Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 513 the division, and the property thus irregularly ap-portioned among grantees without deed, has re-mained longer in the same family than any otherrealty in Madison. Ehenezer Dowd (2), one of the heirs, was HenryM. Dowds great-grandfather. He was born in1744, and in 1765 was married to Tamson Wilcox,who was born in 1747. In the division of the prop-erty above described Ebene
Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families . COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 513 the division, and the property thus irregularly ap-portioned among grantees without deed, has re-mained longer in the same family than any otherrealty in Madison. Ehenezer Dowd (2), one of the heirs, was HenryM. Dowds great-grandfather. He was born in1744, and in 1765 was married to Tamson Wilcox,who was born in 1747. In the division of the prop-erty above described Ebenezers portion included thehomestead in Hammonassett, and there he and hiswife reared their family of eight boys, of whomCapt. Timothy Field is reported to have said thattheir equal was not be found in Madison. Eben-ezer Dowd served for many years as an officer inthe army of the Revolution. Exposure while inmilitary service brought on rheumatism, which inca-pacitated him for active work for several years be-fore his demise, in 1805, fifteen years before hiswife. Luther Dowd, his son, and the grandfatherof Henry M., was born in 1771. In 1793 he mar-ried Mina, daughter of Timothy Fie
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