Edmund DORR

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Edward Dorr and Elizabeth Hawley

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"Hyde Genealogy": Edmund Dorr and Mary Griswold settled at Lyme, where he carried on the business of a clothier, or cloth-dresser. He was a man of mind, and of indomitable perseverance. And he and a few other members of the first congregational society of Lyme carried on an ecclesiastical controversy with the Rev. Jonathan Parsons, the third minister of Lyme, who m. Phebe Griswold, his wife's niece. During this controversy, he obtained the sobriquet of "Servant Dorr", which he retained for life. He died at Lyme; date not ascertained. His wife survived hi, and died at North Lyme 21 Feb. 1776; and was buried in the old cemetery at North Lyme, near Deacon Wilham Marvin's, by the side of her daughter, Deborah Dorr, who died in 1768.

Edmund married Mary GRISWOLD on 4 Sep 1719. Mary (daughter of Matthew GRISWOLD and Phebe HYDE) was born on 22 Apr 1694 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 21 Feb 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]