Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. 4 John Dodge. Eldest child of Jeremiah and Margaret (vanderbilt) Dodge. Was born February 22. 1739. Probably in New York, and died April 13. 1816. He was a clergyman of the Baptist church located at Pleasant Valley, Dutchess county, New York. He married (third) October 13. 1777, Keziah Newcomb, born November 7, 1758, died February 1, 1814. By his three wives he had sixteen children. All but four being children of the third wife. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.