Joseph Doane (1721 - abt. 1778)

Born 6 Aug 1721 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Eldredge) Doane — married 12 Apr 1739 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 12 May 1778 at about age 56 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Colonel Joseph Doane served with Barnstable County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Joseph Doane is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A032634.

Joseph Doane is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 148657
Rank: Colonel

Joseph is the child of Elisha Doane and Hannah Cole. He was born in Eastham, which later became Wellfleet, and settled in Chatham, where his father had an estate.

Joseph Commanded a regiment in the Revolutionary War and was a Colonel in the militia. ^{[1] [2]}

He engaged in whale fishing and later owned a tavern. He was a prominent man in town--a selectman, a justice of the peace and a representative to the general court.

He married Dorcas Eldredge on April 12, 1739, ^[3] who had a twin named Mary. Dorcas was the daughter of Elisha Eldridge and Dorcas Mulford.

Together they had these children:

1. Dorcas Doane
2. Joseph Doane
3. Ruth Doane
4. Hannah Doane
5. Sarah Doane
6. Rachel Doane
7. Eliza Doane
8. Lydia Doane
9. Ephraim Doane
10. Elisha Doane

He died on May 12, 1778 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2022-05-09), "Record of Joseph Doan", Ancestor # A032634.
  • Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 100 : 1913 p 53
• Doane, Alfred Alder. The Doane Family (Boston, MA, by A. A. Doane, 1902); p. 136-7
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132723605/joseph-doane : accessed 10 May 2022), memorial page for Joseph Doane I (6 Aug 1721–12 May 1778), Find A Grave: Memorial #132723605, citing Chatham Old Burial Ground, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Butterfly~Kisses (contributor 46994799) .
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• Hamblen, David. First Settlers of Chatham, Mass., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1853) Vol. 7, Page 81
• Website: CyberAncestors [1]
• Ancestral File Number: 4M6J-J1
• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 4, p. 803
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-S9LC : 19 April 2021), Joseph Doane and Dorcas Eldredge, 8 Mar 1738; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.
• (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8V-L2YN : 19 April 2021), Joseph Doane and Dorcas Eldredge, 12 Apr 1739; citing Marriage, Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009735.