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Note: From Rootsweb Worl Connect
on Feb. 22, 1849. He sold this land N ov. 20, 1851 and removed to Rose Twp. Oakland County, MI. His first wife 's name was SAMPSON (first name unknown). His first four children liste d were by this wife. The Sampson girl evidently died, and he married Joa nna Scott and their first five children were born in Canada. He had no c hildren between 1837 and 1842, and the death of the first wife and his re marriage occurred during that time, as the first child by Joanna Scott wa s Sarah, born in 1842. State census records of MI show the birthplace o f the children, and the first to be born in MI was George Orville, born i n 1854, so we know he came from Canada at about that time. James Jr. wit h Joanna appear in the Oakland County, MI census of 1860. On May 27, 186 2 he sold this land to William C. Predmore and removed to Elkland Twp., T uscola County, MI. He made a will Aug. 21, 1866 (a petition was filed Au g. 21, 1966 for admission of James Doying's will for probate, listing th e 14 children as heirs) that provides us with a list of the children, an d died a short time afterward and is buried with Joanna in the cemetery a t Cass City, MI. Joanna died about 1889." In Cass City Cemetery lot #4 7 "the following are laid away" - James Doying and wife Joanna; John Doyi ng and wife Mary; Orville Doying; Rosanna Doying.
James' will is on file in Caro. Joanna submitted a list of children in A ug.
: 6. Marriages and Births of Shipton - 1) James DOYING, son of James Sr. , of Shipton, married Anglican Church, 13 Dec 1820 Catherine Doyle. 2) H enry DOYING, son of James & Catherine, was born 6 May 1824, baptized 1 2 Oct 1824, Ang. Ascot, QC. I believe this to be our James. It is poss ible the child, Henry, died young, as I find no other mention of him. How ever, Henry DOYNE is the witness for the death notice of a James Doying w ho died 28 June 1854 in New York at the age of 44, the son of John DOYNE/ DOYEN and Mary ROLLINS. Henry would have been a first cousin to this Jame s. In Harry Doying's papers there are several mentions of a third wife . Records are found for other family members under the spelling of Doyn e in Canada, so it is possible the Henry Doying and Henry Doyne are the s ame person.
: 7. James is mentioned in the will of James Doying I, dated 12 May 1842 , who died in Shipton.
: 8. 1860 Census Rose Township, Oakland County Michigan 1500-1502. Jame s 61, Canada, and Johanna 37 New York, Sarah 18, Melvina 16, Rosina 14, J ames 12, Ann 10, these five children born in Canada and then Orville 7, J ohn 4, Frank 3, Peter 2/12 born in Michigan.
: 9. 10. State Papers of Vermont, Volume 2, Charters Granted by the Stat e of Vermont, page 34-5: Land Grant given by the Governor Council and Gen eral Assembly of the Freemen of the State of Vermont., State Seal affixe d "26 day of February AD. 1782, In the 7th Year of the independence of th is State." James Doyne, among others is recipient of a tract of land tha t is incorporated into a Township by the Name of Burk. Signed by Thomas C hittenden. by His Excellency's Command, Joseph Fay Secretary. (Compile r's note: I am not sure this is our James as he would have only been 1 3 at the time. James Doyne never claims this land and it was sold for ta xes in 1801.)
: 10. 1870 Census Elmwood Township, Tuscola County, Michigan taken July 2 5, 1770, 38-38: Doying, Joanna 47, Roxanna 24, James 22, Orvil 16, John O . 14, C. Franklin 12, Jessie M. 7, Cora B. 4.
: 11 1880 Census, Elkland. 200-200 Joanna Doying 56 born New York, Fat her born Indiana, Mother born New York; John O. Doying 24, son, a carpen ter, born Michigan, Father born Vermont, Mother born New York; Frank Doy ing 22, son, a farmer, born Michigan (same for Father etc.); Jessie M. Do ying 17, daughter, born Michigan (same for Father etc.).
1880 US Census for Cass City, Tuscola, Michigan. Source: FHL Film 1254607 . National Archives Film T9-0607. Page 99A. Same. NOTE: CHILDREN LIS TED HAVE FATHER'S (JAMES) BIRTHPLACE AS VERMONT.
: 12. History of Tuscola County, Mich. by H. R. Page, 1883, page 186. Jam es Doying was Highway Commissioner in 1874.
: 13. The Actes de notaore, 1815-1855 of Daniel S. Thomas. Film # 1464583 . Transfer by James Doying, Sr to James Doying, Sr. 27 June 1838. Jame s Doying Sr. to James Doying Jr, late of Shipton, now of Yarouth.....
: 14. The Actes de notaore, 1815-1855 of Daniel S. Thomas. Film # 146458 3. Conveyence by James Doying to Nicholas Cute. 27 June 1838. James Doy ing of the Township of Shipton, Farmer, to Nicholas also of the Townshi p of Shipton, Farmer.....104 acres, N.E. part of #23 of the 5th range.
: 15. The Actes de notaore, 1815-1855 of Daniel S. Thomas. Film # 1464583 . James Doying, Fr appoints Attorney 11 Jun 1839. "....I James Doying t he Younger of the Township of Yarmouth in the London District and Provinc e of Upper Canada, Yeoman......appoint John Philbrick of the Township o f Shipton in the District of Saint Francis in the Province of Lower Canad a, ...to grant, bargain, sell, assign and convery unto James Doying the E lder of the Township of Shipton aforesaid all my Estate, right, Title, in terest, claim and......of a certain Mortgage executed by one Nicholas Cui te of the Township of Shipton......the North East Hlf of Lot Number twent y-two in the fifth (......?) of the said town of Shipton containing 100 a cres ...)
: 15. The Actes de notaore, 1815-1855 of Daniel S. Thomas. Film # 1464583 . Transfer by James Doying, Jr. to James Doying, Sr. 6 August 1839. Jam es Doying, the Younger of the Town of Yarmouth in the District of Londo n in the province of Upper Canada, Yeoman.......unto James Doying the Eld er of this Townsip of Shipton.
: 16. Letter to Eldon P. Gundry from Bernice Coyne, Registrar; Registry O ffice at St. Thomas, Ontario dated Jan, 28, 1958. James Doying obtaine d a Patent from the Crown of 100 acres of land in the Township of Yarmout h in the year 1854. He sold this property in the same year and his wif e is given as Joanna.
: 17. Letter from Harry Doying to William Doying, Westfield, New Jersey . "in 1866 or at about that time my great-grandfather died, leaving som e property in Canada, and my grandfather supposed that he was the oldes t child and would inherit it. He took a trip over to Canada, and then i t was the older half brother showed up and of course inherited the proper ty under English law as it was at that time. This was the first my grand father knew that he had a half brother older than himself, his father eve idently being rather a reticent man as concerned his early life. In thi s connection I might add that James Doying was a considerable "strong man ". He could do stunts such as picking up a crow-bar with his teeth, an d it is told of his borowing a plow when he lived here in Michigan, and c arrying it a mile on his shoulder from the neighbor's home to his place . He died from the effects of a blow on the head received from the branc h of a tree which struck him while he was riding on a load of hay."
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