DOWD, DOUDE, DOWDE or DOWDY, GEORGE, Concord, freem. 1645. HENRY, Guilford 1639, d. or was bur. 31 Aug. 1668. By w. Elizabeth wh. d. 1683, had Rebecca; Mary; Sarah; John, b. 24 May 1650; Thomas; and Jacob, 16 Feb. 1653, all liv. in 1680, beside Jeremiah, wh. d. 1668; and Elizabeth wh. d. 1669. Rebecca m. 1662, Daniel Evarts; Mary m. 1666, Samuel Hughes; and Sarah m. a Bowers. JOHN, Guilford, s. of the preced. m. 1679, Hannah, had Cornelius, b. 1680; and Sarah, 1682. His w. d. 1687, and he m. 1688, Mary Bartlett, had Mary, b. 1688; John, 1691; Jacob, 1693; David, 1695; Abraham, 1697; Isaac, 1699; Hannah, 1703; Ebenezer, 1706; and Elizabeth 1708. THOMAS, Guilford, br. of the preced. m. 1678, Ruth Johnson, had Ebenezer, b. 1680, d. young; Thomas; Mehitable; Joseph, 1688; and Abraham, 1690. This name, when uttered as one syl. easily bec. Dodd, in careless hands.