Joseph Daggett (1668 - 1718)

Born 1668 in Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Amy (Eddy) Daggett — married 1685 in Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes, New York Colony

Husband of Amy (Mantor) Daggett — married 1693 in Tisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1718 at about age 50 in Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Province of Massachusetts

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Biography

Research Notes

The lineage and biography of this profile for Joseph Daggett has been adjusted to reflect the currently accepted NEHGS 2007 updated research. This source seeks to correct the many errors found in prior sources and is best considered as the main source until such time that new records are discovered. ^[1]

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Joseph Daggett, son of Joseph, was born in Tisbury, Massachusetts.^[2]

He married Amy Mantor about 1693.^[2]

Joseph died about 1718 in Edgartown, Massachusetts.^[2]

Joseph was born in 1668 in Tisbury MA and presumably followed the trade of his father. He married AMY EDDY abt. 1685. daughter of John and Hepzibah (Daggett) Eddy of Tisbury who was b. abt. 1668 and prob. predeceased her husband. She was living 17 Nov. 1712 (Deeds ii.349) but was not mentioned in John Eddy's will of 1714, either because he had provided for her or she was dead. The will of Joseph Daggett dated 17 Oct. 1704, was not proven until 12 Aug. 1718, the same year that his father's estate was administered. It would seem that the son's death necessitated the settlement of his father's large real estate interests. Children: (daughter? b. abt. 1686) } (daughter? b. abt. 1689) }"other children"' named in will as having received their "portions", prob. at marriage but nothing is known of them or their husbands. ELIZABETH,4 b. 1692; m. JOHN MARCHANT (13). AMY, b. Mch. 1694; m. THOMAS MARTAIN (10) 26 Dec. 1715. JOHN, b. (1696). TEMPERANCE, b. 1700; m. SAMUEL HUXFORD (10). JOSEPH, b. 1704. HEPZIBAH, b. (1706) ; m. ENOCH NORTON (412) 17 Dec. 1725. ^[3]

THE DAGGETT FAMILY

Patrilineal descent was incredibly important for both Wampanoags and English colonists. Among New England Algonquians, although some land could be transferred through the female line (matrilineal descent), paternal ties were "far more crucial." For example, sachems usually inherited their office through the paternal line, and the office usually went to a male relative (Plane 21). Even women who inherited the position of squa-sachem did so through their fathers or other male relatives. Patrilineal descent was also crucial for colonists: women took their husband's name upon marriage and in the case of a husband's death, the claims of wives to property were subordinate to that of their children. The power of the father was felt in both religious and political spheres: the "family reproduced patriarchal relations of power in which the obedience of wives, daughters, and children, was thought to be religiously proscribed" (O'Brien 23; Ditz 26). Moreover, since only male Puritans could be ministers, the religious legacy of the "missionary Mayhews" was passed along only through male descendents (left). Wills from Martha's Vineyard reveal although both sons and daughters might inherit something, what they inherited was often unequal. Moreover, only children of legitimate marriages tended to inherit property (and status) from their fathers.

For Wampanoags, kinship was an important means of cementing political alliances. Sachems regularly ensured support for their regimes by distributing favors and political power to family members, and the often sought marriages for their children that would help ensure military support during times of trouble. Although polygamy and divorce were both acceptable in Wampanoag society, it appears that in order to inherit the position of the sachem, an individual had to be descended from a royal family both on his mother and father's side (Plane 21-23, 50-51).

One of the most interesting examples of a convergence of all of these issues is the Daggett Family (below). The lineage of the Daggett family has been a source of contention, and Catherine Merwin Mayhew (Genealogist of the Martha's Vineyard Historical Society) and Andrew Pierce (author of The Wampanoag Genealogical History of Martha's Vineyard), provide some useful corrections to the information provided in Banks' History of Martha's Vineyard. I have summarized these below in the Kinship Chart for the Sachem of Sanchacantacket and Daggett Family (L. Leibman, 2008). Joseph Daggett (1647-1718) was a white colonist who married at least two times, once to a daughter of the Wampanoag sachem Autumsquin, and once to a white woman, possibly named Amy Eddy (ca. 1668- 1712/14). Joseph Daggett had three children: Hester and Alice ("Ellis") Daggett by his Wampanoag wife, and then a son by his white wife, Joseph Daggett, Jr. (1704-?) as well as several female children, including Elizabeth, Amy, and Temperance, who are mentioned in Joseph's will. Hester (1672-1708?) went on to marry a white colonist named Edward Cottle (1666-1751?), with whom she had at least one daughter who herself married several colonists in succession. In contrast, Alice (ca. 1675-1711) never married, though she had three illegitimate children by three different white colonists. Alice Daggett was taken to court on fornication charges for each of these births, and in response filed suits against the fathers for financial support. As a result, her children each take the names of their fathers, rather than their mother's name: Black Henry Luce (son of "White-eyed Henry Luce"), Samuel Look (son of Samuel Look), and Patience Allen. The wills of Joseph Daggett, Alice (Ellis) Daggett, and Edward Cottle are in the archive and can be usefully compared to see which child inherits what goods and property. He is the son of Joseph Daggett.

Sources

1. ↑ Pierce, R. Andrew. "Joseph Daggett of Martha's Vineyard, His Native American Wife, and Their Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Jan. 2007:5-21
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Samuel Bradlee Doggett - A history of the Doggett-Daggett family Boston. 1894. Page 84, 93. An Archive.org book.
3. ↑ The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 126 - 145

See also:

• https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Daggett/4207697817310030862

Acknowledgements

• This person was created on 14 April 2010 through the import of Jamie 2010_2010-04-10.ged.
• Daggett-471 was created by David Sylvester through the import of DaggettEddy.ged on Nov 17, 2014.