Excerpt from The Doty-Doten Family in America: Descendants of Edward Doty, an Emigrant by the Mayflower, 1620
In the early Autumn of 1871 I received from the late Rev. Silas Kut c'hum, of Bristol, N. H., a circular stating that'fhe was collecting records of the family of Doty, and desiring all of that~ name to send him all the statistics possible, with a View to the history of the, family. Lie stated also that his mother was Cynthia, daughter of Edmond, who was a son of Captain Barnabas Doty, who was born in Rochester, Mass.) in 1740.
Until that time my interest in such matters ha'd beer'i' but slight; but remembering that I had in my boyhood secured a staten'ient from my grandfather, which I still preserved, I sent a copy of it to Mr. Ketchum, saying to him that I would write to the other relatives for such additions as they could make to the record. This led to a considerable correspond ence with him, as I secured records from a number of relatives, and at my suggestion . CLICK HERE TO START DOWNLOAD