Individual Details
Richard Lane
(AUGUST 27, 1596 - 1657)
Events
| Birth | AUGUST 27, 1596 | Hereford, England |  |  | |
| Occupation | From 1613 to 1632 | Richard completed his 7 year tailor's apprenticeship on 2-26-1620 and wa - Tailor, London, England | | ||
| Marriage | OCTOBER 7, 1623 | Married at Saint Mildred Poultry, London, England - Alice Carter | | ||
| Miscellaneous | OCTOBER, 1631 | London, England | | | |
| Occupation | 1632 | His job with the Company of Providence involved managing the planting o - Company of Providence, British West Indies | | ||
| Event-Misc | From 1635 to 1641 | Transactions of Company of Providence Island, Bahama Islands | | | |
| Event-Misc | APRIL 14, 1635 | Lane Family Sails to Providence Island | | | |
| Event-Misc | 1639 | Gov. Nathaniel Butler's Diary, Bahama Islands | | | |
| Death | 1657 | Eleuthera Island, Bahamas | | |
Families
| Spouse | Alice Carter (1603 - 1678) |
| Child | Samuel S. Lane Sr. (1628 - 1682) |
| Child | John Lane (1631 - ) |
| Child | Oziell Lane (1632 - 1657) |
| Child | Mary Lane (1642 - 1674) |
| Father | Roger Lane ( - 1603) |
| Mother | Beatrix Lane ( - ) |
| Sibling | Beatrix Lane (1590 - ) |
| Sibling | John Lane (1594 - ) |
Notes
Birth
In Maryland Genealogies, Vol. II, the article by A. Russell Slagle indicates his baptism was on 8-27-1596 at St. Peters Church in Hereford, England.Miscellaneous
One of the first documented nonconformist religious opinions of Richard Lane occured. His Puritan leanings caused him to be brought before an examining court. The "Examination of Richard Lane" is entered in "Antinomianism in English History" by Gertrude Huehns.The continuing religious persecution in England caused him to seek a more favorable place to live.
Event-Misc
Prior to Richard bringing his family to Providence Island in 1635, the Company of Providence Island recommended he be elected to the Council of Providence and over some objections he was elected. The company also asked Richard to put in writing some information he had concerning miscarriages of the Providence government. By 1638 there was a question by the Company of Providence about Richard's lack of account for a large amount of valuable goods given to him by Lord Brooke. There is no record of the outcome of this inquiry. In 1640 Gov. Nathaniel Butler appointed Capt. Andrew Carter to suceed him. The people pled their right to choose their own governor and nominated Capt. Richard Lane ( no record of how Richard became a Captain). Capt. Carter had Richard Lane and 2 ministers arrested for not following the Church of England's "liturgy and ceremonies" and sent them to England to face charges by Archbishop Laud. When they arrived in England Archbishop Laud was in the custody of the Black Rod and all charges against the prisoners were dismissed and the prisoners returned to Providence Island.Event-Misc
The Richard Lane family is listed as passengers on the ship Expectation captained by Cornelius Billinge sailing from London to Providence Island on 4-16-1635. The passengers were required to swear an oath of allegience to Great Britain and to the Church of England.Ages were also listed for the passengers. Richard Lane, age 38; Alice Lane, age 30; Samuel Lane , age 7; Jo. Lane , age 4; and Oziell Lane, age 3 were listed.
Event-Misc
Gov. Nathaniel Butler made entries in his diary that suggested he and Richard Lane were good friends and dined at each other's homes. One entry,"15 March 1639, I dined at Mr. Lane's with most of the counsell for ye Islands", seems to indicate that Richard was a member of that Council as was suggested in a 1635 entry in "Great Britain's Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, 1574 to 1660".Death
He was drowned along with his son, Oziell, on Eleuthera Island which is near present day New Providence Island in the Bahama Islands.Endnotes
1. Jim Boyd, Song with a Tenor LeadThe Story of Joseph William Boyd and Mary Cerena Hampton with Ancestors and Descendants (Jim Boyd, 110 12th Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903, 2002).
2. A. Russell Slagle, Maryland Genealogies, Vol. II: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine: Major SAMUEL lANE (1628-81): His Ancestry and Some American Descendants, Volume: Vol. II, indexed by Thomas L. Hollowak.
3. Jim Boyd, Song with a Tenor LeadThe Story of Joseph William Boyd and Mary Cerena Hampton with Ancestors and Descendants (Jim Boyd, 110 12th Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903, 2002).
4. A. Russell Slagle, Maryland Genealogies, Vol. II: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine: Major SAMUEL lANE (1628-81): His Ancestry and Some American Descendants, Volume: Vol. II, indexed by Thomas L. Hollowak.
5. Jim Boyd, Song with a Tenor LeadThe Story of Joseph William Boyd and Mary Cerena Hampton with Ancestors and Descendants (Jim Boyd, 110 12th Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903, 2002).
6. A. Russell Slagle, Maryland Genealogies, Vol. II: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine: Major SAMUEL lANE (1628-81): His Ancestry and Some American Descendants, Volume: Vol. II, indexed by Thomas L. Hollowak.
7. A. Russell Slagle, Maryland Genealogies, Vol. II: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine: Major SAMUEL lANE (1628-81): His Ancestry and Some American Descendants, Volume: Vol. II, indexed by Thomas L. Hollowak.
8. Jim Boyd, Song with a Tenor LeadThe Story of Joseph William Boyd and Mary Cerena Hampton with Ancestors and Descendants (Jim Boyd, 110 12th Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903, 2002).
9. Jim Boyd, Song with a Tenor LeadThe Story of Joseph William Boyd and Mary Cerena Hampton with Ancestors and Descendants (Jim Boyd, 110 12th Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903, 2002).
10. Jim Boyd, Song with a Tenor LeadThe Story of Joseph William Boyd and Mary Cerena Hampton with Ancestors and Descendants (Jim Boyd, 110 12th Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903, 2002).
11. Compiler: John Camden Hotten, Original Lists of Persons of Quality,1600-1700.
12. Jim Boyd, Song with a Tenor LeadThe Story of Joseph William Boyd and Mary Cerena Hampton with Ancestors and Descendants (Jim Boyd, 110 12th Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903, 2002).
13. Jim Boyd, Song with a Tenor LeadThe Story of Joseph William Boyd and Mary Cerena Hampton with Ancestors and Descendants (Jim Boyd, 110 12th Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903, 2002).