Edward Lane, patriot

Both his parents died before he was of age. (We might wonder in whose house he was raised? perhaps in the Evans/Davis household? See Mary Evans , who was his grandmother, wife of the prominent judge Owen Evans).... hence the place name "Evansburg"? (speculative)
On the other hand, there was an Episcopal. C of E & SPG minister by the nam e of Evan Evans who helped found the parish of Saint James Perkiomen. See the <panoply> project

~• his wife's first cousin, Mordecai Evans, had the distinction of a special guest on the night of September 19, 1777: His Excellency General George Washington (read more at Mordecai's profile )

Only Child... Both Edward and wife, Anne (Evans) are buried at St. James Episcopal Church, Evansburg, PA

• Ancestor #: A068583
• Services as a patriot of DAR documentation of Bessie Lane Bean Platt: SAR grave listing includes Edward Lane
  

DAR NATIONAL NUMBERS

1. #129861
2. #50114
3. #60062
4. #66026

"The officers of the Army at Valley Forge were quartered for the winter at the house of Edward Lane. Many persons offered their teams voluntarily and those of others were impressed. They were used in hauling supplies from a distance. In this service Edward Lane and Jacob Pennypacker were engaged throughout the winter." Verified by National Number 129861 - Add. 131.
read story in c.1895 letter of Jesse Weber Bean.

•"Edward Lane, was constable in 1767, and cried (?) sales. { ed note: "cried" as an auctioneer, I suppose} 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." (others) ~• the next three per #129861 DAR
8. Winifred (died young?)
9. Eleanor (died young?)
10. David (died young?)

(from a documented description of the Lane family)

His relative Jesse Weber Bean refers to him in his letters as "Uncle Billy Lane"

~• not all in the Lane family were Patriots. Consider the case of Edward's aunt's family: Eleanor Lane m. David Robeson... their daughter, Edward's first cousin, Eleanor was married to Lord Samuel Gambier of the governing class of the Bahamas. These Gambier/Lanes were Loyal to the Crown.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39528017/edward-lane

1. 19a EDWARD LANE (V) (1 m.) d. July 31, 1799 aged 75, (SJ), son of William Lane and Abigail ( ), grandson of Edward and Ann (Richardson) Lane, m. Ann Evans d. Apr. 25, 1790, aged 63, 1 (SJ), dau. of Owen Evans and Mary (Davis), granddau., of William and Ann ( ) Evans, and of William and Mary ( ) Davis.

• Children:
• (1) Mary m. a Kendall2 (2) Abigail m. William Couch
• (3) Jane 3 m. 1st Isaac Markley, 2nd a Davis (4) Ann m. Thomas Church
• (5) Winifred d. unmarried (6) William m. Mary Bean [see correction 1, Pew #19b below]
• (7) Eleanor m. Owen Evans (8) Hannah m. Jesse Bean (9) Anna
• (10) David d. young.

1 CORRECTION: Ann b. 11th June, 1725, d. aged 64 yrs, 9 mos., 26 dys. (Lane/Shannon Bible10 p. 157) ADDITIONS: 2 Mary b. 10th Feb. 1747/8 m. 1st Wm. Stahl/Stall, m. 2nd Henry Kendall. Children: With Wm. Stall: (1) Jesse (2) Christiana m. Nicholas Custer (SJ) [see Pew #16b] (3) Edward (4) Ann/Anna m. John Rhoades (SJ) With Henry Kendall: (5) Joseph b. 1789 (Lane/Shannon Bible10 p. 157; Phila Administration Book I-54 {File 120-1784}, William Stall; Mont. Co. Estate Recs.: OC18724 William Stall, Mont. Co. Archives show her "as now married to Henry Kendall", Thos. Davis guardian Christiana, Wm. Lane guardian of Edward and Anna; Chester Co. Nuncupative Will of Edward Stahl, 1825; Research of Carolyn Michaels and Barbara Wentz.) 3 Isaac Markley, d. 1773, son of Abraham Markley and Anna Barbara (Ickes), grandson of Jacob and Barbara (Dotterer) Markley. Thomas Davis (Pew #15a) appears to have been "a Davis": (1) In 1789 he was the guardian of Christiana Stall. (2) When Thomas sold his Mont. Co. land in 1799, as an "ironmonger" of Coventry twp., Chester Co., his wife "Jane" signed. (PA Ger. Records13, Vol. 1, "Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church Records", pp. 373, 482, 430; Mont. Co. Deed Book 12:494)