Individual Details
Job Lane
(22 Jun 1689 - 9 Aug 1762)
From Lane Genealogies:
Dea. Job Lane (John, Job), (1689 - 1762), was b. in Billerica, Mass., and lived on the old homestead. He was on the "Indian scout that went the rouns with Mager Lane," his father, in 1706; was commissioned Lieutentant of Troops, by Gov. William Dummer, Apr. 16, 1734; was appointed by the inhabitants of Winthrop Farm, in 1725, to the General Court, to obtain for them the regular enjoyment of public worship; selectman of Billerica, 1726, 1727, where he was connected with the church; was chosen surveyor at the first town meeting in Bedford, Oct. 6, 1729; was credited Jan. 20, 1730, for subscription in money toward building the meeting house in 1729; original member of the church at its organization, July 15, 1730; received "pue on the north side of the meeting house goyning to the menistral pue," Oct. 18, 1734; elected deacon, Feb. 9, 1737-8 and retained the office until his death.
Dea. Job Lane (John, Job), (1689 - 1762), was b. in Billerica, Mass., and lived on the old homestead. He was on the "Indian scout that went the rouns with Mager Lane," his father, in 1706; was commissioned Lieutentant of Troops, by Gov. William Dummer, Apr. 16, 1734; was appointed by the inhabitants of Winthrop Farm, in 1725, to the General Court, to obtain for them the regular enjoyment of public worship; selectman of Billerica, 1726, 1727, where he was connected with the church; was chosen surveyor at the first town meeting in Bedford, Oct. 6, 1729; was credited Jan. 20, 1730, for subscription in money toward building the meeting house in 1729; original member of the church at its organization, July 15, 1730; received "pue on the north side of the meeting house goyning to the menistral pue," Oct. 18, 1734; elected deacon, Feb. 9, 1737-8 and retained the office until his death.
Events
| Birth | 22 Jun 1689 | Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | 16 Dec 1713 | Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Martha Ruggles | |||
| Death | 9 Aug 1762 | Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | |||
| Burial | Old Burying Ground, Bedford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |  |  |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Ruggles (1692 - 1740) |
Notes
Burial
PLOT Sect. E4, Stone 201Inscription:
Memento mori
Here lies the Body of
DEACON JOB LANE
who departed this
Life August the 9th
AD 1762 in the 74th
Year of his Age.
Endnotes
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