Ann (Drew) Lane (abt. 1707 - abt. 1769)

Born about 1707 in Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Lane — married 1721 in Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1769 at about age 62 in North Carolina [uncertain]

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Biography

Ann Drew was the daughter of Edward Drew and Frances Newitt, originally of Surry County, Virginia Colony [now United States].^[1]

Her birth year and location is not known. As she was married with two children by 1745, it would have been before 1725. It is variously listed as 1697 or 1705 in unsourced family trees. This would be consistent with her parents marriage in 1685-1690 (but may be too early based on her father's will). As her parents lived in Virginia, she was likely born in Virginia.

Ann Drew married Benjamin Lane. This is noted in Ann's father's will.^[2] The marriage has been estimated as about 1720-1725 in Virginia, consistent with birth around 1700, but no source has been identified for this. (Her father's will in 1745 suggests that he anticipated more children from Ann, which may imply a later marriage date than this.)

Edward Drew made a will November 24, 1745, probated March 8, 1749, in Southampton County, Virginia in which he names grandson Joseph Lane, granddaughter Faith Lane daughter of Benjamin Lane, and states: "My Will & Desire is that the next eldest children born of my daughter Ann Lain/ not knowing their names/ may have ..." ^[2]

They likely lived in North Carolina, based on various land deed records that identify Benjamin in North Carolina in 1725, 1728, 1757 and 1769.^[3]

There is no identified record of Ann’s death. She died about 1769 according to some unsourced family trees. She probably died in North Carolina, where her family was living.

Sources

1. ↑ "Historical Southern Families." John B. Boddie.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Edward Lane, Southampton County, Virginia Will Book #1. 1749-1762.
3. ↑ Capt Benjamin Lane and William Lane (son?) sold 100 acres of North side of Tarr River to William Bryant on 25 Mar 1757 (see Margaret Hoffman, Edgecombe Abst 1732-1758); Benjamin Lane, planter of Edgecombe sold 100 acres of N side of Tarr river to Newitt Lane 20 Feb 1769, Deed Book D, 53-69 (transcribed by Stephen Bradley, Edgecombe, North Carolina Deeds, Vol 2, 1768-1778 p. 6) Southside Virginia Families, Volume 2 Author: John Bennett Boddie. Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1966. Page: 294.