The American surname Doane is DOANE identical with the English Done, the ancient orthography of which is in some doubt. It is supposed to be derived from Dun or Dune, meaning a stronghold or fortress. In ancient manuscripts the name is spelled Donne, Dourn, Downe, etc. The English home of the family is the old Hall of
Utkшton, in the hamlet of Utkinton. one mile north of Tarporley, where it is believed the
family settled in King John's reign 1199- 1216, soon after the use of surnames became
common in England. An ancient suit of armor still hangs from the upper walls of Tarporley church, doubtless worn centuries ago by one of the Dones, the principal family.
The coat-of-arms : Azure two barrs argent over all on a bend gules three arrows argent.
Crest : first on a wreath eight arrows in saltire, four and four points downward or feathered sable banded gules; second on a wreath a buck's head erased proper attired or.
The family also had seats at Dudden and Flaxyards in the vicinity.
Sir John Done, born 1576, was knighted in 1617. The Done monuments still to be seen in Tarporley church are very striking examples of the fine arts. The pedigree of the family is traced to Richard Done in 1199 and somewhere doubtless the progenitor of the American line has a place.
I) John Doane, immigrant ancestor of the American family, was born in England
and came to New England about 1629. He became a prominent man in the Plymouth
colony and was given the title of Mr., indicating gentle birth or college education. In
1633 he was a member of the council and elected deacon in 1633, evidently being a
prominent Puritan before coming over, and he resigned as assistant, the Puritans being
careful to keep church and state distinct. Deacon Doane had frequent grants of land
from the general court. His original grant at Eastham, where he settled, was because
he was one of the purchasers or old comers, but his various grants at Jones River, now
Kingston, at Rehoboth, to the north of Taunton, etc., were because of public services. He
was continually rendering services as deputy to the general court from Plymouth and Eastham and served on important committees. According to his statement in his will dated May 18, 1678, he was then about eighty-eight years old and was born about 1590. He died February 21, 1685, aged about ninety-five years. The inventory of his estate states his age as about one hundred years. His wife's name appears to be Abigail. A granite post was erected in 1869 to mark the site of his house at Eastham, on the eastern side of the town, perhaps three hundred yards from the waters of Nauset bay. He bequeathed to his wife, to sons John, Daniel and Ephraim, daughter Abigail, granddaughter Margaret Hid or Hix.
Children:
1. Lydia.
2. Abigail, born January 13, 1632.
3. John.
4. Daniel.
5. Ephraim, mentioned below.
(II) Ephraim, son of John Doane. was born probably at Plymouth before the removal of the family to Eastham in 1645, and died at Eastham in 1700. He settled in Eastham and took the oath of fidelity in 1670. He was admitted a freeman June 5, 1684. His name appears in Truro, June I/, 1690, and is on a list of legal inhabitants of Eastham in 1695. He was a surveyor of highways in Eastham in 1691-92.
The following is from the Doane genealogy: "On March 3, 1662-63, he and three others were fined twenty-five shillings each for trading liquor with the Indians, and he and Thomas Ridman were fined fifty shillings each for permitting the Indians to have liquor in their boats, it appearing that one of the Indians was drunk thereby." On October 29, 1669, he was before the court for "horribly slandering and belying his neighbors" at Eastham and was fined "the sume of twenty shillings for telling two lyes about the same." June 6, 1678, he was again before the court to answer to the complaint of "Jawannum, late wife of James Pequin of Billingsgate, as suspected by her and Nicholas, to have been an occasion of the violent death of said Pequin, her husband."
His will was dated December 7, 1699, and proved April 19, 1700. He married (first) February J5, 1667, Mercy, daughter of Richard and Ruth (Bower) Knowles. He married (second) after 1692, Mary Snow, born at Barnstable, December 11, 1647, died at Eastham, 1703; widow of John Snow, and daughter of John and Ann (Walden) Smalley.
Children:
1. Patience, born January 28, 1668, died 1675.
2. Apphia, July 18. 1670.
3. Hezekiah, August, 1672.
4. Thomas, September 4, 1674.
5. Ebenezer, April, 1676, mentioned below.
6. Nehemiah, August, 1680, died February, 1684.
7. Patience, April, 1682, married, February 7, 1705-06, Joshua Cook.
8. Ruhama, April 30, 1685, married, September 22, 1726, Richard Stephens.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Ephraim Doane, was born at Eastham in April, 1676. He was engaged in the fisheries at Provincetown and resided in Truro, where his children were baptized by Rev. John Avery. He was selectman in 1711. On June 14, 1714, he was appointed the first collector of taxes on the province lands at Cape Cod, for the support of the minister. In 1717 a grant of one hundred and fifty pounds was made toward the building of a meeting house at Provincetown, and the money was expended under the direction of Ebenezer Doane. He married Lydia.
Children, born at Truro:
1. Ebenezer, August 22, 1706, mentioned below.
2. Thankful, March 5, 1708. baptized September 13. 17I3-
3- James, November 10, 1709, married Mary .
4. Keziah, May 22, 1712.
5. Levi, December 9. 1714.
6. Lydia, baptized July 28, 1717.
7. Elizabeth, baptized August 21, 1720. 8. Mary, born August 12, 1724.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer Doane, was born at Truro, August 22, 1706, and baptized there by Rev. John Avery, September 13, 1713. With seven or eight other families, he removed as early as the spring of 1739 to Falmouth, Maine, from Provincetown. He was probably a seafaring man. They settled at Long Creek, Cape Elizabeth. But little can be learned of his history, as the probate records were burned in the Portland fire. He married Elizabeth, born April 25, 1713, daughter of Samuel and Aroda (Haley) Skillings, of Kittery and Falmouth. After his death his widow went to live with her daughter, Joanna Berry, at Buckfield, where she died very aged.
Children:
1. Levi, served in the revolution; it is said that he went to sea and never returned.
2. Joanna, born March 3, 1753, married William Berry.
3. Deborah, married Joshua Wescott and removed to Buckfield.
4. Alary, married David Gammon.
5. Anna, married Joseph Skillings.
6. Edward, married (first) 1762, Anna Wescott; (second) 1766, Sarah McDougle; served in the revolution.
7. Ebenezer, married Joanna Millet.
Utkшton, in the hamlet of Utkinton. one mile north of Tarporley, where it is believed the
family settled in King John's reign 1199- 1216, soon after the use of surnames became
common in England. An ancient suit of armor still hangs from the upper walls of Tarporley church, doubtless worn centuries ago by one of the Dones, the principal family.
The coat-of-arms : Azure two barrs argent over all on a bend gules three arrows argent.
Crest : first on a wreath eight arrows in saltire, four and four points downward or feathered sable banded gules; second on a wreath a buck's head erased proper attired or.
The family also had seats at Dudden and Flaxyards in the vicinity.
Sir John Done, born 1576, was knighted in 1617. The Done monuments still to be seen in Tarporley church are very striking examples of the fine arts. The pedigree of the family is traced to Richard Done in 1199 and somewhere doubtless the progenitor of the American line has a place.
I) John Doane, immigrant ancestor of the American family, was born in England
and came to New England about 1629. He became a prominent man in the Plymouth
colony and was given the title of Mr., indicating gentle birth or college education. In
1633 he was a member of the council and elected deacon in 1633, evidently being a
prominent Puritan before coming over, and he resigned as assistant, the Puritans being
careful to keep church and state distinct. Deacon Doane had frequent grants of land
from the general court. His original grant at Eastham, where he settled, was because
he was one of the purchasers or old comers, but his various grants at Jones River, now
Kingston, at Rehoboth, to the north of Taunton, etc., were because of public services. He
was continually rendering services as deputy to the general court from Plymouth and Eastham and served on important committees. According to his statement in his will dated May 18, 1678, he was then about eighty-eight years old and was born about 1590. He died February 21, 1685, aged about ninety-five years. The inventory of his estate states his age as about one hundred years. His wife's name appears to be Abigail. A granite post was erected in 1869 to mark the site of his house at Eastham, on the eastern side of the town, perhaps three hundred yards from the waters of Nauset bay. He bequeathed to his wife, to sons John, Daniel and Ephraim, daughter Abigail, granddaughter Margaret Hid or Hix.
Children:
1. Lydia.
2. Abigail, born January 13, 1632.
3. John.
4. Daniel.
5. Ephraim, mentioned below.
(II) Ephraim, son of John Doane. was born probably at Plymouth before the removal of the family to Eastham in 1645, and died at Eastham in 1700. He settled in Eastham and took the oath of fidelity in 1670. He was admitted a freeman June 5, 1684. His name appears in Truro, June I/, 1690, and is on a list of legal inhabitants of Eastham in 1695. He was a surveyor of highways in Eastham in 1691-92.
The following is from the Doane genealogy: "On March 3, 1662-63, he and three others were fined twenty-five shillings each for trading liquor with the Indians, and he and Thomas Ridman were fined fifty shillings each for permitting the Indians to have liquor in their boats, it appearing that one of the Indians was drunk thereby." On October 29, 1669, he was before the court for "horribly slandering and belying his neighbors" at Eastham and was fined "the sume of twenty shillings for telling two lyes about the same." June 6, 1678, he was again before the court to answer to the complaint of "Jawannum, late wife of James Pequin of Billingsgate, as suspected by her and Nicholas, to have been an occasion of the violent death of said Pequin, her husband."
His will was dated December 7, 1699, and proved April 19, 1700. He married (first) February J5, 1667, Mercy, daughter of Richard and Ruth (Bower) Knowles. He married (second) after 1692, Mary Snow, born at Barnstable, December 11, 1647, died at Eastham, 1703; widow of John Snow, and daughter of John and Ann (Walden) Smalley.
Children:
1. Patience, born January 28, 1668, died 1675.
2. Apphia, July 18. 1670.
3. Hezekiah, August, 1672.
4. Thomas, September 4, 1674.
5. Ebenezer, April, 1676, mentioned below.
6. Nehemiah, August, 1680, died February, 1684.
7. Patience, April, 1682, married, February 7, 1705-06, Joshua Cook.
8. Ruhama, April 30, 1685, married, September 22, 1726, Richard Stephens.
(III) Ebenezer, son of Ephraim Doane, was born at Eastham in April, 1676. He was engaged in the fisheries at Provincetown and resided in Truro, where his children were baptized by Rev. John Avery. He was selectman in 1711. On June 14, 1714, he was appointed the first collector of taxes on the province lands at Cape Cod, for the support of the minister. In 1717 a grant of one hundred and fifty pounds was made toward the building of a meeting house at Provincetown, and the money was expended under the direction of Ebenezer Doane. He married Lydia.
Children, born at Truro:
1. Ebenezer, August 22, 1706, mentioned below.
2. Thankful, March 5, 1708. baptized September 13. 17I3-
3- James, November 10, 1709, married Mary .
4. Keziah, May 22, 1712.
5. Levi, December 9. 1714.
6. Lydia, baptized July 28, 1717.
7. Elizabeth, baptized August 21, 1720. 8. Mary, born August 12, 1724.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer Doane, was born at Truro, August 22, 1706, and baptized there by Rev. John Avery, September 13, 1713. With seven or eight other families, he removed as early as the spring of 1739 to Falmouth, Maine, from Provincetown. He was probably a seafaring man. They settled at Long Creek, Cape Elizabeth. But little can be learned of his history, as the probate records were burned in the Portland fire. He married Elizabeth, born April 25, 1713, daughter of Samuel and Aroda (Haley) Skillings, of Kittery and Falmouth. After his death his widow went to live with her daughter, Joanna Berry, at Buckfield, where she died very aged.
Children:
1. Levi, served in the revolution; it is said that he went to sea and never returned.
2. Joanna, born March 3, 1753, married William Berry.
3. Deborah, married Joshua Wescott and removed to Buckfield.
4. Alary, married David Gammon.
5. Anna, married Joseph Skillings.
6. Edward, married (first) 1762, Anna Wescott; (second) 1766, Sarah McDougle; served in the revolution.
7. Ebenezer, married Joanna Millet.