LANE. Andrew, Hingham 1635, s. of William, was call. feltmaker, by w. Tryphena had Mary, Abigail, and Andrew, all bapt. in Aug. 1646; John, 30 Jan. 1648; [At this point, Savage goes on to point out many errors circulating about Andrew, skipped.] Beside those four ch. we find Ephraim, bapt. Feb. 1650; Deborah, 20 June 1652; Joshua, 20 Aug. 1654; Caleb, 17 July 1657; and Hannah, 17 Oct 1658; and he d. 1 May 1675. His wid. d. 2 June 1707, "a. 95 yrs. of age", says the town rec. All the ds. were m. Abigail m. perhaps, John Low, first, but certain. 27 Dec. 1665, Daniel Stodder, and Deborah m. 30 Dec. 1674, William Sprague; but whether the date of Mary, who m. William Orcutt, were earlier or later in m. than her sis. Abigail, is uncert.; and Hannah m. Thomas with a surname utterly illegib. in the orig. and plan. false in the copy of Prob. reg. All the s. and the hs. of the ds. gave, 27 July 1675, to their mo. acquit. of the est. of dec. for her life, wh. has signa. of each, but Orcutt's is by mark, and the h. of the youngest d. might as well have used a bear's claw to write his.
