• General Notes

  Note:  * 01 Feb 1685 on the Grave Stone.  The Town Hall plaque indicates he died February 21, 1685.
  Note: Title: Deacon  Title: Mister
  Burial: Eastham Cove Burying Ground
  WILL: Dated May 18, 1678, he stated his age as eighty-eight years or thereabouts.
  
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  For more information:
  http://www.capecodgravestones.com/easthamcove.html
  http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/doane.html
  
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  Note: A LITTLE HISTORY
  Deacon John Doane was born about 1590, in England, and came to Plymouth, Massachusetts about 1630. Research continues to attempt to learn about his parentage and where in England he originated, the family name of his wife, as well as when he arrived and upon what vessel. Deacon John Doane was one of the few who bore the title of "Mr." In 1633, he was on the list of Freemen. By 1632/33, he began serving on the General Court. He preferred to be a Deacon in the church, rather than an Assistant to the Governor. In 1644, Deacon John Doane was among those leading the enterprise of new settlement in the Nauset (now Eastham) area of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
  He arrived in 1629 and his sister Martha was here in 1623 and married Joseph Harding. Now he (Deacon John Doane) did NOT marry Anne Perkins. She lived in Salem, MA. A professional genealogist put that out there and I have a letter from him apologizing BUT it keeps showing up. Please correct it everywhere you can. We know he married an Anne in England but have never found her maiden name. We suspect she was married before. We had one report that they came on the "Handmaiden" with her son from a previous marriage. BUT no proof. The "Handmaiden" sailed just at the time that would fit but there is no record of who was on her. She may have been a private ship and they did not have to say who traveled on them. So far we have hunted and hunted and paid prof. genealogist and have come up empty. Right now we are working on DNA and having English Dones give specimins if they will. Be sure to update your line before we do Volume III.
  
  SOURCE:
  Kay Blair
  The Doane Family Association
  
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  Notes: The Doane Family", by Alfred A. Doane, 1902, states that the inventory of John Doane's estate was certified by his wife Abigail. The actual record doesn't state "wife", only "Abigail Doane". "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines" and also a Doane family history by Mrs. Emma M. Barrows, says this was his daughter, Abigail, and his wife at the time of his death was Lydia.
  
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  "The Dawes-Gates" account says that in 1648 his wife's name was Ann, who signed a deed with him. (Eastham Town Records, bk 1.) She must have died before 1 Apr 1659 because a deed of that date was made selling land "with the concent of his wife Mistris Lydia Done". (The source given was "Mayflower Descendant", XIII, 232.) It seems likely the assumption of the identity of the signature to his inventory is the only source of the name of his wife being Abigail. Most recent researchers accept the conclusion that his first wife was Ann and the second Lydia, no certainty as to surnames.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Deacon John Doane Sr. was born about 1590/91 in England.( He immigrated between 1628 and 1633 to Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts.  He resided in 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. He served as an Assistant to the Governor of the Colony in 1632/33. He took custody of Joseph Harding, who may have been his nephew in 1633.
  
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  Source:  Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691
  Part Three: Biographical Sketches  xxx —Widow Harding was on the 25 March 1633 tax list for the minimum amount, nine shillings. Martha Harding died before 28 October 1633 and John Doane presented her inventory and was administrator on behalf of her son (PCR 1:18).

Details of John 's family with Anne  UNKNOWN

Details of John 's family with Lydia  BANGS