John Lane (abt. 1603 - 1669)

Born about 9 Oct 1603 in Somerset, England

Husband of Sarah (Barnard) Lane — married 6 May 1627 in Crawley, Sussex, England

Husband of Mary (Canfield) Lane — married 4 Apr 1662 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Sep 1669 at about age 65 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

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John Lane migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 202) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

John LANE was born 1603 in Somerset, England. He died 1 September 1669 in Milford, New Haven, CT.

John married 1) Sarah Barnard 6 May 1627 in Crawley, Sussex, England. Sarah Barnard-Lane died in 1660 Milford, New Haven, CT. Children: Issac, Katherine (1632-1683), who married John Tuttle, Sr. (1632-1683). or Sarah _______,^[1]

John Lane married 2) Mary Canfield-Camp-Lane 4 April 1662 in Milford, New Haven, CT. John Lane was Mary Canfield's 2nd husband. Her 1st husband was Edward Camp (1617-1659). The marriage record of John and Mary names her Camp, and gives an additional person involved with the marriage as Treat, the magistrate who married them. In her will of 1680, Mary mentions Thomas Canfield as her brother, which gives us her last name. John Lane widower m. widow Camp of Chestnut Hill New Haven 4 April 1662. She died Feb 1680/1 called Mary.^[1]

Mary and Edward married in 1643 and had three children: 1) Lieut. Samuel Camp (1644-1735); 2) Mercy Camp-Baldwin-Briscoe (1646-1702); and 3) Sgt. Edward Camp Jr. (1650-1721).

John Lane is recorded as one of 44 church members who were granted a franchise as "free planters" in the new colony of Milford on Nov 20 1639. Church basically dominated all of life. They acknowledged no greater authority than the Word of God. If you weren't a church member, you couldn't be a leader in civil affairs.

John Lane's house is included on a detailed map of Milford in 1646. It sits on lot 18, across from the Episcopal church. He owned just over 2 acres of land, about average for the area.

Will of John Lane of Milford, CT, Sept. 10, 1669^[2]

"I John Lane of Milford in ye county of Newhaven, being in perfect memory tho: weake in body doo here make my last will & testament in manner & forme as followeth:

First I bequeath my soule to God & my body to a christian buriall."

Legacies to "my son in law Jobamah Gum," "my daughter in law Mary Campe."

"My will is that my beloved wife Mary Lane shall have all my housing & land, both wood land arrable & meadow ground during her life.

My will is that Immediately after the death of my wife Mary Lane all the above fd houseing & land shall return unto my son Isaac Lane and unto his forever.

My debts being paid unto my beloved wife Mary Lane & unto my son Isaac Lane all the rest of my goods & chattels ...whom I make my sole executor and executrix.

And I doe appoint & desire my beloved brother, viz. Mr. Wm. East & my friend Samuel Ells to be the overseers to see this my will fulfilled.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale, 10th Sept. 1669.

Codicil: September 11th, '69.^[2]

Bequest "unto mercy Baldwin my daughter in law."

His inventory was taken on 16 September 1669 and valued at 441 pounds 15s 01p.^[2]

John Lane his ( ) mark.^[3]John's will was dated September 10, 1669, in Milford, Connecticut, and proved Sept 1669.^[1]

"John Lane of Milford" married Mary, the "widow Camp that lived at Chestnut Hill", on 4 April 1662. He was a widower with a son Isaac and a daughter Sarah, wife of Jobamah Gunn. ^[4]

John’s will was dated 10 Sep 1669 and proved in Sep 1669. His will names sons-in-law Jobamah Gunn, Samuel and Edward Camp; dau-in-law Mary Camp, wife Mary, son Isaac, dau-in-law Mercy Baldwin, brother William East. He had lot #18, 2 acres 2 rods and 20 poles, freeplanter in 1639.

Children

1. Katherine m. 1653 m. John Tuttle^[1]
2. Isaac bpt 1641; went to Middletown^[1]
3. Sarah bpt 1642; m. Jobamah Gunn^[1]

Mary Canfield was born in 1625,^[5] the daughter of Thomas Canfield. Mary Canfield came to America about 1640 with her brother, another "Gillett" direct ancestor - see Thomas Canfield.

Mary was the widow of Edward Camp who died September 1659 in Milford at age 42. His wife, Mary, then married John Lane on April 4, 1666. Mary died in 1680 in Milford, Connecticut, about 55 years old.^[6] This Lane genealogy mentions a John Lane of Milford who died between 11 and 16 Sept 1669. ^[7] http://www.genyourway.com/gt-am.html

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Abbott, Susan Emma Woodruff, 1901-. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979. . p. 400
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9NV-F : 8 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 154. New Haven Probate Record, 1647-1687, Vol. 1, Part 2, page 24-25.
3. ↑ Lane Genealogies; Volume II; compiled by James Hill Fitts; Exeter, N.H. News-Letter Press. 1897 Pgs. 219-20.
4. ↑ From the "Brisco" family files assembled by Herbert Clarence Burleigh, archived in Queen's University, Toronto:
   • https://archive.org/details/hcbbrisco_ii/page/20/mode/2up
5. ↑ http://www.genyourway.com/gt-am.html
6. ↑ http://www.genyourway.com/gt-am.html
7. ↑ http://archive.org/stream/lanegenealogies02chap#page/220/mode/2up

• Marriage 2: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7T-3HLJ : 20 February 2019), John Lane in entry for Camp, 4 Apr 1662; citing Marriage, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272225.

Sources for John Lane

• Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999
• Ancestry.com. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
• Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
• Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

• History of Milford Connecticut 1630 - 1939, pages 7 & 10, as found at [1]

• Land records & will: Lane Genealogies, Volume II by James Hill Fitts, 1897 as found at [2]

Find-a-Grave

• Find A Grave: Memorial #125140307

• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 318.

• Ancestors of the seventh generation, p. 158
• Boardman, William F. J.. The ancestry of William Francis Joseph Boardman, Hartford, Connecticut : being his lineage in all lines of descent from the emigrant ancestors in New England. Hartford, Conn.: Priv. print., 1906. http://interactive.ancestry.com/15964/dvm_GenMono002661-00114-0/93
• Lane Genealogies; Volume II; compiled by James Hill Fitts; Exeter, N.H. News-Letter Press. 1897 Pgs. 219-20.
• WikiTree profile Lane-1164 created through the import of Rankin-Ridgdill Family Tree.ged on Oct 4, 2011 by Elizabeth Rankin. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Elizabeth and others.