General Notes

Source: Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex Co MA Vol. I by J. T. Dodge, 1894;Democrat Publishing Co, Madison WI pp16-17

Richard Dodge appeared at Salem in 1638 and "desired accommodation"....As immigrants were admitted to the colony only by applying to the town and obtaining leave, it is quite certain that Richard and his family came in 1638, and as the King was at that time obstructing emigration, it is probably that he left England without royal permission.

After living awhile on land of his brother, William, he settled on "Dodge Row" in North Beverly, not far east of Wenham Lake...Richard, the immigrant, eveidently gave his attention more to farming and the care of his domestic affairs, than to town or church business; although he was a loyal church member, and one of the most liberal contributors to the support of the church...He also had a high appreciation of the value of education, for in 1653, in a list of twenty-one subscribers to Harvard College, his name ranks first...He dedicated a piece of his land to a burying ground, which is now known as the Cemetery on Dodge Row...He died ...leaving an estate valued at the large sum of 1,764 pounds 2 shillings. He gave his sons John, Richard, and Samuel each a good farm, valued in his inventory at over 100 pounds each. To sons Edward and Joseph he gave the home farm, valued at 1,000 pounds. To his wife Edith he gave certain appropriate personal property, "to be her own absolutely," and gave her "the sole and proper use of the parlor & chamber over it in my now dwelling house", and made liberal provision for annual payments to be made to her by her five sons.



Estate of Richard Dodge Sr. of Beverly..
"The last will and testament of Richard Dodge sener of Beuerle made
the fourteene of the nine moneth 1670 [14 Sept. 1670] being weake in
body but well and sound in mind and memorie doe thus dispose of the
estate the Lord hath giuen mee Impr. I giue vnto my wife Edeth one
mare two milke cowestwo ewe sheepe and halfe my houshold goods as it
shall be equally diuided by indifferent emn between her and my
executors also These to be her owne absolutely also I giue her the
sole and proper use of the parlour and chamber ouer it in my now
dwelling house to gether with the free use of the garden out houses
kitchings ouer well seller and yeards as shee hath occasion also my
will that imediately vppon the proveing of this my will my executors
shall prouide for the summering and wintering of the aboue sayd Mare
cowes and sheepe vppon my farme during the time of her widdowhood
together with her firewood at the doore fitted for the fire I I giue
vnto my sone Richard dodge all that vpland and meadow he is now
poseoar of lyeing at longham bridge to him and his heires for euer he
payeing to my wife forty shillings p annum during her life in
consideration of her thirds. It i giue vnto my son Samuell that land
he now liueth on that was bought of William Goodhew to him and his
heires for euer he paying to my wife in consideration of her thirds
fortie shillings p annum during her life.
"It I giue vnto my son John Dodge all that vpland and meadow of which
he is now posessed being diuided by a line agreed on begininge at a
stump in the corne feeld and so running vnto an heape of stones at the
vpper end of the same land he paying vnto my wife in consideration of
her thirds forti shilling p annum during her life also I giue vnto my
son John twentie pounds to be payd by my executors And whereas I haue
land in England let to my brother Michael dodge for foure pounds p
anum I do hereby acquitt my brother from all dues and demands
concerninge the saide rent during my life but after my disease I giue
and bequeathe to my wife and my son John the said rent to be annually
paid them during the said lifes according to the tenure of the lease I
giue vnto my daughter Mary Herrick one ewe hauinge giuen her portion
all ready also giue vnto my daughter Mary Herricks fiue daughters
fifty shillings a piece to bwe paid to each of them at there day of
marriage or one and twentie yeares of age in case any of them die the
portion to biuided equally amongst them that shall suriue that is to
say if they die before they come to yeares or married.
"I giue my daughter Sarah fiue pound hauing had her portion allready
which fiue pound is to be paid in two yeare after my disease also I
giue vnto my daughter Sarahs daughter fiue pound to be paid at her
marriage or one and twentie yeares of age in case the child die before
that time to returne to be payd to her mother.
"I giue vnto my sons Edward and Joseph all the rest of my estate not
aboue disposed of to be equally diuided between them and doe appoint
these my two sons joynt exectors of this my last will and testament
and doe appoint my Broth. William Dodge senr and Mr Henry Bartholmew
senr of Salem ouerseers of of this my last will and for there paynes
herein I giue vnto each of them twenty shillings a piece. In witnesse
hereof i haue herevnto set my hand and seale the day and yeare abofe
written."
Richard (his I mark) Dodge
Proved 28:4:1671 by witnesses
Witness: Isack Hull, William Dodge, jr.
"These are further to decklare That wheras the Executors in the will
of their Father Richard dodge deceased have all the lands and Estate
by theire late father left Bequeathed vnto them as Executors after
what is given and bequeathed expresley in the sd will yet we the
Executores and Subscribers upon good and serious considerationes and
for the continuence of love and peace to and in Family and among so
neare relationes have freely and willingly agreed and does p thes
presentes agree that our eldest Brother john dodge shall enjoy to
himselfe his heires and Assigness for ever all that land the which
lieth about the Sawmill built by our sd Brother being about foure
score acres be it more or less also five acres of medowon that syde of
Long Hamn brooke on which our sd Brothers house standeth: also four
acres of medow at the up end of the medow called Flagye medow: and one
acre of salt marsh part of three acres lyeing on a Iland within mr
Cogswells Farme and bought by our late Father in his lifetyme of mr.
John Cogswell in witnes of all which as above written we have herevnto
sett our hnades ths 29th day of June 1671.
Edward (his+mark) Dodge
Joseph Dodge
Witness; William bartholmew, Henry Bartholmew.
Attested 28:4:1671 by Mr. Henry Bartholmew.
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His estate was seventeen hundred and sixty-four pounds, two shillings.
Connections, by Charles Levi Woodbury, Manchester NH, printed by the
John B. Clarke Co., 1904, page 139.>
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Richard and his family arrived in Salem in 1638. Immigrants were only
admitted to the colony, by applying to the town and obtaining leave.
He and his family moved on to the land of his brother, William until
he could get established. after awhile he was able to settle with his
family on "Dodge Row" in North Beverly, not far from Wenham Lake. He
built a home and gave his attention to farming but he held in high
esteem the value of education. In 1653, he was the biggest
contributor to Harvard College. He gave a piece of his land for a
burying ground which is now known as "the Cemetery on Dodge Row". He
had 5 sons, and so he has more descendents than William who had 2
sons.
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"Dodge Genealogy Descendants of Tristram Dodge" by Theron Royal
Woodward, Lanword Publishing Co., Chicago & New York, Chicago Illinois
1904...Dodge Family of Beverly, Mass., pgs. 150-153.
Richard for a short time lived on land belonging to his brother.
He was received as inhabitant 29th October, 1638, was granted by the
town of Salem, 12th November, 1638, ten acres of land, and 26th of
November, the undivided half of eighty acres more, the other half
being granted to his brother William. This last tract was on the east
end of Conant's, John Woodberry's and john Balch's farms, whereof
twelve acres were meadow. the 3rd of December, 1641, the town granted
Richard forty acres more, making ninety in all. He was received into
the church of Salem, 5th May, 1644. In 1667 he was one of the
founders of the First Church, now of Beverly. Richard died in Beverly
15th June, 1671, leaving a will, by which it appears he left a brother
Michael in England, and that Michael was to pay him ce4 per annum for
land which Richard either owned or had interest in. The will of
Richard, in connection with the will of his father, John Dodge, lately
found in Somerset House, London, renders the origin of the Salem
Dodges very certain. It is shown by deeds recorded in rigister's
office of Essex County, vol. xi, p. 231 and vol. viii, p. 163, that
William Dodge , senior, had a nephew William Dodge (Coker William, or
William of Coker, son of Michael), to whom by a deed dated 12th may,
1685, he gave "16 acres taken from my home farm next to the south end
of Brimble Hill" (on which Beverly reservoir now stands). On the same
date he also imposed upon his son, Capt. William Dodge of Beverly, the
duty of paying "to my brother, if he come to New England and dwell in
this town of Beverly, ce5 per annum, so long as he shall dwell here."
this refers unmistakably to a brother then in England, and probably to
Michael, who was no doubt his only brither, Richard having died in
1671. In 1692 Coker William still claimed that William Dodge, senior,
had promised to give him ten acres of land, but William dodge, senior,
being dead, and the land being in the hands of his eldest son, known
as Capt. John Dodge, the son honored the memory and good name of his
father by giving the claiment five. acres.