Seeking more information about the family and ancestry of John Dane Jr. [1612-1684] and wife, Eleanor Clark. Would appreciate any verification, correction or addition to what we have below:

530. John Dane Jr. , born 1612 in England; died 1684, in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married 531. Eleanor Clark Aft 1629 in Essex County, England. He married (M2) Alice Dutch Newman.
531. Eleanor Clark , died Abt 1641 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Notes for John Dane Jr.:
1. AUTHOR: John Dane Jr. wrote his life story in 1682, two years before his death. It was called " A Declaration of Remarkabel Prouedenses in the Corse of My Life" and consisted of 32 pages in a small 3.5x6 inch volume bound in parchment. It was written twice, once in prose and once in rhyme. The book is preserved at the NEHGS archives in Boston , , .”

2. PUBLIC SERVICE: 1657 John Dane Jr. was a constable. He was a tithingman in 1677; a freeman in 1682; a selectman 1664-69,1676 and 1682. He served on six trial juries between 1647 and 1664 .

3. BROTHER TO REV. FRANCIS DANE: John Dane Jr. was brother to Rev. Francis Dane, minister at Andover for 48 years, who denounced the Salem Witchcraft trials .

4. WILL: John Dane Jr.’s will was dated May 31, 1684 and proved on September 30, 1684. In it he mentioned his wife, [M2] Alice; two sons, John and Philemon; daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah; and grandchildren, Mary Chandler and Daniel Hovey. He left to his son, John, a farm he bought from Mr. Richard Hubbard.


Notes for the Marriage and Family of John Dane Jr. and Eleanor Clark:
1. SETTLEMENT: John Dane Jr. and Eleanor Clark settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts Abt. 1636 . A list of early settlers of Ipswich contains the following names and settlement dates for individuals with Dane surnames :
1638 Dane, John

1642 Dane, John Jr.
Dane, Francis

Children of John Dane Jr. and Spouse Eleanor Clark are , , :
265 i. Elizabeth Dane, born Aft. 1706. She married Reginald Foster.
ii. John Dane, Abt. 1636-1708. He married Abigail Warner.

Notes for John Dane:
1. SALEM WITCH TRIALS: A “John Dane” is listed as a juror who served on the Witch Trials in the Court of Oyer and Terminer
May 27, 1692 – October 29, 1692 . The birth and death dates of John Dane, son of John Dane Jr. and Eleanor Clark, would make it possible that he is the John Dane on the list.

iii. Mary Clark Dane, Abt 1636. She married William Chandler.

Notes for the Marriage of Mary Clark Dane and William Chandler:
1. RELATIONSHIP: William chandler II was stepson of John Dane Sr., grandfather of Mary Clark Dane.

iv. Sarah Dane, Abt. 1645-1702. She married Ensign Daniel Warner.
v. Philemon Dane, Abt 1646.
vi. Rebecca Dane. She married James Hovey.

Notes for James Hovey:
1. DEATH: James Hovey was killed by the Indians at Brookfield August 2, 1675 .

OUR SOURCES:
Russell, Jacqueline Sleeper. “Descendants of John Dane…” Ancestry Message Board: Dane. Ancestry.com. July 3, 2003.
“Family Tree of John Dane, Sr. of Roxbury” http://daynesfamilytree.netfirms.com/DANE% 20FAMILY%20TREE%201636.htm. Accessed Dec 25, 2004.
“Ancestors of Samuel Heywood” Undated, unauthored manuscript given by Muriel Heywood Darnall to Philip E. Darnall.
Remarkable Providences 1600-1760 Ed. John Demos. New York: George Braziller, Inc. 1972. p. 80-88. http://daynesfamilytree.netfirms.com/ DANE%20FAMILY %20TREE %201636.htm. Accessed Dec 25, 2004.
“John Dane” http://members.aol.com/randsherm/family/dane4.html. Accessed Dec 24, 2004.
“John Dane Jr.” http://members.aol.com/randsherm/family/dane2.html. Accessed Dec 24, 2004.
“Ancestors of Samuel Heywood” Undated, unauthored manuscript given by Muriel Heywood Darnall to Philip E. Darnall.
Trollinger, L. “Re: Hiram Dane from Maine” Dane Family Genealogy Forum. Genealogy.com. June 13, 2001.
“History of Ipswich” http://daynesfamilytree.netfirms.com/HistoryofIpswich, EssexandHamilton.htm. Accessed Dec 26, 2004.
“John Dane” http://members.aol.com/randsherm/family/dane2.html. Accessed Dec 25, 2004.
“Family Tree of John Dane, Sr. of Roxbury” http://daynesfamilytree.netfirms.com/DANE %20FAMILY%20TREE%201636.htm. Accessed Dec 25, 2004.
Daines, Astra. “Re: Pricilla DANE-Mass. 1652” Dane Board. Ancestry.com. Nov 04, 2003.

Many thanks for your help.

Jean Darnall
<jdarnall@ix.netcom.com>