Family Trees ABRAHAM DAYNES of New London WILLIAM DEINS of Taunton JOHN DANE SR.of Roxbury DEANS of Ireland My DAINES Branch JOHN DOANE of Eastham WILLIAM DAINES of Norfolk
Other Pages in this site BURIAL RECORDS FAMILY PHOTOS FAMILY REUNION HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS EXPLORING NORTH AMERICA SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION FAMILY CREST SALEM WITCH TRIALS FAMILY LORE
Collateral Connections THE HOWE FAMILIES: Daniel of Lynn 1631 & Long Island 1640; Abraham of Watertown and Marlborough; Edward of Watertown 1634; brothers: James Sr. of Roxbury 1637 and Abraham of Roxbury 1638; Edward of Lynn 1636; John of Sudbury 1640; Samuel of Concord 1642; Daniel of Boston 1651; WILLIAM MUNROE FAMILY GOSNOLD FAMILY WILLIAM LUDDINGTON FAMILY of Malden and New Haven
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EXPLORING NORTH AMERICA
The following must be regarded as rudimentary perceptions of the land and it's owners, and in their historical times, reflecting those boundaries which the colonists perceived, not necessarily for which the Original Charters for Virginia and Massachusetts had provided. European monarchs sought ways to expand their kingdoms prior to the colonization of North America. In 1497, John Cabot lands in Newfoundland, claims it for England and within a year, explores as far south as Hatteras claiming the North American continent for England. In 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland for England. 1585 Roanoke Island in North Carolina is settled as the first English colony in Virginia. In 1588, The Spanish Armada is defeated by the English navy, and then the era of adventure, exploration and discovery of North America begins in earnest. The English, French, Dutch, Swedish and Spanish were eager to explore the wealth of North America. Land was purchased from the Indians, taken through wars, and granted by Charter from the European monarchs. See the following link for a map (it takes a while to download) showing North American Land Claims of the Kingdoms of Europe in 1774. The image that should load would be about 130 years following Abraham Daynes' first appearance on the North American continent. http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1774d82.jpg
THE FRENCH EXPLORATION
The French had been on the North American continent in the capacity to obtain land for France and to "baptize" the savage natives and convert them to Catholicism. In 1534, Jacques Cartier explores coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland and in 1535, he explores the St. Lawrence River and trades with Huron Indians. In 1605, the first French settlement in North America is founded at Port Royal in Nova Scotia. It was later abandoned. Samuel Champlain founded Quebec in 1608. The French presence reached as far inland as the Great Lakes. They explored Canada, New Foundland, and called their land New France. They navigated the seaway through the Saint Lawrence Seaway through the Great Lakes and founded many settlements. Detroit recently celebrated it's tri-centennial with a year's worth of exhibits and tours. The Tall Ships anchored in the Detroit River and the Annual Freedom Festival Fireworks display is the largest in North America. The French laid claim to land reaching through New France to the modern day Midwestern states of the United States from Canada to Louisiana. The Louisiana Purchase, named after Louis, King of France, was part of the French Claim on the North American continent. The French also laid claim to parts of the Atlantic Ocean upon which the English and Dutch were encroaching. Abraham Daynes' great-grandson, Pvt. Ephraim Dains of the CT 2nd Regiment Light Dragoons is buried in Redford Township Pioneer Cemetery, near Detroit. He died in 1836, and his grave is marked by the SAR. Many of his family are also there.
THE EARLY DUTCH EXPLORERS NEW NETHERLANDS
The Hudson River was the sight where Henry Hudson, in September 1609, sailed his ship, Half Moon (Dutch yacht) to a harbor in what is now New York, where Spain, France and England and Sweden had already established their claims (Goodwin 2). The Delawares called New York Island, "Mannahattanik" [the place where we were all drunk] (Goodwin 9). He sailed past the site of Yonkers to what is now West Point. Henry Hudson was seeking to find the northwest passage to Cathay. At the northernmost bounds of her exploration the Half Moon was not far from Albany (Goodwin 13). As Hudson went to return to Holland, he was detained at Dartmouth on the grounds that he was and Englishman by birth, and owed services to England. In 1614, the States General of the United Netherlands granted a charter to a company of merchants of the city of Amsterdam. The charter authorized vessels exclusive rights to navigate the newly discovered region lying between New France and Virginia. This region was called New Netherlands. The charter was not renewed after it expired in three years (Goodwin 19), but trade was continued through the Dutch West India Company. The first Director General was Cornelius Jacobsen May. He arrived with 30 families (Protestant refugees from the southern provinces of the Netherlands). Some disembarked in Manhattan, some by the South River (now the Delaware River) others to Fresh River (later called the Connecticut) and to the western shore of Long Island. The remainder landed at Fort Orange. (Goodwin 21-22) The Dutch used the patroon system of government. In 1626, Manhattan Island was purchased by Peter Minuit, the 3rd Director General of the New Netherlands Company later called the West India Company. The last Director General was Petrus or Pytr or Pieter Stuyvesant. In 1652, the threat of war loomed between the English and the Netherlands, and a earthworks fortification (now known as Wall Street) was erected to repel the English invasion. In 1654, the Treaty of Hartford was signed. (Goodwin 77).In 1663, the Hudson River valley was shaken by an earthquake which caused a river to overflow its banks, and ruined crops. Smallpox and Indian attacks massacred the inhabitants (Goodwin 79).The English Fleet arrived in 1664, war was declared, and the Dutch Province surrendered to the English King Charles. Colonel Richard Nicolls commanded the 500 veteran troops embarked on 4 ships, anchored in the Narrows, and demanded the surrender of the Island of Manhattoes and all forts therein (Goodwin 80).Without firing a shot, the English took possession of New Netherlands, which was then renamed New York, after the English Duke of York (who would become James II). The English took possession of New Netherlands in 1664, and the patroonships were confirmed as grants from England. Meanwhile, Abraham Daynes, my first known direct ancestor in North America, arrived from Casco, Maine to New London in 1664. For a map of Casco Bay see: http://www.cascobay.com/history/southack.htm For a history of the Casco Bay region see the following link Casco Bay Online History .htm
THE ENGLISH PRESENCE AND CONQUEST
THE COMPANIES AND COLONIES
See the following links about ruling monarchs of England during this time: http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/index.htm http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs.html
The concurrent Charters granted to the Virginia Company of London and Plymouth were contingent on the understanding that neither company would set up a colony within 100 miles of the other (Andrews, 9). For a thorough history of the Virginia Colony, see the following link http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/lova1.htm#4 It is clear to see on a map of the United States that the modern day state lines of Massachusetts and Connecticut and Virginia and North Carolina run very close to the latitudes prescribed by the original charters. These would have been important navigational aides, and certainly necessary to note as the colonies expanded and surveyed the land. A great link to historical maps of colonial America is located at http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html For a description of the colonization of the New World see: http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/colonial_life/pilgrims.htm
THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON granted a charter by King James I, in 1606, was authorized to plant colonies between 34 and 41 degrees North latitude. http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/1646d8.jpg Aboard the Concord, in 1602, Capt. Bartholemew Gosnold discovered Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard, which he named after his infant daughter. Capt. Anthony Gosnold and his son, Capt. Bartholemew Gosnold were cousins by marriage to John Daynes, husband of Alice Ryvette, whose mother was Christian (Gosnold) Ryvette, aunt to Capt. Anthony Gosnold, and great aunt to Anthony's son, Bartholemew Gosnold. For an article written by J. Henry Lea, containing the will of Christian Ryvette, see the following link at images/gosnolddocuments/willofchristianryvette.doc See the Genealogy of Bartholemew Gosnold written by Warner F. Gookin at Gosnold descendants. Capt. Anthony Gosnold and Capt. Bartholemew Gosnold were exploring the coast of New England and Newfoundland in 1602. The Gosnolds were instrumental in the founding of Jamestown and Ottley Hall in England is still maintained. See the following link: http://www.otleyhall.co.uk/index_25.htm . In 1607, 13 years before the Mayflower landed, he founded Jamestown colony in Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America. The Jamestown Society actively seeks descendants from these original settlers: http://www.jamestowne.org . For a list of those who ventured under the Charters of 1606, 1609, 1612 and a list of stockholders in 1620 see the link at http://www.jamestowne.org/adv.htm Jamestown experienced a great deal of suffering and starvation and few original settlers remained alive after the first winter, called, "The Starving Time". In 1619, the Virginia Company gave a measure of self rule to the colonists in the form of the House of Burgesses. Captain John Smith was in the service of this company, and left in 1614 (Andrews, 11). See also: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Delta/7003/vacompany.html Thomas Dane carpenter was a member of this company.
THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF PLYMOUTH was granted a charter by King James I, in 1606, and was authorized to plant colonies between 38 and 45 degrees North latitude. Their chief source of income for the crown would become tobacco. In 1629, the Pilgrims who sailed aboard The Mayflower to settle within the boundaries of the Virginia Company's Charter were blown off course and before going ashore at Plymouth (farther North than intended, and beyond the established authority of the Virginia Company), they wrote The Mayflower Compact, in which the signatories agreed to obey any laws deemed necessary for the good of the colony. http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/PrimarySources/primarysources.php Capt. John Smith and the Plymouth Colony and the accounts of William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony are well known. The Plymouth Colony of 1620 is the story that most people are familiar with as the English colonists, who first landed in the New World at Plymouth and suffered through the first winter, nearly half their colony lost, and were saved by the Indians they encountered, who taught the Plymouth colonists about alternative agricultural staples- and spoke English!!!. A good link that I have found is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcstayfamily/pilgrim.htm See also the following link about the Plymouth Colony http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/plymouth.html . The story of Miles Standish and Capt. John Smith and the First Thanksgiving is familiar to all schoolchildren. Stephen Deane, who, in 1632, built the 1st corn mill in Plymouth colony came aboard The Fortune, which arrived at Plymouth on November 9, 1621, just a few weeks after the First Thanksgiving. Click on the following link for a Passenger List of those sailing aboard The Fortune http://members.aol.com/calebj/fortune.html Stephen Deane was born in 1606 and married Elizabeth Ring (abt.1627). They had three daughters: Elizabeth Deane m.William Twining, Miriam Deane married John Wing in 1669, and Susanna Deane, who married Joseph Rogers, Jr. and Stephen Snow http://www.angelfire.com/ny/chickened/snowfamily.html . Stephen Deane died Sept. 1634, and his widow Elizabeth Ring Deane married Josiah Cook (16 Sept 1635) . I believe Stephen Deane is related to William Deane of Southchard, and, by marriage, to John Doane of Eastham. The name Twinning is prevalent in the Deacon John Doane Family Tree. William Deane and John Deane and John Doane came to Massachusetts in the Great Migration 10 years after Stephen Deane. John Dane Sr. of Roxbury sailed with Rev. Nathaniel Rogers in 1636. (Savage Vol 2: Dane) Nathaniel Rogers arrived in New England 17 November 1636 and married Robert Crane's daughter, Margaret Crane {Waters Genelaogical Gleanings in England pg. 231}. For a link to the Land Divisions of 1623 see: http://members.aol.com/calebj/land.html
GORGES AND MASON'S CLAIM
In 1620, King Charles I granted land between the 40th and 44th parallels to a Council of 40 in Plymouth, England. The Council, in turn, granted the area to Sir Fernando Gorges, courtier of Charles I, who set out with a group of 6 gentlemen and a well equipped group of settlers to found Weymouth (Andrews,23). Fernando Gorges' son, Robert was granted a commission as Governor-General of all New England. The endeavor failed and the settlers moved to Shawmut (Boston) Winnissimmet (Chelsea) and Mishawum (Charlestown). George's and Mason's claims were subdivided and were eventually absorbed into the colonies of FIND THIS OUT>>>>when the charter Check Date expired and a new charter was granted which granted
A shift to the Catholic faith and a new exodus of Protestant Englishmen followed the fall of Charles and Cromwell's Protectorate . See the following link The Northern Provinces (1665)1.JPG The Northern Provinces (1665) 2.JPG For an Account of the Province of Maine see: The People of the Province of Maine pg 1 2 3 4
THE DORCHESTER COMPANY signed over fishing rights off of Cape Ann to the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Company. For further info see the following link: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7905/dcompany.html
THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY
THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMPANY began as a for-profit fishing venture. The Pilgrims wished to secure a right to fish off Cape Ann, and Lord Sheffield caused a patent to be drawn which the Plymouth people conveyed to a Dorchester company which desired to establish a fishing colony in New England. The chief proponent was Reverend John White, a conforming Puritan clergyman in whose congregation was John Endecott (Andrews, 24). The Charter was obtained March 4, 1629, creating a corporation of 26 members, Anglicans and Non-Conformists (Andrews, 26) The venture failed and the settlers moved to Salem (Andrews, 25). Salem was a plantation from 1628-1630. It was at this time that the Parliament in England was dissolved and John Winthrop, 41, deprived of his office of attorney in the Court of Wards, set off with Thomas Dudley, Isaac Johnson, Richard Saltonstall, and John Humphrey to join the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the summer of 1629 (Andrews,28). It is at this time that the Winthrop Fleet sails from England bound for Holland and North America with eleven ships and 700 passengers. Among those aboard The Elizabeth & Ann are the French Family (2 daughters French were maidservants to Winthrop Sr. and Jr.); and Thomas Dane 32, carpenter. Thomas Dane married Elizabeth Fuller and had 8 chilldren: Deborah; Daniel; Hannah; Elizabeth b. 25 Oct 1648 m. Peter Carleton; Joseph; Sarah Francis m. John Heald and second, Sgt. John Heald, Jr.; Mary; and Mary (again). For a description of the colonization of the New World see: http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/colonial_life/pilgrims.htm It was also at this time that a Sir Richard Deane is listed as Lord Mayor of London. Sir Richard Deane was the uncle or great uncle of General Richard Deane [b. 1610, d. 1653, son of Edward Deane]. General Richard Deane was at the Battle of Worcester and was a Parlimentarian. General Deane was one of the commissioners for the trial of Charles I, a member of the committee which examined witnesses, and signatory of the death warrant of King Charles I of England, who was executed in 1649. General Deane died in 1653, was buried in Westminster Abbey, and disinterred at the Restoration ( in 1660) of Charles II {Wikipedia}. I believe the following signature on an Indenture made in 1711 is that of Anthony Deane, descendant of General at Sea Richard Deane: Anthony Deane 1711 signature
NEW YORK
Long Island was settled by English at one end and the Dutch at the other separated by 100 acres of woodland Indians. With increasing numbers of inhabitants arriving, the distance diminished to 50 acres. The first of Abraham Daynes' family were in Long Island in late17th century. Abraham's son John married twice, Abigail Pain(e) [perhaps niece of William Paine of the Thomas Clarke & William Paine Co. of Boston, 1657] and second, the widow Mary Overton. John Daynes' and Abigail's (Paine) children Peter and Abraham were born in Southold, Long Island, New York in the early 1700's. Abigail's father was Peter Paine/Pain. Abraham Dains, son of John and Abigail Paine Daynes/Dains married Jemima Case in 1722.New York was so named after 1664, in honor of the Duke of York, who would later be James II. http://books.google.com/books?id=az5EAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7&dq=Abigail+Paine+Long+Island&as_brr=1#PPA18,M1
CONNECTICUT
New London founded as Norwich. Thomas Rood purchased land from Squanto and settled in Norwich. See the following link to find the names of the original settlers see: http://newlondoncountyguide.com/norwich.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/town_hist/nl-chap19.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/0_ct-index.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/source_files/norwich_ct_settlers.htm
Saybrook founded by Winthrop on the banks of the Connecticut River. Thomas Rood was a resident here. Thomas Rood was married to Sarah Leffingwell. Thomas Rood's son, Micah Rood, married Abraham Daynes' widow Sarah on January 15, 1691 and had 3 children: Mary, (b. May 22, 1693) Micah (b. April 29, 1696), and Joseph (b. Dec. 14, 1698). Micah Rood was the brother of Sarah Rood, who had an incestuous relationship with her father, Thomas Rood which resulted in the birth of George Rood, who was sent to live with his uncle Lt. Thomas Leffingwell. If Lt. Thomas Leffingwell were George's uncle by blood, then, George's mother/father (Thomas Rood or Thomas Rood's lawful wife, though not the mother of George Rood) must be a brother/sister to Thomas Leffingwell or Thomas Leffingwell's spouse, Mary White. Thomas Leffingwell was an original settler of Norwich, which was later known as New London. Thomas Rood was executed and his daughter Sarah Rood, mother of George Rood, was publicly whipped. A Rachel Leffingwell was married to Robert Parke son of Thomas Parke of Stonington. Perhaps Rachel Leffingwell is a cousin of Thomas Leffingwell of Saybrook or sister/cousin of Sarah Leffingwell Rood. Robert and Rachel Leffingwell Parke may be the progenitors of the Crocker and Vibber family connections to the Deans of PA.
LINKS TO MAPS
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
http://www.mcmaster.ca/library/maps/rctitndx.htm
http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com
http://www.mcmaster.ca/library/maps/rchome.htm
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