Elizabeth (Saunders) Dow (abt. 1757 - 1835)

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Died 6 Feb 1835 at about age 78 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1760 m. about 1778 John Dow and died about 1835 at Deer Isle.* Hosmer, George. An Historical Sketch of the Town of Deer Isle, Maine (Stanley and Usher, Boston, 1886) Page 74

Betty Saunders is wife of Massachusetts patriot John Dow. ^[1]

From Dow, Robert P. The Book of Dow:
John Dow adabbg. Hist Deer Isle has little to say about him. Local rec, however, give all (presumably) his children, and their families were identified with Deer Isl. There cannot be much doubt that he is the John Dow who at an early date settled on an inland in Penobscot Bay and some years later induced six other families to join him. Census 1790 calls this Shamm Island and finds John la, 4b, 3c. The new colonists petitioned the Legislature again and again that this island being ownerless, not even included in the limits of any county, should be granted to them. Such is red tape that not until 1802 was this done and the place received the name Holt's Island. Children are credited in rec to John and. Betty, but no further rec of her is found except the d of John and Betsey in 1835. Hist Deer Isl calls her dau of Thomas Saunders, correct as is shown by name of 1st born:

a Thomas Saunders b Apr 2, 1779

b Ephraim b Feb 12, 1782

c Stephen b Aug 14, 1784

d Samuel b May 11, 1787

e Molly b Oct 20, 1789

f Anna b Apr 13, 1792; m July 12, 1810, John Staples. Hist Deer Isl says some dau m William Staples

g Hannah b Aug 11, 1795

h Elisebeth b Nov 23, 1798; m Sept 3, 1816, Capt Jacob Carlton

i Susannah b May 9, 1799; this date is impossible. That Deer Isl says a dau Joseph C Stinson and another Capt John Kempton. These do not appear in town rec

Research Notes

1. Some genealogists have her as daughter of Thomas Saunders b. 6 April 1731 who m. 1 May 1755 Hepsibah Chase, while possible no reliable sources to substantiate this claim.
2. Same "family trees" show Elizabeth Saunders birth date as 10 November 1754 and death of 6 February 1835

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 26, 2021), "Record of DOW, JOHN", Ancestor # A033922.

• Dow, Robert P. The Book of Dow Genealogical Memoirs of the Descendants of Henry Dow 1637, Thomas Dow 1639 and Others of the Name, Immigrants to America During Colonial Times, Also the Allied Family of Nudd. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1985. Print. , pp. 120-121