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Samuel Dow c, was a sailor, impecunious. Many such were on ships coming to America before 1790 and some remained here. Savage, Genealogical Dictionary , mentions Samuel Dow of Hartford m Dec 12 1665, Mary, dau of first George Graves of Hartford. Samuel was at sea 1672 - 1674. After that he might have settled down; he d June 2 1690 in his Hartford home. That he had more than one child is evident from some court proceedings: A Generall Courte Held at Hartford Oct 8, 1674: Mary Dowe of Hartforde, informeing this Court that her husband being gone to sea and not being heard of for nearly two yeares, and leaving her destitute of supplyes necessary for the mayntenance of herself and children, she is fallen into debt and knowes not how to pay the same without it be by the sale of her house and lott, and therefore desired thie Court to empower her so to doe - the Court considering the permises doe see good reason to grant her desire, and doe accordingly give her full power to grant, bargain and sell the sayd house and lott, and her deed therein shall be esteemed good and valid in the law. Hartford District, Mainwaring, Probate Rec supply some more: 438: Dow, Samuel. Died June 2 1690. Invt. L 21-15-00. Taked 24 Oct 1690, by George Graves Sen. and Thomas Olcott. Court Rec p 19-5, Nov 1690. Invt exhibited. It is sure, then, that Samuel had little of his own and was more or less of a rolling stone. It is sure that he had "children". Only 1 is proved : Sarah, the daughter of goodwife Dow (bapt) (Second Church, Hartford) ffebry 2, 1672. What became of her is unknown. From here the line listed in the Book of Dow is very much assumed. He gives Edmund Dow as cb stating him known only by rec of a son: a. George bap (2nd Church) Aug 7 1720, son to Edmund Dow. If this was an infant baptism, Edmund was surely very mature in 1720. At this point all proof of connection ends. We know that the Connecticut Dows of early times were the brothers ahc, ahd and ahg, who came about 1715 and had large posterity. These lines have been so well studied that an overlooked member in Connecticut before 1775 is extremely improbable. There is a temptation, then, to place any unknown Dow of Connecticut in the c family. This is dangerous to accuracy, for little by little all such are found to be members of the a or b families and come from other New England states. Unless there was and immigrant Dow unknown, there are two families which still must be regarded as c. Henry M Stiles, Ancient Wethersfield, has dug up so many Dows there that it seems impossible that they should be a or b people. To accommodate them, we suppose that the baptism of George Dow cba, was as an adult. By such supposition, dates fit much better. We further suppose that George Dow cba, settled in Wethersfield and had at least 1 child: a. Edmund b 1728 (this from his death rec) The line from here goes on with more supposition and guessing. Further investigation is required to prove this line. If anyone has any info on this line or would like copies of the pages from the Book of Dow concerning this line please mailto:mc.tigger@verizon.net
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