Person:William Lane (25)

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William Lane
b.by abt 1581
d.bef 6 Jul 1654
  • HWilliam Lane1581 - bef 1654
  • WAgnes1584 - 1671
m. 1605
  1. Andrew LaneAbt 1605 - 1675
  2. George Lane
  3. Elizabeth LaneAbt 1606 -
  4. Sarah LaneEST 1628 - 1695
  5. Mary Lane1646 -
  6. Annis Lane - 1682/83
Facts and Events
Name William Lane
Gender Male
Birth[2] by abt 1581
Marriage 1605 Norfolk, Englandto Agnes
Will[1][2] 28 Feb 1650/1 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death[2] bef 6 Jul 1654
Probate[1][2] 6 Jul 1654

On 8 May 1635, “William Lane, his wife and son” were listed as passengers for Massachusetts Bay on the Hopewell of Weymouth. [3]

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 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), 3/54.

    WILLIAM, Dorchester 1641, from whose will, made 28 Feb. 1651, pro. 6 July 1654, we learn that he had s. Andrew, and George, both of Hingham, d. Mary Long, and Elizabeth w. of Thomas Rider, beside ds. whose bapt. names are not seen, ws. of Nathaniel Baker, and of Thomas Lincoln of Hingham.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 William Lane, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011).

    ORIGIN: Beaminster, Dorset.
    MIGRATION: 1635 on the Hopewell. FIRST RESIDENCE: Dorchester.
    BIRTH: By about 1581 (based on estimated date of marriage).
    DEATH: Between 28 February 1650[/1?] (date of will) and 5 July 1654 (date of inventory) (and probably closer to the latter date.

  3. Great Migration, citing NGSQ 71:174


Hopewell (May 1635)
There were at least three voyages of ships named Hopewell in 1635. The first in April 1635 under William Buddick; the second, this voyage in May from Weymouth under John Driver; and the third in September under Thomas Babb.
Sailed: 8 May 1635 from Weymouth, England under Master John Driver
Arrived: Summer 1635 at Massachusetts Bay Colony

Passengers:
18 families (Full List)
William Blake and family - Thomas Bushrod - John Crowe - Edward Clapp and family - Thomas Dimmock and family - John Durant - John Gachill and family - John Gilbert - Matthew Hearn - William Lane and family - William Malton - Edmund Marshall - Hugh Norman - Thomas Richards and family - John Rockwell and family - Daniel Stolack - John Strong and family

Resources: Primary Sources:
Other information: Annotated passenger list