Person:John Lane (55)

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Capt John Lane
b.1 Mar 1701/02 Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
d.14 Jul 1756 Crown Point, Essex, New York, United States
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  • H.  Capt John Lane1701/02 - 1756
  • W.  MARY NOWELL1702 -
m. 5 May 1724
  1. Capt John Lane1734 - 1822
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Name Capt John Lane
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Mar 1701/02 Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage 5 May 1724 to MARY NOWELL
Death[1] 14 Jul 1756 Crown Point, Essex, New York, United States

Brief abstract of life based on Lane Genealogies[1]: Lived at York, Biddeford, Broad Bay, St. George, etc. House burned 1744 by Indians, spent whole of the next winter pursuing the Indians. Captain in expedition against Louisburg. After an extended period of re-occuring sickness, was a captain in the expedition against Crown Point, from which he did not return [Crown Point, NY, was the location of French Fort Saint Frederic, though it was never actually attacked because the expedition was ambushed on the way.]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fitts, James Hill, and Jacob Chapman. Lane Genealogies. (Exeter, NH: News-Letter Press, 1891)
    229-30.

    John Lane, s/o Capt. John Lane and Joanna Davinson, b. Hampton, NH, 1 Mar 1701-2, d. bef. 11 Oct 1756 when report of expedition against Crown Point lists him as dead, m. abt. 1733 Mary Nowell, d/o Peter Nowell of York, ME.

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