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 1718 - 1806 (88 years)
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| Name |
Edmund Doane |
| Born |
20 Apr 1718 |
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
20 Nov 1806 |
Barrington, Shelbourne County, Nova Scotia, CANADA |
| Buried |
Old Meeting House Cemetery, Barrington, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, CANADA |
| Notes |
- DFA Volume I, p. 75:
In the autumn of 1761, Edmund Doane with his wife and seven children sailed from Orleans, Mass., for the Cape Sable District. They embarked at what was then known as "Nathaniel Mayo's Landing," which was a landing, or cover, a little south of the present Congregational Church at East Orleans. Being driven off their course by unfavorable winds they arrived at Liverpool, where they spent the winter. The following spring they returned to the Cape Sable District, and were among the earliest settlers of the township of Barrington.
The first people of English descent to fix their abodes at the head of coves and harbors, around the shores of southwestern Nova Scotia, were fishermen mostly from Cape Cod and Nantucket, in Massachusetts. They were not refugees for loyalty's sake, but simply "hard liners" and net men, who had found out by their fearless cruises in "pink stern" craft, that fish abounded in those waters. The first steps towards an English settlement there were taken immediately after the removal of the French in 1756. The Proclamation of the Nova Scotia Colonial governor, inviting settlers from New England and elsewhere to occupy the vacated lands, followed immediately, and as early as 1757 Governor Lawrence writes of having received "application from a number of Substantial persons in New England, for lands to settle at or near Cape Sable." A first company, for some reason or other, failed to make a settlement, but in 1761-1762 a large number, representing the best families of Cape Cod and Nantucket, removed to the Cape Sable District and formed a settlement at what is now the town of Barrington. They were, for the most part, a lot of intelligent and, so far as the times allowed, educated men...
Edmund Done was of that number of "Substantial persons" from Cape Cod, and doubtless was the first settler of the Doane name in Nova Scotia. Before his removal to Nova Scotia he lived in Eastham, that part set off in 1797 as Orleans. On Eastham records he is recorded as a juryman in 1750 and 1760. There are still in existence one or two of Edmund Doane's old account books, giving evidence that, during his first years in Barrington, he kept a store, the transactions ranging from 1762 to 1767--a general store, such as would be required by the circumstances of the beginning of a new settlement. The chief articles of trade were rum, flour by the pound, salt by the hogshead, molasses, sugar, medicine, dry goods, hardware, etc.
It is understood that he received his supplies from his brother-in-law, John Homer, a merchant of Boston, shipping him in return the alewives, herring and other fish found in Nova Scotia waters.
Tiring of the hard conditions of his life in the new settlement, and perhaps meeting with business reverses, Edmund Doane, on Oct. 17, 1776, sold his property at Barrington to his brother-in-law, John Homer for 132.6.5 3/4 pounds intending to return with his family to New England; but, on petition of a large number of the townspeople, a grant was made of town land, at Johnson's point to his wife Elizabeth, in consideration of her valuable medical services.
On this grant they settled and spent their remaining days. In the petition she is described as being "destitute of accommodation of land to set a house upon."
Mrs. Elizabeth Doane was a woman of considerable education, of more than ordinary personal attractions and natural ability. Having a good knowledge of medicine, and being skilled in the use of roots and herbs, she was the only nurse and doctor to all the sick of all the township. Her services were much sought after and appreciated. When advanced in years or when making long trips, she was carried in a basket suspended from a pole across the shoulders of two men. She returned several times to new England to visit her relatives and friends. In 176e she was one of the three passengers who came up from Barrington on the sloop "Sherburn," Capt. Jonathan Clarke, arriving in Boston, July 28. Again , in Sept., 1767, she came over to Boston on the sloop "Dove," Capt. Joseph Chapman.
The old pestle, with which she pounded her roots and herbs, is still in use and in possession of her great-granddaughter, as well as Edmund's old family bible, on the fly leaf of which is written: "Edmund Doane, his book, bought in New England whilst he lived there." They were buried in the old burial ground at Barrington Head.
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| Person ID |
I2384 |
Root Tree |
| Last Modified |
17 May 2015 |
| Father |
Israel Doane, b. @ 1672, probably Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. After 1732 (Age ~ 61 years) |
| Mother |
Ruth Freeman, b. Before Dec 1686 & possibly Before 1681, probably Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. 07 Jun 1728, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 47 years) |
| Married |
@1700 |
Eastham, Massachusetts |
| Family ID |
F827 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Osborn, b. Jan 1716, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. 24 May 1798, Barrington, Shelbourne County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age ~ 82 years) |
| Married |
10 Nov 1749 |
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
| Children |
| + | 1. Israel Doane, Senior, b. 20 Dec 1750, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. 01 Feb 1844, Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age 93 years) |
| | 2. Samuel Osborn Doane, b. 7 Jun 1752, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. 21 Feb 1824, Barrington, Shelbourne County, Nova Scotia, CANADA (Age 71 years) |
| | 3. Prence Doane, b. 14 Sep 1753, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. lost at sea |
| | 4. Jedidah Doane, b. 8 Dec 1754, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
| | 5. Ruth Doane, b. 7 Apr 1756, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
| | 6. Abigail Doane, b. 18 Apr 1758, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts , d. 1847 (Age 88 years) |
| | 7. Edmund Doane, b. 14 Sep 1759, Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
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| Last Modified |
16 May 2015 |
| Family ID |
F826 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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