Dorothy Aspenwall (1733–) • FamilySearch

Dorothy Aspenwall

10 November 1733–
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

The Life of Dorothy

When Dorothy Aspenwall was born on 10 November 1733, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Aaron Aspenwall, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Collins, was 20. She married James Hotchkiss about 1745, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

James Hotchkiss

1728–1790

Dorothy Aspenwall

1733–

Marriage: about 1745

Mary Hotchkiss

1745–1779

Levi Hotchkiss

1757–

Phebe Hotchkiss

1774–1816

Samuel Hotchkiss

1752–1843

Josiah R. W. Hotchkiss

1755–1833

Ebenezer Hotchkiss

1758–1774

Sarah Hotchkiss

1759–1860

Sarah Hotchkiss

1762–1791

Rebecca Hotchkiss

1764–

David Hotchkiss

1766–1850

Asenath Hotchkiss

1768–1840

James Hotchkiss

1772–1844

Mary Hotchkiss

1776–1820

Ira Hotchkiss

1778–

Charlotte Hotchkiss

1780–

Spouse and Children

James Hotchkiss

Male1728–1790Male

Dorothy Aspenwall

Female1733–Female

MARRIAGE
about 1745
Connecticut, United States

children

(15)

Mary Hotchkiss

Female1745–1779Female

Samuel Hotchkiss

Male1752–1843Male

Josiah R. W. Hotchkiss

Male1755–1833Male

Levi Hotchkiss

Male1757–Male

Ebenezer Hotchkiss

Male1758–1774Male

+10 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Aaron Aspenwall

Male1711–1785Male

Sarah Collins

Female1713–1782Female

siblings

(7)

Dorothy Aspenwall

Female1733–Female

Caleb Aspenwall

Male1736–1841Male

Sarah Aspenwall

Female1739–1782Female

Aaron Aspinwall

Male1743–1834Male

Lois Aspenwall

Female1745–Female

+2 More Children

World Events (6)

1776

Age 43

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

1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold

Age 48

The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

Age 61

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

Aspenwall

Dorothy

1 English: habitational name from a place in the parish of Ormskirk, Lancashire called Aspinwall (also Asmall), from an Old English word æspen ‘growing with aspen trees’ + wæll(a) ‘stream’. There has probably also been some confusion with another Lancashire habitational surname, Aspinhalgh, the second element of which is Old English halh ‘nook’.2 According to Einar Haugen, the Norwegian family name Asbjørnsen has been assimilated to Aspinwall in America.

Possible Related Names

Aspinall

Sources (2)

Dority Aspenwell, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Dority Aspenwell, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

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