Thomas Doty

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land/House: 1662, Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was one of the first purchasers of Middleboro, Mass., 1662, and his interest there remained in the family till disposed of by his grandson, but it is probable that he never lived there.
• Land/House: 17 Jan 1667/68, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; On 17 January 1667/68 he conveyed to John Smith all his interest in the land at Dartmouth received as his share from the estate of his father.
• Land/House: 13 Dec 1670, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; On 13 December 1670 he was granted 1½ acres for a house plot.
• Occupation: say 1671, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was a seaman.
• Inventory: 5 Mar 1671/72, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; A fairly accurate inventory of his property about this time is probably given, for having gotten into a difficulty which obliged him to leave town, we find recorded, 1671-2, March 5: "In reference to a frame of an house framed by Josias Wormall according to agreement with Thomas Dotey, the said Dotey being departed the goument (etc.), the Court ordered that a proffer be made to Joseph Dotey the agent of the said Thomas Dotey to fulfill the conenants of his brother and take the frame, or if he refuses the said Wormall to sell." He did return to Plymouth.
• Legal: 29 Oct 1673, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; We find this in he Plymouth Records on 29 October 1673: "In reference to the complaint of Edward Gray and John Rickard against Thomas Dotey and his companie or boats crew, in reference vnto theire rvmuing theire boate against the said Grayes boate, the Court orders that the said Dotey and his said companie shall pay the sume of twenty and fine shillings towards the losse of an anchor and pts of a road which was lost by the said boatesrunning one against another, which sume is to be payed to the said Gray and Rickard, vnto whom the said anchor and road belonged, and whereas the said m^r of the boate was much to blame respecting the prmises, it is ordered by the Court, that hee shall beare a double share of the said award, and that the witnesses who witnessed in the case be allowed seauen shillings."
• Will: 4 Dec 1678, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; Thomas Dotey of Plymouth being very sicke yett haveing the use of his sences and reason Did on the fourth Day of December 1678 Declare these following words To be his last will Namly that all his estate hee Gave absolutely to his wife Mary Dotey to be wholly att her Dispose and left it all with her to Improve and make use of as shee should see best; This hee Declared to be his will as above written ; In the prsence of Edward Dotey and Samuell Eaton and Anne Sav[blotted]*; And it was Comitted to writing December the 5 th within 24 houres after the Death of the said Thomas Dotey;
• Inventory: 28 Jan 1679, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; On 28 January 1679, his estate was inventoried. An Inventory of the estate of Thomas Doten Deceased taken the 28th Day of January by us whose Names are under written Item 2 Cowes 1 Calfe 4 swine - £5 12/ Item his wearing Clothes - £3 16/ Item pewter and brasse and Iron ware - £2 2/ Item 2 Chests and a box - 14/ Item earthen ware trenchers and spoones & Glasses - 7/ Item Armes and amunition - £1 13/ Item bookes - 4/ Item 25 pound of sheeps woole and 19 pound and an halfe of Cotton woole - £1 5/2 Item lines and ledds and hookes and spliting kniife - 8/ Item a butt & old Caske payels & tubbs - 15/ Item 1 shees and Napkins and blankett and other old linnine £1 1/ Item 1 paire of boots -12/ Item 1 spade 1 axe 1 paire of pitchforke tynes & other old Iron - 6/ Item 3 old baggs one paire of Cards 1 looking Glasse -3/ Item 10 pond of feathers 10/ Total £17 16/8 Debts Dew from the estate Item att Boston to John Poole - £1 4/ Item To ffrancis Douce - 12/ Item To John Winge - 13/6 Item To Mary flarnum - 16/ Debts Due from the estate att Plymouth To mr Thomas Clarke - £1 10/ To Grge Watson - £1 10/ To John Churchill - 10/ To John Bryant seni^r: - 7/ To Abraham Jackson - 16/ Ephram Morton Willam harlow
• Probate/Proved: 3 Mar 1679; His will was proved on 3 March 1679. He left all of his property to his wife, Mary.
• Last Full Review: 16 Jul 2020

Thomas married Mary Churchill between 30 Oct 1672 and Mar 1674/75 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Churchill and Hannah Pontus) was born on 1 Aug 1654 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died after 21 Oct 1725 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriages: The question of whether Thomas Doty had one wife or two, has been a matter of conjecture for many years. An examination of all the many court documents proves that Thomas Doty had only one wife, Mary Churchill.

1. Martha Doty was born on Apr 1672-May 1672 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2. Hannah Doty was born on 16 Dec 1675 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Apr 1754.
3. Thomas Doty was born on 22 Jul 1679 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He came to Plymouth on board the Mayflower.

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Edward married Failth Clark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]