Deacon John Doane
IN MEMORY OF JOHN DOANE
FOUNDER OF THE DOANE FAMILY IN AMERICA
BORN ABOUT 1590 - DIED FEBRUARY 1 1685
CAME TO PLYMOUTH ABOUT 1630 WHERE HE WAS DEACON OF THE CHURCH; DEPUTY TO THE GENERAL COURT; ONE OF THE ASSISTANTS TO THE GOVERNOR; MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE TO REVISE THE LAWS IN 1636; ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF EASTHAM IN 1644; DEACON OF THE FIRST CHURCH HERE AND DEPUTY TO THE COURT.
ERECTED BY HIS DESCENDANTS 1907
(plaque in Eastam Town Hall)
MR. JOHN DOANE WHO CAME TO PLYMOUT…