Individual Details

John Lanham

(18 May 1661 - Aft 1732)

JOHN LANHAM mention March 21, 1678
Transported to Maryland in 1678 by Colonel Benjamin Rozer in the ship Dover of London, Captain John Harris, commanding
Maryland Land Records: Patents March 21, 1678 Liber: 15 Folio: 828.

JOHN LANHAM mention October 30, 1694
Patent granted for Oxmontown (NOTE: 3) 219 acres in Charles Co., Maryland assigned to John Lanham by William Hutchison on October 18, 1694. Land is on Piscataway Branch [NOTE: later to become part of Prince George's Co., Maryland.]
Maryland Land Records Patent Recorded October 30, 1694 Liber: BB3 Folio: 169. (Certificate Number 438 Liber: BB3 Folio: 168) (Source 41)


JOHN LANHAM mention November 1697
Father of John (Junior), Richard and Thomas Lanham (NOTE: 4)
Record their cattle and hog marks with the Prince George's County Court

JOHN LANHAM mention May 13, 1705
Patent granted for Lannin's Addition 200 acres in Prince George's Co., Maryland assigned to John Lanham by Luke Gardner, Jr. on October 13, 1704. Land adjoins Stony Harbor.
Maryland Land Records Patent Recorded May 13, 1705 Liber: DD5 Folio: 186. (Certificate Liber: DD5 Folio: 185)

JOHN LANHAM, SENIOR mention September 22, 1713
John Lanham, Senior transferred Lanham's Addition 100 acres to son John Lanham, Jr. for "love and affection". Dorotha Lanham gives up dower rights.
Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records (Deed) Recorded: September 22, 1713 Liber: E Folio: 277. (Source 38)


JOHN LANHAM, SENIOR mention August 30, 1713
John Lanham, Senior transferred Addition 100 acres to Richard Lanham.
Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records (Deed) Recorded: August 30, 1713 Liber: E Folio: 278. [Note: I do not know if Addition was a different tract or if the deed should have said Lanham's Addition. No other source mentions a tract named just plainAddition owned by Lanhams.] (Source 38)

JOHN LANHAM, SENIOR mention June 28, 1732
John Lanham, Sr. age about 74 (Note: born about 1658) gave deposition as part of a special petition of Robert Wade regarding tract of land named Stony Harbor.
Prince George's County, Maryland Land Records (Petition) Recorded: June 28, 1732 Liber: Q Folio: 480


Events

Birth18 May 1661Wortham, England
MarriageBef 1689Charles Co., MD - Dorothy Shaw
DeathAft 1732Prince George's, Maryland, United States

Families

SpouseDorothy Shaw ( - 1729)
ChildJohn Lanham (1689 - 1763)
ChildThomas Lanham (1697 - 1768)
ChildRichard Lanham (1697 - 1750)
ChildEdward Lanham (1697 - 1766)
ChildWilliam Lanham (1697 - 1745)
FatherDaniel 'Langhorne' Lanham (1641 - 1713)
SiblingLanham ( - )