Jabez Dow

• General Notes
  • Jabez was thrifty and bought the Hampton, New Hampshire estate of his cousin, who had gone to Ipswich, Massachusetts. HIs homestead was where Jacob D. Godfrey lived in 1890. He served nine years in all as selectman, generally alternating years. Between those time he was almost invariably moderator of town meetings. As a fighter he appears well in the Indian scrimmages and was captain of militia in King William's War. Altogether, he maintained the family standing in Hampton, New Hampshire. In 1715 he was elected deputy to the General Court, but after the election it was remembered that he was already constable, so another deputy was chosen. Each sheep owner had his distinguishing mark. That of Jabez was a crop on the left ear and a slit on the right ear, not at the end, but a little slanting downward.