Dorothy (UNKNOWN)

- 1694

• Name	Dorothy (UNKNOWN)
  Birth	England
  Gender	Female
  Prop	1665	Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2]
  	"Dorothy, the widow Heald" was enumerated as a land holder in the "North Quarter" of Concord in town records of about 1665. Her holdings were comprised of six lots, totaling 161 acres.
  Death	29 Oct 1694	Dedham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts Colony   [2]
  	There is in the Dedham records an entry for the 29 October 1694 death of a Dorothy Heald, and it is assumed that the record applies to the widow of John Heald of Concord. The apparent residency of Dorothy in Dedham, some 24 miles from Concord, at the time of her death has never been explained. None of her children are known to have resided there.
  Person ID	I3688	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family	John HEALD,   b. England d. 24 May 1662, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  Notes	John Heald's 1662 Concord will names his three eldest children and speaks of five unnamed children who are under the age of 21 years. There are extant birth records for only three of the five unnamed children. Numerous old genealogies and recently Threlfall's Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins add Thomas Heald and Isaac Heald as the two Heald children for whom there are no birth records. No primary evidence has been found to support these claims.
  Children	1. Sgt. John HEALD,   b. c.1635, England or Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Jun 1689, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   2. Timothy HEALD,   b. Before Apr 1641, England or Massachusetts Bay Colony   3. Hannah HEALD,   b. c.1635, England or Massachusetts Bay Colony   4. Dorcas HEALD,   b. 22 May 1645, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1 May 1650, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 4 years)   5. Gershom HEALD,   b. 23 Mar 1646/7, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 13 May 1717, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Colony (Age 70 years)   6. Dorothy HEALD,   b. 16 Oct 1649, Concord Village, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony   7. Isreal HEALD,   b. 30 Jul 1660, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 8 Sep 1738, Stow, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Colony (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1627] Lemuel Shattuck, Shattuck, A History of the Town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from Its Earliest Settlement to 1932 and of the Adjoining Towns: Bedford, Acton, Lincoln and Carlisle, ((1835, Rpt. Baltimore, MD: GPC, 2002)), p. 37. [S3096] John Brooks Threlfall, Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists To New England & Their Origins, ((Madison, WI: by the author ,1990)), p. 199.