Mary Ann (Woolsey) Doane (1779 - 1830)

Born 7 Nov 1779 in Marlborough, Ulster, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Doane — married 26 Feb 1798 in Green County, TN

Died 1830 at about age 50 in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Mary Ann "Polly" Woolsey was born November 07th, 1779 in Marlborough, Ulster, NY. Mary Ann was the child of Zephaniah Woolsey and Sarah Woolsey.

She married James Doane on 26 Feb 1798 in , Greene, Tennessee. James was born about 1766 in Cane Creek, Burke, North Carolina. His parents were Thomas Doane and Ann Bewley ^[1]

Children

Patience b. 1796 d. 1883 md Samuel R. Widener 30 Jun 1816 in Washington Co, VA. Their dau Melinda Widener md Hardin Jones who had a son John Hardin Jones who md Amanda Virginia Allison. They were my husband's great-grandparents. Joan R. Jones.

John b. 1802 d. 1865

Daughter b. 1805

William b. 1805

James b. 1808 m. Elizabeth Ridgeway

Hugh b. 1810

Mary Ann passed away in 1829, in Buncombe, North Carolina. and James died in 1829, in Buncombe, North Carolina.

Attack on Mary Polly Woolsey

Woolsey, Robert M. THE WOOLSEY FAMILY --- A Genealogy in the form of annotated Family Charts. 1939-1969 The NYG&B Society. 2.142. Mary was scalped by Indians (wore a cap the rest of her life).

HISTORY: Knoxville Gazette, 14 Sep 1793. "On 3 Sep about fifteen Indians beset the home of Zephaniah Woolsey on the south side of Nolichucky ten miles from Greene Court House. In the ensuing melee they shot Mrs. Woolsey through the head, shot a young woman through the thigh, scalped a small girl, and shot Woolsey through the breast and hand. All of the victims attained unlikely recoveries."

HISTORY: [From Ferol Frost Hubbs] There is an old Indian story which has gone through the family for generations, it even was found in the Hubbs family which gave further proof of the union of these families. It was said, Zephaniah returning late one afternoon from hunting found Indian tracks in the corn field. He and his sons hurried home just in time to see Mary and a sister who had been at the barn milking, race for the house. The other girl made it but Mary's dress was caught on a pailing on the fence. The Indians caught her and scalped her. Here shots were exchanged and three of the dozen Indians fell. Fearing a white uprising, they gathered up their three dead and fled. Mary married James Done (Doan) and lived to rear a family though she wore a cap all her life to hide her hairless head.

Notes

ON-LINE: Family Treemaker. Woolsey List. Donald and Joan Jones at 23 Apr 1999. "That is interesting information about Mary. I have been working on this family very hard with the co-operation of Kay Blair Hartman who is the historian for the Doane Family. It is quite a project but interesting. I am getting a book ready to go to the printers hopefully next week. First of all James owned property in Washington Co., VA in 1787 and was on the tax roll which mean that he was over twenty-one. The Woolseys also were property owners. They then left for Greene Co., TN about 1790 (1787). James was md to Susannah Herrin who was mother of John Doan. She died and he md Zephaniah and Sarah's dau Mary in Tennessee. Their children were: Patience, John dau, William, Dau, James and Hugh.

The problem is that whoever did the original research put James' birth date as 1776 (to young to own property in 1787) and the son of John Doan brother or half brother of Thomas who went to Greene Co. Kay and I feel that he was the son of Hezakiah and Sarah Bland Doane. Sarah father was James Bland. He was born about 1763. [She must mean James Doane, who md Mary Woolsey ] The children were: [she must mean Hezekiah's & Sarah Bland Doane's children] Hezekiah, James, Mary, Thankful, Benjamin, Sarah and Rebecca. It all seems of logical. Kay has a folder with additional information."

3 Oct 2001. From Donald and Joan Jones. "My husband is descended from Patience Doan (1798-1883) who was the d/o Jame Doan and Mary Woolsey. She md Samuel R. Widener 30 Jun 1816 in Washington Co, VA. Their dau Melinda Widener md Hardin Jones who had a son John Hardin Jones who md Amanda Virginia Allison. They were my husband's great-grandparents. Joan R. Jones.

Sources

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~woolsey/resources/descends/woolgen/wlzephaniah1740_1807.html

1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3S5N-86X

• Marriage License Bonds: FHL # 1148701, #519. 26 Feb 1798. bond of Daniel Matthews and Stephen Woolsey for marriage of James Doan and Mary Woolsey 26 Feb 1798.

Acknowledgments

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