Dorothy Badcock

Brief Life History of Dorothy

When Dorothy Badcock was born on 17 July 1729, in Coventry, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Ebenezer Babcock, was 29 and her mother, Mehitable Burt, was 34. She married Joseph Turner about 1756, in Coventry, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 28 November 1802, in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Turner
1727–1786
Dorothy Badcock
1729–1802
Marriage: about 1756
Stephen Turner
1757–1834
Thomas Turner
1760–1836
Dorothy Turner
1763–1856
Elijah Turner
1765–1847
Mercy Turner
1767–1826
Asa Turner
1769–

Sources (13)

  • Dorothy Badcock, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Dorothy Turner, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
  • Dorothy Turner in entry for Stephen Turner, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1785

Founded

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

Name Meaning

English: (i) relationship name from the Middle English personal name Badecok, a pet form of Bade + the diminutive suffix -cok. (ii) relationship name from the Middle English personal name Batecok, a pet form of Bate . Through voicing of the -t- this name may have been much confused with Badecock in (i).

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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