IN T R O D U CT IO N T H IS book is published by the children of Nathan Dane and Of a n Sarah ( Shepherd ) Dodge , and contains a record their lineal c e s tr P y as far back , usually , as the uritan immigration , together with a brief notice of some of the more interesting among the col lateral relatives . E It is the genealogy of an average New ngland family , descend c d f ro m , without exception so far as is known , the Puritans , whose ’ advent o n these shores has gone far to make New England s name \ 1' p omine ntin the civiliz ation of the world . l V e are like the majori ty , in that our forefathers have generally - m e n been earnest , humble , hard working ; our foremothers , tender and true women , striving to do their duty according to the light shown them : but we are no less like the majority , in counting — among our kinsmen , i ndividuals of note such as the world is glad — to remember li ke stars shining through the night of oblivion , which , soon or late , settles down on the mass of mankind . fi rs t The method pursued in the following pages is to set down , the ancestry of Nathan Dane Dodge , and second , that of Sarah , his wife . r I l : Pa t w i l include First , those ancestors through Whom the name of Dodge is derived ; second , those of the name of Dane ; ’ M r . third , the pedigree of Dodge s paternal grandmother H annah ’ l Vlu ttr ed e ( g ) Dodge , and her cognate lines ; fourth , the lines of his maternal grandmother Hannah ( E ll i ngwood) Dane a nd lines fi fth allied to her and to the Dodges ; , the Burnham , and other lines related to the Danes , etc . Part I I . The ancestry of Mrs . Dodge w ill be given in a sim ilar way . f Par tII I will contain brief notices o interesting collaterals . Special notice wil l be given such incidents in the lives of our forefathers as will be of i nterest to those of the family who may ” wish to become members of the Hereditary Societies , Where ( 3) 4 I NT R O D U CT IO N . eligibility to membership depends on lineal descent from a soldier W h o i has done serv ce in either of the Colonial Wars , or in that of the Revolution . Thi s Will be done not because we honor warriors more than those Wh o have spent their days Wholly in the ways of peace , but since these societies are evidently of value to the com a w e munity at large , membership in them may lso be a good ; and , Wh the descendants of those o have made the peace we enjoy , Wish r one for our children , as did S ilas Marne for his little , whatever ” is esteemed a good in our R aveloe . T . J Acknowledgments are especially due Messrs Dodge , author l l u e A. a o W . F . A. G of Dodge Family ; Abbot , of Worcester ; p , of . F r . T sfi l d . B . B l od e tte Beverly ; Geo Dow , of op e ; Geo g , of Row M A. D e e r fi l d N . H . ley ; Miss Laura Marston , of e , Miss ary Arve dson R , of Salem ; Hon . R . S . Rantoul and Assistant egistrar r . of Probate M Ezra D . H ines . P AR T I A T A N A E D D E N H D N O G . o f D e c . 1 1 1808 The subject this sketch was born , , in Linebrook s . Pari h . Ipsw ich , Massachusetts ’ m l i n re e The far , said to have once belonged to a man named g , ’ M r . was bought of D r . Calef by Dodge s parents who came thither fro m Hamilton early in their married life . The place is beauti ful for situa tion and its grand old elms were cl early prized by the man who had seen them gro w from saplings to mag ni fi c e ntpropor th e tions , a type of hale and Vigorous manhood wh ich was his till ’ far past the psalmist s allotment of life to man . H e great ly enlarged the boundaries of the farm as he received i t ; his energy and hopefulness were marvellous , always , as his devoted wife said of h im , taking the heaviest , hardest part of any work to be done u pon himsel f . A descendant of the Puritans , as will be seen in the coming pages , he not only clung to the faith of his fathers , but he shared the independence of forms out of wh ich the spirit had departed , or into w hich the spirit could not come because of necessary d istrae . w as tions , so characteristic of them Our respect for him not les sened by the fact that he did no t force himself and a s to a mere formal o bs e w ane e of family worship when the heart was not in s uffi c i ent repose to make the service help ful nevertheless i t was r l l his u e to fol ow the ancient custom , and how well we recall the reverence with which he read from the Bible after breakfast ; fol lowing his reading by an extempore prayer , while we still sat about h i s , the table , he always standing , hands resting on the chair back lightly held , its front towards him . H e had a beautiful tenor voice , and among the pleasantest recollections of his children and grandchildren is the family ren i - der ng , led by him , of familiar sacred songs , his toil hardened , yet mu small hand , ri sing and falling , very gently , i n time to the sic . With hi s ardently religious temperament , he could not fail to ( 5) 6 AN CE S T R F N AT H AN D AN E Y O D O D G E . take an active part in the meetings for prayer and praise of his church , and he gave to it of his means generously , yet without os tentation . F Rev . Daniel Fitz , afterwards Dr . itz , performed the ceremony 30 18 2 9 S which united him in marriage , May , , with arah , daughter of John and Catharine ( Howe) Shepherd . She was born in Deer i N H l . f eld , ( Part II will be devoted to her and her fami y ) Their golden wedding was celebrated i n 18 79 . Eleven children were born w m n . to them , of ho eight grew to manhood and woma hood Wm P J 89 0 . H e 6 1 . died une , ; h is beloved pastor , Rev Alcott , re gave a most appropriate address at his funeral , after which his mains were borne to rest in that cemetery of N e w bur yp or twhose gateway arch meets the incoming throng of mou rners with those impressive and beautiful words n fl i th e dav b e a d th e s adow e e . T ll r ak , h s away l us fi tl We c ose , as it seems to most y , with a few words taken from the appreciative obituary notice of him published in the ” Essex County Mercury . a H e was a christi n man and a most worthy citizen . H is name was a synonym for honest dealing . Such an one has the promise ” of the life that now is , and of that which i s to come . I T H E D O D G E L N E . M r . T . Joseph Dodge has given , in his excellent work Dodge 162 9 Family , so complete a record of the entire family of Dodge in America that we shall simply quote from h i m the lineal ancestry of Nathan Dane Dodge . For biographical notices we refer the reader in most cases , to ’ M r . Dodge s Genealogy . ’ l i h a r i h N D . R c d Dodge s line direct is from , but in several stances there have been intermarriages with the line of Richard ’s brother William 1 A R E COR D OF D IR E CT L I N E F R OM D O D G E G E N E L O G Y . M AR G E R Y i n John D o dge and his wife had Somersetshire , d England , three sons , Richard , William and Michael , and a aughter Mary . Richard and William emigrated to America . AN CE S T R Y O F NAT H AN D AN E D O D G E . 1 a 1602 15 167 1 m a R ichard , born bout ; died June , ; rried Ed ith 163 8 B a s w a s Il e emigrated in ; l ived in North everly , M s ; a w a s a 165 3 church member ; interested i n educ tion , for , in , in a - b a a a li s t o f twenty one su scribers to Harv rd College , his n me r nks ” fi rst . 16 8 a 1603 2 7 7 . Ed ith , his w i fe , born bout ; died June , ! i n John b a ptized Dec . in England ; lived 11 17 1 1 r what is now Wenham ; d ied Oct .