b. Saybrook, Ct. moved to Seville, Ohio, June, 1831

Henry Doude came to America with Preacher Henry Whitfield and a group of his followers from the Kent area in 1639, and founded the town of Guilford, CT. Ref. "Henry Doude and his Descendants" by WW Dowd -published in 1884. Also www.Dowdgen.com site by Roger Dowd.
Thank you GT Ferguson for the above information.

The Dowds/Doudes were Puritans from Kent, 17 miles SW of London. Henry Doude was baptized at Woodchurch, Kent in 1611, son of Henry Dowde and his first wife Christian - (maiden name unknown, she was the widow of Robert Cruttenden). He married Elizabeth Dadson in 1635 at Langley, Kent. Henry Senior was baptized at Great Chart, Kent in 1582, son of Richard Doude and Elizabeth -.

Medina County Gazette-May 18, 1888: Died, Monday evening, May 7, Col. D. D. Dowd, at the advanced age of 82 years. Col. Dowd was one of the early settlers of this place and a prominent businessman for many years, the funeral took place at the Presbyterian Church Thursday at 2:30 o'clock p.m.

COL DAVID DUDLEY DOWD, farmer, P. O. Pike Station; whose portrait appears in this book, was born in the town of Saybrook, Middlesex Co, State of Connecticut, June 10, 1806. His father was Luther Dowd, born in the town of Guilford, Madison Co, in the year 1770, whose father was Ebenezer, who was the son of Ebenezer. The Dowd family originated from one Henry Dowd, who emigrated from Wales to Connecticut, near New Haven in 1639. The mother of our subject was Abina Field, sister of Dr. Field, who was the father of Cyrus W. Field, of submarine telegraph fame. Her father was Capt. Timothy Field, who commanded a company in the Revolution. His father's name was Zachariah, who for his third wife, married a young woman, Timothy being the issue; were it not for that alliance, Cyrus W. might not have been born. Ebenezer Dowd served through the war of the Revolution, returning home unharmed. Luther Dowd died in 1820. Shortly after, our subject (D. D.) began the carpenter's trade, which he soon abandoned for the blacksmith occupation. On Jan. 15, 1829 he married Mary Harris, who was born July 16, 1803, in Killingworth, Conn., a daughter of Dyer and Temperance (Waters) Harris. Her father, Elijah Waters, was an old Revolutionary soldier, and died at the age of 98. In the spring of 1831, Col. (D. D.) Dowd emigrated West, locating at Seville, where he followed his trade three years; then moved north of the town, and engaged in farming for six years; then returned to Seville, and engaged in milling for eight years, and for fifteen years was engaged in the hotel business at that place. In 1854, removed to Kankakee Co, Ill., where he preempted a farm of 160 acres, where he stayed five years; returning to this county, was for eight years mail contractor and ran stage and mail line to Cleveland. From 1862 to 1866, was United States Assessor and Internal Revenue Collector, and dealt in real estate — mostly in Western lands. His wife (Mary Harris) died in 1875, leaving three children, eight having been born: Mary E.; Mrs. Levi Parker; Mrs. C. M. Strong of Colorado; and Manford M. During the times when "general training" was in vogue, our subject (D. D.) was Colonel of the 2d Regiment, 3d Brigade, 9th Div., O. M. On July 18, 1878, he married second, Mrs. Mary (Denham) Decker, who was a native of Ashland Co, daughter of John and Mary Denham. He (John) was born in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania, and died in 1876, being 77 years of age; she was born May 24, 1804 in same county. They emigrated West, and were among the early settlers. Mrs. (Mary Denham-Decker) Dowd's first husband was Rev. Augustus Decker, born 1838 in Pennsylvania, a son of Jacob and Sarah Decker. Mr. and Mrs. (Augustus) Decker had one child — John H. To Mrs. (Mary Denham) Decker were born by him (D. D. Dowd) two children — Sidney E. and Benjamin F. Dowd. He (D. D.) moved to his present home in 1873; the year following, built his present residence. He has always been a stanch member of society; his experience in life, though varied, has generally been characterized by success. In the times of slavery, he was ever in sympathy with that down-trodden race, and did what he could to ameliorate their condition through the ballot box, and was always ready to give the fleeing one shelter and substantial aid. He has ever been a man of temperate habits, and would rejoice to see the triumph of the prohibition element. For years he has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. He is a liberal patron of the public journals, and is a friend to progress, and a worthy citizen of the commonwealth. ["History of Medina County & Ohio" Illus. Chicago: Baskin & Battey Historical Publishers, 1881 (Part III, Biographical Sketches : Westfield Township, p. 886)].

At a Republican Meeting held at the Seville Fairgrounds in 1859, Col. Dowd introduced the featured speaker, Ohio Governor Salmon Chase, who was later the Secretary of the Treasury for Lincoln, as well as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.