Edward Doty - Family

Family

In the list of Mayflower passengers, Governor Bradford reported that Edward Doty ‘by a second wife hath seven children,’ however, there is presently no information on that first marriage. His second wife was Faith Clarke. She and her father Thurston Clarke, (Faith is spelled "ffaythe" and Clark is spelled Clearke on ship's Manifast), arrived at Plymouth on the ship ‘Francis’ in April 1634. Edward Doty and Faith Clarke married on January 6, 1635 and were the progenitors of a large American family with nine children, 76 grandchildren and at least 358 great-grandchildren. After Edward’s death, Faith married John Phillips and moved to Marshfield, Massachusetts. She died there and was buried December 21, 1675 at Winslow Cemetery at Marshfield, Massachusetts.

Children of Edward and Faith Doty:

• Edward was born about 1636 and drowned in Plymouth Harbor on February 8, 1689/90. He married Sarah Faunce on February 26, 1662/3 and had eleven children. Her death is unknown.

• John was born about 1638 and died May 8, 1701 in Plymouth. He married:

1. Elizabeth Cooke by 1668 and had nine children. Her mother was a daughter of Mayflower passenger Stephen Hopkins.

2. Sarah Jones on November 22, 1694 in Plymouth and had three children.

• Thomas was born about 1640 and died in December 1678 in Plymouth. He married Mary Churchill by 1675 and had three children.

• Samuel was born about 1642 and died between September 18 and November 9, 1715. He married Jeane Harman on November 13, 1678 in Piscataway, New Jersey and had twelve children.

• Desire was born about 1645 and died on January 22, 1731 in Marshfield. She was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Massachusetts.

She married:

1. William Sherman on December 25, 1667 in Marshfield and had six children. He died in 1679.

2. Israel Holmes on November 24, 1681 in Marshfield and had two children. He drowned in 1684.

3. Alexander Standish by 1689 and had three children. His father was Pilgrim Myles Standish. His first wife Sarah was a daughter of Mayflower passenger John Alden.

• Elizabeth was born about 1646 and died on April 7, 1742 in Marshfield Massachusetts.

She married:

1. John Rowse on January 13, 1674/5 in Marshfield and had three children. He died in 1717.

2. William Carver on January 28, 1718/9 in Marshfield but had no children.

• Isaac was born on February 8, 1647/8 in Plymouth and died after January 7, 1728 in Oyster Bay, New York. He married Elizabeth England in 1673 and had five children.

• Joseph was born on April 30, 1651 in Plymouth and died in Rochester about 1732.

He married:

1. Deborah Ellis in 1674 and had ten children. She died in 1711.

2. Sarah (Woodin) Edwards on March 5, 1711/2 in Rochester.

• Mary was born about 1653 and died before June 13, 1728. She married Samuel Hatch after July 10, 1677 and had nine children.