Dow, Jonathan (1737-1814)

Name:

Dow, Jonathan (1737-1814)

Title:

N.H. Legislator from Weare, NH

Born:

11/28/1737

Birthplace:

Seabrook/Hampton, NH

Died:

04/30/1814

Residence:

Seabrook (Hampton?), NH
Kensington, NH
Weare, NH -- moved in 1768.

Occupation:

Quaker Preacher -- 4th generation of Seabrook Friends Quaker preachers.

Father:

Dow, Abraham (-1784)

Mother:

Green, Phoebe (1715-1816)

Relations:

Siblings:
Dow, Josiah (1736-; died young)
Dow, Jedidiah (1739-)
Dow, Benjamin (1742-)
Dow, Judith (1745-; m.Samuel Collins 1766)
Dow, Abial or Abigail (1748-; m. cousin John Dow 1769)
Dow, Anna (1750/6-)
Dow, Abraham (1751/7-)
Dow, Mary (175_)

Spouse:

Roberts, Keziah (1739-1826)

Children:

Dow, Phoebe (1761-1819; m. Humphrey Peaslee of Weare, NH; d. Henniker, NH; children, including Keziah)
Dow, Stephen (1764-1842; farmer, tanner, & merchant; res. N. Weare, NH and Woburn, MA; m. Peace Neal 1791; children)
Dow, Judith (1766-)
Dow, Anna (1768-; m. Levi Hoag 1795)
Dow, Mary (1774-; m. David Green 1793)
Dow, Keziah (1776/7-; m. Carlton Clement 1797)

Notes:

M. Keziah Roberts (1739-1826, of Dover, NH) 1760, Berwick, dau. of Keziah & Stephen Roberts of Dover, N.H.
The Book of Dow, by R. P. Dow (pp.320), re Jonathan Dow: "Jonathan was soon elected selectman [Weare, NH] and served a very long series of terms in the Legislature. His speech of Jan 15, 1788, in opposition to the existence of negro slavery led to its prohibition by the State constitution."