Dorothy (Unknown) Harrison (abt. 1619 - bef. 1666)

Born about 1619 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 29 Mar 1666 before about age 47 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

We do not know the surname of Dorothy, the wife of John Thompson of East Haven. She later married Thomas Harrison. Dorothy and John Thompson had 7 children: Hannah, John, Mary, Joseph, Abigail, Rebecca, and Sarah.^[1]

Dorothy's 1619 birth date is an estimate based on the birth years of her children. She died before 29 March 1666 when her second husband was remarried.^[2]

There is sometimes confusion about her name being Ellen rather than Dorothy. According to Donald Lines Jacobson^[3]: "The earlier generations of the Thompson families of East Haven and New Haven have been confused, and the published accounts are inaccurate without exception. The principal reason for this is that three John Thompsons in succession flourished in each family. Furthermore, considerable confusion has arisen with regard to their wives, due to the fact that John, Sr., of New Haven married Ellen Harrison, while the widow of the first John of East Haven married Thomas Harrison for her second husband. Consequently, Ellen has been assigned indiscriminately to three separate Johns." That Jacobus article then goes on to give details about the two families involved.

See also this information from Dorothy's husband's profile: There were two John Thompsons in New Haven, Connecticut in the early 1600’s, each with a daughter named Mary. This has led to some confusion. Donald Lines Jacobus in his “Families of Ancient New Haven” named them Family 1 and Family 3. See Vol VII, pages 1749 – 1750. Family 1: John Thompson was married to Ellen Harrison the daughter of Richard Harrison. Their daughter was Mary Thompson who married Samuel Lines, John Hitchcock, and Samuel Clark. John and Ellen also had 4 other daughters: Anne, Elizabeth, Lydia, and Sarah. Family 3: John Thompson was married to Dorothy ____. Their daughter was Mary Thompson who married John Cooper. John and Dorothy had 6 other children: Hannah, John, Joseph, Abigail, Rebecca, and Sarah. Just to confuse things further, there was also a John Thompson from Stratford, Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, "Families of Ancient New Haven", Vol VII, pages 1750-1751 (Thompson Family).
2. ↑ Corbin, Mrs. Frances Harrison. Five Generations of Connecticut Harrisons, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 1916) Vol. 70, Page 70
3. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Notes on Thompson Families of Connecticut, article in NEHGS Register, Vol 66 (1912), page 197.