Daniel Dow (1764)

Born 18 May 1764 in Rye, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Moulton) Dow — married 29 Oct 1794 in Tamworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Cautionary Note: Daniel's younger twin brothers, Jon & Nathan, came to Prospect from Concord, NH. I am not sure if this is true for Daniel Dow. Daniel married in Tamworth NH in 1794. He had a lot, about 1800/1801, at Mount Ephraim, Prospect, near his brothers. I am sure if he resided on that lot. Then he appears to have removed to Tamworth, NH, where his children are recorded. I did not find Daniel Dow in the 1810 Census of Tamworth, NH.

Mew Hampshire Map.

Research Notes

1794 Tamworth Tax Record "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899K-77ZM?cc=1987741&wc=M6CJ-VZ9%3A265835501%2C265929301%2C265943101 : 21 May 2014), Carroll > Tamworth > Town records 1791-1816 vol A > image 18 of 222; New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Concord.

[Daniel Dow's father] " Noah Dow abccg m Greenland May 21, 1761, Elizabeth Palmer (Phoebe in Hist Rye). Hist Rye has little to say about him. He was diminutive, the shortest manin Rye. A grandson writes he was a farmer, but tax book gives him only } acre. Hist Rye dismisses the family, saying son Nathan moved into the country[Prospect, Maine].

Children, all b Rye:

a Simon [abccga] b Sept 1762

b Daniel [abccgb] b May 10 (bap May 20), 1764

c Nathan [abccgc ] & [twin] b Feb 3, 1773

d Jonathan, [abccgd] & [twin], both bap Feb 21" [1773] page 64

The book of Dow : genealogical memoirs of the descendents of Henry Dow 1637, Thomas Dow 1639 and... by Dow, Robert Piercy; Dow,

REFERENCE to DANIEL DOW ... 14 Aug 1801 _ Vol 11 page 424 _ Deed _ Josiah Ames to Jonathan Dow ... " ... being the same land I purchased of Daniel Dow ... " [Location: Mount Ephraim, Prospect Maine]

I have misplaced the reference, but I believe Daniel Dow was a mill man, and part owner of the mill at Cape Jellision harbor [aka Mill Pond Sandy Point/Fort Point, town of Prospect. See info given below]. He and wife, [Betty?] sold their interests in the Mill about 1815. I have not found any reference for them after that. I believe there were three deeds involved in the mill rights, but I have failed to relocate them.

" ... There was an old tide-mill on the shore at Sandy Point near where Capt. Parker Hall’s house stood later. That mill was run by Isaac Berry. Later, Mr. Berry moved to a new mill site on Cape Jellison. He built a tide-mill there about 1790. His partner was William Clewley. ..." "The story of Stockton Springs, Maine"

"... Stockton [Spings] ... First, tide-mill power at the village, with eight feet fall, ,,," page 28 Survey of Waldo County, Maine: Historical, Physical, Agricultural

50 A. & 50 A. of land at Prospect, 1797/1798 "... P.S. Said additional 50 acres laid out for Daniel Dow is Easterly & Southwardly of Jonathan Dow's lot referenced on the West side of Half Moon Pond. " Letter dated " 25 SEPTEMBER 1801 HOUSTON, ROBERT (1765-1824) TITLE: to Henry Knox Appears to be a report on the amount of land surveyed at Daniel Dow's lot (likely in Maine) by Houston in past years." GLC02437.07624 https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collection-search?field_keywords_subjects_1%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=75780&field_historical_era=All&field_keywords_subjects=All&field_parent=All&search_api_views_fulltext_1=&field_resource_creator_tax&field_place_written=&field_date_created=&field_sub_era=All&field_has_object_image=0&sort_by=field_udf1&page=60

A 1772 detailed, large scale British survey map drawn by Charles Blaskowitz and James Grant of the head of Penobscot Bay shows Fort Pownall and its outbuildings, a windmill, and seven farms. When engraved in 1776 as the “Upper Penobscot Bay” sheets for J. F. W. DesBarres’s Atlantic Neptune, the eastern portion of Fort Point was truncated, leaving only the westernmost two farms visible. The original, detailed map is in the British Crown Collection but the Library of Congress Map Division has black and white sectional photographs. https://allthingsliberty.com/2015/09/joseph-plumb-martin-soldier-author/

See Map 131. Charles Blaskowitz and James Grant, “A drawn Plan of the Coast from Pleasant River to the west end of Penobscot Bay,” 1772 http://www.viseyes.org/mapscholar/?3213

Along the Penobscot River’s west side, there is a large prominent peninsula, today known as Cape Jellison. Old records refer to Mill Pond, where the peninsula joins the mainland, as Jellision harbor. Sixteen hundred acres of land extends 4,000 feet out from Cape Jellison. It looks like a finger, pointing directly into the river. Local Penobscot Indians used this feature as a natural carrying ground, calling it Wassaumkeag and surrounding area Aguhasidek, which means otter slides. Colonials referred to it as Wassaumkeag Point, at least until construction of Fort Pownal. Today, the area of fort remains and lighthouse is called Fort Point. ... How Fort Pownal came to be, Part 1 Charles Lagerbom, author of "Whaling in Maine" and "Maine to Cape Horn," digs into the history of Fort Pownal.

https://knox.villagesoup.com/2022/07/14/column-how-fort-pownal-came-to-be-part-1/

Daniel and Elizabeth were married on November 9th, 1794. They had a son and three daughters, named Jonathan, Fannie, Beriah and Anna. Daniel was born on May 21st, 1764 in Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire and his baptism took place on May 31st, 1764. Spouce: Elizabeth Moulton Elizabeth was born in 1770. Children: son Jonathan Dow ‭08 Aug 1795 - >1850 daughter Fannie Dow ‭18 Jan 1802‬ daughter Beriah B. Dow ‭18 Sep 1804 - >1833‬ daughter Anna Dow ‭06 Dec 1806‬ An Ongoing Family History for the Dow and Spinney Families with Additional Connected Families Source given is The Book of Dow [see below]

Daniel Dow abccgb m Oct 29, 1794, Elizabeth Moulton of Northfield, ae 24; moved to Tamworth, place whose vital data are few.

Children:

a Jonathan b July 28, 1795 [Page 67 Book of Dow]

"Jonathan Dow abccgba m Tamworth Dec 4, 1818, Lucinda (also Lavinia and Lavina) Cushing; in 1850 farmer of Tamworth, realty assessed $300. Children, by census, oldest probably married and gone:"

[Elizabeth Dow b. 17 Oct 1799 Tamworth, NH] see Image 1800 Census of Prospect Maine one male (Jonathan Dow) & one female (Elizabeth Dow b. 17 Oct 1799 Tamworth, NH) 0 to 10 years of age

b Fannie b Tamworth Jan 6, 1802. "One suspects intervening children" (see Elizabeth Dow b. 17 Oct 1799 Tamworth, NH)

c Beriah B b Tamworth Sept 6, 1804 Beriah B Dow abccgbc of Sandwich m Dec 15, 1827, Wyatt Moulton of Tamworth. We cannot explain this confusion. Marie E Dow of Sandwich m Wyatt Moulton b Sandwich, d 1840, drayman of Bangor and Portland, Me. Moulton Children:

ca [son of Beriah] Lewis B b Portland May 22, 1831; d Apr 4, 1885 [Manchester NH]

cb [daughter of Beriah] Sarah B b Portland 1833; m Phineas Harrington "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6S39-B68?cc=1401638&wc=95R6-N3D%3A1031308001%2C1031485501%2C1031540101 : 9 April 2016), New Hampshire > Hillsborough > Manchester > image 85 of 332; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

d Anna b Tamworth Nov 24, 1806 https://archive.org/details/bookofdowgenealo00dowr_0/page/67/mode/1up?q=Elizabeth+Moulton

Daniel was born in 1764. He is the son of Noah Dow and Elizabeth Palmer.

Sources

• Marriage Record" New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QHQ-8HL?cc=1520640 : 1 August 2022), > image 1 of 1; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

• Transcript of Deed at Hancock/Waldo Lands https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLR-Z9Z4-V?i=305&cat=73592

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVL-Z9HQ-K?cat=334690

Marriage of daughter "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67TS-C3C?cc=1520640 : 1 August 2022), > image 1 of 1; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

Death of grandson "New Hampshire, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1636-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899G-1C91?cc=1987741&wc=M6CV-D29%3A265835901%2C265948201%2C266065101 : 30 October 2020), Hillsborough > Manchester > Deaths 1885 > image 232 of 818; New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Concord.

• New Hampshire Vital Records

"New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-672S-WRJ?cc=1542861&wc=MJ7K-FM9%3A1042631501 : 21 October 2022), 004243732 > image 183 of 5116; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

Book of Dow https://archive.org/stream/bookofdowgenealo00dowr_0/bookofdowgenealo00dowr_0_djvu.txt https://archive.org/details/bookofdowgenealo00dowr_0/page/60/mode/2up?q=Prospect

“Some Transactions of Thomas Goldthwait,” Maine Historical Magazine v9 (1895), 27-28.

History of the Town of Rye ... https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofr00pars/historyoftownofr00pars_djvu.txt "N

An Ongoing Family History for the Dow and Spinney Families with Additional Connected Families Contact the creator of this genealogy reporthttps://familytrees.genopro.com/546381/default.htm?page=home.htm

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-672S-9JZ?i=747&cc=1542861&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFLL2-5MF

"New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDJH-WF3 : 18 January 2020), Jonathan Dow, 1795. "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLL2-5MF : 21 October 2022), Jonathan Dow, ; citing Tamworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm .

"New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-672S-39H?cc=1542861&wc=MJ7K-FM9%3A1042631501 : 21 October 2022), 004243732 > image 58 of 5116; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

1810 Tamworth "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYK-99HX?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-15C%3A1588182403%2C1588182610%2C1588182623 : 1 December 2015), New Hampshire > Strafford > Tamworth > image 3 of 11; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).