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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)]].


==Richard Dana, immigrant==
==Richard Dana, immigrant==


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://books.google.com/books?id=siPZKHPQ1rcC&pg=PA189|year=1913|publisher=Cambridge Tribune|page=189}}</ref><ref name="CHAPTER1907">{{cite book|author=Hannah Winthrop Chapter|title=An Historic Guide to Cambridge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZv2ykegv8AC&pg=PA165|year=1907|page=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=269-273 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M72i-26sDh8C&dq=dana%20family&pg=PA269#v=onepage&q&f=false }}</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|isbn=|location=|pages=9-37}}</ref>
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>


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|isbn=|location=|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 eleven 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|isbn=|location=|pages=48-52}}</ref>
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>
* John (1649–1650)
* John (1649–1650)
* Hannah (1651–1728), baptized as Anne, married Samuel Oldham
* Hannah (1651–1728), baptized as Anne, married Samuel Oldham
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==Notable Danas descended from Richard Dana==
==Notable Danas descended from Richard Dana==
* [[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 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 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 R. Dana]] (1802–1868): [[Mormon]] leader and politician
* [[Charles S. Dana]] (1862–1939): Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
* [[Charles S. Dana]] (1862–1939): Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
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* [[Edward Salisbury Dana]] (1849–1935): mineralogist, physicist
* [[Edward Salisbury Dana]] (1849–1935): mineralogist, physicist
* [[Francis Dana]] (1743–1811): member of the [[Continental Congress]], signer of the [[Articles of Confederation]]
* [[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, Australia|Victoria]] )
* [[James Dana (clergyman)]] (1735–1812): pastor of the First Church in New Haven
* [[James Dana (clergyman)]] (1735–1812): pastor of the First Church in New Haven
* [[James Dana (mayor)]] (1811–1890): mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
* [[James Dana (mayor)]] (1811–1890): mayor of Charlestown, Massachusetts
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* [[Judah Dana]] (1772–1845): US Senator
* [[Judah Dana]] (1772–1845): US Senator
* [[Lowell Dana]] (1891–1937): college football coach
* [[Lowell Dana]] (1891–1937): college football coach
* [[Napoleon J.T. Dana]] (1822–1905): American general during the Civil War and the Spanish–American War
* [[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
* [[Paul Dana (journalist)]] (1852–1930): journalist
* [[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
* [[Richard Henry Dana, Sr.]] (1787–1879): lawyer, poet, critic
* [[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 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
* [[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 (Massachusetts politician)|Samuel Dana]] (1767–1835): US Representative
* [[Samuel Dana (clergyman)]] (1739–1798): clergyman, judge, politician
* [[Samuel Dana (clergyman)]] (1739–1798): clergyman, judge, politician
* [[Samuel Luther Dana]] (1795–1868): chemist
* [[Samuel Luther Dana]] (1795–1868): chemist
* [[Samuel W. Dana]] (1760–1830): US Senator and US Representative
* [[Samuel W. Dana]] (1760–1830): US Senator and US Representative
* [[William Goodwin Dana]] (1798-1858): Sea Captain
* [[William Parsons Winchester Dana]] (1833&nbsp;-1927) International impressionist painter


Other notable descendants:
Other notable descendants:
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* [[Samuel Newell Bell]] (1829–1889): US Representative
* [[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]]
* [[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==
==See also==
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[[Category:People from Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:People from Cambridge, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:American families of English ancestry]]
[[Category:American families of English ancestry]]
[[Category:People of Huguenot descent]]
[[Category:People from colonial Massachusetts]]
[[Category:People of colonial Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Boston Brahmins]]
[[Category:American people of Huguenot descent]]
[[Category:Dana family| ]]

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

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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

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Other notable descendants:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Samuel Atkins Eliot (1913). A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913. Cambridge Tribune. p. 189.
  2. ^ Hannah Winthrop Chapter (1907). An Historic Guide to Cambridge. p. 165.
  3. ^ Sprague, W. B. (1866). The Life of Daniel Dana. Boston, MA: J. E. Tilton. pp. 269-273. dana family.
  4. ^ Dana, Elizabeth Ellery (1956). The Dana Family in America. Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston. pp. 9–37.
  5. ^ Dana, Elizabeth Ellery (1956). The Dana Family in America. Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston. pp. 44–46.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Dana, Elizabeth Ellery (1956). The Dana Family in America. Wright & Potter Printing Company, 32 Derne Street, Boston. pp. 48–52.
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