Display Patriot - P-148668 - Seth DOANE/DOAN

Seth DOANE/DOAN

SAR Patriot #: P-148668

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Commander
DAR #: A032641

Birth: 09 Jun 1733 Eastham / Branstable / MA
Death: 18 Oct 1802 Middle Haddam / Middlesex / CT

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. NSDAR cites
    • COMMANDER OF SLOOP "HARLEQUIN" 1778
    • Also, MEM OF COMM OF SUPPLIES

Additional References:
  1. Clanghorn, Naval Officers of the American Rev, pg 93
  2. NSDAR cites
    • JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, pg 605
    • MIDDLEBROOK, MARITIME CT DURING THE AM REV, Volume 2, pg 112
    • CTSDAR, NON-MILITARY SERVICE IN THE REV 1774-1784, Volume 1, pg 25

Spouse: Mercy Parker
Children: Timothy; Mercy; Nathaniel; Elizabeth; Job;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1981-03-09 VA Unassigned Robert Doan King (118323) Timothy   
1982-02-03 OH Unassigned Benjamin Adams King (119732) Timothy   
1992-05-22 FL 213298 Walter Gordon Allen (138978) Job   
2009-09-23 GA 34711 Nils Eric Danielsson (175157) Timothy   
2012-03-28 FL 46680 Charles Adams Roberts (180092) Timothy   
Burial:
Union Hill Cemetery (C-0064490)
Location:
East Hampton / Middlesex / CT / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
103783
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
47725867
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photos used with the permission of William Flood



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Author: Nils Eric Danielsson

Seth Doan was born in Eastham, Massachusetts, June 9, 1733 and died in Middle Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut on October 18, 1802. He married Mercy Parker on February 23, 1758. Mercy Doan died on May 9, 1802. Both are buried in the Union Hill Cemetery at Middle Haddam Landing. They had nine children. Captain Seth Doan was involved in the merchant shipping industry as well as a privateer. He was a landowner in Chatham, Connecticut.
Captain Doan and his eldest son, Seth, were taken prisoner by the British from a merchant vessel in 1776. They were held aboard a British ship in New York Harbor and released in on New Year’s Day, 1777, at Milford, Connecticut. Many of the released prisoners died from small pox in Milford, while others made it home only to die from the disease. Captain Doan’s son died shortly after his return home on January 30, 1777.
Captain Seth Doan served as a member of a Committee of Supplies to provide clothes for the Continental Soldiers in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut in March of 1778.
He was the commander of the sloop “Harlequin” and captured a British sloop with a cargo of coffee, cocoa and several slaves, in the West Indies in 1778. He was awarded five shares from this prize by the Hartford Maritime Court in 1781.


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