Samuel Doak, Sr. (Immigrant)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 24 Sep 1741, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia; 647 acres
• Property: Abt 1746, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: 17 Apr 1746, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Property: Abt 1750, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: 28 Nov 1750, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Will: 19 May 1772, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Will: 10 Jun 1772, Augusta Co, Virginia; probate
• Research Notes: 26 May 2013; death date?

Notes:

French in "Notable Southern Families" Samuel arrival date (Shenandoah valley VA) as about 1740. Says Samuel Doak received grant in Beverly Manor 23 September 1741.


He married JANE MITCHELL Abt. 1739 in Chester Co, Pennsylvania, and they settled first in East Nottingham, Chester Co., PA (c1704 according to Acklen). Deed in Beverly Manor, Augusta Co., VA 24 September 1741, 647 acres, North Mountain (Wilson, p. 418); but, son David, baptized at Tinkling Spring (North Mountain) 9 December 1740. Served as Constable, 1755. Will dated 5 November 1771; proved 19 May 1772; appraised 10 June 1772; identifies David as oldest son. Executors: wife Jane, son David, son-in-law Wm. Brown. Brother-in-law John Finley and John Tate to advise executors.

Children of SAMUEL DOAK and JANE MITCHELL are:

1. DAVID DOAK, b. Abt. 1740; d. Aft. 1769; m. JENNIE ALEXANDER, Abt. 1768, possibly Augusta Co, Virginia. David was baptized 9 December, 1740, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia

2. JOHN DOAK, b. Abt. 1742; d. Abt. 1806, Augusta Co, Virginia. His will was dated 21 March 1804; names children John, Samuel, Thomas Mitchell, Julia, Nancy, Rosannah, Betsey Wilson, Washington, David in that order.

3. JANE DOAK, b. Abt. 1744; d. Aft. 1765; m. WILLIAM BROWN, Abt. 1764.

4. ELIZABETH DOAK, b. Bef. May 14, m. NATHANIEL HALL (son of William and Janet Hall), about 1767. She was baptized 14 May 1747 Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia

5. SAMUEL DOAK, b. August 01, 1749, Augusta Co, Virginia; d. December 12, 1830, Washington Co, Tennessee; m. ESTHER HOUSTON MONTGOMERY (daughter of John Montgomery and Esther Houston), October 31, 1775, New Providence C, Augusta Co, Virginia. He was a:
Presbyterian minister licensed to preach 31 October 1771.

6. ELEANOR DOAK, b. Abt. 1751, possibly Augusta Co, Virginia

7. ISABEL DOAK, b. Abt. 1753, possibly Augusta Co, Virginia

8. MARY DOAK, b. Abt. 1755, possibly Augusta, Co, Virginia; m. ABNER
WEATHERLY, Abt. 1775.

9. ROBERT DOAK, b. Abt. 1756, possibly Augusta Co, Virginia; d. Aft. 1785; m. Miss CAMPBELL, Abt. 1776. He married, second, Mrs. McGuffin. Son by this marriage, Col. Samuel Doak, said to have married Margaret Shields, granddaughter of John and Thankful (Doak) Finley.

Property:
A deed was made to him by William BEVERLY, owner of Beverly
Manor, Sep. 23, 1741.

Samuel Doak (Beverley Manor SW, 647 acres, 1741, adjoining land of John Doak (no date or acres listed) and David Doak (100 acres acquired in 1765) and Samuel and David Doak (220 acres acquired in 1806). Samuel Doak was the brother of David Doak, listed above and son of Samuel Doak, Sr. (b. abt. 1670, Ulster, Ireland) and his wife Elizabeth.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County,_Virginia_-_Surnames_A-E



Property:
Apr 1806 Augusta County, Virginia
Volume 2, CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS, SECTION "I." JUDGMENTS. page 32 - April 1806

Peter R. Beverley vs. John Doake--Deposition of Thomas Mitchell, 14th October, 1805, aged 73, says: Samuel Doak lived on the land in dispute upwards of sixty years ago and John has lived on it ever since Sam's death. Deposition of Hugh Fulton, 14th October, 1805, aged 77, says: He was acquainted with Samuel, father of John.
(60 years ago from 1805 is 1746)


Other-Begin:
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
Volume I
COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS
AUGUSTA COUNTY.

Patrick Hays vs. Samuel Doak.--Defendant brother of John Doak.
17th April, 1746.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/volume_1/judge292.htm

note: who's who:
Patrick Hays, prob father of Patrick Hays who
married Jean Brown.
Jean Brown's bro Wm Brown
m Jane Doak (b 1741)
Jane Doak (c1741) d/o Samuel Doak c1716 & Jean Mitchell (c1717)
Samuel Doak c1716 brother of John Doak (c1703)
sons of James Samuel Doak & Elizabeth and
brothers of Ann* Doak, wife of George* Breckenridge.
~ss

Property:
After Thomas Mitchell's death, his widow, Eleanor, and her children moved to Augusta County, Virginia. Jane had married Samuel Doak and her sister Mary had married John Tate. John, their brother, took up land next to Samuel and Jane Doak. Eleanor had land joining John and wife, Mary Mitchell Tate. Martha Mitchell had a farm near by. The farms listed above were all in the Beverly Patent that joined the Borden Tract where Houston had his farm.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rarichar&id=I4975

Other-Begin:
will of John Greer, brother in law, proved 28 Nov 1750. John Mitchell and Samuel Doage (Doak) were named guardians of his children, Rebecca, Alexander, Martha, and Mary, with surety Francis Beatey, 24 Aug 1752.
http://jliptrap.us/gen/mitchelltate.htm

Will:
Will dated 5 November 1771; proved 19 May 1772; appraised 10 June 1772; identifies David as oldest son. Executors: wife Jane, son David, son-in-law Wm. Brown. Brother-in-law John Finley and John Tate to advise executors.

Will Abstract of Samuel Doak Dated November 5, 1771; Proved May 19, 1772; Appraised June 10, 1772 in Augusta Co Va Court To wife, Jane; to daughter, Elinor, unmarried; to wife, to have disposal of all household furniture at her pleasure to her three daughters, Elinor, Mary, Isobel; to son John, to oldest son, David, plantation at headwaters of Rockfish in Amherst; to son John, plantation testator lives on; to son, Robert, tract testator formerly lived on in Rockfish, Joining Capt. Crawford; daughters, Jane and Elizabeth; executors, wife Jane, son David, son-in-law William Brown, Brother-in-law John Finley and John Tate to advise executors.
Teste: John and James Mitchell, William Tate, John Tate, Jr. Proved: May 19, 1772 by James Mitchell and the Tates.
David Doak qualifies with John Tate and Nathaniel Steel.

http://tinasreflections.com/getperson.php?personID=I487&tree=tree1

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Augusta County, Virginia - Will Book 4, Pgs 497-500


In the name of God Amen the fifth day of November 1771 I Samuel Doack of the Colony of Virginia and County of Augusta farmer being very frail and Weak in body but of Perfect mind and memory thanks be Given unto God therefore Calling unto mind the mortality of my Body & knowing that it is Appointed for all men once to die do make & Ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to say Principally & first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend to the earth to buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors & as touching such Worldly estate wherewith it Pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following Manner & form First I allow all my lawful debts to be Paid off the whole of my Personal Estate also I give and Bequeath to Jane my Dearly beloved wife (during her life time) the half of the land I now live on together with the half of all the Convenences thereunto belonging if she remains unmarried (except the Grass of one Acre & half in the upper Meadow which I bequeath to my Daughter Elinor while single) my Wife is likewise to have the disposal of all the household furniture at her Pleasure to her three Daughters Viz Elinor, Mary & Isabel she is also to have the Care of the Children except she Marry and then my son John is to have the Care of them and Likewise her half of the land and Conveneances to become his Property also I give & bequeath to my oldest son David the Plantation he now lives on as Robert Doack laid it off except a Part I have marked by a Straight line from a black oak and a hiccory at the east road to a hiccory & black oak at the Falling hill also the Creatures he now Possesses That I first Gave him are to be his Property also I give and bequeath to my son Samuel my Upper Plantation at the head Waters of Rock fish in Amherst County Joining lines with the land formerly Colo Henrys also a horse Colt come of a Mare Called Bess also I give and bequeath to my son John the Plantation I now live on I also allow my Negro Man Mick to be Continued on old Place between my Wife and my son John also I give and Bequeath the Plantation I did live on in Rockfish Joining the land formerly Capt Crawfords to my son Robert also I allow him the Still in case he die without a lawfull Issue the said Still is to be between my son David & John to stand where she does now I also allow my son David & John to furnish my son Robert with Plow Irons & tackling for the same when he Pleases to Call for them also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elinor the Mare Called Banistre likewise a black Cow & Calf Marked with a crop off the left ear and a slit in the right also one ewe and a lamb with a Yearling sheep Marked as above & the remaining part of my Personal estate is to be equally divided Amongst my Wife and sons John and Robert and Daughters Elinor Mary and Isabell at their several Partings I also allow if John or Robert die without a lawfull Issue that the surviver may take his choise of the too Plantations the other Plantation to be sold and equally divided Amongst my daughters whether Married or unmarried also I bequeath to my daughters Jane and Elizabeth Six Shillings apiece I also allow my sons David and John to Give my son Robert one half Year Schooling and if my Daughter Elinor die unmarried or Makeing a Will I allow her affects to be equally divided Amongst her four Sisters I Constitute make and Ordain my Well beloved Wife Jane & my son David and Son in law William Brown my sole Executrix and Executors and my very good Brother in law[s] John Finley and John Tate to give their Advice if need be I do hereby utterly disallow revoke & disanul all & every other former Testaments Wills legacies bequethments and Executors named by me in any ways beforenamed Willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming this & no other to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the Day and Year first above Mentioned
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced his
& Delivered by the said Samuel Doack Samuel Sm Doack /SS/
as his last Will and Testament in the mark
Presence of us the Subscribers
John Mitchel, Jas Mitchel, John Tate Jr, William Tate


At a Court held for Augusta County May the 19th 1772 This last Will and Testament of Samuel Doak dec'ed was Proved by the Oaths of James Mitchell John Tate Junior & William Tate three of the Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded and on the motion of David Doack one of the Executors therein named who made oath According to law Certificate is Granted him for Obtaining a Probate thereof in due form he haveing with Securitys entered into and Acknowledged their Bond According to Law
Test

Know all men by the Presents that we David Doack John Tate and Nathaniel Steel are held and firmly bound unto James Lockart John Poage Abraham Smith Samuel McDowell Justices in the Commission of the Peace for Augusta County for and in behalf of the Justices of the said County and their Successors in the sum of five Hundred Pounds to be Paid to the said Justices and their Successors which Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and each of us our and every of our heirs Executors and Administrators Jointly & Severally firmly by these Presents Sealed with our seals and dated this 19th day of May 1772

The Condition of this Obligation is such that if the above bound David Doack Executor of the last Will & Testament of Samuel Doack dec'ed do make or cause to be made a true & Perfect Inventory of all and Singular the Goods Chattles & Credits of the said dec'ed which have or shall come to the hands Possession or Knowledge of him the said David Doack or into the hands or Possession of any other Person or Personages him and the same so made do exhibit or Cause to be exhibited into the County Court of Augusta at such time as he shall be thereunto required by the said Court & the same Goods Chattles and Credits and all other the Goods Chattles & Credits of the sd dec'ed which at any time after shall come to the hands or Possession of the said Samuel Doack or into the hands or Possession of any other Person or Persons for her [sic] do well & truly Administer According to law and further do make a Just and true Account of her [sic] Actings and doings therein when thereto required by the said Court and also do well & truly Pay & deliver all legacies Contained & Specified in the said Testament as far as the said Goods Chattls & Credits will thereunto extend According to the Value thereof as the law shall Charge then this Obligation to be Void otherwise to remain in full force & Virtue
Sealed & Delivered David Doack /SS/
in the Presence of John Tate /SS/
Nathaniel Steel /SS/
At a Court held for Augusta County May the 19th 1772 David Doack with John Tate & Nathaniel Steel his Securitys Acknowledged this their Bond & Ordered to be recorded


"The Doak connection"
Elaine M D Fred Doak
via Ralph Doak


Will:
Name: James Mitchell
Date: 10 Jun 1772
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks: Saml. Doack's estate appraised by John Ward, James Mitchell, James Meteer.
Description: Appraiser
Book: WB4-520


Research Notes:
Settlers of Augusta County state David and Samuel, brothers, acquired acres in 1806 and is brother of Samuel who acquired land in 1741; and they were both sons of Samuel Doak, the Immigrant. So how is Samuel and David with the wills the same Samuel and David?

David Doak (Beverley Manor SW, 100 acres, 1755, adjoining 300 acre tract acquired earlier in February 1746 from George & Robert Breckenridge and also adjoining tract of Samuel Doak (647 acres, 1741) and Samuel and David Doak (220 acres acquired in 1806). (b. bet. 1705-1710, Ireland, d. 2 Oct. 1787, Montgomery County, VA), brother of Samuel Doak, listed below, and son of Samuel Doak, Sr. (b. abt. 1670, Ulster, Ireland) and his wife Elizabeth.

Samuel Doak (Beverley Manor SW, 647 acres, 1741, adjoining land of John Doak (no date or acres listed) and David Doak (100 acres acquired in 1765) and Samuel and David Doak (220 acres acquired in 1806). Samuel Doak was the brother of David Doak, listed above and son of Samuel Doak, Sr. (b. abt. 1670, Ulster, Ireland) and his wife Elizabeth.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County,_Virginia_-_Surnames_A-E

Samuel married Jean (America Jane) Mitchell, (immigrant) about 1738 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania. Jean (daughter of Thomas Mitchell and Eleanor (..) Mitchell) was born about 1717 in Ulster, Northern Ireland; died about 1772 in Augusta Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eleanor Doak was born in 1739 in Augusta Co, Virginia; was christened on 9 Dec 1740 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died on 6 Jul 1834 in Augusta Co, Virginia; was buried in Bethel Church Graveyard, Augusta Co, Virginia.
2. Rev. David Doak, Sr. was born before 9 Dec 1740 in Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia; was christened on 9 Dec 1740 in Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia; died in Jun 1802 in Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia; was buried in North Mountain Presby cem, Greenville, Augusta Co, Virginia.
3. John Doak was born about 1742; died before 23 Jun 1806 in Augusta Co, Virginia.
4. Jane (Jean) Doak was born in 1741 in Augusta, Virginia; died after 1809 in Augusta Co, Virginia.
5. Elizabeth Thankful Doak was born before 14 May 1747 in Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia; was christened on 14 May 1747 in Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia; died on 20 Dec 1848 in Johnson City, Sullivan Co, Tennessee.
6. Dr./Rev. Samuel Doak, Sr., D.D. was born on 1 Aug 1749 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died on 12 Dec 1830 in Bethel, Washington Co, Tennessee; was buried in Salem Cem, Washington Co, Tennessee.
7. Eleanor Doak was born about 1751 in Augusta Co, Virginia (prob); died after 1760.
8. Isabel Doak was born between 1753 and 1766 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died after 1771 in of, Augusta Co, Virginia.
9. Colonel Robert Doak, (wives?) was born in 1756 in Augusta Co, Virginia; died on 12 Mar 1832 in Greenville, Augusta Co, Virginia; was buried in Bethal Churchyard, Staunton, Augusta Co, Virginia.
10. Mary Doak was born about 1755 in Augusta Co, Virginia (prob); died after 19 Apr 1835 in Rutherford Co, Tennessee.
11. Mary Nancy Doak, (not proven as wife) was born about 1730 in Greenville, Augusta Co, Virginia; died in 1833 in Guilford Co, Tennessee.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 3 Nov 1718, The Elizabeth, Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts; warned out
• Residence: 1728, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
• Emigration: Bef 1738, Ulster, Northern Ireland

Notes:

(Also spelled Doach, Doage, Doack)

"The most likely number of immigrant Doak brothers was four (David, John, Robert & Samuel) together with perhaps three sisters: definitely 'the original Thankful Doak', and, probably, also Ann & Mary. A brother Nathaniel and a sister Julia are to be discounted - they appear to have made their entrance courtesy of one Janie P C French, vol 6 (Doak) in a series entitled Notable Southern Families. To be polite, that should have been published by, say, Balderdash, Bunkum & Claptrap (under license from Hogwash Inc) - it's probably the single 'greatest' source of conventionally-published misinformation concerning Doak genealogy, and there is regrettably strong competition for that 'accolade'.

"The year of immigration is a seriously-vexed question: 1704 is a perennial favourite but arises from a mistaken reading of a source which never offered that date as anything other than speculative. 1740, which some have quite seriously preferred as a 'typo' revision of 1704, is demonstrably too late, probably by at least 12 years (see below), although it is by no means certain that the Doaks and the Mitchells arrived in America even in the same year, let alone on the same ship.

"1718 is one strong contender, with a ship called the Elizabeth having become almost Ark-like as the fons et origo for all the immigrant Doaks - but, according to one deafeningly-trumpeted hypothesis, only if the parents are Robert & Margaret rather than James & Elizabeth ... or Samuel & unknown, or unknown & the Widow Doak, or James-Samuel (desperation setting in there, I've always suspected) and so on and so on, ad nauseam almost ad infinitum - hey, guys, relax, will youse ... there's nothing at all wrong about not being sure until you really can be, OK? Bit of a downer about the 'and perhaps we never will be sure', bit, admittedly, but if that's the way it is, to my mind those as-yet-unidentified ancestors deserve the honesty of uncertainty rather than to be 'honoured' by demeaning delusional squabbles among a bunch of gamblers.

"[minor outbreak of fulmination ends]

"Samuel Doak and Jane Mitchell almost certainly married in Lancaster Co, PA, not long before they set out for the Shendandoah Valley - and the same applies to Samuel's brother-in-law John Finley and Samuel's sister, Elizabeth Thankful Doak. Lancaster Co was until 1728 part of Chester Co and the 1728 petition which brought about the creation of Lancaster Co was signed by Thomas Mitchell (Jane's father, who died in 1734) and a James Doke, who may have been father of the immigrant Doak brothers. There is a will surviving for Thomas Mitchell which provides corroboration as to the identification of both Jane and her mother but, alas, no such record regarding James."

http://www.cwcfamily.org/idl/robtdoak.htm
(Ralph Doak)

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"Bible Records & Marriage Bonds" gives James and Elizabeth Doak as parents of the immigrant Doaks; Thankful born on ship coming over, about 1704.


French in "Notable Southern Families" gives father as Samuel; arrival date as about 1740 (to Northern Neck). Says Samuel Doak received grant in Beverly Manor 23 September 1741.

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Rootsweb tree of Carmen J. Finley, Ph.D., C.G.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=finleyc&id=I1441

ID: I1441
Name: Samuel Doak
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1690 in Antrim,Ulster,Ireland
Death: in Antrim,Ulster,Ireland
Note:

!Acklen in "Bible Records & Marriage Bonds" gives James and Elizabeth Doak as parents of the immigrant Doaks; Thankful born on ship coming over, about 1704. French in "Notable Southern Families gives father as Samuel; arrival date as about 1740. Says Samuel Doak received grant in Beverly Manor 23 September 1741.

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From: Ralph Doak
Date: 10/17/16 10:49:01
To: Doak List
Subject: Londonderry, Ulster, 1719

Thanks to the unwelcoming Selectmen, we know that Robert Doak(e) was, along with 29 others, 'warned out' from Boston, MA, on November 3rd 1719

The names were not arbitrarily selected - they were 'heads of household' travelling on the ship 'Elizabeth' from Londonderry in Ulster and all were labelled 'farmers'

All were also probably labelled 'pox-riddled' to boot, as a Massachusetts Resolve dated November 4th makes clear - the 'Elizabeth' was carrying smallpox in addition to its passengers, and treatment for said infestation required more than Spectacle Island and the established 'pest-house' could provide - hence that Resolve dated November 4th 1719

We do not know the nature of the treatment and nor do we know the fate of the party headed by Robert Doak(e), but we do know that he and two sons, James and John, were in 1720 granted land at Nutfield, later Londonderry, NH, and that Robert, a weaver, and his wife Margaret, sold their Londonderry, NH, land to John Campbell of Boston, MA, in December 1725 ... or, perhaps, in December 1724, when John Doak, then of Donegal, PA, sold his half-share of 60 acres at Londonderry, NH, to his brother James, then ALSO of Donegal, PA

Donegal, PA, was then in Chester County, PA, but in 1729 it became part of Lancaster County, PA - we have access, courtesy of the State of Pennsylvania archives, to a copy of the petition, signed it seems by one 'Jas Doke'

The tax list of 1726-7, for the year ending on March 24th 1727, for Chester Co, PA, includes John Doak 'and Mother' in a section headed 'Donegal rate' ... but that is the ONLY surviving record of Mother Doak in PA, although it is possible that she was named Margaret and was the wife, or by then perhaps the widow, of Robert Doak(e), 'warned out' from Boston, MA, November 3rd 1719 by Selectman John Mar(r)ian

From Lancaster Co, PA, we have surviving records of John and Samuel Doak, and from the court in Augusta Co, VA, in 1746 we have evidence that John and Samuel Doak were brothers

Our dna evidence confirms that 3 Doak lines come from John, Samuel, and David (i) Doak (1710-87), all of which trio can be placed in Augusta Co, VA, in the 1740s ... and both John and Samuel can also be shown in Lancaster Co, PA, in the 1730s

According to one 'scholar', we are blighted with the unwholesome taint of Welsh ancestry, but my x4gtgdfather John Doak mayhap be to blame there - he settled at last and died in 1770 at Bleating House, Bleating Creek, Rowan County, North Carolina

We are sure our ancestors arrived in America from 'the North of Ireland' - the anciente province of ULSTER - and, probably, that Scotland was 'home' before Ulster came a'calling them

We are certain that a weaver named Robert Doak(e), his wife Margaret, and sons James and John, arrived at Nutfield, later Londonderry, NH, in time to be granted land there in 1720

We are also certain that Robert Doak(e) was a passenger on the 'Elizabeth', captain/sailing-master Robert Homes, which sailed to 'Hull and Boston' in time to be 'warned out' by the puritanical inhospitality of John Mar(r)ian, Selectman of Boston, MA, from Londonderry in Ulster, Ireland, late in July or early in August of 1719 ... and I very strongly suspect Robert Doak(e) of having been father to James, John, Samuel, David, Thankful, Ann, and perhaps also Mary ..... and my own x5greatgrandfather
Ralph


From: Ralph Doak
Date: 10/24/2016 5:39:49 PM
To: Sherry
Subject: The Patriarch

Robart Doake, weaver

Sailed into 'Hull and Boston', MA, on 3 November 1719 on the 'Elizabeth' with wife Margarett, sons James, John, Samuel, and David, also daughters Thankful, Ann, and perhaps a Mary
Ralph

Immigration:
Robert Doak arrived Nov 1718 with his family, but was "Warned Out" and had to leave. He went 40 miles north/west to Londonderry to farm.
http://fragilethings.fr.yuku.com/topic/2430/Map-of-Boston-1772#.WBCNkWWECcQ (see attached)

From: Ralph Doak
Date: 10/24/2016 5:39:49 PM
To: Sherry
Subject: The Patriarch

Robart Doake, weaver
Sailed into 'Hull and Boston', MA, on 3 November 1719 on the 'Elizabeth' with wife Margarett, sons James, John, Samuel, and David, also daughters Thankful, Ann, and perhaps a Mary
Ralph

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Robert Doak(e) was, along with 29 others, 'warned out' from Boston, MA, on November 3rd 1719

The names were not arbitrarily selected - they were 'heads of household' travelling on the ship 'Elizabeth' from Londonderry in Ulster and all were labelled 'farmers'

All were also probably labelled 'pox-riddled' to boot, as a Massachusetts Resolve dated November 4th makes clear - the 'Elizabeth' was carrying smallpox in addition to its passengers, and treatment for said infestation required more than Spectacle Island and the established 'pest-house' could provide - hence that Resolve dated November 4th 1719.
Ralph

Residence:
Lancaster Co was until 1728 part of Chester Co and the 1728 petition which brought about the creation of Lancaster Co was signed by Thomas Mitchell (Jane's father, who died in 1734) and a James Doke, who may have been father of the immigrant Doak brothers.
(Ralph Doak)


Emigration:
from Ralph Doak (2/7/2013)
The Doaks of Augusta Co, VA

We (f)actually know very little of the prior activities in America of the Doak siblings who came into the Shenandoah valley ca 1738.

We know even less about their parentage and provenance - in these matters there is essentially just those oral traditions which constitute the minefield known as Doak "family lore" .. at least in polite circles.

One otherwise worthy antiquarian has even made the assertion that the Doaks are Welsh - marginally preferable to the vile slander that we might be English, but a low blow for a' that

The imbalance of improbabilities suggests the following:

The Doaks are of Scots stock, but probably Lalland rather than Hieland - alluring though the notion of my ancestors as Celtic warriors is, and will remain.

Some Doaks went into the North of Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster and it is from these that the Augusta Co, VA, Doaks descend.

Where in Ulster did they live before emigrating to America?
Cos Antrim, Derry & Down have all been nominated for that dubious honour but Antrim has been - and for me remains - the clear favourite for too many years to be cast aside

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"The Mathews (Mathes) Family in America" by I.C. Van Deventer -- Alexander Printing Co., 1925.

Alexander Mathews came with the Doak family in the Scotch-Irish immigration from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania,

James Doak, his wife Elizibeth, and five children, Samual, David, John, Robert and Thankful emigrated from North of Ireland to America, landing in Newcastle, Delaware in 1708 and settled in Chester Co., PA.
( strongly disputed)
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from Ralph Doak (2/7/2013):
One unfortunate aspect:
Ms Ida Christabelle Van Deventer (pub. 1925) expects readers to believe that the ship landed its illustriously ancestral cargo in America in 1708. So sorry - not - Ms Van-Denter, but that's just not the way it was.

Only a few groups of Ulster Scots emigrated to America before 1718 and it takes only a few of the few facts we know to show that our 'Doaks of interest' were of the rule rather than of the exception thereto.

At this point I feel the need to bring up my heavy artillery so, to the sound of elephants tap-dancing, enter William Henry Foote, who in 1846 published a work entitled, for the sake of brevity "Sketches of North Carolina:"

During the course of this work it is disclosed that Samuel, father of Rev Samuel Doak (1749 - 1840) emigrated 'very young'

Game over..
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Robert* married Margaret* (..) Doak about 1706 in Ireland. Margaret* was born about 1690 in Co Derry, Ulster, Ireland; died after 1741 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 1740, Co Derry, Ulster, Ireland

Notes:

"Elizabeth" as the wife's name is more tradition than proven.