Henry DOUDE^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1612 - 1668  (56 years)

• Name	Henry DOUDE
  Born	1612	Guilford, Surrey, ENG
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Aug 1668	Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA   [6]
  Buried	31 Aug 1668	Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA
  Person ID	I848	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth WOLCOTT,   b. 1613, Of Surrey, Kent, ENG ,   d. Oct 1684, Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Married	18 Oct 1626	Canterbury, Co.Kent, ENG
  Children	1. Thomas DOUDE,   b. Bef 1639, , , , England ,   d. 7 Feb 1713, Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA  (Age ~ 74 years)   2. Jacob DOUDE,   b. Abt 1640,   d. Bef 1653  (Age ~ 12 years)   3. Mary DOUDE,   b. 1648, Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA ,   d. 11 May 1693, Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA  (Age 45 years)   4. John DOUD,   b. 24 May 1650, Guilford (Now Madison), New Haven, CT ,   d. Feb 1712, Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA  (Age 61 years)   5. Jacob DOUDE,   b. 16 Feb 1653,   d. 1703  (Age 49 years)   6. Sarah DOUDE,   b. 16 Aug 1660, Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Elizabeth DOUDE,   d. Abt 9 Aug 1669, Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA   8. Jeremiah DOUDE,   d. Est 15 Aug 1668, Guilford Twp., New Haven, CT, USA   9. Rebecca DOUDE,   d. 10 Oct 1703   10. Rachael DOUDE
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  It is family tradition that the Doudes were originally from Ireland. Henry Doude immigrated in 1639 from Guilford, Co. Surry, England (17 miles sw of London) under the guidance of Reverend Henry Whitfield and settled in Guilford, Connecticut. (F-99) He was an indentured servant. (F-507) He built a home 1/4" mile from the northeast corner of the "Green" on the road passing on the east side of the "Green." His descendant, William Dowd was living in his home in 1885. His exact residence at the time of his death and grave sight are unknown though they are likely to be near where his home was. Many of the earliest members were buried in the village green that he lived near. He married before leaving England as there is no record of marriage or first born as well as a few other children in Connecticut. He signed his name "Doude" under the heading of PLANTERS on shipboard before landing at Guilford. He was one of the founding fathers of Guilford, CT and is on the 1650 Planters list, although he hadn't yet been admitted as a Freeman. A later list which probably includes only freeman gives his death date as Aug. 31, 1668. (F-498, 501, 526) There is a chance that this Henry's wife, Elizabeth, mother of Thomas Dowd, is confused with another Henry Dowd's wife. Torrey's "New England Marriages", says that Elizabeth, wife of Henry, was b. in 1639 or 1648. This would make her the age of her children. The original source needs to be rechecked. (F-427) It would make sense if those were the possible marriage dates instead. The births of only some of his children are recorded in the town records. (F-496) His possible parents have been identified as Thomas and Elizabeth Doude by a Doude descendant who is in the process of distributing his proof currently. (F-517) His property is currently owned by a descendant who had no idea she was purchasing her ancestor's land at the time. The rock garden photo included with Henry's information is a part of Henry's property and was kindly submitted by Tracy Tomaselli of Guilford, CT. (F:PHO) According to information from the "Mamie Doud Eisenhower birth place Foundation, North Carolina.," the Doud's who came from Guilford, England in 1639 are the direct ancestral line of President Eisenhower's wife, Mamie Geneva Doud. (F-618)

  
  

• Sources

  [S671] Introductory CD (Automated Archives, 1990). [S2855] Jacobus, American Genealogist and New Haven Genealogical Magazine Vol. 13. [S501] Torrey, Comp, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. [S2861] Reverend W.W. Doude, The Descendants of Henry Doude Who Came From England in 1639 (Hartford, CT, (1885) Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co.). [S567] Alvan Talcott, Compiler, Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1984). [S676] Hon. Ralph D. Smith, The History of Guilford, CT from its First Settlement in 1639 (Albany, NY: J. Munsell, 1877).