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3. Myndert Schuyler, born December 12, 1746: died August 4, 1747.
4. Magdalena, born October 10, 1748; died October 8, 1749.
5. Madalena, born May 25. 1750, died De- cember 20, 1817 : married, Albany, August 30, 1770. John Stevenson, born March 2, 1734, died, Albany, April 24, 1810, son of James Stevenson (buried, Albany, June 6, 1744), who married. December 9, 1729, Sara Groe- nendyck (born Apr. 28, 1700, died June 5. 1774): by whom: Catharina. born Albany, January 6, 1779: Mayor James Stevenson, born Albany, November 25, 1788, died Al- bany, July 3. 1852.
6. Catrienna, born November 6, 1751, died October 25. 1775 ; married, Harmanus Hoff- man ; by whom : Martinus, born August I, 1792.
7. John De Peyster, born May 6. 1754, died July 25. 1755.
8. Johannes De Peyster, born January 20, 1756, died February 22, 1835 : married (first ), December 23, 1787, Deborah Beeckman : (sec- ond), December 20, 1795, Margaret Living- ston : (third) January 22, 1811, Catherine Douw Gansevoort (see forward).
9. Maria, born October 4, 1760, died March
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12, 1818 : married, January 20, 1782, Johannes De Peyster Ten Eyck, died April 9, 1798, son of Tobias Coenraedt Ten Eyck, of Schenec- tady, and Rachel De Peyster ; by whom: John De Peyster, born May 3, 1788.
(VI) Johannes De Peyster Douw, son of Mayor Volckert Petrus Douw and Anna De Peyster, was born January 20, 1756, and died in Albany, February 22, 1835. He was a graduate of Yale, class of 1777. On April 4. 1782, he was appointed surrogate of Al- bany county, and in 1788 was elected an alder- man. He had a notable military career, mak- ing him prominent aside from political office. social position and wealth, participating in Sullivan's expedition against the Indians of Western New York in 1779.
Johannes De Peyster Douw married (first), Albany, December 23, 1787, Deborah Beeck- man, with one child as result of this union. She was born November 26, 1763, died July 23, 1791, daughter of Mayor Johannes Ja- cobse Beeckman (b. Albany, bap. Nov. 8, 1733: d. Dec. 17, 1802), who married, No- vember 22, 1759, Maria Sanders (bap. Sche- nectady, June 4. 1740; d. Nov. 2, 1804). He married (second), December 20, 1795, Mar- garet Livingston, by whom three children. She was born June 3, 1768, died January 21, 1802, daughter of Colonel Peter Robert Liv- ingston (b. Apr. 27, 1737; d. Nov. 15, 1794), who married, June 6, 1758, Margaret Living- ston (b. July 4, 1738 : d. July 31, 1809). He married (third), January 22, 1811, Catherine Douw Gansevoort, by whom four children. She was born at Albany, May 11, 1782, died at Albany. April 13, 1848, daughter of Leon- ard Gansevoort, Jr. (b. June 3, 1754, d. Dec. 16, 1834), who married, April 17, 1777, Maria Van Rensselaer (bap. Oct. 19, 1760, d. Apr. 2, 1842). Children :
1. Volckert Petrus Douw, born April 10, 1790, died at Albany, June 16, 1869 : married, June 2, 1834, Helen Louis Franchot (sce for- ward).
2. Ann De Peyster, born January 31, 1797, died at Albany, August 15, 1871; married (first), October 31, 1814, Samuel Stringer Lush: married (second) Colonel William Tremper Cuyler, May 9, 1850, who was born at Albany, December 22, 1802, died at Cuy- lerville, New York, December 21, 1864, son of John Cornelius Cuyler and Hannah Maley. By her first husband she had two children who died young ; by her second husband, no issue.
3. Margaret Livingston, born November 26, 1798, died at Albany, April 5, 1878; mar- ried, Albany, November 14, 1844, Alanson Abbe, M. D., of Boston, Massachusetts; no issnc.
4. Louisa, born July 11, 1801 ; died April 20, 1802.
5. John De Peyster, born Albany, Decem- ber 16, 1812; died at Poughkeepsie, New York, January 30, 1901 ; married (first), Al- bany, April 12, 1837, Margaret Schuyler Van Rensselaer, born at Albany, May 12, 1819. died Albany, September 15, 1897, daughter of Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer and Harriet Elizabeth Bayard ; married (second), at Nor- wich, Connecticut, March 16, 1854, Marianne Chandler Lanman, born November 13, 1826, died at Poughkeepsie, March 18, 1884, daugh- ter of Hon. Charles James Lanman and Marie Jeanne Guie. By the first marriage two chil- dren ; by the second, five children.
6. Mary, born September 3, 1815 ; died Sep- tember 28, 1816.
7. Catherine Louisa, born September 10, 1817; died August 3, 1891 : married, at Al- bany, September 10, 1836, John Fondey Townsend, M. D., Albany, born March 10, 1809, died at New York, January 8, 1874, son of John De Kay Townsend and Maria Hun : had thirteen children.
8. Harriet Maria, born June 13, 1824, died March 28, 1852; married, Nov. 1, 1847, Wil- liam Clarkson Johnson ; by whom one child.
(VII) Volckert Peter Douw, son of Jo- hannes De Peyster Douw and Deborah Beeckman, was born at Albany, April 10, 1790, and died at Albany, June 17, 1869. He fully inherited the distinguishing features and the practical virtues of his ancestry. He was "kind in heart, good in purpose, genial in dis- position, generous in sentiment and severely honest in conduct," according to the estimate of him published in the Albany Journal of that date, which also says: "Though ever ac- tive in his pursuits, his tastes did not incline him to public display or official recognition. He chose the path of unostentatious business, of social happiness and domestic peace, and this he pursued with zest and zeal. He was educated to the calling of a merchant, as his father before him, and kept his store upon the same spot that his father had before him, on the corner of Broadway and State street. He retired from active business many years since devoting a reasonable share of his time to the care of his estate, which, by inheritance from his father and his uncle, as well as by his own acquisitions, had aggregated to a large amount. No other family had a more honor- able record."
He married, June 2, 1834, Helen Louis Franchot, born at Butternuts (now Morris), Otsego county, New York, September 17. 1808, died at Albany, November 16, 1883, daughter of Pascal Franchot and Catherine
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Hansen Franchot, of Butternuts, New York. Children :
I. Deborah Matilda, born at Albany, April 19, 1835; residing in Albany in 1911 : be- came a missionary to China, and was present in the city of Peking throughout the terrible Boxer uprising and siege of 1898, after which she returned to Albany.
2. Captain John De Peyster, born at Al- bany. March 10, 1837, died at Winchester, Virginia, October 26, 1864. He entered the service during the civil war, enlisting in the summer of 1862, and excepting a furlough of a few days was never absent from his com- mand. His military record is that of his regi- ment attached to the celebrated Sixth Army Corps, whose history was one of continuous battles. He was wounded October 19, 1864, at the battle of Cedar Creek, Shenandoah Valley, suffered amputation of the right leg on the 22nd, and died on the 26th.
3. Pascal Franchot, born at Albany, Feb- ruary 18, 1840, died August 28, 1841.
4. Volckert Peter, born at Wolvenhook,* August 15, 1842, died at Albany, November 9, 1875; married, New York, December 3, 1870, Ella Brooks Gould, who died June 5, 1889, daughter of John P. Gould and Caroline E. Brooks Gould; by whom: John De Pey- ster, born at Wolvenhook, August 18, 1873, was made mayor of Annapolis, Maryland, 1905, married, October 20, 1896, Harriet Rooker Tate, of Annapolis, and had: Julia Agnes, born July 29. 1897: Helen Louise, born March 4, 1899; Volckert Petrus, born March 4, 1907.
5. Beeckman, born at Wolvenhook, Febru- ary 21. 1844, died at Butternuts, New York, September 5. 1845.
6. Helen Franchot, born at Wolvenhook, March 31, 1846, died Albany, January 28, 1898; married, at Albany, October 27, 1870, John Townsend Lansing, born at Sachems Head, Conn., son of Charles Bridgen Lansing and Catherine Clinton Townsend ; no issue.
7. Anna de Peyster. born at Wolvenhook, March 22, 1848; married, at Albany, May 3, 1877, George Douglas Miller, born at Roch- ester, New York, November 5, 1847, son of Samnel Miller and Mary Ann Douglas (see George Douglas Miller).
8. Julia Agnes, born at Wolvenhook, June 21. 1851, died at Albany, April 11, 1885.
The earliest known ancestor in MILLER America of George Douglas Miller was Thomas Miller, resi- dent of West Springfield, Massachusetts, who *In recent years the homestead has been known as Wolvenhook.
married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Marsh- field, in 1649. They were the parents of thir- teen children. He was killed October 5, 1675, by Indians, when he risked his life to obtain water for women and children who were within the stockade.
(II) John, fourth child of Thomas and Sarah (Marshfield) Miller, was born in 1657, died in 1676, probably killed in the Great Falls fight of that year. He married and was the father of five children.
(III) Samuel, fourth child of John Miller, married and was the father of eight children.
(IV) Thomas (2), sixth child of Samuel Miller, married and was the father of five children.
(V) Solomon, fourth child of Thomas (2) Miller, was born October 9, 1731, died at West Wallingford, Vermont, August 20, 1807. He married, September 9, 1756, Desire Smith, born November 18, 1734, died March 9, 1807. They were the parents of nine children.
(VI) Elisha, fifth child of Solomon and Desire (Smith) Miller, was born May 6, 1766, died on his farm near Williston, Vermont, June, 1847. Married (first) Lorain Jackson, born May 19, 1773, died July 7, 1806. Mar- ried (second) 1807, Sally Elliot, born April 22, 1785, died August 20, 1856. Ife was the father of seventeen children. Abraham Jack- son, father of Lorain (Jackson) Miller, moved from Cornwall, Connecticut, when his daugli- ter Lorain was an infant to Wallingford. Ver- mont, about 1774, and was the first settler in the town, first representative, first deacon and founder of the first Sabbath meeting ; he pur- chased one thousand acres of land embracing all the beautiful intervale and gave a farm to each of his eleven children, but fifty years later there was not a single descendant in the town; he died in 1790 at Wallingford, aged sixty-five. He married Eleanor Bumpus, a resident of Wareham, Massachusetts ; she died at Nelson, New York, aged ninety-two. A niece of Lorain (Jackson) Miller, Henrietta Lorain Jackson, married Rev. Dr. Cyrus Ham- lin, of Constantinople, one of the most power- ful of pioneer missionaries.
(VII) Samuel (2), sixth child of Elisha and Lorain (Jackson) Miller, was born at Williston, Vermont, March 9, 1801, died at Santa Barbara, California, October 20, 1888. He was a resident of Rochester, New York, 1823-60, and of New Haven, Connecticut, 1861-88 ; a judge and twice a New York sena- tor. He married, May 20, 1833, Mary Ann Douglas, of Troy, New York (see Douglas VII). Children: 1. Samuel, born July 31, 1834, died October 3, 1838. 2. Sutherland, October 24, 1837, died March 12, 1840. 3.
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Julia, September 11, 1839, unmarried. 4. Rev. Alanson, December 13, 1842, married, June 18, 1871, Maria Russell Bleecker. 5. Mary Douglas, November 1, 1844, died April 20, 1846. 6. George Douglas, mentioned below.
(VIII) George Douglas, son of Samuel (2) and Mary Ann (Douglas) Miller, was born in Rochester, New York, November 5, 1847. He married, in Albany, New York, May 3, 1877, Anna de Peyster Douw. Children: 1. Mary, born at New Brighton, New York, June 4, 1878; married, Albany, December 17. 1908. Hunsdon Cary, of Richmond, Virginia ; children : Hunsdon, born at Richmond, Vir- ginia, September 29, 1909; Wilson Miles, Richmond, October 13, 1910. 2. Helen Fran- chot, born at New Haven, Connecticut, March 6, 1880. 3. Samuel, born at New Haven, Oc- tober 21. 1881, died there November 13. 1883. 4. Margaret Livingston, born at New Haven. March 21, 1884, died there March 24, 1884.
(The Douglas Line).
The earliest known ancestor in America was William Douglas, born in 1610, lived at Ips- wich, Massachusetts, as early as 1641, died at New London, Connecticut, July 26, 1682 ; mar- ried Ann Mable (or Mattle), daughter of Thomas Mable, of Ringstead in Northampton- shire.
(II) William (2). son of William (1) Douglas, was born at Boston, May 2 (or April I), 1645, died March 9, 1725. at New Lon- don; married, December 18, 1667, Abiah, daughter of William Hough.
(III) William (3), son of William (2) Douglas, was born at New London, February 19, 1672, died at Plainfield, Connecticut, Au- gust 10, 1719 : married and was the father of nine children.
(IV) Asa, sixth child of William (3) Douglas, was born at Plainfield, Connecticut, December II. 1715, died at Stephentown, New York (formerly Jericho Hollow, Massa- chusetts ). November 12, 1792, where he had lived twenty-six years : married, about 1737, Rebecca Wheeler, born 1718, died 1809.
(V) Wheeler, son of Asa Douglas, was born at Stephentown, New York, April 10, 1750, died at Smithville, Connecticut, January, 1829 ; married, 1771, Martha, daughter of Rev. John Rathbun, and she died. November 28. 1837. Ten children. Wheeler Douglas lived at Stephentown from 1750 to 1779. and from 1780 to 1798 was a merchant at Albany, New York. Ilis property being consumed by fire, he bought a large tract of land from the In- dians, near Brantford, Canada, where he lived the remainder of his life.
(VI) Alanson, fourth child of Wheeler
Douglas, was born at Stephentown, New York, February 11, 1779, died at Troy. New York, April 9, 1856; married, June 12, 1803, Ann, daughter of Solomon Sutherland, of Stanford, Dutchess county, New York.
(VII) Mary Ann, daughter of Alanson Douglas, was born at Lansingburg, New York, February 7, 1807, died at New Haven, Connecticut, July 15, 1882 ; married, May 20, 1833, Hon. Samuel Miller, of Rochester (see Miller VII).
In England the Doanes and DOANE Dones trace their ancestry to King John's reign, 1190-1216, when the family was seated at Utkinton, in Cheshire, which appears to have been its chief seat for many generations. According to the most recent chroniclers of Doane genealogy, the ancient form of spelling of the surname is not clearly known and from the same source it is learned that the name is supposed to have been derived from "dun" or "dune," meaning a stronghold or hill fortress, while the old patronymic Done in several old manuscripts appears frequently as Doane, Down and Downe. But however the name may have been written in olden times, it is quite evident that those who bore it were persons of more than ordinary distinction, and that in the mother country as well as on this side of the Atlantic the name has stood for eminent re- spectability and high mental attainments ; and among those bearing the name previous to the beginning of the seventeenth century were men of high stations, whose achievements won for them royal recognition and favor and who were honored with coats-of-arms and other insignia of rank and honor. Says one chron- icle: "Near to Tarporley we see indeed the ruins of a house, yet with no decay of the name or the owners thereof, and the ancient seat of the Dones of Utkinton I have heard was no little emulation until it pleased God. the heirs male of Utkinton failing were glad to knit with the Dones of Flaxyards, that so the union by marriage might make one greater name, as now in the person of the worthy Knight Sir John Done of Utkinton, a gentle- man replete in many excellencies of nature, wit and ingenuity.'
(I) John Doane, immigrant ancestor of the particular family under consideration here, is presumed to have been a descendant of the Dones of Cheshire, although nothing is known of his antecedent generations, neither have we any account of his birthplace, the name of his wife, nor the year of his immigration to New England. But we do know that he was one of the principal men in the affairs of the
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Plymouth colony, and from that fact it may be assumed that he was indeed "heir to a good birthright, that in some broad field edu- cation and friction had developed a manhood and strength of character that inspired the confidence of the Plymouth associates." In Mitchell's "History of Bridgewater," it is men- tioned that "Mr. John Done came over to New England about 1629, when history in- forms us that thirty-five of the Leyden com- pany, with their families, arriving at Ply- month," while another record which speaks of the death of his daughter Abigail, says that he "came to Plymouth with his wife in 1630." It is known, however, that John Doane bore the title of "Mr." and that only those were so addressed who bore some distinction above the common station of their fellow-men. As John Done he was a freeman of Plymouth in 1633, and as early as January, 1632-33, he with others was chosen to sit in the council. He also sustained various other offices in the colony, one of the most important of which was that of assistant to the governor, but this he gave up in order to serve as deacon of the church. One other account states that in 1636 "Elder Brewster. Pastor Smith and Deacons Doane and Jenney of Plymouth, Jonathan Brewster and Christopher Wads- worth of Duxbury, James Cudworth and An- thony Annable, of Scituate, were joined to the governor and council for the preparation of a regular system of laws," etc.
Deacon John Doane acquired several par- cels of land in Plymouth, but it does not ap- pear that he became well possessed of lands and goods at any time during his residence there. He was active in the measures adopted in purchasing from the Indians the lands of Nauset, afterward Eastham, where he was one of the first colonists in 1645, and where also he was much engaged with affairs of the town, serving in various capacities, deacon of the First Church there, selectman for many years. deputy to the court for Eastham in 1648, and during four years afterward ; and in June, 1663, he was authorized to perform marriage ceremonies and administer oaths to witnesses. He died February II, 1685, and in his will, dated May 18, 1678, he stated his age as eighty-eight years or thereabouts. From this it would appear that he was born about 1590. His children: 1. Lydia, born probably in England ; married Samuel Hicks. 2. Abigail. January 13, 1632, died Norwich, Connecticut, January 23, 1734-35; married Samuel, son of Rev. John Lothrop. 3. John, born probably at Plymouth about 1635, died Eastham, March 15, 1708; married (first) Hannah Bangs; (second) Rebecca Pettee. 4.
Daniel, see forward. 5. Ephraim, born before 1645, died Eastham, 1700; married (first) Mercy Knowles; (second) Mary Snow.
(II) Deacon Daniel Doane, son of Deacon John Doane, was born probably at Plymouth about 1636, died in Eastham, December 20, 1712. He removed with his father's family to Eastham in 1645, and he lived in that part of the latter town which afterward was set off to East Orleans. Like his father, he was a person of considerable consequence, both in church and town affairs, and fulfilled the duties of several important offices, such as deacon of the church, probably succeeding his father, selectman from 1691 to 1696, juror in 1677 and several times afterward, surveyor of highways in 1667 and four years after- ward. He had lands granted him by the town and acquired other tracts by purchase, so that he became possessed of a good estate in lands and other property. According to the inventory, his total estate was of the value of more than five hundred and fifty pounds. Deacon Doane married twice, but the name: of his first wife is not known. She is be- lieved to have been the mother of all his children except the youngest. He married (second). July 28. 1682, Hepzibah, widow of George Crisp and daughter of Daniel and Mary Cole, of Eastham. Children: I. A son drowned in a well, September, 1667. 2. Jo- seph, born about 1668. 3. Constant (son), March 7, 1669-70. 4. Israel, born about 1672. 5. Daniel, see forward. 6. Nathaniel, died in Harwich in 1758. 7. Constant (daughter), died May 2, 1720; married George Shaw. 8. Rebecca, married Benjamin Myrick, of East- ham. 9. Abigail, married Timothy Dimock and settled in Mansfield, Connecticut. 10. Ruth, died before March 15, 1722; married Nathaniel Mayo. 11. Hepzibah, born of her father's second marriage.
(III) Daniel (2), son of Deacon Daniel (I) Doane, of Eastham, is presumed to have been born in Eastham. although the record of his birth or baptism is not found : he died at Newton, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, Sep- tember 1, 1743. He was possessed of a re- markably strong and determined character, and in his own life made a radical departure from the religious teachings of his father and grandfather, but he was not less earnest and sincere and upright in his religious life and daily walk. The following account of his life is taken chiefly from the genealogy of the Doane family, compiled and published by a descendant of Deacon John Doane, the immi- grant, in 1902: "Mr. Doane was of a self- reliant, independent, inquiring mind, and was led to study the teachings of the Friends, who
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were then creating a sensation by their new doctrine. Charmed by their teachings, he united with the Mecting at Sandwich, about forty miles from his father's home, the oldest meeting in America. In 1696 he was granted by the Sandwich Meeting a certificate of re- moval for himself and wife, and after a jour- ney of several hundred miles with his wife he arrived in the Friends' colony in Pennsyl- vania. At that time he had four children, the youngest of whom was about two years old. In due season, Mr. Doane presented his cer- tificate to the meeting in Middletown, Bucks county, and was received into membership. With his family he settled in or near the vil- lage of Newtown, where he was a carpenter and farmer, prosperous in his business life, and by thrift acquired a fair competence for the later years of his life. Although Daniel began well in Bucks county and was at first, it is thought, a religious teacher among the Friends, only a few years after his arrival in Pennsylvania his investigating spirit led him to invest the stars and influence of the planets upon one another. But reports 'that Daniel Doane should meddle in practicing astrologie' brought him into conflict with his meeting, which lasted almost continually until he was disowned in 1711. At length, tired of Daniel and his doings, the Middletown Meeting, after many expressions of sorrow that he is so wayward 'and prayers' that he may be brought back to ye truth 'disowns' the said Daniel Doane 'to be one of us,' and 'we being clear of him, his wickedness lies upon his own head.''
He was the first of the Doane family to migrate from Cape Cod and the only one of the earlier generations of his family to depart from the teachings of the church of his forefathers; but he was founder of the largest and in some respects the most im- portant branch of the Doane family planted in America.
The baptismal name of his first wife was Mehitable, and while her family name is not definitely known, it is supposed that she was a daughter of William Twining, who had a daughter of that Christian name and who also went from Cape Cod to Bucks county previous to the year 1700. His second wife was Mary, probably a daughter of James Yates, who sold land in Pennsylvania to Daniel Doane. Chil- dren : 1. Daniel, born Lith month 23, 1687-88. 2. Lydia, Ioth month 30, 1690-91. 3. Eleazer, 12th month 21, 1691-92. 4. Elijah, 4th month 3, 1694. 5. Joseph, see forward. 6. Eliza- beth, 8th month 20, 1701. 8. Rebecca, 8th month 10, 1711. 9. Samuel. 10. Mary, mar- ried Thomas Fisher. II. Thomas, died Had-
donfield, New Jersey, 1779. 12. Sarah. 13. Ebenezer.
(IV) Joseph, son of Daniel (2) and Me- hitable Doane, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, the 23d day of 2d month, 1697, died probably at Cane Creek, North Carolina. He was a carpenter by trade, and is said to have been a young man of great physical strength and power of endurance, and it was doubtless these qualities which led to his selec- tion as one of the three men chosen by the Penn proprietors to travel on foot for three days in determining the extent of land to be acquired from the Indians in what is known in history as the "walking purchase." After the death of his wife, Mr. Doane was granted permission to remove from Wrightstown to the Buckingham Meeting, and subsequently he was given leave to visit among his father's people at Cape Cod. After his return to Pennsylvania, he asked for a certificate, in 1750, to visit "Friends wherever his lot may be cast," and with this permission he went to North Carolina and is mentioned there as one of the organizers of the Friends Meeting at Cane Creek, where he is supposed to have died. He was a devout Friend and held firmly to that faith so long as he lived. On the 14th of ioth month, 1726, Joseph Doane married Mary Carter at the Middletown Meeting. She died after 1740 and before 1744, and was a daughter of James and Grace Carter. Chil- dren : 1. Joseph, born August 16, 1727, died November 7, 1727. 2. Mary, September 6, 1728, died March 1, 1743. 3. John, Novem- ber 30, 1731, died at Cane Creek, North Caro- lina, 1811. 4. Ebenezer, July 5, 1733, see for- ward. 5. Martha, September 1, 1735. 6. Mehitable November 10, 1738. 7. Grace, Jan- mary 19, 1740.
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