FIRST GENERATION 1. James DOTY was born in 1752. He died on 3 May 1826 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. He was married to Elizabeth GILBERT. James DOTY and Elizabeth GILBERT had the following children: +2 i. Joel DOTY. +3 ii. James DOTY (born on 3 Nov 1795). SECOND GENERATION 2. Joel DOTY (James-1). History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts. 1736 - 1900. by Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Greenfield, Mass, Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1902, p. 381 He had blacksmith's shop near where Miss Maria Sanderson's ice house now stands. He was married to Celestia BROADRICK on 29 Oct 1822. 3. James DOTY (James-1) was born on 3 Nov 1795 in Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 9 Jan 1857 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts. 1736 - 1900. by Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Greenfield, Mass, Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1902, p. 381 At the age of 14, he came to town to learn the carpenter's and joiner' trade of Major Orra Sheldon; served his seven years of apprenticeship, and at the age of 21, received a full set of joiner's tools and his "freedom suit of clothes." He was a remarkably well informed man for his time and circumstances, for as to the latter - owing to an accident which happened in his youth making him lame for life, he never had, as he used to say, but six weeks of common schooling. From his mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Gilbert, he received those strong intellectual traits which all his family traditions agree were hers to an unusual degree. He was a great reader and a deep and liberal thinker. Though hard working and industrious, he yet found time to gratify his inherent love for reading, in the pursuit of the best information on all practical subjects, and but few, if any could equal him in town in his knowledge of history, geography and mathematics, and the general sciences of the times. At one time he was said to have the largest and most valuable library in town relating to his favorite studies. Liberal in his religious views, he became one of the founders and the first clerk of the Universalist society of Bernardston. He was married to Sophronia Cushman KING on 10 Oct 1818. Sophronia Cushman KING was born on 1 Jul 1800. She died on 18 Apr 1836 in , Franklin, Massachusetts. History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts. 1736 - 1900. by Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Greenfield, Mass, Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1902, p. 382. of Harland, Vt. James DOTY and Sophronia Cushman KING had the following children: +4 i. Louisa Maria DOTY (born on 11 May 1819). +5 ii. James Edward DOTY (born on 5 May 1821). +6 iii. Adelia Sophronia DOTY (born on 10 Oct 1823). 7 iv. Thomas Franklin DOTY was born on 5 Jan 1826 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 27 Oct 1827 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. +8 v. Mary Elizabeth DOTY (born on 2 May 1828). +9 vi. Harriet Elvira DOTY (born on 1 Sep 1830). 10 vii. Thomas King DOTY was born on 6 Jun 1833 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts. 1736 - 1900. by Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Greenfield, Mass, Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1902, p. 382. Adopted by his uncle Joel. Entered the ministry in the M.E. denomination; resided in Cleveland, Ohio. THIRD GENERATION 4. Louisa Maria DOTY (James-2, James-1) was born on 11 May 1819 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was married to Dan P. FOSTER on 10 May 1837. 5. James Edward DOTY (James-2, James-1) was born on 5 May 1821 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. He Int. Marriage on 30 Mar 1846 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died in 1855 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts. He was married to Jael FELLOWS (daughter of Igal FELLOWS and Hannah WHITNEY) in 1846 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. Jael FELLOWS was born on 4 Apr 1823 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. James Edward DOTY and Jael FELLOWS had the following children: 11 i. Edward Ordellow DOTY was born on 7 Aug 1848 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts. 6. Adelia Sophronia DOTY (James-2, James-1) was born on 10 Oct 1823 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 1 Jul 1846 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts. Vital Records of Shelburne, Massachusetts - to the End of the Year 1849, Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 1931. p. 160 Cause of death: Consumption. She was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was married to Frederick TOWNSLEY. She was married to Benjamin F. GOODWIN. Adelia Sophronia DOTY and Benjamin F. GOODWIN had the following children: 12 i. Frederick GOODWIN was born on 9 Jun 1846 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died on 31 Jul 1846 in Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts. He was buried in Arms Cemetery, Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts. 8. Mary Elizabeth DOTY (James-2, James-1) was born on 2 May 1828 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was married to Robert B. FELLOWS (son of Igal FELLOWS and Hannah WHITNEY) on 4 Aug 1846 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. Robert B. FELLOWS was born on 3 Oct 1819 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts. 1736 - 1900. by Lucy Cutler Kellogg. Greenfield, Mass, Press of E. A. Hall & Co., 1902, p. 382. of Shelburne, Mass. Mary Elizabeth DOTY and Robert B. FELLOWS had the following children: 13 i. Harriet A. FELLOWS was born on 8 Sep 1847 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. 14 ii. Huldah S. FELLOWS was born on 8 Sep 1847 in Shelburne, Franklin, Massachusetts. 9. Harriet Elvira DOTY (James-2, James-1) was born on 1 Sep 1830 in Bernardston, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 18 Jun 1862 in Guilford, Windham, Vermont. She was married to Harvey EDWARDS.