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DOANE The surname Doane is identical with the English surname Done, the ancient orthography of which is in some doubt. It is supposed to be derived from Dun or Dune, meaning a stronghold or fortress. In ancient manuscripts the name is spelled Donne, Dourn, Downe, etc. The Eng- lish home of the family is the old Hall of Utkinton, in the hamlet of Utkinton, one mile north of Tarporley, where it is believed the family settled in King John's reign, 1199-1216, soon after the use of surnames became com- mon in England .. An ancient suit of armor
still hangs from the upper walls of Tarporley Church, doubtless worn centuries ago by one of the Dones, the principal family. The coat- of-arms: Azure two barrs argent over all on a bend gules three arrows argent. Crest: first on a wreath eight arrows in saltire, four and four, points downward or feathered sable banded gules; second on a wreath a buck's head erased proper attired or. The family also had seats at Dudden and Flaxyards in the vicinity. Sir John Done, born 1576, was knighted in 1617. The Done monuments still to be seen in Tarporley Church are very strik- ing examples of the fine arts. The pedigree of the family is traced to Richard, one in 1199, and somewhere doubtless the progenitor of the American line has a place.
(I) John Doane, immigrant ancestor, was born in England and came to New England about 1629. He became a prominent man in the Plymouth Colony and was given the title of "Mr." indicating gentle birth or college education. In 1633 he was a member of the council and elected deacon in 1633, evidently being a prominent Puritan before coming over, and he resigned as assistant, the Puritans being careful to keep church and state distinct. Dea- con Doane had frequent grants of land from the general court. His original grant at East- ham, where he settled, was because he was one of the purchasers or "Old Comers," but his various grants at Jones River, now Kingston, at Rehoboth, to the north of Taunton, etc., were because of public services. He was con- tinually rendering services as deputy to the general court from Plymouth and Eastham, and served on important committees. Accord- ing to his statement in his will, dated May 18, 1678, he was then about eighty-eight years old, and was born in 1590. He died February 21, 1685, aged about ninety-five years. The inven- tory of his estate states his age as about one hundred years. His wife's name appears to be Abigail. A granite post was erected in 1869 to mark the site of his house at Eastham on the eastern side of the town, perhaps three hundred yards from the waters of Nauset Bay. He bequeathed to his wife, to sons John, Daniel and Ephraim; daughter Abigail ; granddaugh- ter Margaret Hid or Hix. Children: 1. Lydia. 2. Abigail, born January 13, 1632. 3. John, mentioned below. 4. Daniel. 5. Ephraim, married (first) Mercy Knowles; (second) Mary Snow.
(II) John, son of Deacon John ( I) Doane, was born probably at Plymouth about 1635 and died at Eastham, March 15, 1708. He
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removed with his father to Eastham in 1645 and became a prominent man, for many years in the public service. He was selectman nearly every year from 1678 to 1700. He was often on the jury and was constable in 1661-93. In 1664 he was receiver of excise of Eastham. In 1669 he was a justice of the select court. He represented the town in the colony court in 1684-85, and was deputy to the general court in 1693-94-1702. He was a large landholder and farmer. He was a member of the First Church of Eastham. His will was dated June 4, 1706. He married (first) April 30, 1662, Hannah Bangs, born about 1644, daughter of Edward Bangs, who came over in the ship "Ann" in 1623. He married (second) Jan- uary 14, 1694, Rebecca Pettee, whom he out- lived. Children, born at Eastham: 1. John, born March 20, 1663, died May 15, 1663. 2. John, May 29, 1664. 3. Ann, July 25, 1666, died February 12, 1758; married, January 20, 1687, David Young. 4. Rebecca, May 12, 1668. 5. Hannah, May 12, 1669, died June 6, 1765, married, February 12, 1701-02, John Collins. 6. Isaac, June 2, 1670. 7. Samuel, March 2, 1673, mentioned below. 8. David, about 1674.
(III) Samuel, son of John (2) Doane, was born in Eastham, March 2, 1673, died there August 15, 1756, according to his gravestone in the Herring Pond burial ground. He lived in Eastham and was admitted a townsman, March II, 1701-02. He served as constable in 1712-13, 1713-14; tythingman 1723; fence viewer 1731-32; selectman 1731-33, and jury- man several times. His will was dated April 9, 1756, and his son Samuel was executor. He married, December 3, 1696, Martha Hamb- len, born at Barnstable, February 16, 1672-73, daughter of John and Sarah ( Bearse) Hamb- len, and granddaughter of James Hamblen. Children : I. Samuel, born October 30, 1697. 2. Sarah, May 15, 1699, died October 15, 1760; married, June 9, 1720, Ebenezer Dyer. 3. Dinah, December 30, 1700, married, October 22, 1722, Thomas Cook. 4. Dorcas, June 15, 1703, died March 12, 1726-27 ; married, Janu- ary 31, 1722, William Smith. 5. Solomon, November 8, 1705, mentioned below. 6. Simeon, December 1, 1708. 7. Martha, mar- ried Thomas Savage. 8. Keturah, married Jonathan Dyer.
(IV) Solomon, son of Samnel Doane, was born in Eastham, November 8, 1705, and died there in December, 1789. He owned a large tract of land on the north side of the harbor, in that part of Eastham known as Nauset, and a part of his estate is still in the possession of
the family. His great-granddaughter, Mrs. Eliza ( Doane ) Robbins, now or lately occupied the site of his house. He was a man of promi- nence and held office in the town. His will was dated March 5, 1786. He married, Au- gust 3, 1727, Alice Higgins. Children, born in Eastham: I. Solomon, January 5, 1730. 2. Noah, July 4, 1732, mentioned below. 3.
Sarah, January 23, 1733, died May 30, 1761 ; married, November 14, 1754, Andrew Walker. 4. Dorcas, September 16, 1735, died unmarried. 5. Nehemiah, March 17, 1737. 6. Joseph, April 21, 1739. 7. Isaac, March 27, 1741, married Bethia Doane. 8. Betty, February 7, 1742, married, April 2, 1767, David Cole. 9. Joshua, January 6, 1744-45.
(V) Noah, son of Solomon Doane, was born in Eastham, July 4, 1732, died at Petersham, Massachusetts, April 1, 1820. He succeeded to his father's farm and lived there until March 22, 1797, when he sold the place to his son Zenas and removed to that part of Petersham set off as the town of Dana. Here, on April 19, 1797, he bought a farm of one hundred acres of Silas Johnson, with a house and barn. He and his son Edward occupied the house, the son sailing each year on a voyage to the West Indies or to Africa. In March, 1808, he deeded the Dana farm to his son Edward. Noah Doane was a man of large physique, six feet tall, and of remarkable vigor. When eighty-seven years old he was accustomed to spring to the saddle of his horse from the ground, and ride to Hardwick to visit his. daughter Priscilla. He married Bethia
who died at Dana, April 16, 1812, aged about eighty-six years. Both are buried in the old cemetery at Dana. Children: I. Noah, born January I, 1757. 2. Zenas, January 19, 1761, mentioned below. 3. Priscilla, December 7, 1762, married, January 1, 1788, Simeon Knowles, Jr. 4. Lot, May 22, 1765. 5. Thank- ful. 6. Bangs, about 1769. 7. Edward, De- cember 25, 1770. 8. Bethia, married, May 3, 1794, Thomas Hopkins.
(VI) Zenas, son of Noah Doane, was born at Eastham, January 19, 1761, died there De- cember 20, 1825. He lived at Eastham near Long Point, and his gravestone still stands at the Herring Pond burial ground. He was in the revolution in Captain Benjamin Godfrey's company, Colonel John Cushing's regiment at Rhode Island in 1776; and in Captain Higgin's company, Major Zenas Winslow's regiment in 1778 at Falmouth. He married, in 1785, Mercy Crowell, who died at Eastham, November 29, 1837, daughter of Captain Lot Crowell, of
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South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Children, born at Eastham: I. Zenas, February 7, 1787, died August 25, 1853; married, May 21, 1811, Polly Nickerson. 2. Lot, November 12, 1788, mentioned below. 3. Crowell, April 12, 1791. 4. Allen, April 18, 1793. 5. Joel, August 10, 1795. 6. Noah, August 11, 1797. 7. Randall Rice. April 23, 1802.
(VII) Captain Lot, son of Zenas Doane, was born at Eastham, November 12, 1788, died at Athol, March 1, 1857. He was a mariner and sailed large merchant vessels for many years. He lived in Eastham, later in Phillips- ton and Athol. He married (first) at East- ham, in October, 1810, Elizabeth Mayo, daugh- ter of James and Martha (Doane) Mayo, and granddaughter of Samuel Doane. He married (second) Priscilla Doane, born 1800, died Feb- ruary 23, 1890, widow of Isaac Young Doane and daughter of Joel and Mercy (Young) Mayo. Children : I. Joel Mayo, mentioned below. 2. James, born about 1817, died Au- gust 5, 1882 ; married Ruth Brown. 3. Eliza- beth, married Samuel Brown.
(VIII) Joel Mayo, son of Lot Doane, was born in Phillipston, about 1814, and died of pneumonia at Athol, April 15, 1891. He re- ceived his education in the public schools, and became a farmer at Phillipston. The latter part of his life he lived at Athol. He married Eliza Furbush, of Royalston. Children, born in Phillipston : I. Randall R., died October 13, 1878. 2. Roswell Loriston, mentioned below. 3. Joel Roderick. 4. Daniel Marshall.
(IX) Roswell Loriston, son of Joel Mayo Doane, was born in Phillipston, January 26, 1843, died in 1904. He was educated in the public schools of his native town and at the Templeton high school. He left the high school, before completing his course, to enlist in the Union army in the civil war. He en- listed on the first call for troops in April, 1861, in Company A, Twenty-first Regiment, Massa- chusetts Volunteer Militia. At the battle of Fredericksburg he was severely wounded and incapacitated for further military service. He was discharged June 1, 1863. Upon recover- ing from his wound he learned the trade of carpenter. He engaged in business at Athol as a carpenter and builder and became a promi- nent contractor of that section. He was also in the slate-roofing business, and in teaming and trucking. He was appointed deputy sheriff of Worcester county, January 1, 1893, and held that office to the time of his death. He was well known and highly esteemed, especially by members of the bar and officers of the courts
in that county. He was a faithful, conscien- tious officer, a useful citizen. In politics he was a Republican, and for many years was active and influential in that party, serving as delegate to various nominating conventions, and earnestly supporting the candidates and principles of that party. He was a member of Grand Army of the Republic, Knights of Honor and Knights of Pythias. He married, October 10, 1864, Mercy S. Gray, born in Templeton, daughter of Timothy C. and Sally (Whitcomb) Gray. Sally Whitcomb's grand- father was a minute-man in the revolution from Templeton. Children: I. Harry Leslie, born June 21, 1871, married Ada Hall and resides at Athol. 2. Arthur G., mentioned below.
(X) Dr. Arthur Gray, son of Roswell Loris- ton Doane, was born in Athol, December 21, 1873. He attended the public and high schools of his native town, and studied his profession in the Philadelphia Dental College, where he was graduated in the class of 1897. He began to practice soon afterward in the city of North- ampton, Massachusetts, where he has been to the present time, enjoying an extensive and very successful practice. He is a Republican in politics and served one term in the common council of the city of Northampton. He attends the Congregational church, and is a member of Nonotuck Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he has held the various offices in succes- sion, and is a member of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. He married, October 3, 1901, Clara Evangeline Fay, born in Chester, Massa- chusetts, daughter of Dr. James Monroe Fay. (See Fay family). Their only child is Philip Strong, born January 21, 1902, at Northamp- ton.
The surname Doble, Dobel or
DOBLE Dobell, was in use as early as the twelfth century in Normandy in the form of Dolbell, originally from the Roman personal name Dolabella. In 1296 the name occurs in Sussex county, England, as De Doble, inplying a local origin, and in the sixteenth century the Sussex Doble family ranked as gentry, bearing the canting arms (twisting the name into doe-bell and representing these by symbols ) : A doe between three bells. The seat of the family is at Falnere, county Sussex. The arms in use by that family were officially confirmed and the crest granted to Walter Dobell in 1602: Sable a hind passant between three bells argent. Crest: On a mount vert a hind lodge argent between four arrows stuck
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into the mount or. The only other coat-of- arms in English heraldry is very similar-used by a branch of the family in Somerset: Gules a doe statant between three bells argent. Crest : On a mount vert a doe lodged argent pierced in saltire by four arrows or.
(I) Tobias Doble, the first of the name in America, died at Boston in 1670 intestate.
(III) John, grandson of Tobias Doble, was the second person bearing this surname in New England, as shown by the public records, and he may also have been an immigrant. He was born 1700-1710, and the first record of him is his marriage by Rev. Peter Thatcher, the Pres- byterian minister, at Boston, November 22, 1732, to Abigail Rollston (or Roloson). His will was dated at Boston, January 22, 1772, and proved in the Suffolk court, April 16, 1773. His wife died before the will was made. He bequeathed to grandchildren, John and Abigail Doble, children of his son John de- ceased; to daughter, Abigail Billings, wife of Joseph Billings ; to sons William, Joseph, Peter and Richard Roloson Doble and cousin (niece) Mary Fosdick, formerly Mary Sher- rad. His sons settled in Braintree and he may have lived there for a time. Children: I. John, born in Boston, September 23, 1733, died 1773; married Ann -; his brother Joseph and brother-in-law, Joseph Billings, appointed executors August 13, 1773; chil- dren : i. John, born in Boston, June 17, 1758, soldier in the revolution from Braintree; ii. Abigail. 2. Abigail, September 14, 1735, mar- ried Joseph Billings, tailor. 3. Ruth, Boston, February 1, 1740. 4. Joseph, about 1742, mar- iner, soldier in the revolution from Braintree. 5. Peter, mentioned in the will. 6. William, mentioned below. 7. Richard Roloson, men- tioned in his father's will.
Another John Doble, probably nephew of John Doble (3), married, in Boston, Decem- ber 24, 1747, Deborah Ayer. He may have married (second) September 17, 1772, Sus- anna White, widow of Samuel White, of Braintree. Susanna's will dated March 21, 1774, proved June 10, 1776, bequeathed to children of her brother Thomas Allen ; nephews Thomas Allen, William Allen, and Joseph Allen : niece Elizabeth Allen, who married Robert Hayden ; niece Sarah Allen who mar- ricd Ziba Hayden and nieces Susanna Allen and Lydia Allen; also Susanna Danforth, daughter of her sister Copeland; Susanna Faxon, daughter of sister Sarah; Susanna Hayden, wife of Aminadel Hayden. Her
executors were Gaius and Elkanah Thayer, of Braintree, sons of her sister Lydia.
(IV) William, son of John Doble, was born in Braintree, November 23, 1754, according to family records, and died at West Sumner, Maine, September 8, 1841. In early life he worked on the farm of Abraham Varnum in Dracut, Massachusetts, and learned the trade of carpenter. He removed soon after marriage to Portland, Maine, and shortly afterward to Lewiston Falls, Maine, where he helped build the first saw mill in that locality. His wife was the only woman in the company which made the difficult and dangerous trip through the wilderness. He had a grant of one hun- dred and sixty acres of land in Buckfield, Maine, where he built a log house on the banks of the west branch of the Androscoggin river. He exchanged this farm later for one at West Sumner, Oxford county, Maine, having the same number of acres, located in the west part of town about two miles from Jackson village. He became a prosperous farmer, and also fol- lowed his trade of carpenter. He was quite fond of music, and had a good voice. He played the violin often for the country dances. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church at Sumner. He married (intention dated December 10, 1774) Sarah Varnum, born April 14, 1757, died February 7, 1844, daughter of Abraliam and Rebecca Varnum. Children : I. William, mentioned below. 2. Phineas, married Proctor. 3. Rebecca, married Peter Chase, of Paris, Maine. 4. Sarah, married Daniel Pond, of Paris. 5. Rev. Abraham, a Universalist minister.
(V) William (2), son of William (I) Doble, was born at Lewiston Falls, Maine, and died at Charleston, Maine, aged fifty-five years. He attended the district school and assisted his father on the farm. He early learned the trade of shoemaker and lived first at Belfast, Maine. He removed to Brooks where he resided for a time, but returned to Belfast. About 1820 he removed to Garland, and later to Charleston, Maine, where he bought a farm, and lived the remainder of his life. In religion he was a Universalist, and in politics a Democrat, and was active in town affairs. He married, January 1, 1804, at Bel- fast, Frances Powers, of that town. Children : I. William, born April 1, 1806. mentioned below. 2. Francis, March 3, 1807, died Au- gust 21, 1882; married Vesta Coburn; chil- dren : i. Vesta Ann, born January 24, 1836, died February 21, 1897, married Danville D.
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Lowe ; ii. James Swan, February 12, 1838, died February 23, 1858; iii. Erastus, November 5, 1842, died November 19, 1894, married (first) Nancy Brawn, (second) Ella Foss ; iv. Roscoe, July 25, 1844, married Abbie J. Spearin; v. Silas Coburn, September 7, 1846, married Laura Coburn Turner ; vi. Russell Streeter, June II, 1852, died February 28, 1892, married Minnie Kile, and they had one child, Della ; who became the adopted daughter of Wilbur and Addie Grant ; vii. Leonard Francis, March 6, 1854, married Annie Foss. 3. Hosea B., married Hulda Gilmore. 4. James Swan, killed in the Mexican war at Monterey, August 26, 1846, in the fourth United States Infantry, Company E. 5. Eliza, married Isaac Junkins, of Lincoln, Maine. 6. Sarah, married John Campbell. 7. Frances, married, William Reed, of Orono, Maine. 8. Mahala, married Eras- tus Adams.
(VI) William (3), son of William (2) Doble, was born at Brooks, Waldo county, Maine, April 1, 1806, died at Lincoln, Maine, 1876. He went to the district school and later attended the Foxcroft Academy at Foxcroft, Maine. He taught school in Waldo and Penobscot counties. He had charge of the home farm, and lived there until about the time of his second marriage, when he settled in Sumner, adjoining the town of Buckfield and Paris. He bought a farm of seventy-five acres northeast of the centre of the village, and continued at farming for eight years. He also had a saw mill. He raised sheep and the wool was spun and woven on the farm. He sold his farm to Henry O. Bessee and moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1846, but returned soon to Lincoln, Maine, and purchased the Lovejoy farm of a hundred and fifty acres, in the west part of the town. For twenty-five years he was one of the most successful farmers in the vicinity. Late in life he deeded his farm to his nephew, Roscoe Doble, and died there in 1876. He was an intelligent and well educated man and generous to a fault. His influence for good in the community was great, and he was an active worker for the cause of temperance. In politics he was a Democrat, but in his latter years was a Republican; he served his party as delegate to the various con- ventions. He served also as surveyor, field driver and pound keeper. He was a Univer- salist in religion. He married (first) Hannah Davis. He married (second) in 1836, at Sumner, Maine, Diana Mathews, born October 5. 1810, daughter of Samuel and Hannah ( Hooper ) Mathews, of Buckfield, Maine. Her
father was a farmer and served in the war of 1812. She was a member of the Methodist church and sang in St. Paul's Church at Lowell. Child of first wife: Son, born and died same day. Children of second wife: I. Son, born and died in early life. 2. Francis Marion, born August 17, 1838, mentioned below. 3. Clara Maria, August 2, 1840, died November, 1862. 4. Eliza Junkins, August, 1844, died aged ten months. 5. Eliza Junkins, August 23, 1846, died November 21, 1867 ; married, 1866, Fred- erick H. Gove, of Bridgewater, who died De- cember 4, 1872, aged thirty-four years, one month; had Carrie Howard Gove, who died at Poland, Maine.
(VII) Francis Marion, son of William (3) Doble, was born at Lowell, August 17, 1838. In infancy he removed with his parents to Sumner, Maine, where he went to school. At the age of eight he removed with his parents back to Lowell, and thence to Lincoln, Maine, where he attended the Lincoln Academy until seventeen years of age. He then went to Lowell and entered the employ of the Hamil- ton Cotton Corporation, where he had worked when a boy. He took a course at Comer's Business College in Boston, working during his spare time for Harvey Parker in Court Square in his hotel for four years. For two seasons during this time he was clerk in the hotel of Colonel Bigelow in Lexington. He later found employment in the paper and twine house of E. C. Simonds in Boston, and remain- ed with the concern until he enlisted for the civil war. He enlisted April 17, 1861, in Com- pany C, Third Massachusetts Volunteer In- fantry for three months, this being the first company enlisted for the war. He was mus- tered in at Fortress Monroe as second sergeant in Captain James P. Richardson's company, April 23, 1861, under Colonel David W. Ward- rop. On the afternoon of April 17, the com- pany embarked on the steamer "S. R. Spauld- ing" at Central wharf, Boston, for Fortress Monroe, where they arrived early on the morning of the 20th off Hampton Roads, and at five o'clock on that day sailed on the United States steam sloop "Pawnee" for the Norfolk navy yard, and at once began the destruction of that place with the "Merrimac," then in the stays. Early the next morning they proceeded to Fortress Monroe, where they were made part of the garrison, and April 23, Mr. Doble was mustered into service for three months. On July I the regiment occupied the village of Hampton in connection with the naval brigade, all under command of General E. W.
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Pierce. Slight skirmishing ensued. The regi- ment afterwards performed duty strengthen- ing the fortifications in the vicinity and taking part in a number of expeditions by water. By orders of General B. F. Butler, July 16, the regiment began preparations for the return and soon afterward embarked in the steamer "Cambridge" for Boston, arriving July 23. Mr. Doble was mustered out on Long Island, July 22. He re-enlisted from Boston, Sep- tember 2, 1861, for three years and was mus- tered into service as first sergeant of Company I, Captain John Hobbs, Twenty-third Massa- chusetts Regiment, Colonel John Kurtz. The regiment left its camp at Lynnfield, Massachu- setts, November II, 1861, taking the steamers "State of Maine" and "Metropolis" at Fall River for New York, going thence to Perry- ville by rail via Philadelphia and from there to Annapolis by steamer, occupying Camp John A. Andrew. The regiment was assigned to the First Brigade under General John G. Fos- ter, December 5, 1861, of General Burnside's division, and a year later, January 8, 1862, proceeded to Fortress Monroe, and thence to Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, having a stormy voyage, and finally landed on Roanoke Island, February 7, where he took part in the battle of Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862. The regiment joined the Army of the James in the spring of 1864, in the First Brigade, Second Division and Eighteenth Corps, and took part in the following engagements: New- bern; Kinston; Whilehall; Goldsboro; Deep Gully ; Gum Swamp : Bachelor's Creek, North Carolina; Suffolk, Virginia, March 9, 1864; Smithfield, Virginia, April 14, 1864; Port Walthall, Arrowfield Church or Swift Creek; Drury's Bluff ; Bermuda Hundred; Gaines Mill, June 1, 1864: Cold Harbor ; the assault and siege of Petersburg, Virginia, and the mine explosion of July 30, 1864; Wise Fork, North Carolina, and a number of minor skirm- ishes. Afterward his regiment performed guard and garrison duty until ordered home. The regiment lost by death two hundred and eighteen. He was promoted second lieutenant, November 2, 1862, first lieutenant, May 5, 1863, ordnance officer, June 3, 1864, captain September 20, 1864. He was appointed aide- de-camp on General James Stuart, Jr.'s, staff in August, 1864, and was acting assistant inspector of the first brigade for a month. He was wounded at Wise Forks, March 8, 1865, by a shot in the left hip, but was in the hospital only one week, rejoining his regiment at New- bern, and at all other times he was on duty,
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