MOSES DOAN

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The information on the descendants of Moses Doan and Mary Wintemute, and also on Moses parents, was contributed by Wm. Gaus ( wsgaus@concentric.net)



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Moses is listed in "The Doane Family", Vol. 1, pg. 237. He lived in Humberstone, Ontario where he had a farm. Mary C. Doan-Goodchild of Ahmerstberg, Ontario, claims in a letter that, "....My great grandfather Moses Doan, was a Canadian
soldier in the war of 1812 - got shot in the chin, carried the scar to his grave". At a Doan reunion at the farm of Charles W. Doan, Bay City, Michigan, July 20, 1933, the following poem was credited to Moses by Ada Cordella Stuart Carmen. "
Thou mighty God, who reigns above, Great God of Mercy and of Love, My mind, my soul is sore oppressed, With heart felt sorrow in my breast. What shall I do? Where shall I go to find relief? I do not know. I labor from day to day. Sometimes I
read, sometimes I pray, To the most gracious God above, That He, my troubles may remove. But the deep sorrows in my heart, Lo, like the ocean cannot rest. He that can calm the raging sea, If I have faith can comfort me, Said to the tempest,
`Peace, be still!', And was obedient to His will. Oh, Thou my Saviour and my friend, On Thy mercy I depend. For Thou cans't comfort grant to me. All things are possible with Thee. All things we need while here below, Tis in Thy power to
bestow. Awake, Asleep, at home, abroad, I am surronded with my God. The only comfort I did see, It was Thy will to take away. It was my dear and loving wife, The only comfort of my life. With Angels may she now be blessed, Where I hope shall
ever rest. And when my time on earth is done, And I leave all beneath the sun, May we meet in that happy place, And see each other face to face. And when we meet on that blessed shore, No length of time will part us more. Our sorrows cease, our
troubles o'er, Where we will rest forever more. Farewell my friends and children dear. For I may never meet you here!"

Family/Spouse: Mary WINTEMUTE. Mary (daughter of John\Johannes Wintemute and Mary Decker \ Windecker) was born on 25 Dec 1784 in Canada; died on 4 Jan 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. ISRAEL J. DOAN was born on 24 May 1805; died on 16 Dec 1868 in Moore Twp, Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Sutherland Cem., Moore Tsp, Lambton, Ont..
2. NANCY DOAN was born on 8 Jan 1807 in Ontario, Canada; died in in Elgin Co, Ont..
3. CYNTHIA DOANE was born on 11 Jan 1808 in Ontario, Canada; died on 22 Mar 1874 in Meadow Grove, Madison, Nebraska; was buried in Deer Creek Cem, Madison, Nebraska.
4. NATHAN DOAN was born on 22 Apr 1810; died on 19 Sep 1811.
5. NATHAN DOAN was born on 16 Jan 1812 in Welland, Ontario; died on 28 Feb 1883 in Deckerville, Sanilac Co., Mich..
6. RACHEL DOAN was born on 29 Jan 1814 in Ontario, Canada; died in in Norfolk Co., Ontario, Canada.
7. MOSES DOAN was born on 8 Aug 1817 in Ontario, Canada; died in in Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada.
8. MARY DOAN was born on 2 Mar 1819 in Ontario, Canada; died in in Lapeer Co., Micigan.
9. JOSEPH DOAN was born on 13 Nov 1820 in Ontario, Canada.
10. HANNAH DOAN was born on 15 Dec 1823 in Ontario, Canada.
11. ESTHER DOAN was born on 11 Oct 1824 in Ontario, Canada; died in in Michigan.
12. JOHN DOAN was born on 23 Jul 1826 in Ontario, Canada; died in in Tuscola Co, Mich.
13. ABRAHAM DOAN was born on 15 May 1829 in Ontario, Canada.

Notes:

Joseph is #228, The Doane Family, Vol. I, p. 233. Joseph received an education above that of the average young man at the time. He taught the school in his neighborhood. His name appears on the list of the outlaw Doanes. He was captured by
a posse after a skirmish and after having been shot in the cheek. On 30 March 1784, he was arraigned, tried, and sentenced to be hanged. While awaiting the execution, he managed to escape from prison to New Jersey where he found refuge. He
taught school there under an assumed name. The Federal Gov't had placed a reward for his capture. One night, in a tavern, he overheard a man say that he would shoot any of the Doanes on sight just for the reward. Joseph quietly settled his
school bills and made ready to move to Canada. Before going, he returned to Bucks Co. to say farewell to his old home. A neighbor recognized him and threw him to the ground. During the scuffle, Joseph managed to retrieve his pocket knife,
which he opened with his teeth. He wounded his assailant in the neck, but before he left, Joseph bound up the man's wounds, got him to his feet, and directed him to a nearby house. Then, Joseph left for Canada. In Canada, he settled first in
Humberstone Twp, of Welland Co.living near the lake shore near Fort Erie. He resumed his teaching, for which he soon gained an excellent reputation. About 1815, he moved some 40 miles away to the township of Walpole where he bought a 200 acre
farm of which he claimed was to lie "in as pretty a section as can be found in all of Canada". Early on, he was known to be an outspoken man with an inveterate hatred of Americans. When the American Army landed there during the War of 1812, he
was pointed out as a man inimical to the American interests, and was again put in prison, this time at Greenbush, N.Y. He stayed in prison for 18 months. In 1823, Joseph returned to Bucks Co., Pa. to visit relatives and to obtain retribution
for the confiscation of his father's lands. He was appearently unsuccessful. A description of him at his time is contained in a letter by a neighbor in Plumstead, Mr. J.S. Kratz, "I now come to Joseph who is the only one I ever saw, a portly,
good looking, active, intelligent man of 72 years, straight as an Indian, very nearly six feet high and had travelled on foot all the way from Canada to Plumstead, a distance of over four hundred miles.".

JOSEPH married MARY DOAN in 1780. MARY was born on 27 Jul 1766 in Plumstead, Bucks Co., Penn.; died on 19 Sep 1852 in Walpole, Haldimand Co, Ont., Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary had become blind late in her life through cancer on her face. She with her daughter's home, Mary Waggoner, in Wampole. The cause of death was, supposedly, a fall over a chair. Mary is listed in The Doane Family, Vol. I, p.133