Pretitia Boreing

Not the same as Protasia Ramsey

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Pretitia's name has been spelled many ways in various records and sources, but "Protasia" is not one of them, which is the current spelling on her Geni profile. She also didn't have a middle name, such as "Mulled." It was very rare for English people prior to the 19th century to have middle names. There's no known birth or baptism record for her, so the will of her father, Richard Tydings, is the earliest known record, and her name is spelled "Pretitia" there. A document that she signed with her mark, a deed by her sister, Mary Dowell, spelled her name "Pretiotia." Her husband, Dutton, named her "Pretiosia" as his executrix in his will. Another spelling is "Presoecie" (see below), but nothing like "Protasia".

Pretitia Tydings

• AKA "Pretiotia, Pretiosia" Lane
• Born about 1674 in Maryland
• Died about 2 Feb 1734 in Baltimore County, Maryland
• Daughter of Richard Tydings and Charity Unknown
• Wife of 1) Dutton Lane Sr. 2) John Boreing

First Family

• Husband: Rev. Dutton Lane
• Wife: Pretitia Tydings
• Children named in Dutton's will:
  • Dutton Lane
  • Richard Lane
  • Samuel Lane
  • Child: Margaret Lane
  • Child: Sary Sarah Lane
• Possible children named by Robert Barnes or Larry James:
  • John Lane
  • Charity Lane
• Doubtful children without evidence:
  • Lucy Lane
  • Tydings Lane
  • Mary Lane
  • Elizabeth Lane

Marriage 1693 Baltimore, Maryland Alternate Marriage: 1687 Probably Baltimore County, Maryland

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October 12, 2021 by RodneySlone on Family Search: Evidence that Pretiosia (Tydings) Lane secondly married John Boreing includes:

1. Dutton Lane's will was written in 1716, but not probated until 1726 because there was nothing to administer. On 10 Oct. 1726 was exhibited from Baltimore Co. the will of Dutton Lane by Richard Lane his son one of the legatees who says there is no effects to Administoer on. [Maryland Testamentary Proceedings, 27:342]

2. On 8 Aug. 1717 Presoecie (x) Lain witnessed the sale of a tract from John Boreing (no wife signed) to Jonathan Tipton. [Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#A:417-419] That no wife signed, she was apparently deceased. That "Presoecie" signed rather than her husband Dutton was because he was probably deceased, and a marriage was intended between John Boreing and Presoecie (Tydings) Lane.

3. On 22 January 1718, John Boreing and wife Pretiotia sold a tract of land to Thomas Ford. [Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TR#RA:524-528]

4. Dutton Lane, Jr., son of Pretiotia married Dinah daughter of John Boreing. John Boreing for love and affection for his "son-in-law" gave him a tract of land on 20 January 1741 [Baltimore Co., MD Land Records TB#A:166]

Sources

• Barnes, Robert W. Baltimore County Families, 1659-1759 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 1989; digital images, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48162/), entry for Tydings of England.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
  (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188660254 : accessed 29 March 2024)
  Memorial page for Pretitia Tydings Lane (1673-2 Feb 1734), citing Saint Paul's Parish Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Ro§e❈ (contributor 47359710).
• James, Larry A. The Lane Family: The Descendants of Maj. Samuel Lane, four volumes (Neosho, Missouri: self-published, 1986-1989; digital images, FamilySearch, https://libcat.familysearch.org/Record/2030212, accessed 19 Mar 2024), part 1, pp. 10-13, 41.
• Jackson, Doris Christine Grace Blummer. Adjusting branches of the Lane, Slack, Bush, Chaney, Dodson, Williams, Grace and Blummer Family Trees (Annapolis, Maryland: self-published, 1988; digital images, FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/701520-adju...)
• Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777 (digital images, Ancestry, accessed 29 Mar 2024), liber 18, folio 530, image 528, will of Dutton Lane naming wife Pretiosia Lane as executrix. http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/stagser/s500/s538/000000/00002....
• Maryland Prerogative Court, Maryland Will books, 1635-1777 (Annapolis, Maryland, Maryland Hall of Records Commission, 1947; FHL microfilm 12843, digital images, FamilySearch, accessed 29 Mar 2024), digital folder 007737515, Wills v.4-10 1670, 1676-1679, 1682-1700, book 6, image 608, pp. 40-41, will of Richard Tiding, naming daughter Pretitia. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-J9H4-Y.
• Maryland State Archives. Provincial Court Land Records, 1709-1719 (digital images, MDLANDREC, https://mdlandrec.net), Vol. 720, p. 74, Mary Dowell deed witnessed by Pretiotia Lane and Dutton Lane, 14 Sep 1711.
• WikiTree ([https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tydings-9], accessed 30 Mar 2024), profile for Pretitia (Tydings) Boring aka Lane.

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• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 6 2019, 16:07:12 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 6 2019, 16:14:17 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 7 2019, 3:29:01 UTC