The Geneaology of Moody - LaPointe - Schnell - Beyers - Person Sheet
The Geneaology of Moody - LaPointe - Schnell - Beyers - Person Sheet
NameDorcas MOODY 58,401,607,418,688,2082, 360
BirthAug 8, 1754, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA58,401,607,418,688,2082
DeathJan 10, 1798, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA607 Age: 43
FlagsBlood Relatives of JDM, Relative
FatherJosiah MOODEY SR. , 187 (1721-1794)
MotherDorcas LYMAN , 353 (1727-1762)
Spouses
Birth5 Jan 1751/2, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA607
DeathDec 9, 1791, London, England, United Kingdom607
FlagsRelative
FatherAaron WRIGHT , 9767
MotherMiriam EDWARDS , 12623
MarriageJan 27, 1774, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA607
Family ID254
ChildrenJustus , 9772 (1774-1855)
 Dorcas , 9768 (1776-1798)
 Andrew , 9775 (1778-ca1850)
 Justus’ Infant (Died as Infant), 11852 (1780-1780)
 Fidelia “Delia” , 9770 (1781-1843)
 John Andie , 9780 (1783-)
 Adolphus , 9776 (1785-)
FlagsRelative
Family ID6883
Notes for Dorcas MOODY
She married Justus Wright, then Robert Pierce 2024 She and Justus had seven children.
Notes for Justus (Spouse 1)
“when a young man, was fitted for college and was expecting to have gone through a course of study, but the troublesome times of the Revolutionary War, prevented this plan. They settled in Chesterfield, Mass. where all their children were born. Being an active politician and a favorer of the reign of King George, and still later, identifying himself somewhat the faction, under Col. Shays, he met with so much opposition, that he sought a more quiet home in the British Dominions. The following extract from a letter written by Dr. Peters and Moseley of London to his wife in this county is opposite, and explanatory; it gives the time of his decease. London, England, Jan 26, 1792. ‘Last Summer, his Majesty was pleased to appoint Justus Wright, Barrack Master of Upper Canada, en employment of trust and profit worth 400 to 500 s per annum. The second of Dec. Mr. Wright was taken with a cold. In a few days, he got apparently better of it and on the 9th, he appeared in good spirits and said he should be perfectly well in a few days. However, he and his friends about him at 7 O’clock the same evening whilst he was sitting in an easy chair, found themselves in an error. Mr. Wright was conversing and on a sudden, learned {sic} his head to the back and arm of the chair and said, ‘I am very faint.’ He spoke no more, but bowed his head and died.’” He died in is 40th year. 607
“He went to England and obtained from the government appointment of “Barrack Master of Upper Canada” in 1791. But before he sailed, he was taken ill, and died in London Dec. 9 1791, aged 40. The Freemasons formed a procession at his funeral. He left a widow and six children.”401
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