Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Arthur Allen 1607-1669 Alice Tucker 1613













The pictures are from an old magazine.  It may have been Architectural Digest or Life Magazine (the page was large), The picture and paragraph explaining the architecture was on page 36 along with other famous houses.

From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon's_Rebellion
Bacon's Castle, also known as "Allen's Brick House" or the "Arthur Allen House" is located in Surry County, Virginia, USA.


Soon after Surry County was formed in the Royal Colony of Virginia in 1652, Arthur Allen built a Jacobean brick house in 1665 near the James River, where he and his wife Alice (née Tucker) lived. He was a wealthy merchant and a Justice of the Peace in Surry County. Allen died in 1669, but his son, Major Arthur Allen II, inherited the house and property.


The Allen family's brick home became known as "Bacon's Castle" because it was occupied by the followers of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676. The name "Bacon's Castle" was not used until many years after Bacon's Rebellion.
The following from online: museumintern.blogspot.com
... It was noted in his diaries that when he returned to live back at his home, after Bacon's rebels took it over, the largest amount of damage was in the cellar and that no wine was left drinkable. Archeologists from AVPA have found wine bottles broken in fireplaces and areas around the backyard where bonfires took place.
(Colonel) Arthur Allen
Parents:  John Allen and Unknown mother
Born: 1608 Worcester, England
Christened 23 Oct 1608 St. Andrew, Droitwich, Worcester, England
Note:  Name is spelled Arthure in record
Occupation: Merchant (also listed as a Merchant in Bristol, England), Justice of the Peace, Planter (tobacco)
Excerpt from Encyclopedia Virginia (link in sources section below for full article):
Arthur Allen became an agent for tobacco merchants in Bristol, England, and arrived in Virginia during the 1640's (note:  other sources claim 1630's). He amassed one of the largest plantations in Surry County by the 1660's. 

He probably arrived in Virginia during the 1640's as an agent for tobacco merchants trading out of Bristol, in which capacity he made at least one return trip to Bristol.  he also dealt with several leading London merchants.  Among them Micajah Perry, Phillip Perry, and Thomas Lane.  by 1649, Allen had settled between Lawnes Creek and Chippokes Creek in the southern part of James City County.  When that area became Surry County in 1652, Allen was appointed to the court, and by 1661 he was a member of the quorum.  he also served on the vestry of Lawnes Creek Parish.

Arthur Allen may have married twice, not once in 1650 as stated in early histories of Surry County and Bacon's Castle; and he probably had at least 7 children, not the two or three who are mentioned in some accounts of the family.  His first son, Humphrey Allen, was probably born in England early in the 1630's and died in Virginia in 1666.  Note the wording of this paragraph:  He MAY have married twice and PROBABLY had about 7 children and that Humphrey was PROBABLY born in England.  

Arthur inherited Allen's Brick House (pictured above), carried on the family name, and had a long and varied political career.  Allen's FOUR daughters all married well, with the result that some of the areas most notable persons were descended from him.

Mary Long, the wife of Arthur Long, who commanded the company of Bacon's men who occupied Allen's Brick House, was probably yet another of Arthur Allen's daughters. 

Allen died after May 15 1669 (he sat with the county court on that date and by June when the tax lst was compiled, his widow, Alice, was charged with the eleven tithables resident at Allen's plantation. 

Married 1) unknown in England (according to the above source, which has no verification)
2) Alice Tucker abt 1630 possibly in Virginia, but she was 'imported' in 1649 with four others, so likely England)
Died:  Abt June 1669 Virginia
Sources
Christening:  IGI Film 0354318 Batch C023462 dated 1571-1769
Online: http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Allen_Arthur_1608-1669#start_entry
Alice Tucker
Born abt 1613 England
Debate on her parents:  Either William Tucker and Mary his wife or Daniel Tucker whose wife is unknown
Married 2) John Hardy
Died after 1686 Virginia  (see the comments below by boxmommy)
Sources
Online: http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
Wikipedia
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html

CHILDREN
Please note:  
These children were not born at Bacon's Castle which was built in 1665. 
Their birth year and order is also debatable. 
If the parents were married when Arthur was 18, the first child could have been born in 1626.  If that is the case, a few may have been born in England since according to the source ( jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm) Arthur did not arrive in America until 1630's.  He "imported" four people, including Alice, his wife, in 1649/50, so it could be that some of these children were born in England (the source did not list who the four people were). 

Humphrey Allen
Born pre-1630 England
Died 1666 Virginia
Sources
https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Allen_Arthur_1608-1669#start_entry
Elizabeth Allen
Born abt 1630 Virginia
Married 1) Robert Caufield abt 1650
Children:  Mary
2) (Sheriff) Joseph John Jackman abt 1652
Died 1691
Sources
Online http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
*Joane (Jane) Allen
Born abt 1631 Virginia
Married 1) Dr. Robert Williamson abt 1651 Virginia
Children: George, James, Robert, Arthur, George, Robert, Francis
2) Robert Burnett 2 Nov 1672 Isle of Wight, Virginia
3) Reuben Proctor abt 1674
Sources
Online: http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
Katherine Allen 
Born abt 1633 Virginia
Married 1) John Johnson (one of his descendants is U.S.President Lyndon B Johnson)
Note:  boxmommy has Robert Johnson as his father - see comments section
Children:  John 
2) William Mayo
Note: see boxmommy comments section for William
Children: William, James, John, Peter, Margaret, Patience, Mary
Note:  These children may have been from a former marriage William had
Died 1693 Isle of Wight, Virginia
Sources
Online: http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
Mary Allen
Born abt 1634 Virginia
Married Captain Arthur Long abt 1651 Virginia
Will dated 27 Jan 1679 (she was a widow at the time)
Sources
Book:  Southside Virginia Families Vol 1 by John Boddie page 3
Online http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html
(Major) Arthur Allen (Jr)
Born abt 1639 Virginia
Occupation: Major Allen was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
From Encyclopedia of Virginia [Page 170]

Allen, Maj. Arthur, was the son and heir of Arthur Allen, of Surry county, and of his wife, Alice Tucker. Maj. Allen's father, in 1749, patented 200 acres between Lawne's Creek and Lower Chippoakes Creek. Maj. Allen was burgess from Surry county in 1682, in 1685-86 and in 1688. In the last-named session he was speaker of the assembly. He married Katherine, daughter and heiress of Cap. Laurence Baker, of Surry. On July 3, 1677, Mr. Arthur Allen sued Mr. Robert Burgess for that "during the most Horrid Rebellion (Bacon's rebellion) he with others did seize and keep garrison in the pit's house neare fower months." This ancient brick mansion is still standing, one of the oldest houses in Virginia, and is known as "Bacon's Castle" (1914). Maj. Allen's will was proved in Surry court, Sept. 5, 1710.


Married 1) Katherine Baker abt 1658
Children:  Arthur, Elizabeth, John, Catherine, James, Ann, Mary, Joseph
2) Elizabeth Bray abt 1670 (some have this woman married to his son James, more research is needed) 
Children:  James
Died 19 May 1710
Sources
Online http://jliptrap.us/gen/aallen.htm
http://vagenweb.org/tylers_bios/vol1-16.htm
http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Allen/Allen-Arthur.html

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Joseph Asquith 1712 Isabell Morris 1712-1751

Josephus (Joseph) Asquith
Christening 29 Feb 1712 Woodkirk, York, England
Note:  Originally, the family group sheet listed his birth year 1705, but, upon further research, I found his parents had 2 Josephs - one in 1705 and one in 1712.  I used the second one because the first likely died.  The dates still work, though it means he was married when he was about 18 instead of 25.
Parents: Johannis (John) Asquith and Elizabeth Slingsley
Married Isabell Morris 1 Feb 1730 All Saints, Wakefield, York, England
Note:  His surname was spelled Askwith in the marriage record.
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0840006 Batch C041641 dated 1652-1812
Marriage: IGI Film 0098548 Batch M018302 dated 1730-1753

Isabell Morris
Born abt 1712 Wakefield, England
Buried 1 Jul 1751 Woodkirk, West Ardsley, York England
Sources
Burial:  England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch I05582-1 Film 1542170 D 108/37 it 14

CHILDREN

Note:  The first three children I based on time/location.  The parents were married in 1730.  On my original FGS, the children started with Joshua.  Then, as I began to research, common sense told me it was likely they had other children born to their union - earlier than Joshua (especially with 6 years of marriage before he was born).  I searched the local area.  Heartshead is only 6.3 walking miles to Woodkirk/West Ardsley.

James Asquith
Christened 8  Aug 1731 Heartshead, York, England
Buried 23 Jan 1733 Hartshead, York, England
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1528-1975 Batch C02644-8 Film 1542089 item 2
Burial: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch B03711-9 Film 1542089 it 2 p 234
Robert Asquith
Christened 6 May 1733 Heartshead, York, England
Died 23 Jan 1734 Heartshead, York, England
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1528-1975 Batch P00908-1 Film 496808
Samuel Asquith
Christened 31 Oct 1734 Heartshead, York, England
Married Susanna Clegg 13 Sep 1757 Dewsbury, York, England
Children: Joseph, Sarah, Samuel, Samuel, Ann, Jane
Sources
England Births and Christenings 1528-1975 Batch C02644-8 Film 1542089 item 2
Marriage: England Marriages 1538-1973 Batch M00905-3 Film 990586
*Joshua Asquith
Christened 1 Aug 1736 Woodkirk,York, England
Married Jane Spencely 4 Sep 1755 St Peter, Leeds, York, England
Note:  His surname is spelled Askwith on the record
Children: John, Joseph, Twin boys, Joseph, Mary, Jane, Joshua, Ellin, Matthew
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0840006 Batch C041641 dated 1652-1812
Marriage: IGI Film 0476870 Batch M009622 dated 1754-1769
Grace Asquith
Christened 7 Mar 1738 Woodkirk, York, England
Buried 5 Mar 1741 Woodkirk, West Ardsley, York, England
Sources
Christening: IGI Film 0599301,917,145645 Batch P009561 dated 1717-1812
Burial: England Deaths and Burials 1538-1991 Batch I05588-7 Film 1542170 D 108/36 it 13

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Colonel Elisha Doane 1697-1759 Hannah Cole 1700-1786

Captain Elisha Doane Headstone
Captain Elisha Doane
Whaler
Parents Hezekiah Doane and Hannah Snow
Born 1699 Massachusetts
Occupation: Whale Fisheries
Deacon in his church from 1730 until his death
Military: Captain of 4th Company 7th Massachusetts Regiment and fought in Louisburg and suffered at Grand Pre. He had a sword with his name engraved on it that is reported to have been passed down to his descendants.
From book listed in sources on page 85-86 - this is just page 85
Married Hannah Cole 26 Feb 1718 Cape Cod, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Transcription: Doane, Elisha, Deacon, at Eastham, a Captain of a Company at Louisbourgh (Louisburg) in 1745, afterwards captured and taken to Canada, and later was Lieutenant Colonel of a regiment in an expedition to the westward, Dec 6, 1759, @ 61 years (Newsletter)
Died 7 Dec 1759 Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane pages 84
Book: The Doane family: Deacon John Doane, Plymouth and Dr. John Done, of Maryland and their descendants page 85-86
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20568271/elisha-doane/

Hannah Cole Doane headstone
Hannah Cole
Born 15 Dec 1693 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Parents:  William Cole and Hannah Snow
Died 25 Feb 1786 Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Online:  http://www.pilgrimhopkins.com/
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20568318/hannah-doane

CHILDREN


Revolutionary War
*Colonel Joseph Doane
Christened 6 Aug 1721 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Joseph Christening record
Military: Revolutionary War: Colonel Joseph Doane's (2nd Barnstable Co.) regiment of Massachusetts militia
On the occasion of the city of Chatham's 200th anniversary, speech given by James Hawes in 1912 (see the link below):  
Chatham was represented in this (Provincial) Congress by Captain Joseph Doane. It recommended, among other things, if I may use a modern term, a boycott on tea. 

A third congress met May 31st, 1775, and Chatham was again represented by Joseph Doane, then styled "Colonel". At a town meeting December 27, 1774, a considerable number of persons signed the association recommended by the Provincial Congress not to drink or use any tea after March 1st following. 

 On January I8, 1775, the military company was reorganized. Lieut. Benjamin Godfrey was made captain; Mr. Richard Sears lieutenant; Mr. Joseph Crowell ensign, and Mr. John Emery military clerk. The town clerk remarks that all this was very pleasing to the citizens. Capt. Godfrey commanded a company at the battle of Bunker Hill. 

 August 13, 1776, the town raised 32 pounds for bounty for soldiers who enlisted in the Northern Department, and 16 pounds, four shillings for powder bought for the town's use. 

December 14, 1776, the selectmen reported that they had procured nine men to go to Rhode Island for three months, at a bounty of nine pounds and fourteen shillings each. 

May 19, 1777. additional bounty was VI voted. The town also agreed to take care of the families of soldiers.

In January, 1776, under a call for troops, a regiment had been raised in Plymouth and Barnstable counties. Thomas Hamilton, of Chatham, was adjutant. About the same time the Cape was divided into two regiments, Chatham falling into the second, of which Joseph Doane became colonel. Another call for troops was made the same year, Chatham's quota being 26. 

In April, 1778, five men were called for from the town. In 1779 there was a further call and in December, 1780, a call for nine men. In the meantime, there had been calls on the town for clothing and provisions for the army.

February 22, 1778, the selectmen and James Ryder, lieutenant of the militia company, reported that there had been raised in the town in 1777 ten men for three years and 20 men for eight months. 

Of these, Sergeant Hyatt Young and Benjamin Bassett served during the war. Joseph Young, son of Hyatt, was among the eight months' men. Hyatt Young had served in the previous French war. A monument to him and his son Joseph stands in the Universalist Cemetery. 

John Young, who served in 1776, and enlisted for three years in 1777, was reported drowned in 1778. In September, 1778, Capt. Benjamin Godfrey's company and Capt. Nathan Bassett's company of Chatham men, on an alarm to Falmouth and New Bedford, served for a few days. Chatham men were also on short term service in Rhode Island and at the throwing up of entrenchments at Dorchester Heights in the spring of 1776, when Gen. Washington drove the British from Boston. 

The Cape men were largely in service on the Coast Guard, Capt. Thomas Hamilton's company, which consisted mostly of Chatham men, served on the coast from July to December, 1775. Cape Cod men were largely drawn upon to man the numerous privateers that preyed upon the British commerce. 

Among others the sloop "Wolf," of which Capt. Nathaniel Freeman of Harwich (now Brewster) was commissioned master September 13, 1776, Joseph Doane of Chatham being lieutenant, had Chatham men in her crew. She had a brief career, being soon after sailing captured by a British 74 gun ship disguised as a merchantman. The crew were carried to Brooklyn, N. Y., and placed in the prison ships, but were exchanged at Newport, R. I., February 11, 1777. 

No doubt many local incidents occurred during the Revolutionary war of which there is no record. One has been preserved. June 20, 1782, a British privateer sent some men into the harbor under cover of darkness and took possession of a brigantine. They hoisted the British flag on her and attempted to take her and a sloop out of the harbor under protection of the guns of the privateer. But the local military company, under Col. Benjamin Godfrey and Capt. Joseph Doane, assembled on the shore and by a well-directed fire compelled the British to abandon the vessels, and they were recaptured.

Married Dorcas Eldredge 12 Apr 1739 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children: Lydia, Dorcas, Joseph, Hannah, Ruth, Mary, Elisha, Rachel, Ephraim, Mary, Sarah
Died 12 May 1778 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources

Christening: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Talk given by James Hawes, page 9-11 : https://archive.org/details/historicaladdres00hawe 

Online Book: History of Chatham, Massachusetts by W.C. Smith, p 50, 205, 207

Book: History of Brewer, Orrington, Holden & Eddington by Thayer & Ames
Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane pages 87

Book: History of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans, Barnstable Co., Mass from 1644-1844

 By Enoch Pratt

Book: Massachusetts soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary war: Volume 14 by Massachusetts Office of Secretary of State

Chatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail By Joseph A. Nickerson, Jr., Geraldine Nickerson pages 25-28

 Note:  this book concerns his son, Joseph Jr, who was involved in a mystery of murder and mayhem
Elisha Doane Tomb
Colonel Elisha Doane
Born 23 Jun 1725 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Whaler
Occupation:  Whale Fishery
Married 1) Hope Rich 22 Feb 1743 Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children: Thankful, Elisha, Hannah, Isaiah, Hope, Elisha, Rachel
2) Ann Doane 25 Dec 1768 Boston, Massachusetts
Children: Jane, Jane, John, William
Died 27 Jan 1783 Boston, Massachusetts
Buried: Doane Tomb No 12, under Kings Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts
Sources
To see his house (now used a community center): http://www.southshorecommunitycenter.com/
From the website:  Established in 1944, the South Shore Community Center is located at 3 North Main Street in what was formerly the Elisha Doane House, built in 1750 and a true reflection of the New England charm that defines Cohasset Village. 
To read about his descendants: www.archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DOAN/1998 (DEAD LINK)
On YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6EKtY3rjLg&feature=fvw
Note:  at Captain Bearse House
Basic biography and tomb:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75228300/elisha-doane
Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane page 87

History of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans, Barnstable Co., Mass from 1644-1844

 By Enoch Pratt 
Hannah Doane
Born abt 1729 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married David Brown Jr 13 Dec 1743 (intentions) Eastham, Massachusetts
Children: Hannah, Samuel, David, Jonathan, Ruth, Rachel, Elisha, Joseph, Hezekiah, Benjamin, Mary
Died Jul 1816 Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried: Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane page 88
Hezekiah Doane headstone
Deacon Hezekiah Doane
Born abt 1730 Eastham, Massachusetts
Occupation:  Whale Fishery
Belonged to a crew called
the "seed corn gang of whalers"
Representative to General Court (3 Years)
Selectman (5 years)
Town Clerk (4 years)
Paid fines instead of serving in the Continental Army
Married 1) Elizabeth Crowell 25 Oct 1750 Eastham, Massachusetts
Children:  Elisha, Elizabeth, Hezekiah, Paul, William, Henry, Joseph, Margery, Elisha
2) Sarah Cahoon 28 Nov 1799 Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Died 18 Mar 1808 Massachusetts
Buried Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane page 88

History of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans, Barnstable Co., Mass from 1644-1844

 By Enoch Pratt p 17, 107, 115, 131
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55048216/hezekiah-doane
Ruth Doane
Born abt 1732 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died abt 1747 Cape Breton, Massachusetts (age 15y)
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane page 88
Rachel Doane
Born abt 1734 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married 1) John Wormley 17 May 1757 Eastham, Massachusetts
2) Edward Baker 12 Jan 1766 Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Died:  1806
Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane page 88