The Family of
Edward (Doty) Doughtie and
Faithe Clarke

"In Loving Memory Of Those Who Came Before Us!"

EDWARD (DOTY) DOUGHTIE and FAITHE CLARKE are my
husbands Paternal 8th Great-Grandparents.

Their son, SAMUEL DOTY, is my husbands
7th Great-Grandfather.

EDWARD (DOTY) DOUGHTIE was born 14 May 1598
in Dudlick, Shrophire, England.

He is the son of JOHN DOUGHTIE and ANNE HOLLAND.

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FAITHE CLARKE was born in 1619 in England.

She is the daughter of TRISTRAM CLARKE and
FAITHE (UNKNOWN).

Edward Doty sailed from England to America on the "Mayflower" in 1620.

Edward Doty was related (cousins) to the Edward Leister and Stephen Collins families through his grandmother.  Both Edwards came to America as indentured servants to Stephen Hopkins.  This meant that Stephen Hopkins had paid their fare to America and they, in turn, promised to work for him until the debt was satisfied.

Faithe Clarke emigrated to America with her parents 30 April 1634 on the ship "Francis."

The only known places are in Dudlick, Shropshire, England and Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Edward Doty married two times:

(1) Wymfryd Waryner, also of England.
Nothing is known of this marriage.
She probably died before Edward sailed to America in 1620.

(2) He then married Faithe Clarke on 16 Jan 1635
in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The children born from Edward Doty and Faithe Clarke's marriage are:

1.  WILLIAM DOTY

His date of birth is unknown.

William married RUTH HOLMER.

2.  FAITHE DOTY

Her date of birth is unknown.

3.  EDWARD DOTY

He was born in 1643 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Edward married SARAH FAUNCE on 26 Feb 1663.

He died 8 Feb 1690.

4.  JOHN M. DOTY

His date of birth is unknown.

John married:
(1) ELIZABETH COOKE
(2) SARAH JONES

5.  ISAAC DOTY

He was born 8 Feb 1648-9 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

He married ELIZABETH ENGLAND in 1673
in Oyster Bay, Queens County, New York.

6.  DESIRE DOTY

She was born in 1645.

Desire married:
(1) WILLIAM SHERMAN
(2) ISRAELI HOLMES

7.  THOMAS DOTY

His date of birth is unknown.

He married MARY CHURCHILL.

8.  JOSEPH ROCHESTER DOTY

He was born 30 April 1651.

He married DEBORAH HATCH.

9.  SAMUEL DOTY

He was born in 1643.

He married JANE HARMON on 15 Nov 1678
in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Samuel died on 18 Sept 1715.

10.  TEMPERANCE DOTY

Her date of birth is unknown.

She married ROBERT SHEFFIELD.

11.  ELIZABETH DOTY

Her date of birth is unknown.

She married JOHN ROUSE.

12.  MARY DOTY

Her date of birth is unknown.

She married SAMUEL HATCH.

This is still uncertain.

There is no known information.

The dates and places of Edward Doty and Faithe Clarke deaths are still unknown.

Edward Doty and his cousin, Edward Leister (Litster, Lister) fought the first duel in the new colony.

Edward Doty and his cousin, Edward Leister, came to America as indentured servants on the "Mayflower" in 1620.  Stephen Hopkins had paid their fare to America and they, in turn, promised to work for him until the debt was satisfied.

All was not work and hardship, though, in the new homeland.  Stephen Hopkins was the father of a lovely young daughter, Constance, age 15.  She had an exciting event to tell her grandchildren.

That first spring in the new land, the colonists looked on as the two young men, Edward Doty and Edward Leister, carried on a dual courtship for the hand of pretty Constance.  On 18 June 1621, the colonists were awakened at dawn by the sound of the clash of cold steel.  Rushing outside, they found Leister and Doty slashing away at each other in a duel.

"They were quickly disarmed and haled before Governor Bradford, who ordered them strung up with head and heels tied together so they could cool off their hot blood." Governor Bradford said later that "Edward Doty retrieved his character by change from youthful folly."

The fair Miss Constance never married either swain.  Instead, she later married the honorable Nicholas Snow, one of the founders of Eastham, Massachusetts.  Constance was the mother of twelve children.  She died in Eastham in Oct 1677.

Stephen Hopkins evidently got along well with his Indian neighbors.  He was the one responsible for making a treaty of peace with Chief Massosoit in 1621.  In 1642 he was a member of the Council of War for the colony.  He died at Eastham in 1644.

Edward Leister eventually returned to England.

Edward Doty was a signer of the Mayflower Compact in Cape Cod, Massachusetts Harbor on 11 Nov 1620.

In 1652, Edward Doty was one of the purchasers of Dartmouth, but removed to Yarmouth.

Updated July 10, 2000