. The Doane family:. DESCENDANTS OF DEA. JOHN DOANE. 229 erection of buildings in Philadelphia as well as in the country. He subse-quently purchased a farm on the Delaware River in Bucks Co., where hecarried on farming in addition to carpentering. I remember hearing himspeak of having to cross the Delaware to New Jersey with his hearse to at-tend some funerals. He married 1794, 10, 15, Eliza))eth, daughter of Josephand Elizabeth (Smith) Stockdale, by whom there were four children born inBucks Co., one of whom, Sarah, died there. He with his family removedin 1807 to Canada, travelling across th


. The Doane family:. DESCENDANTS OF DEA. JOHN DOANE. 229 erection of buildings in Philadelphia as well as in the country. He subse-quently purchased a farm on the Delaware River in Bucks Co., where hecarried on farming in addition to carpentering. I remember hearing himspeak of having to cross the Delaware to New Jersey with his hearse to at-tend some funerals. He married 1794, 10, 15, Eliza))eth, daughter of Josephand Elizabeth (Smith) Stockdale, by whom there were four children born inBucks Co., one of whom, Sarah, died there. He with his family removedin 1807 to Canada, travelling across the country in canvas-covered were about six weeks on the journey, and arrived at their destinationJune 1, 1807. There they purchased a tract of 200 acres known as Lot 94 onYonge street. King township, York Co., for which they paid #8 per acre. Itis situated about 28 miles north of Toronto. At an early date they exhibitedtheir fealty to the Society of Friends, as shown by this extract from recordsof the Mee


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