DOW John, Esq.^[1]

1743 - 1815  (72 years)

• Name	DOW John
  Suffix	Esq.
  Birth	10 Feb 1742/3	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9F19508C897945FAB52EE2512F5F65DBB947
  Death	21 Feb 1815	Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States   [2, 4]
  	(aged 72.)
  Burial	Aft 21 Feb 1815	Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States   [4]
  	Address: Old Burial Ground AKA Old Atkinson Cemetery
  		John Dow, Esq. gravestone
  		John & Anna (Atwood) Dow gravestones
  Notes	Dow, John, Haverhill. Enlistment agreement dated Feb. 27, 1775, signed by said Dow and others, engaging themselves to serve for the Province for the term of 1 year unless sooner discharged; also, Private, Capt. James Sawyer's co. of Minute-men, Col. James Frye's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service not given; also, Capt. James Sawyer's co., Col. James Frye's regt.; return of men in camp at Cambridge dated May 17, 1775; also, list of men returned as serving on picket guard under Maj. Baldwin May 23, 1775; reported detailed under Lieut. Jesse Hollister; also, Capt. Sawyer's co., Col. Frye's regt.; company receipt for advance pay dated June -, 1775; also, Private, same co. and regt.; company return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Cambridge, Dec. 26, 1775; also, return of men enlisted by Lieut. Samuel Carr to serve in the Continental Army in Col. Loammi Baldwin's regt., dated Chelsea, Dec. 7, 1775; also, Private, Capt. Ezra Badlam's co., Col. Loammi Baldwin's (26th) regt.; abstract for advance pay, etc., for Jan., 1776; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstracts for Feb.-June, 1776, dated New York; also, return of men detached from Capt. Badlam's co. to attack the enemy at Trenton [year not given]; also, return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Nathaniel Marsh's (1st Haverhill) co., dated Haverhill, Feb. 12, 1778; residence, Haverhill; engaged [p.912] for town of Haverhill; joined Capt. Amos. Cogswell's co., Col. Weston's (Wesson's) regt.; term, 3 years, to expire Jan. 1, 1780; also, Sergeant, 2d co., Col. James Wesson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, order on Col. Baldwin, payable to Col. Wesson, for travel allowance, etc., for 1776, dated Upper Merry, Dec. 26, 1777; also, Capt. Amos Cogswell's co., Col. James Wesson's regt.; muster return dated Jan. 25, 1778; mustered by Esquire Cushing; also, certificate dated Newbury, March 17, 1779, signed by Capt. Samuel Carr, stating that said Dow, Sergeant in Capt. Cogswell's co., Col. Wesson's regt., enlisted for 3 years or during war, was in service on or before Aug. 15, 1777, and had not been absent since without leave.
  Person ID	I92307	Noyes Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2011

  
  

  Father	DOW John,   b. 19 Aug 1709, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 20 Jan 1780, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 70 years)
  Mother	HAINES Mehitable,   b. 25 Jan 1709   d. 23 Oct 1783, Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1728  [2, 5]
  Family ID	F31959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ATWOOD Anna,   b. 14 Oct 1744, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 13 Nov 1813, Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1764  [6]
  Children	1. Rev. DOW Moses,   b. 4 Feb 1771, Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 9 May 1837, Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States (Age 66 years)   2. DOW Job,   b. 26 Jan 1777, Atkinson, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States d. 29 Oct 1857 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F36834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2024

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1892] Book-Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 4:912. [S4122] Book-Atkinson - Then and Now, p.264. [S297] Book-VR Haverhill, MA, 1:94. [S86] Death-gravestone, Old Burial Ground AKA Old Atkinson Cemetery; Atkinson, NH. [S4269] Book-The Book of Dow, p.727. [S4269] Book-The Book of Dow, p.739.