Ebenezer Doud 2d (1744 - 1805)

Born 5 Oct 1744 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Died 30 Sep 1805 at age 60 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

• Ebenezer 2d was born in 1744 in Connecticut, son of Ebenezer Doud 1st and Mary Mercy Bartlett (1727-1807). See the Research Notes.

• Married 1765 to Tamson Wilcox (1747-1820). Children:
  • Augustus Dowd 1766–1831
  • William "Billy" Dowd 1768–1830
  • Luther Dowd (Doud) 1771–1820
  • Orrin Dowd 1773–1820
  • Amasa Dowd 1775–1827
  • Julius Dowd 1779–1836
  • Galen Dowd ‡ 1781–1782
  • Galen Dowd 1783–1851
  • Benjamin Dowd 1786–1845

• Veteran of the American Revolutionary War, Connecticut Line

• He passed away in 1805, and was buried at West Cemetery, Madison, New Haven, Connecticut

Research Notes

• Do not conflate this son of Ebenezer 1st., with a son of David Doud, b. 1740. Following Dowd (1885), p.15, the father of this Ebenezer 2d (1744-1805) is Ebenezer 1st (1707-1789).
  • From Dowd (1885), pp. 4, 6 & 13: 20. David Doud (1695-1749; m. 1718 Mary Cornwell) lived in Middletown CT. They had a son Ebenezer, b. 1740. Ebenezer (b. 1740) had the following children: Elihu (1765-1835; Isaac; Phebe, and one more daughter.
  • From Dowd (1885), pg. 8 : "Generation V. 51. Ebenezer (1707-1789; son of Thomas 2d and Silence (Evarts) Doud) made his residence on Liberty Street, or that part of Madison, Conn., known as Hammonassett. ... No stone has been found to mark his grave." He divided his lands in his will to his sons Timothy and Ebenezer 2d. No record of the maiden name of his wife. The children of Ebenezer 1st were:
    • 201. Ebenezer (2d), b. 1744, d. 1805; m. abt. 1765, Tamson Wilcox, b. 1747, d. 1820.
    • 202. Timothy (1st), b. 1747,d. 1824; m. abt. 1769 Mercy Crampton
    • 203. Lydia, b. 1748, d. 1753. ‡
• From Find-A-Grave (unsourced): "Ebenezer Doud was a direct descendant of Henry Doude, one of the followers of Rev. Henry Whitfield who came from England and settled Guilford, Connecticut. Henry Doude was one of the signers of the Guilford Covenant in June 1639. Ebenezer was a farmer. His father, also named Ebenezer, gave him a homestead in Hammonasset where he raised his family of eight boys."

Sources

• Barbour Collection, Connecticut, US, Town Birth Records, Guilford Vital Records, 1639-1850: p. 84, Dowd, Ebenezer, s. Ebenezer and Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1744, Vol 2, Pg 81.
• Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934. Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F72G-Q3G : accessed 16 June 2015), Ebenezer Dowd in entry for Tamson Dowd, 22 Sep 1820; citing , reference 00091; FHL microfilm 3,343. Death Record for Ebenezer Doud, spouse Tamson, son of Ebenezer.
• Connecticut, US, Church Records, Vol 062 Madison, pg. 70:
  • Ebenezer, d. Oct, 1805, age 61, Vol 2, Pg. 11
• Connecticut, US, Hale Collection, Connecticut Newspaper Notices, Vol 13: Doud, Ebenezer, East Guilford, died Sept 30, 1805.
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• Find A Grave: Memorial #61366538
• Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book, Vol 90:1911, p. 8, Mrs. Susie Dowd Norton (#89025): Ebenezer Dowd (1744-1805), m. 1765 to Tamson Wilcox (1747-1820), was a member of the train band, 1775, in 6th company, 7th regiment, Connecticut Line. He was born in East Guilford CT.
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• US, Sons of the American Revolution, Application # 60025 (NY 6831), 1941 by (Nelson) Julian Wheaton Bowes, descendant of Ebenezer Dowd 2nd, member of the (Guilford Train Band), Seventh Regiment, 6th Co. (Capt. Daniel Hand's Company, 1775), Connecticut Troops, Revolutionary War.

• Connecticut Archives, Revolutionary War, Series 1, Index: Dowd, Ebenezer, priv., Guilford, half-days training, 1775 (6th co. East Guilford trainband commanded by Capt. Daniel Hand; 7th regt.) --- IIA:19a
• Dowd, WW. "The Descendants of Henry Doude, who came from England in 1639." Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1885.
  • Pg. 15: #201. Ebenezer, 2nd, in the division of lands of his father, received the homestead in Hammonassett where he raised his family of eight boys. Ebenezer was a farmer. He was an officer in the Revolutionary War, and was in the war about seven years. His hardships in war brought on the rheumatism, which incapacitated him for labor from many years before his death."
  • http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/544651-the-descendants-of-henry-doude-who-came-from-england-in-1639
  • https://archive.org/details/descendantsofhen00hartiala
• Talcott, Alvan. Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1984), Vol. I, pp. 147, 149
  • Ebenezer Dowd, b. Apr 27, 1707, d. Apr 11, 1789, m. Mary (last name and date not given), b. 1727, d. 1807.
  • Ebenezer, son of above, b. Oct 5, 1744, d. Sep 30, 1805; m. Tamsen Wilcox (sic) (date not given), b. 1747, d. 1820. They had 8 children between 1766 and 1784.