Sarah (Lane) Hays (1746)

Born 8 Nov 1746 in St John's and St George's Parish, Joppa, Baltimore County, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Hays — married about 1766 in Baltimore County, Maryland [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah Lane was born on 8 Nov 1746 in Joppa, then part of Baltimore County, Maryland, to Samuel and Jane Lane. ^[1] Sarah married Joseph Hays probably around 1766. ^[2][3] Sarah's father, Samuel Lane, deeded over the property “Gill’s Prospect” to Joseph Hays in 1779. Sarah apparently remained in Baltimore County when her father and other siblings migrated to western Pennsylvania. In 1801 Joseph was appointed the guardian of the children of Sarah's brother, John Lane. ^[4] Sarah's date of death is unknown.

Research Notes

This Sarah Lane has been confused with a Sarah Elizabeth Lane who married Abraham Bradley and lived and died in South Carolina. It's unlikely that a woman of English descent in the 18th century would have a middle name, and it's implausible that she would marry a man from Virginia and end up in South Carolina. It's more plausible that she married a man from Baltimore County, Joseph Hays, who had known connections to the Lane family, to include a land transaction with Sarah's father and being appointed the guardian of her brother's children.

Sources

1. ↑ Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995 (FamilySearch, online database and digital images), St Johns and St Georges Parish register, image 408, p. 159, record for Sarah Lane. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKJ-HN6Y. Accessed 22 Feb 2024.
2. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry.com, online database, 2004), Source number: 16970.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY; Record for Sarah Lane and Joseph Hays. https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7836&h=716405&indiv=try. Accessed 22 Feb 2024.
3. ↑ Barnes, Robert W., Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1989; Ancestry.com, Digital images), p. 393, entry for the Samuel Lane Family, citing William B. Marye,"The Old Indian Road,"Maryland Historical Magazine, 15 (1920) p. 346; Register of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church, transcription, Maryland Historical Society; Register of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church, transcription, Maryland Historical Society; Baltimore County Land Records, Liber BB#I, p. 493, Hall of Records, Annapolis. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48162/. Accessed 22 Feb 2024.
4. ↑ Schultz, Frederick V., Reminiscence Sung 1559-1999, A (Waynesboro, Virginia, 2000; Rootsweb, online database), p. 83. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rawl/family/reminiscence.html. Accessed 22 Feb 2024.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Lane-2410 created through the import of FTWOct12.GED on Oct 7, 2012 by Joe Turner.
• Lane-5207 was created by Nancy Collins through the import of Collins_Vogen_Jones_Marple_Tay.ged on Oct 26, 2014.