This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iQB.2ACE/566.1 Message Board Post: This may be the Hampton, NH, connection you are looking for. The Lanes were numerous in Hampton. Descendants of William Lane Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 LANE1. He married (1) MARY. She died 2 May 1656 in Boston, Suffolk, MA1. He married (2) MARY BREWER1 21 Aug 1656 in Boston, Suffolk, MA1, daughter of THOMAS BREWER. Notes for WILLIAM LANE: William Lane, the ancestor of the Lane families, was a resident of Boston in 1651. He was admitted freeman at that place, May 6, 1657. Regarding himself or his connections we know nothing further, save the names and time of birth of his children, which are found on the Boston records. Tradition, however, says that he was of English origin, and also that a brother settled in Beverly or Gloucester and another in Maine. There were others of the name of Lane in this country at an early period [NEHGR 27:176]. Notes for MARY BREWER: "Of Roxbury" at the time of her marriage [NEHGR 27:176]. Child of WILLIAM LANE and MARY BREWER is: 2. i. WILLIAM2 LANE, b. 1 Oct 1659, Boston, Suffolk, MA; d. 14 Feb 1749, Hampton, Rockingham, NH. Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM2 LANE (WILLIAM1) was born 1 Oct 1659 in Boston, Suffolk, MA1, and died 14 Feb 1749 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH1. He married SARAH WEBSTER 21 Jun 16802, daughter of THOMAS WEBSTER and SARAH BREWER. She was born 22 Jan 1661 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH3, and died 6 Jan 1745 in Hampton, Rockingham, NH3. Notes for WILLIAM LANE: William removed from Boston to Hampton sometime in the late 1680s. He is said to have been a tailor by trade, and lived near the spot where Hampton Academy now (1873) stands [NEHGR 27:176]. More About WILLIAM LANE: Burial: Pine Grove Cemetery, Hampton, NH More About SARAH WEBSTER: Cause of Death: Fever Children of WILLIAM LANE and SARAH WEBSTER are: i. THE REV. JOHN3 LANE, b. 17 Feb 1685, Boston, Suffolk, MA3; m. MARY LIBBY, 7 Mar 17093; b. , Rye, Rockingham, NH3. ii. SARAH LANE, b. 6 Nov 1688, Hampton, Rockingham, NH3; m. WILLIAM BERRY3. iii. ELIZABETH LANE, b. 12 Jul 1691, Hampton, Rockingham, NH3; m. ELIAS CRITCHETT3, 12 Oct 1714, Hampton, Rockingham, NH3. iv. ABIGAIL LANE, b. 9 Dec 1693, Hampton, Rockingham, NH4; d. 24 Oct 1730, Hampton, Rockingham, NH5; m. JOHN VITTUM6, 14 Dec 1715, Hampton, Rockingham, NH6. v. DEA. JOSHUA LANE, b. 6 Jun 1696, Hampton, Rockingham, NH7; d. 14 Jun 1766, Hampton, Rockingham, NH7; m. BATHSHEBA ROBIE, 24 Dec 1717, Hampton, Rockingham, NH7; b. 2 Aug 1696, Hampton, Rockingham, NH8,9; d. 13 Apr 1765, Hampton, Rockingham, NH9. Notes for DEA. JOSHUA LANE: Joshua lived about half a mile north of the old Baptist meeting-house, on the road toward North Hampton. He owned a small farm there, and also worked at his trade, that of a shoemaker and currier. Joshua and his wife, Bathsheba, united with the Congregational church in Hampton March 10, 1718. He was afterwards for many years a deacon in that church, and authentic traditions tell of his eminently christian character, adorned with those virtues which made him a faithful friend, a parent diligent in leading his children in the ways of righteousness, a kind husband and a support and ornament to the church of God. His wife was an active, intelligent woman, and well fitted to assist in forming the character of their children to habits of industry and piety. The effect of the training of these servants of God was seen in the character of their children, nearly all of whom became at an early age professors of the religion of Jesus. Deacon Joshua Lane was killed by lightning, June 14! , 1766. The thunder shower had nearly passed by, when, going to the door, he was instantly killed [NEHGR 27:177]. More About DEA. JOSHUA LANE: Cause of Death: Struck by lightning vi. SAMUEL LANE, b. 4 Aug 1698, Hampton, Rockingham, NH10; d. 9 Jan 1776, Hampton, Rockingham, NH10; m. ELIZABETH BLAKE10, 11 Jan 1722, Hampton, Rockingham, NH10. Notes for SAMUEL LANE: Farmer at Hampton. More About SAMUEL LANE: Baptism: 11 Sep 1698, Hampton, Rockingham, NH10 vii. THOMAS LANE, b. 8 Jun 1701, Hampton, Rockingham, NH10. Endnotes 1. Edmund J. Lane, "Descendants of William Lane," New England Historic and Genealogical Register: Vol. 27, p. 176. 2. Judith Rigopoulos ([email protected]), The Woods Family, (Ancestry World Tree, Ancestry.com, updated 4 Sep 2005), "Electronic." 3. Edmund J. Lane, "Descendants of William Lane," New England Historic and Genealogical Register: Vol. 27, p. 176. 4. Edmund J. Lane, "Descendants of William Lane," New England Historic and Genealogical Register. 5. The Rev. John W. Lane, "Deaths in Hampton, N.H., 1727-1755," New England Historic Genealogical Society Register: Vol. 58 [1904], p. 30. 6. Edmund J. Lane, "Descendants of William Lane," New England Historic and Genealogical Register: Vol. 27, p. 176. 7. Edmund J. Lane, "Descendants of William Lane," New England Historic and Genealogical Register: Vol. 27, p. 177. 8. June Ferguson ([email protected]), June Ferguson to Adam Genealogy, (Ancestry World Tree, Ancestry.com, updated 9 Oct 2005), "Electronic." 9. Edmund J. Lane, "Descendants of William Lane," New England Historic and Genealogical Register: Vol. 27, p. 177. 10. Judith Rigopoulos ([email protected]), The Woods Family, (Ancestry World Tree, Ancestry.com, updated 4 Sep 2005), "Electronic."