WEEK 25 of the #52Ancestors Challenge - "Same Name"
"JOHN TAYLOR", of the Hampton, New Hampshire family, had a daughter Sarah, who is seen in records [Desc. of Jasper Blake] as the wife of William Blake of Epsom, Northwood, and Barrington, NH. Their daughter Mary (or Molly) Blake would marry Simon Dow of Rye, Hampton and Gilmanton, NH, and they would name one of their sons:
"JOHN TAYLOR", of the Hampton, New Hampshire family, had a daughter Sarah, who is seen in records [Desc. of Jasper Blake] as the wife of William Blake of Epsom, Northwood, and Barrington, NH. Their daughter Mary (or Molly) Blake would marry Simon Dow of Rye, Hampton and Gilmanton, NH, and they would name one of their sons:
JOHN TAYLOR DOW, first of his name, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire on 18 May 1788. He died in North Hampton, NH on 9 June 1851, and was buried there in the East Cemetery. With first wife Deborah Page, whom he married on 10/18 Dec 1807 in North Hampton (also recorded in Gilmanton, NH town records), they had six children, including son:
Belmont, NH (formerly Upper Gilmanton) Town Rec, pg 296 - 3 children rec in book before family returned to North Hampton
JOHN TAYLOR DOW, born 31 Mar 1812 in Gilmanton (or Hampton) NH. He was married to Martha Ann Locke in 1835, and would later move to Newington, NH. He died of pneumonia on 12 Apr 1874 in Newington [NH VR], burial place unknown, but perhaps the Newington Cemetery. They had only one known child:
JOHN T. H. DOW (unknown what middle initials stood for), born about June 1842 in Newington, NH. He died in Hampton, NH on 12 Apr 1904, and was buried in the "Hampton" (probably High Street) Cemetery [NH VR]. He had married, on 29 July 1866 in Newington, to Mary Ann (Riley) Leavitt. They had 2 children, daughter Ida May and son:
JOHN TAYLOR DOW, born 8 Nov 1869 in Portsmouth, NH [NH VR]. He had nine children with his wife Dorothy (Yeaton), who he married in 1889, and all of them grew to adulthood, except one:
JOHN TAYLOR DOW JR, who died of whooping cough on 23 July 1910, aged 11 months, nine days [NH VR]. He was first buried in Harmony Grove cemetery on 26 July [Ports. Herald, 7/27/1910], but his death record filed by the New Castle, NH clerk on 17 Aug shows him being buried in that town's Riverside Cemetery on that later date.
JOHN T. H. DOW (unknown what middle initials stood for), born about June 1842 in Newington, NH. He died in Hampton, NH on 12 Apr 1904, and was buried in the "Hampton" (probably High Street) Cemetery [NH VR]. He had married, on 29 July 1866 in Newington, to Mary Ann (Riley) Leavitt. They had 2 children, daughter Ida May and son:
JOHN TAYLOR DOW, born 8 Nov 1869 in Portsmouth, NH [NH VR]. He had nine children with his wife Dorothy (Yeaton), who he married in 1889, and all of them grew to adulthood, except one:
JOHN TAYLOR DOW JR, who died of whooping cough on 23 July 1910, aged 11 months, nine days [NH VR]. He was first buried in Harmony Grove cemetery on 26 July [Ports. Herald, 7/27/1910], but his death record filed by the New Castle, NH clerk on 17 Aug shows him being buried in that town's Riverside Cemetery on that later date.
Dow stone, Riverside Cemetery, New Castle, NH
Of John T. and Dorothy (Yeaton) Dow's children, seven of them were sons. Only one would have a male child born unto them, and this son was so named to honor the elder John T., who had passed away a couple of years earlier.
Though the naming pattern slightly changed with the next generation (that would be me), I revived the old family name when my son was born, some 200 years having past since the first John Taylor Dow was born.
[note: no dates posted for my living relatives, though a genealogist can probably figure it out :)]
Though the naming pattern slightly changed with the next generation (that would be me), I revived the old family name when my son was born, some 200 years having past since the first John Taylor Dow was born.
[note: no dates posted for my living relatives, though a genealogist can probably figure it out :)]
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