Person:Francis Dowse (1)

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Francis Dowse
b.Bef 1617
d.Bet 13 Dec 1680 and 23 Dec 1680 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
m. Bef 1642
  1. Elizabeth Dowse1642 - Bet 1663/64 & 1667
  2. Mary DowseAbt 1644 - Aft 1697
  3. Hannah Dowse1645/46 -
  4. Sarah DowseAbt 1647 - Bef 1657
  5. Lydia Dowse1650 - 1654
  6. Deborah Dowse1651 - Bet 1680 & 1697
  7. Naomi Dowse1653 - 1654
  8. Lydia Dowse1654/55 - 1708
  9. Sarah Dowse1657 - Bet 1680 & 1697
  10. Naomi Dowse1658/59 - 1715
Facts and Events
Name[1] Francis Dowse
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1617 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Emigration[1] Est 1639
Residence[1] 30 Dec 1639 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1642 New England (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Katherine Unknown
Other[1] 2 Jun 1641 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesAdmitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay.
Will[1] 13 Dec 1680
Death[1] Bet 13 Dec 1680 and 23 Dec 1680 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesBetween date of will and date of probate.
Probate[1] 23 Dec 1680 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Coddington, John Insley. Francis Dowse of Boston and his Ten Daughters. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jul 1969)
    29:161-64.

    (Francis Dowse), whose parentage and place of birth are at present unknown, was probably born in England about 1610-1620. He was listed as an inhabitant of Boston, 30 December 1639, and probably arrived not long before that date. He was admitted to the church in Boston on 20 June 1640, being at that time in the employ of George Burden, shoemaker and tanner, and he lived "on the left side of Summer Street, going from High (now Washington) Street." He became a freeman of Boston on 2 June 1641,and later became a tanner and leather merchant of some prominence. He was chosen Constable of Boston on 8 March 1658, and was listed as a sealer of leather on 16 March 1674. He owned houses and yards on Elm Street in Boston, of which he disposed in his will, which was dated 13 December and proved at Boston 23 December 1680, so that is apparent that he died at Boston between those dates.