7091.(A Son) Doane. Born ca 1666. (A Son) died in Eastham, MA in Sep 1667.254
This son of Daniel’s, evidently the eldest, was accidentally drowned in a well at Eastham, and an investigating jury was impanelled 22 Sep 1667.254
7092.Daniel Doane. Born late 1660s. Daniel died in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania on 1 Sep 1743.254 Religion: Quaker.
Daniel “was twice married, but of his wives little or nothing is known. His first wife was Mehitabel. It is supposed that she was the daughter of William Twining, who had a daughter Mehetabel and who also removed from Cape Cod to Bucks Co. before 1700. His second wife was Mary and it is thought that she was the daughter of James Yates, from whom he purchased his farm in Pennsylvania.
“Mr. Doane was of a self-reliant, independent, inquiring mind, and was led to study the teachings of the Friends who were then creating a sensation by their new doctrine. Charmed by their teachings he united with the Meeting at Sandwich, about forty miles from his father's home, the oldest Meeting in America. The precise date of his joining the Friends is not known, but in 1696 he applied for and received from the Sandwich Meeting the following certificate of removal for himself and wife:
“‘At a meeting of Friends at Sandwich in New England ye 17^th of 3^rd mo. 1696. We here are to signify to all whom it may concern that our friend Daniel Doane and his wife Mehetabel, that as far as we know their lives and conversations hath been as becometh ye truth, and as for his testimonial that he hath borne amongst us for ye blessed truth, we have great unity with it as witness our hands. Wm. Allen, Israel Gaunt, Matthew Jones, John Ewing, John Jennens, James Stewart and Abiah Jenkins.’
“After an overland journey of nearly seven hundred miles Mr. Doane arrived in the Friends’ colony in Pennsylvania with his wife and four small children, the youngest about two years old. at course of time, date unknown, he presented his credentials at the Meeting in Middletown, Bucks Co., and was duly accepted in membership.
“He settled in, or adjacent to the village of Newtown where he followed carpentering and farming, and prospered to an extent that gave him a competence in his declining years. On Apr. 4, 1702, he purchased of James Yates for seventy pounds sterling seventy-eight acres of land situated south of the present Newtown borough, and east of the Newtown creek. On Jan. 2, 1713, he bought twenty-two acres adjoining the former purchase.
“Although Daniel began well in Bucks Co. and was at first, it is thought, a religious teacher among Friends, only a few years after his arrival in Pennsylvania his investigating spirit led him to study the stars and the influence of the planets upon one another. But reports ‘that Daniel Doane should meddle in predicting astrologie’ brought him into conflict with his Meeting, which lasted almost continually until he was disowned in 1711. He had a way of assuming the defensive which involved the frequent sending of committees to parley with him; but Daniel, strong in his sense of the right of private judgment and of free toleration as to opinions, treated all charges and committees with ‘unseemly expressions’ and ‘contemptuous flounts.’ From time to time, however, he would send in written apologies and other papers, one of which was as follows:
“‘In as much as many by their consulting the figures of conceptions, and with revolutions and perfections, presume to tell what is contingent to bear upon earth, either weal or woe, while they themselves are ye bitter source, and are shut up, under ye oxit of ye animated spirit and become fools to ye wisdom of Egypt; and inasmuch as it has much amused the minds of many concerning me because I have done some things of that nature as to prediction, and some have been inquisitus to see ye aphorisms and schemes by which I did work them and though I did never show it unto any, yet I do say ingeniously and without mental reservation, that I never was inclined, much less to study, any magick art or southing divination or negromantic trick.’
“At length tired of Daniel and his doings, the Middletown Meeting, after many expressions of sorrow ‘that he is so wayward’ and prayers ‘that he may be brought back to ye truth’ disowns ‘the said Daniel Doane to be one of us,’ and ‘we being clear of him, his wickedness lies upon his own head.’
“He was bequeathed ‘one pound in money’ in his father's will dated Sept. 18, 1712. This small allowance may have been on account of his having joined the Friends, but it is more probable that the son received his share of the father’s property before the removal to Pennsylvania.
“Daniel Doane was the first of the Doane family to migrate from Cape Cod. He was the first and only one of the early generations to forsake the church of his fathers. He was the founder of the largest and in some respects the most important branch of the family.
“His death is thus recorded on the records of the Middletown Meeting: ‘Daniel Doan Senior deceased ye first day of ye ninth (or eighth) mo. Anno 1743 and on ye third day of ye week.’
“His will, dated Oct. 4, 1731, was probated Dec. 31, 1743.”254
Ca 1687 Daniel first married Mehitable Twining in Eastham, MA.12
Children of Daniel and Mehitable: Daniel 1687/8, Lydia 1690/1, Eleazer 1691/2, Elijah 1694, Joseph 1697, Israel 1699, Elizabeth 1701, and Rebecca.254
Daniel second married Mary in Pennsylvania.
Children of Daniel and Mary include Samuel, Mary (m. Thomas Fisher), Thomas, Sarah, and Ebenezer.254
7093.Dea. Joseph Doane. Born 27 Jun 1669 [prob. 1668] in Eastham, MA.254 Joseph died in Eastham, MA on 27 Jul 1757.148
“Joseph Doane was a man of more than ordinary ability. He was long prominent in town, church and judicial affairs exhibiting rare judgment, great aptitude for public business and impartiality in the discharge of his official duties.
“He was a selectman of Eastham in 1700 and was reelected until 1705. He was town treasurer in 1703 and reelected in 1704 and 1705. He was a representative to the General Court at Boston in 1706,1727 and 1728. In 1729 he was chosen successor of Dea. John Paine as town clerk of Eastham which office he held till 1743. In 1749 he was commissioned a Justice of the Peace for Barnstable County and was in commission until his death. In this position he was very popular. His attainments gave him a wide field of labor and secured him a large amount of legal business. There were but few Justices in his time that surpassed him in a knowledge of the duties of the office, or in the preparation of legal papers. During his long term of office he solemnized many marriages in his own town as well as in the towns adjoining. In Harwich, where he was highly esteemed, he married sixty-six couples between the years 1710 and 1755. As one of ‘His Majestys Justices’ he rendered great service to the Colonial Government in securing for trial the survivors of the crew of the noted pirate ship Whiddah, and her tenders, wrecked on the eastern coast of Eastham, now Wellfleet in April, 1717. The Whiddah and her consorts were wrecked in the night, and the following morning Mr. Doane was informed that seven of the pirates, who had escaped from the wrecks, were on their way to Rhode Island. Without delay he started in pursuit, with the deputy sheriff. The pirates were soon overtaken, arrested, examined and orders given for their committal. Soon after Mr. Doane received information that another one of the pirates, who had escaped from the wreck the same night, was preparing to leave. He immediately caused his arrest and upon examination ordered his committal also. When these men were on trial at Boston in October following, Mr. Doane was in attendance as a witness at the command of Governor Shute and was absent from his home ten days. On Apr. 10, 1712, he was appointed, by Governor Dudley, Captain of the Foot Company of Indians, living within the several towns of Harwich, Eastham, Manomoit, Billingsgate and Truro, belonging to the regiment of militia within the county of Barnstable whereof ‘John Otis, Esq., is Col.’ How long he was captain of this company does not appear, nor does it appear that he held any other commission as a military officer. In 1722 he was appointed a Special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnstable county.
“In his religious views Joseph Doane was a strict Calvinist. He early became a member of the First Church of Eastham, now the Congregational church of Orleans, of which his father and grandfather were prominent members, and about 1717 became its deacon, probably succeeding his father Dea. Daniel Doane. This office he held until his death. He was one of the number who took an active part in the movement in 1738, to eject the Rev. Samuel Osborn from the pastorate of that church for what was considered heretical sentiments, and which resulted in the dismissal of the learned and liberal minister from the pastoral office which he had held for twenty years.
“Mr. Doane's first wife was the daughter of George Godfrey of Eastham. at childhood she became a member of the family of Mr. Thomas Calley, and continued with them until her marriage, receiving all the attention that foster parents could give. When Mr. Calley became aged and infirm, Mrs. Doane and husband gave him their kind attention and as a token of his appreciation of their kindness and for their promise ‘to keep and provide for him during life,’ he gave them all his estate by deed, June 27, 1697-8.
“Mr. Doane resided in that part of the ancient Eastham, now called Orleans, about one eighth of a mile easterly from the Congregational church, on the north side of the road, near or on the spot where stands [in 1902] the house occupied by the late Freeman Mayo. His farm consisted of many acres on the same side of the road. Some portion of it had been in the possession of Thomas Calley and other portions in the possession of his father Dea. Daniel Doane, who lived a short distance easterly on the same road. He was a large landholder in early life, but had disposed of much of his property when he made his will Mar. 5, 1764. He owned a good estate at his death which he divided among his legal representatives. Late in life he made a large purchase of land, of William Gray, in the south part of Harwich. Much of this land yet remains in the possession of his descendants.
“At his death he left a manuscript journal, which was copied by a step-son of his daughter Rebecca. Neither the original nor the copy is now known to be extant. The copyist says in his diary under date of May 26, 1760, that ‘it had fine expressions, meditations and verses.’
“Joseph Doane died at Orleans, and was buried there beside his wife Mary, in the old cemetery near the church, where a stone with this inscription marks his grave:
‘Here’s Inter’^d the Body of
Joseph Doane Esq^r of Eastham
who died the 27^th of July Anno. Dom.
1757. In the 89^th Year of his Age
He was Deacon of the first chh.
in Eastham about forty Years
& in commission for the Peace in
the County of Barnstable for
about fifty Years which offices
(with others he sustained) he
discharged with Fidelity and Honor.”254
On 8 Jan 1690 Joseph first married Mary Godfrey, daughter of George Godfrey, in Eastham, MA.148 Born on 2 Jun 1672 in Eastham, MA.148 Mary died in Eastham, MA, on 22 Jul 1725; she was 53.148
Children of Joseph and Mary (Godfrey) Doane, born at Eastham:148
i. Mary Doane, b. 15 Nov 1691, m. 20 Mar 1711/2 Prince Freeman son of Thomas and Rebecca Freeman;
ii. Joseph Doane, b. 25 Nov 1693, d. at Eastham 27 Aug 1745, m. 23 Sep 1725 Deborah Paddock of Chatham (dau. of Robert and Martha Paddock);
iii. Rebecca Doane, b. 4 Sep 1698, m. 1st 23 Oct 1723 John Allen son of John and Mary Allen of Marblehead, m. 2nd 1728 Elkanah Higgins son of Issac Higgins, m. 3rd 9 Jun 1730 Edward Bangs son of Edward Bangs;
iv. Hannah Doane, b. 19 Nov 1700, m. 10 Mar 1725/6 Joseph Sparrow;
v. Daniel Doane, b. 8 Jan 1702/3 d. at Harwich 1770, m. 8 Mar 1732/3 Ruth Cole;
vi. Phebe Doane, b. 19 Oct 1704, m. Mr Eddy;
vii. Elisha Doane, b. 3 Feb 1705, d. at Harwich 1 Aug 1765, m. 14 Mar 1733/4 Elizabeth Sparrow (d. 30 Dec 1793);
viii. Joshua Doane, b. 14 Dec 1709, d. at Orleans 1791, m. 6 Sep 1737 Mary Freeman (dau. of John Freeman, Esq.);
ix. Lydia Doane, b. 9 Feb 1714/5, m. 2 Sep 1731 Lazarus Griffith of Harwich, removed to Middletown, CT;
x. Elizabeth Doane, b. 20 May 1717, m. 9 Sep 1742 Benjamin Allen of Chilmark; and
x. Sarah Doane, b. 11 Sep 1719.254
29 Feb 1727/8 Joseph second married Desire Berry in Eastham, MA.148
Child of Joseph and Desire, born in Eastham:
Desire (b. Dec 1728,148 m. 22 Oct 1761 as 2nd wife Solomon Freeman).254
7094.Constance Doane. Born 7 Mar 1669/70 in Eastham, MA.62 Constance died in Eastham, MA 5 Mar 1741/2.438
Children of George and Constance, born in Eastham:148
i. Elkanah, b. 7 Oct 1691;
ii. Rebecca, b. 10 Mar 1693, m. Nathan Young 8 Jun 1710 at Eastham;
iii. George, b. 29 Dec 1695, m. Mercy Rich 21 Nov 1724 at Eastham;
iv. Hannah, b. 20 Jun 1698, m. Richard Sparrow 26 Sep 1723 at Eastham;
v. John, b. 6 Oct 1700; and
vi. Jonathan, 17 Feb 1702/3, m. Sarah Rich 5 Oct 1731 at Eastham.254438
On 8 Jan 1690 Constance married George Shaw, son of Dea. Jonathan Shaw (ca 1631-30 Jul 1701) & Phebe Watson (ca 1636-), in Eastham, MA.148 Born ca 1667.438 George died in Eastham, MA on 2 May 1720.148
7095.Rebecca Doane. Born in 1672.261 Rebecca died bef 1740.12
Rebecca married Benjamin Merrick, son of William Merrick (ca 1602-1688/9) & Rebecca Tracy (say 1625-). Born on 1 Feb 1664 in Eastham, MA.148
7096.Israel Doane. Born ca 1672 in Eastham, MA.254 Israel died aft 5 Jun 1740.12
Israel was admitted townsman of Eastham on March 17, 1701-2 and served as a surveyor in 1704, 1705-6, 1724-5 and 1734-5; a constable in 1709-10; a selectman in 1719-29, 1725-26; and a juryman in 1731-2.254
Ca 1700 Israel first married Ruth Freeman (13843) , daughter of Lieut. Edmund Freeman (4735) (Jun 1657-10 Dec 1717) & Ruth Merrick (15 May 1652-ca 1680).254 Born ca 1680 in Eastham, MA.254 Ruth died in Eastham, MA on 7 Jun 1728.148
Children of Israel and Ruth (Freeman) Doane, born in Eastham:148
i. Israel, b. 2 Nov 1701;
ii. Prence, b. 20 Mar 1703/4, d. at Saybrook, CT, ca 1751, m. at Eastham 3 Feb 1725/6 Elizabeth Godfrey;
iii. Abigail, b. 29 Dec 1706, m. 27 Jan 1731 Thomas Snow (son of Ebenezer);
iv. Elnathan, b. 9 Apr 1709, m. 25 Feb 1737 Martha Paddock, removed to Doansburg, Putnam Co., NY;
v. Daniel, b. 9 Aug 1714; and
vi. Edmund, b. 20 Apr 1718, d. at Barrington, Nova Scotia, 20 Nov 1806, m. 10 Nov 1749 Elizabeth Paine (d. 24 May Barrington, widow of William Paine and of William Myrick, and daughter of Rev. Samuel and Jedidah (Smith) Osborn).254
On 17 Apr 1729 Israel second married Mercy Cobb (35868) , daughter of Sergt. James Cobb (14 Jan 1634-bef 1 Feb 1695/6) & Sarah Lewis (17195) (2 Feb 1643/4-11 Feb 1734/5), in Eastham, MA.148 Born on 19 Apr 1685 in Barnstable, MA.170
Children of Richard and Mercy (Cobb) Sparrow, born at Eastham:
i. Richard Sparrow, b. 10 Nov 1702;
ii. Rebecca Sparrow, b. 12 Oct 1704;
iii. Mercy Sparrow, b. 6 Dec 1706;
iv. Sarah Sparrow, b. 20 Jul 1708;
v. Hannah Sparrow, b. 12 Oct 1711;
vi. Elizabeth Sparrow, b. 18 Apr 1717;
vii. Mary Sparrow, b. 10 Mar 1718/9;
viii. Priscila Sparrow, b. 8 Jul 1722; and
ix. Jonathan Sparrow, b. 17 Dec 1724.148
7097.Dea. Nathaniel Doane. Born ca 1680. Nathaniel died in Harwich, MA in 1758.254
“Mr. Doane resided on his father's place in Eastham, for some years, but about 1744 removed to Harwich, and settled on the place formerly occupied bv William Gray. He was constable and surveyor at Eastham, and a man of some pro~ninence in both towns. He was one of the founders of the church in the South Parish in 1747, and its first deacon. His wife Mary survived him several years. She left a will which was never presented for probate. The Eastham records do not give a list of his children, but we have their names from the will of the son Elijah.”254
Nathaniel married Mary.
Children of Nathaniel and Mary include
Elijah, b. ca. 1711, d. 1753;
Ann, b. 1706, d. 1 Aug 1777, m. 1st at Eastham 31 Mar 1726 James Knowles, 2nd Dea. Edward Knowles;
Mercy, m. Jonathan Paine (son of Joseph);
Mary, m. Nathaniel Snow (son of Ebenezer);
Abigail, m. Elisha Snow; and
Hannah.254,26
7098.Abigail Doane. Born ca 1683. Abigail died in Ashford, CT in Jul 1764.
Timothy and Abigail settled in Mansfield, CT. Their children (from Mansfield Records):
i. Timothy Dimmock, b. 2 Jun 1703;
ii. John Dimmock, b. 3 Jan 1704/5;
iii. Shubael Dimmock, b. 24 may 1707;
iv. Daniel Dimmock, b. 28 Jan 1709/10;
v. Israel Dimmock, b. 22 Dec 1712; and
vi. Ebenezer Dimmock, b. 22 Nov 1715.254
19 Mar 1702/3 Abigail married Timothy Dimmock, son of Shubael Dimmock (ca 1644-29 Oct 1732) & Joanna Bursley (1 Mar 1645/6-), in Eastham, MA.148 Born ca 1682. Timothy died in Ashford, CT 15 Mare 1717/8.
7099.Ruth Doane. Born ca 1685.261 Ruth died bef 15 Mar 1722.254
Children of Nathaniel and Ruth, born in Eastham:148
i. Elizabeth (b. 29 Sep 1712, m. 24 Nov 1739 Judah Rogers),
ii. Nathaniel (b. 4 Aug 1714, m. 19 Sep 1734 Hannah Horton, m. 24 Jan 1748 Mary Randall),
iii. Abigail (b. 24 Sep 1716, d. 8 Mar 1724), and
iv. Ruth (b. 17 Nov 1719).254
On 13 Jul 1710 Ruth married Nathaniel Mayo (44448) , son of Nathaniel Mayo (24894) (16 Nov 1652-30 Nov 1709) & Elizabeth Wixon (-Dec 1699), in Eastham, MA.148 Born in Jul 1681 in Eastham, MA.254