Person:John Dane (3)

John² Dane and His Wives

"John² Dane (John1) who was born about 1612-3, doubtless at Berkhampstead, co. Herts, England, died at Ipswich on September 29, 1684. He married first in England, probably in Essex, after 1629 and before 1635 Eleanor Clark who was the mother of all of his children and he married secondly before March, 1676, Alice (Dutch) Newman."^[1]

John Dane's Career in New England

"As has been shown John² Dane emigrated in or before the early part of 1635. [Robert Charles Anderson did not include a sketch of this John Dane in The Great Migration series, indicating that he did not find sufficient evidence to conclude that Dr. Dane was in New England prior to 1636.] … Some John Deane became a freeman on June 2, 1641, and that is usually believed to have been John¹ though sometimes assigned to John², while others claim that John² became a freeman as late as May 24, 1682, but that must have pertained to John³ for on December 2, 1679, John², called senior, was recognized as a freeman having the right to have his vote on town affairs counted and recorded. …

In 1648 John² subscribed two shillings toward compensation for Maj. Denison. That year he was chosen as one of four surveyors for the town and was to view a parcel of land near Chebacco Falls. … 1657 John² was chosen constable and in 1661 he lost his home by fire. He served on trial juries in 1647, 1649, 1651, 1654, 1662, 1664 and was honored by being chosen on grand juries at least five different years — the first time in 1654 … — and serving also in 1660, 1665, 1675 and 1681. His service as selectman covered at least the years 1664-9, 1676 and 1682. He served endless times as a witness to wills or deeds, as overseer of wills and appraisor of inventories. In six different depositions during his life John² testified as to his age showing his birth to have been in 1613 or a trifle earlier. …

He must have been ailing in 1667 for in April that year, at the age of fifty-four he was released from training on condition that he should pay six shillings eight pence per year for the use of the military company, but in March, 1676, he was fully released. …

In 1677 John² was a tithing man and continued so in 1678. … Being called Docktor Dane, he took the required oath of allegiance in 1678."^[1]

The Estate of John² Dane

"The will of John² Dane called "Chirugion" dated May 31, 1684, gave to his wife Alice, during the term of her life that new house he had built on the land which he had bought (in 1677) from Daniel¹ Hovey, which was to be kept in repair by the testator's son John³. To that son he gave the farm which he had bought of Richard Hubbard, while his books and manuscripts were to be divided between sons John³ and Philemon², the latter to divide them and the former "to chuse." He made bequests to his daughters Elizabeth³ and Sarah³ and to grandchildren Mary Chandler and Daniel³ Hovey, of whom the latter was to receive £30 when he became of age. His will was probated on September 30, 1684, and the inventory showed an estate of over £469. In 1698 John³ and Philemon³ became guardians of two minor children of their sister Sarah (Dane) Warner."^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} John² Dane, in Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes; and A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. (Milwaukee, WI: Cuneo Press, 1931-1943)
   1:241-48.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} John² Dane, in Spalding, Rev. S. J. Sermon Preached in the Whitefield Church, Newburyport, August 8, 1875: And Other Papers in Memory of Francis Dane. (Boston, Mass.: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1875)
   34.

   John² (Dane), b. in England about 1613; came to Roxbury about 1635, thence to Ipswich, where he d. Sept. 29, 1684; Surgeon; m. 1st, Eleanor Clark; m. 2d. Alice ____, who after his decease m. Jeremiah Meacham of Salem.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} John Dane, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   2:6.

   John (Dane), Ipswich, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. at Colchester 1613, perhaps came to Roxbury 1636, with his f. freem. 2 June 1641, unless that name in the rec. of the Col. apply to his f. and he be freem. of 1682, was a surgeon, d. 29th Sept. 1684, leav. good est. for that day; had Mary b. 1639, wh. m. 24 Aug. 1658, William Chandler of Andover, wh. was s. of her gr.f.'s sec. w. His will names w. two s. John, and Philemon, ds. Eliz. and Sarah, gr.ch. Mary Chandler, and Daniel Hovey. In the close investigat. of recent days it is found, that Eliz. m. Reginald Foster; Sarah m. 23 Sept. 1668, Daniel Warner; and a d. Rebecca m. James Hovey, wh. perhaps was the man k. by the Ind. at Brookfield, 2 Aug. 1675. The deficiency of Ipswich rec. leaves all else unkn. but he was ancest. of Hon. Nathan, H. C. 1778, LL. D. of Beverly, disting. in jurisprud. and of Hon. Joseph, H. C. 1799, of Maine.

4. ↑ Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919)
   2:536.

   Dane, John, sr., [died] Sept. 29, 1684.