Dolly Varnum (1769 - 1851)

Biography

Dolly Varnum was born on 23 May 1769 in Dracut, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Jonathan and Anna (East) Varnum.^[1]

Dolly married Abraham Varnum on 13 January 1791 in Dracut, Massachusetts, USA.^[2] Abraham was born on 23 August 1770 in Dracut, the son of Captain William and Sarah (Coburn) Varnum.^[1]

Dolly died on 26 February 1851 in Peacham, Caledonia, Vermont, aged 81,^[3][4] and was buried in the Peacham Cemetery.^[5]

The children of Abraham and Dolly (Varnum) Varnum were recorded in Peacham, Vermont:

1. Infant Varnum (1791–1791)
2. William Varnum (1793–1841)
3. Jonathan Varnum (1795–1797)
4. Prudence Varnum (1797–1880)
5. Hannah Varnum (1799–1840)
6. Infant Varnum (1801–1801)
7. Julia Varnum (1802–1862)
8. Pascal Varnum (1804–1829)
9. Asa Varnum (1806–1861)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} John Marshall Varnum, The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts) (Boston, MA: David Clapp & Son, Printers, 1907) p. 97
2. ↑ Woods, Henry Ernest, Vital Records of Dracut, MA, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1907) p. 247, Varnum/Varnum marriage. "Varnum, Abraham of Thornton, NH, and Dolley Varnum, Jan 13, 1791. [Dolly, Jan 13, 1790 (sic) MR]"
3. ↑ Gordon, George A., and Silas R. Coburn, Genealogy of the Descendants of Edward Colburn/Coburn,(Lowell, MA: Walter Coburn, 1913), p. 97.
4. ↑ Vermont Index to Vital Records to 1870 FHL film # 0027738 (burial recorded in Peacham Cemetery Records) "Dolly Varnum d. Peacham 26 Feb 1851, age 81y10m, wife of Abram Varnum."
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58373693/dolly-varnum: accessed October 24, 2024), memorial page for Dolly Varnum (23 May 1769–26 Feb 1851), Find A Grave: Memorial #58373693, citing Peacham Village Cemetery, Peacham, Caledonia County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by Rosie Jones + Shanna (contributor 46800250). (Includes gravestone photo.)