Ancestry Book Report

This represents my best effort to concisely present our direct family tree from the earliest days to now. It represents 100's of hours of reading and research on my part, plus the effort to sort through and present it in a straightforward and consecutive manner. Although real genealogists consider Ancestry.com essentially a “lore” site, it was a great resource especially for census, newspaper articles, and probate records. I found however, many errors and very careless work in the member trees and was fighting that battle even while compiling this book. Anyone can report anything on Ancestry; try to do your own research before just taking someone's information at face value. I think it is sorted out for the most part. Much of the material

for Daniel and David Doughty is taken largely but not completely, from John Hubert Doty's book, Pioneer Families in America. John did his research hands on in libraries and courthouses all over the country for a roughly 30 year period and spent thousands of hours scrolling through micro film from the Church of Latter Day Saints. I have a 1978 version of his book, autographed by John and given to me by my Aunt Elsie Doty Tipton. Several years ago I also purchased a revised version published in two volumes, edited by his daughter, Mary Ann Doty Rizzo. It has some corrections and additions that John made before he passed. She has published The Sowards and Tipsword Families in America, which I also purchased. Both of these books are available currently if you are interested.

Pioneer Families is really excellent though it follows so many different lines that it becomes a bit tedious and exhausting.

I have little interest in second and third cousins several times removed. In full disclosure, John is also the source of several unsubstantiated claims. I include those, but don't claim them for fact. In this book I dealt with direct descendants and generally only mention siblings of our ancestors, nor list their children. There are a few exceptions when their story was especially interesting or had a bearing on our ancestor. John H. Doty talked to Grand Aunt Phoeba, Grand Uncle Ados, and Uncle Thomas Seldon Doty which is unfortunate as they were evidently either not very helpful or forthcoming. Even in the revised edition our family is very incomplete, missing several of grandfather's children and descendants. The Sowards/Tipswords book is much less recommended though it does reference good source material. I found it confusing, often non sequential and with some conflicting information. I spent hours trying to sort out two

generations.

In some families you will occasionally see only one child listed. This is almost certainly not the case, but indicates that I could not sort fact from fiction on siblings and elected to just include the direct ancestor. I regret this and may eventually work on it more, but it isn't high on the list of priorities and doesn't have an impact on our tree. I doubt there will be another book, but perhaps in that one I will.

I took a Y-DNA test from Family Tree DNA in 2016 which proves for our family that we are indeed descended from Edward Doty of the Mayflower, specifically through Samuel.

It also shows several markers to Native American paternal background, lending credence to the “Indian Princess” lore. DNA is not accepted by the Mayflower Society at this time however, and because of the lack of paperwork for Thomas and Rosanna's marriage, David and Rachel's marriage, David's birth, and Daniel's death, membership in the Mayflower Society is not possible for our line. I have made every effort at accuracy and think there are few errors but I'm not a trained genealogist. You have to take some of the information with a grain of salt as it is based primarily on tradition and hearsay. That being said, I wish there were more stories, legend or

not.

I hope I have created an informative family history with enough historical information to give meaningful context to the times. A friend once said I had a great book in me. I don't know about that, but there was at least one and this is it. Apart from a relationship with God, there is only your family.