Name: John DOANE
Sex: M
Birth: 1591 in Utleington Hall,England 1
Death: 21 FEB 1685/1686 in MA 1
IDNO: AFN:B58F-K7
Occupation: Deacon in Plymouth Church 1
Note:
[Donames.ged]
(Extracted from Plymouth Colony, Its History & People 1620-1691 byEugene
Aubrey Stratton, p282-283.)
John Doane was born ca. 1590 (he called himself aged abouteighty-eight
in his will, dated 16 may 1678, given below). He arrived at Plymouth
probably between 1628 and 1632. There is no record of him being atLeiden,
but he served as a deacon in the Plymouth Church. He was an Assistantin
1632/33, but he was "freed from the office" on 2 January 1633/34 sothat
he could devote his full time to his church functions. He still served
on various government committees, including the one that revised thelaws
in 1636 he shared an allotment of hay ground with the widow Ellen
Billington, and this might have led to his suing her the same year for
L100 for slander; she was sentenced to pay him L5 and to sit in the
stocks and be whipped (PCR 1:40-42). He was usually given thehonorific
title "Mr.," and in one document he referred to himself as "Gent.,
Tayler" (Dawes-Gates, 2:305). He had business connections with Mr.John
Atwood, though the exact relationship is unclear. He acted as Atwood's
agent in obtaining the indenture of Walter Harris as a servant in1633,
and in 1636 Atwood bought Doane's share of a house and land at Plain
dealing which they had held in partnership (PCR 1:12,47). Doane was
granted a license to sell wine in 1639, and in 1640 he was presentedfor
selling wine contrary to the court's order, though this apparently wasa
misunderstanding, and the charges were dropped (PCR 1:127,156). He was
one of the men appointed to buy land at Nauset from the Indians, andhe
became one of the first settlers there (PCR 2:144,154,168).
His earliest known wife was called Ann in a 1648 deed, but in a later
deed (of 1659) his wife was Lydia (Dawes-Gates 2:304; MD 13:232). His
inventory in 1686 was sworn to by an Abigail Doane, whom some havetaken
as a third wife, though Dawes-Gates 2:305 has good arguments to showthat
Abigail was more likely his daughter. Torrey suggests that wife Annmight
have been a Perkins. In his will dated 18 May 1678, inventory taken 21
May 1686 and sworn to by Abigail Doane 29 May 1686, he named his"loving
wife," daughter Abigail, sons John, Daniel, and Ephraim, andgranddaughter
Margaret Hicks, and he left the remainder of his estate to "all hissons
and daughters" (MD 3:177). He described himself in the will as "aged
eighty and eight or there about," and in the inventory he was said tohave
died 21 February 1685/86, "aged about a hundred years" - thus in eight
years he had aged twelve years, which is a typical overstating thecentury
mark. His daughter Lydia married Samuel Hicks; Abigail married Samuel
Lothrop (in 1690 - she was unmarried in 1686 when Doane's will wassworn
to); son John married (1) Hannah Bangs and (2) Rebecca Pettee; Daniel
married (1) unknown and (2) Hepsibah (Cole) Crispe; and Ephraimmarried
(1) Mercy Knowles and (2) Mary (Smalley) Snow (Dawes-Gates 2:302 gives
good reason for believing that John Doane's ward, Joseph Harding, was
Doane's nephew, and Joseph's mother, the widow Martha Harding, wasDoane's
sister. In addition to the account in Dawes-Gates 2:299-313, anothergood
account of what is known of his life and family is given in MooreFamilies,
p. 233-43.
(The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol I, 1925, pg. 974,by
Frederick A. Virkus)
DOANE, John (1591-1686), from Eng. to Plymouth, Mass., 1630; removedto
Eastham, 1644; gov.'s asst., 1632, 33, 39; mem. Plymouth mil. company,1643;
dep. Gen. Ct., 1639-42 and 1649, et seq.
LDS IGI Source: Marriage, 1659, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts,
Spouse: Lydia, Batch # A184633, Source Call # 184633, Film
IGI Source: Marriage, 1623, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts,
Spouse: Abigail, Batch # 8571605, Sheet # 32,
Source Call # 1396078, Film Note: See E. A. Stratton's note above.
DOANE, JOHN, Plymouth, was an assistant of Plymouth colony in 1633;removed to
Eastham, a. 1644, was living there in 1678, very aged. (A Genealogical
Register of the First Settlers, New-England... Lancaster, Mass., 1829,pg. 85
by John Farmer).
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Change Date: 23 AUG 2002 at 07:08:56
Father: DOANE
Marriage 1 Ann PERKINS b: Abt 1596 in ,,England
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Children
Ephraim DOANE
Lydia DOANE b: Bef 1630
Abigail DOANE b: 13 JAN 1630/1631 in Plymouth,Plymouth Co.,MA
Ann DOANE b: Abt 1634
John DOANE b: 1634 in Eastham,Barnstable Co.,MA; 2
Daniel DOANE b: 1636 in Eastham,Barnstable Co.,MA; 2
Marriage 2 Lydia ( ) DOANE b: Abt 1592
Married: 1659 in Eastham,Barnstable Co.,MA 1 2
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