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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" dated January 2007, Vol 161 states that "John Doggett (born say 1600, died 1673) married Alice Brotherton (born 1603) in 1622; they immigrated to Watertown, MA, in 1630, moved to Rehoboth, MA by 1646 and to Martha's Vineyard by 1651" and that "Joseph Daggett was the youngest child of John and Alice". The marriage date does not match up with his childern's births from his second wife.

Per page V of Appendix to "Titus Family in America" by Dorothy M. Titus dated July 1943: John Dagget born Nov 4, 1602 died May 1673 at Plymouth, MA. Came to America in 1630 with Governor Winthrop. Name of first wife unknown. They had 5 children and all were born at Watertown, MA (?). He married 2nd Bathshela Pratt.

Listed in "The History of Martha's Vineyard" by Dr. Charles Edward Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 126-145.

Per "Our Family" by Willard Manning Daggett dated 1977, John Doggett sailed with Governor John Winthrop in 1630 from England to Salem, MA. Soon after this group went up the Charles River and started the town of Watertown, MA. Among his fellow-townsmen was Thomas Mayhew, who was granted ownership of Nantucket, Marth's Vineyard and Elizabeth Islands. Thomas Mayhew and his son, Thomas Jr., granted to John Doggett land on Martha's Vineyard for settlement of the island in 1641 and 1642 (John Doggett's son Thomas married Thomas Mayhew Sr's daughter Hannah Mayhew). John Doggett married 1st (date, place and to whom is not known); married 2nd Bathsheba Pratt, widow in Plymouth, Mass. Death date and location is from this source. All of his childern from his first marriage are named in his will dated 17 May 1673.

See "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register" by James Savage dated 1860 Vol II page 2: Doged, or Doggett, as on rec. at Watertown, but Doghead, or Doged, at Plymouth, *JOHN, Watertown 1630, prob. came in the fleet with Winth. for 19 Oct. he desired adm. and 18 May 1631 was made freem.; rem. perhaps with Mayhew to the Vineyard, and 1645 to Rehoboth, was rep. 1648. He m. at Plymouth, 29 Aug. 1667, prob. as sec. w. wid. Bathsheba Pratt, then call. him. of Martin's Vineyard.

See "The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson dated 1995, Vol I pages 568-572. First wife is unknown and second wife was Bathshebath Prat, widow of Joshua Pratt.

See "Comstock-Thomas Ancestry of Richard Wilmot Comstock" by H. Minot Pitman assisted by Donald Lines Jacobus dated 1964 page 85: married first Hepzibah (possibly Brotherton); married 2nd, Plymouth, MA, 29 Aug 1667, Bathsheba, widow of Joshus Pratt. He came in Winthrop Fleet in 1630, settling first at Salem, then Charlestown, then Watertown where he was admitted as a freeman 18 May 1631. He went to Rehoboth with the early pioneers about 1646. By 1651 he was at Edgartown, on Martha's Vineyard when he was chosen Corporal there. Granted rights in the settlement in 1642 by Thomas Mayhew. By 1660 he had become embroiled in a land dispute with Mayhew, which he finally won but which caused him to be alienated from Mayhew and he removed to Plymouth after 1665. His will will dated 17 May 1673, was proved 4 June 1673.

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John was one of the many Puritans who came to this country as part of Governor Winthrop's contingent of 1630, settling first in Boston, then Charlestown and Watertown. In Watertown he befriended the young and eterprising Thomas Mayhew, for in 1641 he was one of the original five proprietors of Mayhew's newly purchased 'estate' of Martha's Vineyard. He evidently took up residence in Reheboth briefly before moving to the island between 1648 and 1652. There his friendship with the governor was renewed. His homelot, detailed by his son in 1668, was the house directly south of the Governor's, and he was appointed assistant to the chief magistrate of the Island (Governor Mayhew). Things didn't fare so well between the two in the latter part of the decade, however, for the governor got angry with John for purchasing some land from the Indians without his permission, Mayhew claiming that he didn't have title to that land in the first place. John won the dispute, but to smooth ruffled feathers consented to a curious 'submission' to the authority of the governor that Thomas was demanding of the people of the island to consolidate his authority. Things were never the same again, and in 1665 John left the island to settle in Plymouth, where he remarried, his wife of 30 some years having died in this decade. John died at the age of 70 after six years of marriage to Bathsheba Pratt. [Source: Banks, Charles, The History of Martha's Vineyard in Three Volumes (Edgartown, Dukes Co. Hist. Society, 1966)] April 8, 1630, a fleet of four ships sailed from the Isle of Wight, England, bringing Governor Winthrop and his company; they reached this country between June 12 and July 2. John Daggett was one of the passengers. He settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, where he was made a freeman May 18, 1631About 1646 he removed to Rehoboth, where he was granted lands. In 1648 he was Deputy for Rehoboth. December 1, 1642, he received a grant of twenty acres from Gov. Thomas Mayhew at Marthas Vine yard, where March 29, 1651/2, he was chosen Corporal of the military company on the Vineyard. In the same year he was one of the committee with Mayhew to lay out all highways, and on June 8, 1653, he was chosen Chief Magistrate to manage the business of the Island. His home lot where he lived at Great Harbor was the first one south of Governor Mayhew's. He purchased "Farm Neck," a farm of five hundred acres, from the Indians, December 17, 1660, without the consent of Governor Mayhew;?? litigation with Mayhew followed. Soon after 1665 he moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where his wife died. He married second Bathsheba Pratt (probably the widow of Joshua Pratt), August 29, 1667, and ever after made Plymouth his home. He died in Plymouth in 1673 between May 17, the date of his will, and June 4, when it was probated. In his will which was proved June 4, 1673, he mentions his wife, to whom he gives all his clothing and household goods, all debts due him in any part of Plymouth Colony, an ox at Saconnessett, the œ5 in goods due him as part of the pay for his two oxen sold by John Eddy, and the hide and tallow of an ox "which is at the Vineyard to be sent to Boston and the quarters of the ox I give equally to my sons and daughters at the Vineyard." He mentions also two daughters, Elizabeth and Hepzibah, giving them an equal share in several pieces of land on the Island, and also equal shares of his cattle on the Island. To Thomas he gave forty acres on Elizabeth Island, and to Thomas, John, and Joseph his Edgartown lands, and the farm of twenty acres on Marthas Vineyard, "granted to me but not laid out to me." He makes his "two loving friends" overseer of that part of his estate at the Island. [Source: Pack, Charles Lathrop. Thomas Hatch of Barnstable & Some of His Descendants. Newark, New Jersey: The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey. 1930. pg 221-222]

1630 See "www.winthropsociety.org" listed as part of the Winthrop fleet passengers: John DOGGETT: Origin Groton, Suffolk, England. Came to New England 1630 with the Winthrop fleet. Resided in Watertown and Martha's Vineyard in 1651. Freeman of Massachusetts Bay Commonwealth May 1631. Occupation farmer. First Spouse unknown and she died about 1667. Children: John, Thomas, Elizabeth, Hepzibah, Joseph. His death inventory taken 26 May 1673.

Christen	1 Nov 1602	Boxford, Suffolkshire, Kingdom of England
Marriage	Abt 1625	needs confirmation, Suffolk, Kingdom of England - Hepzibah "Alice" Brotherton
Emigration	1630	and sailed in Governor John Winthrop's fleet to America, England, landed at Salem, MA
Residence (family)	25 Jul 1636	granted 30 acres in Great Dividend in Watertown, Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Hepzibah "Alice" Brotherton
Residence (family)	By 1646	Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Hepzibah "Alice" Brotherton
Freeman's Oath	7 Jun 1648	Plymouth Colony
Residence (family)	By 1651	Martha's Vineyard, British America - Hepzibah "Alice" Brotherton
Marriage	29 Aug 1667	(he is of Martha's Vineyard), Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Living
Will	13 May 1673	must likly on Marth's Vineyard, will was proved on 4 June 1673, Plymouth Colony
Death	13 May 1673 - 26 May 1673	Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America
WikiTree		Doggett-55

Spouse	Hepzibah "Alice" Brotherton (1604 - 1660)
Child	John Daggett Jr. (1626 - )
Child	Captain Thomas "Daggett" Doggett Sr. (1630 - 1691)
Child	Elizabeth Daggett (1638 - )
Child	Hepzibah Daggett (1642 - )
Child	Joseph Doggett (1647 - )

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Father	William Doggett (1557 - 1610)
Mother	Avis "Alice" Lappage (1568 - 1650)

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