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- William Dodge came to New England in the "Lyons Whelpe" in the year 1629, the ship he came in being one of the fleet of Gov. Winthrop, which brought about forty planters, chiefly from Somersetshire and Dorsetshire. A letter to Gov. Winthrop describes him as "a skilful husbandman" , and asks that he be given "ye charge of ye team of horses". He lived in Beverly, where he became a useful and influential citizen, being elected or appointed to serve the town in many ways, ... selectman, grand juryman, trial juryman, on church and town committees, and deputy to the General Court. In 1685, he disposed of his landed estate by deed, imposing on his son William the duty the duty of "paying to my brother if he come to New England and dwell in this town of Beverly 5 pounds per annum as long as he shall dwell here."
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