John Doane, III^{[1, 2, 3]}

1664 - 1755  (91 years)

• Name	John Doane
  Suffix	III
  Birth	29 May 1664	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Nov 1755	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Burial	Long Wharf, Suffolk, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I2043	Scudder
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	John Doane,   b. Abt 1635, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Hannah Bangs   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F23509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mehitable Scudder,   b. Abt 1664, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Abt 1698 (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	30 Jun 1686	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Children	1. John Doane,   b. Abt 1690, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 1723 (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F806	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Hobart,   b. 4 Oct 1666, Hingham, Massachusetts, British America d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1696	of Eastham, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
  	"John (3) Doane (John (2), John (1)) was born at Eastham, Mass., May 29, 1664, and died at his home near Long Wharf, Boston, Nov. 22, 1755. He married first, June 30, 1686, Mehitabel Scudder. Married second, before 1696, Hannah Hobart, who was born at Hingham, Mass., Oct. 4, 1666... Married third, at Hull, Mass., July 20, 1732, Jane Baxter, widow of Paul Baxter, and the daughter of Lieut. Gershom Collier of Hull. She survived him and married, third, Capt. Atherton Haugh, the son of Samuel Haugh, goldsmith, of Boston." The Doane Family, Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, (Boston, Ma.: published by Alfred A. Doane, 1902), 34–35.
  Children	1. Joshua Doane,   b. 5 Mar 1696, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   2. Solomon Doane,   b. 12 May 1698, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F23579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Jane Collier
  Marriage	20 Jul 1732	Hull, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
  Children	1. John Doane,   b. 17 Mar 1733/4, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hannah Doane,   b. 24 Nov 1737, Hull, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   3. Jane Doane,   b. 16 Nov 1738, Hull, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. 18 May 1739, Hull, Massachusetts, British Colonial America (Age 0 years)   4. Jane Doane,   b. 11 May 1743, Boston, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ann Doane,   b. 8 Sep 1744, Boston, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F23580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "John (3) Doane (John (2), John (1)) was born at Eastham, Mass., May 29, 1664, and died at his home near Long Wharf, Boston, Nov. 22, 1755. He married first, June 30, 1686, Mehitabel Scudder. Married second, before 1696, Hannah Hobart, who was born at Hingham, Mass., Oct. 4, 1666... Married third, at Hull, Mass., July 20, 1732, Jane Baxter, widow of Paul Baxter, and the daughter of Lieut. Gershom Collier of Hull. She survived him and married, third, Capt. Atherton Haugh, the son of Samuel Haugh, goldsmith, of Boston." The Doane Family, Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, (Boston, Ma.: published by Alfred A. Doane, 1902), 34–35. This marriage to Mehitable Scudder is confirmed by David Hamblin, "First Settlers of Eastham, Mass," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 6, no. 1, (January 1852).44 "John Doane, Jr., m. Mehetable Scudder, June 30, 1686; chn. John, b. no date." List of children of John Doane III, from Alfred Doane, The Doane Family, p. 38. https://archive.org/details/doanefamily1deac00doan/page/38 Bigraphical data from "The Doane Family." John settled first in Wellfleet, then Billingsgate, on a portion of his father's estate. Pratt's History of Eastham says he was there before 1700, and that he held a distinguished rank in the town. An old document of 1727 mentions him as"a principal Inhabitant of this Precinct." As early as 1696, he and his wife Hannah were living in Boston in Ward 7, when in a deed he is styled "Distiller," and where on March 5th of that year, his son Joshua was born. After the death of his wife in 1731 he removed to Hull, where he was an important man in town and church affairs, and seems to have lived there from about 1732 to 1742. He then removed to Boston where he owned a large estate, and resided there until his death. John was commissioned a Justice of Peace for Barnstable county June 5, 1713, and was in commission there until his removal to Hull. In 1736, he was a Special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnstable county, and on March 9,1737/8, he was commissioned a Justice of Peace for Suffolk county. John and his second wife, Hannah, were the leaders of the fifteen or twenty church members living in the North Precinct, who strongly opposed the ordination and settlement of Reverend Samuel Osborn as pastor of the First Church of Eastham in 1718. In the church troubles at Billingsgate in 1727, they were stanch supporters of their minister, Reverend Josiah Oakes. The Boston Evening Post, for Monday, December 1, 1755, had the following notice of Mr. Doane's death: "Boston, Nov. 27,1765. Last Saturday died in the 92nd. Year of his Age and Yesterday was very decently interred, John Doane Esq.; who had been many Years in the Commission of the Peace for the Counties of Barnstable and Suffolk. He was a Gentleman of great Capacity and known Integrity, a tender Husband, affectionate Father, and faithful Friend; and notwithstanding his great Age he retained his Usefulness, Reason and Understanding to the last." Beside the Boston estate, John Doane's possessions at Scituate inventoried £1250. His will, written by his own hand, five days before his death, was proved Dec. 24, 1755.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S1488] The Doane Family. [S15] Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, "Old Hunterdon County," New Jersey, Page 255.