Edward Lane of New Providence

This Lane family seems to have rained a foothold in the Americas by first arriving in the Caribbean.
There is an interesting duplicate use of the the place name <New Providence> ††. This was used both in the Bahamas (main island) and for the the founding of the township at the Perkiomen, then New Providence township. Perhaps there is a connection to the trading wealth of the Lanes, Richardsons, Gambiers, and Robesons. All of these families were rich and intermarried frequently ~• {MMvB, geni curator May 2022}
Ecclesiastically, the Lanes were "convinced" by the Quaker faith in the 17th century, they then returned to the Church of England fold and co-founded the Saint Jamea Perkiomen parish under the auspices of the SPG and its emissary, Rev. Evan Evans. (see the <panoply. project. See, in particular, Rev. Evans and a later successor, the Rev. William Currie.

†† <New Providence> is also a township by the Delaware River in NJ, perhaps named by its early Proprietor James Robeson (a Lane/Bean in-law of sorts)

Married Ann Richardson in the year 1694 at Abingdon Monthly Meeting

• Edward Lane, in 1683, took up land bought by his father, and in 1698 purchased 2500 acres on both sides of the Perkiomen in what is now Montgomery County, PA.
• Significant to this history is the story of Gilbert's Manor.
  
• In 1704 he and James Shattick jointly bought 1000 acres additional.
• In 1705 he and James Bickley arranged to purchase 1000 acres more.
• He kept the a hotel on the west bank of the Perkiomen.
• In 1695 he and his wife left the Quakers and became Episcopalians. Other Richardson in-laws founded the Providence Meeting in Upper Providence Township.
• Many of their descendants are buried at St James Episcopal Church of Perkiomen, Evansburg, Montgomery County, PA • On Penn's Council he refused to recognize Keith gov. (per Mary Rogers (Bean) {worth further investigation
• His first Perkiomen land came to him as follows: he bought if from Andrew Robeson. It spanned both sides of the Perkiomen. We see an extensive documentation for this in Historical Sketches: A Collection of Papers Prepared for the Historical Society of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania ; Historical Society of Montgomery County, (1925) starting on page 350, written by a Mr. L.C. Williams. Incidentally, it was one of Andrew's grandsons, David Robeson , who married a Lane (Edward's daughter Ellinore). It was the Lane family that provided land for the erection of the Saint James Perkiomen Church (of England).

David and Ellinor were both buried at this Saint James in Evansburg.
SEE:

1. Documents (in this profile) for a compendium from wikipedia about the Perkiomen Bridge
2. Map showing juxtaposition of Lane and Richardson lands.
   
3. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_autobiography_of_a_Pennsylvanian...

•EdwardLane from Jamaica

Of the early settlers in Providence Township quite a number are worthy of

 special mention.

Edward Lane, an Englishman, came from Jamaica in 1684. On the 9th of

 Twelfth Month, 1698-9, he purchased two thousand five hundred acres of land 

 from Thomas Fairman, which was confirmed to him by patent, in 1701, by 

 William Penn.  This tract was situated on both sides of the Perkioman, upon 

 which now stand the villages of Collegeville and Evansburg.  He erected a 

 grist-mill on the Skippack in 1708.  He married Ann Richardson, and left 

 seven children viz.: 

#James

1. Elizabeth
2. William
3. Samuel
4. Christiana
5. Ellinor
6. Ann.

 He died in March 1710.  He kept the first hotel, where now stands the 

 Perkiomen Bridge Hotel.  At his death Samuel Lane became owner of that part 

 of his plantation lying west of the Perkiomen, and William Lane of that to 

 the east of the same stream.  Samuel Lane kept the hotel, and was elected 

 assessor of Philadelphia County from 1737 to 1740.  His son, Edward Lane, 

 [Archivist's Note: In error, this Edward is a son of William Lane]

 was constable in 1767, and cried sales.  He was in Braddock's expedition 

 against Fort Duquesne, in 1755.  At his death, in 1798, he left seven 

 children,-

1. Mary Kendel,
2. Abigail Couch,
3. Jane Davis,
4. Ann Church,
5. Eleanor Evans,
6. Ann Bean (incorrect: Hannah Bean is correct),
7. William Lane.
   

Many of his descendants are still living in the county of Montgomery, among whom are the Davises, Beans, Evans, Crawfords, Chains and Shannons. Among his distinguished descendants may be mentioned Joseph E. Lane, a candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1860. {again: bad scholarship: see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lane#Early_life . Joseph Lane was not a PA Lane}
The Lanes were Episcopalians, and were chiefly instrumental in the establishment of St. James' Episcopal Church, Lower Providence.

Edward Lane owned several tracts of land in the Perkiomen area besides his 2,500 acre land tract. 5,000 acres were in partnership with his friend, James Shattick, to whom he willed one of their 1,000 acre tracts, which was near his 2,500 acre tract. On Edward's part of the remaining tracts, his heirs continued to receive a share of the ensuing income. James Shattick d. March 31, 1731, aged 75 yrs., 11 mos. 21 dys. (SJ). Letters of Administration issued to William Lane, County of Philadelphia, yeoman, on estate of James Shattick 30th March 1731. 1735: Letters of Administration to Samuel Lane County of Philadelphia, Yeoman, principle creditor of estate of James Shaddick, yeoman, unadministered by William Lane, also deceased, late County of Philadelphia, yeoman 10 June 1735. (The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Volume XXII, No. 4 (1962): pp. 256, 259: Administration Book C:167, #74, p. 301, 1731; #140, 1735.)

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Birth year: 1663; Birth city: Providence; Birth state: PA 1,4725::4361220

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Birth year: 1663; Birth city: Providence; Birth state: PA 1,4725::4361220

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Birth year: 1663; Birth city: Providence; Birth state: PA 1,4725::4361220

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