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(J. H. Woodbury: "A Sketch of John Page Wood- bury," pp. 5-7; L. A. Underhill: "A Sketch of the Life of James A. Woodbury," p. 1.)
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(II) Humphrey Woodbury, son of John and Joanna (Humphrey) Woodbury, was born in Budleigh, England, in 1609-10, and died in Beverly, Massachusetts, in February, 1685 or 1686. He came to New England with his father on the latter's second voyage in 1628. He was a member of the First Church of Beverly at its foundation, and later became a deacon. He is listed as a freeman, May 8, 1678. In Salem Land Records, Vol. V, pp. 108-16, testimony is given by Humphrey Woodbury of Beverly, aged about seventy-two years, as follows: "When I lived in Somersetshire in England, I remember that my father, John Woodberye (since de- ceased), did about 56 years agoe remove for New England. I traveled with him as far as Dorchester (England) and understood that my father came to New England by order of a com- pany called Dorchester Company; he (father) went to Cape Ann. After three years absence my father returned to England stayed one half year then sent back by some who intended a plantation three leagues west of Cape Ann, brought me with him; we arrived at Salem in or about the month of June 1628."
Humphrey Woodbury married Elizabeth. Children: 1. Thomas, of whom further. 2. John, baptized October 24, 1641, died January 2, 1715-16; married (first) Elizabeth, who died April 16, 1689; (second), July 2, 1690, Alice Derby, widow of John Derby. 3. Isaac, bap- tized February 4, 1643-44, died March 11, 1725; married, October 9, 1671, Mary Wilkies. 4. Humphrey, baptized March 8, 1646-47, died April 9, 1727; married, October 10, 1671, Ann Winder, of Gloucester, Massachusetts. 5. Susanna, born February 4, 1648-49; married, December 2, 1668, John Tenney, of Rowley, Massachusetts. 6. William, baptized May 4, 1651, died about 1710; married, in 1676, Hannah Mascoll. 7. Peter, born March 28, 1653; died in 1675. 8. Richard, born in February, 1654-55, died in Boston, in 1690; married, December 16, 1679, Sarah Haskell. 9. Elizabeth, born April 28, 1657; married John Walker, of Boston. 10. Christina, born April 20, 1661; married, April 9, 1679, John Trask.
(J. H. Woodbury: "A Sketch of John Page Wood- bury," p. 6; New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. I, p. 84; Vol. III, p. 245; Vol. XXXIX, p. 183; Savage: "Genealogical Dictionary of New England," Vol. IV, p. 634; Family data.)
(III) Thomas Woodbury, son of Humphrey and Elizabeth Woodbury, was born in Salem, Massachusetts, about 1639, and died in Beverly, Massachusetts, 1716-19. His will was made De- cember 11, 1716, and proved April 20, 1719. In the land records he is credited with owning fifteen hundred acres near Haverhill, Massachu- setts. He married (first) at Salem, December 2, 1661, Hannah (Dodge) Porter, baptized July 24, 1642, died January 2, 1688, at Beverly, daughter of William and Elizabeth Dodge, of Salem, and widow of Samuel Porter (Dodge II) ; (second), April 29, 1690, Elizabeth Curtis, widow of Samuel Curtis. Children of first marriage: 1. William, born September 17, 1662, died in November, 1725; married, September 29, 1689, Joannah Wheeler, of Concord, Massachusetts, who died April 7, 1748, aged seventy-six. 2. Samuel, born 1665-66, died April 18, 1689. 3. Thomas, baptized July 31, 1667, died about 1698; married Abigail. 4. Israel, born May 23, 1670. 5. Hannah, born February 25, 1672; mar- ried, July 5, 1694, John Ober. 6. Elizabeth, born February 6, 1676; married Joseph Herrick. 7. Daughter, born January 20, 1679, died young. 8. Susanna, baptized March 7, 1680, died before 1716. 9. Jonathan, of whom further. Child of second marriage: 10. Samuel, born February 2, 1691.
(Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XXXV, pp. 264-65; Vol. XXXVI, p. 31; Family data.)
(IV) Jonathan Woodbury, son of Thomas and Hannah (Dodge) Woodbury, was born Sep- tember 12, 1682, and died January 7, 1774. His will was made April 29, 1762, and proved Febru- ary 7, 1774. He was a shoreman. He married, at Beverly, Massachusetts, March 25, 1708, Eleanor Ellingwood. (Ellingwood III.) Chil- dren: 1. Benjamin, born April 4, 1709, died Sep- tember 11, 1710. 2. Hannah, born November 21, 1710, died March 29, 1751. 3. Eleanor, born February 4, 1711; married Ralph Ellingwood.
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4. Jonathan, of whom further. 5. Elizabeth, born May 15, 1716; married William Elling- wood. 6. Cornelius, born June 11, 1718, died November 20, 1807. 7. Nathaniel, born April 1, 1720, died December 24, 1805. 8. Edward, born December 1, 1721, died December 13, 1721. 9. Johannah, born June 5, 1725, died September 10, 1738. 10. Eunice, born June 21, 1727; married (first) George Gallup; (second) William Dike. 11. Anna, born March 20, 1729; married Joseph Lovett. 12. Edward, born April 21, 1731, died in 1754. 13. Susanna, born September 16, 1734, died November 26, 1761.
(Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XXXVI, p. 32; Family data.)
(V) Jonathan Woodbury, Jr.,, son of Jonathan and Eleanor (Ellingwood) Woodbury, was born at Beverly, Massachusetts, December 11, 1713, and died in Salem, New Hampshire, before September 5, 1776. He removed to Methuen, Massachusetts, about 1735. He married, June 24, 1735, Lydia Dodge. (Dodge V.) Children, probably all except the first born in Methuen: 1. Elisha, born in Beverly. 2 Jonathan, born April 1, 1738. 3. Ephraim, born December 3, 1740. 4. Joanna, baptized April 3, 1743. 5. Lydia, born April 13, 1745. 6. Benjamin, bap- tized June 21, 1747, died young. 7. Betty, bap- tized September 11, 1748. 8. Benjamin, of whom further. 9. Hannah, born July 31, 1754. 10. Eunice, baptized September 26, 1756. 11. Ed- ward, baptized November 17, 1759.
(Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XXXVI, p. 37; Family data.)
(VI) Benjamin Woodbury, son of Jonathan and Lydia (Dodge) Woodbury, was baptized at Methuen, Massachusetts, November 4, 1750, and died in New London, New Hampshire, April 4 or 20, 1809. When in 1741 New Hamp- shire was made a separate province, Benjamin Woodbury was living in the part of Methuen, Massachusetts, known as Salem Village. This village came within the boundary of New Hampshire, and was henceforward known as Salem, New Hampshire. Lieutenant Benjamin
Woodbury became a resident of New London, New Hampshire, before 1790. He kept a tavern, held various town offices, and was highly esteemed in both civil and church activities.
Benjamin Woodbury married, November 26, 1773, at Salem, New Hampshire, Zilliah Dow. (Dow V.) Children: 1. Zilliah, born Septem- ber 28, 1774; married, May 13, 1793, Seth Gay, son of Ephraim and Lois Gay, of Attleboro, Massachusetts. 2. Jonathan, born July 23, 1776; married, September 19, 1799, Lois Sea- mans, daughter of Job and Sarah (Esterbrooks) Seamans. 3. Daniel, born June 15, 1778; mar- ried, October 8, 1801, Rapsina Messenger. 4. Phineas, born November 21, 1780, died at Haver- hill, Massachusetts, March 12, 1817. 5. Olive, born January 11, 1783; married, November 19, 1807, Job Seamans, son of Job and Sarah (Esterbrooks) Seamans. 6. Manley G., born July 13, 1785; married, about 1807, Eliza Wood- man, daughter of Captain John and Molly Wood- man. 7. Dillah or Delia, born August 13, 1787; married, April 10, 1808, Joseph Pike, of Sutton, son of Lieutenant Thomas and Phoebe (Broc- klebank) Pike. 8. Roxana, born March 27, 1790, died in New Orleans; married Benjamin Chase, a teacher at Dartmouth College. 9. Benjamin, of whom further.
(M. B. Lord: "History of the Town of New Lon- don, New Hampshire," pp. 169-70; Family data.)
(VII) Rev. Benjamin Woodbury, son of Ben- jamin and Zilliah (Dow) Woodbury, was born in New London, New Hampshire, August 13, 1792, and died in Wood County, Ohio, December 29, 1845. He was admitted to the Congregational ministry, and after holding several pastorates in New England removed to Ohio. He married, at Salisbury, New Hampshire, in October, 1824, Mehitable Pettengill. (Pettengill VII.) Child: 1. Roxana, of whom further.
(M. B. Lord: "History of the Town of New Lon- don, New Hampshire," p. 370; New England His- torical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XIX, p. 177; C. H. Pope: "A Pettengill Genealogy,'' p. 107; Family data.)
(VIII) Roxana Dickinson Woodbury, daugh-
Rev. Benjamin Woodbury
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ter of Rev. Benjamin and Mehitable (Pettengill) Woodbury, was born at Falmouth, Massachu- setts, February 10, 1827, and died in Freeport, Wood County, Ohio, November 2, 1872. She married, February 13, 1844, Rev. Nathaniel Thomas Fay. (Fay VI.)
(O. P. Fay: "The Fay Genealogy," p. 377; Family data.)
(The Ellingwood Line).
On records in New England, this name is variously spelled Ellwood, Elenwood, Elinwood, Ellenwood, Ellingwood, and Ellinwood. The name Ellinwood rarely if ever appears in Eng- land, Elwood being the original form. It comes from Aldwoldus, a contraction of the Anglo- Saxon name Aethelwold, or from Elward; or possibly sometimes from a now extinct place name Elwood.
The family of Ellwood was found in England in County Suffolk as early as the thirteenth century, as Elward, and as Aylward in Wilt- shire in the eleventh century. It also appears in Scotland and Ireland.
(Beverly, Massachusetts, Vital Records, Vols. I and II; Lower: "Patronymica Britannica"; Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames"; O'Hart: "Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry," pp. 271, 312, 363, 383.)
Ellwood (Ellingwood) Arms-Azure a chevron ar- gent in chief two mullets or, in base a buck's head cabossed of the second, attired of the third.
Crest-On a mural coronet a stag sejant proper. (Burke: "General Armory.")
(I) Ralph Ellingwood was born in England about 1610, and died in 1670. His name is listed as Ralph Ellwood on the London Custom House Records. He came from England in the ship "Truelove," sailing in September, 1635, and settled in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1637. In 1667 he was one of the founders of the Beverly church. He married, probably as sec- ond wife, March 14, 1655, Ellen Lyn. Child, probably of first marriage: 1. Josiah, baptized May 26, 1644. Children of second marriage: 2. Stephen, born March 16, 1656. 3. Ralph, born April 26, 1657; probably died young. 4. Ralph,
born March 18, 1658; married, February 3, 1711-12, Sarah Woodbury. 5. John, born in 1659; probably died young. 6. Joseph, born June 22, 1662. 7. Mary, baptized June 5, 1664. 8. Sarah (twin?), baptized August 7, 1666. 9. Elizabeth (twin?), baptized June 27, 1666. 10. Benjamin, of whom further. 11. David, born July 6, 1670.
(Savage : "Genealogical Dictionary of New England," Vol. II, p. 113; New England Historical and Genea- logical Register, Vol. VI, p. 252; S. Dodge: "An- cestry of Nathan Dane Dodge," p. 69; C. Pope: "Pioneers of Massachusetts,'' p. 154.)
(II) Benjamin Ellingwood, son of Ralph and Ellen (Lyn) Ellingwood, was born April 1, 1668, and died March 28, 1731. He was a shire- man residing in Beverly, Massachusetts. He married, about 1688, Mary. Children: 1. Elea- nor, of whom further. 2. Benjamin, born Jan- uary 27, 1689-90; married, in 1747 (?), Susanna Corning. 3. William, born November 1, 1691; buried December 27, 1773; married, February 14, 1718, Abigail Woodbury. 4. Mary, born April 23, 1695; probably died young. 5. Patience (or Priscilla), born March 3, 1696-97, died in 1760; married, November 2, 1715, Robert Woodbury. 6. David, born December 11, 1698, buried March 6, 1777; married, December 6, 1725, Margaret Wallis. 7. Samuel, born November 21, 1700, died in 1734. 8. Mary, born October 9, 1702; married June 7, 1720, Robert Smith. 9. Robert, born November 26, 1704; married, October 5, 1725, Abigail Ober. 10. Andrew, born October 22, 1706; buried September 23, 1778; married (intentions published October 6, 1728) Elizabeth Wallis. 11. Jonathan, born October 19, 1708; married, May 5, 1767, Hannah Foster. 12. Eunice, born November 18, 1710, died August 30, 1733; married, October 22, 1729, Zebulon Woodbury. 13. Anne, born April 6, 1714; mar- ried, December 3, 1735 (?), Isaac Grey.
(S. S. Dodge: "Ancestry of Nathan Dane Dodge," pp. 18, 69; Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, Vol. I, pp. 122-23; Vol. II, pp. 106-109, 427-30.)
(III) Eleanor Ellingwood, daughter of Ben- jamin and Mary Ellingwood, was born July 7,
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1688, and was buried April 29, 1782. She mar- ried, March 25, 1708, at Beverly, Massachu- setts, Jonathan Woodbury. (Woodbury IV.)
(Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XXXVI, pp. 32, 429; Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, Vol. II, p. 106.)
(The Dodge Line).
Dodge is a surname that is either of Teutonic or Anglo-Saxon origin. It is used as a pet name for Rodger or Roger, which is from the German "Hruodger," meaning "famous spear." Dodd was an Anglo-Saxon personal name, and in many instances the present-day name Dodd may be a weak form of Dodge. The form "Doidge" is used in England, but it is pro- nounced Dodge. The names of William Dod and Richard Dod appeared on the Hundred Rolls. Hodge is a by-form of Rodger or Roger, which appeared as early as 1284 in Lancashire as Hogge. Roger was a common rural name which became synonymous for a rustic. Chaucer uses it in the Canterbury Tales, "Now tell on, gentil Roger, by thy name." The Dodges of Somersetshire, England, from which came the American ancestor, William Dodge, may have originated from the Devonshire line which had settled in West Devon, coming, of course from Cheshire, where the parent family were seated. The Dodges in America carried on the origi- nal occupation of their English ancestors --- farming. But along with their love of the soil, they developed other interests which were of great benefit to their country. The Dodges were interested in philanthropy; in military life (five officers of the name of Dodge served on Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War); others in the family became doctors, lawyers, teachers, and ministers. Beginning with the year 1700, there have been long lists of Dodges on the rolls of Harvard and Yale, as well as on the rolls of other well-known col- leges, not only in New England and New York, but in the Middle West as well.
(Harrison, H .: "Surnames of the United Kingdom," Vol. I, pp. 117, 205; Vol. II, p. 119; Dodge, J. T .: "Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County,
Massachusetts," Vol. I, pp. 1-12; Vol. II, pp. 468-69; "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XV, p. 255.)
Dodge Arms-Barry of six or and sable, over all on a pale gules, a woman's breast distilling milk all proper.
Crest-A demi-sea-dog azure, collared, finned and purfled or.
Motto-"Leni perfruar otio."
(Crozier: "General Armory," p. 50.)
(I) John Dodge died in 1635. His will was dated April 2, 1635. It was proved October 15, 1635. He probably lived in Middle Chin- nock, Somersetshire, England. He married Margery.
(Dodge, J. T .: "Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," Vol. I, p. 13; "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XLVI, p. 383.)
Children, born in Somersetshire, England: 1. Richard, born in 1602, died June 15, 1671; married Edith. 2. William, of whom further. 3. Michael, lived and died in East Coker, Somer- setshire, England; in 1607, was church warden in East Coker; married and had five children. 4. Mary, died in England; had a son, John.
("New England Historical and Genealogical Reg- ister," Vol. XLVI, p. 385.)
(II) William Dodge, son of John and Margery Dodge, was born probably in 1604 in Somerset- shire, England. He died between the dates of 1685 and 1692. He sailed from Gravesend, April 25, and from the Isle of Wight, May 11, 1629, on the ship "Lion's Whelp." He is described thus: "tall in person, with black hair and dark complexion." Tradition has it, that after land- ing in America, he went back to England, mar- ried. He came back again to America with his wife and his brothers, Richard and John. He came to Salem in 1629, and he is recommended to Governor Endicott as a "skillful and painful husbandman," with the request that he might have charge of a team of horses. At that time, Salem included the present Salem, Beverly, Wenham, Hamilton, Ipswich, Danvers, Peabody, and possibly other sections. We find William Dodge, a settler in the Beverly section on April
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17, 1634, when he was made a freeman. In 1667, he helped to found the "First Church" in Beverly. He purchased, from Peter Palfrey, land in the original "Old Planters' Tract." His position in this Massachusetts community was that of a man respected for his integrity, judg- ment and religious beliefs. He served his town in various offices. He is spoken of as Farmer William Dodge. He married Elizabeth. Chil- dren: 1. Captain John, born in 1636; married (first), April 10, 1659, Sarah Procter; (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Woodberry, widow of John Woodberry. 2. Captain William, of whom further. 3. Hannah, born in 1642, died in Jan- uary, 1689; married (first) Samuel Porter, who died in 1660; (second), December 2, 1661, Thomas Woodbury. (Woodbury III.) 4. Jo- siah Dodge, killed in 1675 in the Narragansett Indian War.
(Dodge, J. T .: "Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," pp. 13-14; "New Eng- land Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XV, p. 254; Vol. XLVI, pp. 383-87.)
(III) Captain William Dodge, son of William and Elizabeth Dodge, was born in 1640. He died March 24, 1720. There is a tombstone record of his death (opposite p. 471, Vol. II of the "Genealogy of the Dodge Family in Essex County, Massachusetts". He lived on his father's homestead at Beverly, Massachusetts, which he inherited. By trade he was a maltster. In 1679 he was an overseer, a deputy in 1689, a freeman in 1683, and a Representative in 1690. He was a soldier of distinction, serving in 1675 in the war against the Narragansett Indians, and he was one of the men who placed the historic bell in the First Church of Beverly (known as the Bass River Church). In 1654, this bell was captured at Port Royal and was the subject of much controversy as to its disposal. He married Mrs. Mary (Conant) Balch, the widow of John Balch, who was drowned. His second wife, whom he married, May 26, 1685, was Mrs. Joanna (Hale) Larkin, the daughter of Deacon Robert Hale, of Charlestown, Massa- chusetts. She died August 18, 1694. His third wife was Mrs. Mary Creatty, whom he married
in 1698, the widow of Captain Andrew Creatty, of Marblehead, Massachusetts. She died Febru- ary 1, 1701-02. Children, born probably of first marriage: 1. Deacon William, born March 20, 1663-64, died January 17, 1747; married, De- cember 12, 1689, Mary Porter. 2. Mary, born May 26, 1666, died in 1706; married Joseph Herrick, of Beverly. 3. Joshua, baptized Au- gust 29, 1669, died April 15, 1694; married Jo- anna Larkin, daughter of Joanna Hale Larkin, who married (second) John Thorndike. 4. Hannah, born July 9, 1671; married, January 14, 1693, John Green. 5. Elizabeth, born October 26, 1673, died in 1712-13; married Jonathan Herrick. 6. Sarah, born March 3, 1677-78, died young, probably. Children, born of second mar- riage: 7. Robert (twin of Rebecca), of whom further. 8. Rebecca (twin of Robert), born Oc- tober 9, 1686, died June 22, 1687. 9. Josiah, born January 8, 1688-89, died young, probably. 10. Elisha, probably twin of Josiah, born January 8, 1688-89, died young, probably.
(Dodge, J. T .: "Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," Vol. I, pp. 20-33.)
(IV) Robert Dodge, son of Captain William Dodge and Joanna (Hale-Larkin) Dodge, was born October 9, 1686. He died January 1, 1764. He and his wife were buried in the old church- yard of the Second Church of North Beverly, Massachusetts, where their tombstones were were still to be seen in 1894. Robert Dodge was a farmer of some property. When he was twenty-four years of age, he was chosen as surveyor of highways. Three of his sons were coopers, one, Robert, was a cordwainer, and William was a joiner. He married (intentions published June 26, 1709) Lydia Woodbury, daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Herricki) Woodbury, of Chebacco Parish, who died April 6, 1759, in her sixty-eighth year. Children, all born, probably, in North Beverly, Massachu- setts: 1. Isaac, born June 12, 1710, died Oc- tober 16, 1679; married (first), October 12, 1732, Lois Herrick, of Wenham; (second), October 13, 1753, Phebe Averill, of Topsfield. 2. Re- becca, born June 3, 1712; married, in 1731, Jona-
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than Thorndike. 3. Caleb, born December 11, 1714, died March 6, 1798; married, July 8, 1736, Hannah Woodbury, of Salem, Massachu- setts. 4. Lydia, of whom further. 5. Joanna, born June 13, 1719; married Captain Andrew Woodbury, of Salem, Massachusetts. 6. Eliza- beth, born June 17, 1721; married, April 23, 1742, Benjamin Dodge, of Beverly, Massachu- setts. 7. Robert, born February 18, 1723-24; married (intentions published, November 10, 1745) Mary Tarbox. 8. William, born April 12, 1726, died young. 9. Nicholas, born April 16, 1728, died about 1785; married, March 3, 1752, Experience Woodbury; they lived at London- derry, New Hampshire. 10. William, baptized January 2, 1732, died June 3, 1810; married (first), November 14, 1752, Mary Baker; (sec- ond), August 1, 1746, Mary Trask.
(Dodge, J. T .: "Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," Vol. I, pp. 33-59.)
(V) Lydia Dodge, daughter of Robert and Lydia (Woodbury) Dodge, was born September 12, 1716, probably at North Beverly, or Ips- wich, Massachusetts. She died in 1776. Lydia Dodge, married, on June 24, 1735, at Beverly, Jonathan Woodbury. (Woodbury V.)
(Dodge, J. T .: "Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Massachusetts," Vol. I, p. 34.)
(The Dow Line).
Dow is one of the many surnames originating in a nickname. The nickname Daw or Dow was applied to persons of the name of David. In 1379 we find Dowes living in Yorkshire, England, and also Adam Dow-man, or servant of Dow. In 1573-74 the name appears in London. The name is also found in Scotland.
(Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Sur- names"; S. E. Titcomb : "Early New England People," p. 238.)
Dow Arms-Sable a fesse dancettée ermine between three doves argent.
(Burke: "General Armory.")
(I) John Dow, of Tylner, County Norfolk, died between July 7 and July 23, 1561. Children:
1. Thomas, of whom further. 2. John. 3.
Edith.
(J. Dow: "History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire," Vol. II, pp. 676-77.)
(II) Thomas Dow, son of John Dow, resided in Tylner and Runham, County Norfolk, Eng- land. He married Margaret. Children: 1. Henry, of whom further. 2. Christopher, mar- ried and had nine children. 3. Daughter, mar- ried Stephen Farrer. 4. Daughter, married a March.
(Ibid.)
(III) Henry Dow, son of Thomas and Mar- garet Dow, died in December, 1612, or January, 1613. He resided in Runham, County Nor- folk, England, and married Elizabeth. Chil- dren: 1. Thomas. 2. Henry, of whom further. 3. Edward. 4. Mary. 5. Frances. 6. William.
(Ibid.)
(The Family in America).
(I) Henry Dow, son of Henry and Elizabeth Dow, of Runham, County Norfolk, England, was born about 1608 and died April 21, 1659. He resided, probably after his marriage, for six years in Ormsby, County Norfolk. On April 11, 1637, he was granted a license to come to New England, as follows: "Henry Dow, hus- bandman, aged 29 years; Joane his wife, 30 years; with four children and one servant (Anne Manning, aged 17 years)." He settled first in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was ad- mitted freeman May 2, 1638. In 1643 he re- moved to Hampton, where the homestead which he purchased remained in the hands of his lineal descendants until 1854. He was selectman in 1651, a deputy to the General Court of Massa- chusetts in 1655 and 1656, and held other po- sitions of trust. Henry Dow married (first), February 11, 1631, Mrs. Joane Nudd, widow of Roger Nudd, of Ormsby; she died in June, 1640, and he married (second), in 1641, Margaret Cole, of Dedham, Massachusetts, who survived him and married (second) Richard Kimball, of Ipswich. Children of first marriage: 1.
Woodburgh (Woodbury)
Desone (deason) (Gleason)
Dow
Mrigham
ILENI PER FRUAR COTIO,6 Dodge
Ellwood (Ellingwood)
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Thomas, baptized at Ormsby, England, De- cember 27, 1631; buried at Watertown, Massa- chusetts, July 10, 1642. 2. Henry, baptized about 1634 at Ormsby, died May 6, 1707; mar- ried (first), June 17, 1659, Hannah Page; (sec- ond), November 10, 1704, Mary Green. 3. Child, probably died young. 4. Joseph, of whom further. Children of second marriage: 5. Daniel, born September 22, 1641, died March 7, 1718; married Elizabeth Lamprey. 6. Mary, born September 14, 1643, died in 1731, unmar- ried. 7. Hannah, married Jonas Gregorie, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. 8. Thomas, born April 28, 1653, died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1728. 9. Jeremiah, born at Hampton, New Hampshire, September 6, 1657, died at Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1723.
(Ibid., Vol. II, pp. 677-79; H. Bond: "History of Watertown, Massachusetts," Vol. I, p. 201.)
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