Upper Level: Hezekiah Doane 1672-1752 Hannah Ruhama Snow 1670-1717

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Hezekiah Doane 1672-1752 Hannah Ruhama Snow 1670-1717

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8th Ggrandfather

Deacon Hezekiah Doane
Parents Ephraim Doane and Mercy Knowles
Born 16 Aug 1672 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Whaler

Deacon of his church:
1 Nov 1711
Occupation(s):
Surveyor 1691-92 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Whale Fishery: Provincetown, Massachusetts
Justice of Peace: 1710 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married 1) Hannah Ruhama Snow 1691 Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
2) Mary Smith Freeman (widow of Thomas Freeman) abt 1717
3) Sarah Knowles (widow) 1744
Died 23 June 1752 Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 57
Family Search
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57682930/hezekiah-doane
Hannah Ruhama Snow
Parents: John Snow and Mary Smalley
Born 26 August 1670 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died 1717
Buried
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 57
Family Search
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73440150/hannah-doane

CHILDREN

Nehemiah Doane
Born 16 Dec 1692 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Married 1) Martha Milton 12 May 1718 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Children: None

Nehemiah Doane and Martha Milton marriage record

2) Jane Ela 13 June 1723 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Children: Jane

Nehemiah Doane and Jane Ela marriage record. Their engagement was announced the 16 of April 1723

Note: Jane married abt 1732 Constant Freeman, a widower and have more children: John, Nehemiah, Mary, Nehemiah, Eunice
Died 1730 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
Birth: NEHGR: The First Settlers of Eastham, Mass., Volume Info: 6, 7, Page:
6:41-46, 167-170, 234-235, 7:279-280, 347-348, rep, Hamblen, David, January, April and July 1852, July and October 1853, Burgess Genealogical Library
Birth: Mayflower Descendant Magazine, volume 8, page 16
Marriage to Jane: U.S. and International marriage records, Massachusetts complied records, City of Boston consolidated index of marriages Vol 1646 Page 177
Marriage to Martha: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, Massachusetts Marriages, City of Boston consolidated index of marriages Vol 1646 Page 36
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Mary Doane
Born 31 Aug 1694 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Unmarried
Died 1764
Buried
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, page 58
Family Search
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Ephraim was a Fisherman

Ephraim Doane
Born 1 Apr 1696 Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation(s): Fisherman 1732 in Truro, when in Middletown was listed as a Mariner and owner of one or more small vessels and joint owner with three other men in this venture. Chartered their vessel, the Diamond, to Major Jabez Hamlin as a transport to carry Connecticut troops to Louisbourg. She sailed in November of that year and soon after arrived. She was detained in the service until Feb. 3, 1746, when she sailed from Louisbourg for New London, but foundered at sea on the home trip.
Married: Mary Atkins 5 March 1717 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Children: Ephraim, Nehemiah, Betsy, Joshua, Mary, Elisha
1738 moved his family to Middletown
6 Jan 1739: He and wife admitted to the local church
Purchased land in Middletown 18 June 1739
May 1751: he presented a memorial to the Assembly of Connecticut, showing these facts and setting forth that his two sons were among those lost in the vessel; that the sons were his great dependence in his advanced years, and that by their loss, and loss of his vessel, he was brought under pitiable circumstances. Whereupon the Assembly passed a resolution granting him a gratuity of £150 old tenor bills
Died after 1751 - it was his wife that died that year, not him.
Buried Probably in the McDonough Cemetery
Note: wife died 23 December 1751 and is buried in the McDonough Cemetery according to Connecticut headstone inscriptions
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
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H-DIRECT LINE
7th Ggrandfather

Captain Elisha Doane, Esquire
Born abt 1698 Provincetown, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married: Hannah Cole 26 Feb 1718 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Elisha Doane Esquire, Headstone

Children: Joseph, Elisha, Hannah, Hezekiah, Ruth, Rachel
Died 7 December 1759 Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried 9 December 1759 Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
Massachusetts Marriages 1695-1910 Note: there are two dates given - the first in the original "Old English" script and a second date (31 January of 1719, which is nearly a year later) which was written after the fact. I trust the original script because when I looked at both, the January/1719 date was preceded by the same date. I think the clerk made a mistake.
Family Search
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20568271/elisha-doane
Rachel Doane
Born 22 September 1701 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Joseph Strout 27 March 1716 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Children: Hannah, Joseph, Joshua, Phoebe, Thankful, Barnabas, Sarah, Hezekiah
Died 1739
Buried
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
Birth: Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850

Marriage:Vital records of the town of Truro, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Volume 1

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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47403582/rachel-strout
Apphia Doane
Born 1702 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married William Collins 1 June 1717 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
Marriage found in these three places: US and International Marriage Records, Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
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Hannah Doane Headstone

Hannah Doane
Born 1 December 1703 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Ezekiel Cushing 15 Nov 1719 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Children: Loring, John, Ezekiel, Nathaniel, Jeremiah, Hannah,Lucia, Lucia, Phoebe, Nicholas
Died 7 Jun 1742 Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, British Colonial America
Buried Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine, British Colonial America
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
Family Search
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48706332/hannah-cushing
Major Hezekiah Doane
Christened 30 Mar 1712 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Military: Fought during the "Spanish Alarm"

Note: Follow this link to read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Alarm

He was mentioned as "Major Hezekiah Doane" on 19 Dec 1774, and on 20 Aug 1778 according to History of Cape Cod, by Frederick Freeman, vol. 2: 659, 664, 672

Married Thankful Bickford 7 Oct 1731 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Children: Ephraim, Thankful, Sarah, Jeremiah, Hezekiah, Nehemiah, Hannah, Ruhamah, John

Died 1771 Wilmington, Hanover, North Carolina
Buried
Sources
Christening: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Truro, Volume II. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1. Print.
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
Marriage: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Truro, Volume II. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. 24. Print.
1753 North Carolina Land Grant Files, North Carolina State Archives, Land Office: Land Warrants, Plats of Survey, and Related Records. Hezekiah Doane, 1753. Call Number: S.108.923. MARS Id: 12.14.92.4392. Microfilm.
1762: Was living in Wellfleet, where he was on the Committee of Safety
Walker, Alexander McDonald. New Hanover County Court Minutes, 1738-1769. Bethesda, MD: 1958. 39, 44, 57, 62, 64, 70, 73, 75, 78, 80, 81, 82, 87, 98. Print.
1767 North Carolina Early Census Index, New Hanover County, North Carolina
Walker, Alexander McDonald. New Hanover County Court Minutes, Part 2, 1771-1785. Bethesda, MD: 1959. 4, 9. Print. (this dealt with a black man named Joe, but there is little pertinent information. Hezekiah is only mentioned once).
Bowman, George Ernest, Editor. The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 9. Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1907. 55. Print
Bowman, George Ernest, Editor. Vital Records of the Town of Truro, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1933. 24. Print.
Military: Clark, Murtie June. Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983. 849. Print.
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137602140/hezekiah-doane

CHILDREN with Mary Smith (widow of Thomas Freeman)

Joseph Doane
Christened 2 Aug 1719 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died in infancy
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
Family Search
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Joseph Doane
Christened 13 Aug 1721 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by A.A. Doane, 3rd Edition, 1976, pages 58
Family Search
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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Hezekiah Doane 1672-1752 Hannah Ruhama Snow 1670-1717

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