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Henry Doude

Henry Doude[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1612 - 1668  (56 years)    Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Henry Doude 
    Birth 1612  Guilford, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 31 Aug 1668  Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Burial 31 Aug 1668  Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I204152  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2001 

    Family Elizabeth Wolcott,   b. Bef 1617, Surrey, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1684, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 18 Oct 1626  Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Doud,   b. 24 May 1650, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1712, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Jacob Doude,   b. 16 Feb 1653   d. 1703 (Age 49 years)
     3. Elizabeth Doude   d. Abt 9 Aug 1669, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Jeremiah Doude   d. Gesch 15 Aug 1668, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Sarah Doude,   b. 16 Aug 1660, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Thomas Doude,   b. Bef 1639, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1713, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     7. Mary Doude,   b. 1648, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1693, Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     8. Jacob Doude,   b. Abt 1640   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Rebecca Doude   d. 10 Oct 1703
     10. Rachael Doude
    Family ID F83794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2001 

  • Notes 
    • It is family tradition that the Doudes were originally from Ireland. Henry Doude immigrated in 1639 from Guilford, Co. Surry, England (17 miles sw of London) under the guidance of Reverend Henry Whitfield and settled in Guilford, Connecticut. (F-99) He was an indentured servant. (F-507) He built a home 1/4" mile from the northeast corner of the "Green" on the road passing on the east side of the "Green." His descendant, William Dowd was living in his home in 1885. His exact residence at the time of his death and gravesight are unknown though they are likely to be near where his home was. Many of the earliest members were buried in the village green that he lived near.

      He married before leaving England as there is no record of marriage or first born as well as a few other children in Connecticut. He signed his name "Doude" under the heading of PLANTERS on shipboard before landing at Guilford. He was one of the founding fathers of Guilford, CT and is on the 1650 Planters list, although he hadn't yet been admitted as a Freeman. A later list which probably includes only freeman gives his death date as Aug. 31, 1668. (F-498, 501, 526)

      There is a chance that this Henry's wife, Elizabeth, mother of Thomas Dowd, is confused with another Henry Dowd's wife. Torrey's "New England Marriages", says that Elizabeth, wife of Henry, was b. in 1639 or 1648. This would make her the age of her children. The original source needs to be rechecked. (F-427) It would make sense if those were the possible marriage dates instead.

      The births of only some of his children are recorded in the town records. (F-496)

      His possible parents have been identified as Thomas and Elizabeth Doude by a Doude descendant who is in the process of distributing his proof currently. (F-517)

      His property is currently owned by a descendant who had no idea she was purchasing her ancestor's land at the time. The rock garden photo included with Henry's information is a part of Henry's property and was kindly submitted by Tracy Tomaselli of Guilford, CT. (F:PHO)

      According to information from the "Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace Foundation, Inc.," the Doud's who came from Guilford, England in 1639 are the direct ancestral line of President Eisenhower's wife, Mamie Geneva Doud. (F-618)
      Immigration - 00.00.1639 - Surrey, Co. Kent, England -

  • Sources 
    1. [S804] Jacobus, Jacobus, Am.Gen.&New Haven Ma.

    2. [S403] Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD 1985 ,), V.3 & 4 .

    3. [S784] Reverend W.W. Doude, Dowd, Rev. W.W., Descendants of Henry Doude, (Hartford, CT, (1885) Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co.).

    4. [S785] Alvan Talcott, Compiler, Talcott, Alvan, Families of Guilford, CT, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984).

    5. [S790] Hon. Ralph D. Smith, Smith, Hon. Ralph D., History of Guilford, CT, (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1877).



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