The Dows or Dowse family in America: a genealogy of the descendants of Lawrence Dows, including the genealogy of the Masterman family, two branches of the Newman family, a branch of the Morse family, and many genealogical lines of other families1642-1890 . de from Lowell would fre-quently be toward Billerica; it has always been an attractive spot to oneclaiming descent from this source. When visiting the homestead we oftenhave heard the declaration, Here is where father slept, and in winter thesnow would blow through the cracks of the walls upon the coverlet of thebed. There were trials and ha


The Dows or Dowse family in America: a genealogy of the descendants of Lawrence Dows, including the genealogy of the Masterman family, two branches of the Newman family, a branch of the Morse family, and many genealogical lines of other families1642-1890 . de from Lowell would fre-quently be toward Billerica; it has always been an attractive spot to oneclaiming descent from this source. When visiting the homestead we oftenhave heard the declaration, Here is where father slept, and in winter thesnow would blow through the cracks of the walls upon the coverlet of thebed. There were trials and hardships, and there were joyful times, aswell, in those days. It could hardly be otherwise in a family of fourteenchildren such as Dea. Joseph Dows had. Children of Joseph and Sarah (Sprague) Dows. BORN IN billerica, MASS. 265 i. 1 266 ii. I 268 iv \ ^^vs children^ d. in infancy before 1793, too young to be named. All the rest ^ y ? Oct. I, 1809, at First Chr. (Unitarian), Billerica. 270 vi. 271 vii. J 272* viii. Sarah, b. Dec. 28, 1793; d- Apr. 24, 1873, in Billerica. 273 ix. Judith, b. Feb. 9,1796; d. May 17,1879, Weld, Me.; m. Ebenezer Newman (291). 274 X. Olive, b. Jan. i, 1798; d. in (Madrid, Me., trad. No rec. found there); m. prob. in. FAMILY IN AMERICA. 47 Weld, Me., Eimikaim, son of Miller and Rachel Hinckley. He lived and d. in Madrid. He m. (i) Jane Humphrey. No * xi. ,OriHA, b. Mar. 29, 1S02; d. Sept. 3, 1S78, in Billerica, * xii. M.\rinda, b. June 10, 1804; d. June 2, 1884, in East Chelmsford, * xiii. Mary. b. Sept. 15, 1806; d. (trad, says Billerica, though no rec. exists). CnrLDREN OF Joseph and Mary (Spraguk) Dows. BORN IN BILLERICA, MASS. 27S* i. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 20, bapt. at First Chr., May 24, 1812. 279* ii. Joseph, jr., b. Oct. 22, 1813; d. Aug. 23, 1863, in Billerica. 280* iii. Emmeline Parsons, b. Feb. 2, 1816; d. Nov. 29, 1876, in Lowell, Mass. 281* iv. Elhridge, b. May 21, 1818; d. Apr. 27, 1846, in Billerica. 282* V. Calvin


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