Family:Josiah Dodge and Prudence Dodge (1)

From the Genealogy of the Dodge family of Essex County:

"[Josiah Dodge] was a tanner and farmer, and lived at Wenham till 1743," when he removes to Lunenburg. He owned a significant amount of property, and there are various deeds buying and selling property on record. One description covered "216 acres in Lunenburg, also, another tract on which his house stood, two barns, a saw mill, a grist mill, a tan-yard, tan-house, a cider mill, a corn-house and a new frame of a house, also another tract of 50 acres adjoining....Between 1760 and 1768, he made various deeds to his sons, Josiah, Eli and Zeubulon. In April, 1768, he and his wife Prudence, deeded to Thomas Dodge (probably his son), tanner, 42 ac and 67 ac., with barn, cyder house, dwelling house, grist mill, saw mill, tan-house, ten vats, and one-half the tools for £400. In March, 1772, he quit-claimed to Thomas all his lands and buildings, 200 ac., with mansion house where he then dwelt for £700. No wife's name appears on this deed, nor does his name appear again on the deeds or probate records.

"In March, 1763, Josiah Dodge, gentleman, deeded 30 acres with house and barn to the children of his son Reuben, deceased, viz.: Jesse, Brewer, Levi, Tabitha, Zadok, John P. and Ruth, all minors but Jesse."

1. ↑ Dodge, Joseph Thompson. Genealogy of the Dodge family of Essex County, Mass., 1629-1894. (Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Co., 1894)
   Vol 1 p. 61-62.

   "Josiah..., b. in Wenham, 16 August 1698; m. Prudence, dau. of William and Prudence (Fairfield) Dodge of Wenham, 27 January, 1717-8."

   Children:
   * Josiah, b. 10 Jan., 1718-9; m. Susanna Knowlton, 1739.
   * Reuben, b. 21 Jan., 1720-1; m. Ruth Perkins in Wenham.
   * Eli, b. 2 Jan., 1722-3; m. Abigail Giddings, Wenham rec.
   * Tabitha, b. 1 July 1726 [sic, 1 Jan 1726/27 per VRs]
   * Zebulon, b. ____; m. Martha _____
   * Sarah, b. 14 Feb., 1727 or 9
   * William, b. 6 Jan., 1732-3; m. Elizabeth Salmon of Harvard
   * Seth, b. 11 Feb., 1734-5; m. Sarah Smith, of Ipswich
   * Prudence, b. 12 Dec., 1736
   * Thomas, b. 15 Jan., 1737-8; m. Abigail Smith of Ipswich, 1762.

2. ↑ Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Wenham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1904)
   p. 109.

   DODGE, Josiah, and Prudence Dodge, at Beverly, Jan. 27, 1717-18.

3. ↑ Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the End of Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1906-07)
   Vol. 2, p. 94.

   DODGE, Josiah, and Prudence Dodge, both of Wenham, Jan. 27, 1717-18.