Family of Jeremiah * DOW and Elizabeth * PERKINS
Husband: Jeremiah * DOW
Wife: Elizabeth * PERKINS
| Name: |
Mercy DOW |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
11 Mar 1698 |
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| Name: |
Jermiah DOW |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
9 Jan 1700 |
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| Name: |
Jonathan DOW |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
21 Dec 1701 |
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| Name: |
David DOW |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
17 Dec 1703 |
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| Name: |
Abigail DOW |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
19 Dec 1705 |
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| Name: |
Ebenezer DOW |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
13 Jan 1708 |
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| Name: |
Gideon DOW |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
20 Nov 1710 |
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| Name: |
Patience DOW |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
19 Jan 1712 |
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| Name: |
Elizabeth * DOW |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Joseph * PERKINS (1712-1761) |
| Birth |
1 Mar 1715 |
Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Death |
19 Aug 1749 (age 34) |
Hampton, Rockingham, NH, US |
| Name: |
Hannah DOW |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
24 Oct 1716 |
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| Name: |
Mercy DOW |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1718 |
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Note on Husband: Jeremiah * DOW
From "History of Hampton, New Hampshire, by Dow, Vol. 1"
From "A collection of Sanborn Family Genealogies" by Elmer C. Sanborn, page 17
He was a quaker and this article is great about him. From the DowRootsweb
From Shannon and her information on Ancestry.com dated 11 2001
From : Ancestors of Karen R. Brooks: Dows; Has the following info:
Jeremiah, lived through and in his person typified the culmination of the Quaker movement. In his young manhood every person in his community was Quaker and regular attendance at all meetings was universal. He lived to see the loss to Quakerism of every one of his children, to see himself left absolutely alone, deserted, impoverished almost to the point of pauperism, to see the uncared for home in which he died at the age of about 96. Until father Joseph died all went fairly well. He was able to fend off all harm and the even more powerful Captain saw to it that no man injured his brother's family. Trouble began in 1701, when the authorities decided to levy forcibly upon the Quakes for their share of the Minister's tax. No Quaker would pay for the support of what he considered the greatest of abominations, hiring ministry. There was a poll tax, from which one was free by servicing in the militia. Consequently, every man of proper age served in the militia. The Quakers were willing to pay this poll tax, but the authorities decided to administer fines for refusing to perform military service. Constables took the guns from those fined and that is why there were free guns when the great Indian raid 1703 occurred. Jeremiah's debts grew and part of his farm was sold. His wife and sister and all his children died before him.
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In 1701, John Collins, Henry Dow, Jeremiah Dow and Joseph Dow, Jr., members of the Quaker Society, were living in that part of Seabrook, over which the town of Salisbury then exercised the right of jurisdiction and taxation. “And this year, Isaac Morrill, Jr., constable for the year 1700, took from Jeremiah Dow a quart pot, a pair of fire-tongs, a tray and a cake of tallow, to satisfy the Hireling Minister, Caleb Cushing, for preaching.” The same day he took a gun from Richard Smith, “to pay the priest for preaching in Salisbury.” After a few years the Quakers were exempted from paying a minister’s rate. 5,6
Sources
| 1 | "NH Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947". |
| 2 | "US New England Marriages prior to 1700". |
| 3 | Edward West, "Family Data Collection - Individual Records" (on line - published by Provo, UT). |
| 4 | "NH Birth Records, 1659-1900 Record". |
| 5 | Dow, Joseph, "History of Hampton NH" (L.E. Down 1893). |
| 6 | "A collection of Sanborn Family Genealogies". |
