Thomas Doane (1781 - 1851)

Born 19 Jul 1781 in Cane Creek, Chatham, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Martha Hobson — married Nov 1802 in North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1851 at age 70 in German Township, Batholomew, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Thomas Doane "was b. July 19, 1781, Cane Creek, Chatham Co., N.C., d. Aug. 25, 1851, (g.s. 1857, ae. 70 yrs. 1 mo. 6 days), German Twp., Bartholomew Co., Ind.; m. Nov. 1802, Martha Hobson, b. Dec. 20, 1778, d. Aug. 18, 1835, ae. 56 yrs., 8 mos., 29 days, dau. William and Sarah (Williams) Hobson; both bur. Hamner Cem., Amity, Ind. After being disowned for marrying out of unity, Thomas and Martha, with their relatives, migrated to the slave free territory of Ohio where all their children were born. In 1821, a Methodist Episcopal Church was organized on Sugar Creek, Blue River Twp. with the names of Martha and Thomas Doan appearing on the membership list. Mr. Doan became a minister of the Methodist Church and was a noted "Pioneer Circuit Riding Minister" in central and southern Indiana."^[1]

BURIAL: Hamner Cemetery, Amity, Johnson County, Indiana, USA Find a Grave #: 28523978

Sources

1. ↑ The Doane Family Association of America, The Doane Family Volume 2, (Doane Family Assc., 1975) pgs. 90-91.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVF-JN7 : 9 November 2014), Thomas Dean in household of George Earlywine, German, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States; citing family 784, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Marriages, Vol 01, 1756-1840; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes

U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943; Vol I