John Doane

John Doane was at least a deacon as early as January 2, 1633/34 when he resigned his office as Assistant (governor) because of his deaconship.

[6] Per records of the time, Martha Harding died before October 28, 1633, with John Doane presenting her inventory and also was administrator on behalf of her son.

[8] In 1636 Eleanor Billington was fined and sentenced to sit in the stocks and be whipped for slandering John Doane.

[12] In the 1640s (undated) records list freemen residing in the area of Nauset on Cape Cod planning to establish a town separate from the control of Plymouth.

[13] John Doane was very active in colonial government, serving on numerous committees and as a deputy to the Court for Eastham.

[2] In other documents John Doane commonly identified himself as "husbandman" or "Yeoman", but in a 1681 deed of land to his daughter Abigail, he listed himself as a "tailor".

[6] In 1869 the Doanes erected a memorial stone on the site of Deacon John's house in Eastham, Massachusetts.

In 1906, a perpetual lot in the Old Town Cove burial ground, including the grave site of Deacon Daniel Doane, a son, was set aside.

The following year a memorial stone with a bronze tablet honoring Deacon John Doane was erected.

The purpose of the organization is to research and record genealogical data from all sources pertaining to John Doane and his descendants.