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Rev Samuel Lane 1700-1779

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VERY GOOD info on Rev Samuel Lane

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<metadataxml><content><line>&lt;hr size="1"&gt;</line><line /><line>&lt;tbody&gt;</line><line>&lt;tr&gt;</line><line>&lt;td align="left" valign="top"&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;p&gt;Copied from: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;amp;db=jwible&amp;amp;id=I014413&lt;/p&gt;</line><line>&lt;ul&gt;</line><line>&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Name:&lt;/em&gt; Samuel LANE II &lt;a href="http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;amp;db=jwible&amp;amp;id=I014413#s1"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;</line><line>&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sex:&lt;/em&gt; M&lt;/li&gt;</line><line>&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Title:&lt;/em&gt; II&lt;/li&gt;</line><line>&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Name:&lt;/em&gt; Samuel LANE&lt;/li&gt;</line><line>&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Birth:&lt;/em&gt; 1700 in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA&lt;/li&gt;</line><line>&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Death:&lt;/em&gt; 1779 in Huntingdon, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA&lt;/li&gt;</line><line>&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Burial:&lt;/em&gt; 1779 Mill Creek Cemetery, Mill Creek, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA&lt;/li&gt;</line><line>&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note:&lt;/em&gt;</line><line>&lt;blockquote&gt;ID: I024665&lt;br&gt;Name: Samuel Lane&lt;br&gt;Sex: M&lt;br&gt;Title: Rev&lt;br&gt;Birth: BEF 8 FEB 1736 in Baltimore Co, now Carroll Co, MD&lt;br&gt;Death: 21 MAR 1812 in Mill Creek, Brady Township (now in huntingdon County), Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Burial: near Mill Creek, Huntingdon Co, PA&lt;br&gt;Christening: 8 FEB 1736 St Paul's Episco, Baltimore Co, MD&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Biography: by Sue McElwee in "Rev. Samuel Lane: Portrait of a Pioneer Settler-Preacher," in The Daily News, Huntingdon, PA, Sept. 8, 1990, p. 6. "Go, labor on; spend and be spent, Thy joy to do the Father's will; It is the way the Master went; Should not the servant tread it still? Toil on, faint not, keep watch and pray, Be wise the erring soul to win; Go forth into the world's highway, Compel the wanderer to come in. Horatius Bonar must have had the Rev. Samuel Lane in mind when he wrote this now familiar hymn.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For Lane, even though dead 31 years when this paean first appeared in 1843, was a personification of Bonar's words.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"Samuel Lane was not a typical "servant" laboring in the Lord's untamed earthly vineyard: he accepted the challenge not only to "go," but also to "toil on" --- fainting not --- through his world's uncharted highways, and won "erring souls" all along the way. Lane spent the majority of his adult life as a minister and missionary of the Baptist Church. While this, in itself, does not distinguish him from other such men; consider that he rode through "Penn's Woods" when it was almost an unbroken forest and, to reach the homes of most of those to whom he ministered, he had to blaze his own trails.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He did this in addition to clearing land --- twice, in what was to become Huntingdon County --- for his own home and farmlands; building his log-cabin residences; raising crops; and rearing 21 children, "all of whom became heads of families and had numerous children of their own," says historian J. Simpson Africa.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So, Samuel Lane was an unusual "toiler in the Lord's vineyard' and, amazingly, the fruits of his labor can still be seen today --- 178 years after his death --- in the continuation of the congregation he established 200 years ago in Mill Creek. Old Maryland Family.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Rev. Samuel Lane was a member of a family that can trace its roots to medieval England and one Adam de la Lane, who lived at Hampton, England, during the reign of Edward I (1272-1307).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It was Lane's great-grandfather, Samuel, who emigrated to Anne Arundel County, Maryland, from Hereford, England, about 1663 and became a "chigeon" (surgeon). It is not known whether or not the Lane family adhered to the Baptist faith when they arrived in the Colonies or if they were converted here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Lanes prospered in the new land and, as they spread westward into Maryland, became owners of extensive property.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Samuel Lane who was to bring the Baptist message to the early settlers of Huntingdon County was born Feb. 8, 1736, the son of Samuel and Jane (Wilkinson) Lane.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In 1773, after the death of his wife (Jane), Samuel Lane and several of his sons, including the Rev. Samuel, moved to the wilderness in Bedford County, Pennsylvania.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Before moving, the Rev. Samuel, who by this time was married to Mary Corbin, sold his lands in Frederick County, Md. A portion of the land, however, he gave to the Baptist Society he had established there "for church and burial purposes." While there are no records for verification, it is believed Lane was ordained to the ministry about 1770.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The "highways" the Lanes trod through Franklin County soon turned from bridle-paths, barely wide enough for passage of a horse and rider, to Indian trails or paths, passable only on foot. By the time the family reached "Bedford" County, the land was virtually unbroken wilderness.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;By 1774, Lane and his young family were settled on a section of Bedford County, which later became part of southern Huntingdon County. Organized "Shirley Baptist Society" While still carving out a homestead on land near "the three springs," Samuel did not neglect his pastoral duties. He pushed through the forests, blazing trails, to the homes of the scattered settlers. He would minister to their needs, preach and teach in their homes or in "the open air." Such visits, while few and far between, were "cordial and sincere interchanges of heartfelt civilities... anticipated with pleasure and remembered without regret," according to Africa.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;By 1775, he had organized the Shirley Baptist Society, establishing "a church on a small wooded knoll about two miles south of Rockhill Furnace, near the Aughwick Creek." It continued under his direction even though he turned his attention more towards the area of Trough Creek Valley. Here, too, Lane organized a Baptist Society, known as the Huntingdon Baptist Church (named for the then-township, not the town), with the group meeting for worship in the home of Jacob Dean, three miles from what is now known as Cassville.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;During this time his wife Mary (probably his cousin), with whom he had nine children, died and Samuel remarried, to Kezia Sias, with whom he had 13 children (one died in infancy).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Samuel later married a third time, to Mary Wiley, but they had no children. By the mid- to late- 1780's, Rev. Lane again "pulled up stakes," moving northward to land "about two miles" from the mouth of the Mill Creek. Here he again built a cabin, cleared land for crops, reared his growing family --- and did missionary work.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;His family also built a pioneer sawmill here as well. According to both family and church records, Lane was accompanied on his missionary travels by a black slave. The slave, it is said, was formerly owned by a neighbor of the Lanes at Mill Creek (some indicate it was a "Mrs. Hawn." Others record her as Dorcas Vandevender Jacobs). The "Hawn" account says that when Mrs. Hawn died , the slave was willed to a daughter. However, she did not want the slave and shortly thereafter traded him to the Rev. Samuel Lane for a horse. The "Jacobs" story, though, relates that the slave was part of Dorcas Vandevender's dowry, but "not liking his disposition, traded him off for a horse and saddle" to a Rev. Lane. The slave is "reliably reported" to be buried in the Jordan Cemetery, south of Rockhill Furnace --- near the church ground and burial plot given to the Shirley Baptist Society by Rev. Samuel Lane. Mill Creek Baptist Church In 1790, Lane established a congregation at Mill Creek --- as an "out-station" of the Baptist Church in Trough Creek Valley, of which he continued as pastor. Services were held at his house and in groves, one of his favorites being beneath "two fine oaks" near the site of the present church. When the area around Mill Creek and the south end of the Kishacoquillas Valley became more settled, Lane urged his flock and neighbors, regardless of religious persuasion, to build a house of worship.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;About 1800, through a united effort led by Lane, a log meeting-house was built near the Mill Creek, two miles from its mouth. Shortly afterwards the Mill Creek Baptist Church became a separate body, with 11 baptized members. Lane continued to "compel the wanderer to come in" and to win "erring souls for the Lord until his death, at his Mill Creek farm, on March 21, 1812. While no grave marker remains, it is believed he was buried in the cemetery adjacent to the log cabin church. The crumbled --- or crumbling --- stones of Lane and other early Mill Creek Baptists lie forgotten in the neglected , overgrown cemetery behind the present Fousetown Bible Church.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;While Lane's Shirley and Trough Creek Valley Baptist Societies have faded into oblivion, the Mill Creek congregation has persisted, through 200 years of struggle and revival.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Rev. Samuel Lane "was a man of more than ordinary energy and public spirit," wrote historian M. S. Lytle, "giving several lots of land in and adjacent to the township (Huntingdon) for church and burial purposes, some of which are still used in accordance with his design.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;From him are descended the Lanes of (Brady) Springfield, Clay and Shirley Townships."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Samuel Lane "toiled on, fainted not, kept watch and prayed and went forth into the world's highway." For his labors, we're sure the Lord welcomed him home with a "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Source: Family Group Sheets of Madelyn (Weaver) RUPP, 122 Fairdale Ave., Westerville, OH 43081. via Susan LOCKE, Altoona, PA. 12/01/94.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Father: Samuel Lane b: ABT 1700 in Baltimore, MD&lt;br&gt;Mother: Mary Jane Corbin b: ABT 1708 in Baltimore, MD&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Marriage 1 Mary Wiley&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Marriage 2 Mary Corbin b: in MD&lt;br&gt;Married: 1758 in Huntingdon Co, PA&lt;br&gt;Children&lt;br&gt; Mary (Polly) Lane b: 1756 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Richard Lane b: 12 JAN 1759 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Ruth Lane b: 1763 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Abraham Lane b: 1764 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Pretocia "Socia" Lane b: 1766 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Jane Lane b: ABT 1767 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Elizabeth Lane b: ABT 1764 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Dutton Lane b: 1769 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Samuel Lane b: 1771 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt; Delilah Lane b: 1773 in Baltimore Co., MD&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Marriage 3 Kezia Sias&lt;br&gt;Married: ABT 1783&lt;br&gt;Children&lt;br&gt; Caleb Lane b: ABT 1780 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; Joshua Lane b: ABT 1782 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; John Lane b: ABT 1784 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; James Lane b: ABT 1785 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; George Lane b: ABT 1787 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; Phoebe Lane b: ABT 1789 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; Abner Wilkinson Lane b: ABT 1791 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; Jacob Lane b: ABT 1793 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; Sarah Lane b: 9 SEP 1795 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt; Eleanor Lane b: 22 JAN 1799 in Brady Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&amp;amp;db=rrrose2&amp;amp;id=I0246 65&lt;br&gt;__________________________________&lt;br&gt;Samuel Lane&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Birth: 1700&lt;br&gt;Baltimore County&lt;br&gt;Maryland, USA&lt;br&gt;Death: 1799&lt;br&gt;Bradys Bend&lt;br&gt;Armstrong County&lt;br&gt;Pennsylvania, USA&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Family links:&lt;br&gt; Spouse:&lt;br&gt; Mary Jane Corbin Lane (1708 - 1773)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Children:&lt;br&gt; Richard Lane (1759 - 1838)*&lt;br&gt; Jane Lane Hall (1767 - 1852)*&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;*Calculated relationship&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Burial:&lt;br&gt;Mill Creek Cemetery&lt;br&gt;Mill Creek&lt;br&gt;Huntingdon County&lt;br&gt;Pennsylvania, USA&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Created by: svandee&lt;br&gt;Record added: Sep 05, 2006&lt;br&gt;Find A Grave Memorial# 15627407&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;amp;GSln=lane&amp;amp;GSbyrel=all&amp;amp;GSd yrel=all&amp;amp;GSst=40&amp;amp;GScnty=2271&amp;amp;GScntry=4&amp;amp;GSob=n&amp;amp;GSsr=81&amp;amp;GRid=15627407&amp;amp;df=all &amp;amp;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</line><line>&lt;/li&gt;</line><line>&lt;/ul&gt;</line><line>&lt;/td&gt;</line><line>&lt;/tr&gt;</line><line>&lt;/tbody&gt;</line><line /></content></metadataxml>

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Samuel Lane
Samuel Lane Jr
February 8, 1736
288 Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
20 March 21, 1812
212 76 Mill Creek, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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