Person:John Dam (7)

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Deacon John Dam
b.23 Feb 1667/68 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States
d.Aft 1739
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Nov 1664
  1. John Dam1665/66 - Bef 1667/68
  2. Deacon John Dam1667/68 - Aft 1739
  3. Alice Dam1670 - 1690/91
  4. Deacon Moses Dam1673 - Bet 1751 & 1754
  5. Bethia Dam1675 - Bet 1743 & 1751
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Deacon John Dam1667/68 - Aft 1739
  • W.  Jane Rowe (add)
m. Abt 1690
  1. Zebulon Dam1692 -
  2. John Dam1695 - 1768
  3. Richard Dam1699 - 1776
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Deacon John Dam
Alt Name[2] John Dame
Gender Male
Birth[1] 23 Feb 1667/68 Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage Abt 1690 Dover, Strafford, NHto Jane Rowe (add)
Marriage to Elizabeth Hoitt
Living[1] 1739 Deeded homestead to son John.
Death[1] Aft 1739
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 3 Sergt. John Dam (2); 4 Dea. John Dam (3), in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
    181.

    John Dam, b. 23 Feb. 1667-8, liv. 1734. 4 Dea. John Dam (3). Constable 1696. … In 1739 he deeded the homestead at Dam's Point, Newington, to son John. Wife Jane Rowe (Richard). 2 Nov. 1732 he m. as her 4th husb. Elizabeth (Haley), wid. of Nicholas Hilliard, who d. Feb. 1765, ag. 99, leaving the most of ab. 300 descendants living. Ch: Zebulon, Rochester, mar. 16 Aug. 1716 Abigail Bickford(4). 6 ch. bp. John, had homestead at Dam's Pt., Newington, d. 1768; m. 20 Feb. 1718 Elizabeth Bickford(4). 11 ch. Richard, d. 13 May 1776, m. 24 Jan. 1724 Elizabeth Leighton (Thos.) 8 ch. Elnathan, Dover, m. 1 Nov. 1736 Mary Rollins. 3 ch. bap. Also presum. Alice, or Eliza, m. 5 May 1720 Samuel Rawlins.

  2. ↑ Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908)
    3:1486.

    "(III) John Dame, second child of Sergeant John and Elizabeth (Furber) Dame, was born in Newington, February 23, 1668. He became prominent in the civil and religious affairs of his native town, which he represented at the general assembly in Portsmouth, and in 1722 he was one of the proprietors of Rochester. The date of his death does not appear in the records at hand. He married for his first wife Jane Rowe, born 1718, daughter of Richard Rowe. His second wife was Elizabeth Hoitt, and she survived him. His children, all of his first union were: 1. Zebulon, married Abigail Bickford and settled in Rochester. 2. John, married Elizabeth Bickford and remained in Newington. 3. Richard, see next paragraph. 4. Elnathan, a resident of Rochester and a member of Colonel Blanchard's regiment which served at Crown Point in 1758. 5. Eliza, who became the wife of Samuel Rawlins."

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