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    1. Re: [Q-R] John LANE (Sr.) from ? to MD to PA
    2. In a message dated 3/26/2005 1:26:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, CageyCat writes: > Hi Joan, > > The only Scots-Irish mention is the Bio/History about John's grandson, Jacob > D. Lane. Same bio said John left his parents because he was opposed to > slavery and the parents had slaves. Whether the bio is right or not is unproven > either way. > > I looked at the Lehn family, but I thought -- am I wrong? -- that John, > Jacob and Peter LEHN sold their mill in Fred Co MD, went to York (a couple times > back &forth to York &Fred Cos)... and finally all 3 stayed in York Co PA?? > We researched part of LEHN as far as we could in Fred Co &as much as we could > through professional searchers in York Co PA. IF we could tie our Johnn to a > missing John in the LEHN family, great. But I don't want to latch onto the > wrong family either. Do you know what happened to the John in the will? > > The LEHNs fit the bio in terms of John's father supposedly being in Rev War > -- I think Peter or Jacob LEHN was in Rev War. > > Arnolds were also in Brethren Church, as were the York Co LEHNs. Do you > know in York any other Brethren families that lived in the same area? > > Do you know if the LEHNs in York Co were ever slaveholders? > > It's so hard figuring this out. I know we have no Peter in our LANE line > anywhere after our John LANE. (b. ca. 1780) > > Do you know anything I could try to prove anything connecting John LANE to > LEHN? > > Thank you, > > Judy

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