Catherine was the third of four children. Not much is known about her. What is known is that she married well and in her family tradition. Her parents were in the ministry, as well as her maternal grandparents, Rev. Grindall and Susanna Wilson Rawson. As with all history, one must insert the woman into the documentation of her husband, father or sons. Please refer to her husband's profile for more information.

NOTE: Catharine's memorial says that her mother's name was Susanna, yet there are no records available which indicate her father was married to anyone other than Mary Rawson. If anyone has any information to clarify this, please notify the manager of this profile.

FATHER: Rev. Joseph Dorr, 1690 – 1768
MOTHER: Mary (Susanna?) Rawson, 1699 – 1776

SIBLINGS:
1. Mary Dorr, 1725 – 1796
m. Rev. Moses Taft

2. Joseph Dorr, 1730 – 1808
m. Catherine Bucknam

3. Susannah Dorr, 1734 – 1783
m. Rev. Amariah Frost


HUSBAND: Rev. Ezekiel Emerson, 1735 – 1815
m. 27 Mar 1760, Mendon, MA (age 28)

CHILDREN:
1. Phebe Emerson, 1761 – 1829
m. Josiah Hale

2. Ezekiel Emerson, 1765 – 1809
m. Mary Fish

3. Hawley Emerson, 1766 – 1844
m. Rachael Lennen

4. Calvin Emerson, 1769 – 1827
m. Elizabeth Petty

5. Luther Emerson, 1772 –
m. _____ Holden

6. Eusebius Emerson Sr., 1774 – 1846
m. Mary Linen

7. Susanna Emerson, 1775 – 1859
m. Charles Witherell

8. Mary Emerson, 1778 – 1846
m. John Tozier

9. Elizabeth Emerson, 1780 – 1789
Childhood death

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1. [Death Announcement] “Emerson, Catharine, w. Rev. Ezekiel, of Georgetown, Me., at Cape Elizabeth, Me., Feb. 22, 1792, Chron.”
Newspaper: Boston: Various Newspapers
Publication Date: 22 Feb 1792
Publication Place: Massachusetts, USA
Call Number: 109363
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.

2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name: Catherine Dorr
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1759
Marriage Place: Uxbridge, Massachusetts
Spouse Name: Ezekil Emerson
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

3. "The EMERSON Family"

"Rev. Ezekiel Emerson, a Free Will Baptist was one of the earliest settlers at Georgetown on the Kennebec River. He lived and preached at Georgetown and neighboring towns before the Revolutionery War. Ezekiel's children were Ezekiel, John, Holly, Calvin, Luther and Eusebius. He had six daughters, a family of 12 children.

"Luther was a lawyer. At one time he came to Machias contemplating establishing a law office, being young and not feeling satisfied, he left, subsequently married and removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. Except Luther, no one of Rev. Mr. Emerson's sons came to Washington County, but Eusebius, who came to Jonesboro in 1819 and settled on Fellow's Point, west side of Chandler's River, three miles below the Falls."

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