Doty-Doten family in America : descendants of Edward Doty, an emigrant by the Mayflower, 1620 PDF
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NYPLRESEARCHLIBRARIES ^ 3433 06813377 o 3m *A4i9»#>« Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation J http://www.archive.org/details/dotydotenfamilyiOOdoty PY 74 (DoTu ) C. ' THE DoTY-DoTEN Family AMERICA IN Descendants of Edward Doty, An Emigrant by the Mayflower, 1620 COMPILED BY ETHAN ALLEN DOTY The fathers sleep, but men remain As wise, as true, and brave as they; Wily count the loss and not the gain?— The best is that we have to-day.—Our Country. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Published for the Author 1897 p .^-f^ M & INTRODUCTORY AND PERSONAL In the early Autumn of 1871 I received from the late Rev. Silas Ket- chum, of Bristol, N. H., a circularstatingthat he was eolhicting records ofthe family ofDoty, anddesiring all of that'name to send him all the statistics possible, with a view to the historyof the family. Ho stated alsothat his mother was Cynthia, daughterof.Kdmond, who wasasonof Captain Barnabas Doty, who was born in Rochester, Mas&.', in 1740. Until thattime my interest in such matters had Heei^ butslight but remembering that I had in my boyhood secured a statement from; my grandfather, which I still preserved,- 1 senta copyof it toMr. Ketchum, saying to him that I wouidwritetotheother relativesforsuch additions asthey could maketo therecord. Thisledto aconsiderable coixespond- ence with him, as Isecured recordsfrom anumberof relatives,and atmy suggestion, butwith his approval, I interviewed the various families of the name in New York City, Brooklyn, Newark and the vicinity. In the course of a few months Mr. Ketchum called upon me in New York, and stated thatI was collectingthe statistics faster than he couldget them fromanyothersource, and inviewof his failing health and much needed rest from hisliterary labors, he suggested that I should continue the work, he transferring to me such papers as had already come into his possession. Without much idea ofwhat this involved I consented, andsince that timeI havecollected on my own accountsuchstatistics as Icould, giving such timeto its classificationas Icould spare from avery busymercantile life, mainly inthe evenings, holidays andvacations from business. 1 find I have written over5,000 letters, have received about 2.200 repliesand in the course of myinvestigations havetraversed the counti-y from one end tothe other. I have searchedthe recordsofalmosteverycountyofNew York, NewJersey and Connecticut, and more or less in all the other Northern States asfarwest as Illinois, while I haveinterviewedmembers ofthe family in almost every State of the Union. I have made many pleasantfriends and acquaintances, have metwith uniform couitesy from Townand County Clerksand State ofTicerseverywhere, havehad amusing adventures, and have seen more of the beautiful scenery and the quiet village home life of our countrythan I could haveseen probably in any otherway. I haveno apologiesto makeforthe imperfections thatmay be found in this history. I presume all genealogists havefound it impo.ssible to get replies fromanyconsiderablenumberofthoseaddressed. This failureto securethedesiredinformation wasattimesdisheartening; at others it led meto makelongJourneysandinapersonal interviewobtainwhat I could. THE DOTY-DOTEN FAMILY. 4 To thosi-, howover, who have furnished such records asthey could, in mail}' cases of^rcat value in unravelingthe tangled clues of ancestry, I can only express my cordial thanks, and assure themthat theirencour- agement and theirdesire to see the historyin print has kept my courage good and led me to presevereto thatend. The Rev. Silas Ketchum, to whom we are indebted forthe inception ofthis work, passedawayin 1880, and many others who have contributed their information havenotlivedto seethework published. I hold their memoryin deep respect. I cannot fail here to express mygreatsense ofgratitude to Hon. WilliamT. Davis, of Plyuiouth, Mass., who rendered mevery valuableserviceinconnection with the recordsand antiquitiesof thatlocality, and totheRev. Irwin P. McCurdy, of Harmony Grove, Md., whose great interest and energetic researches have enabled him tounearth valuablerecords in fields that I had more than once trodden over. Inthe arrangementofthe work I have consideredeach child of Edward Doty, the emigrant,as th6 ancestor of a distinct branch of the fundly. Other tlian this, I have endeavored to numberthe descendants consec- utively. In conclusion, I commend this, with ray best wishes, to the family of Doty in America. ETHAN ALLEN DOTY. Bkooki.yn, N. Y. , July, 1897.
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