Deacon John Doane1

M, #12506, b. circa 1590, d. Feb 21, 1685
Relationship9th great-grandfather of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Pedigree

Family

Abigail Perkins b. Sep 5, 1600, d. Jun 1, 1654
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*circa 1590 Deacon John Doane was born circa 1590 at Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.2 
Marriage*circa 1625 He married Abigail Perkins circa 1625 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
Emigration*1629 Deacon John Doane emigrated in 1629 from Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, where many English fled to escape the religious persecution of England. 
Immigration*1629 He immigrated in 1629 to Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, came to the colonies with the initial 5 ships of the Winthrop Fleet which sailed to Plymouth and the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the spring of 1629. He was in business with John Atwood of London who represented James Sherley. 
Moved*1645 He moved to Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, in 1645. 
Death*Feb 21, 1685 He died on Feb 21, 1685 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.3 
Burial*Feb 22, 1685 He was buried on Feb 22, 1685 at Cove Burying Ground Cemetery, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 11482196.4 
Book Excerpt* 
In the 1633 Plymouth list of freemen, ahead of those made free Jan. 1, 1632/33. He served on the Plymouth Colony Council on January 1, 1632/33. "John Done" was assessed £1 7s. in the Plymouth tax list on March 25, 1633. He served on the committee to divide meadow ground on July 1, 1633. "Mr John Done, being formerly chosen to the office of a deacon in the church, at the request of the church & himself was freed from the office of an Assistant in the Commonwealth" January 2, 1633/34. He served on the committee to assess taxes on January 2, 1633/34. He purchased of John Coombs for £9 10s. "a dwelling house and misted with the inclosure & outhousing thereunto belonging" on February 14, 1633/34. "John Done" was assessed £1 7s. in the Plymouth tax list on March 27, 1634. He served on the committee to collect money for building a mill on July 5, 1635. He served on the committee to regulate prices and wages on January 5, 1635/36. He served on the committee to assess taxes on March 2, 1635/36. He was allotted mowing ground on March 14, 1635/36. He served on the committee to revise laws on October 4, 1636. Whereas "the now dwelling house with all & singujlar outhousing, lands & enclosures in the use & occupation of John Done, of Plymouth, near unto Plain Dealing, were in partnership between said John Done & John Atwood, late of London, gent., now know ye that upon accounts between said Joh. and John, the said John Atwood, for & in consideration of threescore pounds, hath bought out the said John Done, his heirs & assigns, so that it remaineth wholly to the said John Atwood & his heirs forever" on December 30, 1636. He served on the committee on trade with the Indians on March 7, 1636/37. He served on the petit jury on March 7, 1636/37. He was allotted mowing ground on March 20, 1636/37. He served on the committee to lay out highways on May 2, 1637. He served on the committee on Beaver trade on June 7, 1637. He served on the committee to divide meadow ground on October 2, 1637. He served on the petit jury on October 2, 1637. He was granted was granted ten acres "to belong to his house at Plymouth", and one hundred acres at Jones River on October 2, 1637. He was granted ten acres on December 4, 1637. He served on the petit jury on January 2, 1637/38. He served on the petit jury on March 6, 1637/38. He served on the Coroner's jury on June 5, 1638. He served on the petit jury on September 4, 1638. In 1639 he is listed in the Plymouth section of the Plymouth colony list from which he was erased and reentered in the Eastham section of the same list. He was granted one hundred acres, partly to make up for portions of an earlier grant which he had remitted on February 4, 1638/39. He served on the committee to revise laws on May 6, 1639. He held the position of Plymouth deputy to the General Court on June 4, 1639. "Mr. John Done is allowed to draw wine until the next Court, that further order may be taken therein" on June 4, 1639. He served on the petit jury on March 3, 1639/40. He was granted ten acres of meadow on June 1, 1640. He served on the Grand jury on June 2, 1640. "we present Mr. Done for selling wine contrary to order make by the Court. It was mistaken by the grand inquest, and so he was discharged by the Court the 3rd September 1640 and appointed by the Court to thus be erased out" on June 2, 1640. He served on the petit jury on October 5, 1640. He was granted ten acres of meadow in the North Meadow on November 2, 1640. He served on the committee to lay out highways on February 1, 1640/41. He served on the Grand jury on March 2, 1640/41. He served on the petit jury on September 6, 1641. He held the position of auditor on September 7, 1641. He served on the petit jury on December 7, 1641. "Mr. John Done" was one of four men elected to head committees to suppy six muskets with shot, powder and swords every Lord's day "ready for service if need require" on January 24, 1641/42. "Mr. John Done" sold to William Bradford for four goats. a garden in Plymouth, also three acres of marsh bought of Thomas Willet on April 7, 1642. April 18, 1642 John Done, agent for the church of Plymouth, purchased from Mr. Ralph Smith a house, buildings and garden plots in Plymouth, also six acres of upland in the new field. In the same year, Doane turned this property over to "Mr. John Reynor their teacher." He served on the petit jury on May 3, 1642. He held the position of Plymouth deputy to the General Court on June 7, 1642. He held the position of Plymouth deputy to the General Court on September 27, 1642. He served on the petit jury on November 1, 1642. He is in the section of 1643 Plymouth Colony list of men able to bear arms. He held the position of Plymouth deputy to the General Court on June 6, 1643. He held the position of Plymouth deputy to the General Court on August 29, 1643. He held the position of Plymouth deputy to the General Court on October 10, 1643. He held the position of Plymouth deputy to the General Court on March 5, 1643/44. He held the position of Plymouth deputy to the General Court but did not attend on June 5, 1644. He served on the petit jury on November 5, 1644. He removed to at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in 1645. Doane agreed to let James Cole "take off those wines he now hath in his hands" on January 7, 1644/45. He held the position of auditor on March 3, 1644/45. He served on the petit jury on March 3, 1644/45. "Mr. John Done" sold to Mr. William Hanbury of Plymouth his dwelling house and garden places, barn and buildings, with all the fruit trees, the corn now growing in the garden excepted with some half dozen small fruit trees. to be given to Doane in the fall or spring on February 19, 1645/46. He held the position of Deputy for Nawset on June 6, 1649. He held the position of Deputy for Nawset on June 4, 1650. He held the position of Deputy for Eastham on June 5, 1651. He served on the petit jury on March 1, 1652/53. He held the position of Deputy for Eastham on April 6, 1653. He held the position of Deputy for Eastham on June 7, 1653. Mr. John Done and others petitioned to acquire land thirteen English miles from Rehoboth, and the court gave them permission to purchase it from the Indians on October 6, 1657. A portion of land was granted by the Court to "Mr. John Done" and others between Bridgewater and Weymouth on June 1, 1658. "Mr. John Done" of Eastham, yeoman, "with the consent of his wife mistress Lydia Done," sold to "Mrs. Allis Bradford Senior of Plymouth, widow ... al that his tract and parcel of land lying at Jones River in the township of Plymouth aforesaid, having an hundred acres" of upland and meadow, which had been sold to William Bradford Senior during his lifetime but not confirmed until this date. By the time Bradford's son Joseph took this land, the boundaries were lost and it had to be re-surveyed in 1699 on April 1, 1659. He held the position of Deputy for Eastham on June 7, 1659. He served on the petit jury on October 2, 1660. The court appointed Mr. John Doane to "administer marriage in Eastham for the next year, also to administer oath to witnesses before grand enquest, and other witnesses" on June 1, 1663. The court having granted him one hundred acres of upland at "Pottamumaquate Neck" and six acres of meadow there, orderd Lt. Freeman and Josias Cooke to view and by it for him on June 5, 1666. At an unknown date (but acknowledged July 2, 1669) "John Doan" of Eastham, husbandman, exchanged land with "Richard Higgens" of Easham, Doane receiving three acres of meadow and Higgins receiving four acres of meadow at Billingsgate. He left a will on May 18, 1678 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

"John Doane of Eastham, aged eighty and eight years or there about," bequeathed to "my loving wife" my dwelling house in Eastham with all the upland and meadow about it and two acres at a place called the Acres, and all personal estate for life: to "daughter Abigail Doane" the house and land at her mother's death; to "son John Doane," sole executor, twenty-seven acres of upland. eight acres at Poche Island, all my right in Eastham being a town purchaser, also one hundred acres granted by the Plymouth court "by his majesty's order invested with power to do equity and justice to his poor distressed subjects", also my great table and form; to "son Daniel Doane" the land he now lives on and twenty acres near the dry swamp and four and a half acres of meadow at Little Billingsgate; to "granddaughter Margaret Hicks" a trunk and a pair of sheets; residue at wife's death divided equally among all the sons and daughters.

"John Done Gent., tailor, of Eastham" for love and natural affection "gave to "my daughter Abigaill Done ... my dwelling house with all upland about the said house" about twelve acres with two acres of meadow, in Eastham on December 23, 1681. The Inventory of Deacon John Doane was taken by Joseph Snow and Joshua Bangs, "Mr John Doane deceased the 21th of February 1685 aged about a hundred years" totalled £10 16s. 7d. On May 21, 1686.5
 

Citations

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  2. [S79] Gravestones - Find-A-Grave.com, online at findagrave.com.
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  5. [S771] Personal Knowledge - Valentine, Jack.