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Birth: 1720 Eastham / Barnstable / MA Death: 1778 Chatham / Barnstable / MA
Qualifying Service Description:
He served as a Colonel of the 2nd Regiment, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, MIlitia
Additional References:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers, and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume IV, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 803, 806
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Author: Nils Eric Danielsson
Joseph Doane was born in 1720 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, the son of Elisha and Hannah (Cole) Doane.
On 30 August 1775, he was commissioned to serve as the Colonel of the 2nd Barnstable County Regiment. He was serving in that capacity through at least 1777.
He married Dorcas Eldridge on 12 April 1739 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts. His estate probate lists a widow named Hannah, which suggests his first wife had died and he remarried. His known children are thought to have included:
1. Lydia
2. Dorcas
3. Joseph
4. Hannah
5. Ruth
6. Mary
7. Rachel
8. Elisha
9. Rachel
10. Ephraim
11. Mary
12. Sarah
13. Eliza
The Patriot died in 1778 at Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, and is thought to have been buried at Chatham Old Burial Ground.
Spouse:
Source: Ancestry.com. The Doane family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants: with notes upo [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: Doane, Alfred Adler,. 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. Boston, Mass.: A.A. Doane, 1902.p. 136-137.
DOANE, JOSEPH. Colonel, 2nd Barnstable Co. regt.; list of field officers of Mass. Militia; commissioned Aug. 30, 1775; also, return dated Chatham, June 16, 1776, signed by said Doane, Colonel, of officers of 1st co. (co. of the East District in Chatham), 2d Barnstable Co. reg’t., recommended for commissions; also, return dated Chatham, March 4, 1777, signed by said Doane, Colonel, of men enlisted to serve in the Continental Army from 2d Barnstable Co. reg’t.
Original data: Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Vol. 1-17. Boston, MA, USA: Wright & Potter Printing, 1896-1908. P. 806.
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