Isaac Lane, Sr.

Son of John Lane, of New Haven Colony and Sarah.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lane-5740

Isaac Lane was born Jul 1641 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 18 Jul 1711 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Isaac married Hannah Brown (daughter of Nathaniel Brown & Eleanor Watts) on 5 Nov 1669 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

Isaac was a mason. On Oct 25 1664, Isaac was received for an early inhabitant of Middletown and was granted a house lot of 5 acres on the condition that he improve it. He became a freeman in Middletown on May 13 1669. He received more grants of land in 1667 and 1682; after this he sold some land. A summary of the land he owned dated Aug 16 1773 mentions "4 acres 91 rods home and bay, 6 acres 38 rods of swamp, 1 acre 71 rods boggy meadow, 53 acres in Newfield, estate of 59 acres, 79 pounds sterling.

On May 13 1680, Isaac Lane complained to the Hartford Court of Election about great damage done through the unfenced land of John Pierson of Middletown who had died 3 years before.

Background of Isaac:

JOHN LANE (16__- Sept. 10, 1669) came from Wethersfield to Milford in or before 1640 with his wife Kattareen (?) who died before 1662, for in that year he married Mrs. Mary (_____) Camp (16__-1669), of New Haven, by whom he probably had no children. His daughter Katareen (163_-167_) married Nov. 8, 1653, John Tuttle (1631-1683) of New Haven; their descendants are recorded in the Tuttle Family Book.

His son Isaac removed to Middletown.

His will mentions Samuel, Edward and Mary Camp, the children of his wife by her first husband, Edward Camp. His will was made Sept. 10, 1669; inventory taken Sept. 16, 1669; amount 441 pounds, 15s, 1d.

Will

Will of John Lane of Milford, CT, Sept. 10, 1669 "I John Lane of Milford in ye county of Newhaven, being in perfect memory tho: weake in body doo here make my last will & testament in manner & forme as followeth: First I bequeath my soule to God & my body to a christian buriall." Legacies to "my son in law Jobamah Gum," "my daughter in law Mary Campe." "My will is that my beloved wife Mary Lane shall have all my housing & land, both wood land arrable & meadow ground during her life. My will is that Immediately after the death of my wife Mary Lane all the above fd houseing & land shall return unto my son Isaac Lane and unto his forever. My debts being paid unto my beloved wife Mary Lane & unto my son Isaac Lane all the rest of my goods & chattels ...whom I make my sole executor and executrix. And I doe appoint & desire my beloved brother, viz. Mr. Wm. East & my friend Samuel Ells to be the overseers to see this my will fulfilled. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seale, 10th Sept. 1669. Codicil: September 11th, '69. Bequest "unto mercy Baldwin my daughter in law." Estate total 441 pounds 15s 01p John Lane his ( ) mark. [1]

References

• The Great Migration Begins, Page 430. link
• MILFORD (WEPOWAUG), PERSONAL SKETCHES [Transcribed by Coralynn Brown] http://dunhamwilcox.net/ct/new_haven4.htm
• Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ...page 30
• https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000105469191882&
• http://middletown1650.org/LaneInDepth.pdf

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• https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10109/wikitree?itemK...