Joseph DOW
Biography

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 life he began to collect facts relating to the history of his native town, and in 1838 he was selected to deliver an historical address in commemoration of the two hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Hampton. It was printed and became a standard work in local history. The remainder of his life he spent in collecting and arranging the "History of Hampton."

Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society

New England Historic Genealogical Society January 1, 1907



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