Ancestry of
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Founder of The Astronomical Journal
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- Great-grandfather of Benjamin Apthorp Gould — 4th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 14
- Father:
- Samuel Dana
- Mother:
- Mary Sumner
- Birth Date:
- 20 May 1738
- Birth Location:
- Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 29 Oct 1830
- Death Location:
- Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- South Amherst Cemetery, Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
- Spouse Name:
- Dorothy May
- Marriage Date:
- 30 Jun 1763
- Marriage Location:
- Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut
- Children:
Lucretia Dana
Lucretia Dana (Ahnentafel No:7 )
- Notes:
Revolutionary War veteran
Amariah Dana
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Additional marriages for Amariah Dana
- Spouse:
- Ruth Williams
- Marriage Date:
- 5 Oct 1780
- Marriage Location:
- Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts
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Sources for Amariah Dana
- 1 Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Pomfret, p. 55, Birth record for Amariah Dana.
- 2 Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Pomfret, p. 56, Birth and death record for daughter Lucretia Dana.
- 3 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/23/2022).
- 4 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Amherst, Vol. 1, p. 12, Birth records for children of Amariah and Dorithy Dana.
- 5 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Amherst, Vol. 1, pp. 12-13, Birth records for children of Amariah Dana and Ruth Williams.
- 6 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Amherst, Vol.1, p. 12, Marriage of Amariah Dana and Ruth Williams.
- 7 The American Genealogist, 1963, Vol. 39, p. 230.
- 8 May, John, et. al., Journal and Letters of Col. John May, of Boston: Relative to Two Journeys to the Ohio Country in 1788 and '89 . . ., Cincinnati: Robert Clarke and Col (1873), 7.
- 9 Williams, Alicia Crane, Chase-Wigglesworth Genealogy: The Ancestors and Descendants of Philip Putnam Chase and His Wife . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc. (1990), 170-172.