Family of Edward + MESSENGER and Dorcas + BOSWORTH

Husband:	Edward + MESSENGER (1617-1688)
Wife:	Dorcas + BOSWORTH (1620-1702)
Children:	Dorcas + MESSENGER (1650-1688)
	Nathaniel MESSENGER (1651- )
	Deliverance MESSENGER (1655- )
Marriage	1651	Windsor, Hartford, CT, US

Husband: Edward + MESSENGER

Name:	Edward + MESSENGER
Sex:	Male
Father:	Andrew + MESSENGER (1588-1637)
Mother:	Sarah + BENEDICT (1590-1681)
Birth	1617	Lincolnshire, England
Immigration	1650 (age 32-33)	to CT, US1
Death	12 May 1688 (age 70-71)	Bloomfield, Hartford, CT, US

Wife: Dorcas + BOSWORTH

Name:	Dorcas + BOSWORTH
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1620
Death	12 Jan 1702 (age 81-82)	Rowley, Essex, MA, US

Child 1: Dorcas + MESSENGER

Child 2: Nathaniel MESSENGER

Name:	Nathaniel MESSENGER
Sex:	Male
Birth	18 Jun 1651

Child 3: Deliverance MESSENGER

Name:	Deliverance MESSENGER
Sex:	Female
Birth	7 Apr 1655

Note on Husband: Edward + MESSENGER

Helen S. Ullmann discusses the origins of the Messenger family and the possibility that Edward, Andrew, and Henry were brothers at great length in the July 1998 New England Historical and Genealogical Register in article titled The Three Messengers - Clearing the Decks.Edward's close connection with the Drake family at Windsor suggests his wife might have been related to them, but not even her given name is known. 1 Children of Edward MessengerDorcas Messenger+ b. 23 Sep 1650, d. 18 May 1688Nathaniel Messenger+ b. 18 Jun 1653Deliverance Messenger b. 7 Apr 1655

 

Citations

 

[S165] Helen S. Ullman, "Three Messengers

Sources

1	"US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500-1900".

2	"Find a Grave".