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Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane 1674–1759 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Jul 1674

Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 2 Oct 1759

Death Location: Clinton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: Robert Lane

Mother: Sarah Pickett

Spouse(s): Hannah PARKS, Lydia Kelsey

Children(s): Hannah Lane, John Lane

Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane was born in 1674 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, the child of Robert Lane And Sarah Pickett. Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane married Hannah Parks, Lydia Kelsey, and had children including Hannah Lane, John Lane. Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane passed away in 1759 in Clinton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane was born in 1674 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, the child of Robert Lane And Sarah Pickett.
  • Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane married Hannah Parks, Lydia Kelsey, and had children including Hannah Lane, John Lane.
  • Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane passed away in 1759 in Clinton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Major Lane's Ancestors

Self
Major Lane
1674–1759
Birth Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents
Robert Lane
1639–1718
Derby, England
Sarah Pickett
1648–1725
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
John Pickett
1616–1684
Derbyshire, England
Margaret Metcalfe
1622–1683
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Major Lane's Descendants

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Major ((Deacon) Dr. John) Lane (12 Jul 1674–2 Oct 1759) m. Hannah PARKS (1676–3 May 1744) m. Lydia Kelsey (26 May 1680–22 Apr 1710)
  1. 1. Hannah Lane 1711–1794 m. Obadiah Platts 1709–1773
    1. 1. Captain (Daniel) Platts* 1738–1826 m. Jemima Pratt 1724–1814
      1. 1. Dan Platts 1764–1843 m. Katherine Lane 1766–1821
        1. 1. Catherine (Louisa) Platt 1797–1829 m. John Buckingham 1794–1828
  2. 2. John Lane 1708–1755 m. Experience Edgerton 1704–1787
    1. 1. Hezekiah Lane 1739–1809 m. Abigail Rutty 1740–1824
      1. 1. Katherine Lane 1766–1821 m. Dan Platts 1764–1843

Major Lane's Timeline

4 Records

1674
12 Jul 1674
Birth of Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1676
12 Apr 1676
Age 2
Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane was baptized in Middletown, Connecticut, USA
Middletown, Connecticut, USA
1711
16 Jan 1711
Age 37
Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane was married
None
1759
2 Oct 1759
Age 85
Death of Major (Deacon) Dr. John Lane in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Jul 1674
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 12 Apr 1676
    Event Place: Middletown, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source: Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1711
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] A genealogy of the descendants of William Kelsey who settled at Cambridge, Mass., in 1632
    [2] Lane genealogies

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Oct 1759
    Event Place: Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Clinton, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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