Individual Details
David Dowd
(15 Mar 1695 - 6 Sep 1740)
Events
| Birth | 15 Mar 1695 | Guilford, Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | 24 Sep 1718 | Middletown, Connecticut, British America - Mary Cornwall | |||
| Death | 6 Sep 1740 | Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut |  |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Cornwall (1700 - 1772) |
| Child | Cornwall Dowd (1719 - 1744) |
| Child | David Dowd (1721 - ) |
| Child | Richard Dowd (1724 - ) |
| Child | Captain Benjamin Dowd (1726 - ) |
| Child | Mary Dowd (1728 - 1745) |
| Child | Desire Dowd (1730 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Dowd (1733 - ) |
| Child | Giles Dowd (1735 - 1776) |
| Child | Jane Dowd (1738 - ) |
| Child | Ebenezer Dowd (1740 - ) |
| Father | John Dowd (1650 - 1712) |
| Mother | Mary Bartlett (1670 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Doud (1688 - ) |
| Sibling | Sergeant John Dowd (1691 - 1745) |
| Sibling | Jacob Doud (1693 - 1735) |
| 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
David DOUD, Middletown. Invt. £1234-19-04. Taken 20 November1740, by Nathaniel GILBERT, William ROCKWELL, & Joseph CLARK. Willdated 19 Jul 1740.
I, David DOUD of Middletown, in the County of Hartford, do make this mylast will & testament: My will is that my estate be settledaccording to the antient [sic] custom of this Colony relateing tointestate estates, and appoint my wife Mary and my eldest son CornwellDOUD executors.
David DOUD, L. S.
Witness:
Joseph CLARK,
Miriam CLARK,
William ROCKWELL
Court Record, Page 80 -- 6 Jan 1740-1: Will proven.
Page 24 (Vol XIV) 7 Jun 1743: Mary DOUD & Cornwell DOUD, executorsto the last will & testament of David DOUD, late of Middletown,presented an account of £121-06-02. Allowed and ordered on file. Andthey move this Court that the estate be distributed according to thewill, whereupon this Court appoint Lt. Nathaniel GILBERT, WilliamROCKWELL, and Jonathan ALLYN, of Windsor, distributors. This Courtappoint Cornwell DOUD of Middletown to be guardian to Giles DOUD, age 8years, and Ebenezer DOUD, age 4 years, children of David DOUD. Recog.,£200.
Page 25 -- 7 Jun 1743: This Court appoint Mary DOUD, widow, o beguardian to Desiah DOUD, Hannah & Jane DOUD, minor children ofDavid DOUD. Recog., £200. And Richard DOUD, age 19 years, Benjamin, 17,& Mary 15, chose their uncle Joseph CLARKE of Middletown to betheir guardian. Recog., £500.
Dist. File: 7 Jun 1743: To Mrs. Mary DOUD, widow; to Cornwell, toDavid, to Richard, to Benjamin, to Giles, to Ebenezer, to Mary, toDesiah, to Hannah, and to Jane DOUD. By Nathaniel GILBERT & WilliamROCKWELL.
Page 29 -- 6 Sep 1743: Report of the distributors.