John Lane of Boston

John Lane

• Birth: Mar 26 1684 - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• Death: Aft 10 Aug 1739
• Parents: Joshua Lane, Sarah Lane (born White)
• Wife: Prudence Lane (born Vergoose)
• Children: Elizabeth Lane, John Lane
• Siblings: Sarah Lane

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Lane_%28129%29
• John Lane of Boston within the County of Suffolk, Cordwainer, in York, Maine, United States. York Deeds. (Portland, Maine: Varies, 1886-1910) XII:375. link “John Lane of Boston within the County of Suffolk, Cordwainer sells to Jeremey Green of Boston, distiller, 1/3 part with right to my mother Sarah Lane who was daughter of John White situated in Kennebeck River in a place called Negauassect, land purchased by John White and James Phipps dated 20 Mar 1727; John Lane of Boston appeared 30 Nov 1728; proved 5 Mar 1728”
• Suffolk County (Massachusetts). Register of Deeds. Records of deeds, 1639-1885; indexes to deeds, 1639-1920. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969).
• 26:89 27 Dec 1711 buys of John Goose; 26:115 3 Dec 1711 John Lane cordwainer with wife Prudence, a grandchild of Jonathan Balstone deeds to William Lowder part of a house and land on Milk St. near Fort Hill, in share in grandfather's inheritance; See also SD 26:155; 28:45; 27:240; 28:3; 31:201 [Mentions Prudence's father as Isaac Vergoose]; 33:181; 37:246; 43:70 [John Lane buys the other half of the house and land of his mother-in-law Elizabeth Lane 1 Mar 1724/5; 58:87 10 Aug 1739 John Lane, cordwainer deeds to Lawrence Dolhonds, Dr. right to build a wall on Long Lane & Federal St [Land he rec'd of his father]. [A second set of deeds involving the same lands with a John Lane, cordwainer except with a wife Elizabeth from 1753-1760. It isn't entirely clear yet if this is also him or his son].
• Boston (Massachusetts). Record Commissioners. A volume of records relating to the early history of Boston containing Boston town records, 1814 to 1822. (Boston, Massachusetts: Municipal Printing Office, 1906). 11:195 14 Oct 1713 granted liberty to dig up Long Lane for a drain [note this is the property inherited from his father]; 13:70 3 Jul 1721 permitted to sell strong drink as a retailer at his house, Long Lane; 13:86 27 Jul 1721 permitted to retail beer and cider at his house in Long Lanes; TR 8 held town office.
• "Ancestry.com - Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire." Ancestry.com - Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2015
• Boston, MA: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630-1822 (Thwing Collection). Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB530/rd/0/12047/260120034