Dorothy Brown

1705 - 1782  (77 years)

• Name	Dorothy Brown
  	Father: Capt. George Brown (1668-1738) Mother: Sarah Kidder (1667-1717) [1]
  Birth	1 Jan 1705	Billerica, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4, 5]
  Residence	1749 (43 years)	Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3]
  In 1749 he lived in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
  Death	14 Aug 1782	Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [5, 6]
  Burial	Aft 14 Aug 1782	Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Massachusetts   [5]
  	Gravestone of Dorothy Wood
  Person ID, Branch	I24497
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Captain Jonathan Wood,   b. 2 Nov 1701, Rowley, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 4 Feb 1796, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 94 years)  Other Partners: Margaret Thayer  m. 15 Dec 1720
  Marriage	15 Dec 1720	Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  Age at Marriage	She : 15 years and 11 months - He : 19 years and 1 month.
  Children	1726  [1]
  1. Ezra Wood (1726-1815)
  Marriage Intent	2 Jan 1749/50  [3]
  Family ID	F8752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Samuel Crosby,   b. 4 Oct 1698, Billerica, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 23 Jan 1749, Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1729	Billerica, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : 24 years and 11 months - He : 31 years and 2 months.
  Children	From 1730 to 1747  [1, 6]
  1. Samuel Crosby (1729-1814) 2. Sarah Crosby (1734-1764) 3. Jabez Crosby (1736-1803) 4. Elisha Crosby (1738-1792) 5. Silas Crosby (1740-1825) 6. Abigail Crosby (1742-1769) 7. Aaron Crosby (1744-1824) 8. Hannah Crosby (1747-1823)
  Family ID	F8753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 1 Jan 1705 - Billerica, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 15 Dec 1720 - Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 29 Dec 1729 - Billerica, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Residence - 1749 - Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 14 Aug 1782 - Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 14 Aug 1782 - Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S110] Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1011] Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 , (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1920). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [S873] Eddy Fund. Vital Records of Billerica Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 22271912 Dorothy Brown Wood. [S1563] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Family Register of the Inhabitants of the Town of Shrewsbury, Mass, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847).