Rev. Samuel Dorrance and Elizabeth Smith

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Husband Rev. Samuel Dorrance ¹

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           Born: 1685 1
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           Died: 12 Nov 1775 2
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         Father: [Father] Dorrance (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1 Aug 1726 1

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Wife Elizabeth Smith ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 10 Sep 1750 1
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Children

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1 M John Dorrance ¹

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           Born: 12 Jul 1733 3
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           Died: 9 Jan 1804 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M George Dorrance ¹

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           Born: 4 Mar 1736 3
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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Samuel Dorrance

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The founder of the Dorrance family in America, he was a Scotch Presbyterian clergyman, who arrived in this country about the year 1722. He came to America from Ireland, and brought with him most satisfactory testimonials as to his character and standing, from several associations in Scotland and Ireland. He had been graduated from Glasgow University in 1709, and had been licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Dumbarton, in 1711. The people of Voluntown, Connecticut, invited him to preach to them from December, 1722, until the following May, and they were so well pleased with his services that they extended to him a formal call, without a dissenting voice, and agreed to give him "£60 a year for the present, and £50 in species suitable to promoting his building and settling." He was regularly ordained October 23, 1723, and permanently established in his charge, to which he faithfully ministered for forty years or more. He died at the advanced age of ninety years.

1 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 253.

2 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 253
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3 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 254.