KEZIAH DODD SAUNDERS born about 1730

The Dodds (sometimes shown as Dod) came from England in the seventeenth century and settled in Connecticut across the Long Island Sound from New York.  Keziah's parents moved east to Mendham, New Jersey around 1745.  She married Ephraim Saunders whose family also had come from England a few generations back and settled in Connecticut before moving to New Jersey.

Keziah and Ephraim named their children unusual names like Cyrus, Beniah, Asa, Ziba, Azuba, and Jeduthan.  At least two of their sons moved on west to Washington County, Pennsylvania.

The History of Morris County (Halsey) says this about the Dodds:

"The Dods possessed rare mathematical and mechanical genius.  They could both invent and execute.  They made all the clocks in Mendham.  They repaired all the guns. . . . The family were remarkable for their ingenuity.  There was almost nothing which they could not do, almost nothing which they could not make.  They were self taught."


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JERUSHA PENNINGTON SAUNDERS  

Keziah's mother-in-law, Ephraim's mother, who married Joseph Saunders, apparently was the daughter of Ephraim Pennington.  The Penningtons were from England and came to America in the seventeeth century.  The town of Pennington and its Presbyterian church were in Morris County, New Jersey.

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ELIZABETH RIGGS DODD   born about 1680

Keziah's paternal grandma was Elizabeth, the daughter of Joseph and Hannah Brown Riggs.  The Riggs family moved from England to Massachusetts in the 1630's and then to Connecticut and over to New Jersey where Elizabeth was born.  Elizabeth married Daniel Dodd, probably a surveyor, and they lived in Connecticut and then Mendham, New Jersey.  They had four children including Stephen who was the father of Keziah.


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