Person:Samuel Lane (9)

Most, but not all, of the following information can be found in Maryland Genealogies^[1].

Major Samuel was a cleric in England, ejected for his Puritan views in 1662. He moved to Providence Island, a haven for Puritans exiled from Virginia. He returned to England (probably by 1657 with his mother, after his father had died), and then "was transported to Maryland by one Thomas Vaughan" in 1664 (after the death of his first wife). He became a surgeon, officer in the Maryland militia and planter. Samuel was probably slain in a skimish with the Seneca who had come south from New York on the Susquehanna River.

His double cousin John Lane left him 120£ in his will of 8 Sep 1670, in which he indicates that Samuel is a clerk. The term clerk usually refers to a clergyman, and Samuel shows up as a minister at Long Houghton, Northumberland, married to Barbara Roddam. Evidently a difference of opinion occurred in the church at Long Houghton and Samuel Lane was "ejected in 1662."

Major Samuel Lane appears in a number of references in Maryland records.

In September 1681, Maj. Samuel Lane was head of the militia opposing the Seneca Indians. He had served as Major of Military forces of Colony of Maryland from 1674 to 1682. He was also a Justice and a Commissioner.

During his lifetime, he was referred to as: gent, chirurgeon, doctor, doctor of physick, commr. of Anne Arundel county, justice of Anne Arundel County, gentleman of the quorum and major.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Hollowak, Thomas L., and Robert Barnes. Maryland Genealogies: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980)
   2:128-41.

   2:128 born 1628 probably in London
   2:132 age 7 in 1635
   2:137 "will dated January 18, 1681, (Anne Arundel County)"
   2:139 wrote a letter on 13 Sep 1681