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Female Dorcas Alvord Click to view Dorcas Alvord in the family tree

Dorcas was born on March 28th, 1770 in Northampton, MA.1   Dorcas' father was John Alvord and her mother was Dorcas Lyman.  Her paternal grandparents were Thomas Alvord and Joanna Taylor; her maternal grandparents were John Lyman and Mindwell Sheldon. She had seven brothers and two sisters, named John, Saul, Gad, Jeb, Nathan, Gideon, Elijah, Mindwell and Esther.1 

1 phelps.FTW @ Tree #0105
Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0105, 0105.ftw @ Tree #0105