Lucretia (Bassano) Lanier (abt. 1633 - abt. 1657)

Born about 1633 in East Greenwich, Kent, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1657 at about age 24 in Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

An early record from Charles City County, Virginia, shows that John Lanier and Lucrece Lanier were among a group of 47 people transported to Virginia by Howell Pryce.^[1] The record is undated, but it is among others from the spring of 1659, and is presumably from that time period as well. (Some authors have stated that the record is from April 1657. ^{[2] [3]}) These patents sometimes took several years to be recorded, so all that can be said is that John and Lucrece were in Virginia by early 1659, and possibly earlier.

It has been suggested that John Lanier and Lucrece Lanier were husband and wife, that Lucrece's maiden name was Bassano, and that they married in England before coming to America, but no record of their marriage has been found. ^[4]

Another theory is that the Lucrece Lanier who arrived in Virginia was the sister of John Lanier rather than his wife.

It should be noted that there is documentary evidence that Lucretia Lanier sister of John Lanier did exist, but no direct evidence that a Lucretia Lanier wife of John ever existed.

She is not to be confused with the Lucretia Bassano grandmother of John Lanier, who did exist.

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. XI: Charles City County Court Orders, 1658-1661, by Beverley Fleet, 1941 (reprinted 1961). (Page 33)
2. ↑ Lanier, by Louise Ingersoll, 1970. (Page 9)
3. ↑ Southside Virginia Families, Volume I, by John Bennett Boddie, 1955 (reprinted 1999), page 298. Ancestry.com
4. ↑ Lanier, by Louise Ingersoll, 1970. (Page 13)

• Lanier: A Genealogy of the family who came to Virginia and their French ancestors in London, by Louise Ingersoll, 1965, 2nd printing 1970, page 8. FamilySearch.org

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