General Notes

Source: Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex Co MA Vol. I by J. T. Dodge, 1894; Democrat Publishing Co, Madison WI p21

This John Dodge was mentioned in the will of his grandfather John, who died in Somersetshire, England, in 1635. He probably came to Salem with his father, Richard, in 1638. He settled in what was then included in Beverly, but later was annexed to Wenham. He built a saw mill and, perhaps, grist mill on Mill River at Wenham Neck, which was in use till about 1822, and received from his father's estate about eighty acres lying about his mill, and five acres of meadow on the same side of Longham Brook, where his house stood, near what was then the north line of Beverly...Lt. John Dodge was a man of more than ordinary standing in the community. He was elected deputy to the General Court, was often elected one of the selectmen of the town, and served in almost every public capacity where good sense and integrity were required.



Note:
He had a saw and grist mill at North Bevery; the site was later
annexed to Wenham.
He was Selectman 1671, 1675, 1676, 1786, 1688, and constable 1690 and
1691.
Was Deputy in 1676, 1678, 1679, 1680, 1681, 1683, 1689, 1690. He
served in KING PHILIP"S WAR, was a Lieutenant in 1683, and was Cornet
of the Wenham and Bevery troop.
He was chosen on the seating committee in 1682.
<"One branch of the Booth Family" by Charles Edwin Booth, 1910, page
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Descendants of John are taken from "Ancestral Records and Portraits",
Vol 1, grafton Press New York, 1910