John Lane (abt. 1653 - 1737)

Born about 5 Feb 1653 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Dorcas (Wallis) Lane — married about 1680 (to 24 Jan 1737) in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1737 at about age 83 in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

JOHN LANE, wife and children came from Falmouth between 1690 and 1700. He was the son of James Lane, of Maiden, both going to Falmouth in 1658, where they resided until driven away by the Indians. John married Dorcas Wallis, of Falmouth, whom he brought to Gloucester. They had quite a family of sons and daughters, and the name is perpetuated by numerous descendants in town to-day. He received a grant of a common right in 1702, and in 1704 a grant of 10 acres at Flatstone cove. Lanesville, on the north side of the Cape, keeps the name alive in local nomenclature. [page 47]

HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER.

John Lane was bom about 1653 ; and, with his wife and children, came to Gloucester, about the close of the seventeenth century, from Falmouth, Me. ; driven thence, probably, on the second destruction of that place by the Indians. He was son of James Lane, and went, in 1658, with his father, from Maiden to Casco Bay ; where they lived till driven away by the Indians in the first Indian War. His father was killed in a fight with the Indians ; and, besides John, left sons Henry, Samuel, and Job.
John Lane received from the town a grant of a common right in 1702 ; and, in 1704, ten acres of land at Flatstone Cove, where he had already settled, and to which his own name was subsequently given. He married a daughter of John Wallis, an early inhabitant of Falmouth. Her baptismal name was Dorcas, if she was the wife that accompanied him to Gloucester. The children recorded as bom to them here are — Hepzibah, bom in 1694 ; Mary, 1696 ; Joseph, 1698 ; Benjamin, 1700 ; Deborah, 1703, died in 1729 ; and Job, 1705. Besides these, there were James, John, Dorcas, Josiah, Sarah, and David. Five of the sons were living when their father died. He was living in 1734, at the age of eighty-one; but the date of his death is not known. [page 111]

History of the town of Gloucester, Cape Anne, including the town of Rockport

John Lane's Second Deposition: 1733

"The deposition of John Lane, of Gloucester, aged about eighty two years, testifieth and saith that about seventy five years since he removed with his Father, James Lane, from Maulden to a Place since called North Yarmouth, in Casco Bay, and there lived till driven from thence by the Indians in the first warr, and that he was well acquainted with John Couzens and Richard Bray who were settlers there all the time above mentioned, and well remembers that said Bray and Cousins possessed two certain Islands called Cousens's Islands, by building Houses, cutting Timber and improving Land from the time he first weut there, above mentioned, till drove from thence by the Indians in the first war, and that the said Islands at that time were accounted said Bray and Cousins Islands : one of the said Islands, being the greatest Island, lyes about one half mile from the neck of Land on which John Maine & John Holman formally lived at the nearest place, and the other Island, being the lesser Island, lyes about fourty or fifty Rodds from the great Island and on the South East side." _ 2 July 1733.

pages 646 & 647_OLD TIMES

(II) John, eldest son and second child of Sergeant James Lane, was born in 1652 in England. It is not known whether his mother was Sarah White or her predecessor Ann ; probably Sarah White.

page 1584 VOLUME 4 GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

OF NOTE: James Lane, father of John, is documented to have been in London in 1654 and primary immigrant as passenger arriving to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1655. It is more likely, therefore, that John Lane, his son, was born in England, not Billerica, Massachusetts Bay Colony. John settled near his wife's father at Porpoodock Point in 1687, and here had 5 children. Moved to Gloucester, MA following second destruction of Falmouth by Indians. Settled Lanesville. He and Daniel Day received a grant of some swamp land above their houses in 1701 "with the consent of John Haraden, Samuel Sargent, Edward Haraden, and the rest of the neighbors". In 1704 he had a grant of 10 acres on the Cove to which his name was subsequently attached. In 1726 was living on the northern part of Plum Cove Neck, when he had a grant of land there near his house. He also had large real estate in ME, both by purchase and inheritance. Estate after his death valued at 2000 pounds. John died on January 24, 1737-38 at age 86, thereby his birth year is calculated to be about 1652. Vital data from Gloucester Vital Record Transcripts (source below) as recorded in registry "Gloucester Deaths," p. 193, quoting: "John [Lane], January 24, 1737-8, a. 86 y. G. R. 3."

John Lane's probate was dated 2 Mar 1738, and contains 72 pages (Case 16318). ^[1] Probate was administered by son Deacon James Lane. Beneficiaries:

1. Widow Dorcas
2. Grandchildren Eliphalet and Sarah Day
3. Daughter Mary and her husband Joseph Thurston
4. Son Benjamin Lane
5. Son Josiah Lane
6. Grandson, child of daughter Sarah and Daniel Griffin
7. Caleb Woodbury, for his children with Hebzibah Lane, daughter of John Lane.
8. Grandchildren Thomas and Dorcas Wharf
9. Son Joseph Lane
10. Son Job Lane
11. Grandchildren John Roberts, Jr. and Mary Roberts
12. Daughter Dorcas and her husband William Tucker
13. Grandson David Lane, son of John Lane, Jr.
14. Granddaughter Mary Finson
15. Granddaughter Sarah Riggs

Children & descendents

More about his descendents can be found in the Lane genealogies ^[2]

Husband: John Lane and Wife: Dorcas Wallis

Child: Josiah Lane

Child: David Lane

Child: John Layne

Child: James Lane

Child: Sarah Lane

Child: Dorcas Lane

Child: Hephzibah Lane

Child: Mary Lane

Child: Joseph Lane

Child: Benjamin Lane

Child: Deborah Lane

Child: Job Or John Or James Lane

Sources

1. ↑ Probate: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/rd/13778/16318-co1/245616478
2. ↑ Lane Genealogies, Volume III
   by Chapman, Jacob, 1810-1903; Fitts, James Hill, 1829-1900
   Publication date 1891-1902
   Publisher Exeter, N.H., The News-letter press Lane genealogies ..
   https://archive.org/details/lanegenealogies03chap/page/179/mode/1up?q=dorcas

• Arthaud, John Bradley. "The John Wallis Family of Cape Ann, Massachusetts," in New England Historic and Genealogical Register, Vol. 152-153.

• History of the town and city of Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts by Pringle, James R. (James Robert), b. 1862 Published 1892: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftowncit00priniala#page/46/mode/2up

• History of the town of Gloucester, Cape Anne, including the town of Rockportby Babson, John James, 1809-1886. [from old catalog]; Chandler, Samuel, 1713-1775. [from old catalog] Published 1860: https://archive.org/stream/historytownglou00changoog#page/n126/mode/2up

• Old Times: A MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE PRESERVATION AND PUBLICATION OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE EARLY HISTORY NORTH YARMOUTH, MAINE. INCLUDING, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, ANT INCIDENTS WORTHY OF RECORD RELATIVE TO THE TOWNE OF HARPSWELL, FREEFORT. POWNAL, CUMBERLAND AND YARMOUTH. ALL OFF SHOOTS OF THE OLD TOWN. ALSO GENEAL0GICAL RECORDS OF THE PRINCIPAL FAMILIE8 AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE MOST, DISTINGUISHED RESIDENTS OF THE'TOWN. _ Volumes 5-6

• page 1584 VOLUME 4 GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE':" https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalfami04stea#page/1584/mode/1up

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Accessed May 30, 2019; Includes Biography [However, birth date and birth location is incorrect and conflated with another John Lane whose birth date was February 3, 1653, birth location-Boston, and whose parents were William and Mary Lane not James and Ann (or Sarah White) Lane]; Memorial ID 7073750, Maintained by contributor Diana (contributor 46561859): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7073750

• Torrey, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004, p. 450. [Repository: Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.]

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for John Lane (death); Gloucester, Vital Record Transcripts, "Gloucester Deaths," p. 193. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, Frame #1600 of 1745). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).] (death registry)

• Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Index, 1638-1840. Salem, MA, USA: Essex County. Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840; Name: John Lane; Probate Date: 29 Mar 1738; Residence Place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, British America; Probate Type: Intestate; Inferred Death Year: 1738; Inferred Death Place: Massachusetts, British America; File Number: 16318. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.]

• Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991. Essex, Probate Records, Lane, 1828-1991. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (database on-line, frame #315 of 330). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.] (Son Deacon James Lane was administrator of his father's estate; and assisting his mother, Dorcas Lane, and her receipt of 278 pounds, five shillings, and five pence)

• Taylor, Nathaniel Lane. Two More Daughters and an Earlier Arrival for James¹ Lane of Malden, Massachusetts, and Casco, Maine, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, 2022) Vol. 176, WN. 704, Page 361.

• WikiTree profile Lane-868 created through the import of FAMILY 6162011.GED on Jun 20, 2011