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| OBJE:_META | <metadataxml><content><line><div></line><line><p>From Wikipedia, a short history of the Bahamas.<br> <br> Originally inhabited by Arawakan Taino people, The Bahamas were the site of Columbus' first landfall in the New World in 1492. Although the Spanish never colonized The Bahamas, they shipped the native Lucayans (as the Bahamian Taino settlers referred to themselves) to slavery in Hispaniola. The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 to 1650, when British colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera.</p></line><line><p>Richard's death there in 1657 suggests that he might have initally been a colonist from Bermuda looking for more land, or perhaps since other Britains were there had moved there a little later in life. He died at about age 62 and if he arrived with the first British colonists in 1650 would have been 55 to 58 years of age when he arrived. His wife dies at the home of their son in Maryland.</p></line><line></div></line><line>Narrative</line><line><div></line><line><p>CALENDAR OF STATE PAPERS, COLONIAL SERIES 1574 TO 1660 pp. 155, 159. 161, 162 -167.<br> [Richard Lane, b. 1596, and his wife Alice Carter emigrated with their family to Providence Island in the West Indies. It is uncertain whether Richard and Alice ever settled on the mainland, but their sons Samuel and Joseph, established branches of the Lane family in what would become the southern United States (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina). The Tortugas, mentioned in the text, are small islands about 50 miles west of Key West, Florida. Providence Island is probably in the Bermuda Islands, quite possibly the same as "New Providence Island," where Nassau, the current capital of the Bahamas, is located. This speculation is strengthened by the fact that Richard and his son Oziell are supposed to have drowned off Eleuthera Island, one of the Bermudas.]<br> 1632, August 31 - A letter from Thomas Wiggin to Master Downing. Hopes one Lane, a merchant tailor, who has been in the West Indies, will talk with Mr. Humphreys concerning a certain staple commodity which he desires to plant in New England.<br> 1633, Feb 15 - Minutes of a Court for Providence Island. Agreement with Mr. Lane to ship himself in the Company's pinnace for Fonseca, or if that island be not discovered to Providence, to plant his madder, teach his skill to the inhabitants, and be an agent for the Company in other parts of the Indies. A pattern of drugs and commodities likely to be procured in the Indies to be "sent along with the Indian" for their better discovery.<br> 1633, Feb. 18 - Eight more servants assigned to Mr. Lane to be sent to Fonseca.<br> 1633, Mar 26 - After debate the intended voyage to Fonseca is respited; the pinnace to be forthwith dispatched to Providence and touching at Association to take in Capt. Hilton and such as he may appoint for discovery of trade in the Bay of Darien. Mr. Hook to have his full number of servants, Mr. Lane but six, with an addition by the next ship.<br> 1633, Apr 10 - Letter from Company of Providence Island to Captain Bell, Governor. Twenty passengers now sent over. Desire he will assign portions of land in the most convenient places to Mr. Hook, Mrs. Bradlye, and Mrs. Lane. Request that Mr. Lane may be afforded every facility for planting his madder. Direct him to entertain Capt. Hilton with all fitting courtesy should he go in the pinnace to Providence, and to allow Lane and Roger Floud to accompany Hilton.<br> 1633, Apr 15 - Instructions from the Company of Providence Island for Richard Lane, in case Capt. Hilton does not go with him from Association to Providence. After having planted his madder, to take on board Roger Floud and other persons not to exceed eight, as the Governor and Council of Providence think fit. To go to the Bay of Darien, with goods for trade. To provide against fear of discovery from the Spaniards, and foul weather. To use means to ingratiate himself and company with the Indians.<br> 1633, Nov 23 - Mrs. Lane to receive 10-pounds for half a year's wages due her husband.<br> 1634, Nov 17 - Fifteen pounds to be paid to Richard Lane for half a year's service at the Bay of Darien.<br> 1635, Feb 5 - Mr. Lane agrees to return to Providence by the next ship, at the request of the Company; if any plantation is settled upon the main, he is to have liberty to remove there. Accounts ordered to be made out, of money disbursed by the Company for him. He is requested to put in writing his information of some miscarriages in the government there, "that they might reprove, reform and order things as shall be fit."<br> 1635, Feb 20 - As an encouragement to Mr. Lane it is agreed to recommend to the General Court to admit him a Councillor in Providence, and that 20-pounds be lent to him.<br> 1635, Feb 22 - The proposition for Mr. Lane to be of the Council of Providence is debated, and several considerations submitted by the Treasurer, John Pym, answered, but the Treasurer refused to give his opinion.<br> 1635, Mar 9 - Concerning the proposition to appoint Mr. Lane of the Council in Providence; Mr. Treasurer states his objections, but Mr. Lane is declared to be legally elected by the major part of the Committee.<br> 1635, Apr 20 - Letter from the Company of Providence Island to Capt. Bell, Governor. Received his letter of 10 March 1634 in August last, with a full account by Mr. Lane of the success of their intended trade at Darien. Have ordered rewards to those eight persons who accompanied Mr. Lane. Mr. Lane returns, and has liberty to choose ground in the island not already possessed, for planting madder, indigo, or other commodities.<br> 1635, Apr 20 - Instructions from the Company of Providence Island to Cornelius Billinger, Master of the Expectation of London. To sail from St. Christophers direct to Association, "otherwise called Tortuga," and ascertain whether it be in possession of the English. If so to attend Mr. Lane 14 days, and from thence proceed to Providence.<br> 1636, Feb 26 - Inquiry into complaints against Capt. Riskinner for taking goods from Mr. Lane by force; striking, offering to pistol, and threatening.<br> 1637, Mar 29 - Assistance to be given to Mr. Lane, Lord Brooke's agent, indisposing of certain goods.<br> 1638, Apr 16 - Commission from the Company of Providence Island, appointing Capt. Nathaniel Butler, Henry Halhead, Samuel Rishworth, and Elisha Gladman to examine Richard Lane concerning the employment of a magazine of goods of large value committed to him by Lord Brooke, of which no account has been given, with authority to seize his goods, servants, plantations, and debts in case he has been negligent or unfaithful.<br> 1641, Jan 4 - Edward Thompson, master of the Hopewell , is authorized to permit Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Halhead, and Lane, sent prisoners by the Deputy Governor and Council of Providence Island, to come to London to answer the objections against them.<br> 1641, Feb 13 - The proceedings against Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Lane, and Halhead, sent prisoners from thence, for opposing Captain Carter in the execution of his place of Deputy Governor, to which he was appointed by Captain Butler, who supposed himself authorized to do so, considered, and the censure and restraint declared unmerited; they are discharged from all further attendance.<br> 1641, Mar 25 - Mr. Lane to go over and to be one of the Council. Transportation of Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Lane, and Halhead, sent over as prisoners, but since discharged, to be borne by the Company.<br> 1641, Apr. 16 - These p'ties hereafter expresses are to be transported to the Island of Providence imbarqued in the Expectation , having taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie; As likewise being comformable to the Church of England whereof they brought testimonie from the Ministers and justices of peace, of their abodes: Richard Lane, 38; Alice Lane, 30; Samuel Lane, 7; Jo: Lane, 4; Oziell Lane, 3.</p></line><line></div></line><line>Narrative</line><line><div></line><line><p>Eleutheran Adventurers and some History of the Bahamas</p></line><line><p>This is a most interesting document, as it not only shows the idealistic grounds on which the first English settlement of the Bahamas was established but also represents one of the most and liberal interpretations of religious tolerance of the time.<br> The 1647 expedition to Eleuthera was set in motion by political conditions on Bermuda, where an Independent (Congregational or Separatist) congregation had been persecuted by the dominant Church of England faction since its establishment in 1643. Governor Sayle secured, with help from the Earl of Warwick (who had given the Separatists at Plymouth a charter in 1629), an Act of Parliament promising religious liberty in Bermuda but it did no good. He was then able to get permission to establish a new Independent (in both senses of the word) "plantation" or colony in the Bahamas. An expedition was sent in 1644 to explore these new islands, which had the unfortunate results of the loss of one vessel and the other failed to find a suitable island. Still, the Independents had to go somewhere, and Sayle, who was a ship's captain, took some seventy people on a small 50-ton ship and a shallop to establish "Eleutheria."<br> The Bahamas colony was not a success. The same individualism that had arisen at the first settlement of Bermuda and later occasioned the Mayflower Compact in Plymouth Colony, split up the party. A Capt. Butler made so many problems that Sayle and the majority were obliged to find a separate island to settle on. It was then that their ship ran aground and although there was only one death, the group lost all of its provisons. Sayle took eight men in the shallop and went to Virginia for help, where he got a ship and supplies and returned to relieve the others. Some gave up and made their way backto Bermuda or other places, but others stayed in the Bahamas. More colonists arrived inr Eleuthera in 1649, and managed to get in a similar predicament of inadequate supply. This time it was the sympathetic Puritans of New England who came to the rescue, collecting &pound;800 for supplies sent to the Bahamian colony. The Eleutherians didn'tr forgot this generosity and the following year sent to Harvard College &pound;124 worth of valuable dyewood.<br> There was yet another historical link between New England and Eleuthera. William Latham, who had come over on the Mayflower in 1620, left his farm in Duxbury and joined with the other Independents on Bermuda on their voyage to the Bahamas. He was one of those who died there, a lonely Pilgrim on the shores of the palm and sea grape.<br> &sect;<br> Articles and Orders, made and agreed upon the 9th Day of July, 1647, and in the three and twentieth Year of the Raign of our Soveraign Lord Charles, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland; Defender of the Faith, &amp;c. By the Company of ADVENTURERS for the PLANTATION of the islands of ELEUTHEIRA, formerly called BUHAMA, in AMERICA, and the adjacent Islands to be observed and performed by all and singular ADVENTURERS, to PLANTERS and dwellers upon and all Resiants at the same ISLANDS.<br> WHEREAS experience hath shewed us the great inconveniences that have happened, both in this Kingdom of England and other places, by a rigid imposing upon all an uniformity and conformity in matters of judgment and practice in the things of Religion, whereby divisions have been made, factions fomented, persecutions induced, and the publick peace endangered. And for that we well know, that in this state of darkness and imperfection, we know but in part, That there are both babes and strongmen in Christ : And that every Member who holds the head, and is of the body of Jesus Christ, hath not the same place and office, nor the same measure of light, who yet desire and endeavour daily to increase in knowledge. And the mean time walk according to what they have received in all godliness, justice and sobriety. And whereas experience hath also showed us, That the peace and happy progress of all Plantations doth much depend upon the good government thereof, the equal distribution of justice, and respect to all persons, without faction or distinction the certain knowledge and manifestations of every ones rights and properties, and carefull provisions for common defence and safety.<br> It is therefore ordered, That all such person and persons , who are so as aforesaid qualified, shall be received and accepted as Members of the said Company of Adventurers, and into the said Plantation, notwithstanding any other differences of judgement, under whatsoever names conveyed, walking with justice and sobriety, in their particular conversations and living peaceably and quietly as Members of the Republick.<br> That there shall be no names of distinction or reproach, as Independent, Antinomian, Anabaptist, or any other cast upon any such for their difference in judgement, neither yet shall any person or persons assume or acknowledge any such distinguishing names, under the penalty of being accompted (in both such cases either of imposing or accepting or assuming any such name or names) as enemies of the publick peace : nor shall any man speak reproachfully of any person for his opinion, or of the opinion it self, otherwise then in the Scripture Language.<br> That no Magistracie or Officers of the Republicke, nor any power derived from any of them, shall take notice of any man for his difference in judgement in matter of Religion, or have cognizance of any cause whatsoever of that nature : But that their jurisdiction shall reach onely to men as men, and shall take care that justice, peace, and sobriety, may be maintained among them. And that the flourishing state of the re-publick may be by all just means promoted.<br> That the present Adventurers, and all other persons, who within the space of one year now next ensuing, shall bring into the publick stock, the sum of &pound; 100 shall be admitted and reckoned into the number of the first Adventurers, their number not exceeding one hundred persons.<br> That every one of the number of the first Adventurers, shall have three hundred Acres of land, laid out for him and his Heirs for ever, in the first convenient place which shall be chosen, by those persons of the number of Adventurers, who shall go to the said Plantation, in the present expedition and shipping. And that the said quantity of three hundred Acres for each first Adventurer; shall at the end of the first three yeares, or sooner, if the major part of the said number or Company of first Adventurers shall require the same, shall be divided and set out by lot, unto every particular person. And that in the mean time, all the same Land shall be imployed and improved for the joynt advantage of the said Company. And that for the further and better encouragement of the said first Adventurers, every one of the said Company of first Adventurers shall have two thousand Acres more of land, to be laid out for him and his Heires for ever, in such place or places as shall be most convenient and satisfactory unto him, and least prejudicial or disadvantageous to the publick. And that this shall be effected with as much convenient speed, as the occasions of the Plantation will permit. And that all the adjacent Islands shall be reserved to, or laid out and had for the use of the said Company of first Adventurers.<br> That as well every one of the Adventurers aforesaid, as also every other person, who shall at any time or times, within three yeares transport, at his own charge, unto the said Plantation, any person or persons, shall have and enjoy to him the said Transporter and his Heires for ever, the quantity of thirty five Acres of Land per person, for every person which he shall also transport; the same Land to be set out and appointed for him, by such as shall be hereafter authorized for that purpose by the first Adventurers upon the place. And that if any Servants or Children, or any other persons who shall be shipped to be transported to the Plantation, shall after their shipping miscarry, or die by the way : yet nevertheless, the person at whose charge any such miscarrying or dying person, Child or Servant, was shipped shall have and enjoy to him and his Heires for ever in the said Plantation, and to be set out and appointed as aforesaid, the quantity of thirty five Acres for or in respect of each one person so dying or miscarrying, in as ample manner, as if he had been safely transported, and come into the said Plantation. And that every other person or persons that shall adventure, after three yeares shall have five and twenty Acres.<br> That every Servant being a Christian, which shall be transported to the said Plantation, and shall serve out his time agreed upon, the use of him who transported him, or of his Assignes, shall at the end of his time of service, have and injoy to him the said Servant and his Heires for ever, the quantity of twenty and five Acres of Land, to be allowed and set out for him by such as shall be authorized by the Governour and Councel. And for the better encouragement of the first Adventurers in a work of that hazard; and also for the exciting and awakening the industry of all : It is further ordered and agreed :<br> That whatsoever Ordinance can be recovered of any wraks, shall be wholly imployed for the use of the publick, and serve for the fortification of the Plantation.<br> That all other wraks which shall be recovered upon, or near the Islands, or upon or near any the adjacent Islands : And also all Mynes of Gold, Silver, Copper, Brasse or Lead, Ambergreise, salt; and all rich woods, either for tincture or medicament, which shall be had or found upon or neer the Islands or territories aforesaid, in any Land not divided, or set over to any particular proprietor, shall be delivered into the Custody of two such persons, Merchants or Agents for the said Company as shall be yearly chosen by the said Company for that purpose, and the same Mines, Wracks, Ambergreise, Metalles, Salts and Woods, shall be by the said two Agents, made fit for sale, and be by them with all convenient speed, sold for the best price and advantage, and the whole price and value thereof (the Charges and wages for the procuring and fitting of them for sale, being first deducted and discharged) shall be divided into three equal parts and shares; and the first of the same three parts, shall be unto him or them, who shall be the undertaker or finder thereof : the second part shall be paid or distributed unto, and among the first Adventurers, their Heires, Executors and assignes, equally and the other third part shall be paid and delivered into the publick Treasury of the said Plantation, to be imployed and laid out for the use of the publick, by order and warrant from the Governor and Council there, for the time being. But if the same shall be found in any of the Lands appropriated, the first third part shall be to the owner or proprietor of the same Lands, and the other two thirds as aforesaid : That when the Plantation shall sufficiently be fortified, and all necessary works finished and the generall Magazines sufficiently stored, then what shall be spared of the publick third in works of mercy and charity, and for the transporting from England and other places such godly people as shall be willing to go unto the said Plantations, and are not able to beare the charge of their transportation and setling there.<br> That no person shall pretend unto, or claim any Wracks, Mynes, Ambergreise, Salt, or rich woods, as aforesaid; for, or by reason of their growing, or being in or upon his lot or share of ground, which shall be appointed to him as above said; but all the said particulars shall be disposed and imployed , as before is expressed That none of the said rich Woods growing upon Land, not appropriated, shall be cut down by any person, but by warrant first had and obtained from the Governor and Councel for that purpose; and if any shall do other wise, then he that shall cut, or cause to be cut any of the said Woods without such warrant, shall loose and forfeit all that share which he might under any qualification whatsoever, pretend unto in the same Woods : and the same forfeiture shall be to the use of the said Colonie. That if any places shall appear fit for making salt, which yet makes it not naturally, then the salt-works shall be perfected at the publick charge, and the provenue thereof to come into the publick Treasury, and be imployed for ever for the publick service, as aforesaid. That no Inhabitant of these Plantations, shall in their converse with any of the Natives of any of those parts, offer them any wrong, violence, or incivilty whatsoever; but shall deal with them with all justice and sweetness, so far as may stand with their own safety, thereby to work in them a good opinion of love, unto the wayes and knowledge of God, which every one shall endeavour to hold forth, and communicate unto them in the best manner that they can. And whereas the Company is informed, that there are some Indians have been taken and sold at some of the Caribe Islands : It is therefore agreed and ordered, that the Indians shall be sought out and redeemed : and after they have some time continued in those Plantations, for their instructions, and make them sensible of the benefit. They shall be then returned to the places from which they were taken, that every Planter shall himself provide Arms and Ammunition sufficient, for his own persons (going to the said Plantations) and for his own persons (going to the said Plantations) and for every Male that he shall transport thither, who is or shall be from time to time able to bear Arms, and that such Adventurer shall not have his share of Land set out unto him for any Male person, unless he be as aforesaid, provided of sufficient Arms and Ammunition for them, That all in the said Plantation from the age of sixteen to sixty years, shall be ready to come to the several Randevous appointed them, upon any Alarm, ready and armed for the defence of the Plantations; That none shall be compelled to take Arms, or to go to war out of the Country unless it be for the necessary defence thereof, and to expel or divert an eminent invasion, neither shall any be suffered to take any depredations or invasions upon any either by Sea or Land, unless upon a War first begun by them and open War by the said Plantations, first denounced against them. That the Government of the said Islands and Plantations shall be continued in a Senate of the number of one hundred persons; and that the company of the first Adventurers aforesaid, shall at present be the same Senate. And whensoever any of them shall die or sell away his Interest in the said Plantations; then there shall be another elected in his roome from time to time, by the major part of the said Senate, out of the other Adventurers and Planters Resiant in the said Islands. And the same election shall be made in this manner, (viz.) First, 20 fit persons shall be nominated. Then those 20 reduced to the number of 4 by scrutiny and out of those 4, one to be chosen by Ballotines. And so from time to time, as often as any Member of the said Senate, shall decease or shall allien or discontinue his interest in the said Plantations, or shall be amoved by the said Senate, upon just cause or complaint. And that the same Senate from time to time, make election of all Officers, for doing of justice, and distribution and setting out of Lands, and for the care and over sight of all publick works, and shall have the ordering and disposing of all publick monies. That after the first three yeares expired, there shall be yearly a Governor and 12. Councellers chosen out of the said number of 100. Senators, who shall take the daily care of all things necessary for the prosperity of the Plantation and that it in nothing suffer detriment or decay. And that the publick peace be maintained between man and man, and speedy justice done unto every man that shall seek it at their hands. And that the said Governor and Councel, shall have power to call together upon any emergency, to the said Senate or so many of them, as shall then be upon the said Islands, and to act and execute what shall be by the said convention of Senators ordered and referred, or committed unto them. That the first Governor and Councel shall be elected by the first Adventurers in England, when the number of Adventurers, when the number of Adventurers who will transport themselves is once known. And that the same first Governor and Councel shall continue in their Office three whole yeares, from the first day of their arrival in the said Islands or Plantation. That all succeeding Governors and Councel shall after the afore-mentioned term expired, be yearly chosen on the first Tuesday in December, for one whole year to come, beginning the first day of January following, by all the free-men of the said Plantations, by way of scrutiny and Ballotines, in such manner as is before expressed. That every person that shall transport himself to the said Plantations, or desire to become a Member of the same Plantation, shall before his admittance thereunto, acknowledge his allowance, and consent unto all and every one of these Articles; and by subscribing the same, bind himself to conformity thereunto for the future, And this is to be done before he be admitted into the said company and before he hath any-share or proportion of Land set out and assigned to him according to these Articles.<br> Curry, Robert Bahamian Lore. Paris: (Privately Printed), 1930, pp. 115 - 122</p></line><line></div></line><line>Narrative</line><line><div></line><line><p>Information on Richard Lane</p></line><line><p>Name: Richard Lane Sex: M Birth: 27 AUG 1596 in Hereford, England Death: 7 AUG 1657 in Eleuthera Island, Bahama, West Indies of Drowning Religion: Puritan Christening: 27 AUG 1596 St. Peters Church, Herford, England Occupation: Merchant, Tailor Note: Richard Lane, son of Roger and Beatrix Lane, was baptized at St. Peters Church on 27 August 1596 at Hereford, England. He left Hereford at an early age and was apprenticed to Nathaniel Thornhull of Birchin Lane for seven years from the 14th December 1613 and was admitted to the Freedom of the company on the 26th February 1620.<br> He married Alice Carter on 7 October 1623 in London. Alice had been baptized on 24 August 1603. She was a daughter of Humfry Carter, citizen and Iremonger of London whose will was proved on 1 June 1621.<br> Due to his activities as a Puritan, Richard Lane embarked for the West Indies in 1632. (Calendar of States Papers, Colonial Series....1574 to 1660.) QUARTERLY: "Maryland Historical Magazine," Winter, 1976, pg 549-550.<br> Drowned in a storm at Eleuthera Island.<br> Source: The Lane Family The Descendants of Maj. Samuel Lane Part 1 Complied by Larry A. James 1986 ===============<br> The chief islands in the Bhamas include Acklins, Andros, Cat, Crooked, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama, Abaco, Great Inagua, Harbour, Long, Mayaguana, New Providence, and San Salvador (Watling). The islands are generally low and flat, and the highest point in the entire archipelago, on Cat Island, is only 206 feet (63 meters) above sea level. Most of the Bahamas are long, narrow strips of limestone, covered by a thin layer of stony, infertile soil. Pine forests cover parts of many of the islands. There are no running streams, except on Andros, the largest island. Fresh water is procured from wells dug in underlying rocks.<br> The first permanent European inhabitants in the Bahamas were not the Spanish, however, but the British, who settled Eleuthera and New Providence about 1648. During its early years the settlement was repeatedly attacked by the Spanish. The islands were later the stronghold of buccaneers and pirates, notably the infamous Blackbeard.===============<br> Richard Lane's Appearances in "The Calendar of State Papers"[Richard Lane, b. 1596, and his wife Alice Carter emigrated with their family to Providence Island in the West Indies. It is uncertain whether Richard and Alice ever settled on the mainland, but their sons Samuel and Joseph, established branches of the Lane family in what would become the southern United States (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina). The Tortugas, mentioned in the text, are small islands about 50 miles west of Key West, Florida. Providence Island is probably in the Bermuda Islands, quite possibly the same as "New Providence Island," where Nassau, the current capital of the Bahamas, is located. This speculation is strengthened by the fact that Richard and his son Oziell are supposed to have drowned off Eleuthera Island, one of the Bermudas.]<br> 1632, August 31 - A letter from Thomas Wiggin to Master Downing. Hopes one Lane, a merchant tailor, who has been in the West Indies, will talk with Mr. Humphreys concerning a certain staple commodity which he desires to plant in New England.<br> 1633, Feb 15 - Minutes of a Court for Providence Island. Agreement with Mr. Lane to ship himself in the Company's pinnace for Fonseca, or if that island be not discovered to Providence, to plant his madder, teach his skill to the inhabitants, and be an agent for the Company in other parts of the Indies. A pattern of drugs and commodities likely to be procured in the Indies to be "sent along with the Indian" for their better discovery.<br> 1633, Feb. 18 - Eight more servants assigned to Mr. Lane to be sent to Fonseca.<br> 1633, Mar 26 - After debate the intended voyage to Fonseca is respited; the pinnace to be forthwith dispatched to Providence and touching at Association to take in Capt. Hilton and such as he may appoint for discovery of trade in the Bay of Darien. Mr. Hook to have his full number of servants, Mr. Lane but six, with an addition by the next ship.<br> 1633, Apr 10 - Letter from Company of Providence Island to Captain Bell, Governor. Twenty passengers now sent over. Desire he will assign portions of land in the most convenient places to Mr. Hook, Mrs. Bradlye, and Mrs. Lane. Request that Mr. Lane may be afforded every facility for planting his madder. Direct him to entertain Capt. Hilton with all fitting courtesy should he go in the pinnace to Providence, and to allow Lane and Roger Floud to accompany Hilton.<br> 1633, Apr 15 - Instructions from the Company of Providence Island for Richard Lane, in case Capt. Hilton does not go with him from Association to Providence. After having planted his madder, to take on board Roger Floud and other persons not to exceed eight, as the Governor and Council of Providence think fit. To go to the Bay of Darien, with goods for trade. To provide against fear of discovery from the Spaniards, and foul weather. To use means to ingratiate himself and company with the Indians.<br> 1633, Nov 23 - Mrs. Lane to receive 10-pounds for half a year's wages due her husband.<br> 1634, Nov 17 - Fifteen pounds to be paid to Richard Lane for half a year's service at the Bay of Darien.<br> 1635, Feb 5 - Mr. Lane agrees to return to Providence by the next ship, at the request of the Company; if any plantation is settled upon the main, he is to have liberty to remove there. Accounts ordered to be made out, of money disbursed by the Company for him. He is requested to put in writing his information of some miscarriages in the government there, "that they might reprove, reform and order things as shall be fit."<br> 1635, Feb 20 - As an encouragement to Mr. Lane it is agreed to recommend to the General Court to admit him a Councillor in Providence, and that 20-pounds be lent to him.<br> 1635, Feb 22 - The proposition for Mr. Lane to be of the Council of Providence is debated, and several considerations submitted by the Treasurer, John Pym, answered, but the Treasurer refused to give his opinion.<br> 1635, Mar 9 - Concerning the proposition to appoint Mr. Lane of the Council in Providence; Mr. Treasurer states his objections, but Mr. Lane is declared to be legally elected by the major part of the Committee.<br> 1635, Apr 20 - Letter from the Company of Providence Island to Capt. Bell, Governor. Received his letter of 10 March 1634 in August last, with a full account by Mr. Lane of the success of their intended trade at Darien. Have ordered rewards to those eight persons who accompanied Mr. Lane. Mr. Lane returns, and has liberty to choose ground in the island not already possessed, for planting madder, indigo, or other commodities.<br> 1635, Apr 20 - Instructions from the Company of Providence Island to Cornelius Billinger, Master of the Expectation of London. To sail from St. Christophers direct to Association, "otherwise called Tortuga," and ascertain whether it be in possession of the English. If so to attend Mr. Lane 14 days, and from thence proceed to Providence.<br> 1636, Feb 26 - Inquiry into complaints against Capt. Riskinner for taking goods from Mr. Lane by force; striking, offering to pistol, and threatening.<br> 1637, Mar 29 - Assistance to be given to Mr. Lane, Lord Brooke's agent, indisposing of certain goods.<br> 1638, Apr 16 - Commission from the Company of Providence Island, appointing Capt. Nathaniel Butler, Henry Halhead, Samuel Rishworth, and Elisha Gladman to examine Richard Lane concerning the employment of a magazine of goods of large value committed to him by Lord Brooke, of which no account has been given, with authority to seize his goods, servants, plantations, and debts in case he has been negligent or unfaithful.<br> 1641, Jan 4 - Edward Thompson, master of the Hopewell , is authorized to permit Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Halhead, and Lane, sent prisoners by the Deputy Governor and Council of Providence Island, to come to London to answer the objections against them.<br> 1641, Feb 13 - The proceedings against Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Lane, and Halhead, sent prisoners from thence, for opposing Captain Carter in the execution of his place of Deputy Governor, to which he was appointed by Captain Butler, who supposed himself authorized to do so, considered, and the censure and restraint declared unmerited; they are discharged from all further attendance.<br> 1641, Mar 25 - Mr. Lane to go over and to be one of the Council. Transportation of Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Lane, and Halhead, sent over as prisoners, but since discharged, to be borne by the Company.<br> 1641, Apr. 16 - These p'ties hereafter expresses are to be transported to the Island of Providence imbarqued in the Expectation , having taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie; As likewise being comformable to the Church of England whereof they brought testimonie from the Ministers and justices of peace, of their abodes: Richard Lane, 38; Alice Lane, 30; Samuel Lane, 7; Jo: Lane, 4; Oziell Lane, 3.===============<br> The Expectation, 1635<br> Voyages are listed at ship name on Ship List<br> April, 1635 The Expectation departed London for the Island of Providence<br> Source: "Hotten's Lists", pages 67-69. (Use browser "Bookmark" or "Back" to return to this page.)--------------------<br> Ship and Passenger Information:<br> To the "Island of Providence".<br> Cornelius Billinge, Master<br> Oaths taken April 16, 1635<br> </p></line><line></div></line><line>Narrative</line><line><div></line><line><p>Some History of Richard Lane</p></line><line><p>Richard Lane, son of Roger and Beatrix Lane, was baptized at St. Peters Church on 27 August 1596 at Hereford, England. He left Hereford at an early age and was apprenticed to Nathaniel Thornhull of Birchin Lane for seven years from the 14th December 1613 and was admitted to the Freedom of the company on the 26th February 1620.<br> He married Alice Carter on 7 October 1623 in London. Alice had been baptized on 24 August 1603. She was a daughter of Humfry Carter, citizen and Iremonger of London whose will was proved on 1 June 1621.<br> This was during a period when the Church of England and Authorities of the Crown were persecuting the Puritans. In October 1631, there was an "Examination of Richard Lane" by authorities. This examination worried Richard. He was fearful of what the future might bring to he and his family. His children were coming along, Samuel in 1628, John in 1631 and Oziell in 1632. As a result, he arranged for a trip to the West Indies as a representative of the Company of Providence Island, a quasi-governmental oganization formed to exploit the Colony. Due to his activities as a Puritan, Richard Lane embarked for the West Indies in 1632. Richard LANE had two other children, a Jo (Joseph) and a Oziel LANE. Richard LANE first came to VA. We find the following: "1635, Apr. 16 - These p'ties hereafter expresses are to be transported to the Island of Providence imbarqued in the Expectation, having taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie; As likewise being comformable to the Church of England where of they brought testimonie from the Ministers and justices of peace, of their abodes: Richard Lane, 38; Alice Lane, 30; Samuel Lane, 7; Jo. Lane, 4; Oziell Lane, 3. " This is in "Musters of the Inhabitants in VA. pg. 67 In another reference it states it was the year 1641, I am not sure which is the correct year, 1635 or 1641.<br> Richard reached Providence Island in 1635. He was assigned to introduce and supervise growing madder (a small plant, the root of which was to make a red dye). During his stay on the Island, 1635-1657, he had his ups and downs. For most of the period, he appears to have been in the good graces of the Company. In 1641, he came under criticism for his Puritanical religious views. He, along with two clergymen, were ordered arrested and brought to trial in London. At the hearing, the charges were found unmerited and Lane was returned to his duties. Later in 1641, he was unsuccessfully nominated Governor of Providence Island. Sometime before August 1657, Richard and his son, Oziell, were drowned at Providence Island. After his death his wife Alice Lane petitioned Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector for money owed her husband and was granted 10 shillings a week. The widow and children returned to London. One of their sons, Samuel probably had returned earlier for his education.<br> The Final Record Concerning Richard Lane was found in the following August 7, 1657, Petition of Allice Lane, sets forth her great sufferings in the West Indies, her husband and son having been drowned in Eleuthera, and that arrears for services in England of 702 pounds, 13 Shillings, and 6 Pence are certified.Parys relief. Minute - "Report offered to the Council that she may have a pension of 10 s. per week. The opinion and directions of the Council desired in similar cases."<br> <br> Bibliography:<br> James, Larry A., THE LANE FAMILY: THE DESCENDANTS OF MAJ. SAMUEL LANE, Part I - 1986<br> Maryland Historical Magazine, Winter 1976 , page 549-550<br> <br> The following was related in A. Russell Slagle's article "Major Samuel Lane (1628-81): His Ancestry and Some American Descendants" concerning the above account:<br> Arthur Percival Newton writes that "Leverton's story goes on to tell us that at length the Governor leaving the island, a difference arose in the colony. He named his successor, but the people pleaded a right by charter to choose their Governor and fixed upon a person of their own nomination, one Captain Lane. But the other privately arming some of the under sort, seized Lane and both the ministers and sent them prisoners to England, with an information against them to Archbishop Laud, that they were disaffected to the liturgy and ceremonies of England. When they arrived here, the state of things was changed and Laud was in custody of the Black Rod. They were kindly received by the Lords Patentees or proprietors of the island and encouraged to return."<br> Other records indicate that Richard Lane was a close friend of Nathaniel Butler, Governor of the Isles of Providence.</p></line><line><p>&nbsp;</p></line><line>Narrative</line><line><div></line><line><p>Documentation: James, Larry A., The Lane Family: The Descendants of Maj. Samuel</p></line><line><p>LANE, Part I, p. 1. "Richard Lane, son of Roger and Beatrix Lane, was baptizedat St. Peter's Church on 27 August 1596 at Hereford, England. He left Herefordat an early age and was apprenticed to Nathaniel Thornhull of Birchin Lane forseven years from the 14th December 1613 and was admitted to the Freedom of thecompany on the 26th February 1620." This material was cited from the followingsource: A. Russell Slagle, "Major Samuel Lane (1628-81): His ancestry and SomeAmerican Descendants." MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. Winter, 1976,pp. 548-550.The cited material continues..."He married Alice Carter on 7 October 1623 inLondon. Alice had been baptized on 24 August 1603. She was a daughter ofHumfry Carter, citizen and Iremonger of London whose will was proved on 1 June1621.Due to his activities as a Puritan, Richard Lane embarked for the WestIndies in 1632. The following is well documented in THE CALENDAR OF STATEPAPERS."CALENDAR OF STATE PAPERS, COLONIAL SERIES...1574-16??, pp. 155, 159. 161, 162."...1657, Aug 7... Petition of Alice Lane to the Lord Protector sets forth hergreat sufferings in the West Indies, her husband and son having been drowned inEleuthera, and that arrears for service in England of 702 L. 13 s. 6 d. arecertified. Parys relief. Minute- "Report offered to the Council that she mayhave a pension of 10 s. per week. The opinion and directions of the Councildesired in similar cases."Ibid., pp. 204, 222, 249, 269, 317, 319, 457."16 Aprilis 1635 - Theis p'ties hereafter expressed are to be transported tothe Island of Providence imbarqued in ye expectation Cornelius Biling Mr.,having taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacie; As likewise beingconformable to the Church of England whereof they brought testimonie from theMinisters and justices of peace, of their Abodes:Richard Lane 38Alice Lane 30Samuel Lane 7Jo: Lane 4Oziell Lane 3Cited from John Camden Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality ...Who Went from Great Britain to the American Colonies 1600-1700 (New York,1874), pp. 67-68Arthur Percival Newton writes that "Leverton's story goes on to tell us that atlength the Governor leaving the Island, a difference arose in the colony. Henames his successor, but the people pleaded a right by charter to choose theirGovernor and fixed upon a person of their own nomination, one CAPTAIN LANE.But the other privately arming some of the under sort, seized Lane and both theministers and sent them prisoners to England, with an information against themto Archbishop Laud, that they were disaffected to the liturgy and ceremoniesof England. When they arrived here, the state of things was changed and Laudwas in custody of the Black Rod. They were kindly received by the LordsPatentees or Proprietors of the island and encouraged to return."Other records indicate that Richard Lane was a close friend of NathanielButler, Governor of the Isle of Providence. The will of Alice Lane was drawn22 August 1678 and proved on 22 October 1678. Another church record of AllHallows reads: "4 Sept. 1678 was buried Mrs. Alice Lain."Children: Richard and Alice (Carter) Lane1. Samuel Lane was born about 16282. Jo: Lane was born about 1631See GENEALOGIES OF VIRGINIA FAMILIES (Baltimore, 1981), p. 162.3. Oziell Lane was born about 1632 and presumed drowned in 1657.4. Mary Lane died in 1674. She married William Denne who died in 1694. She was born about 1642. Mary Lane was buried on 28 July1674 at All Hallows, Bread Street. They were married 8 June 1667.All of the above cited material appeared in Larry James' THE LANE FAMILY: THEDESCENDANTS OF MAJ. SAMUEL LANE.Source: Family Group Sheets of Madelyn (Weaver) RUPP, Westerville, OH 43081via Susan LOCKE, Altoona, PA. 12/01/94.</p></line><line></div></line><line>Narrative</line><line><p>Lane Ancestry - Another View</p></line><line>Some genealogists have maintained that Richard Lane was not the son of Roger Lane but of Thomas Lane a member of the English gentry (Sharon Lapp Irby for instance). I maintain they were cousins of Richard&rsquo;s family for reasons to be noted below. These genealogists hold that Captain Richard Lane&rsquo;s paternal line is as follows:<br> <br> &middot; Adam De La Lane was born in 1272 in England and lived in Hampton, England during the reign of Edward I. Given his French surname, Adam De Lane&rsquo;s father was evidently one of the Norman invaders who mingled their bloodlines with the Angles, Saxons and Norse, who had invaded before in earlier times. Races that commingled to create the English people. His son was...<br> &middot; Richard De La Lane was born in England who was living in 1307. His son...<br> &middot; Andrew De La Lane was born in England. His son...<br> &middot; Richard Lane was born in England. He was from Hampton and married Elizabeth Hyde. His son...<br> &middot; John Lane of Hyde and Bentley was born in England. In 1432 he married Margorie Egerton of Wrimre Hall. His son...<br> &middot; Ralph Lane who was born in England and married Joyce Cresset. He died in 1477. His son...<br> &middot; Richard Lane who was born in England and married Anne Harcourt of Raunton. His son...<br> &middot; John Lane of Bentley who was born in England and died in 1577. He married Margaret Katherine Partrich, the daughter and heir of Thomas Partrich of Kings Bromley Hall. His son...<br> &middot; Thomas Lane who was born in England and died in 1590. He married Catherine Trentham the daughter of Richard Trentham of Rochester. Thomas had three sons: Thomas, Richard and John Lane.<br> &middot; John Lane of Bentley was born in England and married Jane Littelton of Pillston. She was the daughter of Sir Edward Littelton. His son...<br> &middot; Thomas Lane of Bentley and Hyde who was born in England and died in 1660. Thomas was a Royalist and assisted in the preservation of king Charles II after the battle of Worcester. He married Anne Bagot the eldest daughter of Walter Bagot and sister of Harvey Bagot. They had the following children:<br> 1) John Lane was the eldest son of Thomas Lane of Bentley and Hyde. He had been a colonel during the English Civil War, which began in 1642. He was instrumental in saving King Charles II after the battle of Worcester in 1651. At Worcester, Charles&rsquo;s Scottish Army was routed by Cromwell and finally decimated by Harrison&rsquo;s cavalry. Lane sheltered his Majesty at the Lane manor in Bentley. From here, in disguise, he was escorted by John Lane&rsquo;s sister, Jane Lane, to a Mrs. Norton&rsquo;s at Abbot&rsquo;s Leigh near Bristol. From here they went to Colonel Wyndham&rsquo;s at Trent in Somerset. Eventually the King escaped to France. For her service to the King, she was decorated with an &ldquo;especial Badge of honor.&rdquo; Colonel Lane was offered a peerage for his services but he declined the honor. He married Athaliah Anson and died in 1667 leaving issue of eight daughters and one son, Sir Thomas Lane, Knight of Bentley. <br> 2) Walter Lane born about 1611<br> 3) William Lane of Shelton<br> 4) Richard Lane, a Groom of the Bedchamber, born 1597<br> 5) Jane Lane died September 9, 1689, married Sir Clement Fisher. She aided King Charles II after the battle of Worcester. <br> 6) Withy Lane married John Petre of Horton Bucks<br> 7) Anne Lane married Edward Birch of Leacroft<br> 8) Mary Lane married Edward Nicholas, who was an advisor to King Charles II. He was the son of Sir Oliver Nicholas who had been the cupbearer to King James I and Charles I.<br> <br> Some researchers believe Richard Lane of Providence Island to be the same as Richard Lane, the &ldquo;Groom of the Bed Chamber&rdquo; mentioned above. Though it would be pleasant to claim such a long and noble lineage, the facts of Richard of Providence Island&rsquo;s life don&rsquo;t agree with this view. It is simply too long a stretch to think that a Cavalier with such a loyalist pedigree could suddenly cast off his allegiances, become a Puritan dissenter and migrate to the Americas. This being said however, I do think it possible that Richard Lane, of the Island of Providence, was descended from the above line before the time of Colonel Lane, the rescuer of Charles II. I believe this is possible because Dutton Lane named his Towson, Maryland property &ldquo;Hampton Court.&rdquo; The historian of the Hampton National Historic site wrote that the pre-Ridgley owners (including Dutton Lane and later his daughter) of Hampton named their properties for family connections in England. The place name of Hampton is strongly associated with the Lane family profiled above, thus implying a connection at some point. Oral tradition offers another hint. As stated in an earlier chapter there is an interesting story that exists among the descendants of Rebecca Clark, who was the sister of my great, great grandfather, George Clark, and great granddaughter of Wilkinson Lane. Her daughter, Magdalena Wright claimed that her ancestors on her mother&rsquo;s side had long before been &ldquo;Lords and Ladies in England.&rdquo;<br> Kenyon Stevenson and Mrs. F. C. Montgomery also questioned the lineage of one of the Lanes. Stevenson tentatively suggested that Major Samuel Lane was not the son of Richard Lane of the Island of Providence but the son of John Lane of Hammersmith, England, near London. Montgomery repeated his claim in her family history "The Wells of Baltimore County." A. Russell Slagel worked with Stevenson for many years and extended the latter&rsquo;s research. In a major article in 1976, Slagel refuted his late associate&rsquo;s original conclusion with a meticulously documented case. He used extensive legal documentation and kinship explanations to link Richard and Samuel Lane together as father and son. A reading of this article, listed in the sources section, should put any rests to doubt.[1] <br> In this monograph Slagel brings up other noteworthy points about Lane family relationships. He wrote that John Lane, grocer of London and nephew of Roger Lane, used the coat of arms illustrated on the second page of this book. It has been traced back to early 15th century Northampton, England. William Lane of Orlybere, County of Northhampton who died in 1546, was the first possessor on record for this coat of arms. He had four sons, Ralph, William, John and George. Ralph inherited the coat of arms. He married Maud Parr who was the first cousin of Katherine Parr, the last wife of King Henry VIII. Their son, Sir Ralph Lane, is thought to be the first European to sail up the Chesapeake Bay. Slagel points out that many branches of the Lane family bore this coat of arms. In County Bucks we find the Wycombe Lanes, in County Dorset the Allhallow-Gussing branch of the Lane family. Herefordshire claims the Lane family of my ascent. In Northhampton the following places are associated with the Lanes: Courteen Hall, Hanler Twinden, Horton and Walgrave. There were also branches of the family in Sumersetshire and Yorkshire.<br> <br> <br> <br> Sources: Lane Origins - Another View<br> <br> <br> Hastings, Lynn Dakin. Hampton National Historic Site. Historic Hampton, Inc: Towson, Maryland, 1986. (Gives details on the Ridgely family, the gardens, the plantation and its buildings and the mansion with its history and decor. Hampton courts acquisition is mentioned on page 3 but the Merrymans and the Lanes are not mentioned.)<br> Irby, Sharon Lapp. The Lane&rsquo;s of Muskingum County, Ohio, 1986. (This volume may be found at the Family History Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and probably in Zanesville, Ohio. Irby cites the work of research of Donald Crabtree for information on the line of Adam De La Lane)<br> <br> Montgomery, Mrs. F. C. &ldquo;The Wells Family of Baltimore County, Maryland.&rdquo; (An unpublished typescript history on file at the MarylandHistorical Society in Baltimore, Maryland.)<br> <br> Slagel, A. Russel. &ldquo;Major Samuel Lane (1628-1681): His Ancestry and Some American Descendants.&rdquo; Maryland Historical Magazine. Vol. 71, No. 4. Winter 1976.<br> Stephenson, Kenyon. &ldquo;The Lane Family.&rdquo; Genealogy and History. Washington D. C. May 15, 1944 (Call Number CS42.G5).<br> <br> <br> Hastings, Lynn Dakin. Hampton National Historic Site. Historic Hampton, Inc: Towson, Maryland, 1986. (Gives details on the Ridgely family, the gardens, the plantation and its buildings and the mansion with its history and decor. Hampton courts acquisition is mentioned on page 3 but the Merrymans and the Lanes are not mentioned.)<br> Irby, Sharon Lapp. The Lane&rsquo;s of Muskingum County, Ohio, 1986. (This volume may be found at the Family History Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and probably in Zanesville, Ohio. Irby cites the work of research of Donald Crabtree for information on the line of Adam De La Lane)<br> <br> Montgomery, Mrs. F. C. &ldquo;The Wells Family of Baltimore County, Maryland.&rdquo; (An unpublished typescript history on file at the MarylandHistorical Society in Baltimore, Maryland.)<br> <br> Slagel, A. Russel. &ldquo;Major Samuel Lane (1628-1681): His Ancestry and Some American Descendants.&rdquo; Maryland Historical Magazine. Vol. 71, No. 4. Winter 1976.<br> Stephenson, Kenyon. &ldquo;The Lane Family.&rdquo; Genealogy and History. Washington D. C. May 15, 1944 (Call Number CS42.G5).<br> <br>[1] Stephenson's interest was in the children of Samuel Lane, the son of Dutton Lane. He goes into quite a bit of detail about land ownership and his documentation is excellent. His assertion that Samuel&rsquo;s great, great-grandfather was John Lane of Hammersmith, rather than Roger Lane, was refuted some twenty years later by his associate, Slagel. Kenyon Stephenson was a descendant of Lambert Lane, a brother of Wilkinson Lane. Mrs. Montgomry. is the primary backer of the John Lane of Hammersmith theory. The evidence is stronger for Slagel's proposal given its evidence of business, professional and land contracts. Both proposals are at the Md. Hist. Soc.</line><line><p>&nbsp;</p></line><line></div></line></content></metadataxml> |
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