What put me onto trying to find Thomas Doughty in USA was this article in the Brooklyn Eagle.
CHARLES DOUGHTY DEAD
An old and respected citizen of the New ward passes away
Charles Doughty, an old and respected resident of the twenty-six Ward, died yesterday afternoon in the sixty-third year of his age at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Henry M. Smith, on Van Siclen Avenue, near Atlantic. Mr. Doughty was prominent in church circle, having been a Methodist local preacher for eighteen years. He had often preached in the Andrews, better known as the Cypress Hills Methodist Church, as well as in other churches of the neighborhood. He was the historian and clerk of the Andrews Church and librarian of the Sunday School. He was a resident of New Lots for the last twenty five years, and in that time had held a number of political offices, being chosen as town clerk for several successive terms. In politics he was Republican. He was formerly in the shoe business, but during the last few years he was interested in real estate and insurance. Mr. Doughty was a member of Bunker Hill Lodge, I.O.O.F., the members of which will attend his funeral tomorrow as in a body . Services will be held at 2'o clock at the home, then at the church. The internment will be at Cypress Hills.
Publication:Brooklyn Eagle; Date:Mar 7, 1890; Section:None; Page Number:2
SURROGATE'S NOTICES
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK-To Martha Smith, residing in he city of Brooklyn, Kings County: Thomas Doughty, residing at Norwich, Chenango County, New York:
John Doughty, Richard Doughty and William Doughty residing at Nanticoke, Ontario, Canada: Rosetta Short, residing at Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England: and to other heirs at law and next of kin of Charles Doughty, deceased, whose names and residences are unknown and cannot after diligent enquiry be ascertained.
Whereas Henry M. Smith of the City of Brooklyn has lately petitioned to our Surrogate's Court of the County of Kings to have a certain instrument in writing bearing date the ninth of November, 1889, relating to the real and personal estate duly proved and admitted to probate as the last will and testament of Charles Doughty, late of the city of Brooklyn, deceased.
Wherefore you and each of you are hereby cited and required to appear before our said Surrogate at the Surrogate's Court, in the Hall of Records, in the city of Brooklyn, on the fifteenth day of April, 1890 at ten o' clock in the forenoon, and attend the probate of the said last will and testament.
In testimony whereof we have caused the seal of the Surrogate's Court of Kings County to be hereby unto affixed. Witness HON. George E. Abbott, Surrogate of our said county, at the City of Brooklyn, the 17th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
JUDAH B. VOORHEES, Clerk of the Surrogate's Court.
Benjamin B. Ripton, Attorney for the Petitioner, 44, Court street, Brooklyn.
Publication:Brooklyn Eagle; Date:Apr 20, 1890; Section:None; Page Number:19
Thomas DOUGHTY was born about 1821 in Broughton, by Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, christened in the parish Church of Broughton on 8th November 1821, son of Richard Doughty and his wife Elizabeth Doughty nee Holt. Thomas was the 11th child to be born into the family of Richard Doughty the woodman for the Earl of Yarborough. His next elder brother was Uriah, born 1820, and later to be born were, Martha, 1824, Charles & 1826, Leaning, 1826 & Ellen 1831. The church in which they were christened still stands in Broughton today.
It seems likely that the family did not worship in the Parish Church, but more likely they worshipped in the Methodist Church or Non-Conformists as they were known at that time. This hypothesis is based on the fact that later in life, Thomas worshipped in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. I have been unable to find the location of Thomas in the 1841 Census of Lincolnshire, but more than likely he wasn’t far away from his home town. His brother, Uriah was working as a man servant in Brigg, and in the census he was listed as Datsy, transcribed from Duty, quite a frequent spelling of Doughty by this family. In 1843, he married Elizabeth Balderson in Frodingham Parish Church, the daughter of Edward & Ann Balderson. His wife, Elizabeth already had a child called John Balderson, christened in Frodingham on 12th June 1842, no father named. In the census of 1851, Thomas & his wife Elizabeth and son John are living in Broughton, Lincolnshire; John is employed as an agricultural labourer, with son John a scholar. Elizabeth’s sister Susannah, a dress maker is also at the house. She also appears on the same census living with her parents, Edward & Ann Balderson in Frodingham, so clearly just visiting her sister and her husband in Broughton on census day.
Elizabeth BALDERSON was born in 1819 in Frodingham, Lincolnshire as the daughter of Edward Balderson & Ann Stamp. She was christened on the 24 October 1819 at Frodingham Parish Church as the daughter of Edward Balderson & Ann. Now I haven't done much work on this family before now but I am doing it now. Edward BALDERSON in the census records is an agricultural labourer all his life. he married Ann STAMP, at Frodingham Parish Church on 21 May 1811. I have a CD of Lincolnshire marriages compiled by the Lincolnshire Family History Society, and this marriage is listed as such. Edward & Ann had several other children, the first being Mary, christened on 28 June 1812 at Frodingham Parish Church, then came John, born 1814, christened at Frodingham on 25 September 1814.then came Elizabeth in 1819, then Jane, christened on 16 September 1821, then Susanna on 29 August 1823, then Ann on 9 September 1827. So a large family of young daughters and only one son.
In the 1841 census, Elizabeth Balderson, aged is listed as being a servant at Brumby Hall, Frodingham, where a William Moss is a farmer with his family. Meanwhile back at home in Frodingham, her father Edward and his wife Ann were at home with their 2 children, Susanna aged 15 and Ann aged 13.
In the 1850’s land agents from both Canada & United States were appearing in the Methodist Churches of Lincolnshire villages tempting the agricultural labourers to come to their countries and help them develop their acres of land. The Doughty siblings were very much interested in trying their luck abroad, and one by one after 1851, Thomas, Uriah, Charles & Martha Doughty all emigrated, Uriah, Charles & Martha to Ontario, Canada & Thomas to Wisconsin.
So later that year, Thomas, Elizabeth and John are on the passenger list of the Albert Gallatin, 1437 tons, bound from Liverpool to New York, arrival date in New York set on 28 Nov 1851. John is listed as being a farmer, aged 30, with his wife, Elizabeth aged 27 and John aged 9, all bound for USA.
Here is the manifest for that vessel:
The record states:
Thomas Doughty, Immigration, in 1852 at New York City, New York, United States, Male aged 30, born 1822, in England on board Albert Gallatin.
Elisabeth Doughty, Immigration, in 1852, at New York City, New York, United States,Female aged 27, born 1825 in England on board Albert Gallatin
John Doughty Immigration in 1852 at New York City, New York, United States, Male aged 9, born 1843 in England, on board Albert Gallatin
The record comes from Family Search: So Thomas & his wife Elizabeth and son John Balderson DOUGHTY have emigrated to the United States of America. The next record I have found of them is the 1860 Census.
This reads:
Page 29, Free Inhabitants in Waukesha Village, in the County of Waukesha, of Wisconsin, enumerated by me on the 6th day of January 1860 by John L Whitflat , Marshall Post Office Waukesha.
231, 216, Thomas DOUGHERTY, 38, Married, Farm Labourer, born England.
Elizabeth DOUGHERTY, 40, Married, born England.
So Thomas in 1860 is living in Waukesha, Wisconsin, working as a farm labourer with his wife Elizabeth. Now how they travelled to Waukesha from New York I have no record.
Looking at this website, many of the people living in this state were also from both England & Ireland. http://genealogytrails.com/wis/waukesha/1860censusWaukesha-pg01.html
As for John Balderson Doughty, the 1860 census finds him as a labourer on a farm at Genesee, just a few miles away from Waukesha, Wisconsin.
There is no trace of John Doughty after this date in the census. However there is record; in 1861, John would have been 18, almost 19, a labourer on a farm, near to Waukesha, Wisconsin, so this maybe him.
American Civil War Soldiers
about John Doughty
Name: John Doughty ,
Residence: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Enlistment Date: 10 May 1861
Side Served: Union
State Served: Wisconsin
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 May 1861.
Enlisted in Company F, 5th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 10 May 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant Major on 16 Oct 1862.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant (As of Co. H) on 19 Aug 1863.
Promoted to Full Captain (As of Co. A) on 8 Sep 1864.
Killed Company F, 5th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 2 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.
Sources: 97
Source Citation: Side served: Union;
No. 120.
Report of Col. Thomas S. Allen, Fifth Wisconsin Infantry.
Headquarters Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers,
April 15, 1865.
Captain : In compliance with circular of the 14th instant, I have the honor to report :
First, That in the attack on the rebel lines near Fort Fisher on the morning of the 2d instant my regiment was placed in the front line, with the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts on my right. This line was preceded by a light line of pioneers and sharpshooters. At the signal "forward!" the line started promptly, cut through the abatis in a very few moments, and soon carried the works in our front. My regiment first planted its colors on the works. Without waiting to hold captured property, although several guns were captured by my men, a flank fire was opened both to the right and left, assisting the other brigades of this and the Second Division in carrying their respective fronts. In the afternoon of the same day, and during all the following, my regiment joined in the general movement of the brigade. I found this article about John in an article from Cornell University Library.
Other information
No. 120. Report of Col. Thomas S. Allen, Fifth Wisconsin Infantry. Headquarters Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, April 15, 1865. Captain : In compliance with circular of the 14th instant, I have the honor to report : First, That in the attack on the rebel lines near Fort Fisher on the morning of the 2d instant my regiment was placed in the front line, with the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts on my right. This line was preceded by a light line of pioneers and sharpshooters. At the signal "forward!" the line started promptly, cut through the abatis in a very few moments, and soon carried the works in our front. My regiment first planted its colors on the works. Without waiting to hold captured property, although several guns were captured by my men, a flank fire was opened both to the right and left, assisting the other brigades of this and the Second Division in carrying their respective fronts. In the afternoon of the same day, and during all the following, my regiment joined in the general movement of the brigade. Among the names especially deserving of honorable mention are those of the gallant Capt. John B. Doughty, who was killed -while urging his men through the abatis; Capt. Henry Curran and Lieut. E. K. Jones did good service; Capt. Thomas Flint captured and destroyed two wagons loaded with valuable stores; Capt. William Bremmer cap- CHAP.Lvm.] THE APPOMATTOX CAMPAlGN. 953 captured and destroyed three wagons, also loaded; Lieutenant-Colonel Bull was one of the first officers to enter the works. The color-sergeant, Robert H. Langton, and color-corporal, August Franz, cannot be too highly praised for their energy and daring. Sergt. James Young, of Company D, with some fifteen or twenty men, pushed ahead to the South Side road and fired on a train of cars which was passing, and cut the telegraph wires for some distance, showing that they were the first to strike the road, since cars could not run had the road been struck previously. Our loss this day was 14 killed and 67 wounded.
REFN
http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924079575340/cu31924079575340_djvu.txt
So Young John B DOUGHTY died fighting in the American Civil War. Meanwhile back in Wisconsin his parents also had their problems.
In my research over the years about Thomas Doughty, I found this obituary, which was sent to me by a librarian
The Morning Sun-Friday-May 24, 1895 issue:
"Death of Thomas Doughty-After a painful illness of about a week, Thomas Doughty died at his home, No. 5 Division Street, shortly before noon yesterday, aged 73 years.
Mr. Doughty was born in Lincolnshire, England,in 1821, and came to this country in 1851, locating at Waukesha, Wis. His has since lived in Brooklyn and Sidney, and removed to this place in May, 1880. Mr. Doughty, since his residence here, has followed the avocation of a Landscape gardener and was at the time of his death a member of the Broad Street M.E. church. He was an honest, hard working man and, although he never sought acquaintances, those who knew him best were his firmest friends. He leaves a widow and sister, Mrs. H. M. Smith of Brooklyn.
The funeral will be held from his late residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. John Bardshaw, pastor of the Broad Street M.E.church, officiating. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery."
Chenango County Church, Town and Cemetery Records, by D.A.R. book 4 page 64 Mt. Hope Cemetery - Doughty, Thomas 1821-1895
Mary C. his wife, 1839-1905"
I did try to find out what had happened to Elizabeth Doughty nee Balderson-I think she must have died before 1870, but trying to find her death & burial record in Wisconsin proved very much of a difficulty. Anyway as you can see from the above obituary, her husband Thomas left Wisconsin and went to Brooklyn, New York State. I know that living in Brooklyn at that time was his sister Martha & brother Charles, so maybe after his wife died he went there to join them. Anyway in the 1870 Census he was in Sidney Plains, County Delaware, New York State.
In 1880, on the census, Thomas is married to Mary born New York, father born Scotland and they are living in Sidney Plains, Delaware County, New York, with a daughter Anna, aged 16, born England.
Source Information:
Census Place District 2, Sidney Plains, Delaware, New York
Family History Library Film 1254823
NA Film Number T9-0823
Page Number 384B
Here's the entry:
The census entry does not list his occupation.
There isn't any records of the US 1890 census, and then we know from the above obituary that Thomas died Thursday May 23rd, 1895 at 5 Division Street, Norwich, Chenango County, New York State, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery on May 25 1895.
His wife Mary died Mary C died 26 April 1905 at 22 Gold Street, Norwich, Chenango County, New York State. She too was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, as you can see above.
So that was Thomas DOUGHTY, born 1821, now for his younger brother Charles, whose death led me to the discovery of Thomas in USA.
Charles DOUGHTY was born in Broughton by Brigg in Lincolnshire, England on 12 February 1826, the youngest son of Richard Doughty & Elizabeth Holt. he was christened at the local parish church in Broughton. The record states:
No. 348: December 2nd 1827, Charles, son of Richard & Elizabeth DOUGHTY, of Broughton, Labourer, by Rev. D.C. Burton, Rector.
Web Address
www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?
oid=738518&iid=100313
I wrote a story about this man and published it in Ancestry:
Charles Doughty was born in Broughton by Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, the 14th child of Richard Doughty and Elizabeth Holt. He was born Nov. 29 1827, baptised in Broughton church, and would then be living amongst a large family. In 1851, he is recorded on the census as the only child still at home with his parents in the family home in Broughton by Brigg(Ref: HO 107/2116) At the time his occupation is given as agricultural labourer. Charles was a "little person" , as the photo of him in front of his business premises in Brooklyn suggests.
Anyway, Charles decided to emigrate to America, and he is recorded as being a passenger of the ship called "Ross" that left Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. To get to Hull would have meant a train journey/coach/walk to New Holland where there was a steam ferry to Hull. He arrived in New York on 22nd May 1854:
Name: Charles Doughty Arrival Date: 22 May 1854: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828 :Age: 26:Gender: Male:Port of Departure: Hull, England
Destination: Toronto:Place of Origin: England:Ship Name: Ross:Port of Arrival: New York:Line: 7:Microfilm Serial: M237{Microfilm Roll: 139
List Number: 542:Port Arrival State: New York:Port Arrival Country: United States.
Many years ago when I first started to find out about this Charles DOUGHTY I managed to contact an Ann McMillan who lives in Ontario, Canada. She told me this information about Charles:
. "The only reference I have of Charles Doughty is that he went to New York City, U.S.A. and lived with his sister Martha who was married to a Mr. H.M. Smith. It was said that he was very short, possibly a dwarf and he never married. He was a minister in the Methodist Church. In the summer, when he had a vacation, he came to visit his brother Uriah and was visiting him when Uriah passed away. Charles died in N.Y. City on Dec. 22, 1889. I have a picture of him standing on a street in N.Y.City."
I found his obituary in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, published Christmas Eve, 1889.
CHARLES DOUGHTY DEAD
An old and respected citizen of the New ward passes away
Charles Doughty, an old and respected resident of the twenty-six Ward, died yesterday afternoon in the sixty-third year of his age at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Henry M. Smith, on Van Siclen Avenue, near Atlantic. Mr. Doughty was prominent in church circle, having been a Methodist local preacher for eighteen years. He had often preached in the Andrews, better known as the Cypress Hills Methodist Church, as well as in other churches of the neighborhood. He was the historian and clerk of the Andrews Church and librarian of the Sunday School. He was a resident of New Lots for the last twenty five years, and in that time had held a number of political offices, being chosen as town clerk for several successive terms. In politics he was Republican. He was formerly in the shoe business, but during the last few years he was interested in real estate and insurance. Mr. Doughty was a member of Bunker Hill Lodge, I.O.O.F., the members of which will attend his funeral tomorrow as in a body . Services will be held at 2'o clock at the home, then at the church. The internment will be at Cypress Hills.
Whilst on holiday in Canada in 2019, I met Anne & her husband Ian Macmillan. Anne brought me a newspaper report of the death & funeral of Charles Doughty.
OBITUARY
Rev. Charles DOUGHTY
On Sunday evening, December 22nd, Mr. Charles Doughty died at his residence of Mr. H. M. Smith, aged 62 years and 28 days. Although Mr. Doughty’s health had for some time been failing, his death was unlooked and proved a great surprise to many of his friends. Some two years ago Mr Doughty had a severe fall upon the ice, the effects of which, on account of his infirmity, proved quite serious, and it is thought he never recovered and from the shock then was turned. He was a man of iron which would not give in to small ailments. It was quite apparent to his near relations, however, that the fall had left its effects, and that his health was on the downward grade. The past summer, as was his custom every summer, he visited his brother Uriah, in Canada, and just as he was about ready to return home, Uriah died quite suddenly. The two brothers were very much attached to each other, and the suddenness of Uriah’s death gave Charles another shock. As executor of the estate, Mr. Doughty exerted himself very much in discharging the duties incident thereto. After his return he was ailing considerably, but kept his own counsel and it was not until within a short time of his death that his relatives knew of his actual trouble. On Thursday of last week, he was at his office for the last time. That day he took his bed and never left it.
Mr. Doughty was born in Broughton, Lincolnshire, England, November 29th, 1827. Forty years ago, he came to this country and settled in Wisconsin. Fifteen years later he came to East New York, at the insistence of his sister, Mrs. H. M. Smith, and has remained here ever since-having been twenty-five years in this place. For twenty-three years he has been connected with the Andrews M. E. Church, and was one of its most active and respected members, filling nearly office in the Church and Sunday School. He was a regularly appointed local preacher, and received the title of Reverend many years ago. He was several terms Secretary of the Kings County Sunday School Union, and was always active in Sunday School and Church work. At one time he moved a little in local politics and was twice elected Town Clerk of New Lots. His intimate friends knew him as one of the painstaking and methodical of men. Quietly and unobtrusively he pursued the even tenor of his way, and those who had dealings with him learned the appreciate his through honesty and integrity. He was precise in all his pecuniary transactions, requiring for himself that which property belonged to him and with-holding from no one his just dues-in short, he was precise to a penny, whichever side of the account it was on.
The funeral services were held at the Cypress Hills M. E. Church, on the afternoon of Christmas Day. The church was filled with relatives and friends. Bunker Hill Lodge, No. 136, I.O.O.F. (of which deceased was a member and its first chaplain) was also present in a body. The services were conducted by Rev. D. W. Couch, former pastor of the church, and were participated in by seven clergymen in all, viz : Rev. T. Pray, present pastor ; Revs Joseph Baird, T. M. Terry, Curtis Graham, former pastors, Rev. I.C. Barnhardt, of the Williams Avenue Church, Rev. Wm. Jaines, of the Woodhaven Congregational Church. Rev. John Nash was also present. Revs. Couch and Baird delivered the discourses, and both testified to the Christian virtues of the deceased. A noticeable feature was the draping of the pew, invariably occupied by deceased in the church, and also the table used by him as librarian of the Sunday-school. The floral tributes were both numerous and elegant.
At thy grave in Cypress Hills cemetery, Rev. Mr. Terry performed the last sad ceremony, after which the burial services of the Odd fellows’ Order were gone through, Brother George A. Macdonald, officiated as Noble Grand, and Brother A.A. Philips, Jr., as Chaplain. The interment then took place.
“Not dead, but only sleeping
Within their narrow bed:
Safe in the Saviour’s keeping;
Thus are comforted.
“Why call it death’s dark portal?
Why say that they have died.
Who pass to life immortal,
And with their Lord abide?
“Say, rather, they have risen,
Have they laid their bonds aside,
Have life their earthly prison;
They live, they have not died.”
No. 120. Report of Col. Thomas S. Allen, Fifth Wisconsin Infantry. Headquarters Fifth Wisconsin Volunteers, April 15, 1865. Captain : In compliance with circular of the 14th instant, I have the honor to report : First, That in the attack on the rebel lines near Fort Fisher on the morning of the 2d instant my regiment was placed in the front line, with the Thirty-seventh Massachusetts on my right. This line was preceded by a light line of pioneers and sharpshooters. At the signal "forward!" the line started promptly, cut through the abatis in a very few moments, and soon carried the works in our front. My regiment first planted its colors on the works. Without waiting to hold captured property, although several guns were captured by my men, a flank fire was opened both to the right and left, assisting the other brigades of this and the Second Division in carrying their respective fronts. In the afternoon of the same day, and during all the following, my regiment joined in the general movement of the brigade. Among the names especially deserving of honorable mention are those of the gallant Capt. John B. Doughty, who was killed -while urging his men through the abatis; Capt. Henry Curran and Lieut. E. K. Jones did good service; Capt. Thomas Flint captured and destroyed two wagons loaded with valuable stores; Capt. William Bremmer cap- CHAP.Lvm.] THE APPOMATTOX CAMPAlGN. 953 captured and destroyed three wagons, also loaded; Lieutenant-Colonel Bull was one of the first officers to enter the works. The color-sergeant, Robert H. Langton, and color-corporal, August Franz, cannot be too highly praised for their energy and daring. Sergt. James Young, of Company D, with some fifteen or twenty men, pushed ahead to the South Side road and fired on a train of cars which was passing, and cut the telegraph wires for some distance, showing that they were the first to strike the road, since cars could not run had the road been struck previously. Our loss this day was 14 killed and 67 wounded.
REFN
http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924079575340/cu31924079575340_djvu.txt
So Young John B DOUGHTY died fighting in the American Civil War. Meanwhile back in Wisconsin his parents also had their problems.
In my research over the years about Thomas Doughty, I found this obituary, which was sent to me by a librarian
The Morning Sun-Friday-May 24, 1895 issue:
"Death of Thomas Doughty-After a painful illness of about a week, Thomas Doughty died at his home, No. 5 Division Street, shortly before noon yesterday, aged 73 years.
Mr. Doughty was born in Lincolnshire, England,in 1821, and came to this country in 1851, locating at Waukesha, Wis. His has since lived in Brooklyn and Sidney, and removed to this place in May, 1880. Mr. Doughty, since his residence here, has followed the avocation of a Landscape gardener and was at the time of his death a member of the Broad Street M.E. church. He was an honest, hard working man and, although he never sought acquaintances, those who knew him best were his firmest friends. He leaves a widow and sister, Mrs. H. M. Smith of Brooklyn.
The funeral will be held from his late residence Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev. John Bardshaw, pastor of the Broad Street M.E.church, officiating. Burial will be made in Mt. Hope Cemetery."
Chenango County Church, Town and Cemetery Records, by D.A.R. book 4 page 64 Mt. Hope Cemetery - Doughty, Thomas 1821-1895
Mary C. his wife, 1839-1905"
I did try to find out what had happened to Elizabeth Doughty nee Balderson-I think she must have died before 1870, but trying to find her death & burial record in Wisconsin proved very much of a difficulty. Anyway as you can see from the above obituary, her husband Thomas left Wisconsin and went to Brooklyn, New York State. I know that living in Brooklyn at that time was his sister Martha & brother Charles, so maybe after his wife died he went there to join them. Anyway in the 1870 Census he was in Sidney Plains, County Delaware, New York State.
There he is at the top of the page:
1870 Census for Sidney Plains, New York State, USA
Date of census 1 June 1870
147/154: DOTY: Thomas: Aged 45, Male, White, Brick Maker, Born England, Parents of Foreign Birth
DOTY: Mary, Aged 34, Female, White, Keeping House, Born New York, Both Parents of Foreign Birth
Matter, John, Aged 35, Male, White, Mason, Born New York, both parents of foreign birth.
So it appears that Thomas has married again, to a woman called Martha.
10 years later, Thomas is in the 1880 US census
Source Information:
Census Place District 2, Sidney Plains, Delaware, New York
Family History Library Film 1254823
NA Film Number T9-0823
Page Number 384B
Here's the entry:
There isn't any records of the US 1890 census, and then we know from the above obituary that Thomas died Thursday May 23rd, 1895 at 5 Division Street, Norwich, Chenango County, New York State, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery on May 25 1895.
His wife Mary died Mary C died 26 April 1905 at 22 Gold Street, Norwich, Chenango County, New York State. She too was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, as you can see above.
So that was Thomas DOUGHTY, born 1821, now for his younger brother Charles, whose death led me to the discovery of Thomas in USA.
Charles DOUGHTY was born in Broughton by Brigg in Lincolnshire, England on 12 February 1826, the youngest son of Richard Doughty & Elizabeth Holt. he was christened at the local parish church in Broughton. The record states:
No. 348: December 2nd 1827, Charles, son of Richard & Elizabeth DOUGHTY, of Broughton, Labourer, by Rev. D.C. Burton, Rector.
Web Address
www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?
oid=738518&iid=100313
I wrote a story about this man and published it in Ancestry:
Charles Doughty was born in Broughton by Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, the 14th child of Richard Doughty and Elizabeth Holt. He was born Nov. 29 1827, baptised in Broughton church, and would then be living amongst a large family. In 1851, he is recorded on the census as the only child still at home with his parents in the family home in Broughton by Brigg(Ref: HO 107/2116) At the time his occupation is given as agricultural labourer. Charles was a "little person" , as the photo of him in front of his business premises in Brooklyn suggests.
Anyway, Charles decided to emigrate to America, and he is recorded as being a passenger of the ship called "Ross" that left Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. To get to Hull would have meant a train journey/coach/walk to New Holland where there was a steam ferry to Hull. He arrived in New York on 22nd May 1854:
Name: Charles Doughty Arrival Date: 22 May 1854: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828 :Age: 26:Gender: Male:Port of Departure: Hull, England
Destination: Toronto:Place of Origin: England:Ship Name: Ross:Port of Arrival: New York:Line: 7:Microfilm Serial: M237{Microfilm Roll: 139
List Number: 542:Port Arrival State: New York:Port Arrival Country: United States.
Many years ago when I first started to find out about this Charles DOUGHTY I managed to contact an Ann McMillan who lives in Ontario, Canada. She told me this information about Charles:
. "The only reference I have of Charles Doughty is that he went to New York City, U.S.A. and lived with his sister Martha who was married to a Mr. H.M. Smith. It was said that he was very short, possibly a dwarf and he never married. He was a minister in the Methodist Church. In the summer, when he had a vacation, he came to visit his brother Uriah and was visiting him when Uriah passed away. Charles died in N.Y. City on Dec. 22, 1889. I have a picture of him standing on a street in N.Y.City."
I found his obituary in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, published Christmas Eve, 1889.
CHARLES DOUGHTY DEAD
An old and respected citizen of the New ward passes away
Charles Doughty, an old and respected resident of the twenty-six Ward, died yesterday afternoon in the sixty-third year of his age at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Henry M. Smith, on Van Siclen Avenue, near Atlantic. Mr. Doughty was prominent in church circle, having been a Methodist local preacher for eighteen years. He had often preached in the Andrews, better known as the Cypress Hills Methodist Church, as well as in other churches of the neighborhood. He was the historian and clerk of the Andrews Church and librarian of the Sunday School. He was a resident of New Lots for the last twenty five years, and in that time had held a number of political offices, being chosen as town clerk for several successive terms. In politics he was Republican. He was formerly in the shoe business, but during the last few years he was interested in real estate and insurance. Mr. Doughty was a member of Bunker Hill Lodge, I.O.O.F., the members of which will attend his funeral tomorrow as in a body . Services will be held at 2'o clock at the home, then at the church. The internment will be at Cypress Hills.
Whilst on holiday in Canada in 2019, I met Anne & her husband Ian Macmillan. Anne brought me a newspaper report of the death & funeral of Charles Doughty.
OBITUARY
Rev. Charles DOUGHTY
On Sunday evening, December 22nd, Mr. Charles Doughty died at his residence of Mr. H. M. Smith, aged 62 years and 28 days. Although Mr. Doughty’s health had for some time been failing, his death was unlooked and proved a great surprise to many of his friends. Some two years ago Mr Doughty had a severe fall upon the ice, the effects of which, on account of his infirmity, proved quite serious, and it is thought he never recovered and from the shock then was turned. He was a man of iron which would not give in to small ailments. It was quite apparent to his near relations, however, that the fall had left its effects, and that his health was on the downward grade. The past summer, as was his custom every summer, he visited his brother Uriah, in Canada, and just as he was about ready to return home, Uriah died quite suddenly. The two brothers were very much attached to each other, and the suddenness of Uriah’s death gave Charles another shock. As executor of the estate, Mr. Doughty exerted himself very much in discharging the duties incident thereto. After his return he was ailing considerably, but kept his own counsel and it was not until within a short time of his death that his relatives knew of his actual trouble. On Thursday of last week, he was at his office for the last time. That day he took his bed and never left it.
Mr. Doughty was born in Broughton, Lincolnshire, England, November 29th, 1827. Forty years ago, he came to this country and settled in Wisconsin. Fifteen years later he came to East New York, at the insistence of his sister, Mrs. H. M. Smith, and has remained here ever since-having been twenty-five years in this place. For twenty-three years he has been connected with the Andrews M. E. Church, and was one of its most active and respected members, filling nearly office in the Church and Sunday School. He was a regularly appointed local preacher, and received the title of Reverend many years ago. He was several terms Secretary of the Kings County Sunday School Union, and was always active in Sunday School and Church work. At one time he moved a little in local politics and was twice elected Town Clerk of New Lots. His intimate friends knew him as one of the painstaking and methodical of men. Quietly and unobtrusively he pursued the even tenor of his way, and those who had dealings with him learned the appreciate his through honesty and integrity. He was precise in all his pecuniary transactions, requiring for himself that which property belonged to him and with-holding from no one his just dues-in short, he was precise to a penny, whichever side of the account it was on.
The funeral services were held at the Cypress Hills M. E. Church, on the afternoon of Christmas Day. The church was filled with relatives and friends. Bunker Hill Lodge, No. 136, I.O.O.F. (of which deceased was a member and its first chaplain) was also present in a body. The services were conducted by Rev. D. W. Couch, former pastor of the church, and were participated in by seven clergymen in all, viz : Rev. T. Pray, present pastor ; Revs Joseph Baird, T. M. Terry, Curtis Graham, former pastors, Rev. I.C. Barnhardt, of the Williams Avenue Church, Rev. Wm. Jaines, of the Woodhaven Congregational Church. Rev. John Nash was also present. Revs. Couch and Baird delivered the discourses, and both testified to the Christian virtues of the deceased. A noticeable feature was the draping of the pew, invariably occupied by deceased in the church, and also the table used by him as librarian of the Sunday-school. The floral tributes were both numerous and elegant.
At thy grave in Cypress Hills cemetery, Rev. Mr. Terry performed the last sad ceremony, after which the burial services of the Odd fellows’ Order were gone through, Brother George A. Macdonald, officiated as Noble Grand, and Brother A.A. Philips, Jr., as Chaplain. The interment then took place.
“Not dead, but only sleeping
Within their narrow bed:
Safe in the Saviour’s keeping;
Thus are comforted.
“Why call it death’s dark portal?
Why say that they have died.
Who pass to life immortal,
And with their Lord abide?
“Say, rather, they have risen,
Have they laid their bonds aside,
Have life their earthly prison;
They live, they have not died.”
So Charles came to live in New Lots 1864 and originally had a shoe business.
Charles Doughty in US 1870 Census:
Inhabitants in Town of New Lots, Kings County, New York on 5th August 1870: Post Office of East New York.
Henry SMITH, aged 35, Male, White, Occupation, Mason, Value of Personal Estate $4,500, Born England
Martha SMITH, aged 37, Female, White, Occupation-Keeping House, Born England
Richard SMITH, aged 8, Male, White, born New York
John SMITH, aged 67, Male, White, Occupation, None, born England
Charles DOUGHTY, aged 42, Male, White, Occupation Retired Shoe Dealer, Value of Personal Estate, $500, Born England.
The Brooklyn Eagle of March 7, 1873, reported a case in the Surrogate Court, where the terms of a will were disputed. This will was made up by a Methodist Minister, and witnessed by Charles Doughty at East New York, Van Siclen Avenue, and Oliver Smith of Alabama Avenue. The same article also stated that Charles was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Flatbush, and that he had been called from his store to witness the signature of the will maker on November 13th, 1871.
In May 1879, Charles was arrested for assault.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 04 May 1879, Sunday
The Rev. Charles DOUGHTY
The Contradictory Testimony that was taken. A woman with Six Landlords-Mr. Doughty aggrieved by being called a Devil.
Yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Charles Doughty, of East New York, who was arrested by Constable Taylor on Thursday last, on a charge of assault and battery, was tried before Mr. Justice Sherlock and a jury and acquitted.
The testimony of the woman Margaret Jane Skidmore, who made the complaint, was to the effect that she had hired rooms in a house in Atlantic Avenue near Sackman Street, from Mr. Doughty, who was acting as agent. That on Wednesday morning, while she was moving in her things, a woman named Ruland gave her son a note, and told him to give it to her mother. On opening it, she found it was from Mr. Doughty, and its contents forbade her to enter the house. She then went to Mr. Doughty’s, and the woman Ruland also went there just ahead of her. When she went in, she asked Mr. Doughty what his note meant. His answer was “It means what it means” She said to him that she had paid the money and would move in. He told her she should not move in. Ruland then interfered and asked her who she was. She retorted by asking the same question, and then Mr. Doughty said to her, “Shut up your jaw, and get out of here” She claimed he kept on abusing her scandalously, but naively said “I don’t deny that I talked back to him”. He told her to go out, and as she was slowly backing out, she saw by THE ROLLING OF HIS EYE that he meant mischief, and she said to him “Don’t touch me, Mr. Doughty”. She opened the door, and as she did so, he took her by the shoulder and shoved her out, slamming the door on her dress and holding her there till a stranger came to her assistance and released her.
The Rev. Mr. Doughty then took the stand. He testified that he let the woman the place of her representing that she was a good pay; that she was not; thereupon he sent the note to her that she could not have the place; shortly after she came to his place, going on like a maniac, and using language very abusive and vile.
On cross questioning the term she used was found to be
“YOU LITTLE DEVIL”
This language shocked him so that he ordered her out; as she was going out he followed her, but he positively denied touching her; he stated that he did not know her dress was caught, and that he did not close the door upon her; a man came while she was going out; Mr. Doughty thought he might have shut the door on her dress; he did not know who the man was.
Clara Ruland testified that she was the woman who took the note to Mrs. Skidmore for Mr. Doughty; she did not know at the time what was in it; shortly after she delivered it, Mrs Skidmore came and abused her, and then went to Mr. Doughty and told him if the woman staid in the house, she would move; Mrs. Skidmore came into Mr. Doughty’s, and asked the reason she had to move. The terstimony further given was similar to that of Mr. Doughty. She was quite positive that Mr. Doughty did not touch Mrs. Skidmore; she stated that Mr. Doughty was VERY ANGRY and left the chair in which he was sitting, and went close up to Mrs. Skidmore. Mrs Skidmore was then placed on the stand to rebut several statements made by Mr. Doughty. She stated in references to her difficulty with her landlord about paying, that in the past three months there had been six men claiming to be landlords, and each of them ordered her not to pay anyone else, and demanded, under penalty of being put out, that she should pay only him. She decided to pay no one, but to change her residence as soon as possible. The case was submitted to the jury, and that body after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty, and the Rev. Mr. Doughty was discharged.
By calling Charles "A little Devil", she may have been referring to his stature.
Above is a photograph of Charles Doughty outside his business premises-Doughty & Simons-it shows that Charles' stature was rather short.
The Brooklyn Eagle December 24, 1889 page 3
DEATH OF CHARLES DOUGHTY
Mr. Charles DOUGHTY, a prominent real estate agent of the Twenty-sixth Ward and head of the firm Doughty & Simons died yesterday at the residence of his brother-in-law. He was 62 years of age and was one of the oldest residents of the new ward. He was a member of the Andrews M. E. Church, near Jamaica Avenue. And of Bunker Hill Lodge, I O O F. the members of which will attend the funeral in a body.
Deaths: DOUGHTY
At the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. H. M. Smith, 125, Siclen Ave, on Sunday, December 22, Charles Doughty, of Broughton, Lincolnshire, England, aged 62 years and 23 days. Funeral Services at the Andrews M.E. Church, Richmond St, near Jamaica Av, Twenty-six Ward, Brooklyn, on Wednesday December 25, at 2-30 P.M.
He was buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery, as the record below of find a grave suggests.
Charles Doughty
BIRTH 1826
DEATH 22 Dec 1889 (aged 62–63)
Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
BURIAL
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
Created by: Gary Urbanowicz
Added: 11 Apr 2014
Find A Grave Memorial MEMORIAL ID 127810912 ·
In June 2019, whilst on holiday in Brooklyn, I went to Cypress Hills Cemetery on the subway with my son Pete, alighting at Cypress Hills Station and walking to the Cemetery office. There I asked if they had any records for a Charles Doughty who was buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery in December 1889. They confirmed his burial record and gave me a map with instructions of how to find the gravestone. Together we walked up the hillside following the green line on the map, then the black line, to search for the location of the black blob on the map. The reference for the gravestone was Section 3, Lot 413, Grave 16.
To my surprise and satisfaction, suddenly I saw a large gravestone with the name DOUGHTY inscribed upon it.
So Thomas, Charles, and Martha Doughty, all left Lincolnshire and emigrated to USA & Canada.
MARTHA DOUGHTY
Martha was born in 1824, & christened at Broughton Parish Church on 4 March 1824-the record is here
DOUGHTY, Martha, 04 March, 1824, daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Doughty, of Broughton, labourer. Detail: Broughton By Brigg Parish Records - Baptisms (1823-1824)
Web Address
www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?
oid=738518&iid=100306
The next record I have for her is the 1841 Census, where she is working as a farm servant in Broughton by Brigg aged 15, and her name is spelt Martha DOWTY.
1841 England Census for Martha DOWTY(DOUGHTY)
Lincolnshire, Broughton, District 8
William TOMLINSON, 25, Farmer, Born Lincolnshire
Jane TOMLINSON, 25, born Lincolnshire
Mary TOMLINSON, 6 months, born Lincolnshire
Hellen TOMLINSON, 20, born Lincolnshire
John Bopple, 70, Servant born Lincolnshire
Thos. Bartliiss,20, Man Servant, born Lincolnshire
Martha DOWTY, 15, born, Farm Servant, born Lincolnshire
So sometime between 1841 & 1860, Martha left Lincolnshire & went to USA/Canada, met Henry M. Smith and got married.
After that the next record I have is the 1860 US census:
Page No. 27: Free Inhabitants of the Town of New Lots in the County of Kings, New York.
Family No. 189:
Henry Smith, Male, 28, White, Occupation: Mason Value of Personal Estate$50 born c.1832 England
Martha Smith, Female, 35, White, born,c. 1825, England
Jas Preston, Male, 35, White, Gardener, born c.1825, England.
Ellen Preston, Female, 29, White, born c.1831, England.
Sarah Banister, Female, 17, White born c. 1843 England
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQP-13N : 30 December 2015), Jas Preston in entry for Henry Smith, 1860.
So on the census day of 1860, Martha is married to Henry SMITH, a mason, and also at the house are James & Ellen PRESTON, both born in England, him about 1825 and her about 1831. Well these two people are Martha's brother-in-law & sister Ellen DOUGHTY.
James Preston was the eldest son of Joseph & Alice Preston another Lincolnshire family living in West Halton, a village about 10 miles north of Broughton by Brigg where the Doughty family were living. Joseph Preston born 8 January 1801 in Winterton, that's about a mile south of West Halton married Alice Pickersgill on 16 July 1821 at Winteringham Church, in a village close to the Humber estuary. James was born on 10 January 1824-the first record of him is his baptism/christening on 12 January 1824: The transcript of the record at Lincolnshire Archives available to view online here
Ellen Doughty was the youngest child of Richard Doughty & Elizabeth Holt. I can't find a Christening date for Ellen-all her siblings were christened at Broughton Church, but I can't find an official record for Ellen so maybe she was christened in a Methodist Church in Broughton. She isn't listed in the 1841 Census, well certainly not with her parents-I have searched the whole of Broughton and she isn't there at all, when she would have been 10 years old. She married James Preston at Broughton in 1851, in the first three months of 1851-I would have to get a marriage record from GRO to prove when it was. In the census of 1851, on 30 March, she and James were at the home of Uriah Doughty and his wife Mary Preston, whom Uriah had married on 16 October 1843. So that was probably how Ellen came to know and marry James Preston, Mary Doughty nee Preston's younger brother.
10 years later in 1870, James & Ellen are still in Brooklyn, New York.
James Preston in United States Census, 1870
Birthplace
James Preston M 45 England
Ellen Preston F 39 England
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8J3-Z19 : 17 October 2014), James Preston, New York, United States; citing p. 211, family 1854, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,462.
No 1834:
Preston, James, aged 45, Male, White, Gardener, estate worth $400, Born England
Preston, Ellen, aged 39, Female, White, Keeping House, Born England.
There is a death recorded for an Ellen Preston on 16 October 1871 in Kings County (Brooklyn)
Certificate Number: 9828
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Index to New York City Deaths 1862-1948. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives.
Death of Alice PRESTON, nee PICKERSGILL, Uriah DOUGHTY's mother-in-law:
Whilst all this was going on in Brooklyn, USA, Joseph Preston, James's father, was having his family problems back in Lincolnshire, England. He had married James's mother Alice Pickersgill, on 16 July 1821 at Winteringham, Lincolnshire,
Winteringhan Parish Records-Marriages: (1821-1822) https://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=623610&iid=144770
Marriages in the Parish of Wintringham, Lincolnshire in the year 1821: Joseph PRESTON of the parish of West HALTON, Bachelor & Alice PICKERSGILL, of this Parish, were married in this church, by Banns on 16 July 1821 by me L. Grainger, curate in presence of Nicholas PRESTON & William REYNOLDS. Both bride & groom signed with their mark.
They had had together at least 4 children, before Alice died on 14 April 1838., or at least a few days before she was buried in the graveyard at the local church.
Alice was buried in the graveyard of the parish church of West Halton on 16th April, 1838.
I found a record of this burial on the website Lincstothepast:
Transcript
Alice PRESTON, of West HALTON, buried April 16th 1838, aged 47 years, By W. F. Drake, Rector.
Web address: www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?<br/>oid=521020&iid=172976<br/>
Joseph then married a Sarah Shankster on 4 September 1838 at West Halton, but she died 10 years later on 8 February 1848.
She was buried at West Halton Parish Church, Graveyard as this record on Lincstothepast states:
Register No. 190: Sarah PRESTON, of West Halton, buried 10th February, 1848 aged 63 by Edmund Alderson
Then Joseph's younger sons Edward & William died in 1840 & 1868 respectively, and his other son Thomas was living in West Yorkshire. Meanwhile his eldest daughter Mary was living in Ontario, Canada, and no doubt writing to him and asking him to come and live at her and her husband's place in Walpole,Haldimand.
Joseph Preston must have come to Canada before January 14, 1861, because he was attached the to the Census of that year which took place on January, 14, 1861.
This website has information about this census
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1861/Pages/about-census.aspx
So looking in the census this what I have recorded:
PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA MICROFILMED 1955
The fourth Ward of the Township as more particularly described as the Town Clerk’s Ward 7…60
Personal Census Enumeration District Number 4 of the Township of Seneca in the County of Haldimand
Uriah DOUGHTY, Labourer, born in England, Religion: W, Age next birthday: 41, Male, Married,
Mary DOUGHTY, born in England, Religion, W, age next birthday, 37, Female, Married, living in a log house, with one storey and one family in the house.
John DOUGHTY, born in England, Religion, W, age next birthday, 12, Male, Attending school within the year,
Alice DOUGHTY, born in England, Religion, W, age next birthday, 13, Female, Attending school within the year,
Richard DOUGHTY, born in U. Canada, Religion, W, age next birthday, 7, Male, Attending school within the year,
Joseph PRESTON, Labourer, born in England, Religion C of E, age next birthday, 61, Male, Widower
RECENSEMENT-CANADA OUEST 1861 CANADA WEST CENSUS
He was living with his son-in-law Uriah Doughty in 1880 as seen in the Canadian Census of that year.
Website: https://www.familysearch.org/
Province of Ontario, District No. 146, Haldimand, S District, No. 1. Walpole
Names
DOUGHTY, Uriah, Male, 61, Born in England, C. Methodist, English origin, Farmer, Married,
DOUGHTY, Mary, Female, 59, Born in England, C. Methodist, English Origin, Married.
DOUGHTY, William, Male, 23, Born in England, C. Methodist, English Origin, Farmer, Single.
PRESTON, Joseph, Male, 80, Born in England, C. Methodist, English Origin, Farmer, Widowed.
So in the late 1860's Joseph went to Canada, dying on February 19 1887 in Walpole, Haldimand. His gravestone is in the cemetery at Nanticoke which I have seen when I visited on 11 May 2008.
I couldn't find James Preston in the 1880 US census, but I did find a person called James Preston in the US 1900 Census
Location: Name: Relationship: Personal Description: Colour of skin, sex, Birth-month, year, Aged last birthday, whether single, married, widowed or divorced, Number of years married, Number of children, number of children living
1, William B., FOSDICK b. June 13, 1822, m. Hannah HENDERSON, November 30, 1842, d. August 15, 1866 ; she married. 2, Preston, 1873 ; four- children (from first marriage)
1, H. Elizabeth, b. February 20, 1844, m. John H. Stoney, February 18, 1862,
(four children.; 1, William ; 2, Henrietta, d. infant, October 26, 1866 ; 3, Sarah ; 4,
John) ; 2, Catharine A., b. September 22, 1847, m. Evert V. W. Shaw, September 21, 1870,
(two children n.; 1, Eva, and 2, Sarah) ; 3, William H., b. March 11, 1851, m. Emeline E. Spirling, July 9, 1873, (one ch., name unknown) ; and 4, Mary Emma, b. June 4, 1859, d. November 8, 1860 ; all live in Brooklyn — 2, Elizabeth N., b. February 25, 1824, m. Abraham Burtis Higbie, d. August 18, 1858, no chn. — 3, Stephen M., m. Susan Valentine ; soldier in last war ; enlisted 1862 ; wounded ;
d. June 8, 1864 from his wounds, lingering several months from paralysis, after being brought home from the army ; four chn.: 1, d. infant, July 29, 1860 ; 2,
So Hannah Preston was Hannah Henderson originally:
Then at http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/springfield_cem.htm
I found this: Cemetery Inscriptions Extracted from Springfield, Jamaica, Queens County, Long Island,
New York, Cemetery 1735 or 1760 To 1909 by William Applebie Eardeley, M. A.
Brooklyn, N. Y., November, 1913
297. FOSDICK, William B., d. 15 Aug 1866, ae 44-2-2 [Note:-- he was son of Seaman FOSDICK & Aletty (NOSTRAND)
298. FOSDICK, Mary Emma, d. 8 Nof 1860, ae 1-5-4, child of William B. & Hannah FOSDICK [Note:-- the mother was Hannah HENDERSON]
In May 1879, Charles was arrested for assault.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) 04 May 1879, Sunday
The Rev. Charles DOUGHTY
The Contradictory Testimony that was taken. A woman with Six Landlords-Mr. Doughty aggrieved by being called a Devil.
Yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Charles Doughty, of East New York, who was arrested by Constable Taylor on Thursday last, on a charge of assault and battery, was tried before Mr. Justice Sherlock and a jury and acquitted.
The testimony of the woman Margaret Jane Skidmore, who made the complaint, was to the effect that she had hired rooms in a house in Atlantic Avenue near Sackman Street, from Mr. Doughty, who was acting as agent. That on Wednesday morning, while she was moving in her things, a woman named Ruland gave her son a note, and told him to give it to her mother. On opening it, she found it was from Mr. Doughty, and its contents forbade her to enter the house. She then went to Mr. Doughty’s, and the woman Ruland also went there just ahead of her. When she went in, she asked Mr. Doughty what his note meant. His answer was “It means what it means” She said to him that she had paid the money and would move in. He told her she should not move in. Ruland then interfered and asked her who she was. She retorted by asking the same question, and then Mr. Doughty said to her, “Shut up your jaw, and get out of here” She claimed he kept on abusing her scandalously, but naively said “I don’t deny that I talked back to him”. He told her to go out, and as she was slowly backing out, she saw by THE ROLLING OF HIS EYE that he meant mischief, and she said to him “Don’t touch me, Mr. Doughty”. She opened the door, and as she did so, he took her by the shoulder and shoved her out, slamming the door on her dress and holding her there till a stranger came to her assistance and released her.
The Rev. Mr. Doughty then took the stand. He testified that he let the woman the place of her representing that she was a good pay; that she was not; thereupon he sent the note to her that she could not have the place; shortly after she came to his place, going on like a maniac, and using language very abusive and vile.
On cross questioning the term she used was found to be
“YOU LITTLE DEVIL”
This language shocked him so that he ordered her out; as she was going out he followed her, but he positively denied touching her; he stated that he did not know her dress was caught, and that he did not close the door upon her; a man came while she was going out; Mr. Doughty thought he might have shut the door on her dress; he did not know who the man was.
Clara Ruland testified that she was the woman who took the note to Mrs. Skidmore for Mr. Doughty; she did not know at the time what was in it; shortly after she delivered it, Mrs Skidmore came and abused her, and then went to Mr. Doughty and told him if the woman staid in the house, she would move; Mrs. Skidmore came into Mr. Doughty’s, and asked the reason she had to move. The terstimony further given was similar to that of Mr. Doughty. She was quite positive that Mr. Doughty did not touch Mrs. Skidmore; she stated that Mr. Doughty was VERY ANGRY and left the chair in which he was sitting, and went close up to Mrs. Skidmore. Mrs Skidmore was then placed on the stand to rebut several statements made by Mr. Doughty. She stated in references to her difficulty with her landlord about paying, that in the past three months there had been six men claiming to be landlords, and each of them ordered her not to pay anyone else, and demanded, under penalty of being put out, that she should pay only him. She decided to pay no one, but to change her residence as soon as possible. The case was submitted to the jury, and that body after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of not guilty, and the Rev. Mr. Doughty was discharged.
By calling Charles "A little Devil", she may have been referring to his stature.
The Brooklyn Eagle December 24, 1889 page 3
DEATH OF CHARLES DOUGHTY
Mr. Charles DOUGHTY, a prominent real estate agent of the Twenty-sixth Ward and head of the firm Doughty & Simons died yesterday at the residence of his brother-in-law. He was 62 years of age and was one of the oldest residents of the new ward. He was a member of the Andrews M. E. Church, near Jamaica Avenue. And of Bunker Hill Lodge, I O O F. the members of which will attend the funeral in a body.
Deaths: DOUGHTY
At the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. H. M. Smith, 125, Siclen Ave, on Sunday, December 22, Charles Doughty, of Broughton, Lincolnshire, England, aged 62 years and 23 days. Funeral Services at the Andrews M.E. Church, Richmond St, near Jamaica Av, Twenty-six Ward, Brooklyn, on Wednesday December 25, at 2-30 P.M.
He was buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery, as the record below of find a grave suggests.
Charles Doughty
BIRTH 1826
DEATH 22 Dec 1889 (aged 62–63)
Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
BURIAL
Cypress Hills Cemetery
Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
Created by: Gary Urbanowicz
Added: 11 Apr 2014
Find A Grave Memorial MEMORIAL ID 127810912 ·
In June 2019, whilst on holiday in Brooklyn, I went to Cypress Hills Cemetery on the subway with my son Pete, alighting at Cypress Hills Station and walking to the Cemetery office. There I asked if they had any records for a Charles Doughty who was buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery in December 1889. They confirmed his burial record and gave me a map with instructions of how to find the gravestone. Together we walked up the hillside following the green line on the map, then the black line, to search for the location of the black blob on the map. The reference for the gravestone was Section 3, Lot 413, Grave 16.
The inscription on this side of the stone read
My Father John SMITH born in Lincolnshire England July 22 1804, died Nov. 21 1886
And below this inscription was this inscription.
Chas DOUGHTY, Born in Lincolnshire, England. Nov.29 1827, died Dec. 22. 1889
So Thomas, Charles, and Martha Doughty, all left Lincolnshire and emigrated to USA & Canada.
MARTHA DOUGHTY
Martha was born in 1824, & christened at Broughton Parish Church on 4 March 1824-the record is here
DOUGHTY, Martha, 04 March, 1824, daughter of Richard & Elizabeth Doughty, of Broughton, labourer. Detail: Broughton By Brigg Parish Records - Baptisms (1823-1824)
Web Address
www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?
oid=738518&iid=100306
The next record I have for her is the 1841 Census, where she is working as a farm servant in Broughton by Brigg aged 15, and her name is spelt Martha DOWTY.
1841 England Census for Martha DOWTY(DOUGHTY)
Lincolnshire, Broughton, District 8
William TOMLINSON, 25, Farmer, Born Lincolnshire
Jane TOMLINSON, 25, born Lincolnshire
Mary TOMLINSON, 6 months, born Lincolnshire
Hellen TOMLINSON, 20, born Lincolnshire
John Bopple, 70, Servant born Lincolnshire
Thos. Bartliiss,20, Man Servant, born Lincolnshire
Martha DOWTY, 15, born, Farm Servant, born Lincolnshire
So sometime between 1841 & 1860, Martha left Lincolnshire & went to USA/Canada, met Henry M. Smith and got married.
After that the next record I have is the 1860 US census:
Family No. 189:
Henry Smith, Male, 28, White, Occupation: Mason Value of Personal Estate$50 born c.1832 England
Martha Smith, Female, 35, White, born,c. 1825, England
Jas Preston, Male, 35, White, Gardener, born c.1825, England.
Ellen Preston, Female, 29, White, born c.1831, England.
Sarah Banister, Female, 17, White born c. 1843 England
Citing this Record "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQP-13N : 30 December 2015), Jas Preston in entry for Henry Smith, 1860.
So on the census day of 1860, Martha is married to Henry SMITH, a mason, and also at the house are James & Ellen PRESTON, both born in England, him about 1825 and her about 1831. Well these two people are Martha's brother-in-law & sister Ellen DOUGHTY.
James Preston was the eldest son of Joseph & Alice Preston another Lincolnshire family living in West Halton, a village about 10 miles north of Broughton by Brigg where the Doughty family were living. Joseph Preston born 8 January 1801 in Winterton, that's about a mile south of West Halton married Alice Pickersgill on 16 July 1821 at Winteringham Church, in a village close to the Humber estuary. James was born on 10 January 1824-the first record of him is his baptism/christening on 12 January 1824: The transcript of the record at Lincolnshire Archives available to view online here
www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?
oid=628927&iid=145088
Born January 10 Baptised January 12 1824, James Son of Joseph & Alice PRESTON of Wintringham, Labourer, by L. Grainger Curate.
So James would have been only 2 days old when he was christened, with his mother Alice up and about 2 days after giving birth of her first child.oid=628927&iid=145088
Born January 10 Baptised January 12 1824, James Son of Joseph & Alice PRESTON of Wintringham, Labourer, by L. Grainger Curate.
Ellen Doughty was the youngest child of Richard Doughty & Elizabeth Holt. I can't find a Christening date for Ellen-all her siblings were christened at Broughton Church, but I can't find an official record for Ellen so maybe she was christened in a Methodist Church in Broughton. She isn't listed in the 1841 Census, well certainly not with her parents-I have searched the whole of Broughton and she isn't there at all, when she would have been 10 years old. She married James Preston at Broughton in 1851, in the first three months of 1851-I would have to get a marriage record from GRO to prove when it was. In the census of 1851, on 30 March, she and James were at the home of Uriah Doughty and his wife Mary Preston, whom Uriah had married on 16 October 1843. So that was probably how Ellen came to know and marry James Preston, Mary Doughty nee Preston's younger brother.
10 years later in 1870, James & Ellen are still in Brooklyn, New York.
James Preston in United States Census, 1870
Birthplace
James Preston M 45 England
Ellen Preston F 39 England
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8J3-Z19 : 17 October 2014), James Preston, New York, United States; citing p. 211, family 1854, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,462.
Inhabitants in New Lots, Kings County, New York on 25th July 1870:
Preston, James, aged 45, Male, White, Gardener, estate worth $400, Born England
Preston, Ellen, aged 39, Female, White, Keeping House, Born England.
There is a death recorded for an Ellen Preston on 16 October 1871 in Kings County (Brooklyn)
Certificate Number: 9828
Source Information
Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Index to New York City Deaths 1862-1948. Indices prepared by the Italian Genealogical Group and the German Genealogy Group, and used with permission of the New York City Department of Records/Municipal Archives.
Death of Alice PRESTON, nee PICKERSGILL, Uriah DOUGHTY's mother-in-law:
Whilst all this was going on in Brooklyn, USA, Joseph Preston, James's father, was having his family problems back in Lincolnshire, England. He had married James's mother Alice Pickersgill, on 16 July 1821 at Winteringham, Lincolnshire,
Winteringhan Parish Records-Marriages: (1821-1822) https://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=623610&iid=144770
Marriages in the Parish of Wintringham, Lincolnshire in the year 1821: Joseph PRESTON of the parish of West HALTON, Bachelor & Alice PICKERSGILL, of this Parish, were married in this church, by Banns on 16 July 1821 by me L. Grainger, curate in presence of Nicholas PRESTON & William REYNOLDS. Both bride & groom signed with their mark.
They had had together at least 4 children, before Alice died on 14 April 1838., or at least a few days before she was buried in the graveyard at the local church.
Alice was buried in the graveyard of the parish church of West Halton on 16th April, 1838.
I found a record of this burial on the website Lincstothepast:
Transcript
Alice PRESTON, of West HALTON, buried April 16th 1838, aged 47 years, By W. F. Drake, Rector.
Web address: www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?<br/>oid=521020&iid=172976<br/>
Joseph then married a Sarah Shankster on 4 September 1838 at West Halton, but she died 10 years later on 8 February 1848.
She was buried at West Halton Parish Church, Graveyard as this record on Lincstothepast states:
Register No. 190: Sarah PRESTON, of West Halton, buried 10th February, 1848 aged 63 by Edmund Alderson
Then Joseph's younger sons Edward & William died in 1840 & 1868 respectively, and his other son Thomas was living in West Yorkshire. Meanwhile his eldest daughter Mary was living in Ontario, Canada, and no doubt writing to him and asking him to come and live at her and her husband's place in Walpole,Haldimand.
Joseph Preston must have come to Canada before January 14, 1861, because he was attached the to the Census of that year which took place on January, 14, 1861.
This website has information about this census
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1861/Pages/about-census.aspx
So looking in the census this what I have recorded:
PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA MICROFILMED 1955
The fourth Ward of the Township as more particularly described as the Town Clerk’s Ward 7…60
Personal Census Enumeration District Number 4 of the Township of Seneca in the County of Haldimand
Uriah DOUGHTY, Labourer, born in England, Religion: W, Age next birthday: 41, Male, Married,
Mary DOUGHTY, born in England, Religion, W, age next birthday, 37, Female, Married, living in a log house, with one storey and one family in the house.
John DOUGHTY, born in England, Religion, W, age next birthday, 12, Male, Attending school within the year,
Alice DOUGHTY, born in England, Religion, W, age next birthday, 13, Female, Attending school within the year,
Richard DOUGHTY, born in U. Canada, Religion, W, age next birthday, 7, Male, Attending school within the year,
Joseph PRESTON, Labourer, born in England, Religion C of E, age next birthday, 61, Male, Widower
RECENSEMENT-CANADA OUEST 1861 CANADA WEST CENSUS
He was living with his son-in-law Uriah Doughty in 1880 as seen in the Canadian Census of that year.
Website: https://www.familysearch.org/
Province of Ontario, District No. 146, Haldimand, S District, No. 1. Walpole
Names
DOUGHTY, Uriah, Male, 61, Born in England, C. Methodist, English origin, Farmer, Married,
DOUGHTY, Mary, Female, 59, Born in England, C. Methodist, English Origin, Married.
DOUGHTY, William, Male, 23, Born in England, C. Methodist, English Origin, Farmer, Single.
PRESTON, Joseph, Male, 80, Born in England, C. Methodist, English Origin, Farmer, Widowed.
So in the late 1860's Joseph went to Canada, dying on February 19 1887 in Walpole, Haldimand. His gravestone is in the cemetery at Nanticoke which I have seen when I visited on 11 May 2008.
In Memory of Joseph Preston born in Lincolnshire, England Jan 8, 1801, Died in Walpole, Feb 19 1887.
I couldn't find James Preston in the 1880 US census, but I did find a person called James Preston in the US 1900 Census
Location: Name: Relationship: Personal Description: Colour of skin, sex, Birth-month, year, Aged last birthday, whether single, married, widowed or divorced, Number of years married, Number of children, number of children living
James PRESTON in US
1900 Census
45, 53, 72, PRESTON, James, Head,
White, Male, Born June 1824, aged 76, Married, 47 years,
yes, yes, yes, O M H
79, PRESTON, Hannah, Wife, White,
Female, Born Nov. 1822, aged 77, M, 27/47?, 3, 3,
Nativity: Place of birth of Person, Father & Mother: Citizenship, Occupation
James PRESTON in US 1900 Census
Born England, England, England, 1860, 40, Na, Retired,
Hannah Preston
New York, New York, New York,
(no occupation),
Occupation:, Education: Can read, write, speak English, Ownership of home: Owned or rented, Owned or mortgaged, home or farm
James Preston: Retired, yes, yes, yes, O M H
Hannah Preston No occupation, Yes, yes, yes,
James Preston, United States Census,
1900, James Preston
Event Type Census, Event Year 1900
Event Place Borough of Brooklyn, Election District 20 New York City Ward 26,
Kings, New York, United States
Gender, Male, Age 76, Marital Status Married
Race White,
Race (Original) W
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household
(Original) Head
Years Married 47
Birth Date Jan 1824
Birthplace England
Marriage Year (Estimated) 1853
Immigration Year 1860
Father's Birthplace England
Mother's Birthplace England
James Preston Head M 76 England
Hannah Preston Wife F 78 New
York
Citing this Record
"United States Census,
1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSNJ-XCZ
: accessed 23 July 2017), James Preston, Borough of Brooklyn, Election District
20 New York City Ward 26, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration
district (ED) 474, sheet 4B, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T623
(Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL
microfilm 1,241,064.
Then I looked in Brooklyn Eagle archives for James Preston and found this:
DEATHS
PRESTON-On July 31, 1900, James PRESTON
PRESTON-On July 31, 1900, James PRESTON, in the 77th year of his age. Funeral from Andrew’s M. E. Church, Richmond St. near Etna, Brooklyn, on Friday, August 3, at 3 P.M. Relatives and friends invited.
Brooklyn Eagle Wednesday August 1st 1900
OBITUARY
JAMES PRESTON
James Preston, for forty years a resident of Brooklyn and one of the constituent members of the Andrews M. E. Church, which he helped organize thirty years ago, died of paralysis, at his home, 45, Chestnut Street, after two weeks’ illness on Tuesday. He was born in England in 1824 and came to Brooklyn in 1860. He was a monument fitter by trade and was well known. He was a trustee of the Andrews M. E. Church and one of its leading members, highly respected for his Christian character. The funeral services will be held in Andrews M. E. Church, the Rev. Dr. F. G. Howell, present pastor and Rev. Dr. D. W. Couch, former pastor of the church officiating. The trustees of the church, S. P. Nicoll, John Stewart, E. R. Vollmer, W. H. Simonson, Parker Gardner and Isaac Forbell, acted as pallbearers-Edward Kenevan.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle August 3 1900.
Okay James in 1860 & 1870 was a gardener, but here he is something else so is it the same person?
However he was a member of the same church as that of his brother-in-law Charles Doughty mentioned above who was also a prominent member of this church-I found his obituary in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, published Christmas Eve, 1889.
CHARLES DOUGHTY DEAD
An old and respected citizen of the New ward passes away
Charles Doughty, an old and respected resident of the twenty-six Ward, died yesterday afternoon in the sixty-third year of his age at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Henry M. Smith, on Van Siclen Avenue, near Atlantic. Mr. Doughty was prominent in church circle, having been a Methodist local preacher for eighteen years. He had often preached in the Andrews, better known as the Cypress Hills Methodist Church, as well as in other churches of the neighborhood. He was the historian and clerk of the Andrews Church and librarian of the Sunday School. He was a resident of New Lots for the last twenty five years, and in that time had held a number of political offices, being chosen as town clerk for several successive terms. In politics he was Republican. He was formerly in the shoe business, but during the last few years he was interested in real estate and insurance. Mr. Doughty was a member of Bunker Hill Lodge, I.O.O.F., the members of which will attend his funeral tomorrow as in a body . Services will be held at 2'o clock at the home, then at the church. The internment will be at Cypress Hills.
So I wondered if there was anything about his wife Hannah as mentioned in the 1900 US census above and found this in Brooklyn Eagle Archives
OBITUARY
HANNAH PRESTON
Hannah, widow of James Preston, died on Tuesday at the age of nearly 88 years. Born at Springfield, L. I. most of her life had been spent in Brooklyn. She was twice married, her first husband being William B. Fosdick, of the old Long Island family of that name, many of who were and are still prominent in public affairs. Mr. Fosdick will be remembered as the keeper for years of the old Cypress Hills tollgate, one of the old relics of bygone days. Her second husband was James Preston, a monument setter, who set many monuments in Brooklyn and throughout the New England states. Mrs Preston, at the time of her death was the oldest members of Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held at the residence of her son-in-law, E. V. Shaw, of 67, Sheridan avenue, Brooklyn, on Thursday evening at 8 O’ clock, the Rev. Dr. F. G. Howell of Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church officiating. Mrs. John M. Stoney and Mrs. E. V. W. Shaw. Interment will be at Springfield, L.I.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Wednesday February 16 1910
So then I went in search of William B Fosdick of Springfield, Long Island and found this:
https://archive.org/stream/fosdickfamilyoys00fosd/fosdickfamilyoys00fosd_djvu.txt
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/lewis-l-fosdick/fosdick-family-the-oyster-bay-branch-1583-1891--a-record-of-the-ancestry-and--dso/page-6-fosdick-family-the-oyster-bay-branch-1583-1891--a-record-of-the-ancestry-and--dso.shtml
1, H. Elizabeth, b. February 20, 1844, m. John H. Stoney, February 18, 1862,
(four children.; 1, William ; 2, Henrietta, d. infant, October 26, 1866 ; 3, Sarah ; 4,
John) ; 2, Catharine A., b. September 22, 1847, m. Evert V. W. Shaw, September 21, 1870,
(two children n.; 1, Eva, and 2, Sarah) ; 3, William H., b. March 11, 1851, m. Emeline E. Spirling, July 9, 1873, (one ch., name unknown) ; and 4, Mary Emma, b. June 4, 1859, d. November 8, 1860 ; all live in Brooklyn — 2, Elizabeth N., b. February 25, 1824, m. Abraham Burtis Higbie, d. August 18, 1858, no chn. — 3, Stephen M., m. Susan Valentine ; soldier in last war ; enlisted 1862 ; wounded ;
d. June 8, 1864 from his wounds, lingering several months from paralysis, after being brought home from the army ; four chn.: 1, d. infant, July 29, 1860 ; 2,
So Hannah Preston was Hannah Henderson originally:
Then at http://dunhamwilcox.net/ny/springfield_cem.htm
I found this: Cemetery Inscriptions Extracted from Springfield, Jamaica, Queens County, Long Island,
New York, Cemetery 1735 or 1760 To 1909 by William Applebie Eardeley, M. A.
Brooklyn, N. Y., November, 1913
297. FOSDICK, William B., d. 15 Aug 1866, ae 44-2-2 [Note:-- he was son of Seaman FOSDICK & Aletty (NOSTRAND)
298. FOSDICK, Mary Emma, d. 8 Nof 1860, ae 1-5-4, child of William B. & Hannah FOSDICK [Note:-- the mother was Hannah HENDERSON]
So all this but am I on the right track?
Anyway, getting back to Martha Doughty. So in 1860, she and Henry are together in Brooklyn, and ten years later they are still there as this census entry reads:
It looks like now that they have one child called Richard & Henry's father John Smith is living with them. Martha's brother Charles Doughty is also living with them.
Inhabitants in Town of New Lots, Kings County, New York on 5th August 1870: Post Office of East New York.
Henry SMITH, aged 35, Male, White, Occupation, Mason, Value of Personal Estate $4,500, Born England
Martha SMITH, aged 37, Female, White, Occupation-Keeping House, Born England
Richard SMITH, aged 8, Male, White, born New York
John SMITH, aged 67, Male, White, Occupation, None, born England
Charles DOUGHTY, aged 42, Male, White, Occupation Retired Shoe Dealer, Value of Personal Estate, $500, Born England.
Henry & Martha are in 1880 Census
H M Smith Self M 46 ENG
Martha Smith Wife F 54 ENG
John Smith Other M 76 ENG
Chas Doughty Brother-in-law M 40 ENG
Laura L Baxter Other F 25 ENG
Henry M SMITH in 1900 US Census
Smith Henry M, Boarder, White, male, born January 1834, aged 66, Widowed, Born England, Father born England, Mother born England, Arrived in USA 1855, been in US 45 years, No Naturalization, House Builder, No months unemployed, can read, can write, can speak English,
Meanwhile in Ontario, Canada, Uriah DOUGHTY, the elder brother of all the other DOUGHTY children who emigrated to Canada & USA, had moved to Toronto. Many years ago when I first started to find this person whom Mark DOUGHTY had said had emigrated to USA I looked on the 1881 Census entry for Canada and found this person on Family Search.
1881 Canadian Census
Source Information:
Census Place Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375891
NA Film Number C-13255, District 146, Sub-district A
Division 1, Page Number 39, Household Number 206
Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Uriah DOUGHETY M Male English 61 England Farmer C. Methodist
Mary DOUGHTY M Female English 59 England C. Methodist
William DOUGHTY Male English 23 Ontario Farmer C. Methodist
Joseph PRESTON W Male English 80 England Farmer C. Methodist
Okay so the spelling of DOUGHTY is somewhat different than the way I was used to spelling it, but I had discovered in my research that it was spelt DUTY, DOWTY and now it is spelt DOUGHERTY.
Using rootschat I managed to find someone who could help me find more about this family. Eventually I was sent some photographs of the graveyard at Jarvis United Cemetery, Haldimand County, Ontario & also Nanticoke Union Cemetery. This was in July 2006. Below are Doughty stones in Jarvis United Cemetery
Eventually through the library in Brantford, I contacted a Donna Swinton, nee DOUGHTY who lived in Burlington, Ontario. Through Donna and other contacts in Haldimand I discovered that the descendants of Uriah DOUGHTY often met together as a DOUGHTY Picnic or Reunion. I also obtained a copy of a couple of articles written by a Ruth Clark about Uriah DOUGHTY from Donna's cousin Anne Mcmillan, nee DOUGHTY.
I have transcribed this article:
HISTORICAL MEMORIES
Series A-item 3
The Doughty Family
The material for this article was researched by Donna (Doughty) Swinton and presented at a short memorial service in July 1970 prior to the 50th Anniversary of the Doughty picnic held at Nanticoke Community Centre. The service was held at the Nanticoke United Church which has been the family church for years.
The first accounts of the Doughtys tell us that they lived in Broughton, Lancashire, England. He was Richard and his wife Elizabeth (last name unknown). They were farmers and raised a family of 15 (almost 2 baseball teams). They were John 1802, Mary 1804, Elizabeth 1805, Hannah 1806, Maria 1810, Wm. 1812, Dinah 1814, Sarah 1816, Richard 1818, Uriah 1820, Thomas 1821, (died aged 1 month), Martha 1824, Leaning 1826 Charles 1827, and Esther 1831. Baby bonus would have been quite a help to that family. The story informs us that when they grew up, they came to Canada but we have never known them. Martha the 12th child married a H. Smith and moved to New York City.
Uriah, the tenth child, born January 4 1820, married Alice Preston then came to Canada with her parents and brother, John. They spent a short time in the Toronto area then moved to the Jarvis district. Uriah and his wife and family rented a house of the fifth block of the 5th Concession of Walpole owned by a MacDonald across the road from the farm owned now by Gordon Mitchell. The building is gone and for years the land uncultivated but a deep hole which was a root cellar could be seen for some time.
The photograph of the man in uniform was Private Andrew DOUGHTY killed at Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
This phrase "The first accounts of the Doughtys tell us that they lived in Broughton, Lancashire, England" must have been a mis-print, it wasn't Lancashire, but Lincolnshire.
Later Uriah purchased 235 acres between the 2nd and the 3rd Concessions of Walpole. The land was poor and didn’t promise a good future. Only 60 acres were cleared but Uriah worked hard and cleared the remainder. It was covered with thistles but he ploughed them under before they went to seed which proved to be a good source of fertilizer. What a change from today, Uriah and his wife lived there for the remainder of their lives and are buried in the Nanticoke Union Cemetery. They had three sons Richard, Wm., and John. As each came of age they were given enough land for a farm of their own. John got 135 acres, Wm. 100-later Wm. Bought 35 acres from John. They were back-to-back and farmed by A. W. & Richard until they sold for the Jarvis Airport and of course, it is now Texaco property. Richard, the third son, was given the farm west of Wm, later owned by Wm. Webb. He married Ann Townsend (Charles’ sister). Their family was James, Alfred Cassie, who married George Drinkwater of Nelles Corners. They lived in the log house on the Indian Line their sons being
Willie and Ross. Later they moved to Delhi. Ettie married Harol Awde but died when Richard was born.
When Richard and sons moved to Brantford they were wholesale meat dealers and had a butchering business. James had one so and three daughters. (2 still living), Alfred, one son and three daughters (1 living-Alfred‘s eldest daughter Lillian suffered a bad case of rheumatic fever when 12 years of age which left her with serious heart condition. Later she married Jack Devereaux (Mary Roth & Jean Yule’s brother). One Sunday Cecil and I went to call on them and she was making rick rack jewellery because she couldn’t do any strenuous work. I brought some home and was able to sell a lot f it. I took it to Nelles Corners W. I. and Dorothy Mehlenbacher was admiring it. Of course she asked “Who made it?” and I said “Your cousin”. We were both related to Lillian the same way-she, by the grandmother, and me by the grandfather. “How well do you know your cousins?” That is why I started this series of historical memories.
I told you the stories of Wm. and John who married Arnot girls last week. From these three brothers there are now a total of 27 living grandchildren, 89 great-grandchildren and five great-great ones. The Doughty picnic was organised by Martha (Doughty) Banfield and Elsie (Henning) Doughty and held on the beach at Port Dover under a willow tree near the pier. It was on Labor Day so was changed to the last Saturday in July because the Brantford folks had to travel by radial car. They still didn’t have cars of their own. We then moved to the Nanticoke area and for the last few years at Nanticoke Community Hall. What a shock for our grandparents if they knew we were having a picnic on Sunday. However it is a happy day once a year. We have lost several of our cousins during the past year but always there is a new baby to admire and it is my hope that we continue to “know our cousins”, the important part of our lives.
So from this article I gained a great deal of knowledge about the DOUGHTY family in Canada, all descendants of Uriah DOUGHTY & his wife Mary PRESTON. So I decided it would be good to attend one of these Doughty Picnics and meet some of these descendants. So in May 2008 with the help of Donna SWINTON and her cousin Ann Mcmillan, I went to Nanticoke Community Hall, Nanticoke, Haldimand, Ontario.
So Uriah DOUGHTY & his wife Mary DOUGHTY nee PRESTON moved to Toronto, where they stayed for a short time then ended up in Walpole.
Their first child was Alice, born 1 August 1847 at Broughton by Brigg in Lincolnshire, England. Then their next child was John Doughty born 14 January 1849 at Broughton by Brigg.
Their next child was Richard Doughty born 6 December 1855 in Walpole, Haldimand County, Canada.
I did a search for other Doughty children born to Uriah & Mary in Broughton by Brigg between 1849 & 1855, and apart from young John above, there weren't any.
Their last child was William born 8 November 1856 in Walpole, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
So this family of parents & 4 children must have been living in Walpole about 1861 at the time of the Canadian Census of that year.
Anyway, getting back to Martha Doughty. So in 1860, she and Henry are together in Brooklyn, and ten years later they are still there as this census entry reads:
It looks like now that they have one child called Richard & Henry's father John Smith is living with them. Martha's brother Charles Doughty is also living with them.
Inhabitants in Town of New Lots, Kings County, New York on 5th August 1870: Post Office of East New York.
Henry SMITH, aged 35, Male, White, Occupation, Mason, Value of Personal Estate $4,500, Born England
Martha SMITH, aged 37, Female, White, Occupation-Keeping House, Born England
Richard SMITH, aged 8, Male, White, born New York
John SMITH, aged 67, Male, White, Occupation, None, born England
Charles DOUGHTY, aged 42, Male, White, Occupation Retired Shoe Dealer, Value of Personal Estate, $500, Born England.
Henry & Martha are in 1880 Census
H M Smith Self M 46 ENG
Martha Smith Wife F 54 ENG
John Smith Other M 76 ENG
Chas Doughty Brother-in-law M 40 ENG
Laura L Baxter Other F 25 ENG
Also in 1892 New York Census
Henry M Smith, New York State Census, 1892 also Martha Smith
Name Henry M Smith, 58, Born England, Martha Smith, 69, Born England
Event Place Brooklyn, Ward 26, E.D. 14
"New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQH-NZH : 6 November 2014), Henry M Smith, 1892; citing Brooklyn, Ward 26, E.D. 14, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,930,244.
"New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQH-NZC : 6 November 2014), Martha Smith, 1892; citing Brooklyn, Ward 26, E.D. 14, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,930,244.
Martha died on 7 January 1899, aged 75, so born 1823-1824, at Von Siclen Avenue, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States. The same record says that she had been in New York & US for 42 years, so arrived about 1857. She was buried on 10 January 1899 at Cypress Hills cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
The record on Family Search "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WF9-QC8 : 20 March 2015), Martha Smith, 07 Jan 1899; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,324,013.
So in the 1900 Census
Henry M SMITH in 1900 US Census
Smith Henry M, Boarder, White, male, born January 1834, aged 66, Widowed, Born England, Father born England, Mother born England, Arrived in USA 1855, been in US 45 years, No Naturalization, House Builder, No months unemployed, can read, can write, can speak English,
Meanwhile in Ontario, Canada, Uriah DOUGHTY, the elder brother of all the other DOUGHTY children who emigrated to Canada & USA, had moved to Toronto. Many years ago when I first started to find this person whom Mark DOUGHTY had said had emigrated to USA I looked on the 1881 Census entry for Canada and found this person on Family Search.
1881 Canadian Census
Source Information:
Census Place Walpole, Haldimand, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375891
NA Film Number C-13255, District 146, Sub-district A
Division 1, Page Number 39, Household Number 206
Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion
Uriah DOUGHETY M Male English 61 England Farmer C. Methodist
Mary DOUGHTY M Female English 59 England C. Methodist
William DOUGHTY Male English 23 Ontario Farmer C. Methodist
Joseph PRESTON W Male English 80 England Farmer C. Methodist
Okay so the spelling of DOUGHTY is somewhat different than the way I was used to spelling it, but I had discovered in my research that it was spelt DUTY, DOWTY and now it is spelt DOUGHERTY.
Using rootschat I managed to find someone who could help me find more about this family. Eventually I was sent some photographs of the graveyard at Jarvis United Cemetery, Haldimand County, Ontario & also Nanticoke Union Cemetery. This was in July 2006. Below are Doughty stones in Jarvis United Cemetery
Mary & Uriah DOUGHTY
View of some Doughty Family Stones
Agnes & William DOUGHTY
Albert Edward DOUGHTY
Allan C & Norma E. DOUGHTY
Andrew A & M. Evelyn DOUGHTY
Arnot William DOUGHTY & Hattie LONG his wife
Cody James DOUGHTY
John, Jane, Uriah & Richard DOUGHTY
Martha DOUGHTY & Warren BANFIELD
Richard Arnot DOUGHTY & his wife Ida BANFIELD
Warren Banfield
Harold A. DOUGHTY
Shirley Anne, daughter of Allan & Norma DOUGHTY
John H Jack & Dorothy Jane DOUGHTY
The list went on and on, so certainly there were a lot of Doughty people in the Jarvis area of Haldimand County.
Eventually through the library in Brantford, I contacted a Donna Swinton, nee DOUGHTY who lived in Burlington, Ontario. Through Donna and other contacts in Haldimand I discovered that the descendants of Uriah DOUGHTY often met together as a DOUGHTY Picnic or Reunion. I also obtained a copy of a couple of articles written by a Ruth Clark about Uriah DOUGHTY from Donna's cousin Anne Mcmillan, nee DOUGHTY.
HISTORICAL MEMORIES
Series A-item 3
The Doughty Family
The material for this article was researched by Donna (Doughty) Swinton and presented at a short memorial service in July 1970 prior to the 50th Anniversary of the Doughty picnic held at Nanticoke Community Centre. The service was held at the Nanticoke United Church which has been the family church for years.
The first accounts of the Doughtys tell us that they lived in Broughton, Lancashire, England. He was Richard and his wife Elizabeth (last name unknown). They were farmers and raised a family of 15 (almost 2 baseball teams). They were John 1802, Mary 1804, Elizabeth 1805, Hannah 1806, Maria 1810, Wm. 1812, Dinah 1814, Sarah 1816, Richard 1818, Uriah 1820, Thomas 1821, (died aged 1 month), Martha 1824, Leaning 1826 Charles 1827, and Esther 1831. Baby bonus would have been quite a help to that family. The story informs us that when they grew up, they came to Canada but we have never known them. Martha the 12th child married a H. Smith and moved to New York City.
Uriah, the tenth child, born January 4 1820, married Alice Preston then came to Canada with her parents and brother, John. They spent a short time in the Toronto area then moved to the Jarvis district. Uriah and his wife and family rented a house of the fifth block of the 5th Concession of Walpole owned by a MacDonald across the road from the farm owned now by Gordon Mitchell. The building is gone and for years the land uncultivated but a deep hole which was a root cellar could be seen for some time.
The photograph of the man in uniform was Private Andrew DOUGHTY killed at Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
This phrase "The first accounts of the Doughtys tell us that they lived in Broughton, Lancashire, England" must have been a mis-print, it wasn't Lancashire, but Lincolnshire.
Later Uriah purchased 235 acres between the 2nd and the 3rd Concessions of Walpole. The land was poor and didn’t promise a good future. Only 60 acres were cleared but Uriah worked hard and cleared the remainder. It was covered with thistles but he ploughed them under before they went to seed which proved to be a good source of fertilizer. What a change from today, Uriah and his wife lived there for the remainder of their lives and are buried in the Nanticoke Union Cemetery. They had three sons Richard, Wm., and John. As each came of age they were given enough land for a farm of their own. John got 135 acres, Wm. 100-later Wm. Bought 35 acres from John. They were back-to-back and farmed by A. W. & Richard until they sold for the Jarvis Airport and of course, it is now Texaco property. Richard, the third son, was given the farm west of Wm, later owned by Wm. Webb. He married Ann Townsend (Charles’ sister). Their family was James, Alfred Cassie, who married George Drinkwater of Nelles Corners. They lived in the log house on the Indian Line their sons being
Willie and Ross. Later they moved to Delhi. Ettie married Harol Awde but died when Richard was born.
When Richard and sons moved to Brantford they were wholesale meat dealers and had a butchering business. James had one so and three daughters. (2 still living), Alfred, one son and three daughters (1 living-Alfred‘s eldest daughter Lillian suffered a bad case of rheumatic fever when 12 years of age which left her with serious heart condition. Later she married Jack Devereaux (Mary Roth & Jean Yule’s brother). One Sunday Cecil and I went to call on them and she was making rick rack jewellery because she couldn’t do any strenuous work. I brought some home and was able to sell a lot f it. I took it to Nelles Corners W. I. and Dorothy Mehlenbacher was admiring it. Of course she asked “Who made it?” and I said “Your cousin”. We were both related to Lillian the same way-she, by the grandmother, and me by the grandfather. “How well do you know your cousins?” That is why I started this series of historical memories.
I told you the stories of Wm. and John who married Arnot girls last week. From these three brothers there are now a total of 27 living grandchildren, 89 great-grandchildren and five great-great ones. The Doughty picnic was organised by Martha (Doughty) Banfield and Elsie (Henning) Doughty and held on the beach at Port Dover under a willow tree near the pier. It was on Labor Day so was changed to the last Saturday in July because the Brantford folks had to travel by radial car. They still didn’t have cars of their own. We then moved to the Nanticoke area and for the last few years at Nanticoke Community Hall. What a shock for our grandparents if they knew we were having a picnic on Sunday. However it is a happy day once a year. We have lost several of our cousins during the past year but always there is a new baby to admire and it is my hope that we continue to “know our cousins”, the important part of our lives.
So from this article I gained a great deal of knowledge about the DOUGHTY family in Canada, all descendants of Uriah DOUGHTY & his wife Mary PRESTON. So I decided it would be good to attend one of these Doughty Picnics and meet some of these descendants. So in May 2008 with the help of Donna SWINTON and her cousin Ann Mcmillan, I went to Nanticoke Community Hall, Nanticoke, Haldimand, Ontario.
So Uriah DOUGHTY & his wife Mary DOUGHTY nee PRESTON moved to Toronto, where they stayed for a short time then ended up in Walpole.
Their first child was Alice, born 1 August 1847 at Broughton by Brigg in Lincolnshire, England. Then their next child was John Doughty born 14 January 1849 at Broughton by Brigg.
Their next child was Richard Doughty born 6 December 1855 in Walpole, Haldimand County, Canada.
I did a search for other Doughty children born to Uriah & Mary in Broughton by Brigg between 1849 & 1855, and apart from young John above, there weren't any.
Their last child was William born 8 November 1856 in Walpole, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
So this family of parents & 4 children must have been living in Walpole about 1861 at the time of the Canadian Census of that year.
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