LONGFELLOW NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 105 BRATTLE STREET CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS FINDING AID FOR THE DANA FAMILY PAPERS: COLLECTED MANUSCRIPTS, GENEALOGIES, AND RESEARCH MATERIAL, 1661-1960 (BULK DATES: 1750-1940) COLLECTION: LONG 27037 PREPARED BY JENNIFER LYONS JALIEN G. HOLLISTER LAUREN MALCOLM JENNIFER H. QUINN FEBRUARY 2001 REVISED BY MARGARET WELCH AUGUST 2007 Northeast USEUM ERVICES ENTER M S C Cover Illustration: Richard Henry Dana, Sr. (1787-1879), Richard Henry Dana, III (1851-1931), and Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1814-1882), L-R, ca. 1870s. 3004-2-1-38. Photo Box 4, Env. 2. Courtesy of Longfellow National Historic Site. Dana Family Papers -- i CONTENTS Preface..............................................................................................................................................v Restrictions ................................................................................................................................... vii Introduction......................................................................................................................................1 Part 1: Collection Description.........................................................................................................3 Scope and Content Note ......................................................................................................5 Subcollection and Series Descriptions...............................................................................13 Part 2: Biographical Data..............................................................................................................27 Biographical Notes............................................................................................................29 Genealogical Charts...........................................................................................................52 Part 3: Collection Listing..............................................................................................................73 I. Dana Family in America Records ...............................................................................75 A. Research .........................................................................................................75 B. Publication Records........................................................................................83 C. Other Publications ..........................................................................................86 II. Dana Family: Research and Collected Manuscripts ...................................................87 A. Richard Dana (1617-1690) and Family, 1661-1940 ......................................87 1.Richard Dana (1617-1690) and Ancestors..............................................87 2. Anne (Bullard) Dana and the Bullard Family........................................88 B. Descendants of Jacob Dana (1654/5-1698), 1769-1941 ................................88 1. Rev. Josiah Dana (1742-1801)...............................................................88 2. Edmund Lovell Dana (1817-1889) ........................................................88 3. Charles Anderson Dana (1819-1897) ....................................................88 C. Descendants of Joseph Dana (1656-1699/1700), 1790- ca. 1872 ..................88 1. Daniel Dana (1754-1828) ......................................................................89 2. Daniel Dana (1791-1858).......................................................................89 3. Major Dana (1797-1883) .......................................................................89 D. Descendants of Benjamin Dana (1659/60-1738), 1721-ca.1910 ...................89 1. Isaac Dana (1697-1767).........................................................................89 2. Gen. James Dana (1735-1817)...............................................................89 3. Rev. Joseph Dana (1742-1827)..............................................................89 4. Hon. Samuel Dana (1767-1835) ............................................................90 5. Rev. Daniel Dana (1771-1859)..............................................................90 6. Rev. Samuel Dana (1778-1864).............................................................91 7. William Goodwin Dana (1797-1858) ....................................................91 8. Samuel Heber Dana (1841-1856) ..........................................................91 ii – Dana Family Papers E. Descendants of Daniel Dana (1663/4-1749), 1704-1950...............................91 1. Daniel Dana (1663/4-1749) ...................................................................92 2. Thomas Dana (1693/4-1752) .................................................................92 3. Caleb Dana (1697-1769)........................................................................92 4. Richard Dana (1700-1772) and Family .................................................92 5. Daniel Dana (1726-1803) ......................................................................92 6. Rev. James Dana (1735-1812)...............................................................94 7. Edmund Dana (1739-1823)....................................................................94 8. Francis Dana (1743-1811) and Family ..................................................95 9. Lydia (Dana) Hastings (1755-1808) and Family...................................99 10. Francis Dana (1777-1853) ....................................................................101 11. Edmund Trowbridge Dana (1779-1859)...............................................101 12. Martha Remington (Dana) Allston (1784-1862) and Family ...............102 13. Richard Henry Dana, Sr. (1787-1879) and Family...............................102 14. Elizabeth Ellery Dana (1789-1874) ......................................................111 15. Sarah Ann Dana ....................................................................................112 16. Mary Elizabeth Dana (1805-1886) .......................................................112 17. Francis Dana (1806-1872) and Family .................................................112 18. Eliza Maria Judkins (1809-1887) .........................................................113 19. Ruth Charlotte Dana (1814-1901) ........................................................113 20. Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882) and Family ...............................115 21. Edmund Trowbridge Dana (1818-1869)...............................................137 22. Sarah Watson (Dana) Swayne (1842-1902) and Family ......................138 23. Ruth Charlotte (Dana) Lyman (1844-1903) .........................................140 24. Elizabeth Ellery Dana (1846-1939) ......................................................141 25. Isabella Hazen Dana (1847-1934) ........................................................141 26. Mary Rosamond (Dana) Wild (1848-1937) and Family.......................141 27. Richard Henry Dana III (1851-1931) and Family ................................141 28. Angela Henrietta Channing (Dana) Skinner (1857-1928) and Family.142 29. Francis Dana (1866-1934) and Family .................................................143 30. Rosamond Dana Wild (1879-1959)......................................................144 31. Richard Henry Dana IV (1879-1933) ...................................................144 32. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana [Harry](1881-1950)...................145 33. Frances Appleton (Dana) de Rham (1883-1933) and Family...............145 34. Allston Dana (1884-1952) and Family .................................................145 35. Charlotte Dana Lyman (b.1885) ...........................................................146 36. Edmund Trowbridge Dana [Ned] (1886-1981) ....................................146 37. Richard Dana Lyman (1888-1944) .......................................................147 38. Delia Farley (Dana) Hutchinson (1889-1989) and Family...................147 39. Richard Dana Skinner (1893-1941) and Family...................................148 40. Henrietta Dana (Skinner) Raymond (b. 1914) and Family...................150 41. Eleanora Carroll (Skinner) Calderon (b. 1914) and Family .................150 42. Ann (Hutchinson) Guest (b. 1918) .......................................................151 43. Margaret Hill (Skinner) Smith [Peg/Peggy] (b. 1919) and Family ......151 Dana Family Papers -- iii 44. Gregory Bernard Smith, Jr. (b. 1944) ...................................................151 III. Associated Materials.....................................................................................................153 IV. Unidentified..................................................................................................................153 V. Oversize........................................................................................................................158 VI. Photographic Materials ..................................................................................................163 Addendum....................................................................................................................................165 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................181 Appendices A. Index of Dana Family Members ................................................................................183 B. Index of Francis Dana’s (1743-1811) Bills and Receipts..........................................187