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Descendants of "Pilgrim"
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DOTYDotten - Douty - Douttie - Doten - Dowty - Doughty - Doughtie |
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The name "Doty" is from the Welsh "Doitty" meaning an "ail house."
Some information from Caleb Johnson's work.
He came to Plymouth, Massachusetts aboard the "Mayflower"
"Pilgrim" Edward DOTY was born about 1598 in London, England. He immigrated on 6 Sep 1620 to Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Co, MA, US. He Signed Mayflower Compact on 11 Nov 1620 in Plymouth Harbor, MA, US.
Ye Compacte, Signed in Ye Cabin of Ye Mayflower Ye 11 of November Anno Dominie 1620
In ye name of God, Amen.--We whofe names are underwrtitten, the loyall subjects of our dread and foveraigne Lord, King James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, & Yreland king, defender of ye faith, &c., haveing undertaken for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour to our king and countrie, a voyage to plant ye first colonie in ye Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by thefe prefents solemnly and mutually in ye prefense of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourfelves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & prefervation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid; and by vertue hearof to enacte, conftitute, and frame fuch just & equall lawes, ordinances, Acts, conftitutions, & offices from time to time, as fhall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall goode of ye Colonie, unto which we promife all due submiffiion and obedience. Yn witnefs whereof we have hereunder subfcribed our names at Cap-Codd ye 11. of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne lord, King James, of England, France, & Yreland ye eighteenth, and Scotland ye fiftie fourth, Ano: Dom. 1620.
John Carver, Edward Winflow, Ifaac Allerton, John Alden, Chriftopher Martin, William White, John Howland, Edward Tilley, Francif Cooke, Thomas Tinker, Edward Fuller, Francis Eaton, John Cracfton, Mofes Fletcher, Degory Prieft, Gilbert Winflow, Peter Brown, George Soule, Richard Gardiner, Thomas Englifh, William Bradford, William Brewfter, Myles Standifh, Samuel Fuller, William Mullins, Richard Warren, Stephen Hopkins, John Tilley, Thomas Rogers, John Rigdale, John Turner, James Chilton, John Billington, John Goodman, Thomas Williams, Edmond Margefon,Richard Britterige, Richard Clark, John Allerton, Edward Doty, Edward Leifter He signed/proved a will on 20 May 1655 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA, US. * Will of Edward Doty, May the 20th 1655
In the Name of God Amen, Know all men to whom It may concerne that I Edward Dotten senir: of the Towne of New Plymouth in New England being sicke and yett by the mercye of God in prfect memory and upon matture Consideration Doe by this my last will and Testament leave and bequeath my purchase land lying att Coaksett unto my sons; my son Edward I give a Double portion and to the rest of my sonnes equall alike if they live to the age of one and twenty if they Die before then to bee prted among the rest onely to my wife I leave a third During her life and then after to returne to my sonnes, And unto my loveing wife I give and bequeath my house and lands and meddows within the precincts of New Plymouth together with all Chattles and moveables that are my proper goods onely Debts and engagements to bee paied; As for my Share of land att Punckquetest if it come to anything I give it unto my son Edward; This being my last will and Testament; I Edward Dotten Doe owne it for my Act and Deed before these my loveing ffrinds whoe are Witnesses; and Doe sett my hand to the same; the Day and yeare abovewritten
Witness
John howland Edward Dotten
James hurst his Marke
John Cooke William hoskins
Ther being many names besides Coaksett I mean all my purchase land According to the Deed Att the generall court held the fift of March 1655; faith the wife of Edward Dotten Decased Did give up and make over all her right and enterest she had in the land of Edward Dotten Att Coaksett or places adjacent unto her Children this shee Did in the prsence of the said Court; held att Plymouth yt Day and yeare above expressed;
The abovewritten Will and Testament of Edward Dotten Deceased was exhibited to the Court held at Plymouth the fifth of March 1655 on the oathes of Mr John Howland James Hurst John Cooke and William Hoskins
His inventory was taken 21 November, 1655.* He died on 23 Aug 1655 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA, US. He was buried on 2 Sep 1655 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA, US.
EDWARD DOTTEN was a Puritan who left England for Holland in 1619. He later sailed from Plymouth, England to America aboard the 'Mayflower' on 6 September 1620. The 'Pilgrims' stepped ashore on 21 December 1620 at Coles Hill, Massachusetts (MA), also known as 'Plymouth Rock'. He was a signer of the 'Mayflower Compact'. He was a merchant and large land owner at 'High Cliff'-Skeart Hill and Coaksett, MA.
Edward was an apprentice (servant) to Stephen Hopkins, and apprentices usually could not be married until their contract term was up. Governor William Bradford, in his journal of Plymouth Plantation, states in early 1651 "But Edward Doty by a second wife hath seven children, and both he and they are living." Doty's mysterious first marriage must have occurred in Plymouth sometime after he was released from his contract with Hopkins (which apparently occurred between 1623 and 1627). This is the only known reference to a first wife. Perhaps she was one of those who died in 1633 of "an infectious feveure of which many fell very sick and upwards of 20 persons dyed.."
Edward Doty married Faith Clark, born ca. 1619, daughter of Thurston and Faith Clark. Faith (Clark) Doty married second in Plymouth 14 March 1666/7 John Phillips as his third wife, having first made a marriage contract which protected her rights to the Doty estate. Edward and Faith (Clark) Doty had nine children. Son Edward was identified by name in his father's will. Isaac and Joseph are recorded as sons of Edward Doty. Daughters Desire, Elizabeth and Mary were identified in their mothers will, along with son John. All six of the sons signed individual receipts for their shares of their father's estate over the period from 1665 to 1672. The order of birth of several of the children is not known for certain. Edward was surely the eldest, since he received a double share of his father's estate. John was born 1639/40, since he testified on May 6, 1684 that he was "about 44 years old". Joseph must have been the eighth child, having been born on April 30, 1651, only a few weeks after Governor Bradford made his reference to the seven Doty children. Mary was most certainly last: since her youngest child was born in 1698, she was probably born after Joseph. And Desire's birth must have occurred ca. 1645/6, since she died in 1731, aged 86. Elizabeth was born between Desire and Mary, assuming that the court that settled the estate of Faith (Clark)(Doty) Phillips listed her three daughters in chronological order, as was customary. She would fit most easily in the interval between Desire and Isaac. The order of birth of Thomas, John and Samuel, is less certain. In the deed in which Thomas and John sold their Dartmouth lands to John Smith, Thomas is named before John, indicating Thomas' probable seniority. Samuel was probably the youngest of the three, since he married later and outlived the other two by 14 years or more.
Edward Doty is recorded as a contentious man, often in trouble with the law. At dawn of June 18th, 1621 he fought with Edward Leister in what would become the colonies first and only duel. Neither were seriously injured, and both were subsequently punished. It was over the very pretty 15 year old daughter of their mutual employer. She had coyly encouraged the attentions of both. They went to the deserted beach. With sword in one hand and dagger in the other they proceeded to duel. Not until both were badly cutup did their battle cries waken the Colony. Miles Standish came rushing down to the beach, and with his sword, he separated, and disarmed them. Thanks to the redheaded Captain of the Militia of the Colony, our chance of being born was saved.
The above "action" can be confirmed on page 263 of the Readers Digest, Dec. 1963. That entire article page 207 to 268- "One Small Candle" gives a very good account of the Plymouth Colony, its beginnings, the voyage, of the Mayflower, and the hardships of the first years.
Crimes:
1621: Dueling. With Edward Leister. Sentenced, had heels tied to neck for one hour.
1633: Breach of Contract. With Joseph Rogers for failing to turn over six pigs
1633: Slander. Of William Bennett, fined 50s.
1634: Disorderly Conduct. Fighting with Josias Cooke and drawing blood, fined 6s. 8p.
1636: Assault. Of George Clarke, fined 10s.
1647: Theft. Stole wood from Samuel Cuthbert's land, fined 7s.
1650: Destruction of Property: Caused by his cows eating in a neighbors cornfield.
Doty was in court on a number of occasions, mostly in civil disputes. On 2 January 1632/3, Edward Doty was sued by three different people: John Washburn, Joseph Rogers, and William Bennett. It all appears to have been a disagreement about a trade of some hogs; John Washburn's case was thrown out, Joseph Rogers was awarded four bushels of corn. In William Bennett's case, Edward Doty was found guilty of slander, and fined 50 shillings. Two years later, in March 1633/4, Edward Doty was fined 9 shillings and 11 pence for drawing blood in a fight with Josias Cooke. In January 1637/8, Doty was fined for assaulting George Clarke.
In 1639, Edward Doty posted "bail" for John Coombes, who was charged with giving out poisoned drinks. There were a number of other civil disputes and court matters that Edward Doty was involved with. And however disagreeable in personality, Edward Doty was mostly involved in simple civil disputes and was never in any serious official trouble.
** Some records show Edward was born on 14 May 1598 in St. Mary le Strand, London, England. These records are, however, not conclusive. At the time that Doty lived in London, there were several Doty's (Dowty and Dowtie) recorded in the district of Southwark, one of the oldest districts in London. Its name comes from the "south works," or fortifications, that protected London Bridge from attack in the Middle Ages. It is located at the southeast bank of the River Thames across from the Tower of London. Southwark was a theater district (Shakespeare's Globe was here) and was "famed for its inns and taverns, which played host to many classes of people-lawyers, merchants, writers, Parliamentarians, and other people in search of refreshment. 'A tavern is a degree or a pair of stairs above an alehouse.' An official report of 1619 claimed that the population of Southwark was chiefly of innkeepers." The supposition that Doty was just an ambitious young man who was at the right place at the right time seems to fit the clues. In 1609 Captain Christopher Jones was master and quarter owner of the Mayflower, and in 1610 or 1611 both Jones and the ship moved to the Port of London. Jones settled in the village of Ratherhithe near Southwark. Doty's home in Southwark was adjacent to the docks in the Port of London. It is possible that he spent a great deal of time at the docks and in the alehouses listening to the merchants and dreaming of adventure and prosperity in a far away land.**
He was married to Faith CLARK (daughter of Thurston CLARKE and Faith) on 6 Jan 1634 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co, MA, US. Faith CLARK was born in 1619 in England. She died in Dec 1675 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, US. She was buried on 21 Dec 1675 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, US.
She came to New England in 1634 on the ship "Francis" with her father, at which time her age was given as 15.
On May 9 1671, "Faith Phillipes, formerly the wife of Edward Dotey deceased.. by and with the consent of John Phillips of Marshfield...", her husband, sold to "my son John Dotey" her property in Plymouth. The will of Faith Phillips, the wife of John Phillips of Marshfield, dated 12 December 1675, sworn 8 June 1675, leaves her estate to daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and Desire, and mentions son John. On 10 July 1677 the court made a final settlement of the estate of Faith Phillips, dividing the 30 shillings residue equally among her daughters Desire Serman (sic), Elizabeth Rouse, and Mary Doten, "unless the two younger sisters shall see reason, in respect of the low condition of the eldest, to consider her in that respect. Edward DOTY and Faith CLARK had the following children:
+2 i. Edward DOTY.
+3 ii. Thomas DOTY.
+4 iii. John DOTY.
+5 iv. Samuel DOTY.
+6 v. Desire DOTY.
+7 vi. Elizabeth DOTY.
+8 vii. Isaac DOTY.
+9 viii. Joseph DOTY.
+10 ix. Mary DOTY.
He was married to DOTY between 1613 and 1622.
The register of St. Mary-le-Strand, London gives the marriage of an Edward Doty and Wynifryd Waryner, 12 December 1613. He would have been married in the wife's parish. As Bradford refers only to Doty's second marriage, this London record may possibly be his first wife although the interval is rather lengthy. DOTY died before 6 Jan 1634. She was born in England.
The Doty's
Descendants of Edward Doty. l to r, Sarah Fox Doty, daughter Theresa and father Harvey Doty, ca. 1885. They lived on a farm in Litchfield, MI. Their children moved to Hancock Co, OH.
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