When James Lane Jr was born in 1739, in Halifax, North Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph Lane Jr, was 39 and his mother, Patience McKinne, was 32. He married Lydia Speight about 1760. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 6 January 1805, in Wake, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Wake, North Carolina, United States.
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English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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