 Jonathan DOANE, son of Ebenezer Doane and Anna Savilla SLOY.Born 20, May, 1756 at Solebury, Bucks Co., PA, died Nov 11, 1818 at New York, New York Co., NY, 62 years (VI) Jonathan, son of Ebenezer and Anna Savilla (Sloy) Doane, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, the 30th day of 5th month, 1755-56, died in New York City the 11th day of 11th month, 1818. His business occupation was that of builder and contractor, and he was in all respects a substantial man. His business operations, at times very large, called him to live in Trenton and other parts of New Jersey, Geneva, New York, and in New York City. "He is described as a man of singular perseverance and high principle, commanding and handsome in appearance, most loving and devoted in all his home relations." He married (first) at the Buckingham Meeting 4th month 15, 1778, Mary, daughter of Timothy Beans, of Tinicum, Bucks county; he married (second) in New York City, Mary Higgins, who died in Burlington, New Jersey, March 7, 1858. Source: http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/doane.html Married to:  Mary BEANS PRIVACY FILTERChildren: 1. Jonathan DOANBorn Apr 24, 1788 2. Aaron DOAN PRIVACY FILTER3. David DOAN PRIVACY FILTER4. Rebecca DOAN PRIVACY FILTER5. Cynthia DOAN PRIVACY FILTER | |||
| 2nd marriage/ relation Jonathan DOANE, son of Ebenezer Doane and Anna Savilla SLOY.Married/ Related to: Mary HIGGINSDied Mar 07, 1858 at Burlington, NJ Children: 1. George Washington DOANEBorn Mar 27, 1799 at Trenton, Burlington Co., NJ, died Apr 17, 1859 at Burlington Co., NJ George Washington, son of Jonathan and Mary (Higgins) Doane, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, March 27, 1799, died in Burlington, New Jersey, April 17, 1859. He graduated from Union College in 1818, then entered the General Theological Seminary with the class of 1824, but left that institution in 1821 and on April 9 of that year received deacon's orders and served as assistant to Bishop Hobart, then rector of Trinity Parish, New York. He entered the priesthood, August 6, 1823, and soon afterward was appointed to assist Rev. George Hobart in founding St. Luke's Church, New York. From 1824 to 1828 he filled the professorship of rhetoric and oratory in Washington College (now Trinity), Hartford, Connecticut, and during the same period was assistant to Rev. William Croswell in editing the Episcopal Watchman. From 1828 to 1830 he was assistant to Rev. Dr. Gardiner, rector of Trinity Church, Boston, and became himself rector of the parish in 1830, serving until 1832, when he was elected second bishop of the diocese of New Jersey and was consecrated in St. Paul's Chapel, New York, on October 31 of that year. To Bishop Doane fell the honor of having founded St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, New Jersey, the first institution of its kind in America "to educate the Church's girls in the Church's way," and subsequently he also founded a school for boys, which afterward became Burlington College. In carrying out his plans for these great educational enterprises "he incurred certain financial obligations in providing buildings for those institutions, which led to his being obliged to assign his property for the benefit of his creditors and in 1851 to submit to a presentment or trial, but the presentment was unanimously dismissed, the diocesan convention having vindicated him before the trial was held. He was rector of St. Mary's Church at Burlington from the time of assuming the office of bishop until the time of his death, and was president of Burlington College from 1846 until 1859. He helped to frame the first constitution of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the church, and was the first American bishop to preach in the Established Church to an English congregation at the consecration of the parish church at Leeds, in 1841. He received the degree of S.T.D. from Union, Trinity and Columbia colleges in 1833, and the degree of LL.D. from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1841." Among Bishop Doane's published writings there may be mentioned "Songs by the Way," 1824; "The Wedded Flags," "Softly Now the Light of Day," "Thou Art the Way" and "Fling Out the Banner." His hymn beginning "Ancient of Days" was composed for the Albany Bi-Centennial celebration, is printed in the Episcopal Hymnal and is in general use in other churches. At Boston, in 1829, Bishop Doane married Eliza Green (Callahan) Perkins, widow of James Perkins, of Boston. Children: George Hobart, born September 5, 1830; graduated from Jefferson Medical College. Philadelphia, 1850; soon abandoned medicine and studied for the ministry; was ordained deacon and attached to Grace Church, Newark, New Jersey; became a Roman Catholic and was received into the church by Bishop Bayley, 1855; candidate for Holy orders and studied at St. Sulpice, Paris, and Collegio Pio, Rome; ordained priest at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Newark, New Jersey, 1857; became bishop's secretary and was made rector of the parish and chancellor of the diocese; appointed vicar general of the diocese, 1873; domestic prelate, 1880; administrator of the diocese; visited Rome in 1890 and by his Holiness Leo XIII was made prothonotary apostolic, "which not only gave him the right to wear the purple, but with the consent of the bishop of the diocese the pectoral cross and miter." William Croswell, see forward. (VIII) William Croswell, younger son of George Washington and Eliza Green (Callahan-Perkins) Doane, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, March 2, 1832,and lived chiefly in Burlington, New Jersey, until 1863. In 1858 he graduated from Burlington College, cum laude, delivering the English oration and the poem at commencement, and immediately afterward took up the study of theology. He was a tutor and assistant professor of English literature in his alma mater, and from that institution he received the degree of Bachelor of Theology in 1857. In 1853 he was ordained deacon by his father, and in 1856 he became priest. Afterward he was his father's assistant in the rectorship of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, founded and had the care of St. Barnabas Free Mission in that city, and became himself rector of St. Mary's on the death of his father in 1859. In 1863 he became rector of St. John's Church, Hartford, Connecticut, and in 1867 was called to be rector of St. Peter's Church in Albany. It was at this time that he first became actively identified with the ecclesiastical, civil and social life of the diocese of Albany, of which he became the first bishop at the time of the creation of the new diocese in 1869, he having been consecrated on February 2 of that year. During the forty years of his incumbency of the bishoprics, the number of clergy within his jurisdiction has more than doubled, and during the same period a number of benevolent institutions have been established in the diocese, through his influence and effort. Among these there may be mentioned St. Agnes' School, the Child's Hospital and St. Margaret's House, all in Albany. St. Agnes' School was founded in 1870 for the education of girls, being similar in character to other female colleges. The Child's Hospital is an institution absolutely free to all sick and crippled children, whether from within or without the diocese, and it is maintained by money paid by different municipalities for the support of the poor, by a moderate endowment and by private voluntary subscriptions. St. Margaret's House, a nursery for babies, was founded in 1884 and is in connection with the Child's Hospital; all of its work is in charge of the Sisterhood of the Holy Child Jesus, which also cares for St. Christina Home, Saratoga, where young girls are trained for domestic service. The Diocesan Sisterhood was established by Bishop Doane in 1873. For many years he has been acting president of the Foreign and Home Missionary societies of the Episcopal church, and in 1910 and with a committee prepared a new constitution for the society that was adopted by the General Convention in session in Cincinnati, Ohio, that year. His father prepared the first constitution. All Saints Cathedral, Albany, is the crowning glory of Bishop Doane's work as a founder, and it was erected at a cost of more than a half million dollars. In addition to his labors and splendid works within the diocese, he was a regent and vice-chancellor of the University of the State of New York, and from 1892 for many years had charge of the American churches on the continent of Europe; a trustee of Hobart College from 1873 to 1879; visitor at Hobart from 1869, and honorary trustee from 1890. He received the degree of Master of Arts from Hobart and Burlington colleges in 1863; that of S.T.D. from Columbia in 1867, from Trinity in 1886; from Oxford, England, in 1886, and from Hobart in 1890; and the degree of LL.D. from Union College in 1880: from Cambridge, England, in 1888, and from Hobart in 1890. He was a leading member of the "committee appointed by the general convention 1892 to prepare the standard prayerbook and hymnal for the use of the church." Among his published works are the Life and Writings of Bishop George Washington Doane (D. Appleton & Co., 1860-61): Mosaics, or the Harmony of Collect, Epistle and Gospel (E. P. Dutton & Co., 1892): Addresses to the Graduating Classes of St. Agnes' School (Thomas Whittaker, 1891), and Sunshine and Shadow, a volume of verse for children. During the latter years of his life Bishop Doane has labored actively in promoting church unity both in his pulpit and privately, also active in the efforts being made to procure uniform divorce laws in the different states. 2. Anne DOANE PRIVACY FILTER3. May DOANE PRIVACY FILTER | |||