Col. John Job Lane, Jr

John Lane was made Lieutenant of the Militia - Aug. 23, 1693. He was Lieutenant in command of the Billerica Troops in King William's War in 1693, and was commissioned Captain of Billerica Troops Oct. 4, 1699 (Regimental Officer).

He received commission as Major in the West Regiment of Horse & Foot, from Govenor Joseph Dudley, June 23, 1711.

John Lane was very active in the Indian alarms before and after 1700, respecting which many papers have been preserved. In the history of these Indian wars, his name comes into view as the leading military man in town.

Lieutenant John Lane made a free man, April 18, 1690; a selectman in 1693-1704, inclusive.

He inherited his father's lands in Yorkshire, England, Sept. 28, 1696

References

• Fitts, James Hill, and Jacob Chapman. Lane Genealogies. (Exeter, NH: News-Letter Press, 1891), 29-36. Capt. John Lane received his commission as Major in the West Regiment of Horse and Foot from Gov. Joseph Dudley June 23, 1711. He is also said to have been Colonel of Massachusetts Militia and died in military service.─Society of Colonial Wars.
• John Lane, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 3:53.

John (Lane), Billerica, only s. of Job of the same, m. 20 Mar. 1680, Susanna, d. of the sec. John Whipple of Ipswich, had Susanna, b. 24 Feb. 1682; Job, 19 Dec. 1884, d. in few wks.; Mary, 15 May 1686; Jemima, 27 June 1688, d. in few days; Job, again, 22 June 1689; John, 20 Oct. 1691; Martha, 1 Oct. 1694; James, 12 Aug. 1696; and Joseph, 18 Feb. 1699; freem. 1690, was major, rep. 1702; his w. d. 4 Aug. 1713, and he d. 17 Jan. 1715.

Links

• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Lane_%285%29_
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lane%2Dan...

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• Maj John Lane
• Birth: Oct., 1660 Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Jan. 17, 1715 Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Birth: LANE, John, s. Job, __: 8m: 1660.
• Marriage: Susannah Whipple, dau. of John, March 20, 1682
• Billerica deaths: LANE, John, Maj. [h. Susanah], Jan. 17, 1714-15. [a. 55, G.R.1.]
• From Lane Genealogies:
• Major John Lane (Job), 1661 - 1715, born Malden, Mass, May, 1661, was a leading citizen of Billerica, Mass. where he was rated Aug. 24, 1688, the highest tax on the list. He was made freeman April 18, 1690; selectman 1693, '6,-1704, '9, eleven years; committee to seat the meeting house 1694, and the same year a highway was laid out from the "Concord Road" to his place; inherited by his father's will Sept. 28, 1696, "all the lands I have in England in Yorkshire, also one-half of my estate in Billerica," 750 acres of the Winthrop Purchase.
• Mr Lane was an officer in the militia and very active in the Indian alarms before and after 1700. He was Lieutentant in command of the Billerica troop in King Williams war, 1693.
• Capt. John Lane received his commission as Major in the West Regiment of Horse and Foot from Gov. Joseph Dudley June 23, 1711. He is also said to have been Colonel of Massachusetts Militia and died in miltary service.
• John Lane: Billerica HR 1702M, 1707; selectman 1693, 1696-1704, 09; capt. 1699, major 1711; M Susannah Whipple (c1662-1713) in 1682, 9 ch; farmer; estate probated. Good estate; land in England and Billerica. In the 1704 defense of Lancaster from Indian raids. Defended Dunstable in 1706. Susannah was a second cousin. (Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 from NEHGS)
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Job Lane (1620 - 1697)
• Anna Reyner Lane (1632 - 1704)
• Spouse:
• Susannah Whipple Lane (1662 - 1713)
• Children:
  • Susanna Lane Page (1683 - 1746)*
  • Mary Lane Whitmore (1686 - 1783)*
  • Job Lane (1689 - 1762)*
  • John Lane (1691 - 1763)*
  • Martha Lane Minott (1694 - 1734)*
  • James Lane (1696 - 1783)*
• Siblings:
• Mary Lane Avery (1652 - 1681)**
• Elizabeth Lane Avery (1655 - 1746)**
• John Lane (1660 - 1715)
• Anna Lane Foster (1664 - 1732)*
• Dorothy Lane Sprague (1669 - 1727)*
• *Calculated relationship
• **Half-sibling
• Inscription:
• HERE LYES ye
• BODY OF MAJOR
• JOHN LANE
• AGED 55 YEARS
• DIED JANUARY
• ye 17 1714/15
• Note: Carved by Foster, 1719 and before (James I) , based largely on lettering.
• Burial: Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• Plot: C120
• Find A Grave Memorial# 19529853
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19529853 ________________
• WHIPPLE, Susanna
• b. ABT 1662 Ipswich, Essex, Mass.
• d. 4 AUG 1713 Billerica, Middlesex, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: WHIPPLE, John
• Mother: REYNER, Martha
• Family:
• Marriage: 20 DEC 1683 Salem, Essex, Mass.
• Spouse: LANE, John
• b. OCT 1660 Malden, Middlesex, Mass.
• d. 17 JAN 1714/5 Billerica, Middlesex, Mass.
• Children:
  • LANE, Susanna
  • LANE, Mary
  • LANE, Job
  • LANE, John
  • LANE, Martha
  • LANE, James
  • LANE, Joseph b. 18 FEB 1698/9 Billerica, Middlesex, Mass. d. BEF 1715
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_7bd.htm#42 _______________
• History and genealogy of "Elder" John Whipple of Ipswich, Massachusetts : his English ancestors and American descendants by Whipple, Blaine
• https://archive.org/details/historygenealogyo00whip
• https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogyo00whip#page/n87/mode/1up
• Pg.76
• .... etc.
• John2 Whipple (John1, MatthewA) baptized 25 December 1625 in Bocking, Essex County, England; died 10 August 1683 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. He married (1) Martha Reyner about 1653 at Ipswich. She died 24 February 1679 in Ipswich (2) Mrs. Elizabeth (Cogswell) Paine 28 June 1680 at Ipswich. John emigrated to Massachusetts Bay colony in 1638 with his parents when he was almost 13 years old. He was an entrepreneur and started a number of business in Ipswich. He was an officer in King Philip's War, served as selectman, Essex county treasurer, and Ipswich's representative to the general court for four years between 1674-1683. He left an estate of £3,000. John and Elizabeth had no children.
• Children of John and Martha Whipple, all born in Ipswich:
  • i. .... etc.
  • iii. Susanna, born in 1661; died 4 August 1713 in Billerica, Mass; married Major John Lane 2 January 1681.
  • iv. .... etc. _____________
• The Presentation of the Portraits of General Whipple, Signer of the ... By Grand Army of the Republic. Storer Post (Portsmouth, N.H.), Joseph Foster
• https://books.google.com/books?id=yWkihZgpoU0C&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=...
• https://archive.org/details/presentationofpo00gran
• https://archive.org/stream/presentationofpo00gran#page/30/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• "John Whipple (Captain), [John] born about 1626; died August 10, 1683; son of Elder John Whipple. He was sometimes called Junior, Cornet, and Captain." [He was freeman 1668, and "Representative 1674,1679-1683". - "Savage."] "He was appointed a Captain of a troop to march for Marlborough against the enemy, &c. His prospects for honor and usefulness were promising at the time of his death" "His estate was valued at £3000." He married first Martha Reyner (a daughter of Humphrey Reyner) born —— , died February 24, 1679; second, Elizabeth Paine, June 28, 1680."
• Children [all by first wife]. John (Major) born July 15, 1657, married June 26, 1681, Catharine Layton, who died August 16, 1702, aged 62, he died June 12, 1722. Matthew, born 1658. Joseph, born March 6, 1664, died in infancy August 1665. Joseph (2d) born June 8, 1666. Susan, married —— Lane [Susanna, married John Lane, March 20, 1680,— "Savage"]. Sarah, born September 2, 1671, married Francis Wainwright March 12, 1686, died March 16, 1709, aged 38. Anna, born October 29, 1675 (?)
• ("Whipple Genealogy," p. 30.)
• .... etc. _______________________
• AMONG OTHERS, THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE SON'S JOHN OF BROTHER'S MATHEW & JOHN WHIPPLE CONFUSED
• Memoranda relating to the Lane, Reyner and Whipple families, Yorkshire and Massachusetts by Whitmore, W. H. (William Henry),
• https://archive.org/details/memorandarelati00whitgoog
• https://archive.org/stream/memorandarelati00whitgoog#page/n9/mode/1up
• Pg.3
• .... John Reyner, of Plymouth, was born at Gildersome, in Yorkshire, as was his father. .... Reyner's children by his first wife were Jachin, Anna, who m. Job Lane; .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/memorandarelati00whitgoog#page/n37/mode/1up
• Pg.17
• May 19, 1688. Job Lane make his will, mentioning wife Anna, son John, daughter Sarah and son Samuel Fitch,
• daughter Jemima and son Mathew Whipple,
• daughter Mary Avery and children,
• daughter Elizabeth and children,
• daughter Anna Foster and children
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/memorandarelati00whitgoog#page/n39/mode/1up
• Pg.18
• The issue of John Lane and Susanna Whipple, was: —
  • Martha Lane, born June 22, 1716.
  • Job " " Sept. 27, 1718.
  • John " " Oct. 2, 1720.
  • Timothy " " July 10, 1722.
  • Mary " " Feb. 24, 1725; m. John Whitmore.
  • Whipple " " Sept. 15, 1727; d. Oct. 4, 1728.
  • Benj. " " Aug. 29, 1729.
• Jan. 17, 1714-15. Major John Lane died, and his sons, John and Job, succeeded to his English property, the descent of which is given below. He was a prominent man in Bedford, then Billerica, and many letters are preserved referring to the Indian War.
• .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/memorandarelati00whitgoog#page/n45/mode/1up
• Pg.21
• Mathew Whipple d. Sept. 28, 1647. = Rose. ch: John (m. Mary Reyner) Whipple
  • John, d. Nov. 22, 1695. = Mary (dau. of Mary & Humphrey Reyner) Whipple, had issue
• John, d. June 30, 1669. = Sarah, d. June 14, 1658. ; ch: Capt. John (m. Elizabeth Woodman), Susanna (m. Lionel Worth), Mary (m. __ Stone), Sarah (m. Joseph Goodhue), dau. (m. Anthony Potter) Whipple
  • Capt. John d. Aug. 10, 1683. = Elizabeth Woodman; m. May 5, 1659. ; ch: Susanna (m. John Lane), Mathew, John, Joseph Whipple
    • Susanna; m. March 20, 1680. = John (son of Anna Reyner & Job Lane) _______________

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"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ7-QZ4 : 14 January 2020), John Lane, .

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-YYFS : 24 May 2022), John Lane, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 7373265, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Bio:

Birth: LANE, John, s. Job, __: 8m: 1660.
Marriage: Susannah Whipple, dau. of John, March 20, 1682
Billerica deaths: LANE, John, Maj. [h. Susanah], Jan. 17, 1714-15. [a. 55, G.R.1.]

From Lane Genealogies:
Major John Lane (Job), 1661 - 1715, born Malden, Mass, May, 1661, was a leading citizen of Billerica, Mass. where he was rated Aug. 24, 1688, the highest tax on the list. He was made freeman April 18, 1690; selectman 1693, '6,-1704, '9, eleven years; committee to seat the meeting house 1694, and the same year a highway was laid out from the "Concord Road" to his place; inherited by his father's will Sept. 28, 1696, "all the lands I have in England in Yorkshire, also one-half of my estate in Billerica," 750 acres of the Winthrop Purchase.

Mr Lane was an officer in the militia and very active in the Indian alarms before and after 1700. He was Lieutentant in command of the Billerica troop in King Williams war, 1693.

Capt. John Lane received his commission as Major in the West Regiment of Horse and Foot from Gov. Joseph Dudley June 23, 1711. He is also said to have been Colonel of Massachusetts Militia and died in miltary service.

John Lane: Billerica HR 1702M, 1707; selectman 1693, 1696-1704, 09; capt. 1699, major 1711; M Susannah Whipple (c1662-1713) in 1682, 9 ch; farmer; estate probated. Good estate; land in England and Billerica. In the 1704 defense of Lancaster from Indian raids. Defended Dunstable in 1706. Susannah was a second cousin. (Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 from NEHGS)
Inscription
HERE LYES ye
BODY OF MAJOR
JOHN LANE
AGED 55 YEARS
DIED JANUARY
ye 17 1714/15
Gravesite Details
Carved by Foster, 1719 and before (James I) , based largely on lettering.