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On the same day, Rev, Francis Doughty deeded the reversion of this property to his son Enoch Doughty, who seems to have heretofore escaped the eye of the historian.

Enoch Doughty died in Virginia between 1675 and 1677 and willed his property to his children (not named) with instructions to his brother Francis, who was one of the executors, to sell all his property, because he wanted his children to move out of the country.

A memorandum attached to the will seems to show that in 1677 Francis Doughty, Jr., was in England, and among other things had some tobacco to sell for joint account of himself and his brother Enoch.

I have found a record of Enoch Doughty in Maryland as early as Sept., 1658. He had then a wife, Mary, and a daughter, Joy. Joy Doughty was living in 1668, but I have found no record of the names of the other children.

After the 18 of March, 1668-9, I find no record of Rev. Francis Doughty. Whether he went to Long Island and joined his son Elias, or went back to England, is yet to be learned.

Ann (Eaton) Doughty died in Maryland in the spring of 1683, and as there was quite a contest of her estate, we get a much better chance to know her family than usual.

Her will left all of her property to her grand-children by her first and second husbands, and no mention is made of any Doughty.

From the legal papers filed in connection with the suit re- ferred to, and from other facts of record it would seem that her first husband was a brother of the wife of Gov. William Stone of Maryland.

It has been known for a longtime that the will of Gov. Stone mentions "brother-in-law, Francis Doughty," and different writers have explained the connection in different ways.

It is often stated that the wife of Rev. Francis Doughty was Bridget Stone, usually with a question mark, as if the writer had grave doubts as to the accuracy of his statement.

Others have stated that Rev. Francis Doughty's sister married Gov. Stone."

It will be noted that in this statement Mr. Burton says that he has found a record in Maryland of Enoch Doughty as early as September, 1658, and that he then had a wife Mary and a daugh- ter Joy. Now, as Francis Doughty left Long Island in 1648 and that there was no reference whatever to any son Enoch, it is dif- ficult to explain how ten years later there could be a married son with children living in Maryland. It would seem as though there must be some other explanation of this, and this I leave for future investigation.

2. Mary Doughty (daughter of Rev. Francis Doughty and Bridget, his wife). Married first at the Dutch Church in New York City, Oct. 22, 1645, Dr. Adrien Van Der Donck; he was known as the Younkers Van der Donck. They lived on the Hudson River, a few miles above New York City, at a place now