Joseph
DOW
(b.
12 April 1807
,
Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
d.
16 December 1889
,
Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
)
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Joseph DOW was born 12 April 1807 in Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
Joseph DOW was the child of Josiah DOW and Hannah MOULTON and the grandchild of: (maternal) John MOULTON and Mary MARSTONJoseph DOW died 16 December 1889 in Hampton, New Hampshire, USA .
m. Abigail French, 14 April 1835, North Hampton, New Hampshire
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1807 Birth 12 April 1807
Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
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JOSEPH DOW
Joseph Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire, a Corresponding Member from 1845, was born in Hampton, April 12, 1807, and died there, December 16, 1889. He was descended from Henry Dow, of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Hampton, New Hampshire; through the line of Captain Henry, Deacon Samuel, Deacon Samuel, Joseph, and Josiah Dow, his father, who married Hannah (Moulton) Moulton, daughter of John and Mary (Marston) Moulton, and widow of John Moulton. He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1833. He was a teacher by profession, retired in 1860, and devoted himself to probate and other legal business, and to historical study. He was justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state. He married April 14, 1835, Abigail, daughter of Rev. Jonathan French, D.D., of North Hampton. There were seven children by this marriage: Joseph Henry; Hannah Maria; Lucy Ellen; Abby Frances; Eunice Appleton, died in infancy; Elizabeth French and Lemira Farrar, twins, who died in infancy. In early...Read MORE...
JOSEPH DOW
Joseph Dow, of Hampton, New Hampshire, a Corresponding Member from 1845, was born in Hampton, April 12, 1807, and died there, December 16, 1889. He was descended from Henry Dow, of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Hampton, New Hampshire; through the line of Captain Henry, Deacon Samuel, Deacon Samuel, Joseph, and Josiah Dow, his father, who married Hannah (Moulton) Moulton, daughter of John and Mary (Marston) Moulton, and widow of John Moulton. He was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1833. He was a teacher by profession, retired in 1860, and devoted himself to probate and other legal business, and to historical study. He was justice of the peace and quorum throughout the state. He married April 14, 1835, Abigail, daughter of Rev. Jonathan French, D.D., of North Hampton. There were seven children by this marriage: Joseph Henry; Hannah Maria; Lucy Ellen; Abby Frances; Eunice Appleton, died in infancy; Elizabeth French and Lemira Farrar, twins, who died in infancy. In early...Read MORE...
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1889 Death 16 December 1889
Hampton, New Hampshire, USA
He died at the age of 82.
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