Individual Details
Sergeant John Dowd
(3 Feb 1691 - 1745)
Events
| Birth | 3 Feb 1691 | Guilford, Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | 11 Nov 1736 | Middletown, New Haven Co., CT - Rebecca Higby | |||
| Death | 1745 |  |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca Higby (1715 - 1760) |
| Child | John Dowd (1739 - 1824) |
| Father | John Dowd (1650 - 1712) |
| Mother | Mary Bartlett (1670 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Doud (1688 - ) |
| Sibling | Jacob Doud (1693 - 1735) |
| Sibling | David Dowd (1695 - 1740) |
| Sibling | Abraham Dowd (1697 - 1781) |
| Sibling | Isaac Doud (1700 - 1769) |
| Sibling | Hannah Doud (1703 - ) |
| Sibling | Ebenezer Doud (1706 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Doud (1708 - ) |
Notes
Death
Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records(Hartford District),
Charles W. Manwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 3, p 400
Sergt. John DOUD, Middletown. Invt. £563-19-03. Taken 31 Oct 1745, by Nathaniel BACON, Joseph ADKINS, & John WARNER.
Court Record, Page 64 -- 5 Nov 1745: Adms. granted to Edward HIGBEE ofMiddletown, who gave bond with Henry KING of Middletown for £600.
Page 5 (Vol XV) -- 26 May 1745-6: This Court appoint Mr. Edward HIGBEEof Middletown to be guardian to the children of John DOWD, late ofMiddletown decd. : to Elizabeth, 8 years of age, John 6 years, Rebeckahand Mary DOWD, all children of John DOWD, late of Middletown decd.Recog., £1000. And the sd. Edward HIGBEE, guardian to the aforesd.children, showing to this Court that there is one piece or parcel ofland in sd. Middletown belonging to the heirs of Jacob DOWD, which lyesin common or joynt tenancy between Joseph TIBBLES, Jr., of Durham, inNew Haven County, in right of his wife Esther DOWD, alias TIBBALS,daughter of Jacob DOWD, & Samuel GREEN, Jr., of sd. Middletown, inright of his wife Sarah DOWD and as he is guardian to Rachel & LoisDOWD, children of sd. Jacob DOWD decd., which land is butted andbounded north on John STRICKLAND, south on Nathaniel BACON's land, easton the commons, and west supposed to be on the town line: And thisCourt do appoint and impower William ROCKWELL, Nathaniel BACON(carpenter) and John WARNER, of Middletown, or any two of them, withthe sd. guardian, to make divisions and partitions of sd. lands, andmake return of their doings to this Court.
Page 11 -- 13 May 1746: Edward HIGBEE, Adms., exhibited an account of his Adms. Accepted.
Page 25 -- 7 Oct 1746: Some further addition to the account of Adms. was exhibited, which was also accepted by the Court.
Page 27 -- 13 Nov 1746: Whereas, at the General Assembly holden at NewHaven the 2nd Thrusday of October, Anno. Dom., 1746, Edward HIGBEE ofMiddletown, in the County of Hartford, Adms. on the estate of JohnDOWD, obtained liberty of sd. Assembly to sell so much of the realestate of the sd. decd. as will pay the sum of £404-08-08 with incidentcharges, taking advice of the Court of Probate in Hartford, this Courtdirects sd. Adms. to set up advertisements on the sign post inMiddletown, &c, &c, &c.
Page 39 -- 2 Jun 1747: Edward HIGBEE, Adms., now exhibits an account ofthe sale of lands pursuant to the direction of this Court on the 13thof November, 1746, as follows:Sold to Jacob DOWD of Middletown, 3 acres at £47-00-00
Sold to Jacob DOWD of Middletown, 9 acres & 54 rods, £100-00-00
Sold to Moses PERSONS, of Middletown, 6 acres & 86 rods, £ 76-15-00
Sold to Jacob DOWD of Middletown, 4 acres, £45-00-00
Sold to Jacob DOWD of Middletown, 2-7 parts of one acre of land and buildings, £60-00-00
Credits received, £7-10-0
Also, the Adm. exhibits a further amount of debts due from the sd. estate, £25-13-00
Account of incident charges arising on the sale of land, £7-09-06
All which is by this Court allowed.