Brief Life History of William
When William Lane was born on 10 May 1723, in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Benjamin Lane, was 25 and his mother, Hepzibah Moss, was 21. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Lydia Sweet. He died on 13 February 1773, in British Colonial America, at the age of 49.
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- William Lane, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- William Lane, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- William Lane in entry for Nathan Lane, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
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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