Rev. Francis Doughty, of Maspeth

Francis Doughty migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 97)

Francis Doughty is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society < Ancestor # A9723 >

Family

Bridget, parents unknown, was the first wife of Francis Doughty, married 1624 in Oldbury, Warwickshire, England. He was born 4 Nov 1605 in Hempstead, Gloucestershire, England and died before 3 Mar 1684 before age 78 in Virginia. Francis was the son of Francis Doughty (d. 1634) and Margaret Barker.

Bridget died before 10 June 1657, in Flushing, New Netherland Colony, or in Virginia, when her husband remarried.

They emigrated to the Massachusetts Colony in 1638.

The four children of Bridget and Francis Doughty were:

• 1. Mary DOUGHTY b: ABT 1628 in England; m. 1) Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck 2) Hugh O’Neale
• 2. Francis DOUGHTY b: ABT 1630; m. Margaret Howell
• 3. Cornet Elias DOUGHTY b: BET 1632 AND 1634 in England; m. Sarah.
• 4. Enoch DOUGHTY b: 1639 (probably in Massachusetts); m. Ann.

Anne (Graves) Cotton married secondly to Nathaniel Eaton in 1641/42. She married thirdly Francis Doughty 10 June 1657 in Accomack County, Virginia. With son Samuel, they moved to Charles County, Maryland, where Anne died 2 March 1682/83.

Biography

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Reverend Francis Doughty was born on Nov. 4, 1605 in Oldsburg, Gloucester Co., England. He married Bridget there in 1624. Francis was formerly the rector of Sudbury, Gloucestershire. He came to the Massachusetts Colony in 1638, at a time of religious persecution in England and after getting into trouble with Bishop Laud in England. Francis' first position in the new world was that of pastor in Taunton, Massachusetts. However, he soon fell out of favor with the Puritan leaders, causing him to move for a short time to Rhode Island and in 1642 to the New Netherlands colony of Maspeth in modern Brooklyn, in order that he may, according to Dutch Reformation, enjoy freedom of conscience, which he unexpectedly missed in New England. He then went to Long Island and became a minister in Flushing.

In 1642 the director granted and conveyed to Francis an absolute patent with manoral privileges, which enabled him to found the town of Maspeth, Long Island. The deed was for 6,666 acres of land, at Maspeth, from Gov. Keift. [1642 Colonial Records Newtown, Long Island]. Francis added some families to his settlement, at Maspeth, in the course of a year, but in 1643 the Indian wars broke out, and they were all driven off their lands, some were killed - and almost all they had was lost. They fled as all refugees did, to Manhattan, and Francis was minister there. But he was without means and his land was seized by the Director; due to the fact that Francis had been preaching that Abraham's children should have been baptized. Francis appealed, but the Director said there was no appeal, his decision must be final, and for Doughty's remarks (about Abraham's children), he was sentenced to 24 hours imprisonment, was expelled from Cohasset and was fined 25 Guilders.

After that, he went to Manhattan and later back again as pastor to Maspeth and Flushing. Francis finally left Flushing NY in 1648 for the English Virginias (Northampton Co, VA); he had previously conferred on his daughter Mary, on her marriage, in 1645, with Adrian VonDerDonck, his farm on Flushing bay, now owned by Abraham and John Rapelye.

He entered into an agreement with the commissioners and housekeepers of the Lower Parish of Northampton County Virginia on 1654/5, 28 February, and they accepted him as their minister. [Northampton Co. Deeds, Wills &cc 5, 1654-55, page 117].

Francis Doughty's first wife, Bridget, died in 1657 and Francis promptly married Anne Graves, his second wife, on June 8, 1657 in Virginia.[Northampton Co. Deeds & Wills 7, 1655-58, p48]. And they divorce around 1668 -- apparently because Francis was getting kicked out of Virginia due to his "nonconformity and scandalous living," and Anne did not want to leave her family and friends.

By October 1659 Francis had moved to Charles County, Maryland, and by April 1662 to Rappahannock County where he was minister of Sittenbourne and South Farnham parishes, 1662-68. [Old Rappahannock County Record Bk. 1656-65, p. 256; Record Book 1668-72, p.119].

In 1668 JOHN CATLETT and HUMPHREY BOOTH referred to his (Francis Doughty's) "nonconformity & Scandalous living" in a petition to the Governor and on 13 March, 1669/70, stating that he wished to "Transport myself out of the Colony of Virginia into some other country and clymate that may prove more favorable to my aged, infirm & decayed Body," DOUGHTY conveyed to RICHARD BOUGHTON of Charles Co., Md., 200 acres on the Rappahannock River for the use of his wife ANNE, she being "unwilling to Depart the said country, shee finding the same best agreeing with her health, Besides her loathness and unwillingness to Bid Farewell to her more Deare & Beloved children, and to her Beloved kindred & Relacons, all or least most of them Residing in the said Colony of Virginia and in the Neighboring province of Maryland. She moved from thence to Charles Co. Md where her will, 26 Dec 1682-18 July 1682 [Maryland Proprietary Wills 4, p. 210], named six of her eight grandchildren and her deceased son Samuel3 EATON. IBID, Page 330: By 1656 he had migrated to Accomack County, Virginia where he remarried, revitalized the church, and presided over some witchcraft trials. By 1665 he had moved to Sittingbourn and Farnham parishes in Old Rappahannock County, Virginia. Eventually he left everything to his wife and departed Virginia to parts unknown.

After the 18 of March, 1668-9, I find no record of Rev. Francis Doughty. Whether he went to Long Island and joined his son Elias or went back to England, is yet to be learned.

In 1685 the sons of Rev. Francis Doughty: Francis, Charles, Elias and Jacob, of Flushing, NY petitioned for a grant of 250 acres each on Long Island, with Mary, Francis, Elias & Enoch.

Comments

From http://www.ronsattic.com/iradiemails.html

Actually, I'm kinda surprised no mention was ever made on the O'Neal/var. Website of Capt. Hugh O'Neal/var. (even if no one is his descendant), as Hugh O'Neal "Indian-fighter" and his nut-job wife the widow Vanderdonck (who practiced as a Surgeon in MD/VA, by virtue of the fact that she had formerly been married to one in Nieuw Amsterdam), and his even nuttier father-in-law Rev. Francis Doughtie, witch-hunter-extraordinaire, who all figure so prominently in the early histories of MA, RI, NY, MD and VA (Mr. Doughtie having the dubious honor of having been systematically expelled from ALL of those colonies, in that order, and usually with great fanfare!) We know this, thanks to their having been embroiled in endless legal actions in the various colonies mentioned, typically with the ruling authorities both ecclesiastic and civil, which records still exist to this day detailing their absolute insanity.

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The Reverend Francis Doughty, Jr. was successor to William Cotton as Anglican rector to the Eastern Short of Virginia, and he was the third husband of Ann Graves Cotton.

• Society of the Descendants of Colonial Clergy

Benjamin Moore. — Born at Newtown, October 5, 1748; went to England and was ordained ; was assistant of Trinity Church till 1800, when he succeeded Bishop Provost. He became president of the college and Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal'Church of New York. He married, April 20, 1778, Charity, daughter of Maj. Clement Clark, and had one son, Clement Clark Moore, born July 15, 1779. Benjamin, the graduate, was son of Lieut. Samuel and Sarah Fish ; grandson of Benjamin and Anna Sackett. He was son of Samuel and Mary Reed, and his father, Rev. John Moore, an Englishman licensed to preach in New England, was settled at Newtown, L. I., till his death in 1657. His widow married Francis Doughty, son of Rev. Francis Doughty of Maspeth

Biography

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Doughty_(clergyman)_ retrieved Dec 2018

Doughty was born in Bristol, and was ordained as a priest in the Church of England by William Piers.[1] He served the parishes of Boxwell, Leighterton and Rangeworthy in Gloucestershire.[2] In 1635 he got in trouble by referring to Charles I as "Charles by common election and general consent King of England".[3]

Doughty decided to emigrate to America, going first to Massachusetts, where he probably arrived in 1638.[4] He pastored churches in Taunton and Cohasset, but was persecuted on account of his beliefs regarding infant baptism.[5] He had preached that all children of baptized parents were children of Abraham, and therefore ought to be baptized as well.[6]

Doughty then moved to Long Island, where in 1642, Director of New Netherland Willem Kieft granted him and his associates a large tract of land at Maspeth, "with power to erect a church, and to exercise the Reformed Christian religion which they profess."[7] The following year, however, war with Indians forced him to relocate to New Amsterdam, where he pastored a church in Flushing for five years.[5] He came into conflict with Kieft, and Captain John Underhill ordered his church doors to be shut.[7] Doughty migrated again, and pastored churches in Northampton County, Virginia, Charles County, Maryland, and Rappahannock County, Virginia.[2] In Virginia he became known for "troublesome but unsuccessful witch-hunting proclivities".[1]

William Gray Dixon calls Doughty the "Apostle of Presbyterianism in America", and suggests that his character "seems to have well befitted his name.[5]

References

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