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Mary Rosamond Dana

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  1. 1.  Mary Rosamond Dana was born 1 Sep 1848, Cambridge, MA (daughter of Richard Henry Dana, II and Sarah Watson).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Richard Henry Dana, II was born 1 Aug 1815, Cambridge, MA (son of Richard Henry Dana, I and Ruth Charlotte Smith); died 1882, Rome. Italy.

    Notes:

    From "The Dana Family in America" p. 526:
    "He entered Harvard in 1831, but in 1834, having trouble with his eyes, he had to leave college. Compelled to give up all literary work he shipped before the mast as a seaman on the brig 'Pilgrim,' sailing around the Horn to California. After two years he returned on the 'Alert,' arriving in Boston, Sept. 19, 1836. He then re-entered Harvard College, graduating in 1837; LL.B. Harvard, 1839; admitted to the bar in 1840; honorary degrees; D.C.L., Hobart College, 1853; LL.D., Harvard, 1866.
    He was also very prominent in the protection of fugitive slaves, risking his life and career in their behalf.
    In 1840 he published "Two Years Before the Mast," an account of his voyage, which became famous. An author's edition was brought out in 1868 with a concluding chapter, "Twenty-Four Years After." He published many books and articles, among them "The Seaman's Friend," 1841, a London edition of which appeared in 1856. "To Cuba and Back" appeared in 1859.
    He was a member of the Constitutional Convention from Manchester, 1853, and a Representative from Cambridge to the General Court, 1867-68. He was an overseer of Harvard College, 1865-77. He was an Episcopalian, member of St. Paul's Church, Boston, became one of the founders of the Church of the Advent, Boston, 1843; a vestryman of that parish, 1843-81; and a trustee of St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H., 1866-82. He was considered a brilliant lecturer on judicial and political subjects.
    During his lifetime he made many trips abroad, visiting the Duke of Argyll at Inveraray, Scotland, in 1856, and making a tour of the world in 1859. He was a Fellow of the American Academy and a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. A biography of him was written by Hon. Charles Francis Adams in two volumes, 1890.

    Richard married Sarah Watson 25 Aug 1841. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Sarah Watson
    Children:
    1. Sarah Watson Dana was born 12 Jun 1842, Roxbury, MA.
    2. Ruth Charlotte Dana was born 30 Jun 1844, Cambridge, MA.
    3. Elizabeth Ellery Dana was born 3 Apr 1846, Boston, MA.
    4. 1. Mary Rosamond Dana was born 1 Sep 1848, Cambridge, MA.
    5. Richard Henry Dana, III was born 3 Jan 1851, Cambridge, MA; died 16 Dec 1931, Cambridge, MA.
    6. Angela Henrietta Channing Dana was born 22 Feb 1857, Boston, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Richard Henry Dana, I was born 15 Nov 1787, Cambridge, MA (son of Francis Dana and Elizabeth Ellery).

    Notes:

    He was "of Cambridge, MA" in 1816 when designated trustee in his grandfather William Ellery's will.

    Richard — Ruth Charlotte Smith. Ruth was born Abt 1787, Taunton, MA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Ruth Charlotte Smith was born Abt 1787, Taunton, MA.
    Children:
    1. 2. Richard Henry Dana, II was born 1 Aug 1815, Cambridge, MA; died 1882, Rome. Italy.
    2. Edmund Trowbridge Jr. Dana was born 29 Aug 1818; died 18 May 1869, Boston, MA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Francis Dana was born 13 Jun 1743, Charlestown, MA; died 25 Apr 1811, Cambridge, MA.

    Notes:

    Francis Dana was Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court 1791 - 1806.

    Francis married Elizabeth Ellery 5 Aug 1773, Hampton, NH. Elizabeth (daughter of William Ellery, Jr. and Ann Remington) was born 13 Aug 1751; died 30 Aug 1807. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Ellery was born 13 Aug 1751 (daughter of William Ellery, Jr. and Ann Remington); died 30 Aug 1807.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Ellery Dana was born Abt 1775.
    2. Francis Dana, Jr. was born 14 May 1777.
    3. Edmund Trowbridge Dana was born 26 Sep 1779.
    4. Martha Remington Dana was born 3 Oct 1784, Cambridge, MA.
    5. 4. Richard Henry Dana, I was born 15 Nov 1787, Cambridge, MA.