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• Name: John DANE
• Sex: M
• Birth: 1613 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England ^b
• Death: 29 Sep 1684 in Ipswich, Massachusetts ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• John DANE Birth: Abt 1587 in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England Death: 14 Sep 1658 in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Mother:

• Frances BOWYER Death: Before 1642 in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage:

• Eleanor CLARK on Abt 1630 at Essex, England .^m1
  
• Eleanor CLARK Birth: England Death: Before 1676

Children:

1. Rebecca DANE Birth: Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: Before May 1684
2. Elizabeth DANE Birth: Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: After Jul 1704
3. Mary DANE Birth: 1639 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: 10 May 1679 in Andover, Massachusetts
4. John DANE Birth: Abt 1643 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: Abt 1708 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
5. Sarah DANE Birth: Abt 1645 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: 28 Dec 1701 in Ipswich, Massachusetts
6. Philemon DANE Birth: Abt 1646 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Death: 18 Oct 1716 in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Marriage:

• Alice DUTCH on Before Mar 1676 .^m2
  
• Alice DUTCH

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: Raymond AMES #151, Sav-age DANE John]

abt 1612 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241, NEHGR DANE Pedigree],

place:

[Ref: Banks Topo p66, Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p239, NEHGR DANE Pedigree]

England [Ref: Raymond AMES #151],

parents:

John DANE & Frances (BOWYER?) [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p240]

John DANE & Francis ___ [Ref: Sav-age DANE John],

father:

[Ref: NEHGR DANE Pedigree, Raymond AMES #151]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

place:

Bishops Stortford [Ref: Sav-age DANE John]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241, Hammatt Ipswich p67, NEHGR DANE Pedigree, Sav-age DANE John]

1684 [Ref: Raymond AMES #151],

place:

[Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241, NEHGR DANE Pedigree, Sav-age DANE John]

Sources with Information about marriage to Eleanor CLARK

date:

after 1629 before 1635 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241],

place:

[Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241],

names:

John DANE & Eleanor [Clark?] [Ref: NEHGR DANE Pedigree],

child:

[Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p248, NEHGR DANE Pedigree, Raymond AMES #22, Raymond AMES #30, Raymond AMES #38, Sav-age DANE John, WaltersP WALTERS HOVEY-p27]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

names:

John DANE & Elizabeth CLARK [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS HOVEY-p13]

Sources with Information about marriage to Alice DUTCH

date:

before Mar 1676 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241]

Research Notes:
1635: emigrated in or before the early part of 1635 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241]

In Ipswich in 1635; father emigrated later in 1636 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p239]

came to Roxbury in 1636 with Father [Ref: Sav-age DANE John]

came first to Roxbury, but soon moved to Ipswich where he could worship under Ref. John Norton [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p239]

lived at Ipswich, MA [Ref: Sav-age DANE John]

1641: commoner of Ipswich [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p67]

freeman Jun 2 1641 (unless that is date for father, then 1682) [Ref: Sav-age DANE John]

Feb 1641/2: Thomas Scott questioned the ownership of John DANE and Samuel YOUNGLOVE of ten acres of land lying at the end of West Meadows, but two arbitrators upheld their rights yet apparently for the sake of peace, John and Younglove waived that point, for two years later they were granted twenty acres apiece in another location "in liew of a former grant at West Meadows" [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

1641/2: John DANE as well as his father and brother were commoners at Ipswich [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

Oct 1643: he and John DAVIS were among such as have forfeited 1# for not returning their power according to an order of the town [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

1647: John and William STORY, questioning a certain claimed ownership, tore down some fence but were called into court for treaspassing and were required to pay 3# damage and to mend the fence. [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

1647: served in trial juries, also in 1649, 1651, 1654, 1662, and 1664. [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

Feb 1647/8: John and Samuel Younglove were granged eight acres of marsh land apiece "of the South syde Hogg Island, by a little Island." [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

1648: subscribes toward the compensation to Major Denison [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p67]

1648: John subscribed 2 shillings toward compensation for Maj Denison [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

1648: was chosen as one of four surveyors for the town and was to view a parcel of land near Chebacco Falls [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

Dec 1648: town owed 1# to John and to Robert Day for bricks [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

1654: honored by being chosen on grand jury, also in 1660, 1665, 1675, and 1681 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

1657: chosen constable [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

1661: lost home in fire [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

selectman 1664-69 [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246, WaltersP WALTERS HOVEY-p27]

1664: John had a share and one half equalling four and a half acres on Plum Island granted to him while his son John had three acres [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

Apr 1667: released from training on condition that he should pay six shillings eight pence per year for the use of the military company, but in Mar 1676 he was fully released [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

Dec 4 1676: a deposition pictures his home life. "John Dane, aged sixty-four years and upward, testified that 'being in my owne house quiet by a good fire with my fameley about me I hard a Rattling at the dore and suddenly Danell hovey cam in groning with his hand one his head and fell flat one the flower in a most amazing maner and being got up agayne stagered and we Rose in an afrited condishon and set him in the chare he Cryd out if you can doe anything for me doe it I answered what is the matter he said John Le knoct him downe and struck him blynd I answard whare he sayd he is in the highway would you could take him, my sonn and I sudinly Run out and met with John Lee and asked him what the matter was he bed us stand of and cum at our perrill my sonn philemon folowed him he with drew backords my sone sudinly Ran with in him and so we toke his stafe and had him to our house yet before the cunstable came (he staid so long) after we sent; that Joseph cuming to his brother and they guieing good words we let them goe.' [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p247]

tithingman 1677 [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p67, WaltersP WALTERS HOVEY-p27]

May 1677: bought of Daniel Hovey a small lot which was bounded in part on "Labour-in-vain Road" and "the old way to the warf" [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p247]

1678: being called "Docktor Dane" he took the oath of allegiance [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p247]

1678: had an injury to his leg, for he testified that he had been frequentlly at Mark Quilter's house for twelve weeks "curing his shot leg" [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p247]

Dec 2 1679: John, called senior, was recognized as a freeman having the right to have his vote on town affairs counted and recorded [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p246]

on list to vote in town affairs 1679 [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p67, WaltersP WALTERS HOVEY-p27]

tale of his life, written in 1682 two years before his death, was written in a small volume three and a half inches wide by six inches long called "A Declaration of Remarkabell Prouedenses in the Corse of My Lyfe." It contained 132 leaves, was bound in parchment, with a lappet, and was in his own handwriting [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241]

will names wife, two sons, John and Philemon, daughters Elizabeth and Sarah, grandchildren Mary Chandler and Daniel Hovey. left a good estate for that day [Ref: Sav-age DANE John]

Will labelled "Doct. Dean Will" dated May 31 1684, proved Sep 30 1684 [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS HOVEY-p27]

will dated 31 May, proved 30 Sep 1684. mentions wife and two sons, John and Philemon; also daughters Elizabeth and Sarah; granddaughter Mary Chandler, and a grandson Daniel Hovey [Ref: Hammatt Ipswich p68]

will dated 31 May 1684, John being called "Chirugion", gave to his wife Alice, during the term of her life that new house he had built on the land which be had bought (in 1677) from daniel Hovey, which was to be kept in repair by son John. To John he gave the farm which he had bought of Richard Hubbard, while his books and manuscripts were to be divided between sons John and Philemon, the latter to divide them and the former "to chuse". He made bequests to his daughters Elizabeth and Sarah and to grandchildren mary Chandler and Daniel Hovey, of whom the latter was to receive 30 pounds when he became of age. Will probated 30 Sep 1684; inventory showed an estate of over 469 pounds. [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p247]

1698: John and Philemon (sons) became guardians of two minor children of their sister, Sarah (Dane) Warner [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p247]

---------- John Dane Narrative, dated Ipswich, 1682, presented to NEHGS by John J Babson, Esq, of Gloucester:
And first of a famely prouedens. In my infansy, and yet I neary well Remember it, my fatther Remoud his habetation from barcumstid [Berkhamstead]
to Starford [Stortford]. Thare he bout a house, and brout his famely theather; and he went back againe to finesh matters with him he had sould his two, and my mother and hur children ware at Storford. Not being among anie aquaintans, and my fatther stayin glonger than she thout he would, or himself other, my mother met with sum wants and was trobeled and weapt. I doubt not but she layd open her wants to god, for she was a serious woman. And my Sister How, she was but a lettell gurle, she went into the yard and sot doune in the sun under the window; and laying hur hand on the ground to Rise up, thare lae a shilling under hur hand. She brout it in. I, being a lettell boy, askt hur where she found it. She shewed me. I went and scrabled with my fingers in the place and found a notther. It being in the nick of time in hur wants, she toke great notis of it and I doubt not but made good improuement thareof, with great acknouledgment of gods marsie at that time.
I shall menshon one more consurning my Mother. When she liued in starford, one nyte, in her slepe, she fell into a dream, and waking she was mutch taken with it. She tould my father, and could not cepe it out of hur mind. And it was, that sutch a minester, I haue forget his name, should preach sutch a weke and sutch a day at elsuam, [Elsenham,] on sutch a text. The thouts of it did so take with hur that she inquiered, and as she dreamed, so it was; the same man, the same day, the same text. She and my brother How herd him. I, then being so young, cannot Remember euery thing; but I doubt not but that she made good improuement of that sarmon.
Consarning my self; when I was but a lettell boy, being edicated under godly parents, my Conshans was ueary apt to tell me of euells that I should not doe. Being now about aight yers ould, I was giuen mutch to play and to run out without my fathers Consent and againe his command. One a time, I haueing gone out most parte of the day, when my father saw me cum home, he toke me and basted me. I then cept home, and followed my busenes two or thre dase. My father and mother Comended me, and tould me that god would bles me if I obeyed my parents, and what the contrary would ishew in. I then thout in my harte, o that my fatther would beat me more when I did amis. I fard, if he did not, I should not be good.
Not long after, I being alone on teh shopbord Repping open a payer of bretches of a Gintilmans who had had a hole in his pocut and sewed up againe, thorow thich hold he had lost or dropt into his knes of his linings a pese of gould, which, when I say, I thought I myt haue it, for I thout nobody knew of it, nor could know of it. I toke the Gould and hed it, and sat upon the shopboard to worke; but, thinking of it, I thout it is none of myne. I fetcht it againe, but upone more pondring I went and hed it againe. When I had dun so, I could not be quiet in my mynd, but fetcht it againe, and thout thow nobody could know of it, yet god, he knew of it. So I gaue it to my fatther, hoe gaue it to the gintelman. I cant but take notes of gods goodness in then giving me Restrayning grace to presarue from sutch a tempation, though then I slytly passed ouer many sutch prouedenses.
I did think myself in a good condishon. I was conuinsed that I should pray and durst doe no other, and Red and here sarmons and durst due no other; yet I was biuen to pastime and to dansing, and that I thout lawful. Now uppone a time, when I was groune 18 yers of age or thare abouts, I went to a dansing scoll to larne to dans. My father hering of it, when I cam home tould me, if I went agayne, he would bast me. I tould him, if he did he should neuer bast me againe. With that, my father toke a stick and basted me. I toke it patiently, and said nothing for a day or [two], but on morning betimes I res and toke 2 shurts on my back and the best sute I had, and a bybell in my pocket, and set the dores open and went to my fathers chamber dore and said, god by father, god by mother. Why, whether are you going? To seke my fortin, I answared. Then said my mother, goe whare you will, god he will find you out. This word, the point of it, stuck in my brest, and afterwards god struck it home to its head.
Allthough I thout my fatther was two Strict, I thout Soloman said, be not holy ouer mutch, and daued was a man after gods oun harte, and he was a danser; but yet I went my Journey, and was from him half a yere before he hard whare I was. I first settled in barcumsted, and thare Rought on a shobord that had bene improud that waie. On a nyte, when most folke was a bead, a mayd cam into the shopbord and sat with me, and we Jested together; but at the last she cared it so, and put huself in sutch a poster, as that I made as If I had sum speshall ocashon abrod and went out; for a fared, If I had not, I should haue comitted foley with hur. But I ofen thout that it was the prayers of my parents that preuailed with god to kepe me. I then gaue my self mutch to dansing and staying out and heatting myself and lying in haymowes, the pepell being a bed whare I abod that I lost my culler and neuer Recufered it a gaine.
I then went and wrought at harford, [Hertford,] and went to an in for my lodging. The next day I went and got worke in the toune. It was nere the time of the sises at harford, and my m' had mainie sargants Cotes to make; and I sat up three nights to work, and then I went to my In to lodg. The dore was lockt, and I knockt hard. I hard one of the mayds say, thare is one at the dore. I heard one sa, tis no matter, it is none but the tayler. So they opend the dore, and the ostis sat in a chare by the fyer, in hur naked shift, houlding hur brests open. She said to me, a chare being by hur, she houlding out hur hand, Cum let us drink a pot, and seuerall times Reetrated hur words. I said I was so slepey that I dould not stay with her now, but I would drink a cup with hur in the morning; and so I hastend awaie to my Chamber. Here I toke no notes of the goodnes of god in Restrayning me, but Ratther ascribed it to my self; all though I had as Retched a natter, as I haue bene sens more sensable on then before.
Awhile after thare was a Cockpit bult, to fite Cockes in, and many Knits and Lords meat thare; and thare folowed to the toune a manie braue Lases. And upone a day, as I Remember, thare came on from Starford that I was sonderfull glad to see, that I myt inquier of my frinds thare. I inuited him to this in to drink; and thare was one of theas braue lases thare which dind at the table I dind at, and it is lykly that I mut drink to hur and she to me; but this I know, I neuer toucht hur. The nite after, I came to goe to bead and askt for a lite. My ostes sayd, we are busey, you may goe up without, the mone shines. And so I did. And when I cam in the camber, I went to my bed side and puld of all my Clothes and went in, and thare was this fine lase in the bead. I slipt on my Clothes agayne, and went doune and askt my ost, why she would sarue me so. I, sayd she, thars nobody would hurt you. I tould her, if I hired a Rome, I would haue it to myself; and shoud myself mutch angrey. So she faue me a lite into another Chamber, and thare I lae; but in the morning, I went to that chamber I used to ly in, for I had left a lettell bandell of things on the beds tester. I cam to the dore and gave the dore a shuf, and this fine Mistres Reacht out hur hand out of the bead and opend the dore. So I went in. I doubt mis I am troblsom to you. No, sayd she, you are welcum to me. I tould hur, I had left a small trifell on the tester of the bead, and I toke it and went my waie. For all this, and manie other of the lyke, I thank god I neuer yet knew any but thos two wifes that god gaue me. But when I conseder my Retched hart, and what I myt with shame and blushing speke that waie, I cannot but sa, O, wonderfull, unspeakable, unsarchabl marseys of a god that taketh care of us when we take no Care of ourseluese.
I now being at harford, Mr Goodin preacht thare, and he preacht consarning prayer. But on saboth day, not being in that trim that i would haue been in (I had a great band that cam ouer my shoulders that was not clene, and sum other things that I would haue had,) I would not goe to meeting but walkt in the filds close by a meadow sid. Thare was, whether fly, wasp or hornet, I cannot tell, but it struck my finger, and watter and blod cam out of it and paind me mutch. I went up to a hous and shoud it, but thay knew not what a sting I had at my harte. Now I thout of my mothers words, that god would find me out. I hastend home to the Camber I lay in, at my masters house; and when i cam thare I toke my bybell and lokt ouer sum instructions my father had Ret, and I weapt sorly. The payne and swelling increast & sweld up to my shoulder. I prayd ernistly to god that he would pardon my sinn and heall my arme. I went to a surgin and askt him what it was. He said it was "the take". I askt him what he meant. He said it was taken by the prouedens of god. This knoct home on my hart what my mother said, god will find you out. Now I made great promises that if god would here me this time I would Reforme.
It pleased god in a short time to ease my and I did Reforme, and stod in aw of gods Judgements, though I had a linkring mind after my former pastime. I then Rout with m' Tead, that liues at Charlstoune. He was a young man then. He and I was going to a dnasing on nite, and it began to thunder, and I tould him I doubted we ware not in our waie; and he and I went back againe. But about a munth or six wekes after, I had a mynd to uisit a frind of a saboth day foure myle of of harford; but I tok a good whyle pondring whether I myt or no. I knew m' gooding was a good man, and that the other was naught; but, to quiet my mynd, I thought that Christ said consarning the phareses, thay set in moises chare, here them. I thought he myt preach good matter. Aud thus I blynded my eyse, and went. And when I cam thare, thay ware gone to metting; and I glattred myself, it may be I shall mete them cuming home. And so I went in to an orched, and sat soune in an arbore; and, as before, one the same finger and on the same place, I was strucken as before. And as it struck my hand so it struck my harte, for I sudingly Rose up and went into a wood; and thare I cryd bitterly, and now concluded that god, god had found me out. I was not utterly forlorn in my spiret, and knew not what to du, thinking that god now had upperly forsaken me, and that he would here me no more. And when I had cryd so long that I could cry no longer, I Rose up in a forlorne condishon, and went home to harford. I then in a Restles condishon knew not what to du. I was thinking what to do to throw of this troble; and at this time, awhile after, thare was on master scurfeld [Scofield?] who was a minester and my godfather, that had a sonn that was bound to saint Christifars, and he was at me to goe with him. I Readily agred. And when the time was cum that we should goe, thare came nuse that saint Christifars was taken by the spanyard. [St. Christophers was captured by a Spanish fleet under Don Frederick de Toledo, in October 1629. 600 of the English settlers were condemned to work in the mines of Mexico, which outrage was one of the reasons that induced Cromwell, in 1655, to send the fleet under Penn and Venables against Jamaica.]

Then was I at a sore lose, and considred what I should du. I drew up this conclushon, that I would goe and work Jurney work thorow all the Counties in ingland, and so walk as a pilgrim up and doune on the earth. But, at last, I had sum thouts to goe first home to my fathers house; but I thout he would not entertaine me. But I went; and when I came home, my father and mother entertained me ueary louingly, and all the naighbors. Yet my mynd was still trubled, though I had sum secret thouts that god myt still doe me good. Mr hares [Harris?] preaching at storfort on that text, Am I my brothers Cepper? declard that we out to be one anothers keepers. Upon which I spake to one that I was aquainted with, that if he saw me eyther du or say that that was not mete, that he would tel me of it. At that time when I herd anie Red a chapter that thare was anie of the promises in, my tares would Run doune my Chekes. I saws a young man Cuming in the streat, and I fard that he would call me out. I left the shopford and went into a backhouse, and prayed to god to kepe me that I myt not be ouercum.
After awhile that I had abod with my father, mr Norten [Rev John Norton, afterwards minister at Ipswich. He had been curate at Bishop's Stortford, where the author's father then resided] cuming to my fathers wisht him to put me to mr Barentons. That was a ueary Religious famely as euer I came in. And I went theatther and was Buttler; thare I cept companie with the choises Christions. I went to here mr fareclock, thre or fowr myle, I have forgot the tounes name. The words of mr fare Clothes text was thease: Ye that ware alents and strangers from the comanwelth of isrell hath he Reconsild to himself. In this sarmon he did so set forth the loue of Christ, his Redenes and willingnes to entertaine pore sinners, as that I Beleue thare ware uearey feaw dry eyse in the metting house, nor without dores for manie could not com in. It was great incuregment to me.
Sone after this I mared, and went and dwelt at a place called wood Roe, in hatfeld. Sone after I had the palsie taking me, which did mutch weaking my brayne and spoyle my memory. And just it was with god that it whoudl be so, for I cannot but acknowledg of what god had then bestowed on me. I went to a phisishon, and he tould me that it was too latte to doe my annie good. I was so as that I could scarce goe to bed or from bed without helpe. And my mother hauing bene saruant to the Ladie denny [There is a monument at Bishop's Stortford to Lady Margaret Denny, a descendant of the Edgecumbes, in Cornwall, Maid of Honor to Queen Elizabeth. The Lady Denny mentioned in the text was undoubtedly this person. She died April 24, 1648, aged eighty-eight.] she speaking of it to the Ladie, she tould hur of a meadson, that had cuered an ould woman of thre score yeres ould. My mother, diligently atending to the meathod of the besenes, cam to me and aplyed the same to me, and it ceuerd me; though I have the marks of it on my face to this day. Then i liued on wood Ro grene, on hatfild forrist. No soner on trobel was at an end, but a nother insude. There was on muschen liued under the same Rofe that I liued in, only he liued at one end and I at the other. Thare was farmers and yemans sonnes meat thare and I was among them, thinking no harme. But that ware a contrifing to haue a mearey metting at that muschins hous, and inuitted me to be one of them. And being among them, thay would contrif thare busenes with me, and tould me that thay would hae four bushills of barly out of a barne, (the ouner of which, one of these was his son,) and this muschin was to turne it into malt, and brew it, and drink it thare. I durst not Cros them, thay ware sutch blustring lades; but I was in a sad tune, and knew not what to doe. But I went to my Brother Howes [The father of James How, who emigrated to New England and settled at Ipswich, resided at this time at Hatfield, co Essex, England, or in its vicinity] father and advised with him. He was a uery onest man, and he tould me I should, by no meanes, be among them when thay did act that busenes, but make sum Journey sum waie or other, and he would du the busenes for me. So I did. And he acquainted the woman of the house, a prudent woman. And al the time apointed thay went to the barn. The woman, hauing had fore knowledg of it, stud after supper at hur hall window lesening, the barne not being fare distant from the house, and she hard a jnoise at the barne, and sent suddinly to the barne, and toke them with fowr bushils of barly, cared out of the barne in a sacke. The thing being discouered, the men ware in a bad tose, but that suspected me; and the yemons sonn came flattring to me, to know if I did not tell of it; and said it is well that it was found out, but neds he would know if I did not tell sum of the famely. I toud him I had not spoke with anie of the famely sens we ware togetther. Many words past, but notthing did apere, but suspishon. But on of the Company (as afterwards I was informed, and I myself suspected him and escaped his hands) came with a sort to my shop to kill me.
This was no sooner ouer but cumes a new trouble.
I then went to liue in the chef place in hatfild toune, and toke a prentis and kept a gurniman. And the taylers ware so disgust at it that they made arnestly to the ould lady barenton, Sr fransis barenton's [Sir Francis Barrington married Joan, daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and aunt to Oliver Cromwell, the Protector. The family home was at Barrington Hall, co Essex, and Sir Thomas had become head of the family while Robert the second son resided at nearby Hatfield Broadoak.] widdow, and to mr Sr Thomus barneton to git me out of the toune; for sayd thay he takes up all our worke, and we know not how to liue. This was so eagirly prosecuted as that mr Roburd barenton tould me yt he would giue me his eres, if he did not send me out of toune. And after thre times sent for before Sr Thomus barenton, by warrant, and pleaded against, and could not preuaile, Thay sumansd me to the quarter seshons; but god of his goodnes stod by me, and afterwords I found great fenship from thos that was my profest aduersareys.
When theas stormes ware a lettle ouer, thare was a great cuming to ne ingland; and I thout that the temptations thare ware two great for me. I then bent myself to cum to ne ingland, thinking that I should be more fre here then thare from temptations; but I find here a deuell to tempt, and a corupt hart to deseue. But to Return to the way and manner of my cuming. When I was mutch bent to cum, I went to starford to my fatther to tell him. My brotther how was thare then. My fatther and motther showd themselfs unwilling. I sat close by a tabell whare thare lay a bibell. I hastily toke up the bybell, and tould my father if whare I opend the bybell thare i met with anie thing eyther to incurredg or discouredg that should settell me. I oping of it, not knowing no more then the child in the womb, the first I cast my eys on was: Cum out from among them, touch no unclene thing, and I will be your god and you shall be my pepell. My fatther and motther neuer more aposd me, but furdered me in the thing; and hasted after me as sone as thay could. My first cuming was to Roxbury. Thare I toke a pese of ground to plant of a frind. And I went to plant, and hauing cept long in the shep, the weatther being hot, I spent my self, and was ueart wearey and thurstey. I cam by a spring in Rosbuery streat, and went to it, and drunk, and drunk againe and againe maine times; and I neuer drounk [In the summer of 1864 excavations were made in Roxbury (now Washington Street) for the purpose of laying a sewer and disclosed the "Old Brook" as it passes the junction of Dudley Street and Shawmut Avenue, "the bed of the stream being some twenty feet below the present (1864) surface of the ground," which is believed to have been the "Spring" from which John Dane "drounk."] wine in my lyfe that more Refresht me, nor was more pleasant to me in my lyfe, as then I absolutely thout. But mr Norton being at ipshwitch, I had a mynd to liue under him. And, on a time, I came to ipshwitch alone when thare was no path but what the ingens had made; sumtimes I was in it, sumtimes out of it, but god directed my waie. By the waie I meat in on place with forty or fiftie indiens, all of a Roe. The formost of them had a long stafe that he held on his forhed lyke a unicorns horne. Many of them ware powwous; and as I past by them I said, What chere. Thay all with a loud uoise, laughing cryd out, What chere, What chere, that thay made the woods Ring with the noyse. After I parted with them about a myle, I meat with two indines, one of them a uery lusty sannup. I had a packet under may arme, and he toke hould of it, and pekt into it. I snatcht it away, with an angrey countinans, and he made no more of it. So I came to ipshwich, and agred with goodman medcafes uesell to bring me from boston, whare I had brout my Goods. I brout a yeres prouidyon with me, but I sone parted with it. My meall I parted wth for indin the next yere. I thout if on had it another should not want. Thare came a naibor to me and said he had no corne. He made great complaints. I tould him I had on bushill and I had no more, but he should haue half of it. And he had; and after I herd of sartain that at the same time he had a bushill in his house. It trubled me to se his dealings, and the dealings of other men. Manie trobles I past thorow and I found in my hart that I could not sarue god as I should. What whay ware, ware two teadus to menshon. But uppon a time walking, with my Gun on my shoulder charged, in the myle brok path, beyond Decon goodhewes, I had seauerall thouts cam flocking into my mynd, that I had beatter make away myself then to liue longer. I walkt discosing with sutch thouts the best part of an ouer, as I judged it, at length I thout, I oute of two euells to chuse the least; and that it was a greatter euell to liue, and to sin against god then to cill myself, with manie other satanecall thouts. I cock my Gun, and set it one the ground, and put the musell under my throte, and toke up my fote to let it of. And then thare cam manie thing into my head; one that I should not doe euell that good myt cum of it. And at that time I no more scrupld to cill myself than to goe home to my oune house. Though this place is now a Rode, then it was a place that was not mutch walkt in. I was then mutch lost in my spiret, and as I Remember the next day mr Rogers preacht, and exkpressing himself that those ware blesed that fard god and hopt in his marsie. I thout that I fard god and hopt in his marsie. Then I thout that the blesednes myt belong to me, and it mutch supported my spiret.
Upone a time we ware in sum preasant want in the famely, & my wife tould me she had nothing for the children. She desierd me to tkae my gun and se if I could git nothing. And I did goe; and I had one pigg and then that was hily estemd on, and that folowd me a great waie into the marshis. I thout the prouedens of god semd to tell me that I should not goe out to day. So I returnd back againe with my pigg, and when I cam within les then forty Rod of my house, a cumpany of great gray gese cam ouer me, and I shot and brout down a galant gose in the uery nick of time.
In sixty one, my house was burnt, as nere as I can Remember; and it was a most uialant fier. At that time I could not but take notes of seuarall prouedensis concuring with. I doe not know that I did murmer at it, but was silent loging up to god to santife it to me. It pleased god to stur up the harts of my louing frinds to help me to the careyng on of another. I had bene ill before, and not well fitting to goe abrod, and could not indewer weat on my fete. When the carts went into the woods, I went with them, and manie times in the swamps broke in up to the knese, in could watter, in the winter. And it pleasd god I grew beatter than before, which I lookt on as a speshall hand of god. A second prouedens was this that, though my prouidyons was all burnt, I had a stock of fine swine, and the corne that was burnt, when the flowrs fell downe and the fier out, thease swine fell to eatting the burnd corne, and fatted to admiration, and that in a small time, so that I had good porke for the workmen to carey on the work.
Thus god hath all along presarud and cept me, all my daies. Allthough I haue manie times lost his speshall presanc, yet he hath Returnd to me in marsi againe. Ons in ingland at Mr Barentons house, in Christmas time, the cumpanie in the hall was shewing trickes in the nite, and mr Barenton came and stoud by. I being thare I toke notes that my mr changed her countinans, and the tares Ran doune hur chekes and she turnd awaie. I preasantly thout that hur thouts was better improud than myne. It put me apone a serious medetation of the Joys of heauen and of the unanetys of this world. It toke sutch an imppreshon of my harte as that, though it was a time of Jolety, I could scarse here musick nor se wantonnes, than i was able to show my face without sheding of tares.
The lyke impreshon had my thouts brout to me upone a question in our priuet mettings, upon a question of that text: Gods loue constraynes us to loue him that has loued us first. Beatting my thouts on gods infinet loue toke sutch an impreshon on my harte as that I thout I could doe anie thing for god or safer anie thing for god. O louing Relations haue a Care of quenshing sutch motions of gods spiret, lest you bring sorow and affiction on to your heads and harts, as maine others haue done, to thare great gref and sorrow; and I can speake it to the grefe of my sould, by wofull exkperans. [Ref: Ferris DAWES-GATES v1p241, NEHGR DANE Narrative]



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