DOW
From the The Book of Dow: Genealogical Memorials of the Descendants of Henry Dow, 1637,Thomas Dow, 1639, and Others of the Name, Immigrants to America During Colonial Times, also the Allied Families of Nudd, by Robert Piercy Dow (Rutland, Vermont, 1929).
Eliza Dow married George Debec children born Canterbury About 1860 the whole family with others of the original Majorfield settlement went by caravan to Eburn ,near Vancouver ,B.C. Eliza whose posterity is large became the only centenarian in the Province and her birthday celebration was a notable event.She lived and retained her faculties six years longer .without exception the centenarian women in this book had large families.
I have looked at the records for Newbury and Haverhill Essex Mass. and have copied out all the Dow records , the records in the Book of Dow are accurate in the dates of births ,I don't remember dates of marriages in the book ,but i have copied out all the dates for our line
This website is done by Gerald Wayne Dow ,he is a different line of Dows than our ,both settled in New Brunswick ,He does have some information on our Dow line on his webpage
Our line starts with Thomas Dow and Phebe Latty .Thomas's origin was unknown but it is presumed he came from England with the settlers of Newbury in 1635-1639.
Their son Stephen was born 29 Mar 1642 he married Ann Story \Storie married Sept 16 1663 they had a son
Stephen born Sept 10 1670 married Mary Hutchins, Dec. 14, 1697 They had a son David born Dec 25, 1714 he married Mary Brown April 10 1744 and had a son Enoch on Nov 26 1744
http://www.dowlink.net/the_book_of_dowd.htm
Haverhill Essex Mass birth death and marriage records Online
http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/VitalRecords/SurnameIndices.html
You can buy a digital version of the Book online at
http://www.digital-editions.com/DOW.htm
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