Person:Phillip Doddridge (2)

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Phillip Doddridge
b.1737 Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
d.6 May 1822 Wayne, Indiana, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1736
  1. Phillip Doddridge1737 - 1822
  2. Hannah DoddridgeBef 1742 - 1836
  3. Sarah Elizabeth DoddridgeAbt 1745 - Abt 1796
  4. Mary Doddridge1748 - 1838
Spouse and Children
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m. 1767
  1. Rachel DoddridgeAft 1767 -
  2. Nancy DoddridgeAft 1767 -
  3. Sabra DoddridgeAft 1767 -
  4. John DoddridgeAft 1767 -
  5. Hannah Doddridge1778 - 1838
  6. Rachel (2) DoddridgeAft 1778 -
  7. Nancy DoddridgeAft 1778 -
  8. Sabra Doddridge1781 - 1818
  9. John Doddridge1786 - 1841
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Facts and Events
Name Phillip Doddridge
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1737 Bedford, Pennsylvania, United Statesor Maryland
Marriage 1767 Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USAto Mary Bickerstaff
Residence? 1777 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USAhis younger brother, John Doddridge, and his brother-in-law, Samuel Teter had each taken up land in Washington County in 1773
Other? 1778 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USApossible year that his 3 young daughters were kidnapped by Indians
Census[3] 1790 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence? 1818 Indiana, USAmoved to Indian in 1818
Death[1] 6 May 1822 Wayne, Indiana, United States
Burial[1] Doddridge Chapel Cemetery, Centerville, Wayne County Indiana, USA

Children An Indian raid in possibly 1778 - Grandfather Bickerstaff murdered, 3 Doddridge girls kidnapped and taken to Detroit along with other kidnapped children David Pursley, aged seven, and Susan Potts, aged fourteen.

  • Sabra DODDRIDGE the oldest, was sold at Detroit by her captors to a French officer, who later married her and took her to France. She never returned to

America, and it is doubtful if she ever again heard from her people; but she became a Lady of France before her death years later.

  • Nancy DODDRIDGE second oldest, was kicked in the side by a drunken Indian. She never recovered from this injury, and died among the Indians a few years later.
  • Rachel DODDRIDGE raised by her captors, said to have married a Delaware chief, thought to be White Eyes. went with a band of Indians to Wellsburg, West

Virginia, where she met her cousin, Phillip Doddridge, a son of John Doddridge. He recognized her but she refused to go home with him. (family legend)

  • John DODDRIDGE (no information on what happened to him, yet a second child was named John indicating that the first John died or was kidnapped.
  • Hannah DODDRIDGE b: 1778 infant when raid occured. one story says she was with her mother away from the home

Second family after the raid. Children were named for the missing children.

  • Rachel DODDRIDGE (2) b: ?
  • Nancy DODDRIDGE (2) b: ?
  • Sabra DODDRIDGE (2) b: 1781 had tubercolisis - lived with the Indians for a time in hope of a cure
  • John DODDRIDGE (2) b: 1786
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Phillip Doddridge, in Find A Grave.

    Inscription: Revolutionary Soldier

  2.   Huff, Earle Phineas, and Winifred Huff Wiegand. The Doddridge family in England and America, ca.700 A.D.-ca.1950. (Washington [District of Columbia]: L.C. Photoduplication Service, 1990).

    (1777) "Philip built a cabin at the new location on the high banks of Chartier’s Creek and within the northern boundary of Washington County, near Statler’s Fort."

  3. ↑ Washington, Pennsylvania, United States. 1790 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
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