William Lovell & Dorotha Eldredge

William Lovell, my 5th great grandfather and father of William Henry Lovell was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts April 20th, 1753.  William married Dorotha Eldridge March 20th, 1779 in Harwich, Mass.  Dorotha was born in 1766 in Harwich.  Harwich, on Cape Cod, was settled in the 1650's by families from the Plymouth colony.  A year later  (1780) William enlisted in the continental army in Nathaniel Freeman's Company.  

From the "History of Harwich, Massachusetts":

Capt. Nathaniel Freeman of the North Precinct commanded a company, mostly made up of Harwich men, in Col. Enoch Hallett’s regiment, raised to reinforce the Continental army this year. His lieutenant was Reuben Snow of the same precinct. They entered service July 15, and served until Oct. 31, the same year. Among the soldiers from Harwich were: Huckens Paine, Josephy Mayo, Scotto Hopkins, Watson Mayo, Benj. Berry, Samuel Smith, Joshua Gage, Gershom Hall, Eben. Eldridge, Isaiah Chase, Jesse Cahoon, Seth Maker, Nathaniel Cahoon, William Lovell and Thomas Eldridge. The company was disbanded Oct. 31. The troops belonged to what was denominated the “new levies.” They were on duty at Rhode Island.

(Eben. Eldridge was likely Dorotha's brother)

William and Dorotha had six children, Ezekiel, Benjamin, Reuben, William Henry, Eldridge, and Susan.

William died in Sandwich, Mass, on December 30th, 1821.  Dorotha died in 1830 also in Sandwich.  Gravesites are unknown.