Dana family
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The Dana family is a Boston Brahmin family that arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts from England during the later end of the Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640).
The patriarch, Richard Dana (c.1620–1690) was said to have been born in England. There was a Richard Dana born in Manchester, England in 1617 who is the right age and disappears from English records before Richard Dana arrives in Cambridge.[1] Richard Dana had settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts by 1640.[2][3][4]
In Cambridge, he served numerous posts in the local government, including selectman, constable, tythingman, and grand juror.[5] He married Ann Bullard about 1648.[6] The couple had fourteen children, all born in Cambridge:[7]
- John (1649–1650)
- Hannah (1651–1728), baptized as Anne, married Samuel Oldham
- Samuel (1653–1653)
- Jacob (1654–1698), married Patience Sabin
- Joseph (1656–1700), married Mary Gobell. Abiah's twin brother.
- Abiah (1656–1668), Joseph's twin brother.
- Benjamin (1660–1738), married Mary Buckminster.
- Elizabeth (1662–1702), married Daniel Woodward. Unlike her siblings, she moved to Connecticut.
- Daniel (1663–1749), married Naomi Croswell. Most of the famous Danas of Massachusetts come from Daniel Dana.
- Deliverance (1667–1741), married Samuel Hyde.
- Sarah (1669–1669)