Retailer's licence for 1748-1750 from the Middlesex County, MA Court of Sessions, for Acton. He sold his land in Acton to Daniel Locke of Cambridge for L253 and moved to Groton at the end of 1750 , after his first son, Thomas Jr., was born. On the land records in Middlesex County, Thomas White of Acton is listed as being a cooper. Apparantly Thomas became an innkeeper when he moved to Groton. There are records in the Middlesex Court of Sessions that show Thomas applied for and received a license to be an innkeeper in 1753-1763. The Land Records show him selling land in Groton on 6 Jan 1763 when he sold 100 acres that he owned on the west side of Snake Hill Road to John Frost, Jr. in South Groton, and on 28 Sep 1767 when he sold 107 acres in Groton near the Commons to a merchant from NYC. These records list him as being a cooper again rather than an innkeeper. When Hannah died in May 1780, she is listed as being the wife of Thomas, not his widow, which probably means he was still alive at the time. Exactly when he died remains unknown.
Thomas was born 3 years after his parents moved to Concord. They were living with Elizabeth's widowed Aunt Mercy HETT Butterick. Her husband was William Butterick. The Buttericks had land near the North Bridge on the Concord River, where the first Battle of the Revolutionary War took place between the Minutemen and the British on 19 Apr 1775. The headquarters for the Battlefield National Park is in a later Buttrick home, and Thomas was probably born in a house nearby.
So far no record of where Thomas died and when has been located in the Groton, MA area. There is no record of him in VT where his sons, Asa and Francis, moved by 1790. It is possible that he went to live with one of his daughters and her husband if he outlived his wife, Hannah, who died in 1780. But there is no record of his death or burial in the Westmoreland, NH cemetary records where Ammi and Hannah are buried. Records of his daughter's, Molly's and Mehitable's marriages do not seem to be recorded at Groton, though a Mehitable (Hetty) White married in Westford, MA in 1794. Westford is near Groton. Hannah married John Farnsworth, and they moved to Westmoreland, Cheshire County, NH., as did Hannah's brothers, Thomas Jr, and Ammi. A mention of Thomas being alive in Groton is in a land record where he appeared before a J.P. in Cambridge on 18 Oct 1772 to acknowledge the land deed for the 100 acres that he sold in Groton in 1763. He also sued Nathan Smith of Wesford in April 1780 and the case is in the Superior Court Records that he recovered damages. That is the last record of Thomas White of Groton that has been found so far. There is a Thomas White who married a Mary Buttrick in Concord, MA in 1785; but it has not been determined if this was the same Thomas White as the one from Groton.

Thomas married Hannah Faulkner on 04 Feb 1747/48 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Ammi Ruhamah Faulkner and Hannah Ingalls) was born on 12 Mar 1726/27 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 26 May 1780 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 27 May 1780 in Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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They continued to live in the Acton, MA area, and had seven children there. Six children, four boys and two girls lived to adulthood.

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He was a cooper and had a shop on the land. He and Lydia had five children and three, one boy and two girls, lived to adulthood.[maryabbywhite.FTW]

He was a cooper and had a shop on the land. He and Lydia had five children and three, one boy and two girls, lived to adulthood.

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Francis and Dorothy had eight children in Acton, MA; where they lived after their marriage. Six lived to adulthood: Three boys and three girls.