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In 1602 Bartholomew Gosnold named it Cape Cod, the surviving term and the ninth oldest English place-name in the U.S. Samuel de Champlain charted its sand-silted harbors in 1606 and Henry Hudson landed there in 1609. Captain John Smith noted it on his map of 1614 and at last the Pilgrims entered the "Cape Harbor" and – contrary to the popular myth of Plymouth Rock – made their first landing near present-day Provincetown on November 11, 1620. Nearby, in what is now Eastham, they had their first encounter with Native Americans.

Cape Cod was among the first places settled by the English in North America. Aside from Barnstable (1639), Sandwich (1637) and Yarmouth (1639), the Cape's fifteen towns developed slowly. It is in these fifteen towns on this small peninsula that many of the United States early colonial families settled, worked, and eventually (in some cases) spread out to other colonies.

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Comment by Spirit Baker on June 9, 2010 at 3:38pm: Hi Linda,
I went and lied down with my dogs for a bit. It is raining out now and cool. They just had supper. Glad they are easy to please.
I am printing the entire book and only 1 page at a time can be done from Heritage Quest. Only because this book is special. Others go on disk. I still like things the ole fashion way and I find it easier reference in a book than an ebook. Oh, and I got the ink dirt cheap on eBay. $7 for 3 cartridges with free shipping instead of $25 a piece at a store. It isn't brand name ink from the quality is super. I have tried after markets before and have ran into trouble.
This is what I found. I only did the parents of the male, if this makes sense:
Samuel W Doane
b 1811 d 10 Jan 1865

Father Freeman b 23 Jul 1788 Chatham
Mother Sarah Walker

Father Hezekiah b 1 Sep 1747 Chatham d 2 Dec 1761
Mother Mary Arey
married 20 Feb 1777
Children: Deborah, Miranda, Diana, Samuel b 1811, Freeman II, William, Sarah, Abigail and Priscilla S.

Father Hezekiah b last wk of Aug 1672 d 1752
Mother Mary Smith Freeman b 24 May 1685 d early 1742
Children: Mary, Hezakiah b 1 Sep 1747, and Mary

Father Ephraim
Mother Mary Knowles
I don't know why I don't have dates for these two. I do have several dates for the children.

Comment by Linda Gardner (linda01720) on June 9, 2010 at 2:45pm: Spirit,

The Doane genealogy is in the public domain. It's available online at both Google Books and Internet Archive. probably other places, too. If you want a print edition there are almost certainly less expensive ways than printing on a printer at home. I'll look into options, if you'd like me to.

I also get nervous about online stuff disappearing. probably pretty silly. but I don't print them. I download the files. I must have hundreds of books that I've downloaded. Now I need a catalog so I can find what I have. LOL I still prefer reading books at Internet Archive ( www.archive.org ) when they're available there. faster than using Preview to view pdf files. so why do I download them? who knows...what if they disappear tomorrow???

Comment by Carole M Kirch Kilbreath Bannes on June 9, 2010 at 2:07pm: @ Spirit - Why can you only print one page at a time?? Is it not a PDF?

Comment by Linda Gardner (linda01720) on June 9, 2010 at 2:07pm: Spirit, you're not printing the WHOLE book, are you?

I gave you the pages associated with each of the direct line ancestors.

Those numbers labeling each family group are a way to cross reference between the generations. I've forgotten their "technical" name, but the format is pretty standard for printing descendant reports. I remember how confused I was the first time I tried to figure one out--how to find the families I really was interested in.

If you have any questions about what you're looking at, just ask. Tell me the page number so I can look to, and we can figure it out together.

I'm still looking for "better" sources. I don't know why I'm having a harder time finding vital records for Barnstable County than I did for Plymouth County. I'm pretty sure I found some a couple years ago when I was curious about my COOK & RICH families. I was just "exploring" so I wasn't keeping track. I may have found them published in a journal. Anyway, I'm still looking.

The Freeman Doane I found in Eastham, MA in the 1810 census is not Samuel W.'s father. He's too old. I found no Freeman in Chatham, MA which is where he's "supposed to be". I looked in Hezekiah's households for 1800 and 1810. In 1800 there is one Hezekiah Doane household in Chatham with a male listed who matches Freeman's estimated age (12). In 1810, there are THREE Hezekiah Doane households in Chatham, none that would seem to have a male matching Freeman (age 22). I looked for James Walker, father of Sarah Walker (Freeman's wife, Samuel W.'s mother). looked in Harwich because that's where the Doane genealogy said Sarah was from, and, yes, the James Walker household in Harwich does have listed a male that could be Freeman (age 22). so perhaps that's where he was in 1810. In the 1820 census there's a Freeman household in Chatham & one in Harwich and neither have a male the expected age (32). So, I don't know what any of it means. It would take more careful analysis.

Comment by Spirit Baker on June 9, 2010 at 2:01pm: Carole, I did take your advice and posted on RootWeb for Doane and S___ly. thanks bunches for the idea. I hope it works 1/2 as well for me as it did for you. And the gentleman Paul Doane I called last night is a distant cousin. I am going to give him another holler and see if he wants to communicate via email. I stumble and don't understand much of the phone, with email I can print it and review it.
I tried calling someone else today but he wasn't home and I left a message. Will try again later or tomorrow. thanks again.

Comment by Spirit Baker on June 9, 2010 at 1:26pm: Thank you Linda. I am printing The Doane Family by Alfred Doane from 1902. I forgot I even read that. I hate this damn disease. Thank you so much for helping me. I will have to add it to my chart so I have it in front of me. k, I'm crying. You did so much for me and it was information I read and I don't have a clue. I need more wall space to hang more information. I will look at the other books you found. The Doane Family is 632+ pages long and I have no idea what I read. I am printing one copy on card stock for binding and then one on paper to fix the errors or put in information/dates that have been found. Card stock will be kept away for my future generations. Who knows how long this book will be available to the public. I can only print one page at a time so it is a very long process and did 30 pages yesterday, today I am just plain exhausted and wishing 9pm would come much quicker so I can go to bed. I will copy and save the information you provided me and research it now. Oh, and as I suspected, the gentleman I spoke to yesterday, Paul Doane, is in direct lineage with Deacon John Doane. From what I have read, one book didn't know the answer on which boat John came over on, another stated Deacon John Doane snuck over from England so he wouldn't have to sign a contract with the queen and obey her laws and religion. Paul states he found information where we are considered part of the Mayflower group. He doesn't know the boat either but because of the year John Doane was established. From what I read you can't be considered "Mayflower" unless you can prove you came from the first boats. I'm confused. So much information and it goes back and forth.

Comment by Linda Gardner (linda01720) on June 9, 2010 at 1:01pm: Spirit:

In the 1810 census, Freeman Doane appears with a bunch of other Doane's in Eastham, Massachusetts.

So, we have the Doane line going back 6 generations starting with Samuel W. Doane:

Samuel W. Doane who married Bathsheba Clark

Freeman Doane

Then from the Doane Genealogy (Google Books):

pp 258-259 Freeman Doane (#250)

pp 143-144 Hezekiah Doane (#106)

p 88 Joseph Doane (#45)

pp 57-59 Hezekiah Doane (#16)

pp 30-33 Ephraim Doane (#6)

pp 1-18 Deacon John Doane (#1)

This book has a lot of Plymouth County history. Good to check for other surnames, too,

"The Doane family" by Alfred Alder Doane (1902)
found on Google Books (link in previous post)

There are 6 volumes of Alfred Doane's genealogy available on Internet Archive (www.archive.org). search by author for "Doane, Alfred" I find it easier to read books on this website. The information above is from the first volume "The Doane family: 1. Deacon John Doan..."

Comment by Linda Gardner (linda01720) on June 9, 2010 at 12:23pm: Spirit: Here's a Samuel W. Doane who married Bathsheba Clark in 1834. His parents according to this published genealogy are Freeman Doane and Sarah Walker:
250 FREEMAN8 DOANE(Hezekiah,5 Joseph,4 Hezekiah,3 Ephraim,9 John1) was born at Chatham, Mass., July 23, 1788. He married Feb. 19, 1811, Sarah, the daughter of James Walker of Harwich, and lived in Chatham.
Children:
Deborah,7 b. .
Freeman,7 b. at Chatham, Mar. 11, 1816; <1. at Chatham, abt. Dec, 1898; m. June 24, 1839, Polly Buck of Chatham, who d. in 1880. Ch.: 1. Freeman, b. at Chatham, May 23, 1848; d. there 1899; unm.
William,7 b. at Chatham, June 27, 1822; m. Jan. 28, 1844, Miriam G., dau- of Elisha Crosby.
Sarah,7 b. at Chatham, July 7,1824; m. Feb., 1844, Gilbert Robbins of Harwich.
Abigail,7 b. at Chatham, Feb. 17, 1827; m., 1st, Wm. Brasilia; m., 2nd, Sparrow Lewis.
Prisctlla S.,7 b. at Chatham, June 6,1829; m. Dec. 21,1848, Ephraim Orrln, s. of Ephraim and Kebecca Howes.
Samuel W.,7 b. ; m. Jan. 20, 1834, Bathsheba Clark, d.
by accident at Brewster, Jan. 10, 1865, dan. of George and Reliance, Clark. They lived in Chatham and Brewster, Mass. Ch.: George W., b. at Chatham, July 7, 1888; d. at Brewster, Dec. 13,1862; m. Marietta . Samuel W., b. at
Chatham, Sept. 3, 1840; m. Jan. 1,1867, Betsey A. Eldredge.
Amanda E., b. ; m. at Brewster, May 1, 1866, Clark
II., s. of John and Clarissa Baker of Brewster. Bathsheba, b. abt. 1845; d. se. 17 yrs. 7 mos.
Diana,7 b. ; m. May 13, 1843, Lorenzo Cahoon of Harwich.
Miranda,7 b. .

This is from pp 258-259, "The Doane family" by Alfred Alder Doane (1902) found on Google Books
http://books.google.com/books?id=qu5EAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcov...

Comment by Spirit Baker on June 9, 2010 at 11:57am: Sorry Linda, but no. I've looked at all the dates and names and none of them match up. Thank you so much for trying. I'm having issues finding Samuel W Doane's parent myself.
Samuel b 1811/1812 Chatham
d 10 Jan 1865 Brewster
m 1 May 1834 to Bathsheba A Clark

Comment by Linda Gardner (linda01720) on June 9, 2010 at 11:49am: Spirit: Is this the Doane family you're interested in?

***
A. Judson Doane, son of Nehemiah and Betsey (Higgins) Doane, grandson of Samuel, and great-grandson of Nehemiah Doane, was born in West Chatham July 18. 1832. He has been a master mariner about thirty years. He was married in 1857, to Mary F. Rogers, who died leaving one son, Alfred J. He was married in 1867 to Emily C. Kendrick. She died, and in 1889 he was married to Georgia M. Nickerson.

Samuel H. Doane, born in West Chatham in April, 1829, is a son of Nehemiah and Betsey (Higgins) Doane, who had four children, three of whom are living: Samuel H., A. Judson and Anna J. (Mrs. Cyrenus K. Goodspeed). Mr. Doane has been a master mariner for thirty-five years. He was married in 1844, to Clarinda F. Nickerson, who died leaving one son, Samuel W.

http://capecodhistory.us/Deyo/Chatham-Deyo.htm [pp 611-612]

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