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Elijah Doane

Also Known As: "Elijah Doane"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: September 21, 1736 (42)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Daniel Doane; Mehitable Doane and Mehetabel Twining
Husband of Catherine Doane and Mary Doane
Father of Ann Doane; Mary Doane Patterson; Rebecca Heaton; Joannah Lundy; Titus Doane, Sr. and 5 others
Brother of Daniel Doane, III; Lydia Stradling; Eleazer Doane; Joseph Doane; Israel Doane and 4 others
Half brother of Samuel Doane; Sarah Doane; Mary Fisher; Thomas Doane and Ebenezer Doane

Occupation: drowned in a well
Managed by: Private User
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About Elijah Doane

From "The Doane Family" by AA Doane, Vol I, pp 79

The minutes of the Buckingham Monthly Meeting show that on the 4th of 11 mo. 1725, his acknowledgment of error in marrying out or unity with Friends was accepted. He continued membership with Friends to the end of his days. His death was announced in the Philadelphia Gazette implying that he died quite suddenly while in that city.


GEDCOM Note

Background on this family
See: http://loyalistsre-united.jigsy.com/entries/doan-family/elijah-doane Elijah Doane March 3, 2009 11:08AM My sixth great-grandfather, Elijah Doane, was born in Cape Cod, Massechusets, on April 3, 1694, the son of Daniel Doane, Jr. and Mehitabel Twining. His family was the first New England family to go to Pennsylvania in 1695 after getting a certificate of removal from the Middletown Monthly Meeting. His family was the first in the family to leave Cape Cod and the first to forsake the church and join the Society of Friends. He grew up in Wrightstown, Bucks County and was married to Catherine Wilson on Nov. 4, 1718 out of unity of the Society of Friends. On Nov. 4, 1728, he made an apology to the Society for marrying out of unity and it was accepted. His death was announced in the Philadelphia Gazette implying that he died quite suddenly while in that city. Widow Catherine appointed administratrix on estate, 1736, 9, 25. Children, from records of Wrightstown Monthly Meeting : i Ann,'b. 1718, 9, 24. ii Mary, b. 1721, 2,24. iii Rebecca, b. 1723, 6, 12. iv Joanna, b. 1725, 3, 8. 93 v Titus, b. 1727, 3, 29. vi Catherine, b. 1729, 11, 3. The Doane Family - Descendants of Deacon John Doane by Alfred Alder Doane, 1902

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Elijah Doane's Timeline

1694
April 3, 1694
Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
1715
1715
1715
1715
1715
1718
September 24, 1718
Wrightstown, Bucks, PA
1721
February 24, 1721
Wrightstown, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania
1723
June 12, 1723
Wrightstown, Bucks, PA
1725
August 3, 1725
Wrightown, Bucks County, Province of Pennsylvania