Lamprey tidbits Daniel Dow, b 22 Sept 1641, Watertown, MA d 7 Mar 1717/8, Hampton, NH (son of Henry and Margaret Cole Dow) m. 13 Nov 1673, Hampton, ELIZABETH LAMPREY >From The Book of Dow by Robert Piercy Dow, 1929, p. 389, 390: Daniel Dow m at 32, rather later than usual in those time, 13: 9: 1673, ELIZABETH LAMPREY, dau of HENRY and GILLYEN of Hampton. It was a brilliant marriage. Gillyen's mother had been an heiress in England, receiving as dowry a metal bound wooden chest placed on one end of the scales. Gillyen's mother sat on the other and her father poured in gold pieces until the scales balanced, --112 lbs. This chest is now (1929) in possession of the children of Morris Lamprey of St Paul, Minn. Daniel Dow was of a very different way of thinking, of mode of life, from his brothers. He took no part in civic affairs, does not even appear by signature in any political or church movement, not even constable, not even on any church committee, when at least three were appointed for a task as simple as moving a stove in or out of church. In fact he did nothing to warrant mention in Hist Hampton. It is quite notable that his posterity almost invariably intermarried in a small circle of the pioneer families. There was almost from the first a little local aristocracy and the tribe of Daniel Dow seldom went outside it......... "Goodman" William FULLER, immigrant of 1635, dying childless, his property was divided among relatives and friends. One recipient was "Elizabeth, now wife of Daniel Dow." Daniel Dow did not make a will but deeded all his property to his children during his life. This deed, recorded Apr 10, 1710 does not mention his wife, evidently dead before 1710. Children: 1. Elizabeth Dow, b Jan 28, 1675 - d Nov 29, 1731 2. Hannah Dow, b Sept 13, 1676 - d June 13, 1733 m. Jan 10, 1695, Dea John Dearborn, Jr, b Sept 2, 1673 - d Mch 19, 1746, son of John and Mary (Ward). 3. Mary Dow, b Dec 7, 1678 - d July 30, 1749 4. David Dow, b Mch 20, 1680 5. Henry Dow, b 1683 - d June 4, 1727 m. Aug 8. 1723, Martha Sanborn >From NEHGS, Vol 6, 1852, p 204 Hampton. Included on a list of those who took the oath of allegiance on either the 4th or after the 16th of the 10th m 1678 were: Daniel Lampry Henry Lampreys Benjamin Lamprey Roanne