s/o James and Elizabeth Kempton Doten
Burial recorded in The History of Canaan, New Hampshire
William Allan Wallace, Rumford Press, 1910
James was born in Plymouth, where he grew and married Martha Torrey, 25 Oct 1782. In 1797 James and his family moved to Canaan, with several other Plymouth families, and farmed on Doten Hill, until his death there in 1859, at the advanced age of 93 years. James was progressive and civic minded, and his name can be found associated with the foundation of the Canaan Social Library in 1804, the Canaan Union Academy, and the congregational Church. An ardent Abolitionist, James was a strong supporter of the Noyes Academy for African American scholars, founded in 1834 in Canaan. When an Anti-Abolitionist mob destroyed the academy building, James confronted them and is remembered as raising his hands and saying "He wished God would strike them all dead for their crimes." The destruction of the academy created wounds that were slow to heal in Canaan. Many who participated expressed their regret in later years, for some the social stigma was so great from the Congregation, that they left Canaan and were never heard from again.
James and Martha had 9 known children; Martha Torrey(1791-1792), Mary Torrey(1795-1873 m. Grover Burnham), the Second Martha Torrey(1796-1841 m. Thomas Burley), Maria(1798-1890 m. Heman Killiam, then James Crofoot), Betsey 1801-1851, (unmarried) James, Jr.(1803-1877 m. Rebecca Jones), William(1805-1898 m. Catherine Barber and second, Sarah Morse), Eleanor (1808-1882 m. Henry Morse) and Loiza(1810-1810)
James was the direct descendant of Mayflower Passengers Edward Doty, Francis Cooke, Stephen and Elizabeth Fisher Hopkins. He was the first cousin, twice removed, of President John Adams.
Burial recorded in The History of Canaan, New Hampshire
William Allan Wallace, Rumford Press, 1910
James was born in Plymouth, where he grew and married Martha Torrey, 25 Oct 1782. In 1797 James and his family moved to Canaan, with several other Plymouth families, and farmed on Doten Hill, until his death there in 1859, at the advanced age of 93 years. James was progressive and civic minded, and his name can be found associated with the foundation of the Canaan Social Library in 1804, the Canaan Union Academy, and the congregational Church. An ardent Abolitionist, James was a strong supporter of the Noyes Academy for African American scholars, founded in 1834 in Canaan. When an Anti-Abolitionist mob destroyed the academy building, James confronted them and is remembered as raising his hands and saying "He wished God would strike them all dead for their crimes." The destruction of the academy created wounds that were slow to heal in Canaan. Many who participated expressed their regret in later years, for some the social stigma was so great from the Congregation, that they left Canaan and were never heard from again.
James and Martha had 9 known children; Martha Torrey(1791-1792), Mary Torrey(1795-1873 m. Grover Burnham), the Second Martha Torrey(1796-1841 m. Thomas Burley), Maria(1798-1890 m. Heman Killiam, then James Crofoot), Betsey 1801-1851, (unmarried) James, Jr.(1803-1877 m. Rebecca Jones), William(1805-1898 m. Catherine Barber and second, Sarah Morse), Eleanor (1808-1882 m. Henry Morse) and Loiza(1810-1810)
James was the direct descendant of Mayflower Passengers Edward Doty, Francis Cooke, Stephen and Elizabeth Fisher Hopkins. He was the first cousin, twice removed, of President John Adams.
s/o James and Elizabeth Kempton Doten
Burial recorded in The History of Canaan, New Hampshire
William Allan Wallace, Rumford Press, 1910
James was born in Plymouth, where he grew and married Martha Torrey, 25 Oct 1782. In 1797 James and his family moved to Canaan, with several other Plymouth families, and farmed on Doten Hill, until his death there in 1859, at the advanced age of 93 years. James was progressive and civic minded, and his name can be found associated with the foundation of the Canaan Social Library in 1804, the Canaan Union Academy, and the congregational Church. An ardent Abolitionist, James was a strong supporter of the Noyes Academy for African American scholars, founded in 1834 in Canaan. When an Anti-Abolitionist mob destroyed the academy building, James confronted them and is remembered as raising his hands and saying "He wished God would strike them all dead for their crimes." The destruction of the academy created wounds that were slow to heal in Canaan. Many who participated expressed their regret in later years, for some the social stigma was so great from the Congregation, that they left Canaan and were never heard from again.
James and Martha had 9 known children; Martha Torrey(1791-1792), Mary Torrey(1795-1873 m. Grover Burnham), the Second Martha Torrey(1796-1841 m. Thomas Burley), Maria(1798-1890 m. Heman Killiam, then James Crofoot), Betsey 1801-1851, (unmarried) James, Jr.(1803-1877 m. Rebecca Jones), William(1805-1898 m. Catherine Barber and second, Sarah Morse), Eleanor (1808-1882 m. Henry Morse) and Loiza(1810-1810)
James was the direct descendant of Mayflower Passengers Edward Doty, Francis Cooke, Stephen and Elizabeth Fisher Hopkins. He was the first cousin, twice removed, of President John Adams.
Burial recorded in The History of Canaan, New Hampshire
William Allan Wallace, Rumford Press, 1910
James was born in Plymouth, where he grew and married Martha Torrey, 25 Oct 1782. In 1797 James and his family moved to Canaan, with several other Plymouth families, and farmed on Doten Hill, until his death there in 1859, at the advanced age of 93 years. James was progressive and civic minded, and his name can be found associated with the foundation of the Canaan Social Library in 1804, the Canaan Union Academy, and the congregational Church. An ardent Abolitionist, James was a strong supporter of the Noyes Academy for African American scholars, founded in 1834 in Canaan. When an Anti-Abolitionist mob destroyed the academy building, James confronted them and is remembered as raising his hands and saying "He wished God would strike them all dead for their crimes." The destruction of the academy created wounds that were slow to heal in Canaan. Many who participated expressed their regret in later years, for some the social stigma was so great from the Congregation, that they left Canaan and were never heard from again.
James and Martha had 9 known children; Martha Torrey(1791-1792), Mary Torrey(1795-1873 m. Grover Burnham), the Second Martha Torrey(1796-1841 m. Thomas Burley), Maria(1798-1890 m. Heman Killiam, then James Crofoot), Betsey 1801-1851, (unmarried) James, Jr.(1803-1877 m. Rebecca Jones), William(1805-1898 m. Catherine Barber and second, Sarah Morse), Eleanor (1808-1882 m. Henry Morse) and Loiza(1810-1810)
James was the direct descendant of Mayflower Passengers Edward Doty, Francis Cooke, Stephen and Elizabeth Fisher Hopkins. He was the first cousin, twice removed, of President John Adams.
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