Ezekiel
Doane
From: Marilyn
McGuire
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:42:23 -0800
Subject: GOLDRUSH MOST WANTED - DOANE
Ezekiel DOANE was b:1813 in Eastham, Mass. d:1890 Eastham, Mass. He joined
the "El Dorado Association" in Boston and sailed from there on
April 2, 1849, on the brig Canonicus. It arrived in San Francisco,
November 2, 1849. Ezekiel was a shipmaster in his own right but did not
pilot this ship. The master was John S. MARTIN of Castine, Me. ;
Christopher GODFREY of Providence, R.I., mate; Andrew WESCANTHAL of
Boston, second mate, Mr. JUDKINS of Roxbury, Ma., third mate. The
President of the company was Lemuel LYONS of Roxbury; W.C. PERKINS of
Roxbury vice-president; Nathaniel HOWARD of Boston, A.W. CARLETON of
Methuen, and Francis D. CROFT, directors. Also on board was T.D. CLARK. I
am not sure where he was from but he became a friend to Ezekiel DOANE and
they mined together near Stockton. Ezekiel returned home to Eastham about
2 years later across the Panama Isthmus. It is said that he traveled in an
owen cart. I do not know how he got from Panama back to Mass. Marilyn
McGuire
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