James Doane

Other Events:

• Occupation: Clerk
• Occupation: Merchant and manufacturer
• Resided: 1825, Preston City, New London County, Connecticut

Notes:

Joseph H. Doane, the second son, started
in life as a clerk in the store of James Treat, and became a prominent
merchant and manufacturer, the firm name of Treat & Doane, afterward
Doane & Treat, being long well known in this section. He married Frances
Treat, born in Preston City, January 13, 1799, daughter of James and Polly
(Stanton) Treat. She was descended from Richard Treat, born, it is said,
in Pitminster, Somerset County, England, in 1584, who died soon after his
arrival in Wethersfield, Conn., October n, 1669. He left three sons: Richard,
Jr.; Robert Treat, who became the Governor of Connecticut; and James Treat,
whose son, the Rev. Salmon, was the father of the Rev. Samuel Treat, the
grandfather of Mrs. Doane. The eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H.
Doane were: Joseph, James, John, Emily, William, Eunice, Henry, Juliet.
The only members of the family now living are: William, who resides in
Cincinnati; Juliet, who is in Cincinnati with her brother; Henry, who resides
in Brooklyn, and is in business in New York City; and Joseph A., the subject
of this sketch. The father died October 22, 1854; and the mother died April
15, 1881, in the eighty-third year of her age.

Occupation:
started in life as a clerk in the store of James Treat

Occupation:
became a prominent merchant and manufacturer, the firm name of Treat & Doane, afterward Doane & Treat, being long well known in this section.

Resided:
on the farm settled in 1825. It was here that the Rev. Samuel Treat, his ancestor, was ordained in 1698.

Joseph married Frances Treat. Frances (daughter of J. Treat and P. Stanton) was born on 13 Jan 1799 in Preston City, New London County, Connecticut; died on 15 Apr 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
83rd year of her age

Notes:

Captain Doane was a seafaring man, and sailed to foreign ports. His ship was sunk off Charleston by the British. He was at one time a man of wealth, and built the first steamboat of Norwich; but he met with heavy reverses, and left only a moderate fortune at his decease.

John married Eunice Howes in 1805. Eunice was born about 1776 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 09 Aug 1855 in Massachusetts; was buried in Old Norwich Town Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
died at 79

J. married P. Stanton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]