AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
AllenParkinson - Person Sheet
Notes for Captain Henry Dow
He was a farmer who later became part owner of a saw mill, a store keeper, a land-surveyor, selectman, town clerk, deputy to the General Assembly, clerk of the House and speaker pro tem. He was also marshal of Norfolk County, MA in 1673 until the close of the Mass. government in New Hampshire. He was then deputy marshal under the royal government, and in 1680 apoointed marshal for a limited time. He became an attorney in October, 1686. He was made Ensign of the Hampton Company of militia in 1689, then promoted to Captain in 1692. During the administrations of Andros and Dudley, he was one of the justices of the court of New Hampshire. In 1695 he was justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and was reappointed to the same office in 1697. He became senior justice in 1699, a position which he held until his death in 1707. He was known as a man of strict integrity and piety.797
On the 6th of May, 1707, a vacancy occurred in the officer of town clerk, by the death of Henry Dow, who had held the office a quarter of a century. At a special town meeting two weeks afterward, his son Samuel Dow, was chosen his successor. In all his public life, Captain Dow had been a leader among men --now called to inspect accounts; now as Receiver, under the Treasurer, of rates and duties; and now, to hear and lay before governor and council, the claims of individuals against the province;--at one time, as commissioner, to meet the Massachusetts commissioners for running the vexed province lines; and again, to establish the bounds between town and town; --now, as special pleader in the courts; and now, as judge on the bench.
In the disturbances which rent the province, he was ever found with the patriots. In command of his company against the savages, or as officer of supplies for the army, he was quick and skilful. In remonstrance against the usurpations of Mason, Allen, Usher and their fellows; in resistance to the unjust taxation by Cranfield (for which the latter ordered his imprisonment); and in his connection with Mr. Weare's mission to the king, he was fearless and firm.
On the 27th of March, 1701, Captain Henry Dow attended the council-board for the last time. Forty days later, he died., 798
On the 6th of May, 1707, a vacancy occurred in the officer of town clerk, by the death of Henry Dow, who had held the office a quarter of a century. At a special town meeting two weeks afterward, his son Samuel Dow, was chosen his successor. In all his public life, Captain Dow had been a leader among men --now called to inspect accounts; now as Receiver, under the Treasurer, of rates and duties; and now, to hear and lay before governor and council, the claims of individuals against the province;--at one time, as commissioner, to meet the Massachusetts commissioners for running the vexed province lines; and again, to establish the bounds between town and town; --now, as special pleader in the courts; and now, as judge on the bench.
In the disturbances which rent the province, he was ever found with the patriots. In command of his company against the savages, or as officer of supplies for the army, he was quick and skilful. In remonstrance against the usurpations of Mason, Allen, Usher and their fellows; in resistance to the unjust taxation by Cranfield (for which the latter ordered his imprisonment); and in his connection with Mr. Weare's mission to the king, he was fearless and firm.
On the 27th of March, 1701, Captain Henry Dow attended the council-board for the last time. Forty days later, he died., 798
Military notes for Captain Henry Dow
Served in King William's War784