>From Pope's Book of Pioneers: DOGGETT, DOGGED, DOGED, DAGGETT John, Watertown, appl. freeman Oct. 19, 1630, adm. freeman May 18, 1631, Propr. Removed to Rehoboth and then to Martha's Vineyard. Propr., freeman and deputy. He m. at Rehoboth 23 (9) 1651, Ann Sutton. He made will May 13, 1673; beq. to wife; to sons, John, Joseph and Thomas; daus. Elizabeth and Hephzibah. Lands chiefly at Martha's Vineyard." Friend Isaac Robinson and son-in-law John Edey overseers of his est. on the islands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thomas, age 30, servant to Thomas Oliver of Norwich, Eng., passed exam. to go to New England May 13, 1637. Settled at Concord. Removed to Weymouth. Planter, town officer. Removed to Marshfield; selectman. His wife d. at Concord 23 (6) 1642. He m. #2 [Elizabeth] the widow of William Fry of Weymouth, and held the land of her daus. until their majority. He m. #3, Joane, widow of Thomas Chillingworth, q.v. She was bur. Sept. 4, 1684. Child Rebecca, b. at Marshfield July 28, 1655. He d. Aug. 18, 1692. Beq. to sons John and Samuel; to dau. Sarah Sherman's children Prudence, Sarah and Susanna; to daus. Hannah Blancher and Rebecca Wilder and their children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DAVENPORT, DAMFORD, DAMFORTH Rev. John, b. at Coventry, Eng., in 1597, grad. at Magdalen College, at Cambridge, A.B. 1615, A.M. and B.D. 1625; curate of St. Stephens, London. Went to Holland in 1633. Came to Boston in the Hector June 27, 1637. Settled at New Haven, Conn.; minister 1638-1667. Returned to Boston, and was installed pastor of the First Church Dec. 9, 1667. A hard student and a great preacher. He d. March 15, 1669-70. His son John admin. 1 (7) 1670. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard, Sale, propr., lieut.; freeman Sept. 3, 1634. Chosen by the Gen Court 30 (9) 1664, age about 58 years. Captain, deputy. He was the third commander of the fort on Castle Island, Boston Harbor. He was killed by lightening at the island in July, 1665. Admin. granted 30 Oct., 1665 to Wm. Stoughton, Nathaniel Davenport and Stephen Minot, at request of widow and her sons. Wife Elizabeth one of the first members of the church. Children: Experience, bapt. 27 (6) 1637, John, bapt. 19 (7) 1641, Samuel bapt. at Boston, 5 (5) 1646, Sarah, bapt. 30 (7) 1649, William, b. May 11, 1656. Robert Hawthorne of Bray, Eng., in a letter to his bro. Wm H. in 1653, sends love to his bro. and sister Davenport. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thomas, Dorchester, admin. church 20 (9) 1640, freeman May 18, 1642. Wife Mary adm. church 8 (1) 1544. Children: Sarah, b. 28 (10) 1643, Thomas, bapt. 2 (1) 1645, Mary, bapt. 21 (11) 1648 Anna, bapt. 29 (10) 1650, Charles, bapt. 7 (9) 1652, Abigail, bapt. 8 (5) 1655, Mehinable b. 14 (12) 1656, Jonathan, b. 6 (1) 1658-9, Ebenezer, b. 26 (2) 1661, John, b. 20 98) 1664. He d. Nov. 8, 1685. His will dated July 24, 1683, being aged, gave homestead to son John after the death of his wife. The widow d. Oct. 4, 1691. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search