Levi Sewall Dow1,2

M, #12727, b. 5 March 1865, d. 14 November 1872
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Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Levi Sewall Dow was born on 5 March 1865 in Island Falls, Maine.3 He was the son of Oliver Smith Dow and Pauline Wentworth Sewall.1 Levi Sewall Dow died on 14 November 1872 at the age of 7.1

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 54.
  2. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 569.
  3. [S89] Family Search, Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900.

Levi Sewall Dow1

M, #17490, b. 20 July 1920
Pedigree
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Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Levi Sewall Dow was born on 20 July 1920 in Portage Lake.1 He was the son of Levi Sewall Dow and Rilla Augusta Watts.1

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 570.

Lydia Dow1

F, #11897, d. 6 November 1810
Pedigree
     Lydia Dow married John Newmarch Cushing, son of Benjamin Cushing and Hannah Hazeltine, on 1 April 1799.1 Lydia Dow died on 6 November 1810.

Child of Lydia Dow and John Newmarch Cushing

Citations

  1. [S131] George Norbury MacKenzie, Colonial families of the United States, Vol. 1 p. 116.

Margaret Elizabeth Dow1

F, #17486, b. 3 June 1914, d. 31 March 2010
Pedigree
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Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Margaret Elizabeth Dow was born on 3 June 1914 in Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine.1,2 She was the daughter of Wilmot Edwards Dow and Katherine May Stevens.1 Margaret Elizabeth Dow married Earl Forsythe Melgard on 15 November 1938 in Porter, Indiana.3,2 Margaret Elizabeth Dow died on 31 March 2010 in Charlotte, Florida, at the age of 954 and is buried in Thomaston Village Cemetery, Thomaston, Knox County, Maine.5

Children of Margaret Elizabeth Dow and Earl Forsythe Melgard

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 570.
  2. [S89] Family Search, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019.
  3. [S205] Newspaper, The Bangor Daily News, [online] posted Sept. 25, 2008.
  4. [S210] Social Security Death Index.
  5. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 185022252, Margaret Dow Melgard, includes gravestone photograph."
  6. [S89] Family Search, Genealogy Bank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014.

Marjorie Pauline Dow1

F, #17497, b. 26 July 1905
Pedigree
     Marjorie Pauline Dow was born on 26 July 1905 in Crystal, Maine.1 She was the daughter of Ralph Dow and Carrie Amber Corliss.1,2

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 571.
  2. [S336] Herbert Bemerton Battle, The Battle book, p. 571.

Mary Isabel Dow1

F, #17509, b. 25 July 1916
Pedigree
     Mary Isabel Dow was born on 25 July 1916.1 She was the daughter of John Emery Dow and Lena C. Crage.1

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 571.

Oliver Smith Dow1

M, #6788, b. 3 December 1827, d. 12 February 1888
Pedigree
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Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Oliver Smith Dow was born on 3 December 1827 in Oromocto, New Brunswick, Canada.1,2 He married firstly Pauline Wentworth Sewall, daughter of Levi Sewall and Rebecca Alexander, on 18 April 1853.3 Oliver Smith Dow married secondly Mary J. Bradbury, daughter of Samuel Bradbury and Julia True, on 22 June 1875.3 Oliver Smith Dow died on 12 February 1888 in Maine at the age of 601,4 and is buried in the Island Falls Cemetery, Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine.5

Cutter says he was a mill owner at Island Falls and a farmer in New Limerick, Maine, this is confirmed by the census of 1850-1880; Sinnett says he was a brick manufacturer.6,1

Children of Oliver Smith Dow and Pauline Wentworth Sewall

Children of Oliver Smith Dow and Mary J. Bradbury

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 54.
  2. [S89] Family Search, IGI member submission.
  3. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 569.
  4. [S89] Family Search, Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999.
  5. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "#94437604."
  6. [S62] William Richard Cutter, New England Families.

Oliver Smith Dow1

M, #17477, b. 25 April 1876, d. 1934
Pedigree
     Farmer of Island Falls.2 Oliver Smith Dow was born on 25 April 1876 in Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine.1,3 He was the son of Oliver Smith Dow and Mary J. Bradbury.1 Oliver Smith Dow married Ada M. Lawler, daughter of John Lawler and Fannie Mabbs, on 12 October 1898.2 Oliver Smith Dow died in 19344 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Canaan, Somerset County, Maine.4,5

Children of Oliver Smith Dow and Ada M. Lawler

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 569.
  2. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 570.
  3. [S89] Family Search, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921.
  4. [S89] Family Search, Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990.
  5. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 122598308, Oliver S. Dow, includes gravestone photograph."

Pauline Wentworth Dow1,2

F, #12722, b. 31 May 1860, d. 10 December 1862
Pedigree
Charts
Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Pauline Wentworth Dow was born on 31 May 1860 in New Limerick, Maine. She was the daughter of Oliver Smith Dow and Pauline Wentworth Sewall.1 Pauline Wentworth Dow died on 10 December 1862 in Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine, at the age of 2 of diphtheria.3

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 54.
  2. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 569.
  3. [S89] Family Search, Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910.

Pauline Wentworth Dow1

F, #12728, b. 27 December 1867
Pedigree
Charts
Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Pauline Wentworth Dow was born on 27 December 1867 in Maine.1,2 She was the daughter of Oliver Smith Dow and Pauline Wentworth Sewall.1 Pauline Wentworth Dow married Ralph Waldo Emerson, son of Martin Le Forest Emerson, on 23 March 1890.1,3

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 54.
  2. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 569.
  3. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 570.

Philip Dow1

M, #17502, b. 7 October 1914, d. 17 June 1918
Pedigree
     Philip Dow was born on 7 October 1914 in Houlton.1 He was the son of Bradbury Dow and Nora E. Kimball.1 Philip Dow died on 17 June 1918 at the age of 32 and is buried in Saint Benedicts Cemetery, Benedicta, Aroostook County, Maine.3

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 571.
  2. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 105890641."
  3. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 105890641, Philip E. Dow, includes gravestone photograph."

Ralph Dow1

M, #17478, b. 30 May 1879
Pedigree
     Farmer of Island Falls.2 Ralph Dow was born on 30 May 1879 in Maine.1 He was the son of Oliver Smith Dow and Mary J. Bradbury.1 Ralph Dow married Carrie Amber Corliss on 17 March 1904 in Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine.3

Children of Ralph Dow and Carrie Amber Corliss

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 569.
  2. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 570.
  3. [S89] Family Search, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921.
  4. [S336] Herbert Bemerton Battle, The Battle book, p. 571.

Ralph Waldo Dow

M, #17510, b. 1 May 1917
Pedigree
     Ralph Waldo Dow was born on 1 May 1917.1 He was the son of John Emery Dow and Lena C. Crage.1

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 571.

Rebecca Alexander Dow1

F, #12721, b. 10 November 1857, d. 6 April 1858
Pedigree
Charts
Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Rebecca Alexander Dow was born on 10 November 1857.1 She was the daughter of Oliver Smith Dow and Pauline Wentworth Sewall.1 Rebecca Alexander Dow died on 6 April 1858.1

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 54.

Robert Oliver Dow1

M, #17508, b. 8 February 1914
Pedigree
     Robert Oliver Dow was born on 8 February 1914.1 He was the son of John Emery Dow and Lena C. Crage.1

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 571.

Ronald Edward Dow1

M, #17498, b. 6 August 1911
Pedigree
     Ronald Edward Dow was born on 6 August 1911 in Orono, Penobscot County, Maine.1,2 He was the son of Ralph Dow and Carrie Amber Corliss.3,1

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 571.
  2. [S89] Family Search, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921.
  3. [S336] Herbert Bemerton Battle, The Battle book, p. 571.

Sarah Bradley Dow1

F, #3041, b. circa 1818, d. 10 February 1878
Pedigree
     Sarah Bradley Dow was born circa 1818.1 She was the daughter of Ezekiel Dow and Elizabeth Bradley.1 Sarah Bradley Dow married Louis Frederick Titcomb, son of Lieut. Pierson Titcomb and Anne Maria de Les Dernier.1 Sarah Bradley Dow died on 10 February 1878 in Springfield, Massachusetts.1

Children of Sarah Bradley Dow and Louis Frederick Titcomb

Citations

  1. [S24] Sarah Elizabeth Titcomb, Early New England People, p.159.

Sarah Elizabeth Dow1

F, #12723, b. 11 December 1862, d. 21 September 1938
Pedigree
Charts
Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Sarah Elizabeth Dow was born on 11 December 1862.1 She was the daughter of Oliver Smith Dow and Pauline Wentworth Sewall.1 Sarah Elizabeth Dow married Rev. George Warren Stearns, son of George J. Stearns and Amelia D. Jones, on 21 October 1887 in Island Falls, Maine.2 Sarah Elizabeth Dow died on 21 September 1938 in Charlestown, Rhode Island, at the age of 75.3

Children of Sarah Elizabeth Dow and Rev. George Warren Stearns

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 54.
  2. [S89] Family Search, Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915.
  3. [S89] Family Search, Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950.
  4. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 570.

Wilmot Edwards Dow1

M, #12718, b. 12 August 1886, d. 12 September 1962
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Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Wilmot Edwards Dow was born on 12 August 1886 in North Dakota.2 He was the son of Wilmot Sewall Dow and Lizzie Ann Edwards.1 Wilmot Edwards Dow married Katherine May Stevens on 14 June 1911.3 Wilmot Edwards Dow died on 12 September 1962 in Waldoboro, Maine, at the age of 764 and is buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine.5

Retired Prison Farm Overseer Dies At Home

WALDOBORO – Wilmot E. Dow, 76, of Waldoboro, died Wednesday at the home of his son, Wilmot S. Dow here. Mr. Dow was a retired superintendent of the Maine State Prison Farm.
He was born at the Theodore Roosevelt Ranch in North Dakota, Aug. 12, 1886, the son of Wilmot S. and Elizabeth Edwards Dow. He had made his home in Waldoboro for the past 20 years.
Mr. Dow was a graduate of the College of Pharmacy of Columbia University in New York City and operated his own drug store for several years in Presque Isle. He was forced to give this up due to his health and for several years was employed by the Western Electric Company in Presque Isle. Later he was superintendent of the Maine State Prison Farm for eight years and resided in Thomaston.
He was a member of Trinity Lodge of Masons, Presque Isle, a member of Meenagha Grange, Waldoboro, a member of the Waldoboro Lions Club, and previously had belonged to the Houlton Elks Club.
Surviving are: his widow, Mrs. Katherine S. Dow of Waldoboro; two sons, Wilmot S. Dow of Waldoboro and John A. Dow of Presque Isle; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Melgard of Thomaston; one brother, George F. Dow of Island Falls; two sisters, Mrs. Raymond Emerson and Mrs. Lona Tower, both of Warren; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Flanders Funeral Home, Waldoboro, with Rev. Royal Brown officiating. Interment with committal services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Fairmount Cemetery, Presque Isle.6

Children of Wilmot Edwards Dow and Katherine May Stevens

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 54.
  2. [S210] Social Security Death Index.
  3. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 570.
  4. [S89] Family Search, Maine Death Index, 1960-1997.
  5. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 60959183, Wilmot Edwards Dow, includes gravestone photograph."
  6. [S205] Newspaper, Courier-Gazette, Rockland, Maine, 15 September 1962.

Wilmot Sewall Dow1,2

M, #12716, b. 14 August 1854, d. 22 May 1891
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Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Wilmot Sewall Dow was also known as Will Dow.3 He was born on 14 August 1854 in New Limerick, Aroostook County, Maine.1,4 He was the son of Oliver Smith Dow and Pauline Wentworth Sewall.1 Wilmot Sewall Dow married Lizzie Ann Edwards, daughter of Joseph W. Edwards and Lizzie Fields, on 13 July 1885 in Dyer Brook, Maine, the marriage was performed by The Rev. G.W. Stearns of Patten, Maine.5 Wilmot Sewall Dow died on 22 May 1891 at the age of 361 and is buried in the Island Falls Cemetery, Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine.6

Children of Wilmot Sewall Dow and Lizzie Ann Edwards

Citations

  1. [S153] Charles Nelson Sinnett, Sinnett's Sewall genealogy, p. 54.
  2. [S107] 1880 US Census, Island Falls, Aroostook, Maine. (spells Wilmont).
  3. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 569.
  4. [S107] 1880 US Census, Island Falls, Aroostook, Maine.
  5. [S205] Newspaper, The Congregationalist, July 30, 1885.
  6. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "#94439710."

Wilmot Stevens Dow1

M, #17485, b. 27 March 1912, d. 27 February 1985
Pedigree
Charts
Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Wilmot Stevens Dow was born on 27 March 1912 in Presque Isle, Aroostook County, Maine.1,2 He was the son of Wilmot Edwards Dow and Katherine May Stevens.1 Wilmot Stevens Dow died on 27 February 1985 in Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida, at the age of 72.3,2

Citations

  1. [S337] Robert Piercy Dow, The book of Dow, p. 570.
  2. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 221183716."
  3. [S205] Newspaper, The Bangor Daily News, [online] posted Sept. 25, 2008.

Patience Downes1

F, #5624
Pedigree
     Patience Downes married Samuel Wentworth.1

Children of Patience Downes and Samuel Wentworth

Citations

  1. [S46] Various contributors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 18 p. 215.

Anne Downing1

F, #5926, b. 12 April 1633, d. 19 April 1713
Pedigree
     Anne Downing was baptised on 12 April 1633 at St. Brides, Fleet Street, London.2 She was the daughter of Emanuel Downing and Lucy Winthrop.1,2 Anne Downing married firstly Capt. Joseph Gardner, son of Thomas Gardner and Margaret (Unknown), before August 1656.1,3 Anne Downing married secondly Governor Simon Bradstreet, son of Rev. Simon Bradstreet and Margaret (Unknown), on 6 June 1676 at Salem, Massachusetts.1,4 Anne Downing died on 19 April 1713 in Salem at the age of 80.1

Citations

  1. [S25] Samuel Sewall, Diary of Samuel Sewall (1973 ed.), p. xxxi.
  2. [S99] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration begins.
  3. [S182] Elizabeth Cabot & James Jackson Putnam Putnam, Jackson ancestors and descendants, p. 10.
  4. [S62] William Richard Cutter, New England Families, p. 78.

Emanuel Downing1

M, #5928, b. 1585, d. 1656
Pedigree
     Emanuel Downing was born in 1585.2 He married Anne Ware on 7 June 1614 in England.2 Emanuel Downing married secondly Lucy Winthrop on 10 April 1622 at England.3,2 Emanuel Downing died in 1656.2

Child of Emanuel Downing and Lucy Winthrop

Child of Emanuel Downing

Citations

  1. [S25] Samuel Sewall, Diary of Samuel Sewall (1973 ed.), p. xxxi.
  2. [S123] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
  3. [S99] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration begins.

Sir George Downing

M, #7986
Pedigree
     Sir George Downing was born in London.1 He was the son of Emanuel Downing. Sir George Downing graduated in 1642 from Harvard.1

Citations

  1. [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 5, p. 47.

John Downing1

M, #17355, b. 20 November 1667, d. 1683
Pedigree
     John Downing married Hannah Shepard, daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Shepard and Mary Wainwright.1 John Downing was born on 20 November 1667 in Lynn.1 He died in 1683.1

Citations

  1. [S314] George Leonard Shepard, Genealogical history of William Shepard, p. 41.

Lucy Downing1

F, #7948, d. 1698
Pedigree
     Lucy Downing married William Norton circa 1649 in Ipswich.1,2 Lucy Downing died in 1698.2

Child of Lucy Downing and William Norton

Citations

  1. [S75] Frederick Lewis Weis, Colonial Clergy, p. 152.
  2. [S123] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

Lucy A. Downs / Wilson1

F, #15906, b. circa 1886
Pedigree
Charts
Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Lucy A. Downs / Wilson was born circa 1886 in Maine.2 She married William F. Putnam, son of William Sewall Putnam and Frances L. Fernald, on 12 October 1909 in York Harbor, Maine.1

Child of Lucy A. Downs / Wilson and William F. Putnam

Citations

  1. [S89] Family Search, Maine, Marriage Index, 1892-1966, 1977-1996.
  2. [S207] 1910 US Census.

Edward Trethaway Downs1

M, #2688, b. 12 September 1913, d. 18 June 1997
Pedigree
Charts
Descendants of Henry Sewell of Coventry
     Edward Trethaway Downs was born on 12 September 1913.2 He married Nancy May Chapman, daughter of Edmund Sewall Chapman and Gertrude Leland, on 1 May 1943 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan.1,3 Edward Trethaway Downs died on 18 June 1997 in Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan, at the age of 832 and is buried in Saint James Episcopal Church Columbarium, Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan.4

Citations

  1. [S5] William Darcy McKeough, McKeough Family Tree.
  2. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 203031936."
  3. [S232] Ancestry.com, Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
  4. [S392] Website findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/) "Memorial # 203031936, Edward Tretheway Downs, includes plaque photograph."

Thomasine Dowsett1

F, #16067, d. 30 January 1682/83
Pedigree
     Thomasine Dowsett married Thomas Hale on 11 December 1632 in St. Helen's Bishopsgate, London.1 Thomasine Dowsett died on 30 January 1682/83 in Newbury, Massachusetts.1

Children of Thomasine Dowsett and Thomas Hale

Citations

  1. [S186] Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. II. p. 599.
  2. [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 31 p. 83.
  3. [S83] NEHGR, Vol. 31 p. 84.