Agnes (Unknown) Lane (abt. 1584 - bef. 1651)

Born about 1584 in England

Wife of William Lane — married about 1606 in England

Descendants

Died before Feb 1651 before about age 67 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Disputed surname

Note: LNAB Farnsworth is unproven, and has been changed to Unknown. See:

• GMIV: 2005: 232-3 She is identified as Agnes (unk) as the name 'Farnsworth' is only found in secondary sources, based on William Lane naming a 'brethren Joseph Farnsworth' in his will. Brethren may indicate a church association. Farnsworth is uproven. https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-iv-i-l/image?rId=235147383&volumeId=12108&pageName=232&filterQuery=
• The recent synopsis in Early New England Families Study Project of Andrew and George Lane, continues to call her Agnes (unk). https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/early-new-england-families-1641-1700/image?volumeId=20020&pageName=1&rId=422955372
• NEHGS: 156: 2002: 147, identifies her as Agnes Farnsworth, but cites the 1897 Lane Genealogies by James Hill Fitts]

Agnes

Agnes ________ was the wife of William Lane. Her birth is estimated about 1584 based on the births of her children. William Lane and Agnes were married by 1606, probably in Dorsetshire, England.^[1]

Death

William wrote his will 28 Feb 1650/51 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He did not mention his wife, implying her previous death.^[1]

Children^[1]

1. Avis Lane bp. Beaminster, Dorset 18 June 1606 m. by 1635 Thomas Lincoln
2. William Land bp Beaminster 28 Aug 1608. n.f.r.
3. Andrew Lane bp Beaminster 9 May 1610 m. Tryphena _____
4. George Lane b. about 1613 m. Sarah Harris
5. May Lane b. say 1615 m. (1) Joseph Long; m. (2)Joseph Farnsworth
6. Sarah Lane b. about 1617 m. Nathaniel Baker
7. Elizabeth Lane b. say 1627; m. (1) Thomas Rider; m. (2) Henry Garnsey

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} MassachusettsGreat Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB394/i/12108/231/23896694

• Source: S3385 Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998)
• Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts; Genealogical Publishing Co., Balt., 1977; p 277; DAR Library, Washington, D.C. (Source for spouse, children, residence.)