>From Ancestry. com Essex County Mass. Probate Index 1638-1840 File # 8174 Edward DORR file date: 27 Dec. 1825 residence: Newburypor occupation: mariner type: testate Mass. Application of Freeman 1630-1691 In 17th Century Massachusetts to hold public office and to vote, a man had to be declared "free". The confirmation of this titile was done by the general court after the candidate provided evidence he was a respectable member of the Congregational Church. By 1826 nearly 3/4 of the residents of the 6 New England States were dscendants of freeman. Edward DORR, 22 July 1674 C.R. Vol. V page # 17 ------------------------------------------------------------ Connecticut Marriages to 1800 Benjamin DORR & Elizabeth COTTEN ( June 1, 1783) Joseph DORR (of Boston) & Fanny BRIGGS ( Dec. 16, 1800) Polly DORR & Stephen SKINNER ( Hartford Conn.) (Aprl 22, 1779) Samuel DORR & Abigail BULKEY (Dec. 12, 1793) Mehetable DORR & Daniel GALPIN (Berlin) (Dec 7, 1797) George DORR & Sarah MARVIN ( March 16, 1742) Elizabeth DORR & Doctor TRACY (Norwich) (April 16, 1754) Eve DORR & George GRIFFIN (E. Haddam) (March 9, 1762) Eleany DORR & Andrew SILL Jr. (June 1773) Edward DORR & Judith CHAMPION ( Jan. 26, 1774) Sarah DORR & Lt. Elkanah HIGGINS (E. Haddam) ( Aug. 4, 1784)