. The Doane family:. under the Rev. Mr. Shuteand graduated at Harvard College in 1774. On Apr. 10, 1776, he,with a boats crew, captured off Cohasset, Mass., the British shipIndustry^ with her valuable cargo, which was recorded as a verygallant act. After the close of the Revolutionary war he moved toBoston and purchased, in 1783, for £2400 the Faneuil-Phillipshouse where he lived several years. On account of the death of afavorite child on the grounds of the mansion, he changed his resi-dence in Boston, retaining the family home in Wellfleet and pur-chasing a country house in Medford, Mass. In
. The Doane family:. under the Rev. Mr. Shuteand graduated at Harvard College in 1774. On Apr. 10, 1776, he,with a boats crew, captured off Cohasset, Mass., the British shipIndustry^ with her valuable cargo, which was recorded as a verygallant act. After the close of the Revolutionary war he moved toBoston and purchased, in 1783, for £2400 the Faneuil-Phillipshouse where he lived several years. On account of the death of afavorite child on the grounds of the mansion, he changed his resi-dence in Boston, retaining the family home in Wellfleet and pur-chasing a country house in Medford, Mass. In 1787, he was one ofthe gentlemen volunteers in the Shay Rebellion. Inheriting a largefortune he lived elegantly in accordance with it; entertained lavishlyand was prominent in society and all social matters. He was verybenevolent, his property and personal services were never denied tothose who needed them, and his sympathies were without calculation. As president of the Board of Health of Boston from 1798 to 1805,. (No. 241 ,)ISAIAH DOANE, SEN.(From an oil painting.) DESCENDANTS OF DEA. JOHN DOANE. 253 his benevolence had a large scope, and it is recorded that he wasgreatly respected and beloved. In 1798, yellow fever appeared inBoston, and Mr. Doane in fulfilling his duties on the Board of Health,contracted the disease, from the effects of which he never fully re-covered. Travel and sea voyages, later, failed to restore his strength,and finally returning to his Boston home he died as above his tomb in Kings Chapel is inscribed: He was a tender husband An affectionate Father A kind Master And the Poor Mans friend. Isaiah Doane inherited a large property near what is now Kilbystreet, in Boston. Doane street, leading out of Kilby street, was un-doubtedly named for him in 1806, though John Doane, Esq. (7),owned and occupied nearly all the land in that vicinity as early as1740. Children, from Boston records : i Isaiah, b. and d. 1776. li CakolineJ b. ; d. young. ill Han
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