Mary (James) Lane (1722 - 1769)

Born 3 Mar 1722 in Hampton, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Lane — married 24 Dec 1741 in Hampton, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1769 at age 46 in Stratham, New Hampshire

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Biography

Mary James was born at Hampton, New Hampshire, 3 Mar 1722, the daughter of Benjamin James and Susanna Smith; ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} died at Stratham, New Hampshire, 30 July 1769, aged 46y 10m 16d, ^{[5] [6]} and is buried there in the Stratham Cemetery. ^[7]

She married at Hampton, 24 Dec 1741, Samuel Lane. ^{[3] [4] [8]}

Research Notes

This Mary James is not the Mary James who married, 25 May 1756, Josiah Rundlett, ^[9] as she was still married to Samuel Lane when she died, ^[5] and two of their children, Bathsheba and Jabez, were born after the date of her supposed marriage to Josiah Rundlett. ^[6] The Mary James who married Josiah Rundlett was her niece, Mary James, a daughter of her brother, Edmund James.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLG4-658 : 21 October 2022), Mary James, ; citing Hampton, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDND-PZ8 : 18 January 2020), Mary James, 1721.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Morton, Ann Tilden, The Descendants of Edmund James Through His Son Benjamin of Hampton, New Hampshire (The James House Association, Hampton, New Hampshire, 2003, spiral-bound, 229 pages, with 41-page every-name index), pp. 3, 10-11. Cit. Date: 4 Dec 2022.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Lane, Samuel, "A journal for the years 1739-1803" (New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH, 1937), p. 2, "I was Married at Hampton by the Rev’d Mr. Ward Cotton to Mary James, Daughter of Benjamin James: she was born March 3rd, 1721/2." Cit. Date: 4 Dec 2022.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Lane, Samuel, "A journal for the years 1739-1803" (New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH, 1937), p. 41, "Jan 30, 1769. My Beloved Wife Died Aged 46 years 10 Months & 16 Days. a Holy and Righteous Providence indeed; but an irrepairable loss to me & my Children. Note, we Liv’d together 27 years & 26 Days. Note. I am 50 years and 3 Months and 13 Days old." Cit. Date: 4 Dec 2022.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Tibbetts, Charles W., Genealogical Records of Stratham (New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Dover, New Hamphire, 1904), Vol. 2, p. 55, "Mary Lane the wife of Samuel Lane Died Janry 30th 1769; Aged 46 years, 10 Months & 16 Days: having Lived together in the Marriage State 27 years & 26 Days." Cit. Date: 4 Dec 2022.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 04 December 2022), memorial page for Mary James Lane (3 Mar 1722–30 Jul 1769), Find A Grave: Memorial #81998818, citing Stratham Cemetery, Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703).
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLXK-34Y : 1 August 2022), Samuel Lane and Mary James, 1741.
9. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDGJ-V4G : 24 January 2020), Josiah Rundlet, 1756.