Eleanor Story

Brief Life History of Eleanor

When Eleanor Story was born on 8 May 1742, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Captain William Story Esq, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Marion, was 20. She married Thomas Dodge on 19 October 1763, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1742. She died on 9 March 1767, at the age of 24, and was buried in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Thomas Dodge
1742–1815
Eleanor Story
1742–1767
Marriage: 19 October 1763
Lydia Dodge
1765–1849

Sources (14)

  • Ellen Story, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Elen Story, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Ellen, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

English (Cumberland and Durham) and Scottish: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Stori (Old Norse Stóri, from stórr ‘big’).

Altered form of Swiss German Störi, a variant of Storer .

English (Cumberland and Durham) and Scottish: variant of Storer (especially in northeastern England) or vice versa. The names were probably often confused.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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