Dorothy (May) Dana (abt. 1736 - 1779)

Born about 9 Dec 1736 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Amariah Dana — married 30 Jun 1763 (to Dec 1779) in Massomuck, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1779 at about age 43 in Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Dorothy (May) Dana was a Massachusettsan.

Dorothy was born in 1736. She passed away in 1779.

Birth

Dorothy May was born in Dec 1736 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, ^[1] daughter of Eleazer May and Dorothy Davis. ^[2][3][4]

Marriage

Married Amariah Dana 30 Jun 1763 (as his First Wife) at Pomfret, Connecticut. ^[5][6][7] (she died in 1779 ^[3][8])

8 Children ^[A][9][10] (Roman numerals indicate birth order ^[7])

1. (i) Ezra Dana, b. 1 May 1764 at Pomfret, Connedticut^[11] ; d. 7 Jan 1776 at Amherst, Massachusetts. ^{[12] [13]}
2. (ii) Lucinda (Dana) Sprout, b. 03 Nov 1765 At Pomfret, Connecticut ^[14][15]; d. 14 Jul 1856 ^[16].
3. (iii) Eleazar Dana, b. 6 Aug 1767 at Pomfret, Connecticut ^{[17] [18]}; d.1838
4. (iv) Dorothy (Dana) Marsh, b. 22 Sep 1769 at Pomfret. ^[19]; m. Abner Marsh, 7 Mar 1788 at Amherst ^[10]
5. (v) Lucretia Dana (I) b. 3 Nov 1771 at Pomfret, Connecticut ^[20] ; d. 9 Mar 1773 ^[21] at Belchertown, Massachusetts. Fell under a wagon wheel. ^{[10] [22][7]}
6. (vi) Lucretia (Dana) Goddard (II) b. 09 Oct 1773 at Amherst, Massachusetts ^[23][3]; adopted by Col John May of Boston; m. Nathaniel Goddard, 2 May 1797 at Boston ^[7]; d. 21 Jan 1866 ^[24]
7. (vii) Mary (Dana) Cowing, b. 17 Apr 1775 at Amherst ^[25]
8. (viii) Freedom (Dana) Wyllys, b. 02 May 1777 at Amherst, Massachusets ^[26]; d. 1869 ^[B]

Death

She passed away in 1779, in Amhurst, Massachusetts ^[3]

Research Notes

A. I have linked the Find a Grave site here ^[3]. Please notice that the children up until Freedom have records with a birth mother named Dorothy. Freedom was born in 1777 ^[3].

B. (Original Note - records have been found since this was written) Following Freedom is a gap of 9 years. Ruth Williams is probably the birth mother of the children born in 1786 and after ^[3]. I did not see a death record for Dorothy or a marriage record for Ruth.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-QHBW?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-7MS%3A353350401%2C355675801%2C355679401 : 13 July 2016), Suffolk > Roxbury > Births, marriages, deaths 1630-1844 > image 37 of 252; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ Dorothy May, 1736.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 April 2019), memorial page for Dorothy May Dana (9 Dec 1736–9 Dec 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #181510426, citing South Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Lynne Ream (contributor 47484531)
4. ↑ Vital records of Roxbury Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849. Vol 1 Births
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-2C29 : 21 September 2019), Amariah Dana in entry for Dorothy May, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272240.
6. ↑ Dorothy May, citing marriage, compiled by Lucius A. & Lucius B, Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford Connecticut, FHL microfilm 008272240.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Dana Pg 67
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)] (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-Q9ZN-R?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-SPB%3A353350301%2C353386901%2C353388401 : 20 May 2014), Hampshire > Amherst > Births, marriages, deaths 1747-1836 vol 1 > image 7 of 97; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Records all the Children 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
11. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7H9-98S : 7 January 2020), Amariah Dana in entry for Ezra Dana, 1764.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1C-H2H : 14 February 2020), Ezra Dona, 1776.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Amariah Dona in entry for Ezra Dona, Jan 1776; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Mass., reference v 1 p 6; FHL microfilm 186,126
14. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WT-LRC : 7 January 2020), Amariah Dana in entry for Lucinda Dana, 1765.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Amariah Dana in entry for Lucinda Dana, 03 Nov 1765; citing AMHERST, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128
16. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Amaziah Dana in entry for Lucinda Sproul Or Sprout, 14 Jul 1856; citing Chicopee Falls, reference p 37 no. 1402; FHL microfilm 2,027,070
17. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7H9-92J : 7 January 2020), Amariah Dana in entry for Eleazer Dana, 1767.
18. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (11 February 2018), Amariah Dana in entry for Eleazer Dana, 06 Aug 1767; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown
19. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (20 February 2019), Amariah in entry for Dorothy Dana, 22 Sep 1769; citing Birth, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272229
20. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WT-LRQ : 7 January 2020), Dorothy in entry for Lucretia Dana, 1771.
21. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Amariah Denny in entry for Lucretia, 09 Mar 1773; citing Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, reference p108; FHL microfilm 1,862,889
22. ↑ Lehmann Page 1
23. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (9 February 2018), Amariah Dana in entry for Leucretia Dana, 09 Oct 1773; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, v 1 p 6; FHL microfilm 186,126
24. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910," database, FamilySearch (accessed 29 April 2016), Lucretia Dana Goddard, 21 Jan 1866; citing , reference 243; FHL microfilm 593,726.
25. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (9 February 2018), Amariah Dana in entry for Mary Dana, 17 Apr 1775; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, v 1 p 6; FHL microfilm 186,126
26. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Amariah Dana in entry for Freedom Dana, 1777; citing AMHERST, HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 186,128

See Also:

• Dana, Elizabeth Ellery. The Dana Family in America (Cambridge, Mass., 1956) Page 67-71
• FamilySearch.org entry for Dorothy May; accessed 26 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 #181510426
• Lamberton, Roy S., Ed.; Unpublished "Dana Genealogy" (Red binder) held by Roy S. Lamberton
• Lehmann, Louis, Author; AMARIAH DANA AND HIS RELATIVES, PATRIOTS, REBELS AND MORE .PDF Manuscript saved on FamilySearch.org.