The English Origins of Henry Doude of Guilford, Connecticut
Henry Doude left Kent, England during the “Great Migration” in 1639. He was one of the signers of the “Plantation Covenant”, an agreement made between the Puritan founders and settlers of Guilford, Connecticut. We would like to expand, clarify, and correct what is known about the English Origins of Henry Doude.
Researcher Robert Chown, of Kent, was able to copy some
documents, get wills transcribed, and, with his vast knowledge of the Kent records,
was able to locate previously unpublished records. Kathy Peterson also located some key parish records.
Henrie Dowde married Christian (maiden name unknown) at
Woodchurch, Kent on October 11, 1609.
These were the parents of the immigrant, Henry Doude. Christian was the widow of a Cruttenden (no
known relationship, as of yet, to the Guilford settler Abraham Cruttenden or to
William Chittenden). Henry (Jr., the
immigrant) had at least two siblings by this marriage baptized at Woodchurch,
Richard on 15 July 1610 and Thomas on 22 Jan 1614/15 (Thomas buried at
Woodchurch 11 May 1664 – had a wife, Anne -, and daughters Anne and Mary). Christian () Dowde was buried at Woodchurch
on 15 Jan 1620/21. Henry Jr. had at
least one more half-sibling, sister Mary (baptized at Woodchurch 4 May 1628,
buried 26 April 1642), from his father’s second marriage to Elizabeth
Woollett. This Elizabeth Woollett has
been mistakenly published in family trees all over the internet as the wife of
Henry Doude the immigrant. She was his
stepmother. Henry may have had a few
more half-siblings from his mother’s previous marriage to a Cruttenden. Henry Sr. was born some time around 1583
(from his reported age at his marriage to Elizabeth Woollett), and was buried
at Woodchurch 26 Dec 1638, as was his widow Elizabeth a few months later. Note: these burials occurred, probably not
coincidentally, only months before Henry Jr. and family left for New England.
Henry Doude Jr., now of nearby Tenterden, Kent, was married to Elizabeth Dadson, of Maidstone, Kent on May 12, 1635 at Langley, Kent. They had obtained a marriage license at Canterbury 10 days previously, on May 2, 1635. Henry signed the license document, and Elizabeth Dadson’s father, Ambrose Dadson, signed with his mark.
It is not yet known in which parish they resided between
the dates of their marriage and of their departure to New England in 1639. We hope, eventually, to locate the
christening records of two of their daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. We now know that these two children of Henry
Jr. and Elizabeth were born in England because Elizabeth’s father, Ambrose
Dadson, of Maidstone, Kent, left a will dated March 14, 1639/40 (probated April
8, 1640) naming these two grandchildren, among others:
“… and to
my Sonne in Law henry Dowd and my daughter Elizabeth the wife of the said henry
and to my grandchildren Elizabeth Dowd and Mary Dowd twelve pence a peece to
each of them of lawfull English money.”
Ambrose
Dadson was buried at Maidstone on March 19, 1639/40, only five days after
making his will. This document would
also seem to narrow the birth dates of some of the other children of Henry and
Elizabeth to the 1640’s at Guilford, Connecticut, where we are lacking birth
records.
Ambrose
also named his wife, Ellen, who was probably the mother of Elizabeth, but no
marriage record has yet been located.
Siblings of Elizabeth Dadson were Alice (m. Barnabas French), William
(m. Jane Hope), and Ann (m. John Effeild).
It is interesting to note that Ann married John Effeild on the same day,
at the same place, that Henry married Elizabeth. On their respective licenses, John Effeild was bondsman for
Henry’s marriage, and Henry was bondsman for John Effeild’s marriage. Why did these two couples marry at Langley,
as opposed to Maidstone? Perhaps it was
because Freegift Tylden was the Rector at Langley –
Robert Chown noted that his 1659 will described himself not as Rector of Langley but 'Preacher
of the Word of God', clearly a Puritan. Ann and John made their residence at Bearsted, Kent. They had three children, and Ann probably
died before January 16, 1639/40, when John was married to Amy Austen at
Bearsted.
We are
also fortunate that the father of Ambrose Dadson, William Dadson, also left a
will, dated November 20, 1623, with many names. He named wife Elizabeth, probably the mother of Ambrose, but not
certain as no marriage record has yet been located. Siblings of Ambrose Dadson were Thomas, Edward, John, and
Dorothie (m. John Dann). The following is a summary of the Dowde and
Dadson families. The tree chart is a pdf file.
Descendants of Henrie Dowde
Generation
No. 1
1. HENRY1 DOWDE was born abt. 1583 (based on his approximate age at
his 2nd marriage) in England, and was buried December 26, 1638 in
Woodchurch, Kent. He married (1) CHRISTIAN (Unknown) CRUTTENDEN October
11, 1609 at All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent.
She was buried January 15, 1621/22 at Woodchurch, Kent. He married (2) ELIZABETH WOOLETT October
18, 1626 at Woodchurch, Kent. She was
born abt. 1591 (based on age at marriage), and was buried February 17, 1638/39
in Woodchurch, Kent.
Children of HENRY DOWDE and CHRISTIAN are:
i. RICHARD DOWDE, bp. July 15, 1610, Woodchurch, Kent.
2. ii. HENRY2 DOUDE, bp. October
27, 1611, Woodchurch, Kent; bur. August 31, 1668, Guilford, Conn.
3. iii. THOMAS2 DOWDE, bp. January 22, 1614/15, Woodchurch, Kent; bur. May
11, 1664, Woodchurch, Kent.
Child of HENRY DOWDE and ELIZABETH WOOLETT is:
iv. MARY2 DOUDE, bp. May 04,
1628, Woodchurch, Kent; bur. April 16, 1642, Woodchurch, Kent.
Generation
No. 2
2. HENRY2 DOUDE (HENRY1 DOWDE) was baptized October 27, 1611 at Woodchurch, Kent,
and was buried August 31, 1668 in Guilford, Connecticut. He was of Tenterden, Kent, when he married ELIZABETH DADSON May 12,
1635 in Langley, Kent (Canterbury marriage license dated May 2, 1635), England,
daughter of AMBROSE DADSON and (probably) ELLEN. Elizabeth
was of Maidstone, Kent, when married, and was buried October 1683 in Guilford, Conn.
Children of HENRY DOUDE and ELIZABETH DADSON are:
i. ELIZABETH DOUDE, b. before 1640, County Kent, England; bur. August 09,
1669, Guilford, Conn.
ii. MARY DOUDE, b. before 1640, County Kent, England; d. May 11,
1693; m. SAMUEL HUGHES,
April 26, 1666, Guilford, Conn.
iii. THOMAS DOUDE, b. Guilford, Conn.; d. February 07, 1712/13,
Guilford, Conn.; m. RUTH
JOHNSON, December
11, 1679, Guilford, Conn.
iv. REBECCA DOUDE, b. Guilford, Conn.; d. October 10, 1703, aged 57?; m.
DANIEL
EVARTS,
March 4,
1663/4, Guilford, Conn.
v. JEREMIAH DOUDE, b. Guilford, Conn.; d. August 16, 1668, Guilford,
Conn.
vi. SARAH DOUDE, b. Guilford,
Conn.; m. JOHN BOWERS, Guilford, Conn.
vii. JOHN DOUDE, b. May 24, 1650, Guilford, Conn.; m. (1) HANNAH SELLMAN, June 14,
1679, Guilford,
Conn. m. (2) MARY BARTLETT, about
January, 1688/89, Guilford, Conn.
viii. JACOB DOUDE, b. February 16, 1652/53, Guilford, Conn.
3. THOMAS2 DOWDE (HENRY1) was born January 22, 1614/15 in Woodchurch, Kent, and
was bur. May 11, 1664 in Woodchurch, Kent.
He married ANNE.
Children of THOMAS DOWDE and ANNE are:
i. ANN3 DOWD, bp. January
13, 1655/56, Woodchurch, Kent.
ii. MARY DOWD, bur. June 17, 1664, Woodchurch, Kent.
Descendants of William Dodson
Generation
No. 1
1. WILLIAM2 DODSON (UNKNOWN1 DADSON) was born
say, 1550, and was buried December 1623 in Maidstone, Kent. He married ELIZABETH. She d. Aft. 1623.
Children of WILLIAM DODSON and
(probably) ELIZABETH are:
2. i. AMBROSE3 DADSON, d. March 19, 1639/40, Maidstone, Kent.
3. ii. JOHN DADSON.
4. iii. EDWARD DADSON.
iv. THOMAS DADSON.
Generation
No. 2
2. AMBROSE3 DADSON (WILLIAM2 DODSON, UNKNOWN1 DADSON) was
probably baptized at Maidstone, Kent.
He was buried March 19, 1639/40 in Maidstone, Kent. He married ELLEN.
Children of AMBROSE DADSON and
(probably) ELLEN are:
5. i. ELIZABETH4 DADSON, b. Abt.
1613, of Maidstone, Kent; d. October 1683, Guilford, Conn.
6. ii. ANN DADSON, b. Abt. 1609; bur. January 16, 1639/40,
Bearsted, Kent.
7. iii. WILLIAM DADSON, bur. March 12, 1639/40, Maidstone, Kent.
8. iv. ALICE DADSON.
3. JOHN3 DADSON (WILLIAM2 DODSON, UNKNOWN1 DADSON)
Child of JOHN DADSON is:
i. PETER4 DADSON, m. (1) MARY COOPER, November
09, 1635, Borden, Kent; m. (2) ELIZABETH PRINCE, July 25, 1645, Borden, Kent.
4. EDWARD3 DADSON (WILLIAM2 DODSON, UNKNOWN1 DADSON)
Child of EDWARD DADSON is:
i. JOHN4 DADSON, m. DOROTHY BISHOPPE, July 21,
1634, Bethersden, Kent.
Generation
No. 3
5. ELIZABETH4 DADSON (AMBROSE3, WILLIAM2 DODSON, UNKNOWN1 DADSON) was baptized Abt. 1613 in Maidstone, Kent, and was
buried October 1683 in Guilford, Conn.
She married HENRY DOUDE May 12, 1635 in Langley, Kent, England, son of HENRY DOWDE and CHRISTIAN. He was bp. October 27, 1611 at Woodchurch,
Kent, and was buried August 31, 1668 in Guilford, Conn.
Children of HENRY DOUDE and ELIZABETH DADSON are:
i. ELIZABETH DOUDE, b. before 1640, County Kent, England; bur. August 09,
1669, Guilford, Conn.
ii. MARY DOUDE, b. before 1640, County Kent, England; d. May 11,
1693; m. SAMUEL HUGHES,
April 26, 1666, Guilford, Conn.
iii. THOMAS DOUDE, b. Guilford, Conn.; d. February 07, 1712/13,
Guilford, Conn.; m. RUTH
JOHNSON, December
11, 1679, Guilford, Conn.
iv. REBECCA DOUDE, b. Guilford,
Conn.; d. October 10, 1703, aged 57?; m. DANIEL EVARTS, March 4,
1663/4, Guilford, Conn.
v. JEREMIAH DOUDE, b. Guilford, Conn.; d. August 16, 1668, Guilford,
Conn.
vi. SARAH DOUDE, b. Guilford, Conn.; m. JOHN BOWERS, Guilford,
Conn.
vii. JOHN DOUDE, b. May 24, 1650, Guilford, Conn.; m. (1) HANNAH SELLMAN, June 14,
1679, Guilford,
Conn. m. (2) MARY BARTLETT, about
January 1687/88, Guilford, Conn.
viii. JACOB DOUDE, b. February 16, 1652/53, Guilford, Conn.
6. ANN4 DADSON (AMBROSE3, WILLIAM2 DODSON, UNKNOWN1 DADSON) was buried January 16, 1639/40 in Bearsted,
Kent. She married JOHN EFFEILD May 12,
1635 in Langley, Kent, England, son of HENRY EFFEILD and MARGARET SAWE. He was
baptized January 30, 1609/10 in St. Nicholas, Otham, Kent.
Children of ANN DADSON and JOHN EFFEILD are:
i. AMBROSE5 EFFEILD
ii. JOHN EFFEILD, bp. October 08, 1637, Bearsted, Kent.
iii. HENRY EFFEILD, bp. February 07, 1638/39, Bearsted, Kent.
7. WILLIAM4 DADSON (AMBROSE3, WILLIAM2 DODSON, UNKNOWN1 DADSON) was buried March 12, 1639/40 in Maidstone, Kent. He married JANE HOPE June 18, 1632
at All Saints, Maidstone, Kent.
Children of WILLIAM DADSON and JANE HOPE are:
i. MARY5 DADSON, bp.
November 24, 1633, Boughton Aluph, Kent.
ii. ELIZABETH DADSON, bp. February 25, 1637/38, Maidstone, Kent.
8. ALICE4 DADSON (AMBROSE3, WILLIAM2 DODSON, UNKNOWN1 DADSON) She married BARNABAS FRENCH October 16,
1638 at All Saints, Maidstone, Kent, son of WILLIAM FRENCH. He was bp. July 24, 1614 at All Saints,
Maidstone, Kent.
Child of ALICE DADSON and BARNABAS FRENCH is:
i. BARNABAS5 FRENCH, bp. August
14, 1639, chr., All Saints, Maidstone, Kent; m. (1) MARY; d. bef.
October 04, 1679; m. (2) ELIZABETH GOODDING, October 04, 1679, Maidstone, Kent.
SOURCE TRANSCRIPTIONS: PARISH RECORDS & OTHER DOCUMENTS
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Marriages - 11 Oct 1608
1608 “the 11th day of October weare married Henrie Dowd & Christian Cruttenden widow”
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Christenings – 15 July 1610
“the 15th of July was baptized Richard ye sonne of Henrie
Dowde.”
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Christenings - 27 October 1611
1609
Octob: “the 27th was baptized Henrie ye sonne of
Henrie Dowd”
Bishop’s transcript: All Saints, Woodchurch,
Kent, Parish Records - Christenings –
27 October 1611
"The
27th of Octob: was baptized Henrie ye sonne of Henrie Dowde"
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Christenings – 22 January 1614/15
"The 22nd of Jan: was baptized Thomas ye sonne of Henrie
Doude"
Bishop’s transcript: All Saints, Woodchurch,
Kent, Parish Records - Christenings –
22 January 1614/15
"The 22nd of Januarie was baptized Thomas ye sonne of Henrie
Dowde"
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Burials - 15 Jan 1620/21
“The wife of Henry Dowde was buried the 15th”
of January 1620
Canterbury Marriage Licenses – 18 October 1626
Summary, Original not transcribed:
“Doude, Henry of Woodchurch, Kent, , husb., widr, about 43, and
Elizabeth Woolett, s.p., about 35, whose parents are dead. At St. Georges Cant.
18 Oct. 1626.”
(Signed by Henry with his mark “H”)
St. George's, Canterbury, Parish Records - Marriages – 18 October 1626
“'Henry Doude of Woodchurche & Elizabeth woollett,
maried; octobr. 18. 1626”
Bishop’s transcript: St. George’s, Canterbury,
Kent, Parish Records - Marriages – 18
October 1626
"Henrie Doude & Elizabeth Woollet , married ye 18th of
October-1626"
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Christenings – 4 May 1628
"Mary ye daughter of Henrie Dowde baptized May ye 4th
day"
Bishop’s transcript: All Saints, Woodchurch,
Kent, Parish Records - Christenings – 4
May 1628
"Mary ye Daughter of Henrie Dowd baptized May ye 4th
day"
Canterbury Marriage Licenses, Vol. --, p.294: - 2 May 1635
Summary, Original not transcribed:
“Doude , Henry of Tenterden, husb. ba. , about 22 whose father consents and Elizabeth Dadson of Maidstone, V. , about 22 , d. of Ambrose Dadson s.p. , husb., who also consents. At Langley. John Effield of Otham , carpenter, bonds. 2 May 1635.” Signed by Henry Dowde and by Ambrose Dadson (his mark “A”)
Langley, Kent, Parish Records – Marriages – 12 May 1635
"Henry Dowde & Elisabeth Dadson were married May 12:
1635"
[Robert
Chown noted: Freegift Tylden was the Rector at Langley – 1659 Will
described himself not as Rector of Langley but "Preacher of the Word of
God"]
Canterbury Marriage Licenses, Vol. --, p.294: - 2 May 1635
Summary, Original not transcribed:
“Effeild, John, of Otham, carpenter, ba., about 25, whose father
consents,
and Ann Dadson of Maidstone, v., about 26, d. of Ambrose Dadson,
sp, husb., who
also consents. At Langley. Henry Dowd of Tenterden, husb., bonds.
May 2, 1635.”
Bishop’s transcript: Langley, Kent Parish Records – Marriages – 12
May 1635
"John Effeild & Ann Dadson were married May 12:
1635"
St. Nicholas, Otham, Kent, Parish Records – Christenings – 30 January 1609/10
"was baptized at St. Nicholas's, Otham, John Effeild,
the son of Henry Effeild and Margaret his wife."
St.
Nicholas, Otham, Kent, Parish Records – Marriages – 22 June 1606
"were married Henry Effeild and Margaret Sawe"
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records – Burials - 26 December 1638
“Henry Dowde Decemb 26”
Bishop’s transcript: All Saints, Woodchurch,
Kent, Parish Records – Burials – 26
December 1638
“Henry Dowde ye 26th of December”
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Burials – 17 February 1638/39
“Elizabeth Dowde widdowe February 17th”
Bishop’s transcript: All Saints, Woodchurch,
Kent, Parish Records – Burials – 17
February 1638/39
“Elizabeth Dowde wid ye 17th of February”
All
Saints, Maidstone Parish Records - Burials – 19 March 1639/40
Ambrose Dadson
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records – Burials – 26 April 1642
“Mary Dowde. April 16.”
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Christenings – 13 January 1655/56
"Ann the daughter of Thomas Dowd and : Ann his wfe …
Baptized January the 13th day"
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Burials – 11 May 1664
“Thomas Doude May 11th”
All Saints, Woodchurch, Kent, Parish Records - Burials – 17 June 1664
“Mary the Daughter of Thomas Doude & Anne his wife Jun
17th”
Guilford
Town Records, v. A, p. 66.
The
burial of Henry Doude. Also recorded in
a later list which probably includes only freeman and gives his date of death
as Aug. 31, 1668. (F-498, 501)
Canterbury Wills:
Vol. 46: Folio 24
Will
– 20 November 1623
Probate
– December 1623
Maidstone,
Kent
Canterbury Wills:
DCb/PRC32/Volumes 27-72
Vol. 52: Folio 391
Will – 14 March 1639 /40
Probate – 8 April 1640
Maidstone, Kent
“… and to my Sonne in Law henry Dowd and my daughter Elizabeth the wife of the said henry and to my grandchildren Elizabeth Dowd and Mary Dowd twelve pence a peece to each of them of lawfull English money.”
Additional Parish Records, Summarized:
15
MAY 1607 Married John Dann and Dorothie Dodson at All
Saints, Maidstone, Kent
18
JUN 1632 Married William Dodson and Jane Hope at All
Saints, Maidstone, Kent
16
OCT 1638 Married Barnabas ffrench and Alice Dodson
at All Saints, Maidstone, Kent
24 NOV 1633 Baptized Mary Dodson daughter of William
Dodson & Jane at Boughton Aluph, Kent
25 FEB 1637 Baptized Elizabeth Dodson daughter of William
Dodson & Jane at Maidstone, Kent
24 JUL 1614 Baptized Barnabus Frenche son of William
French at All Saints, Maidstone, Kent
14 AUG 1639 Baptized Barnabas French son of Barnabas
French & Alice (DADSON) at All Saints, Maidstone, Kent
18 NOV 1661 Married Barnabas French and Ann Brockwell at
Ulcombe, Kent (?Unrelated?)
21 JAN 1663 Married Barnabas French and Deborah Broad at
Maidstone, Kent (Probably the elder Barnabas 2nd m.)
14 APR 1665 Baptized Debora French daughter of Barnabas
French & Deborah at Maidstone, Kent
04 DEC 1666 Baptized William French son of Barnabas French
& Deborah at All Saints, Maidstone, Kent
24 JUN 1665 Baptized Barnabas French son of Barnabas
French & Mary at Maidstone, Kent
28 MAY 1667 Baptized John French son of Barnabas French
& Mary at Maidstone, Kent
23 APR 1669 Baptized Thomas French son of Barnabas
French & Mary at Maidstone, Kent
31 JAN 1671 Baptized Elizabeth French daughter of Barnabas
French & Mary at Maidstone, Kent
04 OCT 1679 Married Barnabas French and Elizabeth Goodding
at Maidstone
22 JUN 1606 Married Henry Effield and Margaret Sawe at St.
Nicholas, Otham, Kent
30 JAN 1609 Baptized John Effield son of Henry Effield
& Margaret at St. Nicholas, Otham, Kent
08 OCT 1637 Baptized John Effield son of John Effield
& Ann at Bearsted, Kent
07 FEB 1638 Baptized Henry Effield son of John Effield
& Ann at Bearsted, Kent
16 JAN 1639 Married John Effield and Amy Austen at
Bearsted, Kent
01 NOV 1640 Baptized Francis Effield son of John Effield
& Amy at Bearsted, Kent
27 MAY 1641 Burial Francis Effield son of John Efeilde & Aymy at Bearsted, Kent
Y-Chromosome genealogy-dna tests have been completed for individuals descended from two different sons of Henry Doude (Thomas and John). The near-match results for these descendants confirm the documented genealogies. Compared to tens of thousands of results for other individuals, the haplotype (or dna signature) for Henry is, so far, similar to that of only one other family. The results also show no relationship to the Irish Dowds, indicating instead a probable continental origin for the ancient paternal ancestors of Henry.
Created by:
Craig Dowd
cdowd7@msn.com
September 15, 2007