Deacon John Doane 1591-1686 first wife Ann 1600 and second wife Lydia

Memorial erected by his descendants in 1907

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10th Ggrandfather

Deacon John Doane

Born abt 1590 Lancashire, England

Occupation:  Yeoman (Farmer)
Tailor (1681)
Married 1) Ann by 1620 if she is the mother of his children

2) Lydia by 1 April 1659

Died 21 Feb 1685 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Note: His will was dated 18 May 1678
Buried:  Cove Burying Ground
Sources

Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane Third Edition, 1976, pages 1-18 (there is a picture in the book of the old homestead)

Book:  Great Migration p 561

Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11482196/john-doane

Book:  "The Great Migration Begins,' v. 1, A–F, page 561-562
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10th Ggrandmother

Ann Perkins

Born abt 1600

Unknown Parents

Died after 1684

Sources

Book:  "The Great Migration Begins,' v. 1, A–F, page 561-562
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       Book: Great Migration p 562

Second Wife:  Lydia (unknown surname)
Born
Died by 23 December 1681
Sources
Book:  "The Great Migration Begins,' v. 1, A–F, page 561-562
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CHILDREN with Ann

Lydia Doane

Born abt 1621 England

Married Samuel Hicks 11 Sep 1645 Plymouth, Massachusetts

Children: Sarah, Martha, Joseph, Samuel, Dorcas, Margaret, Thomas, Elizabeth, Ephraim, Joseph, Joanna
Died about 1681 Rhode Island
Buried

Sources

Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane pages 19-20
Book:  "The Great Migration Begins,' v. 1, A–F, page 562
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Memorial:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126452823/lydia-hicks

Abigail's headstone

Abigail Doane

Born 13 Jan 1631 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Married - second wife of widower Samuel Lothrop abt 1690 Massachusetts

Note: She was in her 60's when she got married for the first time

Died 23 Jan 1735 Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Note: Yes, she was 104 years old at the time of her death. In celebration of her hundredth birthday, an audience of neighbors and church people assembled in her room and a sermon was preached by her pastor.

Buried: Old Norwich Town Cemetery near Congregational Church, Norwich, Connecticut

Sources
Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane page 20-21
Book:  "The Great Migration Begins,' v. 1, A–F, page 562
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John Doane Jr

Born abt 1635 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Occupation: Farmer (he was a large landholder)

Constable of Eastham: 1661, 1693

Justice of Select Court 1669

Married 1) Hannah Bangs 30 Apr 1662 Massachusetts

Children: John, Isaac, Samuel, David, Ann, Rebecca, Hannah

2) Rebecca Pettee 14 Jan 1694 Massachusetts

Died 15 Mar 1708 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note: Will written 4 Jun 1706 and proved 8 Apr 1708

Buried: Old Town Cove Burial Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sources

Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane pages 21-26

Book:  "The Great Migration Begins,' v. 1, A–F, page 562
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11776255/john-doane

Daniel's headstone

Daniel Doane

Born abt 1636 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Occupation: Farmer (owned a lot of land), Surveyor

Married 1) unknown

Children: (an unnamed son who drowned in a well), Nathaniel, Ruth, Joseph, Israel, Daniel, Constance, Rebecca, Abigail

2) Hepzibah Cole Crisp (widow of George Crisp) aft 1682

Children: Hepzibah

Died 20 Dec 1712 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note: Will proved 9 Oct 1712

Buried: Old Town Cove Burial Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sources

Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane pages 26-30
Book:  "The Great Migration Begins,' v. 1, A–F, page 562
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6023849/daniel-doane

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*Ephraim Doane

Born abt 1638 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Occupation: Surveyor
1669:  fined for permitting American Indians to have liquor in their boats and fined 20 shillings for telling lies about his neighbors
1678: accused of having something to do with the death of James Pequin by Pequin's wife

Swore oath and became freeman 5 June 1684
Surveyor of Highways 1691-1692
Married 1) Mercy Knowles 15 Feb 1667 Massachusetts

Children: Patience, Apphia, Hezekiah, Thomas, Ebenezer, Nehemiah, Patience, Ruhama

2) Mary Smalley Snow (widow of John Snow) after 1692
Note:  He helped raise the nine children she had with first husband

Died 1700 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note: Will written 7 Dec 1699 and proven 19 Apr 1700

Sources

Online Book: Doane Family by Alfred A Doane pages 30-33
Book:  "The Great Migration Begins,' v. 1, A–F, page 562
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Ephraim Doane 1638-1700 Mercy Knowles 1640

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9th Ggrandfather

Ephraim Doane
Parents John Doane and Ann (unknown surname)
Born abt 1638 Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married 1) Mercy Knowles 5 Feb 1667 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Note:  her given name is spelled Marey in the town records
2) Mary Smalley
Made his will 7 December 1699
Died 19 April 1700 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried: Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
Marriage: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (see below)
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34275191/ephraim-doane

Ephraim Doane and Marey Knowles marriage record 

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9th Ggrandmother

Mercy (Marey) Knowles
Parents: Richard Knowles and Ruth Bowers
Born 11 December 1642 Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died 1692 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54825899/mercy-doane

CHILDREN

Children listed in Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Patience Doane
Born 28 Jan 1668 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died 1675 (abt 6y)Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried:  Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Massachusetts Births and Christenings
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
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Apphia Doane
Born 18 Jul 1670 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died
Buried
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
New England Historical and Genealogical Register: The First Settlers of Eastham, Mass., Volume Info: 6, 7, Pages: 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 LibraryFamily Search
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8th GGrandfather

*Hezekiah Doane
Born Aug 1672 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation(s): Surveyor 1691-92 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Whale Fishery: Provincetown, Massachusetts
Justice of Peace: 1710 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Deacon of his church: 1 Nov 1711
Married 1) Hannah Ruhama Snow about 1691
Children: Nehemiah, Mary, Ephraim, Elisha, Rachel, Apphia, Hannah, Hezekiah
2) Mary Smith (widow of Thomas Freeman) abt 1717
Children: Joseph
3) Sarah Knowles (widow) 1744
No Children
Died 23 June 1752 Wellfleet, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name, 3rd Edition, Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, pages 33, 57-59
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Thomas Doane Headstone

Thomas Doane
Born 4 Sep 1674 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupations: Whale Fishing, Blacksmith, Town Treasurer of Harwich
Married Patience Mulford 28 Feb 1701 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Children: Thomas, Elizabeth, Reuben, Abigail, Benjamin, Ruhamah, Anna
Died 8 May 1756 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Buried: Chatham Old Burial Ground
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33, 59-61
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Ebenezer Doane
Born Apr 1676 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Occupation: Fisheries in Provincetown, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Lydia (unknown surname)
Children: Ebenezer, Thankful, James, Keziah, Levi, Lydia, Elizabeth, Mary
Died
Buried
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33, 62
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Nehemiah Doane
Born Aug 1680 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Died Feb 1684 (age 3y 4m) Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
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Patience Doane
Born 27 April 1682 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Married Joshua Cook 7 Feb 1706 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

Patience and Joshua Cook Marriage record

Children: Martha, Josiah, Joshua, Mercy, Ebenezer, Ephraim, Ruhama (Roana), Simeon, Moses

Patience and Joshua's family in book,
Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts Vital Records page 15
Note:  anno domini means"in the year of our Lord"

Died 28 Sep 1746 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut,British Colonial America
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Marriage record: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Book: Facts and Fancies of Family History By Elizabeth Eunice Smith Marcy, Evanston, Illinois. 1911. page 108
Children: Book: Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts Vital Records page 15
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, Vol 126 Page 82
Mayflower families through 5 Generations; Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, John D. Austin, General Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth, Massachusetts; 1992, Page number: entry 89, page 114
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57682716/patience-cooke
Ruhama Doane
Born 30 Apr 1685 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Note: About 1704 she was living with family of David Melville in Eastham and in 1707 and 1708 she was employed at Samuel Cox's Inn, Boston
Married Richard Stephens 22 Sep 1726 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts,British Colonial America
Died
Buried
Sources
Online Book: The Doane Family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name Alfred A. Doane, Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press, 1902, page 33
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57683524/ruhama-stephens

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
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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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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
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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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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
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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
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Moses Godfrey 1668-1743 Deborah Cooke 1679-1743

Moses Godfrey headstone

Moses Godfrey
Parents: George Godfrey and Hannah Hackett
Born 27 Jan 1667 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Deborah Cooke abt 1698 Massachusetts
Died 16 Apr 1743 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Buried Queen Anne Cemetery, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Birth: IGI Film 0905406 Batch C502461 dated 1649/1722
Marriage:  U.S. Marriages Prior to 1700
Blog about his life and more in Massachusetts: http://massandmoregenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/01/moses-godfrey-1668-1743-eastham-to.html
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33393953/moses-godfrey

Deborah Cooke Godfrey headstone

Deborah Cooke
Parents: Josiah Cooke and Deborah Hopkins
Note:  descendant of Stephen Hopkins who was on the Mayflower
Born 15 Feb 1679 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died 23 Apr 1743 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried: Queen Anne Cemetery, Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33394073/deborah-godfrey

CHILDREN

Jonathan Godfrey
Born 1698 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Mercy Nickerson 2 Sep 1725 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children: Rebecca, Caleb, Jonathan

Died 18 Mar 1730 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Mayflower Births and Death Vol 2 page 68
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Samuel Godfrey
Born 1701 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Thankful Knowles abt 1726

Children: Susanna, Josiah, Thankful, Mary, Phebe, Bethia, Prince, Alexander
Notes (found on findagrave) :  They went to Nova Scotia Canada with Chatham Migration of 1763 Grantee of 789 acres at Yarmouth Nova Scotia before 1767.
The Godfrey's settled in Liverpool,Queen,County,Nova Scotia Canada,which is on the south coast.and most Godfrey's work in connection with the sea.

Died: 7 July 1760 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 126 page 237
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15564110/samuel-prince-godfrey
Moses Godfrey
Born 1703 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Martha Collins abt 1726 Massachusetts

Children: Martha, Hannah, Eunice, Joseph, Deborah, Moses, Moses, John, Elisabeth
Died 1773 Massachusetts
Sources
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 126 page 237
Mayflower Births and Death Vol 2 page 68
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David Godfrey
Born 1705 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Priscilla Baker 14 Oct 1731 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children:  David, Elizabeth, John, Anna
Life notes: They moved from Cape Cod to New London County by 1748.  He was granted land in Horton, Nova Scotia in 1761
Died 1783 Nova Scotia, Canada

Note: His will was proven 14 Feb 1783.  It was his son David that died in New York
Sources
Online: http://fam.eastmill.com/ which contains parts of the work of Harold Beathem and his book History of Medway

Book:  History of Kings County by Dr. Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton page 73
Note:  ebook available for free on google books 
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 126 page 237
U.S. and Canada Passenger Lists gathered from book: Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867 by Leonard H. Smith Jr. and Norma H. Smith. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. page 546 
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George Godfrey headstone

*George Godfrey
Born 1707 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Mercy Knowles 1 Nov 1733 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children with Mercy: Richard, Knowles, Mercy, Benjamin, George, James, Sarah, Martha, Jonathan, Molly

2) Jane Collins 9 Nov 1758 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Died 4 Dec 1768 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Mayflower Births and Death Vol 2 page 68
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46517150/george-godfrey
Desire Godfrey
Born 15 March 1710 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Nathaniel Ryder 26 Sep 1728 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children: Nathaniel, William, Eunice, Esther, Josiah, Moses, John, Jonathan, Desire, Samuel, Zerviah
Died 6 Feb 1768
Sources
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 126 page 237
Genealogies of Mayflower families Volume 2 page 230-231
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Mary Godfrey Nickerson Smith headstone

Mary Godfrey
Born 4 September 1711 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married 1) Caleb Nickerson abt 1732 Massachusetts

Children: Joshua, Deborah, Caleb, Moses, Richard, Mary, Elizabeth, Deborah
2) Seth Smith 8 Nov 1756
Note:  she was buried under the surname Smith
Died 24 April 1872
Buried
Sources
Genealogies of Mayflower Families Volume 2 page 62
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43975951/mary-smith

Entry for Mary's life in the book: Genealogies of Mayflower Families page 62

Deborah Godfrey
Born 1713 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Note have seen birth years as late as 1721

Married Thomas Bassett about 1740
Children: Deborah, Mary, Barbara, Desire, Martha, Azuba, Benjamin

Entry for Mary's life in the book: Genealogies of Mayflower Families page 63

Died
Sources
Genealogies of Mayflower Families Vol 2 page 63
Marriage:  U.S. and International Marriage records
Note:  in the record in claims her birth year is 1721 and his is 1715
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 126 page 238
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Elizabeth Godfrey Bearse

Elizabeth Godfrey
Born 15 March 1717 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Benjamin Cobb Bearse 31 May 1733 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children: Jonathan, Moses, Elizabeth, George, Benjamin
Died 1 Dec 1742 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried:  Old Chatham Burial Ground
Note:  surname on stone is Bers - there are many variations of her married surname
Sources
Mayflower Births and Death Vol 2 page 68
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43997585/elizabeth-bers
Benjamin Godfrey
Born 1719 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Elizabeth Hopkins 23 Aug 1738 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Benjamin and Elizabeth's marriage record

Children: Benjamin, Gideon
Died
Buried
Sources
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 127 page 43
Marriage record: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
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Joshua Godfrey
Born 30 April 1723 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Phebe Gould 27 Apr 1743 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Joshua and Phebe's marriage record

Children: Nathaniel, Solomon, Phebe, Joshua, David, Levi
Died
Buried
Sources
Genealogies of Mayflower Families Vol 2 page 63
North American Family Histories (Gould) page 18 which was gathered from:  The ancestry and posterity of Zaccheus Gould of Topsfield. By Benjamin A. Gould. Slem, 1872. (109p.):18
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Richard Godfrey
Born about 1725 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Married Azubah Collins 10 January 1751 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Note:   - their intentions were announced 13 October 1750 

Marriage record for Richard and Azubah - note the date.  The calendar began in March back then, so this is 1751

Children: Enoch, Warren
Sources
Genealogies of Mayflower Families Vol 2 page 63
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Richard Godfrey 1735-1825 Lydia Doane 1741

Richard Godfrey
Parents: George Godfrey and Mercy Knowles
Born 1735 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Occupation: Mariner

Married Lydia Doane 23 Dec 1756 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note: Marriage intention (engagement) announced 4 Dec 1756 Chatham Barnstable, Massachusetts

Marriage record for Richard Godfrey and Lydia Doane
Transcription: December 23, 1756 the marriage covenant was solemnized between Richard Godfrey jr (not sure why it claims Jr., as his father's name is George)  and Lydia Doane, both of Chatham, before the Reverend Mr. Stephen Emery, the Minister of the Gospel at Chatham, as appears under his hand so to me James Covel, Town Clerk

Died  after 1800 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Buried
Sources
North America, Family Histories

Marriage: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records
Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 and 2

Mayflower Families Through Five Generations; Volume 6 (Stephen Hopkins), John D. Austin, General Society of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth, Massachusetts; 1992, Page number: entry 425, page 454, child i (meaning first child)
1800 US Census Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
New England Historical and Genealogical Register page 46 Vol 127

Occupation: his son-in-law's estate papers

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Lydia Doane
Parents: Colonel Joseph Doane and Dorcas Eldredge

Born 25 May 1741 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Died

Buried
Sources
Marriage: Massachusetts Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records

North America, Family Histories

New England Historical and Genealogical Register page 46 Vol 127

Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 and 2

AGBI

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CHILDREN

Richard and Lydia's family according to book,
Chatham statistics and Town Meetings

Doane Godfrey
Born 11 Dec 1759 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Military: Private, Revolutionary War, Massachusetts 16th Regiment, Enlisted 8 Sep 1777. He was still there in December.
Married ?
Died
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2
Military: U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls
AGBI
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Joseph Godfrey
Born 11 Jan 1763 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married?
Died Perhaps died young?
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
AGBI
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Molly Godfrey
Born: 26 May 1766 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married: Captain Levi Young 25 Mar 1788 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children: Joseph, Phoebe, Lydia, Eliza, Polly, Levi, Joshua, Richard, Mercy, Asenath

Levi Young and Molly's marriage record
Note: Their marriage intention was published 15 Mar 1788

Note:  Levi, a mariner, died before 14 January 1810, as proven in probate/estate papers.

Molly on 14 January 1810 gave permission for her father, Richard Godfrey, to become administrator of her late-husband's estate. 

Her brothers (James and Benjamin) were also signers on the estate papers. Between them and their father, they had to pay the Judge $4,000 and had to make a full inventory list by 30 April 1810.

The children (Joseph, Phebe, and Lydia, who was not listed among their children prior to this) signed a letter stating they wished their mother to be their legal guardian on 1 May 1810. The letter was also signed by Richard Godfrey, their grandfather.

The problem is that Levi left behind an enormous debt of $1109.55 (the equivalent of $21,615.45 in 2020).  Molly had no means of income that I've found.

26 June 1810, Richard had posted the auction in The Eagle (newspaper) printed in Castine, Maine and given the court a copy. He made sure he had it posted in public for three weeks prior to the auction.

The required court-ordered public post of the auction of Levi's and Molly's belongings

Partial Transcription (couldn't read all of it):
Notice: to be sold at public auction by order of cort at the dwelling house of Molly Young the 25th day of July next at two of the ...in the after noone the estate of Levi Young late of Orrington, deceased, consisting 31 acres of land, half of a good dweling house - wood house with a good well of water under the same and half of a good barne said estate...the county made and is within half  a mile of ... John Brewer

Also at the same time and place will be sold by order of Hon. Jbe Nelson, Esqr, Judge of .... the reversion of widowes dower consisting of half a good house and ...acres land conditions made known at the time and ....of sale

Orrington, April 15, 1814 (signature of Richard Godfrey, Molly's father)
Adjoined to August the seventh at the same place when with her sold to the administrator without ...... (followed by another signature of Richard's)

27 June 1810, Richard petitioned the Judge and claimed the estate was insolvent.

6 February 1812 Richard again petitioned the court stating that after the "widow's third" had been given to the widow (Molly) and everything else sold (land, etc.) there wasn't enough money to pay the claims against the estate. After selling all they could, they only came up with $544.55. 

On 24 March 1812, the petition was granted.

  

Died after April 15, 1814 - since Richard presumably dated the last part of the auction post that way 

Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records
Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2
North America, Family Histories

New England Historical and Genealogical Register
AGBI
Maine Wills and Probate Records, Hancock estate files 1790-1915, Images 1827-1848

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Captain Richard Godfrey 
Born 20 Aug 1769 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Occupation: Mariner?
Married Mercy Young 15 Feb 1790 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children:  Doane, Elisha, Richard, Mercy, Lydia, Alva, Phebe, David 

Richard Godfrey and Mercy Young's family

Died 5 October 1827 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Buried
Sources
Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

Marriage: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

1810 US Census Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

1820 US Census Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

AGBI Vol 64 page 58

New England Historical and Genealogical Register

Death: US newspaper extractions from the Northeast and listed as posted in the Columbian Centinel newspaper, 14 Nov 1827 issue

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George Godfrey
Born 23 May 1771 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married?
Died May have died young
Buried
Sources
Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

New England Historical and Genealogical Register page 47 Vol 127

AGBI Vol 64 p 35

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Polly Godfrey
Born 12 Jun 1773 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Note:  also seen her name as Paula
Married?
Died
Buried
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 47 Vol 127

Family Search
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Lydia's headstone

 *Lydia Godfrey

-H-
4th Ggrandmother

 Born 9 May 1775 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
 Married 1) Isaiah Nickerson 12 Oct 1793 Chatham, Barnstable,   Massachusetts
  Children: George, Ruth, Isaiah, Polly, Lydia         
 2) William Parsons 13 Dec 1807 Massachusetts

 Died 14 Sep 1836 Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine

 Buried: Knowlton Mills Cemetery, Sangerville, Piscataquis, Maine

 Sources                                             

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 47 Vol 127

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Dorcas Godfrey Knowles headstone

Dorcas Godfrey
Born 31 Jul 1777 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Dr. Abner Knowles 9 Jul 1795 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Children: Chloe, Hannah, Narcissa, Dorcas, Mary, Abner, Ruth, Lydia, Jerusha, Eliza, Hezekiah
Died 1846 Dexter, Penobscot, Maine
Buried Elmwood Cemetery, Dexter, Penobscot, Maine
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 47 Vol 127

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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100495530/dorcas-knowles
James Godfrey
Born 15 Aug 1779 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Mehitable Swett 2 Dec 1802 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Children: Lavina, Mehitable, Elmira, Alfred, George, Patty, Betsey, Alfred, Sarah

Died 15 Mar 1844 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine

Buried: Dean Hill Cemetery, Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 38 Vol 64

North America, Family Histories

Family Search
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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84364345/james-godfrey
Benjamin Godfrey
Born 9 May 1782 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Married Polly Gould 30 Dec 1812 Orrington, Penobscot, Maine
Children: Dorcas, Sarah, Benjamin, Louisa, Anna, James, Cinderilla, Mary

Benjamin and Patty's family

Died

Buried
Sources

Birth: Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

New England Historical and Genealogical Register page 46 Vol 127

Book: Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 & 2

AGBI page 26 Vol 64

North America, Family Histories

Family Search
ancestry.com