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Seventh Generation 1396. Doric Chipman Porter was born on 16 September 1815 in Ashfield, Massachusetts (Franklin). He died on 3 June 1901 at the age of 85 in Fontana, Wisconsin (Walworth). He was buried on 5 June 1901 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (Walworth). Doric was a Fontana Park proprietor. He was 1/64 Wampanoag/Narragansett Indian from mother. Left Massachusetts about 1836 to go to Dover Ohio to join other Porter family members. He went to Wisconsin in Sep 1837 to find and purchase land. He returned to Ohio to marry and then returned to Wisconsin with his new bride. Founded Fontana Par which was a resort at the head of Lake Geneva (west end). "a genial and kind hearted man, a gentleman in every sense of the word from his kindly courtesy to his strict integrity. He retained his faculties and activity and enjoyed life keenly." Vote Republican. There is missinformation about Doric's ancestors in several biographies of him. 1) His Great Grandfather, Nehemiah Porter, was a Presbyterian minister. Actually, Nehemiah was a Congregational minister. 2) The Porter family is of Scotch origin. Clearly, Porter is English. 3) His father's name was Asa. Of course, his father's name was really Nathan. Doric Chipman Porter and Nancy Jane Hanchett were married on 14 August 1839 in Dover Township, Ohio. Nancy Jane Hanchett was born on 10 February 1819 in Stockholm, New York (St. Lawrence). She died on 23 February 1887 at the age of 68 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (Walworth). Doric Chipman Porter-33162 and Nancy Jane Hanchett-33168 had the following children: 1993 i. George W. Porter was born on 1 February 1842 in Linn, Wisconsin (Walworth). He died about 1842 at the age of 0 in Fontana, Wisconsin (Walworth). He was 1/128 Wampanoag/Narragansett Indian from father. +1994 ii. Eliza Jane Porter-33170. +1995 iii. Amelia Ann Porter-33172. +1996 iv. Adeline (Addie) M. Porter-33173. +1997 v. Doric Chipman Porter-33174. 1998 vi. William Pitt Porter was born on 27 February 1856 in Fontana, Wisconsin (Walworth). He died on 19 December 1914 at the age of 58 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee). He was buried on 22 December 1914 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (Walworth). William was 1/128 Wampanoag/Narragansett Indian from father. Lived in Colorado in 1882. Obituary in Walworth Times says "When a young man he went west because the climate was better for his asthma. Very recently, he came from his home in Kansas to go to Florida with his brother David, fell ill and was taken to the hospital (in Milwaukee) where he died." +1999 vii. Lester C. Porter-33176. +2000 viii. David Wilmot Porter-33177.