Person:Anne Kettell (1)

Anne Kettell
b.Abt 1763
m. 9 Feb 1783
  1. Anne Dowse1784 - 1815
  2. Abba Dowse1785 - 1812
  3. Alice Dowse1787 -
Facts and Events
Name Anne Kettell
Gender Female
Birth[2] Abt 1763
Marriage 9 Feb 1783 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Samuel Dowse
Death[1] Aug 1845 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
    Vol. 2, p. 537.

    DOWSE, Ann Kettell, w. of Samual, [died] Aug. 1845, a. 82 y. GR3
    [Birth about 1763. GR3=Mount Auburn Cemetery]

  2. A couple of secondary sources (e.g., Source:Jewett, Frederic Clarke. History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, p. 240; Source:Dows, Azro Milton. The Dows or Dowse Family in America, p. 56) both says Ann was b. in Charlestown "the last day of June, 1764". No such record is found, and the age on her gravestone works out to 1763. Source:Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Records of the First Church in Charlestown, 1632-1789, p. 156, shows the baptism on 8 May 1763 of "Susannah D of James & [blank] Kettell", which makes a child born June 1764 a little sooner than typical, and suggests some confusion without offering an easy explanation.