Born in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Amariah Dana
and Dorothy (May) Dana
Sister of
Ezra Dana, Lucinda (Dana) Sprout, Eleazar S. Dana, Dorothy (Dana) Marsh, Lucretia Dana, Lucretia May (Dana) Goddard, Freedom (Dana) Wyllys, John Dana [half], Ruth (Dana) Terry [half], Hannah (Dana) Dickinson [half], Amariah Dana [half], Samuel Dana [half], Sarah (Dana) Church [half], Sylvia Dana [half] and Joseph Dana [half]
Wife of
Gathelus Cowing
— married
5 Aug 1798 in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Laura (Cowing) Taylor, Job Cowing, Freedom (Cowing) Cole, Persis Cowing, Electa (Cowing) Knower and Rachel (Cowing) Smith
Died before
before age 87
in Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
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Biography
Birth
Mary Dana was born in April 1775 at Amherst, Massachusetts. [1] She was the daughter of Amariah Dana and Dorothy May. [2]
Marriage
Married Gathelous Cowen/Cowing, abt 1795 in Massachusetts (as his first spouse [A]) [3]
- 7 Children [3]
- Freedom Cowen
- Job Cowen, b. 1801; d. 1858 [4]
- Persis Cowen
- Mary Cowen
- Rachel Cowen
- Electa Cowen
- Laura Cowen
Death
She passed away in February 1863. and is buried as Mary (Dana) Cowing, at the Ireland Street Cemetery in Chesterfield, Massachusetts [5]
Research Notes
A. Gathelous Cowen/Cowing listed as the son of Gathelus and Lucy (Hatch) Cowing. Married #1 Mary Dana (intention 5 Aug 1798); Married #2 Mary Hill, widow of Cummington (intention 24 Nov 1815) [6]
Sources
- ↑ Mary Dana, 1775.
- ↑ Records all the Children of Amariah Dana living after their move to Amherst, Massachusetts: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCPB-BYP : 14 January 2020), Lucinda Dana, 1765.Page 67 of 328
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dana Page70
- ↑ Job's Find A Grave: Memorial #70950182
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 September 2020), memorial page for Mary Dana Cowing (17 Apr 1775–28 Feb 1863), Find A Grave: Memorial #57498808, citing Ireland Street Cemetery, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by P.K. Magruder (contributor 47017377) .
- ↑ Quoted in Find A Grave: Memorial #57498780 History & Genealogy of Families of Chesterfield
See Also:
- Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America (Cambridge, Mass., 1956) Page 67-71
- FamilySearch.org entry for Mary Dana; accessed 30 Sep 2020; © 2020 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #57498808
- Lehmann, Louis, Author; AMARIAH DANA AND HIS RELATIVES, PATRIOTS, REBELS AND MORE .PDF Manuscript saved on FamilySearch.org.
- NI03983History and Genealogy of the Families of Chesterfield, Massachusetts. Information from George L. Randall
Aknowlegements
- WikiTree profile Dana-107 created through the import of oldweymouth families072011.GED on Jul 5, 2011 by Alyson X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alyson and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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