[1631] Edith --

	b. 1603	England	{Dodge1 17]
	d. 27 June 1678	North Beverly Mass	[Dodge1 17]

[Dodge1 16-17] In the Parish registers of East Coker, Co Somerset there are listed baptisms of Richard, Margery, John and Mary (the daughter of Richard and Edith). RD appeared at Salem in 1638. After living on land of his brother William, he settled on ``Dodge Row'' in North Beverly, not far east of Wenham Lake. The were members of the Wenham church before 1648; John Fiske was pastor. In 1653, listed as one of 21 subscribers to Harvard College, his name ranked first with the next largest sum only 1/4 of his. Part of his land was dedicated as a cemetery.

His near neighbors were Zachary Herrick who married his daughter Mary, Peter Woodberry who married Sarah, John and Humphrey Woodberry, and John Galle. His estate was valued at 1762-02-00; he gave his sons John Richard and Samuel each a good farm, valued in his inventory at over 100 pounds each; to his sons Edward and Joseph he gave the home farm valued at 1000 pounds; to his wife Edith he gave certain appropriate personal property and gave her the sole and proper use of the parlor and chamber over it in my now dwelling house, and made liberal provision for annual payments to be made to her by her five sons. She outlived him seven years and died at age 75.

The children were: John, bp 29 December 1631, East Coker, Co Somerset; Mary, b 1632; Sarah, bp 1644; Richard, b 1643; Samuel b 1645; Edward; and Joseph, b1651.

[3261] Margery --

[Dodge1] JD and wife Margery had , Somersetshire, England: William who came to Salem in 1629; Richard who came to Salem in 1638; Michael who lived and died in East Coker, Co Somerset; and Mary.