About William de Leftwich Dodge

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Wiliam de Leftwich Dodge
  • Biography

    The following information is from Audrey B. Florentine:

    WLD is a descendant of Tristam Dodge, who arrived on Block Island* in 1661. His great grandfather was Jeremiah Dodge, in whose house in 1745 prayer meetings were held that resulted in the formation of the first Baptist church in New York City, a loft on William Street in 1753.

    See DODGE GENEALOGY by Theron Royal Woodward. He is our Florentine grandfather's first cousin.

    *An island 13 miles off the coast of Rhode Island...

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