HUSBAND NOTES:
BIOGRAPHY: Richard Dana of Cambridge married Ann Bullard and had the following children: John b. 15 Apr 1649 died at 6 months, Hannah b. 8 Jul 1651 married Samuel Oldham, Samuel b. 13 Oct 1653 died Nov 1653, Jacob b. 2 Feb 1655 married Patience and he died 1699 he was the grandfather of Anderson Dana who was killed in the massacre at Wyoming in 1779, Joseph b. 21 May 1656 married Mary Goble in 1682, Benjamin b. 20 Feb 1660, Elizabeth b. 27 Apr 1662, Daniel b. 20 Mar 1663 baptized 3 Apr 1663 married Naomi Crosswell, Abiah died young, Deliverance b. 5 Mar 1667, Sarah died 11 Jan 1670, Sarah b. 1 Jan 1670 married Samuel Hide (this is as written and not a mistake). Richard Dana died by a fall in his barn and his date was given as 2 Apr 1690, but the partitioning of the estate was not before 15 Apr 1695 when it was divided to the widow, 4 sons, and daughters Oldham, Woodward, and Hyde (Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England, Volume II, page 5).
BIOGRAPHY: The American branch of the Dana family came through England from France. The name is also found in the north of Italy and from the construction of the name was probably originally of Persian origin many centuries ago. The Persian definition of the name is Learned; a Learned Man. P'Larousse in his dictionnaire Francais speaks of Dana as a large city of Ancient Cappadocia, mentioned by Xenophon in his "Anabasis," it was probably the city which was later known under the name of Tyane. All of those who bear the name of Dana as a surname in the United States, are descended from Richard Dana who came to Cambridge, Massachusetts.,1640 and died 2 April 1690. His wife was Ann Bullard she died 15 July 1711 ( Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume V, page 294.).
BIOGRAPHY: Richard Dana was baptized 31 Oct 1617 in the Manchester Collegiate Church, which is not Manchester Cathedral in Manchester England. This record shows Richard to be the son of Roberte Dana. This also shows that Robert Dana married Elizabeth Barlowe on 10 Apr 1597. Richard Dana, the first Dana to come to America, landed in New England in 1640 and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was unmarried and was employed for a while to move hay for Roger Shaw east of Cambridge. Shaw was the town clerk. Richard Dana's name shows up again in 1647 as giving testimony about Roger Shaw. Also in 1647 he received a grant of land across the Charles River in "Little Cambridge" from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It consisted of 100 acres and was the nearest plot to the river, it began at the banks of the river at a spot called "The Pines" near now Western Avenue and Market Street in Brighton, Massachusetts. From here it extended south and west toward Nonantum Hill where the Indians lived. The Indians continued living there until 1675 when they were removed. Around 1648 he married Anne Bullard, the daughter of Robert and Anne Bullard. She came over in 1635 to Watertown. Anne and Richard bore 11 children. Richard Dana lived in 3 houses all on this same plot. He made modest contributions to Harvard College. He attended Church at First Church in older Cambridge, crossing the river each Sunday by boat to attend. It is noted that "Richard Danie and his wife Anne" and children Ann, Jacob, Joseph, and Abiah, all were baptized there. John and Samuel died in infancy. Later Benjamin, Elizabeth, and Daniel were baptized here. After the death of Richard Dana, his widow continued to attend here. Richard is burried in the burying ground of Harvard Square, though no stone is found, many of his children and grandchildren are. Richard Dana's name was found signed to express loyalty to the Government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and its General Court of 17 Oct 1664. He was chosen Constable in Nov 1661. On 24 Mar 1663 he was selected as Viewer of Fences, in 1665 he was selected as Surveyor of Highways. He was appointed to serve as Hog Reeves. On 2 Apr 1678 he was chosen as one of the Tithing Men (person to make sure everyone observes Sabbath, attended Church, and listened to the sermon). On 4 Mar 1678 and 4 Sep 1683 and 24 Dec 1689 he was appointed to the Grand Jury in the Court of Assistants. On 5 Apr 1681 he asked to be relieved of his military training and for this had to pay 5 shillings a year. The next year he asked to be releived from paying this fee because he had contributed many sons to the military. Richard Dana died falling from a scaffold in his barn. The inventory of his house shows: a house and barn valued at D30, 71 acres if upland of his house shows: a house and barn valued at D30, 71 acres if upland valued at D100, 3 beds, 4 tables, chairs, books, bed linen, table cloths, spinning wheels, pewter and brass, fire irons, candle sticks, arms and ammunition, indian corn, rye, cow, mare, 3 bridled swine (The Dana Family in America, by Elizabeth Ellery Dana, 1956, page 11-12, 33, 35-52).
!SPOUSE-CHILDREN-IMMIGRATION: Family tree chart prepared by Stanwood E Flitner, Englewood, New Jersey, 1934 for Orlando Nelson Dana and Clara H. Lequin. Copies in possession of Diane Blanton Bargeron and June Blanton. Richard Dana was born in 1617 and died after 1670. He was married to Ann Bullard daughter of Robert Bullard (an immigrant), Ann who died in 1711. They had a child named Daniel Dana.
!SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIOGRAPHY: Genealogical Directory of the First Settlers of New England, Volume II, by James Savage, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990, page 5.
!SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIOGRAPHY: Colonial Families of the United States of America, edited by George Norbury Mackenzie, Volume V, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 1966, page 294. (Tifton Tift County Public Library, Tifton, Georgia.)
!SPOUSE-CHILDREN-BIOGRAPHY: The Dana Family in America, by Elizabeth Ellery Dana, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956, page 11-12, 33, 35-52. (obtained on microfilm from FHC Library)
!BIRTH-DEATH-SPOUSE-CHILDREN-PARENTS: Broderbund World Family Tree CD ROM, Volume 6, file 0164.
SOURCES:
1George Norbury Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume 5, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland 1966, Book, page 294.
2George Norbury Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume 5, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland 1966, Book, page 294.
3George Norbury Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume 5, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland 1966, Book, page 294.
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