Enoch Kincheloe married Jemima Lane, daughter of Richard Lane and Sarah Fuller.¹

     Dutton Lane was born circa 1695 in Maryland.¹ He was the son of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings. He married Dinah Boreing.¹ He died in 1783 in Baltimore County, Maryland.¹

     Dutton Lane left a will on 18 March 1783 in Baltimore County, Maryland.¹

     Margaret Lane was the daughter of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings. She married William Merryman in Maryland.¹

     Dinah Boreing married Dutton Lane, son of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings.¹

     William Merryman married Margaret Lane, daughter of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings, in Maryland.¹

     Robert Sweeting married Sarah Lane, daughter of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings, in 1733 in Baltimore, Maryland.¹

     Sarah Lane was the daughter of Samuel Lane and Margaret Maulden.

     Margaret Burrage was the daughter of John Burrage and Margaret Maulden. She married Nathan Smith.¹ She married Thomas Tench.¹

     Elizabeth Burrage was the daughter of John Burrage and Margaret Maulden. She married Francis Hutchins.¹

     Mary Lane was born circa 1642 in New Providence Island, Bahamas.¹ She was the daughter of Richard Lane and Alice Carter. She married William Denne on 8 June 1667 in London, England.¹ She died in July 1674 in London, England.¹ She was buried on 28 July 1674 in All Hallows, Bread Street, London, England.¹

     Beatrix Lane was baptized on 8 March 1590/91 in St. Peter's Church, Hereford, England.¹ She was the daughter of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?)

     Johanna Lane was baptized on 29 April 1593 in St. Peter's Church, Hereford, England.¹ She was the daughter of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?)

     John Lane was baptized on 18 October 1594 in St. Peter's Church, Hereford, England.¹ He was the son of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?)

     John Lane was baptized on 22 December 1597 in St. Peter's Church, Hereford, England.¹ He was the son of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?) He died in 1654.¹

     Bartholomew Lane was baptized on 25 March 1599 in St. Peter's Church, Hereford, England.¹ He was the son of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?)

     Elizabeth Lane was baptized on 16 May 1600 in St. Peter's Church, Hereford, England.¹ She was the daughter of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?)

     Richard Lane was baptized on 27 August 1596 in St. Peter's Church, Hereford, England.² He was the son of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?) He married Alice Carter, daughter of Humphrey Carter, on 7 October 1623 in St. Mildred Poultrey, London, England.¹ He died in 1657 in Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.³

     Richard Lane and Alice Carter immigrated in 1635 to New Providence Island, Bahamas, aboard the Ship Expectation.⁴ He Richard Lane - 1596-1657

Richard Lane, son of Roger and Beatrix Lane, was baptized at St.Peters Church on 27 August 1596 at Hereford, England. We can assumeRichard grew up in the City of Hereford. There is no record that hisyoung widowed mother remarried. Richard must have left Hereford and cometo London as a very young man. On December 14, 1613, he apprenticed toNathaniel Thornhill for seven years. Thornhill was a merchant tailor bytrade. On February 26, 1620, at 24 years old, Richard was admitted afreeman to the Merchant Tailor Co. He apparently prospered in his trade.On October 7, 1623, Richard married Alice Carter at London. Alice hadbeen 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.
Richard's religious beliefs appear to have been unorthodox and witha Puritan leaning. He was not secretive about his opinions. This wasduring a period when the Church of England and Authorities of the Crownwere persecuting the Puritans. In October 1631, there was an 'Examinationof Richard Lane' by authorities. This examination worried Richard. He wasfearful of what the future might bring to he and his family. His childrenwere coming along, Samuel in 1628, John in 1631 and Oziell in 1632. As aresult, he arranged for a trip to the West Indies as a representative ofthe Company of Providence Island, a quasi-governmental organizationformed to exploit the Colony.
Richard reached Providence Island in 1635. He was assigned tointroduce and supervise growing madder (a small plant, the root of whichwas to make a red dye). During his stay on the Island, 1635-1657, he hadhis ups and downs. For most of the period, he appears to have been in thegood graces of the Company. In 1641, he came under criticism for hisPuritanical religious views. He, along with two clergymen, were orderedarrested and brought to trial in London. At the hearing, the charges werefound unmerited and Lane was returned to his duties. Later in 1641, hewas unsuccessfully nominated Governor of Providence Island. Sometimebefore August 1657, Richard and his son, Oziell, were drowned atProvidence Island. His widow, Alice, petitioned the Company for paymentsin arrears and a pension. The petition was approved and the widow andchildren returned to London. One of their sons, Samuel (1), a directancestor, probably had returned earlier for his education.
The final record concerning Richard Lane was found in the followingAugust 7, 1657 petition of Alice Lane, sets forth her great sufferings inthe West Indies, her husband and son having been drowned in Eleuthera,and that arrears for service in England of 702 Pounds, 13 Shillings, and6 Pence are certified.

Source: Claudia Ann (Peschel) McWhorter
http://ladytuffie.tripod.com/LaneFamilyTree/id4.html

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Due to his activities as a Puritan, Richard Lane embarked for the WestIndies in 1632.
(Calendar of States Papers, Colonial Series....1574 to 1660.)
QUARTERLY: 'Maryland Historical Magazine,' Winter, 1976, pg 549-550.

Source:
The Lane Family
The Descendants of Maj. Samuel Lane
Part 1
Complied by Larry A. James
1986

The chief islands in the Bahamas include Acklins, Andros, Cat, Crooked,Eleuthera, Grand Bahama, Abaco, Great Inagua, Harbour, Long, Mayaguana,New Providence, and San Salvador (Watling). The islands are generallylow and flat, and the highest point in the entire archipelago, on CatIsland, is only 206 feet (63 meters) above sea level. Most of theBahamas are long, narrow strips of limestone, covered by a thin layer ofstony, infertile soil. Pine forests cover parts of many of the islands.There are no running streams, except on Andros, the largest island. Freshwater is procured from wells dug in underlying rocks.

The first permanent European inhabitants in the Bahamas were not theSpanish, however, but the British, who settled Eleuthera and NewProvidence about 1648. During its early years the settlement wasrepeatedly attacked by the Spanish. The islands were later the strongholdof buccaneers and pirates, notably the infamous Blackbeard.

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Richard Lane's Appearances in 'The Calendar of State Papers'
[Richard Lane, b. 1596, and his wife Alice Carter emigrated with theirfamily to Providence Island in the West Indies. It is uncertain whetherRichard and Alice ever settled on the mainland, but their sons Samuel andJoseph, established branches of the Lane family in what would become thesouthern United States (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina). TheTortugas, mentioned in the text, are small islands about 50 miles west ofKey West, Florida. Providence Island is probably in the Bermuda Islands,quite possibly the same as 'New Providence Island,' where Nassau, thecurrent capital of the Bahamas, is located. This speculation isstrengthened by the fact that Richard and his son Oziell are supposed tohave drowned off Eleuthera Island, one of the Bermudas.]

1632, August 31 - A letter from Thomas Wiggin to Master Downing. Hopesone Lane, a merchant tailor, who has been in the West Indies, will talkwith Mr. Humphreys concerning a certain staple commodity which he desiresto plant in New England.

1633, Feb 15 - Minutes of a Court for Providence Island. Agreement withMr. Lane to ship himself in the Company's pinnace for Fonseca, or if thatisland be not discovered to Providence, to plant his madder, teach hisskill to the inhabitants, and be an agent for the Company in other partsof the Indies. A pattern of drugs and commodities likely to be procuredin the Indies to be 'sent along with the Indian' for their betterdiscovery.

1633, Feb. 18 - Eight more servants assigned to Mr. Lane to be sent toFonseca.

1633, Mar 26 - After debate the intended voyage to Fonseca is respited;the pinnace to be forthwith dispatched to Providence and touching atAssociation to take in Capt. Hilton and such as he may appoint fordiscovery of trade in the Bay of Darien. Mr. Hook to have his full numberof servants, Mr. Lane but six, with an addition by the next ship.

1633, Apr 10 - Letter from Company of Providence Island to Captain Bell,Governor. Twenty passengers now sent over. Desire he will assign portionsof land in the most convenient places to Mr. Hook, Mrs. Bradlye, and Mrs.Lane. Request that Mr. Lane may be afforded every facility for plantinghis madder. Direct him to entertain Capt. Hilton with all fittingcourtesy should he go in the pinnace to Providence, and to allow Lane andRoger Floud to accompany Hilton.

1633, Apr 15 - Instructions from the Company of Providence Island forRichard Lane, in case Capt. Hilton does not go with him from Associationto Providence. After having planted his madder, to take on board RogerFloud and other persons not to exceed eight, as the Governor and Councilof Providence think fit. To go to the Bay of Darien, with goods fortrade. To provide against fear of discovery from the Spaniards, and foulweather. To use means to ingratiate himself and company with the Indians.

1633, Nov 23 - Mrs. Lane to receive 10-pounds for half a year's wages dueher husband.

1634, Nov 17 - Fifteen pounds to be paid to Richard Lane for half ayear's service at the Bay of Darien.

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 themain, he is to have liberty to remove there. Accounts ordered to be madeout, of money disbursed by the Company for him. He is requested to put inwriting his information of some miscarriages in the government there,'that they might reprove, reform and order things as shall be fit.'

1635, Feb 20 - As an encouragement to Mr. Lane it is agreed to recommendto the General Court to admit him a Councillor in Providence, and that20-pounds be lent to him.

1635, Feb 22 - The proposition for Mr. Lane to be of the Council ofProvidence is debated, and several considerations submitted by theTreasurer, John Pym, answered, but the Treasurer refused to give hisopinion.

1635, Mar 9 - Concerning the proposition to appoint Mr. Lane of theCouncil in Providence; Mr. Treasurer states his objections, but Mr. Laneis declared to be legally elected by the major part of the Committee.

1635, Apr 20 - Letter from the Company of Providence Island to Capt.Bell, Governor. Received his letter of 10 March 1634 in August last, witha full account by Mr. Lane of the success of their intended trade atDarien. Have ordered rewards to those eight persons who accompanied Mr.Lane. Mr. Lane returns, and has liberty to choose ground in the islandnot already possessed, for planting madder, indigo, or other commodities.

1635, Apr 20 - Instructions from the Company of Providence Island toCornelius Billinger, Master of the Expectation of London. To sail fromSt. Christophers direct to Association, 'otherwise called Tortuga,' andascertain whether it be in possession of the English. If so to attend Mr.Lane 14 days, and from thence proceed to Providence.

1636, Feb 26 - Inquiry into complaints against Capt. Riskinner for takinggoods from Mr. Lane by force; striking, offering to pistol, andthreatening.

1637, Mar 29 - Assistance to be given to Mr. Lane, Lord Brooke's agent,indisposing of certain goods.

1638, Apr 16 - Commission from the Company of Providence Island,appointing Capt. Nathaniel Butler, Henry Halhead, Samuel Rishworth, andElisha Gladman to examine Richard Lane concerning the employment of amagazine of goods of large value committed to him by Lord Brooke, ofwhich no account has been given, with authority to seize his goods,servants, plantations, and debts in case he has been negligent orunfaithful.

1641, Jan 4 - Edward Thompson, master of the Hopewell , is authorized topermit Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Halhead, and Lane, sent prisoners bythe Deputy Governor and Council of Providence Island, to come to Londonto answer the objections against them.

1641, Feb 13 - The proceedings against Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Lane,and Halhead, sent prisoners from thence, for opposing Captain Carter inthe execution of his place of Deputy Governor, to which he was appointedby Captain Butler, who supposed himself authorized to do so, considered,and the censure and restraint declared unmerited; they are dischargedfrom all further attendance.

1641, Mar 25 - Mr. Lane to go over and to be one of the Council.Transportation of Messrs. Sherhard, Leverton, Lane, and Halhead, sentover as prisoners, but since discharged, to be borne by the Company.

1641, Apr. 16 - These p'ties hereafter expresses are to be transported tothe Island of Providence imbarqued in the Expectation , having taken theOaths of Allegiance and Supremacie; As likewise being comformable to theChurch of England whereof they brought testimonie from the Ministers andjustices of peace, of their abodes: Richard Lane, 38; Alice Lane, 30;Samuel Lane, 7; Jo: Lane, 4; Oziell Lane, 3.



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The following was related in A. Russell Slagle's article 'Major SamuelLane (1628-81): His Ancestry and Some American Descendants' concerningthe above account:

Arthur Percival Newton writes that 'Leverton's story goes on to tell usthat at length the Governor leaving the island, a difference arose in thecolony. He named his successor, but the people pleaded a right by charterto 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 weredisaffected to the liturgy and ceremonies of England. When they arrivedhere, the state of things was changed and Laud was in custody of theBlack Rod. They were kindly received by the Lords Patentees orproprietors of the island and encouraged to return.'

Other records indicate that Richard Lane was a close friend of NathanielButler, Governor of the Isles of Providence.

1657, Aug 7 - Petition of Alice Lane, sets forth her great sufferings inthe West Indies, her husband and son having been drowned in Eluethera,and that arrears for service in England of 1702.13.6 are certified.

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The above was compiled by Keith D. Gmeinder and submitted by Susan T.Meier Susanm1215@@aol.com

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The Original Lists OF PERSONS OF QUALITY
[Regi]ster of the names of all ye Passinger wch Passed from ye Port ofLondon for on whole yeare Endinge at Xpmas 1635.

IN the Increase prd. Theis vnder written names are to be transported toNew England: p Cert: from All St's Stayning's Mark-lane of theirConformitie to the Church of England.

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[Regi]ster of the names of all ye Passinger wch Passed from ye Port ofLondon for on whole yeare Endinge at Xpmas 1635. page 68

RICHARD LANE 38 [p.68]

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ALICE LANE 30

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SAMVEL LANE 7

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JO: LANE 4

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OZIELL LANE 3

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     Alice Carter was born on 20 August 1603 in London, England.¹ She was the daughter of Humphrey Carter. She was baptized on 24 August 1603 in London, England.¹ She married Richard Lane, son of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?), on 7 October 1623 in St. Mildred Poultrey, London, England.¹ She died in September 1678 in All Hallows, Bread Street, London, England, at age 75.¹ She was buried on 4 September 1678 in All Hallows, Bread Street, London, England.¹

     Alice Carter and Richard Lane immigrated in 1635 to New Providence Island, Bahamas.² She immigrated in 1635 to New Providence Island, Bahamas.² She left a will on 22 August 1668. According to the will, the will was proved on 22 Octobert 1668.¹

     Anne Lane was baptized on 29 January 1590 in St. Peter's Church, Hereford, England.¹ She was the daughter of Roger Lane and Beatrix (?)

     Beatrix (?) was born in 1569 in Hereford, England.¹ She married Roger Lane circa 1589 in England.¹ She died in 1664.¹

     William Denne married Mary Lane, daughter of Richard Lane and Alice Carter, on 8 June 1667 in London, England.¹ He died in 1694.¹

     Roger Lane was born between 1565 and 1570 in Hereford, England.² He married Beatrix (?) circa 1589 in England.¹ He was buried on 30 April 1603.¹

     Roger Lane was Apothacary.¹ He was survived by his widow Beatrix and eight children.¹

     Samuel Lane was born circa 1628 in London, England.² He was the son of Richard Lane and Alice Carter. He married Margaret Maulden, daughter of Francis Maulden and Katherine (?), in 1669 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.¹ He died in 1682.¹

     Samuel Lane immigrated along with his parents Richard Lane and Alice Carter in 1635 in New Providence Island, Bahamas, aboard the Ship Expectation.² He left a will on 18 January 1680/81.¹ He Major Samuel Lane, son of Richard and Alice Carter Lane was born about1628 in London. Samuel traveled with his parents to the Isle ofProvidence in 1635 but returned to England by 1657. Major Samuelevidently removed to Virginia by 1663 when he moved from Virginia toMaryland. Records state he was 'transported to Maryland by ThomasVaughn,' at which time he was 35 years of age and apparently unmarried.

His double cousin John Lane left him 120L. John Lane's will was made onSeptember 8, 1670, in London and lists Samuel as a clerk. The term clerkusually refers to a clergyman. Another reference indicates that SamuelLane was a minister at Long Houghton, Northumberland and married toBarbara Roddam. Evidently a difference of opinion occurred in the churchat Long Houghton and Samuel Lane was 'ejected in 1662.' His wife wasevidently dead when he came to Maryland.

Major Samuel Lane appears in a number of references in Maryland records.

In September 1681, Maj. Samuel Lane was head of the militia opposing theSeneca Indians. He had served as Major of Military forces of Colony ofMaryland from 1674 to 1682. He was also a Justice and a Commissioner.During his lifetime, he was referred to as: gent, chirurgeon, doctor,doctor of physics, commr. of Anne Arundel county, justice of Anne ArundelCounty, gentleman of the quorum and major.

In 1669, he married Margaret Mauldins Burrage, widow of John Burrage, aquaker who came to Anne Arundel Co. in 1649. She was a daughter ofFrancis and Grace Maulden.

WFT, Vol 1, #5367
Samuel Lane[ was a Major in the Military Forces of the province ofMaryland. He was the Justice and County Commissioner of Anne Arundel Co.,Maryland.

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 13, Ed. 1, Tree #2127, Date of Import: Mar 15, 1999]

Major Samuel Lane In service of King of England i Province of Maryland1674 - 1685

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1189, Date of Import: Apr 17, 1999]

BOOK: 'The Lane Family' Part I, by Larry A James 1986. pg 9.
OCCUPATION: Officer in Kings Service; Major Clerk, (Will of cousin JohnLane) Clergyman in Long Houghton, Northumberland, Virginia. He wasejected in 1662.
RELIGION: Puritan.
WILL: 18 Jan 1681.
VITAL: STATISTICS. Archives of Maryland; Vol 15 pg 37, 67, 99, 124, 130,323, and 325.
RESIDENCE: 'Maryland Rent Rolls: Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties' byBaltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1976, Library of CongressCatalogue Card
Number 76-1421. pg 147 (20 Jul 1669) Browsly Hall, along with JamesButler.
MARRIAGE: Margaret Burrage: 'Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors ofmembers of the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century 1915-1975.'Compiled by Mary Louis Marshall Hutton. Baltimore Genealogical PublishingCo., Inc. 1987, Pg
151. Library of Congress Card Catalogue Number 83-80251.¹

     Esther Bibbin was born in 1727.¹ She married Tidence Lane, son of Richard Lane and Sarah Fuller, on 9 May 1743 in Frederick County, Virginia.¹ She died on 20 June 1805 in Whitesburg, Jefferson County, Tennessee.¹

     Tidence Lane was born on 31 August 1724 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.¹ He was the son of Richard Lane and Sarah Fuller. He married Esther Bibbin on 9 May 1743 in Frederick County, Virginia.¹ He died on 30 January 1806 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, at age 81.¹ He was buried in Whitsboro, Jefferson County, Tennessee.¹

     Tidence Lane TIDENCE LANE
'FIRST MINISTER TO PREACH REGULARLY TO A TENNESSEE CONGREGATION.'

(pages 318 - 322)

Tidence Lane, son of Richard and Sarah Lane, was born in Maryland, nearBaltimore, August 31, 1724. He was a grandson of Dutton Lane and PretitiaTidings, and a great-grandson of Major Samuel Lane, an officer in theKing's service in the Province of Maryland, in 1680. He was an olderbrother of Dutton Lane, a 'pioneer' preacher in Virginia, whom bothSemple and Taylor mention in their respective histories of VirginiaBaptists and Baptist ministers as a minister of 'prominence' and'influence.' He was the honored father of Lieut. Isaac Lane, who, underColonel Sevier, performed patriotic service at the battle of King'sMountain, October 7, 1780 ; who also, in 1802, 'gave the land on whichwas built the meetinghouse of the first Baptist church organized,' it isclaimed, 'in Claiborne County,' Tenn., the church at Big Spring (nowSpringdale).

The register of St. Paul's Parish shows that Tidence Lane was christened'Tidings,' from which it would seem that it was his father's intentionthat his son should be the namesake of his paternal grandmother, whosemaiden name was Pretitia Tidings. But later generations of the Lanes havethought Tidence the preferable name, and have adhered to this spellingand pronunciation.

In early colonial times the parents of Tidence Lane moved from theirnative state of Maryland to Virginia and thence to North Carolina, whereyoung Lane grew to manhood, and where he married Esther Bibbin (orBibber), May 9, 1743. To this union were born nine children, seven sonsand two daughters.

About this time, perhaps a little earlier, young Lane was convicted andconverted in a most remarkable way, under the ministry of ShubaelStearns, who had been 'itinerating' extensively in Virginia and NorthCarolina, and preaching with wonderful success. Morgan Edwards describeshim as a 'marvelous preacher for moving the emotions and melting hisaudience to tears. Most exciting stories were told about the piercingglance of his eye and the melting tones of his voice, while hisappearance was that of a patriarch.' Young Lane had the most 'hatefulfeelings toward the Baptists,' as he confessed, but 'curiosity' led himto make a horseback trip of some forty miles to see and hear the famouspreacher, with the following result, in Elder Lane's own words, 'When thefame of Mr. Stearns' preaching reached the Yadkin, where I lived, I felta curiosity to go and hear him. Upon my arrival I saw a venerable old mansitting under a peach tree with a book in his hand and the peoplegathering about him. He fixed his eyes upon me immediately, which made mefeel in such a manner as I had never felt before. I turned to quit theplace, but could not proceed far. I walked about, Sometimes catching hiseyes as I walked. My uneasiness increased and became intolerable. I wentup to him, thinking that a salutation and shaking of hands would relieveme, but it happened otherwise. I began to think he had an evil eye andought to be shunned, but shunning him I could no more effect than a birdcan shun the rattlesnake when it fixes its eyes upon it. When he began topreach my perturbations increased, so that nature could no longer supportthem, and I sank to the ground.' (Morgan Edwards' unpublished manuscript.)

In regard to his call and ordination to the ministry I have no definiteinformation. We find him, however, 'among the first Baptists' to set footon Tennessee soil. He has the distinction of being 'the first pastor ofthe first permanent church organization' of any denomination in the stateof Tennessee, Buffalo Ridge, in Washington County, constituted in 1779.Under this date Ramsay says.: 'Tidence Lane, a Baptist preacher,organized a congregation this year. A house for public worship waserected on Buffalo Ridge.' (Annals of Tennessee, p. 180.) The NashvilleAmerican (Sunday issue, May 16, 1897), among the one hundred 'prizequestions' submitted to its readers, had this: 'Who was the firstminister who preached regularly to a Tennessee congregation?' And theprize-taking answer was: 'Tidence Lane, pastor Buffalo Ridge, 1779.' ThePresbyterians generously and frankly concede to the Baptists thispriority of date in church building, claiming 1782 as the date of theirfirst church organization, viz., that of New Bethel Church in the forksof the Holston and Watauga rivers. (Pioneer Presbyterianism inTennessee.) Benedict (General History Baptists) places the date ofBaptist beginnings in the state 'about the year 1780.' Ramsay's date is1779. While Benedict was a painstaking and thoroughly reliable historianin matters of vital importance and while he visited in person (in 1810)the historic grounds of our Baptist people throughout the country, andhad, therefore, opportunity to investigate their claims and traditions,nevertheless, Ramsay, in my opinion, would likely be more accurate in amatter of date, being in easy reach of all the sources of information,having access to all the records in the state, public and private, andhaving, as he did, a smaller field for study, less subject matter toinvestigate, more written documents to refer to, and a later date,
with its better opportunities for historical research, than hispredecessor had or could have at his early day.

Under date as above (1780) Benedict mentions by came eight Baptistministers, who moved thus early into 'the Holston country,' all of themVirginians, 'except Mr. Lane, who was from North Carolina. They wereaccompanied by a considerable number of their brethren from the churcheswhich they left. Among the other emigrants there was a small body, whichwent out in something like a church capacity. They removed from an oldchurch at Sandy Creek in North Carolina, which was platted by ShubaelStearns, and as a branch of the mother church they emigrated to thewilderness and settled on Boone's Creek (then in North Carolina, now inTennessee). The church is now called Buffalo Ridge.' Tidence Lane, asabove stated,was its first pastor. With respect to our tradition thatBuffalo Ridge came out from Sandy Creek Church (North Carolina) in anorganized capacity and established itself in its new home as an 'arm' ofthe mother church, with Tidence Lane as pastor, it may be said thatBenedict in 1810 visited both these churches, mother and daughter, andmade the record above given. Whether the record was made on the evidenceof written documents or of verbal tradition, it is impossible at thisdistance to say; if the latter, the age of the record and thematter-of-fact way in which it is made, stamps, it seems to me, thetradition as history.

Tidence Lane has also the distinction of being 'the first Moderator' ofthe first association of any denomination in the state, the old Holston,organized at 'Cherokee meeting-house,' in Washington County, on Saturdaybefore the fourth Sunday in October, 1786, ten years before Tennessee wasadmitted into the Union.

After a sojourn in 'the 'Holston country' for some four or five yearsElder Lane pushed on toward the west into what is now Hamblen County,making a location on Bent Creek, near the present town of Whitesburg.Here he and Elder William Murphy constituted the Bent Creek (now theWhitesburg) Church, 'June, the second Sunday, 1785,' Elder Lane becomingpastor of the church and continuing pastor as long as he lived, sometwenty-one years. At the organization of the Holston Association (1786)Bent Creek Church was represented by Tidence Lane, Isaac Barton andFrancis Hamilton. Tidence Lane was chosen Moderator, and was elected tothe same position in May and October of the following year.

Tidence Lane wag active in the ministry, had good organizing and goodpreaching ability. To use Benedict's language, he was a preacher 'ofreputation and success.' He was much sought in counsel by the churches.He was not so hard in doctrine as some of his brethren, his doctrinalbelief being a modified Calvinism.

The writer has been searching for Tidence Lane's Bible, which he willedto his son Isaac, but it seems to have been lost or destroyed; itssuccessor, however, to which has been transferred some of the entries,doubtless, of the old Bible, has been in the Lane family for more than. ahundred years. It gives the dates of the birth, marriage and death, ofTidence Lane, Sr., the subject of our sketch. The book is now inpossession of Mrs. Crocket Williams, of Morristown, a descendant ofTidence Lane, Sr., about five generations removed, and has been handeddown to the youngest child of each succeeding generation since 1812.According to this record Tidence Lane and Esther Bibbin (or Bibber,possibly a contraction of Van Gibber) were married May 9, 1743. To thisunion were born nine children, seven sons and two daughters. Elder T. J.Lane, for fifty-four years a member of the Bent Creek (Whitesburg) Churchand forty years a Baptist minister, was a grandson of Elder Tidence Lane.

Mrs. S. B. Allen, of Williamsburg, Va; Mr. R. A. Atkinson, of Baltimore,Md., and Mr. H. E. Lane, of Whitesburg, Tenn., all of whom have beeninterested in furnishing materials for this sketch, are directdescendants of Tidence Lane, of the fifth and sixth generations. Besidethese are many others of his kith and kin scattered throughout Tennesseeand elsewhere, who are justly 'proud of their ancestor.'

Having set his house in order and made his will, 'the second day of July,1805,' Tidence Lane passed to his reward January 30, 1806.

NOTE.-Some years ago, on the farm of Brother George Smith, on Bent Creek,one mile from Whitesburg, the writer was shown a large elm tree, onehundred feet tall, perhaps,- and with branches reaching full fifty feetin all directions, under whose shade, more than a century and a quarterago, tradition says, 'Tidence Lane and Isaac Barton preached to thepeople.'

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Burnett, J .J. Sketches of Tennessee's Pioneer Baptist Preachers.Nashville, Tenn.: Press of Marshall & Bruce Company, 1919.

Rev. Tidence Lane, son of Richard and Sarah Fuller Lane, was born on 31August 1724. No other man stands out more in the Lane family than Rev.Tidence Lane. Rev. Lane was the first pastor in Tennessee and has achurch named after him and a large monument dedicated to him there.There are extensive records of him and a copy of his will in The LaneFamily, The Descendants of Maj. Samuel Lane, Part II by Larry A. James in1986. I will mention a few of them.

Tidence Lane was born in the Province of Maryland, near the city ofBaltimore, August 31, 1724. He was the grandson of Dutton Lane andPretitia Tidings, and great-grandson of Major Samuel Lane, in the serviceof the King of England in the Province of Maryland, in 1680.

In colonial times the parents of Tidence Lane followed the drift ofpopulation from Maryland southward, first into Virginia and then intoNorth Carolina, where they settled on the Yadkin River, not far from theCarolina home of Daniel Boone. Here young Lane grew to manhood. Hemarried Hester Bibbin, May 9, 1743, probably while living in Virginia.

A group of New Light Baptists, called 'Separates' came to North Carolinafrom New England. They were led by Rev. Shubeal Stearns. The doctrineof the New Lights emphasized the new birth. Tidence came under theinfluence of the preaching of Stearns. Until this time young Lane hadthe most 'hateful feelings towards the Baptists.' Stearns was known formoving the emotions and melting his audience to tears.

The life and labors of Rev. Tidence Lane are of import because of thetime of his coming into the Western Country, then a wilderness. Theinhabitants were in need of the sanctions and ameliorating influence ofreligion. Without the gospel the forces of materialism and immoralitywould have run rampant and possessed and ossified the souls of the menand women of the border. Preached as the gospel was in directness andpower by such men as Lane, it gave stability and fineness to the moralfiber of the people, and the stamp of true civilization to the region.

Besides the distinction of being the first Baptist minister to preachregularly in Tennessee he also has the distinction of being 'the firstModerator' of the first association of any denomination in the state, the'Old Holston,' organized at 'Cherokee Meetinghouse' in Washington Countyin 1786, ten years before Tennessee was admitted to the Union.

Tidence Lane was active in the ministry, had good organizing and goodpreaching ability and was a preacher of reputation and success. He wassought often by other churches for counsel. He was not so hard indoctrine as some of his brethren, his doctrinal belief being a modifiedCalvinism.

It is interesting to note that a grandson T. J. Lane who was forfifty-four years a member of the Bent Creek (Whitesburg) Church became aBaptist minister and served in this capacity for forty years. TidenceLane still has many ancestors living in the Morristown area. (FromBurnett's Sketches of Baptist Preachers).


Sources:
The Lane Family
The Descendants of Maj. Samuel Lane , Part II
Complied by Larry A. James , 1986
The volumes of 'The Lane Family' are housed at Madison County, Arkansas

DAR Ref#223931 Rev. Records Army Accts. Vol. 8 #1205 Book 2F p46 S.G;
SR 23-24, Capt.
Lists also these children of Tidence
1. William Lane
2. Mary Lane m. Joseph Epps
3. Elizabeth Lane m. John Coudley


CHRISTENING: Was christened as 'Tidings'. Parish book Vol 59 pg 39.
RESIDENCE: Moved to Jefferson County (Now Humblin Co.) Abt 2 Aug 1784.
OCCUPATION: Tennessee Pioneer Baptist Preacher. Ordained 1772. HeEstablished
the first permanent Baptist Church in Tennessee at Buffalo Ridge,
Washington County, in 1779.
WILL: Jefferson County, Tennessee Will Book, 1792 to 1810, pg 90.
BOOK: Tennessee Cousins by Worth S. Ray; Genealogical Publishing Co.,Inc;
Baltimore; 1980; Lib of Congress # 68-24685. pg. 100, Tidence Lane was amember of the first Grand Jury in Jefferson, County, Tennessee; pg. 102,gives an abstract of his will dated 2 July 1805 listing his children.
Burial Place; Letter from William Russell.
Source: 'The Lane Family' Part I, pg 16, & Part II, pg 1 & 5, by Larry AJames.

Will of Tidence Lane (Dandridge Courthouse)
In the name of God, amen, the second day of July, 1805. being sickin body, but sound in mind, thanks be to God: Calling to mind theuncertain estate of this transitory life and that flesh must yield todeath when it shall please God to call, do make, constitute, ordain, anddeclare this my last will and testament in manner and form following,revoking and disannulling by these presents all wills heretofore by memade and declared either by work or writing and this is to be taken onlyfor my last will and testament and none other.
'And first, being sorry for my sins past, do most humbly desireforgiveness for the same. I give and commit my soul unto God my Saviorand Redeemer, in whom and by the merits of Christ Jesus I trust and hopeto be saved and to have full remission of all my sins and that my soulwith my body at a general day of the resurrection shall rise again withjoy and, through the merits of Christ's death and passion, possess andinherit the kingdom of heaven prepared for his elect and chosen and mybody to be laid in such a place where it shall please my Executorhereafter named to appoint.
'And now for the settling of my temporal estates and such goods,chattels (any item of property except real estate) and debts as it hathpleased God far above my deserts to bestow on me, I do order, give anddispose, the same in manner and form following, viz., First. I will thatall my debts and dues I owe in right conscience to any person whatevershall well and truly be paid, or ordered within convenient time after mydecease by my Executor hereafter named. Item, I give and bequeath to myson John one book entitled Boston's Fourfold State. Item, I give andbequeath to my daughter Sarah one calico habit, a petticoat, apron,handkerchief and cap. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Acquilla onecow, two sheep, two books, one entitled. 'Every Man His Own Lawyer.' theother 'Baptist Confession of Faith.' Item, I give and bequeath to my sonRichard one cow and calf, two sheep. my big plough and one hoe. Item, Igive and bequeath to my son Joseph or heirs one Dollar. Item, I give andbequeath to my son Tidence one spotted cow and one steer, two sheep, myold Bible and testament. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Tidence'swife, Mary, one feather bed and two sheets. Item, I give and bequeath tomy son Dutton, one black three-year-old steer and a Book, Willison on theSacraments. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Samuel all my landwhereon I now live and also a Negro Man Jack and my two horses and twofeather beds and furniture and my hogs. together with all the rest of myhousehold furniture and utensils and all my iron tools of every kind notheretofore mentioned.
'I do further Constitute and ordain my beloved son, Samuel, myExecutor, to see this my last will and testament executed.
'In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.
-Tidence Lane.
Signed, sealed and done in the presence of Test.,-Caleb Witt,William Horner.¹'

     John Lane was the son of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings. He died in 1769 in Baltimore County, Maryland.¹

     Charity Lane was the daughter of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings.

     Dutton Lane was born on 15 July 1730 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.¹ He was the son of Richard Lane and Sarah Fuller. He married Elizabeth Oaks.¹ He died in 1801 in Henry County, Virginia.¹

     Dutton Lane [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #1189, Date of Import: Apr 17, 1999]

Source:
'Tennessee Cousins' by Worth S. Ray, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.Baltimore, 1980, Lib of Congress # 68-24685, pg 102, abstract of the willof Tidence Lane.
'The Ancestors and Descendants of Major Samuel Lane' by Larry A James,
1986. pg 34.
CHRISTENING: St. Paules Parish Vol 61, pg 37. later Baptized as aBaptist.
He was ordained to the Baptist Ministry 1764.
He had 3 sons and 4 daughters.¹ He was a Baptist.¹ He left a will on 4 October 1801 in Henry County, Virginia.¹

     Elizabeth Oaks married Dutton Lane, son of Richard Lane and Sarah Fuller.¹

     Richard Lane was born circa 1702 in Baltimore County, Maryland.¹ He was the son of Dutton Lane and Pretitia Tydings. He married Sarah Fuller.¹

     Richard Lane Richard Lane, son of Dutton and Pretitia Tydings Lane, was born about1702. He married Sarah Fuller, daughter of John Fuller of Baltimorecounty, Maryland. There are few references to Richard Lane. Thefollowing reference appears in the Register of Births, Deaths, etc., ofSt. Paul's Parish, Baltimore, (Maryland Historical Society Library)

Page 39. 'Tidings, son of Richard Lane and Sarah, his wife, born the30th of August 1724.'

Page 48. 'Jermima, daughter of Richard Lane and Sarah, his wife bornMarch 7th 1735.'

It is known by several references that Richard moved from Maryland toVirginia, later to North Carolina and possibly to Tennessee. Accordingto another source he moved to Pittsylvania County, Virginia in 1746. Onesource dates his death as 1770.

Source:
The Lane Family
The Descendants of Maj. Samuel Lane
Part 1, Pages 12 & 16.
Complied by Larry A. James
1986.¹