I believe Hubbard's book had mispelled Dorothy's surname and that "Ordway" is the correct spelling. The basis for this is that Samuel and Dorothy's daughter, Sarah, m. Thomas Ruiter and they had a daughter that was named after Sarah's mother: Dorothy Ordway Ruiter. Jon Ruiter --- [email protected] wrote: > Samuel Pinkham married Dorothy Ordway at Gilmanton > on 12 November 1783 per > Vital Records of Gilmanton, NH (NHGR 16 (1999):172. > > Recently submitted the listing on SAMUEL PINKHAM > (HUBBARD's History of > Stanstead County) to the PINKHAM Rootsweb Board and > someone today replied to that > post with the above. Would anyone on list have more > on this? > > FAMILY OF SAMUEL PINKHAM > SAMUEL PINKHAM, b. in Durham, N.H., May 11, 1760. > In 1783, m. DOROTHEA > REDWAY, a native of Amesbury, Mass. They settled in > Loudon, N.H., and in 1788 > removed to Danville, Vt., whence they removed to No. > 11, 9th Range of Stanstead, > in 1800. He d. in May, 1830; she d. August 10, > 1850. > CHILDREN: > BETSEY, b. May 22, 1784 - m. JONATHAN BACHELDER > DEBORAH, b. September 2, 1785 - m. THOMAS WILLIAMS > SAMUEL, b. August 5, 1787 - deceased > SARAH, b. April 20, 1789 - m. THOMAS RUITER > MARY, b. May 20, 1791 - m. EDE LEE > JAMES, b. February 4, 1793 - d. May 5, 1813 > JOSEPH, b. February 18, 1795 - m. SARAH MOULTON > MARTHA, b. December 18, 1796 - m. NATHANIEL BARTLETT > DOROTHY, b. December 16, 1798 - m. MANDA T. CUSHING, > Esq. > ABIJAH, b. March 5, 1802 - m. HANNAH SLEEPER > ========================= > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the > new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click > to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >