George Lane (1613 - 1689)

Born 1613 in Norfolk, England

Husband of Sarah (Harris) Lane — married about 1637 in Hingham, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1689 at about age 76 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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[Note: Mother's LNAB: GMIV: 2005: 232 indicates George's mother is identified as Agnes (unk) as 'Farnsworth' is only in secondary sources, based on William Lane naming a 'brethren Joseph Farnsworth' in his will. Brethren may indicate a church association. Farnsworth is uproven. The recent synopsis in Early New England Families Study Project, continues to call her Agnes (unk). NEHGS: 156: 2002: 147, identifies her as Agnes Farnsworth, but has cites only the 1897 Lane Genealogies by James Fitts. ]

Biography

George Lane was born about 1613, son of William and Agnes (unk/?Farnsworth) Lane of Beaminster, Dorset, England. His parents emigrated to New England on the Hopewell in 1635 and settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts. ^{[1] [2]}

A George Land, aged 22, servant Angel Hollard and Sarah Land, aged 18, kinswoman to Hollard are listed as passengers on the Marygold ^[3] and are likely the children of William Lane. ^{[1] [2]}

• 1635: September 18: George was one of the early proprietors of Hingham, Massachusetts who drew houselots. ^{[4] [2]}
• He had 10 shares in each of the 1st to 4th divisions. ^[2]
• 1650/1: February: His father William in his will written on February 28, 1650/1, left his son George of Hingham L8 silver.^[1]
• 1652/3: March 11: George Lane and Moses Collier, bought of Thomas and Nathaniel Joslin, 3 acres previously of John Prince of Hull, 3 acres and part of 8 acres in Hockeley Neck, about 1 acre in Weymouth marsh, and one Great Lot of about 14 acres previously of Stephen Lincon. ^[5]
• 1669: Selectman at Hingham. ^[2]
• 1672: October 8: Listed as a Freeman. ^[2]
• 1678: Again, selectman. ^[2]

George's occupation was shoemaker. ^[2]

George married Sarah Harris by 1637. ^[1] Sarah was baptized at Honiton, Devonshire, England on March 13, 1624/5, the daughter of daughter of Walter and Mary (Fry) Harris. her family settled first at Weymouth, then Dorchester, but her parents moved to New London, Connecticut by 1653. ^{[6] [2]}

In Mary Harris's will, signed on January 19, 1655/6, she names her eldest daughter Sarah Lane and Sarah's daughters, Mary and Sarah. ^[6]

George died at Hingham on June 4, 1689. ^[6]

George's will, was written on October 8, 1688 and proven on August 20, 1689. In it he names: ^[7]

• wife Sarah
• sons Josiah, Ebenezer and Peter
• daughters Sarah Luis (sic), Elizabeth Poor and Mary Ellis
• grandchild Thomas Robbart
• grandchildren George, William, Ebenezer and Joseph Umphrey (sic)
• granddaughter Mary Lane, daughter of Josiah ^{[7] [6]}

His estate inventory was taken on June 13, 1689 and assessed at L539 11s 6d, including wearing apparel, household goods, books, tools and, livestock. In addition, he held 13 parcels of land, two being houselots with dwellings, others being lots from the divisions and meadows and commonage. The property holdings were assessed at over L500. ^{[7] [2]}

His widow Sarah died at Hingham on March 27, 1695. ^[6]

Children

1. Sarah baptized at Hingham in March 1637/8; married James Lewis of Barnstable. ^[6]
2. Hannah baptized on February 24, 1638/9; married Thomas Humphrey at Hingham on December 23, 1665. ^[6]
3. Josiah baptized on May 23, 1641; died on March 26, 1713, in his 73rd year; married first, Mary (unk); married second, Deborah Gill at Hingham on May 9, 1672. ^[6]
4. Susannah baptized on June 23, 1644; married William Robbarts on December 23, 1665. ^[6]
5. Elizabeth born c 1646; married Walter Poor by 1672. ^[6]
6. Ebenezer baptized on August 25, 1650; died on December 12, 1726; married Hannah Hersey at Hingham in December, 1688. ^[6]
7. Mary baptized on April 11, 1653; married (___/?Richard) Ellis. ^[6]
8. Peter born July 21, 1656; died at Annapolis Royal on February 6, 1711. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Anderson, Robert C. William Lane in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005 p. 230-3 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Williams, Alicia Crane. Early New England Families, 1641-1700, Volume 1. George Lane (1613-1689) p. 1-3 (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. George Lane.
3. ↑ Hotten: James C. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England, London, England, 1874, p. 285
4. ↑ Ward, Andrew W. First Settlers of Hingham in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 2, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1847 p. 250
5. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. Thomas Joslin in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 2005 p. 117 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
6. ↑ ^{6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11} Harris, Gale Ion. Walter and Mary (Fry) Harris of New London, Connecticut in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume 156, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2002, p. 145- (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Case 1690: p. 1-7: Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)

See also:

• Nicholson, Frederick J. A Clue to the English Origin of Thomas Lincoln (The Cooper) and William Lane of Hingham, Mass. in: The American Genealogist, Volume 64, New Haven, Connecticut, 1989, p. 214-5 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Ancestral File (R). Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150.