Family:William Orcutt and Mary Lane (2)

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Marriage[1][2][3] 24 Dec 1663 Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Abt 1665
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Bef 1694
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References
  1. "The Hobart Journal", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 121, p. 115.

    December [from page 23b: 1663]
    ...
    1663 1664 [page heading of page 24a]
    ...
    24 Andrew Lanes Daughter Maryed
    22 Mr Joseph Peck Dyed at Rehoboth thursday
    23 buried
    Jacob Mason Bapt
    January
    28 Joseph Churches child borne
    [Note: The Early New England Families Study Project article on Andrew Lane, interprets this date as 24 Jan 1663/4. The annotations above have been added to show why this is believed to be an incorrect interpretation, at least based on the version published in this source. There is some ambiguity. The entry on day "22" may be January since in the old Julian Calendar, 22 Dec 1663 was a Tuesday, and 22 Jan 1663/64 was a Friday, and it makes more sense to talk about a death on Thursday in a Friday entry, especially with the burial not till the next day. This indicates the January heading might not be in the right place. However, if the entries are chronological, the previous entry would have to be 24 December to come before 22 January. The page heading would merely tell that the page covers from 1663-1664 and does not require that all dates on this page are January or later. No other source than this is cited by the project.]

  2. Fitts, James Hill, and Jacob Chapman. Lane Genealogies. (Exeter, NH: News-Letter Press, 1891)
    II: 8-9.
  3. CAUTION: It is traditionally held that William Orcutt had two wives, one wife being the Mary Lane mentioned in a baptism of Andrew Lane's children, as William Orcutt appears to have been a son-in-law of Andrew Lane; and the other wife named Martha who appears as his widow in a probate documents and an agreement of heirs. There is also speculation there was only one wife, though such a theory requires repudiating a contemporary record. (For more details, see this discussion). William Orcutt has been entered into WeRelate with two wives on this page so his page is recognizable to people reading the literature. However, the assumed 2nd marriage could have happened anytime between 1668 and 1693 and so it is impossible to make any case for allocating children that isn't pure guesswork. For that reason, all his children will be consolidated on his family page with Mary Lane in order to most clearly represent their relative birth order and spacing. It is known that many people will regard this as incorrect, but until additional primary evidence can be brought forward to provide proven answers, and given the current WeRelate practice of discouraging duplicate parents, it seems the best way to keep information on this/these families centralized and unduplicated.