Doane (Y-DNA)
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Status summary
Completed as of April 10, 2026:
- Recruiting additional direct male-line John Doane descendants for further SNP testing. Individuals who believe they are patrilineal descendants should Read me First
Still to do as of April 10, 2026
- NGS/WGS test multiple descendants of John Doane to firmly place family clade as well as test descendants to discover any subclades unique to descendants lines
IMPORTANT: Read me First
Biography
First Generation
(Dea.) John Done (later Doane) was born England abt 1590[1] date, place and parentage currently unknown. He died Eastham 21 Feb 1685[/6]. He married twice, first Ann ____ then by 1 Apr 1659 Lydia ____ (no ch.) By his first wife he had five children: Lydia (c1625), Abigail (c1631), John (c1635), Daniel (c1637) and Ephraim (c1642).
Second Generation
John Doane (II) was born Plymouth abt 1635 and died Eastham 15 Mar 1707/8. He married twice, first Eastham 30 Apr 1662 Hannah Bangs then Eastham 14 Apr 1684 Rebecca Pettee (no ch.) By his first wife he had eight children (Eastham): John (1662/3-1663), John (1664), Ann (1666), Rebecca (1668), Hannah (1669), Isaac (1670), Samuel (1673) and David (c1675).
(Dea.) Daniel Doane was born Plymouth abt 1637 and died Eastham bef 26 Sep 1712.[2] He married twice, first abt 1665 Constance ____[3] then Eastham aft 28 Jun 1682 Hepzibah COLE Crisp (widow of George Crisp). By his first wife he had eight children (Eastham): Daniel (1666), Constant (son 1669), Joseph (1669), Constance (1670/1), Israel (son c1672), Rebecca (c1672), Nathaniel (1680) and Abigail (c1682). By his second wife he had two more children (Eastham): Hepzibah (1683) and Ruth (c1690).
Ephraim Doane was born Plymouth abt 1642 and died Eastham abt 19 Apr 1700. He married twice, first 5 Feb 1667/8 Mercy Knowles, then Eastham aft 20 Apr 1692 Mary SMALLEY Snow (widow of John Snow) (no ch.) By his first wife he had eight children (Eastham): Patience (1668-1675), Apphia (1670), Hezekiah (1672), Thomas (1674), Ebenezer (1676), Nehemiah (1680-1684), Patience (1682) and Ruhamah (1685).
Third Generation
Fourth Generation
DNA results I2a2b-FT69930
Previous Y-DNA testing
The Doane DNA Project Group: "I2a2b-L39 Plymouth, MA" contains a significant number of individuals. The project currently does not list the Most Distant Known Patrilineal Ancestor (MDKPA) but it is believed most members of this group are patrilineal descendants of (Dea.) John Done.
NGS/WGS testing
The above project currently has 24 individuals in the group who have the Doane surname and have taken the Big Y-700 test. They all fall under the following clade (forming several subclades): I2a2b-L38>S2606>S24121>Y16521>S21118>S22679>FGC36959>FT70156>FGC36962>BY25360>BY25379>BY25367>FT69930
References & External Links
- Anderson, Robert Charles, The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 2004) pp, 171-177.
