My Genealogy Home Page:Information about Henry DOW, Jr.
Henry DOW, Jr. (b. Abt. 1608, d. April 21, 1659)
Notes for Henry DOW, Jr.:
Henry and Joane also had another child who was born after Henry, Jr. and before Joseph. That child died in infancy in Watertown, Mass. where they first settled. They moved to Hampton about 1643 or 1644. Henry was a selectman in 1651; deputy from Hampton to the General Court of Massacusetts in 1655 and 1656; and appointed with 2 others to examine and record all land grants and highways. This last work was interrupted by his death. For a continuation of the ancestors of Henry, please click here. For a copy of his will, please click here. WARNING to all DOW descendants: Please be aware that "The Book of Dow" by Robert Piercy Dow has been severly criticised and discredited as a reliable source of information about American DOWs. It should not be cited as proof of any DOW pedigree information without confirmation or verification from at least one other reliable source. The following is a quote from an article written by George Freeman Sanborn, Jr., FASG, "Joseph Dow's Second Wife, and the Byfield Crew," (July 1990, The New Hampshire Genealogical Record), vol. 7, pg. 98: "It was Robert Piercy Dow of Laguna Beach, California, and Claremont, New Hampshire, who seems to have originated the myth that Joseph Dow's second wife was an indian.
In his massive tome, 'The Book of Dow' (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Company, 1929, hereafter The Book of Dow), Mr. Dow wrote a long introduction in which he explained how his book came to be and in which he acknowledged the efforts of other Dow genealogists. He admitted to the shortcomings of the book, and lamented the many unplaced Dows. Unfortunately, however, he made many misassignments of individuals in the book, frequently referring to his placement of children as 'wild guesses,' and also insisted on the accuracy of other placements which are demonstrably erroneous. To make matters worse, he chose a most bizarre and cumbersome 'numbering' system, actually using letters of the alphabet, which peculiar and unwieldy method I dubbed many years ago the 'abracadabra system,' which also gives one an idea of how reliable a well researched the lineages in the book are. He also chose to arrange the lineages according to primogeniture, rather than by generation. This, combined with the 'abracadabra system,' make this book a real maze to use. The fact that he included in the book the first good treatment of the English ancestry of Henry Dow, and an interesting genealogy of one half of the Nudd family, does not excuse his careless and irresponsible treatment of the American Dows." Note: This article was about Henry, Jr.'s grandson, Joseph. Jr., (1663-1734), and Joseph, Jr.'s descendants
More About Henry DOW, Jr. and Joan (UNKNOWN):
Marriage: February 11, 1630/31, Ormsby, Norfolk, England.
Children of Henry DOW, Jr. and Joan (UNKNOWN) are:
- +Henry DOW III, b. Abt. 1634, Ormesby, Norfolk, England, d. May 06, 1707, Hampton, NH.