┌── Edward Doty
│ 1619-1655
│
│
Samuel Doty ───┤
B: c1643 │ ┌── Tristram Clark
D: 1715 │ │
└── Faith Clark ──┤
M: Jane Harmon
├── Samuel Doty (1679-?) 1,2,3
├── Edward Doty (1685-?) 1,2,3
├── Jonathan Doty (1688-?) 1,2,3
├── Benjamin Doty (1691-1746) 2,3
└── Joseph Doty (1696-1768) 1,2,3
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Born about 1643, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.3,4,5,6
He married Jane Harmon, Nov 15 1678.1,3,6
Children (all born at Piscataway, New Jersey):3,6
Samuel Doty died 1715.5,6 Samuel's will, on record in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey in Trenton, was dated Sep 18 1715, and proved Nov 8 1715.3 In his will, Samuel bequeathed to his "well beloved son Samuel Dotie, five shillings" and the balance of his estate to "his dearly beloved wife Jane", whom he appointed as sole executrix.3
A short biographical sketch of Samuel was published in the "Genealogical and Family History of Central New York, Volume III":6
In the early records the name Doty is spelled Dotey, Dotie, Dottey and Dote. At times the spelling Doughty is used, although it does not belong to the family, and the Doughty family is of a different origin. (I) Samuel Doty, son of Edward Doty and Faith (Clarke) Doty, was born at Plymouth, on the High Cliff, probably in 1643. The first mention of him on record is January 1, 1667-68, at Plymouth, when he was on a coroner's jury in an inquest on a child kept by John Smalley Sr., of Eastham, on Cape Cod, which had been found dead in the woods. On July 16, 1668, he conveyed land in Dartmouth, which he had inherited from his father, to Benajah Dunham. He lived in Eastham at that time. In "Freeman's History of Cape Cod" there is a record: "In the year 1669, a vessel was cast ashore on Cape Cod, and a controversy arose between Thos. More, the claimant and owner of the cargo, and Samuel Doty and others of Eastham, in regard to salvage; and agreement was finally concluded October 29th, 1669, and sanctioned by the Court." Another record says: "14th 2d month 1668 Thomas More's vessel cast away at Cape Cod in ye storm wrin 4 persons perished and much wealth was lost." On October 29, 1669, there is a record of a transaction between More and Doty regarding the wreck. The next mention found of Samuel Doty is in Piscataway, Middlesex county, New Jersey, where in 1675 he was appointed lieutenant of the military company of New Piscataway. In 1678 he took out a marriage license. He was on the list of freeholders in 1682, and from 1678 to 1696 his name is on several deeds as a purchaser of lands in the vicinity. In 1707 a congregation of Seventh Day Baptists was formed in Piscataway, and he and his son joined the congregation. His will was dated September 18, 1715, and proved November 8, 1715, and in it he bequeathed most of his property to his wife, who was executrix. He married, November 15, 1678, Jane Harmon. Children, born at Piscataway: Samuel, August 27, 1679; Sarah, March 2, 1681-82; Isaac, August 12, 1683; Edward, May 14, 1685; James, September 17, 1686; Jonathan, February 24, 1687-88; Benjamin, mentioned below; Elizabeth, February 26, 1695; Joseph, October 30, 1696; Daniel, March 9, 1701-02; Margaret, March 5, 1704-05; (The next two are found on the town register.) John, born probably about 1680; Nathaniel, born probably about 1707-08.
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