Capt James Lane Sr.

• BIRTH 12 Aug 1696 Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [3]
• DEATH 11 Apr 1783 (ae. 86 ys., 8 ms.) Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA [4]
• BURIAL Old Burying Ground, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA, PLOT Sect. E3, Stone 185, MEMORIAL ID 25192577

CAPT. JAMES LANE3 (John2, Job1), 1696-1783, was born in Billerica, Mass., 12 Aug., 1696. He settled on a prtion of the Winthrop purchase, where five generations of the name Lane were born. Oliver J. Lane7 built the present house.

In 1718, a highway was laid out from Shawshine bridge to Con¬cord river near James Lane's house. In 1729, he subscribed to¬wards erecting the meeting house and the expense of incorporation of Bedford, Mass., for which he received credit, Jan. 20, 1730. "James Lanes pue, Oct. ye 18, 1734, is the 2d pue from the grat door in the front joyning to Nathaniel paiges pue." The select¬men, Sept. 9, 1743, made bounds to the highway leading from Billerica to Concord, beginning at James Lane's. The same year the road from Benjamin Kidder's to Ensign James Lane's was laid out.

Capt. Lane m. first, 19 Jan., 1719, MARTHA, dau. of Dr. James and Rebecca (Wheeler) MINOT4 (John3, George2, Thomas1) ; she b. Concord, Mass., 31 Apr., 1699, and d. 3 July, 1762, as. 63 years. He m. second, 9 Aug., 1763, CHARITY WELLINGTON of Cambridge, Mass., who d. 16 Dec, 1764, ae. 70 years, and Jonathan Stone of Watertown, Mass., was appointed administrator on the estate of his mother "Cherry Lane" of Bedford, Jan. 29, 1765. He m. third, by Rev. Henry Cummings, 22 May, 1766, MRS. ABIGAIL FARNUM of Billerica, who d. 25 Feb., 1773, in her 77th year. She was b. 13 June, 1697, dau. of Ebenezer Johnson3 (William2, Edward1), of Woburn, Mass., and wid. of Oliver Farnum of Billerica. Hera, fourth by Rev. Joseph Penniman, 20 Jan., 1774, MRS. ABIGAIL, wid. of Lieut. John MERRIAM, nee Howard. She had ten children by Lieut. Merriam, who d. 20 Sept., 1767, se. 67 years, leaving her by will, Aug. 11, 1767, "my negro servant named Abraham to be at her own disposal agreeable to the term of his service." [2]

He freed his slave and gave bond that he should not become a town charge in 1764.

Inscription Memento mori
ERECTED
IN Memory of
CAPT. JAMES LANE
who departed this Life
April ye 11th 1783. In the
88th Year of his Age.

Death, steady to his purpose from ye womb,
Pursues till we are driven to the tomb!
O reader, wisely lay this thought to heart,
And seek an interest in the better part:
Then when you close in death your mortal eyes
Your soul may rise & reign above ye skies.

Gravesite Details
Gravestone carved by Park, 1780-1784 (William, John, Thomas, John Jr.)

Parents
John Lane 1660–1714
Susannah Whipple Lane 1662–1713

Spouses
Abigail Johnson Lane 1697–1773 of Billerica m. May 27, 1766 in Billerica.
Martha Minott Lane 1699–1762 of Concord m. by Justice Minott Aprill 30, 1719 in Concord
Chary Adams Lane 1694–1764 WELLINGTON, of Cambridge m. Aug. 9, 1763, in Lexington. (Bedford)
Abigail Hayward Lane 1711–5 Nov., 1793, se. 83 years MERIAM (see Merriam) m. Jan. 20, 1774. (Bedford)

Siblings
Susanna Lane Page 1683–1746
Mary Lane Whitmore 1686–1783
Job Lane 1689–1762
John Lane 1691–1763
Martha Lane Minott 1694–1734

Children
Rebecca Lane Hutchinson 1723–1814
James Lane 1726–1799
Love Lane 1729–1735
Mercy Lane 1730–1737
David Lane 1733–1756
Susanna Lane 1736–1750
Samuel Lane 1737–1802
Stephen Lane 1740–1740

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25192577/james-lane

Sources

[2] Lane Genealogies (Chapman & Fitts)

[3] Billerica births: LAINE, James, s. John and Susannah, Aug. 12, 1696.

[4] Bedford deaths: LANE, James, Capt, Apr. 11, 1783, a. 86 y. 8 m. [a. 87, G.R.]