John Dane (1587 - 1658)

Born 1587 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England

Husband of Frances (Bowyer) Dane — married before 1610 in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Agnes (Bayford) Parmenter — married 2 Jul 1643 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1658 at about age 71 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Family

No reliable sources have been found to indicate who John Dane's parents were. He is thought to have been born sometime around 1587 at Little Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England.^[1][2] He was a tailor, and eventually moved from Little Berkhampstead to Bishop Stortford, also located in Hertfordshire.^[1] When his eldest son, John, made a decision to "cum to nu ingland," his parents and siblings "hasted after [him] as sone as thay could."^[3]

Immigration

John Dane Sr. had settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts by April 9, 1639 when 'John Deane the elder' was granted a house lot with one acre and two planting lots.^[4] His son John had preceded him, settling first at Roxbury in 1636, before later removing to Ipswich. ^[5][3][6]

First Marriage and Children

John Dane married (first) probably shortly before 1610 at Bishop Stortford, Frances Bowyer.^[1]There has been some uncertainty over the identity of John's first wife. That her first name was Frances is beyond doubt, as that name was recorded on some of their children's birth and/or baptism records.^[7] Later historians discovered a clue to her identity in an autobiographical sketch written by her eldest son John in 1682,^[3] wherein he referred to a medicinal poultice his mother had learned the recipe for while she was a "saruant [servant] to the Ladie Benney."^[8] This appears to be a reference to Lady Margaret Denny (who was buried at Bishop Stortford), a maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth and wife of Sir Edward Denny, Groom of the Queen's Privy Chamber.^[8] That Frances's parents were Thomas Bowyer and Margaret Banks is suggested by a deed dated 21 July 1630 which was given by John Dane to the parish, conveying a portion of his own property "in consideration of the Parish having been at great charge in relieving Margaret his mother-in-law, the wife of Thomas Bowyer, after the death of her husband, for the benefit of the chief inhabitants of this Parish forever."^[9][1] Lacking any parish birth record that clearly establishes Frances's parentage, this deed nevertheless presents strong circumstantial evidence of a relationship.

There were at least four children from this marriage:

• Elizabeth Dane; b. c1611; m. Jun 27 1628 James Howe;^[10] d. 21 Jan 1693/4^[11]
• John Dane; b. c1612;^[12][13] m(1) Eleanor Clark;^[13][14] m(2) Alice (Dutch) Newman;^[13][14] d. 29 Sep 1684^[15]
• Rev. Francis Dane; bp 20 Nov 1615;^[16][10] m(1) Elizabeth Ingalls (Edmund);^[13][14] m(2) 22 Nov 1677 Mrs. Mary Thomas;^[13][14] m(3) 1690 Hannah (Chandler) Abbot;^[13][14].d. 17 Feb 1696/7^[16]
• Mary Dane; bp 1 May 1616;^[7] d. 28 May 1617^[10]

Second Marriage

John married (second) on 2 July 1643 Annis (Bayford) Chandler, a daughter of Francis Bayford and Johan (Unknown) Bayford, and the widow of William Chandler.^[17][18][19] Although there were no children from this marriage, in October 1649 John petitioned the court for (and was granted) the house and lands which had belonged to William Chandler on the grounds that "he had paid more debts of Chandler's than the house and land was worth," and he had also borne the expense of bringing up all of Annis's children by her first husband.^[20] Several years later he deeded both the house and land previously belonging to Chandler over to his wife Annis, to belong to her after his own death.^[20]

After John's death, Annis married for a third time on 9 Aug 1660 at Roxbury Dea. John Parmenter.^[18][19]

Death

John Dane died 14 September 1658 at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony^[21][22] and was buried in the Old North Parish Burying Ground in North Andover, Essex County. ^[23]

Last Will and Testament

[On file in his own handwriting]"Vpon the sevth day of the seveth month (September) in 1658. - To son John Dane, ten pounds out of my now dwelling house, which will appear in deed, dated 2d. feberi in fift one [1651]. - To son Francis my wood lot, about two & twentie ackers, mor or les, as it doth appeer in Town-book. - To dafter Elizabeth How, a black cow now att Andiver in the hand of Georg Abet to he deliuered to her after me deseas emediately. - To son John Dane, on feather bede & on feather boster & two fether pillows & a yellow rugg, & also a pewter platter. - To son Francis, on great ketle, also on flaxen sheet & a saser. - To Dafter Elizabeth How, a litl kittle, & on pewter candlestick. - To son Frances, my old black cow, now at Roxburie, & my bible. - To louing wiff Anie, whom I mak sooll exceekitrix all my moveable goods that is not expresed.

In witness herr vnto I hav set my hand this seueth day of the seveth month 58. By me [signed] John Dane Isaac Heath John Johnson Isack Morrell

At a county court held at Boston 16 Oct 1658, Mr John Johnson deposed that he saw Jno Dane sign & publish it as his last will, &c. Edward Rawson Recordr.^[24]

Research Notes

Unfortunately there appear to be no reliable sources proving the parentage of John Dane, and for that reason William Dane and Alicia Pennefather are being detached from this profile as his father and mother. There are also no reliable sources indicating that John and Frances ever had more than four chlldren, and no mention anywhere of a daughter Anne. Anne Daines is therefore being detached as a child of these parents. Stevens-17832 15:39, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines. Milwaukee, WI: Cuneo Press (1943), p. 239.
2. ↑ Porter, Juliet. A Porter Pedigree: Being an Account of the Ancestry and Descendants of Samuel and Martha (Perley) Porter of Chester, N.H... Worcester, MA (1907) pp. 85-86.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} John Dane's Narrative, 1682. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018, vol. 8, pp. 147-156. By subscription.
4. ↑ Schofield, George A. (ed) The Ancient Records of...Ipswich. Upswich, MA: Chronicle Motor Press (1899), pp. 55-56.
5. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration Newsletter Volumes 1-25. Lowell, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2017), vol.17, p. 28
6. ↑ Walne, Peter. Emigrants from Hertfordshire 1630-1640. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018, vol. 132(1978), pp. 18-19.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR4W-D2L : 18 September 2020), Mary Dane, 1617.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} John Dane's Narrative, 1682. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018, p. 153.
9. ↑ Clutterbuck, Robert. The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford. London: Nichols and Bentley (1815)), Bishop Stortford Benefactions, vol. 3, p. 265.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} photostatic copy of a Transcript of the Parish Register of Bishop's Stortford, in the Public Library, New York City, cited in Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines. Milwaukee, WI: Cuneo Press (1943), pp. 240-241.
11. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, MA. Salem, MA (1910) p. 591.
12. ↑ Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts. Boston: by the author (1900), p. 129.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5} Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines. Milwaukee, WI: Cuneo Press (1943), p. 241.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4} New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, digitised by Ancestry.com, Inc., Provo, UT 2012, available here.
15. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, MA. Salem, MA (1910), p. 536.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Venn, J.A. Alumni Cantabrigienses Cambridge: University Press (1922), p. 7.
17. ↑ Vital Records of Roxbury. Salem, MA: The Essex Institute (1925), p. 103.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Moriarity, G. Andrews. Ancestry of William Chandler of Roxbury, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018. vol. 85 (1931), p. 142. Available by subscription.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} Moriarity, G. Andrews. The Bayford Family. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018, vol. 96 (1941), p. 302. Available by subscription.
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines. Milwaukee, WI: Cuneo Press (1943), p. 240.
21. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH58-2LC : 10 November 2020), John Dane, 14 Sep 1658; citing Death, Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009473.
22. ↑ Vital Records of Roxbury, MA, Salem, MA: The Essex Institute (1925), vol. 2, p. 502.
23. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/58434435/john-dane : accessed 01 July 2021), memorial page for John Dane I (1600–14 Sep 1658) Find A Grave: Memorial #58434435, citing Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.
24. ↑ Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk, Mass. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1855) vol. 9, p. 37.

See Also:

• Bennett, Ralph Parmenter. Further Notes on the English Background of John Parmenter... The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018 vol. 147, pp. 381-382. By subscription.

• Chandler, George. The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler who Settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637 Press of Charles Hamilton, Worcester, MA :Charles Hamilton Press (1883), pp. 1-2.

• Drake, Francis S. The Town of Roxbury: Its Memorable Persons and Places, Its History and Antiquities. Roxbury, MA: by the author (1878) p. 303

• Hammatt, Abraham. The Hammatt Papers. Ipswich: Ipswich Press Antiquarian Papers (1854), pp. 67-70.

• Pickford, M.A. Chandler Family. Dedham: Dedham Historical Register (1903), pp. 1-3.

• Preston, Belle. Bassett-Preston Ancestors. New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co. (1930), pp. 54-55.