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The '''Dana family''' is a [[Boston Brahmin]] family that arrived in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] from [[England]] during the later end of the [[Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)]]. |
The '''Dana family''' is a [[Boston Brahmin]] family that arrived in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] from [[England]] during the later end of the [[Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)]]. |
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==Richard Dana, immigrant== |
==Richard Dana, immigrant== |
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The patriarch, Richard Dana ({{circa}}1620{{mdash}}1690) was said to have been born in France. A [[Huguenot]], he would have fled to England as a result of the [[Edict of Restitution]] of 1629, and subsequently emigrated to New England, settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts by 1640.<ref name="Eliot p. 189">{{cite book|author=Samuel Atkins Eliot|title=A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorycambrid00eliogoog|year=1913|publisher=Cambridge Tribune|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorycambrid00eliogoog/page/n204 189]}}</ref><ref name="CHAPTER1907">{{cite book|author=Hannah Winthrop Chapter|title=An Historic Guide to Cambridge|url=https://archive.org/details/historicguideto00chapgoog|year=1907|page=[https://archive.org/details/historicguideto00chapgoog/page/n249 165]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| first=W. B. |last=Sprague |title=The Life of Daniel Dana |location=Boston, MA |publisher=J. E. Tilton |year=1866 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifedanieldanad00spragoog/page/n283 269]-273 |url=https://archive.org/details/lifedanieldanad00spragoog | quote=dana family. }}</ref> However there is no evidence that any Dana was among the Huguenots that fled to England, and there was a Richard Dana born in Manchester, England in 1617 who is the right age and disappears from English records before Richard Dana arrives in Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dana Family in America|last=Dana|first=Elizabeth Ellery|publisher=Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston|year=1956|pages= |
The patriarch, Richard Dana ({{circa}}1620{{mdash}}1690) was said to have been born in France. A [[Huguenot]], he would have fled to England as a result of the [[Edict of Restitution]] of 1629, and subsequently emigrated to New England, settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts by 1640.<ref name="Eliot p. 189">{{cite book|author=Samuel Atkins Eliot|title=A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorycambrid00eliogoog|year=1913|publisher=Cambridge Tribune|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorycambrid00eliogoog/page/n204 189]}}</ref><ref name="CHAPTER1907">{{cite book|author=Hannah Winthrop Chapter|title=An Historic Guide to Cambridge|url=https://archive.org/details/historicguideto00chapgoog|year=1907|page=[https://archive.org/details/historicguideto00chapgoog/page/n249 165]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| first=W. B. |last=Sprague |title=The Life of Daniel Dana |location=Boston, MA |publisher=J. E. Tilton |year=1866 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifedanieldanad00spragoog/page/n283 269]-273 |url=https://archive.org/details/lifedanieldanad00spragoog | quote=dana family. }}</ref> However there is no evidence that any Dana was among the Huguenots that fled to England, and there was a Richard Dana born in Manchester, England in 1617 who is the right age and disappears from English records before Richard Dana arrives in Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dana Family in America|last=Dana|first=Elizabeth Ellery|publisher=Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston|year=1956|pages=9–37}}</ref> |
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In Cambridge, he served numerous posts in the local government, including [[selectman]], constable, tythingman, and grand juror.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dana Family in America|last=Dana|first=Elizabeth Ellery|publisher=Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston|year=1956|pages= |
In Cambridge, he served numerous posts in the local government, including [[selectman]], constable, tythingman, and grand juror.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dana Family in America|last=Dana|first=Elizabeth Ellery|publisher=Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston|year=1956|pages=44–46}}</ref> He married Ann Bullard about 1648.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Clarence Almon Torrey|author2=Elizabeth Petty Bentley|title=New England Marriages Prior to 1700|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mOgK8dM9qqUC&pg=PA202|date=1 January 1985|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|isbn=978-0-8063-1102-9|page=202}}</ref> The couple had fourteen children, all born in Cambridge:<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dana Family in America|last=Dana|first=Elizabeth Ellery|publisher=Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston|year=1956|pages=48–52}}</ref> |
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* John (1649–1650) |
* John (1649–1650) |
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* Hannah (1651–1728), baptized as Anne, married Samuel Oldham |
* Hannah (1651–1728), baptized as Anne, married Samuel Oldham |
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* [[Paul Dana (journalist)]] (1852–1930): journalist |
* [[Paul Dana (journalist)]] (1852–1930): journalist |
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* [[Richard Dana (lawyer)]] (1699–1772): colonial Boston politician, a founder of the Sons of Liberty |
* [[Richard Dana (lawyer)]] (1699–1772): colonial Boston politician, a founder of the Sons of Liberty |
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* [[Richard Henry Dana |
* [[Richard Henry Dana Sr.]] (1787–1879): lawyer, poet, critic |
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* [[Richard Henry Dana |
* [[Richard Henry Dana Jr.]] (1815–1882): lawyer, politician, author (''[[Two Years Before the Mast]]'') |
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* [[Richard Henry Dana III]] (1851–1931): lawyer, civil service reformer, husband of [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]'s daughter |
* [[Richard Henry Dana III]] (1851–1931): lawyer, civil service reformer, husband of [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]'s daughter |
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* [[Samuel Dana]] (1767–1835): US Representative |
* [[Samuel Dana (Massachusetts politician)|Samuel Dana]] (1767–1835): US Representative |
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* [[Samuel Dana (clergyman)]] (1739–1798): clergyman, judge, politician |
* [[Samuel Dana (clergyman)]] (1739–1798): clergyman, judge, politician |
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* [[Samuel Luther Dana]] (1795–1868): chemist |
* [[Samuel Luther Dana]] (1795–1868): chemist |
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* [[Samuel W. Dana]] (1760–1830): US Senator and US Representative |
* [[Samuel W. Dana]] (1760–1830): US Senator and US Representative |
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* [[William |
* [[William Goodwin Dana]] (1798-1858): Sea Captain |
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* [[William Parsons Winchester Dana]] (1833 -1927) International impressionist painter |
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Other notable descendants: |
Other notable descendants: |
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[[Category:People from Cambridge, Massachusetts]] |
[[Category:People from Cambridge, Massachusetts]] |
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[[Category:American families of English ancestry]] |
[[Category:American families of English ancestry]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:41, 7 April 2024
The Dana family is a Boston Brahmin family that arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts from England during the later end of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640).
Richard Dana, immigrant
[edit]The patriarch, Richard Dana (c.1620—1690) was said to have been born in France. A Huguenot, he would have fled to England as a result of the Edict of Restitution of 1629, and subsequently emigrated to New England, settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts by 1640.[1][2][3] However there is no evidence that any Dana was among the Huguenots that fled to England, and there was a Richard Dana born in Manchester, England in 1617 who is the right age and disappears from English records before Richard Dana arrives in Cambridge.[4]
In Cambridge, he served numerous posts in the local government, including selectman, constable, tythingman, and grand juror.[5] He married Ann Bullard about 1648.[6] The couple had fourteen children, all born in Cambridge:[7]
- John (1649–1650)
- Hannah (1651–1728), baptized as Anne, married Samuel Oldham
- Samuel (1653–1653)
- Jacob (1654–1698), married Patience Sabin
- Joseph (1656–1700), married Mary Gobell. Abiah's twin brother.
- Abiah (1656–1668), Joseph's twin brother.
- Benjamin (1660–1738), married Mary Buckminster.
- Elizabeth (1662–1702), married Daniel Woodward. Unlike her siblings, she moved to Connecticut.
- Daniel (1663–1749), married Naomi Croswell. Most of the famous Danas of Massachusetts come from Daniel Dana.
- Deliverance (1667–1741), married Samuel Hyde.
- Sarah (1669–1669)
Notable Danas descended from Richard Dana
[edit]- Amasa Dana (1792-1867), US Representative
- Charles A. Dana (philanthropist) (1881–1975): businessman, politician, philanthropist, founder of the Dana Foundation and Dana Holding Corporation
- Charles Anderson Dana (1819–1897): journalist, author, assistant Secretary of War (1864-1866)
- Charles Loomis Dana (1852–1935): neurologist at Cornell Medical College
- Charles R. Dana (1802–1868): Mormon leader and politician
- Charles S. Dana (1862–1939): Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
- Daniel Dana (1771–1859): president of Dartmouth College
- Edmund Trowbridge Dana (1818–1869): jurist
- Edward Salisbury Dana (1849–1935): mineralogist, physicist
- Francis Dana (1743–1811): member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Articles of Confederation
- Henry Dana (1820-1852): established the Native Police Corps of the Port Phillip District (later Victoria )
- James Dana (clergyman) (1735–1812): pastor of the First Church in New Haven
- James Dana (mayor) (1811–1890): mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
- James Dwight Dana (1813–1895): geologist, mineralogist, zoologist, volcanologist
- John Cotton Dana (1856–1929): librarian and museum director
- John W. Dana (1808–1867): Governor of Maine
- Joseph Dana (1742–1827): clergyman
- Judah Dana (1772–1845): US Senator
- Lowell Dana (1891–1937): college football coach
- Napoleon J.T. Dana (1822–1905): American general during the Civil War and the Mexican–American War
- Olive E. Dana (1859–?): author
- Paul Dana (journalist) (1852–1930): journalist
- Richard Dana (lawyer) (1699–1772): colonial Boston politician, a founder of the Sons of Liberty
- Richard Henry Dana Sr. (1787–1879): lawyer, poet, critic
- Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815–1882): lawyer, politician, author (Two Years Before the Mast)
- Richard Henry Dana III (1851–1931): lawyer, civil service reformer, husband of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's daughter
- Samuel Dana (1767–1835): US Representative
- Samuel Dana (clergyman) (1739–1798): clergyman, judge, politician
- Samuel Luther Dana (1795–1868): chemist
- Samuel W. Dana (1760–1830): US Senator and US Representative
- William Goodwin Dana (1798-1858): Sea Captain
- William Parsons Winchester Dana (1833 -1927) International impressionist painter
Other notable descendants:
- Charles Dana Gibson (1867–1944): graphic artist, created the "Gibson Girl"
- Samuel Dana Bell (1798–1868): politician and judge
- Samuel Newell Bell (1829–1889): US Representative
- William Dana Ewart (1851-1908): Inventor of the Link Belt and founder of the Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company
- Samuel Dana Greene (1839-1884) US Naval Officer
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Samuel Atkins Eliot (1913). A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913. Cambridge Tribune. p. 189.
- ^ Hannah Winthrop Chapter (1907). An Historic Guide to Cambridge. p. 165.
- ^ Sprague, W. B. (1866). The Life of Daniel Dana. Boston, MA: J. E. Tilton. pp. 269-273.
dana family.
- ^ Dana, Elizabeth Ellery (1956). The Dana Family in America. Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston. pp. 9–37.
- ^ Dana, Elizabeth Ellery (1956). The Dana Family in America. Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston. pp. 44–46.
- ^ Clarence Almon Torrey; Elizabeth Petty Bentley (1 January 1985). New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Com. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-8063-1102-9.
- ^ Dana, Elizabeth Ellery (1956). The Dana Family in America. Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston. pp. 48–52.