James Doak Thompson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 28 Aug 1821, Tazewell Co, Virginia

Notes:

Possessions:
Will of James Thompson proved 28 August, 1821.
Weak & sick. To James Doak Thompson (being the illegitimate child had by Jean Doak) my plantation in the county of Tazewell called Maccaddmses * with all the land I have adjoining same, also my negro boy named Issum. (To be delivered to him when he arrives at 21 years of age).
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rlylebrown/biothomp.html

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 27 May 1806, Chancery, Tazewell Co, Virginia
• Will: 28 Aug 1821, Tazewell Co, Virginia

Notes:

Other-Begin:
27 May, 1806. Chancery. Tazewell County.
James Thompson vs. Thomas Ingles
"This day came the pltf. by his attorney and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the order of publication has been duly published congruans with the statute authorizing the said procedure the defendant having altogether failed to appear whereupon the court do proceed to hear such testimony as the compainant exhibited and being satisfied of the justness of the prayer of the complainants bill, whereupon they do proceed to take the Bill as confessed by the defendant, and this court conceiving the holder of an equitable claim may relinquish the same to the legal proprietor before the same is adjudged to such equitable claimant by adjudication whereupon the court doth order and decree that in case the Heirs, Executors or other persons representing William Ingles, dec'd., should by adjudication or otherwise obtain any lands within the place called Burkes Garden in the bill mentioned that the defendant do at his own costs by deed of conveyance convey one third part thereof to the said plaintiff with a general warrantee against himself and all other persons and in case the heirs, executors, administrators, assigns, or any person or persons claiming under William Ingles, dec'd., should by adjudication or otherwise obtain four hundred acres of land in right of James Burke, then the court doth order and decree that the said defendant do at his own costs convey unto the plaintiff one third part thereof in one entire square so as to include the improvements made by the defendant and his father, William Ingles, and also to include the house where Burke and after him said defendant resided, with a general warantee and it is ordered by the court that when a proper time arrives for the plaintiff to carry his said decree into effect that he have execution against the defendant for that purpose and that he do recover his costs in this behalf expended."

Will:
Will of James Thompson proved 28 August, 1821.
Weak & sick. To James Doak Thompson (being the illegitimate child had by Jean Doak) my plantation in the county of Tazewell called Maccaddmses * with all the land I have adjoining same, also my negro boy named Issum. (To be delivered to him when he arrives at 21 years of age). To George Washington Thompson (being the illegitimate child I had by Sally Justice) my plantation called Kinges with all the adjoining lands and a negro called John who is the child of Sophiea. (To be delivered to him when he is 21 years of age). To mother..negro called Seas. At her death to go to my brother, William Thompson. To Rachel Doak, my sister, a negro girl called Judey which is at James Tiffaney. Also the work of my negro boy, Nelson, for fifteen years at which time he is to go to my brother, William Thompson. To Lydia Doak, my sister, a negro girl called Rachel. To brother, William Thompson..slaves, Joseph, negro boy called Absalom. To brother, Alexander Thompson..negro called Sophia. To William Mitchel..mare and colt. To Thomas Mitchel .. mare. ("Those two devises being the sons of Annas Mitchell). To James B. Thompson, the son of Archibald Thompson..a negro girl, the child of Cease, called Phillas. Executor: Half-brother, Archibald Thompson & brother, William Thompson. Witnesses: Thomas O'Neill, Rees B. Thompson, John Thompson.
* This was land originally willed to his brother Andrew known as McAdam's Place.

James married Jane (Jean) Doak in (not married). Jane (daughter of David Doak, Sr (Immigrant) and Mrs. Mary "Polly" (..) Doak) was born in 1776 in Montgomery Co, Virginia; died after 1850 in of, Newton Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 12 Feb 1787, Montgomery Co, Virginia; father's will < 18
• Property: 1797, Wythe Co, Virginia; Nathaniel's property
• Census: 1850, Newton Co, Missouri

Notes:

JEAN Doak Jean married James Starr. Jean/Jane was 74 at the 1850 census in Newton County, Missouri. She and James had previously lived in Campbell County, Tennessee.
http://thebeardfamilyhistory.wikia.com/wiki/The_Children_of_David_Doak

Birth:
stated in father's will in 1787 until Elizabeth, Sarah and Jane turn 18 - assuming that's the birth order, then Eliz 17, Sarah 15, and Jane 13.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 17 Dec 1830, Wythe Co, Virginia; appraised

Notes:

quote from R. Lyle Brown website:
"William is believed to have come to America with his father from Ulster, Ireland. This is definitely "our" William. However his parentage in is question at the moment. It is possible that his father was the above mentioned James. There is also some confusion about his wives. One source says the first wife was Margaret, another says Jane. (Perhaps Margaret Jane or Jane Margaret?). Clorah Brown Lainhart in her DAR application lists the second wife as Lydia Ward. There is contrary evidence to this, as well. I refer you to the excerpts from Virginia Connections by Judy B. Anderson. Her verification appears to be more acceptable. (See below)"

EXCERPTS FROM "VIRGINIA CONNECTIONS"
(Notes from her book sent to me by Judy B. Anderson)
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1. William Thompson. B. 1722, County Down, Ireland. D. July 9, 1797 at 76 years of age. Married twice, first to Jane Buchanan, born about 1732 in County Down, Ireland; died in Bath County, Virginia. Married second, Lydia Graham, born about 1743; died Oct. 12, 1830 at 87 years of age.
There were twelve known children from the two marriages. The Thompson Family Record, kept by George Peery Thompson and Elizabeth Virginia Ward, indicated that all but two, John and Archibald, were from the second marriage. Records submitted to the Family History Library in Salt Lake by Letitia Peery of California show there were three children from the first marriage: John, Archibald and Jane.

George B. Gose, in his book Pioneers of the Virginia Bluegrass, says there were six or seven children from the first marriage. However, he only gives the names of five; the rest are listed as children of the second marriage. Information from the files of Mr. John A. Blakemore shows five children from the first marriage. Since birthdates for all the children are not known at the present time, any one of these claims could be possible, but those dates which are known would seem to confirm that there were three children from the first marriage: 1) John; 2) Archibald; and 3) Jane. The remainder of the children would have been from the second marriage: 4) Nancy, 5) Andrew, 6) James, 7) Rachel, 8) Annis, 9) Lydia, 10) William, 11) Alexander and 12) Mary (Polly).
There has been some confusion concerning the names of William Thompson's wives, but a letter sent by James Haston Thompson, a brother to George Peery Thompson, dated March 12, 1886, and giving birth and death dates of family members, definitely states that a Buchanan was the first wife of William Thompson, and that Lydia Graham was the second wife. Adding to, and supporting this information, was a microfilm of the Endowment House Records found in the Family History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.
(snip)

Louisa and her husband lived in Nauvoo, Illinois for several years until persecutions drove the settlers from their homes. In the meantime, Louisa's parents died and they decided to return to Burke's Garden to claim their share of her parent's estate. They hoped for enough capital to join the rest of the Mormons in their trek west. After arriving home Louisa found there was nothing left of her parents estate, so they resettled in Virginia, where they remained until the death of William from typhoid. Louisa and the children determined to continue with plans and came west, settling in Weber County, Utah.
In 1871 Louisa and her son, Simon, did the sealing work in the Endowment House for their deceased ancestors, with Louisa acting as proxy for the females and Simon for the males. I checked microfilm # 1149520, page 56, showing the original entries for work done in the Endowment House on June 21, 1871. While dates are only given for the immediate parent, relationships for all individuals are shown. Louisa states she is a granddaughter of entry #2670, Lydia Graham Thompson, and a step granddaughter of entry #2669, Jane Buchanan Thompson. The relationship is close enough that Louisa should have been well aware of who her grandparents were.


Will:
"In the name of God, Amen, I William Thompson bequeath the following, (etc). To my beloved wife, Lydia Thompson the plantation I now live on, with all the stock of cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. To my son John the tract of land where he now lives. To my son Archibald 93 acres lying in Bath Co., VA (now Kentucky). To my daughter Jean Sloan five shillings, her having got her share. To my daughter Nancy Ward 10 pounds cash. To my son Andrew, that part of land I now live on known as the McAdams place. To my son James that tract of land known as the Kigg place. To my daughter Rachel Thompson a tract of land containing 200 acres. To my daughter Annis Thompson 60 pounds when she arrives of age, also a tract of land. To my daughter Mary Thompson a tract of land known as Long Hollow survey, also part of the King Survey. To my son Alexander 250 acres on Reed Creek. To my daughter Lydia Thompson 1 half of a tract on land also 60 pounds. To my son William part of tract I now live on. Executors, sons John, Archibald and Andrew and son-in-law James Sloan."

His estate was appraised 17 Dec. 1830 following the death of his wife, Lydia.
Appraisement of personal property of William Thompson, dec'd, that was devised by the said William Thompson to his wife, Lidia Thompson, who is now dec'd; Bible; Negroes: James, Philis, Mary Ann, Easter, Keziah, Anderson, Clariser, Angalina, Henry, Juda, Phillis, Nell, boy child. Exrs: John Thompson & Archibald Thompson. by Thos. Witten, Jas S. Witten, John Buckhannon.

William married Lydia Graham about 1768. Lydia died before 17 Dec 1830 in Wythe Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Bef 1740, Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
• Residence: Bef 1745, East Notingham, Chester Co, Pennsylvania
• Property: 10 Feb 1745/6, Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia; from Breckenridge
• Residence: Aug 1747, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Property: Abt 1771, Doak Mill Run, Botetourt Co, Virginia
• Will: 2 Oct 1787, Black Lick, Montgomery Co (now Wythe Co), Virginia
• Research Notes: 18 Feb 2013; dates
• Research Notes: 26 May 2013; death date?

Notes:

Acklen says parents are James and Elizabeth, but it has not been proven he is one of the immigrant siblings.
Arrival date about 1740.
French says father is Samuel; arrival date placed at about 1740.
He lived first in East Nottingham, Chester Co, PA and was in Beverley Manor by August 1747 (Chalkley, vol. III, p. 262). He was granted permission to build a mill on Evan's Creek, branch of Reed Creek, later named Doak's Mill Run about 1771, then Botetourt County (Kegley, p. 92). On list of Tithables 1771 (Kegley, p. 29). Hemp certificate recorded in 1773 (Sr. or Jr.?)
His will was written 12 February 1787 (Montgomery Co., B:123); David and James Doak executors bond with Robert Sayers and Robert Davis, 2 October 1787 (B:134); appraisal done 6 October 1787 (B:125).

Children of DAVID DOAK and MARY DOAK were:
1. DAVID DOAK , JR, b. Abt. 1740; d. Bef. June 19, 1799.
Executor of his father's will with his brother, James. He was listed on the New River Tithables in 1773, Captain Doak's list, as David Doack and son David. Robert, William, and Samuel Doak were listed separately (Kegley, p. 29). He's lisn Montgomery County Tax list in 1782 with 5 horses, 6 head cattle and land; in Montgomery County Militia; 1790 tax list, Montgomery County, only male over 21, no males 16/21. Will proved 19 June 1799, Augusta County, VA.

2. SAMUEL DOAK, b. Abt. 1742; d. Aft. 1787. He served as deputy sheriff with brother, James, in 1779, Montgomery Co. Ordered to view best way for wagon road, 1785; Ensign in Montgomery Co. Militia, in company of brother, Captain William Doak; served at King's Mountain. On 1782 tax list with 4 horses, 8 head cattle and land. Put a ferry over the Holston River in TN down towards Knoxville. Said to have gone to NC by 1787.

3. NATHANIEL DOAK, b. Abt. 1744; d. 1794, Wythe Co, Virginia.

4 WILLIAM DOAK, b. Bef. November 05, 1747; d. Aft. 1782. He was actually baptised at North Mountain, 10 miles west of Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia, on 5 November 1747. Signed petition in 1768 to improve roads to Holston River (Kegley, p. 51). Captain in Montgomery County Militia. On Captain Doack's List of Tithables, 1773 (Kegley, p. 29). Administrator for Robert Doak, 2 May 1775, surities David Doack and William Davis (Fincastle. B:25); Alexander Buchanan, William and Robert Davis, and John Findley or any three to appraise estate (Summers, p. 642). Justice of Peace, 25 May 1779. Orphan, Hugh Pierce bound to him in 1779 to learn trade of weaver. Montgomery County tax list 1782 with 6 horses, 13 head of cattle and land.

5. JAMES DOAK, b. Abt. 1748; d. Aft. 1828. He served as Montgomery Co. deputy sheriff in 1779 (Kegley, p. 108). Montgomery Co. tax list, 1782. Executor of father's will, 1787 (Kegley, p. 119). Montgomery County Militia. Reported to have moved to IA 1848-50 (really?).

6. ROBERT DOAK, b. Abt. 1750
7. THOMAS DOAK, b. Abt. 1752
8. ELIZABETH DOAK, b. Abt. 1754
9. MARY DOAK, b. Abt. 1756; m. FRANCES BEATTY, JR.
10. JANE DOAK, b. Abt. 1758
11. MARGARET DOAK, b. Abt. 1760

12. JOHN DOAK, b. Abt. 1762; m. REBECCA WILSON, 1805. He was listed on the
Montgomery County tax list 1790, no male in home 16/21, 8 horses. Has
descendant, William N. Doak, Secretary of Labor.

13. ALEXANDER DOAK, b. Abt. 1764; d. Aft. 1790; m. MARGARET HANNA, August 09, 1786, Montgomery Co, Virginia. He served in the Montgomery County Militia (listed as under 18 in 1780). Shown in the 1790 census in Surry County, NC, near wife's father; 4 females, 1 male under 16 and self.
MARGARET HANNA's father was John Hannah, Surry Co., NC. She is the granddaughter of immigrant John Doak, hence first cousin, once removed to her husband, Alexander.

Christened:
Baptized by Rev. John Craig.

Property:
George and Robert Breckenridge (brothers) sold 300 acres in Beverly Manor to David Doack on 10 February 1745-6 (Chalkley, vol. III, p. 261). Adjoins property to George.

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

Residence:
was in Beverley Manor by August 1747 (Chalkley, vol. III, p. 262).

Property:
He was granted permission to build a mill on Evan's Creek, branch of Reed Creek, later named Doak's Mill Run about 1771, then Botetourt County (Kegley, p. 92).

Will:
His will was written 12 February 1787 (Montgomery Co., B:123);
named 14 children, five under age of 21.

David Doack bequeathed to his sons John and Nathaniel land on the north side of Reed Creek upon the condition that they "shall provide for and keep the Family together untell they come of age & shall give my children who is under their care a common education and provided that if the said John & Nathaniel shall Refuse to do for my family as is above Directed it is my will & order that David Doack, James Doack & Wm Ward Whom I appoint to be my Ex to make sale of the land above mentioned....." He additionally stated "Tis my further Will & order that my Sons Robert and Thomas have that part of Old Patent Land that lies on the South side of Reed creek to be Equally Divided Between them".
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Montgomery County, Virginia - Will Book ?, Pgs 123-4

In the name of God, Amen. The 12th day of February one thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Seven.
I David Doack of the County of Montgomery and State of Virginia being Very sick & weak in body but of perfect Mind & Memory thanks be to God for his mercies; And calling to mind the mortallity of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I Do make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say principally & first of all I Give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God Who gave it & my body to the dust to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Execs Nothing Doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive the same again from Almighty God Who gave it & as Touching such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to Bless [me] with In this Life I Give Devise & Dispose of it in the following Manner & form: that is to say that all my Just Debts and Funeral Expenses be first paid. Item I give & bequeath to Mary My Beloved Wife the use of the mentioned house during her Life or Widowhood & also A childs part of all my Pesonall [sic] Estate & thirty pounds in money to be paid out of the Debts Due to my Estate When the same can be got by my Executors if not otherwise Directed by my Exrs Imprivis I Give & bequeath to my Son David Doak the Land whereon he now Lives Agreeable to the Division Made by Danl Smith being a part of the Black lick Survey. I give & bequeath to my Son Samuel that part of the Black Lick Survey Formarly [sic] I did section off to him; & I give & Bequeath to my sons John & Nathaniel that part of my Old Plantation that Lies on the north side of Reed Creek Whereon I now live Except such Lands as is or shall be Disposed of to some other of My Heirs together with the right of a survey adjoining my Plantation aforesaid on the north side of the same to have & hold the said Land Upon this Condition that they [sic] said John & Nathaniel shall settle themselves on the Land Above Mentioned & shall provide for & keep the family together Untill [sic] they come of age & shall give my children who is under their care common Education & the said John & Nathaniel to have the stock on the Plantation Untill [sic] My Daughters Elizabeath Sarah & Jean shall arrive at the age of Eighteen years At which Time they shall have such a part of the stock as my Executors Shall think proper to Direct & if the said John & Nathaniel Shall Refuse to do for my family as is above Directed it is my will & order that David Doack James Doak & Wm Ward Whom I appoint to be my Exrs to make sale of the Land above mentioned & all My Personal Estate & the Money arising from such sale to be Equally Divided Amongst My Wife Mary & my Sons John & Nathaniel & my Daughters Elizabeath Sarah & Jean Except that my Wife Mary shall have fifty pounds Current more than an Equeal [sic] part & it is my Will & order that my Executors sell that Tract of Land Whereon My son William fomaly [sic] Liv'd on & pay to the Estate all Debts Due from the said William to the Estate & to pay the Surplus to the said William which Shall be considered as his part of my Estate And it is my will & order that my Daughter Mary be given by my Exrs the sum of four Pounds to [be] paid out of Debts Due to the Estate & it is my will that my Daughter Margarett have one Horse of Twelve Pounds Value & a good Side Saddle & is my will that My son James have one cow & a calf Tis further Will & Order that my Sons Robert & Thomas have that part of the Patent Land that Lies on the South side of Reed creek to be Equeally [sic] Divided Between them & it is my will & order that My Alexander have One grey mare two Years Old & a Rifle gun formaly [sic] claimed by him & I do hereby make null & Void all other or former wills & acknowledge this to be My last will & Test
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the Day & year Above writ.
Signed sealed & acknowledged before us David Doack /seal/
Willm Davis
Henry Newman
Jno Wilson

At a Court held for Montgomery County the
2nd day of October 1787
This last will and Testament of David Doak deceased was produced in Court by David Doak & James Doak two of the Executors therein named and proved according to Law Administration thereof is granted them, they having entered into bond with Robert Davis & Robert Sayers their Security in the sum of Five thousand pounds.
Teste Abram Trigg CMC

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

Research Notes:
Calculations of ages of children based on the following:
1 Martha - but she has to go (Martha's husband, children, etc, need to be worked through, but she is likely too told to be a child of this family.

2. William bef Nov 1747 have bt. date - oldest.
3. David Jr. bef 1752 (tithables 1773 so at least 21) - so make him 1749
4. Robert bef 1752 - (tithables 1773 so at least 21) so make him 1751
5. Samuel bef 1752 - (tithables 1773 so at least 21) so make him 1752
6 James abt 1754 - (deputy sheriff in 1779; so at least 25; make him 1754
7. Thomas bet 1753-1766 - not mentioned in 1773 tithables with brothers so not quite of age; make him 1766
8. Nathaniel bef 1762 - assigned by father to keep family together; so at least 25; make him 1758
9. John bef 1762 - assigned by father to keep family together; so abt make him 1760
10 Alexander - has a given age 1763

greatest gap of ages for a new mother. Alex
is probably from first wife, Mary Breckenridge, daughter of Alexander Breckenridge.

her death date has been shown to be 1762, but not knowing where 1762 death for her came from and Alex Doak b 1763 - could be a little mistake in a record here or there, to have her maybe dying at childbirth for him.

If that's correct, that's having Mary Breckenridge bearing 9 kids, 1st b 1747, making her b c 1729; (prob after Breckenridge immig in 1728); dying at age 36. All Alexander's kids are abouts, and they're right in that same age range as Mary would be.

With those calculations, David likely married 2nd wife abt 1767, also a Mary, as his widows is named Mary in his will.
She's known to have died in 1826. Allowing her to be abt 25; so born about 1743 and dying 84.

11. Margaret aft 1766 - it's said that 5 kids were under 21 when David's will was written; so that make her born after 1766 - probably 1768, closer to Elizabeth.
12 Eliz abt 1770 has to be <18 make her 17
13 Sarah abt 1772 make her 15
14 Jane abt 1774 make her 14
15 Mary abt 1776 make her 12 (she only got a little money, must be the youngest)
~ss

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 David with the will the same 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

Died:
At his death, 5 of the 14 named children were still minors and they are presumed to have been children of his second wife, Polly, who outlived him by nearly forty years. Those five were: Robert, Thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jean
http://thebeardfamilyhistory.wikia.com/wiki/The_Children_of_David_Doak


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralph Doak"
To: "Karen Nabours" ; "Sherry"
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:19 AM
Subject: Fwd: David Doak d 1787

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "WCGHA Wythe Co. Genealogical & Historical Assoc"

Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:07:21 -0500
Subject: Re: David Doak d 1787
To: Ralph Doak

GOOD MORNING FROM VIRGINIA,
We don't have the tombstone itself, but we the transcription from the Kegley Room at the Wytheville Community College where the inscriptions of more than 17,000 tombstones have been compiled. According to records David
1710-1787...in parentheses June 11. Mary 1736-1826 (in peaentheses August 19. Notes say David was age 77, husband of Mary Doak. Compare group sheet compiled by Doris Hickox 1979. For Mary it says aged 90, also known as Polly, wife of David and the same note about Doris Hickox who did
considerable study of the Doaks. That may be available there. I will try to get the E-mail for you and send it later.

Mary K.


On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Ralph Doak ralphdoak@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi there
> I'm descended from David's brother John Doak but am working with a probable descendant of David
> I recall that some years ago you had in your care the tombstone of David and his widow Mary (Polly) who d 1826
> Do you have a transcript of the text on said tombstone?
> [I have a photo but the resolution's too low, alas]
> Best wishes
> Ralph
> Cork, Ireland

David married Mrs. Mary "Polly" (..) Doak about 1767. Mary was born in 1736; died in 1826 in Wythe Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.