26 Feb 1718/9 Hannah married
Capt. Elisha Doane (19701) , son of
Eld. Hezekiah Doane (7103) (last week of Aug 1672-1752) &
Hannah Snow (8476) (26 Aug 1670-1717), in Truro, MA.
437 Elisha Doane of Cape Codd and Hannah Cole of Eastham were married at Cape Codd the 26th of February: 1718/19 by Mr. John Avery pastor of the church in Truroe.
Born ca 1699.254 Elisha died in Wellfleet, MA on 7 Dec 1759.254 Religion: Elisha and Hannah were admitted to the church at Truro 6 Aug 1721.303
From The Doane Family:254
Elisha and Hannah “settled in that part of Eastham, now called Wellfleet, where he was extensively engaged in the whale fisheries, and in which business he was quite successful. On the organization of the Congregational church there in 1730, he was chosen one of its deacons and continued in the office till his death. On Feb. 20, 1744-5, he was commissioned Captain of the 4th Co. 7th Mass. Regt. in the Louisbourg expedition, a regiment made up from Barnstable county under command of Col. Shubael Gorham. Captain Doane was one of the first who started for Cape Breton, and it is understood that his company saw severe service at Louisbourg and participated in the attacks on the ‘Island Battery.’ After the capitulation, he remained at Louisbourg on garrison duty, and it is possible that he had his family with him.
“It is claimed that his daughter, Ruth, died at Cape Breton, aged fifteen years, and his son Elisha, Jr., was there as an ensign in his father's company. On June 24, 1746, Captain Doane set forth in a petition to the General Court of Massachusetts that his company was one of the first that went down upon the expedition, that their wages were but £5 per month, that they ‘lost all benefit of plunder by the capitulation’ and praying therefore that the court would grant to his company their arms, swords, etc. It is reported in the History of Eastham that the Doane hero at Louisbourg underwent much suffering by captivity after the fall of the fortress, and the facts stated are largely true, but all the honor, service and hardship are ascribed to Capt. Elisha's father, Hezekiah Doane, Sen., who in 1745 was 73 years old, in fact, too far advanced in life for any military service.
“On Jan. 31, 1747, French and Indian troops from Bay Verte and Chignecto, between five and six hundred strong, arrived at Grand Pre on the Basin of Minas,and in a blinding snowstorm at 2 A.M. attacked the detachment of Mass. troops quartered there under command of Lt. Col. Noble. The surprise was a complete one and among those captured by the enemy and held as prisoners of war was our Capt. Elisha, who was taken first to Bay Verte, thence to Quebec, arriving there June 17, 1747. It is understood that he suffered ‘all but death’ at the hands and mercy of the French.
“While at Quebec he became surety for the redemption money of Rachel Quackinbush who had been stolen by the Indians, and purchased by the French.
“There is no doubt whatever as to the identity of the Captain Doane who figured at Louisburg and who was one of the victims of French hostility at Grand Pre. He was none other than Capt. Elisha, son of Hezekiah of Wellfleet.
“His name appears in an account, endorsed March 8, 1747-8, of money paid to Minas prisoners from Canada. Only a little can be learned of the career of Capt. or Col. Elisha Doane, but what has come down to us shows him to have been a man of great courage, daring, shrewdness and enterprise. He was well known in Barnstable County where he was a man of prominence and influence, and where he was esteemed for his intelligence, judgment, coolness and discretion in his public and private life. The church mourned him and lamented his death. I think it was he who was called ‘King Doane’ by the people, and doubtless the appellation was deservedly given. His sword, with his name engraved upon it, is still in possession of his descendants.
“His will, dated May 26, 1758, and proved Mar. 4, 1760, is on record at Barnstable. It was witnessed by his pastor Rev. Isaiah Lewis, Edward Bacon and David Gorham. His sons Elisha and Joseph were the executors. He shows the man in his disposition of his property.
“He died Dec. 7, 1759, and lies buried with his wife and other members of the family, in the Duck Creek burial ground, at Wellfleet. His widow died at Wellfleet, Feb. 25, 1786, at the extreme age of ninety-five years.
“The following is inscribed on his gravestone:
‘Elisha Doane Esq. died December 7, 1759 ætatis suæ
60; sustained the office of a deacon near 30 years from
the first gathering of the church, and after several military
commissions—A Dom 1758 received a Lieutenant Colonel's
commission in the army for the reduction of Canada.
Pray think of me as you pass by,
As you are now so once was I.
But now I lie dissolved to dust,
In hopes to rise among the just.’”