Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Priscilla Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 14 May 1818
        Baptism: 
          Death: 21 Apr 1897
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Nathaniel Doane (1781-1866)
         Mother: Mary Paine (1783-1871)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Anthony Kelley (Est 1815 - 4 Sep 1862)
       Marriage: 28 Aug 1838
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Esther Kelley (1846-1909)
Notes
Marriage Notes (Anthony Kelley)
Children
Mary Doane Kelley b: 3 MAY 1838
Kate T Kelley b: 13 APR 1842
Esther Kelley b: 30 MAR 1846
Anthony Kelley b: 14 JUL 1848
Anna Kelley b: 7 AUG 1850
Anthony Kelley b: 15 NOV 1852
Edward K Kelley b: 26 DEC 1854
Arthur D Kelley b: 24 APR 1861
(nymews)

picture Priscilla Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Oct 1795
        Baptism: 
          Death: 4 Apr 1833 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Freeman Doane (1769-1852)
         Mother: Lydia (      -1816)



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Priscilla M Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Jan 1810 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 17 May 1885 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, 3 Jan 1810 in Eastham, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Solomon Doane (1777-1816)
         Mother: Priscilla Mayo (1781-1858)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thomas Cobb (20 Aug 1807 - 7 Apr 1886) 1 
       Marriage: 20 Jun 1831 - Eastham, Massachusetts 2
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Roland D Cobb (1831-1901) 3 4
Notes
Medical:
age 75-4-15
Marriage Notes (Thomas Cobb)
1860 Eastham census (hard to read):
house 59, household 60
Thomas Cobb, 52, farmer, $1000 real estate, $375 personal estate
Priscilla, 57 or 58
Roland L , 29, [no occupation listed]
George P, 26, [no occupation listed]
Sophia, 24
Amelia, 21
Solomon, 13
all born Mass.

picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 Oct 1734 - Eastham, Massachusetts 6
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Doane (1708-1788)
         Mother: Mary Brown (1704-1772)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Josiah Myrick (1735 - 4 Dec 1778)
       Marriage: 18 Oct 1754 - Eastham, Massachusetts 7
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William Myrick (1755-      )
                2. Heman Merrick (1757-1759) 7
                3. Heman Merrick (1760-      ) 7
                4. Joshua Merrick (1763-1763) 7
                5. Dr Josiah Merrick (1769-1828) 7 8
                6. Joseph Merrick (1771-      ) 7



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Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
AKA: Rachel Defoe 3
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1780 - Eastham, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1861 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Burial: in Congregational & Soldiers cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Silvanus Doane (1740-1813) 10
         Mother: Phebe Mayo (1740-      ) 11
Spouses and Children 
1. *Dawson Lincoln (1779 - 1819) 12 
       Marriage: 28 Oct 1806 - Eastham, Massachusetts 13
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rachel A Lincoln (1817-1881) 3
Notes
General:
Rachel's gravestone transcription gives her name as Rachel Defoe.
Transcription or editing error apparently.

picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Feb 1757 - Chatham, Massachusetts 15
        Baptism: 
          Death: 8 Jun 1813 - Orrington, Maine
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, 11 Feb 1750 in Chatham, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Colonel Joseph Doane Esq. (Cir 1720-1778) 16 17
         Mother: Dorcas Eldredge (1721-After 1764)
Spouses and Children 



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Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1734 - Truro, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Deacon Elisha Doane (1700-1759)
         Mother: Hannah Cole (1693-1786) 19
Spouses and Children 
1. *John Wormley (Est 1730 - Bef 1766)
       Marriage: 17 May 1757 - Eastham, Massachusetts 20
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Henry Wormsley (1758-1759)

2. Edward Baker (26 Aug 1744 -       )
       Marriage: 12 Jan 1766 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 18
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (John Wormley)
Intentions were registered Apr 20 1757.
John of Truro, Rachel of Eastham.
The MD transcription of Truro records has John marrying Mercy Treat, but this is an error carried over from the previous entry by the town clerks or MD.
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picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Jun 1752 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 26 Oct 1753 - Chatham, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Chatham, Massachusetts
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Colonel Joseph Doane Esq. (Cir 1720-1778) 16 22
         Mother: Dorcas Eldredge (1721-After 1764)
Notes
General:
stone:

Here lies buried
Rachel Daughter to
Mr Joseph Doane
& Mrs Darces his
Wife who dec'd Oct'r
ye 26th 1753 in ye
16th Month of her Age

Rachel's grave is in Chatham. Presumably she was born and died there. 12

picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 May 1764 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 23
        Baptism: 
          Death: 25 Jul 1764 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 23
         Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Colonel Elisha Doane Jr (1725-1783)
         Mother: Hope Rich (1725-1766)
Notes
General:
"Here lies ye body of Rachel Doane, dau. of Major ELisha & Mrs. Hope Doane, who died July ye 20th., 1764, aged 2 mos." 24

picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Apr 1794 - Buckstown, Maine
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Bangs Doane (Abt 1769-1852)
         Mother: Rebecca Higgins (1768-Bef 1800)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Joseph Mayo (Est 1791 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status:
Notes
General:
m2 Tribou

picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1740 - (Billingsgate, (Eastham))
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Edward Bacon Esq (23 Jan 1715 - 16 Mar 1783)
       Marriage: Dec 1765 - (Barnstable, Massachusetts)
         Status:
Notes
General:
Marriage 2 Thomas SMITH of Woods Holl

picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Cir 1771
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Jun 1841 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *John Cook (4 Jan 1768 - 22 Oct 1841) 25 
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Phebe Cook (1788-      ) 26
                2. John Cook Jr (1792-      ) 26
                3. Joshua B Cook (1795-      )
                4. Rachel Cook (1797-1854) 3 27
                5. Solomon D Cook (1799-1881) 27
                6. Barnabas Cook (1802-      )
                7. Sophia Cook (1804-      )
                8. Elisha Cook (1807-      )



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Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1714 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: in Nova Scotia
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Doctor David Doane (Abt 1674-1748)
         Mother: Doritha Horton (Abt 1680-Bef 1738)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Jonathan Higgins (8 Oct 1711 -       )
       Marriage: 28 Jun 1735 - Eastham, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Jonathan Higgins (1736-Abt 1784)
                2. Lurania Higgins (1738-1747)
                3. Henry Higgins (1740-Abt 1743)
                4. Henry Higgins (1743-1837)
                5. Bethiah Higgins (1746-1816)
                6. Joshua Higgins (1748-      )
                7. Rachel Doane Higgins (1751-      )
                8. Philip Higgins (1753-1845)
                9. Joseph Doane Higgins (1762-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Jonathan Higgins)
Children's births are not in published Eastham records.

He is said to have settled in Hardwick, MA, on the "Ware side of the river." Dr.
David Doane, in his will dated 25 Jan 1738, gives 80 pounds to his daughter
Rachel Higgins, out of his personal estate.

picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Sep 1701 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: Cir 1738
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Major Hezekiah Doane (1672-1752)
         Mother: Hannah Snow (1670-1716)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Joseph Strout (Cir 1692 - 5 Oct 1748) 29 
       Marriage: 27 Mar 1716 - Truro, Massachusetts 30
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Hannah Strout (1718-      )
                2. Joseph Strout (1720-      )
                3. Joshua Strout (1722-1793)
                4. Phebe Strout (1724-1770)
                5. Thankfull Strout (1725-      )
                6. Barnabas Strout (1729-      )
                7. Sarah Strout (1731-1753)
                8. Hezekiah Strout (1735-1814)
Notes
General:
Married at 14? Maybe.
Marriage Notes (Joseph Strout)
He and his family removed to Falmouth, Maine in 1736.

picture Rachel Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Feb 1750 - Chatham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 8 Jun 1813 - Orrington, Maine
         Burial: in Dean Hill Cemetery, Orrington, Maine
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Colonel Joseph Doane Esq. (Cir 1720-1778) 16 22
         Mother: Dorcas Eldredge (1721-After 1764)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Simeon Fowler (4 Feb 1749 - 26 Apr 1833)
       Marriage: 11 Mar 1772
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rachel Fowler (1782-1865)
Notes
General:
identity questionable
Marriage Notes (Simeon Fowler)
Children
Rachel Fowler b: 27 JUL 1782
Mary Fowler b: 25 DEC 1774
Hannah Fowler b: 12 NOV 1776
Retrieve Fowler b: 5 MAR 1779
Dorcas Fowler b: 17 JUN 1785
Simeon Fowler b: 28 DEC 1788
Sarah Fowler b: 4 MAY 1790
Eliza Fowler b: 7 MAR 1793
Sarah Fowler b: 9 NOV 1794
(mac3387)

picture Rachel A Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Apr 1815 - Eastham, Massachusetts 32
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Mar 1890 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 31 33
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet 34
 Cause of Death: paralysis and bronchitis 33
Events
• Alt Birth, 20 Apr 1815 in Eastham, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Captain Obadiah Doane (Abt 1767-1849)
         Mother: Phebe Young Atwood (1772-1843)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain Isaiah Cole (9 Nov 1810 - 19 May 1872) 31 
       Marriage: 1840 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Martha M Cole (1847-1930) 34
                2. Alfred H Herring (1853-1866) 34
Notes
Medical:
age 74-11-1
Marriage Notes (Captain Isaiah Cole)
Isaiah Cole, son of Isaiah Cole, died in 1872, aged sixty-one years. He was a master mariner until a few years prior to his death. He married Rachel A., daughter of Obediah and Phebe (Young) Doane, and granddaughter of Sylvanus Doane. Alvin L. Drown lived with Mrs. Cole from the death of her husband until her death in 1890.
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picture Rachel Etta Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 2 Nov 1851 - East Boston, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Ezekiel Doane (1813-1890)
         Mother: Rachel A Lincoln (1817-1881) 3
Notes
General:
Married Frederick Moore, 31 Oct 1871.

picture Rachel H Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1837 - Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Obediah Doane (1805-1879)
         Mother: Mary Ann Porter (1814-1895) 35
Notes
General:
Rachel appears in the 1850 Wellfleet census.

picture Captain Randall Rice Doane 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 23 Apr 1802 - Eastham, Massachusetts 36
        Baptism: 
          Death: 20 Aug 1838 - At Sea 37
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Zenas Doane (1761-1825)
         Mother: Mercy Crowell (Est 1764-1837)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Eliza Sellers (Est 1805 -       )
       Marriage: 10 Apr 1827 37
         Status:
Notes
Marriage Notes (Eliza Sellers)
"Mr Doane was a aster mariner , and lived in Eastham and in Phillipston, Mass. On Sept. 1, 1840 [sic], Nathan B. Johnson, yeoman, of Woburn, Mass., was appointed guardian of Mary Jane and Lucy Ann Doane, and on Feb. 2, 1847, of William W., minor children of Randall R Doane, deceased."

children - see Doane Family p 270-1 37

picture Rebecca Doane 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1672 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony
        Baptism: 
          Death: 17 Jun 1722 - Harwich, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Daniel Doane (Cir 1637-1712)
         Mother: Constance Snow (1646-1677) 38
Spouses and Children 
1. *Benjamin Merrick (1673 - After 13 Aug 1743)
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Abigail Merrick (1698-After 1743) 39
                2. John Merrick (Cir 1709-After 1743) 39
                3. Rebecca Merrick (Cir 1711-      )
                4. Isaac Merrick (Cir 1713-After 1743)
                5. Nathaniel Merrick (1713-After 1743)
                6. Benjamin Merrick (1719-After 1743)
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Sources

1 Victor Grant Hillard, "Descendants of William Hillard of the Plymouth Colony" (2003. Rootsweb file: 000001_vic
2007. Rootsweb file: hillard_family).

2 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), 123:120 by Rev. Hector Brownson. numerous transcription errors

3 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

4 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 22. Eastham (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 739.

5 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 86 (MD16:202). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

6 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 86 (MD16:202).

7 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 121 (MD27:102).

8 George Byron Merrick, Genealogy of the Merrick- Mirick- Myrick family of Massachusetts, 1636-1902 (1902. Madison, Wisc: Tracy, Gibbs & Co.), 38-9.

9 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society), Congo & Soldiers #15.

10 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 72 (MD16:32).

11 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 97 (MD17:142).

12 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

13 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw.

14 Rootsweb.com, mac3387me.

15 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 1:37.

16 Bob Ferreira, "Cape Cod Families" (Rootweb file bobferr (no longer online)).

17 Enoch Pratt, History of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans (1844. Yarmouth MA: WS Fisher), 114. full title: A Comprehensive History, Ecclesiastical and Civil, of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans, County of Barnstable, Mass. from 1644 to 1844.
1844. Yarmouth Massachusetts: W. S. Fisher and Co.
see capecodhistory.us/Pratt/Pratt-intro.htm

18 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:520.

19 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 48 (MD9:9).

20 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 419.

21 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, p 129.

22 Enoch Pratt, History of Eastham, Wellfleet and Orleans (1844. Yarmouth MA: WS Fisher), 114.

23 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:6. Elisha Doane family.

24 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 31.

25 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 160 (MD32:42).

26 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 161 (MD32:44).

27 Bill Downs, Downs Genealogy (downsgenealogy.com).

28 Rootsweb.com, basicmom.

29 Marilyn Maxwell Strout, "Descendants of James Maxwell and Christopher Strout" (2001. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~strout/geneal.html). unreferenced but generally plausible

30 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 6.

31 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 815.

32 Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 175.

33 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1890. Deaths.

34 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 24, lot 6. Isaiah Cole & Rachel A. Doane family.

35 Sally Dockstader, Snyder-Doane-Corl-Fish-Wilkinson-Rumsey-Dockstader (2003. Rootsweb file nymews).

36 Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 153.

37 Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 270.

38 Judith Mae Field Stuntz, "Field/Stuntz Ancestors" (2003. Ancestry.com).

39 John D. Austin, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, vol. 6. Stephen Hopkins (1992. General Society of Mayflower Descendants).

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