There's no good evidence that Mary Estep was a daughter of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings, but there's plenty of evidence that she wasn't:
# Dutton Lane named daughters Margaret and Sary (Sarah) in his 1716 will, but not a daughter named Mary, even though she was still living.
# No Mary is named as a daughter in Barnes, a well-researched and highly regarded source.
# No Mary is named as a daughter in James.
# No Mary is named as a daughter in Schultz.
# There isn't agreement on her last name at birth. Although it's generally agreed that she married Thomas Estep in 1730, Yates Publishing's ''U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900'' doesn't list a surname for the Mary that he married. Her Find a Grave memorial says she was a Lane, but FamilySearch Family Tree says she was a Collins (neither with any evidence). Geni calls her "Mary Jane (Lane) Estep, of Letchwalt," perpetuating the error that she was the Mary Letchwalt who married Thomas Estep on 4 Mar 1797, but that Thomas Estep was actually her grandson, not her husband.
In the absence of any good evidence and in the face of strong evidence that she wasn't a child of Dutton and Pretitia Lane, she should be detached from this family, and I will take action after a few days.
== References ==
* Barnes, Robert William, ''Baltimore County families, 1659-1759'' (Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/baltimorecountyf0000barn/page/392/mode/2up : accessed 31 March 2024)
citing Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co, 1989, page 392.
* Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.
* FamilySearch Family Tree (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8WZ-9PW, accessed 31 March 2024), profile for Mary Collins, person ID L8WZ-9PW.
* '''Memorial''': Find a Grave (has image)
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129369725/mary_jane_estep : accessed 31 March 2024)
Memorial page for Mary Jane ''Lane'' Estep (1712-21 Dec 1793), citing Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Kemptown, Frederick County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Maredia Haddock C (contributor 47027498).
* James, Larry A. ''The Lane Family: The Descendants of Maj. Samuel Lane'', four volumes (Neosho, Missouri: self-published, 1986-1989; digital images, FamilySearch, https://libcat.familysearch.org/Record/2030212, accessed 19 Mar 2024), part 1, pp. 10-13, 41.
* ''Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777'' (digital images, Ancestry, accessed 29 Mar 2024), liber 18, folio 530, image 528, will of Dutton Lane naming wife Pretiosia Lane as executrix. http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s500/s538/000000/00002....
* Schultz, Frederick V., ''A Reminiscence Sung 1559-1999'' (Waynesboro, Virginia: self-published, 2000; digital images, Rootsweb, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rawl/family/reminiscence.html#c4, accessed 31 Mar 2024)
* '''Marriage''': ''U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900''
(https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/390391:7836 : accessed 31 March 2024)
Thomas Estep marriage to Mary in 1730
citing Source number 463.000, Source type Electronic Database, Number of Pages 1, Submitter Code KHW.
