Josiah Lane was born March 29, 1721[1] in Gloucester, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of James Lane and Judith Woodbury.
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Josiah Lane married Abigail Norwood March 20, 1743 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts.[3]
Josiah and Abigail had many children in Gloucester; 6 or 7 of his sons were soldiers in the Revolution.[4]
Ruth, d. Josiah and Abigail, bp. Jan. 8, 1743-4. CR3
Judith, d. Josiah and Abigail, bp. Sept. 22, 1745. CR3
James, s. Josiah, jr. and Abigail, bp. June 14, 1747. CR3
Josiah, s. Josiah and Abigail, bp. Dec. 11, 1748. CR3
Isaac, s. Josiah and Abigail, bp. Nov. 11, 1750. CR3
Theophilus, s. Josiah and Abigail, bp. July 12, 1752. CR3
Levy, s. Josiah and Abigail, bp. Nov. 10, 1754. CR3
Francis, s. Josiah and Abigail, bp. Dec. 12, 1756. CR3
Abigail, d. Josiah and Abigail, bp. Oct. 21, 1759. CR3
Mark, s. Josiah and Abigail, bp. Jan. 10, 1762. CR3
Ammi, s. Josiah and Abigail, bp. June 17, 1764. CR3
The Massachusetts Vital Records Project - Vital Records of Gloucester Massachusetts - Vol 1 – Births - Pages 406-421[5]
Josiah Lane died in 1766; administration of his estate (Probate 16328) [6] was granted to his widow Abigail November 3, 1766.[7]
↑ Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 4 - by William Richard Cutter Page 1504
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9KP6 : 13 July 2016), Josiah Lane and Abigal Norwood, 20 Mar 1743; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,861.
↑ Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 4 - by William Richard Cutter Page 1504
↑ 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/13778/16328-co1/245616725
↑ Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 4 - by William Richard Cutter Page 1504
Gloucester Marriage Records (Entered by Jerry Norwood.)
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Lauren, he certainly does! Here's his birth record! "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-9GR : 15 January 2020), Levy Lane, 1754.