Dorcas (Lamb) Bailey (1758 - 1783)

Born 20 Feb 1758 in Pasquotank, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of John Bailey — married 23 Apr 1777 in North Carolina

Descendants

Died 2 May 1783 at age 25 in Randolph, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

When Dorcas Lamb was born on 20 February 1758, in Pasquotank, North Carolina, British Colonial America, her father, Iassc Esau Lamb, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Newby, was 19.

She married John Wallis Bailey on 23 April 1777, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.

She died as a young mother on 2 May 1783, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Back Creek MM, Randolph, North Carolina, United States.

Sources

• U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I-VI, 1607-1943. Name: Dorcas Lamb; birth date: 20 Feb 1758; birth place: Pasquotank, North Carolina; Monthly Meeting: Pasquotank Monthly Meeting; Volume I, page 101.
• Center MM North Carolina [1] pg 682 (marriage to John Bailey)
• U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935: Darcas Lamb, birth date: 20 Feb 1758; birth place: Pasquotank, North Carolina; Father: Esaw Lamb; Mother: Elizabeth; Event: Birth; Symons Creek Monthly Meeting
• Guilford County North Carolina Centre Monthly Meeting, death record, 2 May 1783.
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/101924773/person/250012416629/facts
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/M8K6-5G4