Keziah Dow

Brief Life History of Keziah

When Keziah Dow was born on 8 March 1738, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Elihu Dow, was 38 and her mother, Mehitable Cilley, was 34. She married Robert Collins Sr. on 2 February 1763, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1738. She died on 16 May 1785, in Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

Robert Collins Sr.
1738–1823
Keziah Dow
1738–1785
Marriage: 2 February 1763
Ezekiel Collins
1763–1848
Rhoda Collins
1765–1836
Elizabeth Collins
1766–1830
Robert Collins Jr.
1769–1842
Samuel Collins
1771–1772
Samuel Collins Sr.
1773–1810
Tristram Collins
1776–
Comfort Collins
1778–1867
John Collins
1782–1849
Keziah H. Collins
1785–1830

Sources (7)

  • Kesia Dow, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Keziah Dow, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Kesia Dow, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

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World Events (2)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

Name Meaning

Scottish: nickname from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff ).

English: from the Middle English personal name Dow, a rhyming pet form of Row(e), representing a common pronunciation of Rolf, a side form of Ralph. See Rolfe and compare Daw , Dawson , and Dowson . Alternatively, in East Anglia the name may be a variant of Dove .

Americanized form of Dutch Douw: from the personal name Douwe, from Frisian dou ‘pigeon’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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