A Maine Family's History - Davis / McDowell Smith / Glidden

Lane

Davis/McDowell descent through George Lane; Smith/Glidden descent through Sarah Lane married James Lewes

Family possibly of Beaminster, Dorsetshire, ENG

William LANE born 1580 probably Norfolk Eng, in Dorchester MA by 1635, died before 7/6/1654 (will proved) Hingham MA, lived with daughter Mary Long after his wife died, maltster & yeoman

Spouse: Agnes FARNSWORTH died before husband

Children: Elizabeth married Thomas Rider; Mary died 4/3/1671 married (1) Joseph Long (2) Joseph Farnsworth (3) John Wilcox; Anis or Anith died Hingham MA 2/1682-3 married Thomas Lincoln, the cooper; George, born circa 1612-13 died 6/4/1689 ; Sarah born circa 1616 died 8/19/1695 Hull Plymouth MA married Nathaniel BAKER (Smith/Glidden Family); Andres or Andrew, felt maker & farmer, born 5/9/1610 died Hingham MA 3/1/1675 married Triphena ?; William

George LANE born circa 1613 died 6/4/1689 Hingham MA; married by 1638 Hingham

Spouse: Sarah HARRIS born circa 1612 died 3/26/1695 Hingham MA

Children: Sarah baptized Hingham 3/1637-8 married 10/31/1655 married Lt. James Lewes; Hannah baptized Hingham 2/24/1638-9 married 12/23/1665 Thomas Humphrey; Josiah baptized 5/23/1641 died 3/26/1714 married (1) Mary ? died 10/4/1671 (2) 5/9/1672 Deborah Gill; Susanna baptized 6/23/1644 married 12/23/1665 William Robbarts; Elizabeth born 1646 married Walter Poor; Mary born 4/11/1653 married Richard? Ellis; Ebenezer baptized Hingham 8/25/1650 married 12/1688 Hannah Hersey; Peter born 7/23/1656 died 2/6/1711; John born 1/20/1647-8 married Mehitable Hobart

Sarah LANE chr 3/1638 Hingham MA died 3/17/1697-8 Barnstable

Spouse: James LEWES, Lieutenant of Barnstable; married 10/31/1655 Scituate MA; (2) Benjamin Eaton

Children: John born 10/29/1656 chr 9/20/1657 Hingham died 11/5/1715 Hingham; Samuel born 4/10/1659; Sarah born 3/4/1661; James born 6/3/1664; Susanna born 1666 married Lazarus Beal 2/18/1690; Ebenezer born 1668; Mary born 1670; George born 1672; Hannah born 1674; Joseph born 7/1676; all born Barnstable

Pioneers MA pg 277: LANE, LAINE, LANNE, LAND, William, Dorchester, propr 1637. Wife Agnes memb chh about 1637. Ch George ae 22 came as a servant to Angel Hollard in 1634-5, with "kinswoman" [sister] Sarah ae 18; she m Nathaniel Baker Jr.; Annis or Avith m Thomas Lincoln the cooper; Mary m Joseph Long; Elizabeth m Thomas Rider; Andrew. Will prob 7/6/1654; house to son-i9n-law Thomas Rider & my dau Elizabeth, his wife; dau Mary Long; sons George & Andrew Lane & Thomas Linckhorne & Nathaniel Baker, all of Hingham; faithful servant, Freedome Kingley; loving bro Joseph Farnworth & John Wiswell, exec. [Reg V 304].

Gen Reg of the First Settlers of NE: LANE, ANDREW, Hingham 1635, perhaps went to Portsmouth, where Andrew Lane purchased in 1650, houses, &c. valued at £1000 sterling. Lincoln, Hist Hingham, 43.

Gen Dictionary of NE CD#169: Genealogical Dictionary of New England: LANE GEORGE, Hingham 1635, br. of Andrew, b. in Eng. by w. Sarah had Sarah, bapt. Mar. 1638; Hannah, 24 Feb. 1639; Josiah, 23 May 1641; Susanna, 23 June 1644; John; Eliz.; Ebenezer, bapt. 25 Aug. 1650; Mary, b. 11, bapt. 17 Apr. 1653; and Peter, 23, bapt. 27 July 1656; freem. 1672, d. 4 June 1689. His wid. d. 26 Mar. 1696. Sarah m. 31 Oct; 1655, James Lewis of Barnstable; Hannah m. Dec. 1665, Thomas Humphrey of Dover; Susanna m. 23 Dec. 1665, William Roberts; Eliz. m. Walter Pore; and Mary m. an Ellis.

Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of ..., Volume 4: I William Lane immigrant ancestor born in England came probably from the western part of England. He was a resident of Dorchester Massachusetts as early as 1635. He received grants of land there in 1637. His will proved July 6 1654 mentions children but no wife. Children all probably born in England - 1 Elizabeth married Thomas Rider 2 Mary married first Joseph Long second Joseph Farnsworth 3 Anis or Avith married Thomas Lincoln 4 George mentioned below 5 Sarah married Nathaniel Baker died at Hull August 19 1695 6 Andrew. II George Lane son of William Lane 1 was an early settler in Hingham and at the first division of land September 18 1635 was granted a house lot of five acres also had a grant of ten acres at Nutty Hill and thirteen shares in the common lands. He was a shoemaker and resided on what is now North near Beal street. He was selectman in 1669 and 1678. He died June 11 1689. His will was dated October 16 1688 and proved August 20 1689. He married Sarah 1 Harris died at Hingham March 26 1694 5 daughter of Walter and Mary Frye Harris. Her father came to Weymouth in 1632. Children all born in Hingham 1 Sarah born March 1637 8 married 1655 James Lewis, 2 Hannah born February 24 1638 9 married December 23 1665 Thomas Humphrey, 3 Josiah born May 23 1641, 4 Susannah born June 23 1644 married December 2 1665 William Robbarts, 5 Elizabeth born 1646 married Walter Poor, 6 John born January 20 1647 8, 7 Ebenezer born August 25 1650 mentioned below, 8 Mary born April 11 1653 married Ellis, 9 Peter born July 21 1656.

Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire: a ..., Volume 4 I William Lane referred to above as of Hingham was probably an old man when he came to this country with his sons and is found at Dorchester as early as 1635. In 1637 he received several grants of land there amounting in all to eight acres. He was among the seventy one accepted inhabitants of the town in 1641 and on December 7 of that year he relinquished his grant to Thompson's Island for the purpose of a public school .The first public school in America was established at Dorchester in 1639 and William Lane with others relinquished their grants on Thompson's Island that it might be devoted to school purposes. He was evidently a man of means and a very good citizen who enjoyed the esteem of his fellows. His last years were spent in the home of his daughter Mary who was the widow of Joseph Long and he died in 1658. His will was dated December 28 1650. The inventory amounted to £82 10 shillings and &14 pence, and the daughter was made residuary legatee after paying bequests of £32. His children were Elizabeth, Mary, Annis, George, Sarah, and Andrew. II George elder son of William Lane was born in England and was one of the early planters of Hingham Massachusetts. He was among the thirty proprietors of that town and on September 18 1635 drew his house lot of five acres situated on the main street which is now North street. His lot is described as No 21 from the cove on the north side of the road to Fort Hill. In the next three divisions his land was increased to twenty acres besides thirteen acres in the common lands .He was a shoemaker by trade and was evidently prominent in the community as shown by his rating of six pounds six shillings and eight pence for the building of the new meeting house which rate was laid October 9 1680. Upon the assignment of seats in the new building he was assigned to seate under ye pulpit and his wife to a sitting in the fore seate for the women in the body of the meeting house. He died June 11,1688 and was survived nearly eight years by his widow who passed away March 26 1695. She was Sarah daughter of Walter and Mary Frye Harris and died in Dorchester Massachusetts. Walter Harris came to America in 1632 and was about twenty years at Weymouth Massachusetts and died in Dorchester November 6 1654. He was survived by his widow less than three months. The children of George and Sarah Lane were baptized in Hingham namely Sarah, Hannah, Josiah, Susanna, Elizabeth, John, Ebenezer, Mary, and Peter III John second son and fifth child of George and Sarah Harris Lane was born January 20 1648 in Hingham. He was known in that town as John Lane shoemaker to distinguish him from John Lane carpenter of the same town. He served as constable of Hingham in 1689. About 1604 he removed to Norton Massachusetts and settled on the boundary between that town and Attleboro. It is apparent that he owned land in Attleboro as he was taxed one pound for the town debt there in 1696 and was chosen grand juryman March 22 1697. In 1710 he was rated in Norton for building the first meeting house and was on a committee in 1711 to 1secure the incorporation of the precinct of Norton. He died in that town November 23, 1712. His gravestone gives his age as sixty two years which would make him born about 1650. He was married first June 18 1674 to Mehitable daughter of Jonathan and Jane Hobart. She was born in Hingham July 4 1651 and baptized when two weeks old. She was seated January 5 1682 in the fift scate next ye pew of the wife of John Lane shoemaker. She died February 15 1690 in Hingham in her thirty ninth year. John Lane married second about 1693 Sarah Briggs who was admitted to the church in Norton on profession of faith in 1718 and died November 12 1727 aged eighty three years. John Lane's children are recorded in Hingham, Rehobotb, Attleboro and Norton baptisms are in the Rehoboth church records. By his first wife there were Samuel, Priscilla, Mary, As,a and a child who was drowned September 16 1692. By Sarah Briggs he had Ephraim, John, Benjamin, Sarah, Meletiah and Elizabeth.

History of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts: William Lane came to Dorchester about 1636. He was a man in humble life and died about 1654. He had sons Andrew and George who lived in Hingham. In his will he names sons Nathaniel Baker and Thomas Lincoln of Hingham. He had a daughter Mary Long probably the widow of Joseph Long and if so she afterwards married Joseph Farnsworth, but in his will he calls Joseph Farnsworth brother. There was a Sarah Lane baptized in Dorchester 28 3 1648, Elizabeth baptized in 1655 6 and married Thomas Rider. There were two children of Job Lane baptized in Dorchester early viz Rebekah 4 5 1658 and John 18 6 1661 being about a quarter of a year old by reason of their dwelling soe remote. The name of Lane is very ancient One came over to England with William the Conqueror in 1067.

William Lane of Dorchester. Inventory prized by John Wiswall, Wm Clarke 5 July 1654. Amt 82. 10. 08 1/2. Joseph Farnsworth deposed. [Will vol V p 364]

THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, PUBLISHED QUARTERLY: William Lane had two sons George and Andrew both of whom came, it is supposed, from England with their father. They were early settlers at Hingham Mass. William had also four daughters viz Elizabeth who married Thomas Rider lived in Boston, Mary married Mr Long lived in Hingham widow in 1690 married Joseph Farnsworth, the other daughters married one to Thomas Lincoln the cooper the other to Nathaniel Baker both of Hingham. Andrew Lane son of William had four sons and three daughters. John the second son of Andrew 2 baptized June 30 1648 died in Norton Nov 23 1712 had ten children by his two wives, the eldest child of whom was Samuel born in Hingham March 16 1718 died in Attleborough Mass Dec 7 1725. Samuel Lane had two sons John5 and Ebenezer. Ebenezer born in 1712 in 1735 married Bethiah Shaw who died Jan 19 1787 aged 91. He died in 1791. Ebenezer5 had eleven children of whom Ebenezer born Feb 10 1717 died in Northampton June 6 1808 married Vol XXI.

the new england: William Lane of Dorchester Vnto Thomas Rider my Sonne in Law & dau Elizabeth his wife my new dwelling house in Dorchester with all the outhousing garden &c only to & for the vse of my dau & hir children ffor euer except my great Lott within the great Lotts of Dorchester within Pale & without. Estimated 24 Acres more or lesse well, I giue vnto dau Mary Long also such psonall Estate as I dye possesed of shall by my Executors be thus distributed vnto sonne Thomas Linclekorne of Hingham, £8 in silver vnto Sonne George Lane of Hingham £8, sonne Nath Baker of H £8, sonne Andrew Lane of H £8, the discharge of these Legacyes in Siluer aforesaid £60. due vnto me vpon Bill fro m Joltn Glover the Remainder of the Bill after £32 in Legacyes (being Twenty Eight) I giue vnto Mary Long my dau together with all my psonall estate except one standing bedsteed in the Parlor, also one table & one chest in the house & also two fatts in the Leantoo to wett Barly in wch I giue vnto my sonne Rider & his wife to Remaine at the house vnto Mary Long all my Cattle haye Come mault swine, Pewter brase beding & all my Estate funnerall charges & Legacyes being discharged vnto ffredome Kingley who hath beene my faithfvll Servant 20s. Mary Long to haue liberty in my dwelling house after my decease for the Removall of hirselfe & goods fro thence such time as my executors thinke convenient not exceeding sixe moneths after the day of my Buriall also such liberty in the Barne & vpon the Land Concerning hir haye Come & Cattle wch is thus to be vnderstood that it shall not at all p judice or hinder Tho Rider from the vse of the Land at all in case I dye in such Season as the Land is to be planted or Sowne, he haue liberty so to doe & she haue liberty to Reape & take what was by me planted or Sowne. Louing Brother Joseph ffarnworth & John Wiswall executors. 28 12mo 1650. Signed in p sence of Thomas Wiswall, ffreedome Kingsley, p sent y Govern mr Nowell, mr Hibbins, Capt Gookin Sc Record.. the mark of H William Lane. Thomas Wiswall deposed before ye magist this 6th of July 1654 yt this was ye Last will of W Lane.