Lane Family Mysteries

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Here are open questions about Lanes. Please edit this text, upload unidentified pictures, add your questions to the bulletin board, post fuzzy memories you want to clear up, etc.

The Lanes in Maine Have Nothing To Do With Spain

Q1: Is Lydora Lane (abt.1818-) (wife of Perez S. Field (1811-)) a fairly close relative of Joanna Lane (wife of Perez S. Jennings)? The fact that these Lane women married men named Perez S. ______ may be a total coincidence.
Q2: Is Lydora a fairly close relative of the Daniel Lane who was an early settler in Poland, ME? She and her husband appear to have lived there, according to the 1840 census.
Q3: Who is the Daniel Lane that apparently was an early settler in Poland, Maine?

Research notes regarding questions above: Joanna's paternal grandfather is Daniel Lane (1734-bef.1810), who had both a son named after him and a daughter named Lydia. The town where these Lanes lived, Leeds, is about 29 miles from Poland (via today's roads).

Benjamin Lane (1752-1841) and several of his children died in Poland. Perhaps there's a close connection to Lydia. Also, he has an uncle, a different Daniel Lane Sr. (1740-abt.1781), who died in Leeds and could have been in Poland around the time of settlement (1767).