Jonah Dodge III (1738 - 1800)

Born 19 Jun 1738 in Beverly, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Herrick) Dodge — married 4 May 1762 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1800 at age 62 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Private Jonah Dodge III served with Capt. Nathaniel Fales' Company, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Jonah Dodge III is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032822.

Jonah Dodge III is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 148892
Rank: Soldier

Jonah Dodge III Jonah was born on June 19, 1738, Jonah Dodge, iii in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. He is the son of Jonah Dodge and Mary Edwards. Entered by Al Adams, Sunday, March 9, 2014. He passed away on December 01, 1800. Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. First-hand information as remembered by Norman Dodge, Sunday, December 21, 2014. He was married 4 May 1762 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay to Lydia Herrick.

About 1770, Jonah and his family moved from Beverly to Sedgwick, which then included a part of Brooksville and Brooklin. Jonah served in the Revolutionary War, enlisting as a Private in Captain Nathaniel Fales's company, August 3, 1779; and being discharged August 15, 1779. This company marched on an expedition to Majabigwaduce by order of General Lovell.

The Vital Records of Sedgwick contains the birthdates of Jonah and Lydia's children. Annotations in parenthesis are from Pierce:

2. Ezra [Herrick] Dodge, born 12 June 1765 (baptized in Beverly 23 June 1765; died 25 March 1848; married Mary Richardson, who was born in Gloucester, 16 Jan 1761, daughter of James and Rachel (Gott) Richardson, and who died 7 October 1823; Ezra Herrick Dodge moved from Sedgwick to Mount Desert, in or before 1790; and he and his family settled on Dodge's Point; Ezra Herrick Dodge and his wife were charter members of the First Church, Mount Desert.)

3. Mary Herrick Dodge, born 7 April 1767(baptized in Gloucester in April 1767.)

4. Abigail Edwards Dodge, born 26 December 1769 (baptized in Beverly, 14 January 1770)

5. Sarah Dodge, born 3 March 1774.

6. Jonas Dodge, born 6 July 1776.

7. Susanna Dodge, born 17 December 1777.

Sources

• Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  citing Birth, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934217.
  FamilySearch Record: Q29L-GYB8 (accessed 8 May 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRSJ-9SL Image number 00112
  Jonah Dodge born on 19 Nov 1738, son of Jonah Dodge & Mary Edwards Dodge, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  citing Marriage, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004029870.
  FamilySearch Record: Q29L-86PQ (accessed 8 May 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRQK-9VFL Image number 00235
  Jonah Jun Dodge marriage to Lydia Herrick on 26 Feb 1762 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• Sedgwick Vital Records, Volume I, p. 356, LDS Microfilm # 0012248.
• Old Hancock County Families, William Macbeth Pierce, Hancock County Publishing Company, Ellsworth,1933, p. 111:
• Payroll: Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Vol. 37, Sea coast defense, Penobscot Expedition 1775-1781. A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Fales and his Company in the State pay on the Expedition to Penobscot from the 6th of July 1779 to the 26th of August following. Film #008092198. Image 171-72 of 628.
• Muster roll: Muster/payrolls, and various papers (1763-1808) of the Revolutionary War (Massachusetts and Rhode Island). Vol. 37, Sea coast defense, Penobscot Expedition 1775-1781. A Pay Roll of Capt. Nathaniel Fales and his Company in the State pay on the Expedition to Penobscot from the 6th of July 1779 to the 26th of August following. Film #008092198. Image 118 of 628.
• Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives Prepared and Published by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in Accordance with Chapter 100 Resolves of 1891. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers. Vol IV page 827
• Death: "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
  citing Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
  FamilySearch Record: Q21S-SVLZ (accessed 8 May 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C9BK-LW6K-Z Image number 00217
  Jonah Dodge death 1 Dec 1800 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United States.