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Job Lane 1 (circa 1620 - 1697)
Job Lane (1), Series I. English Lands
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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2 |
June 6, 1654 |
Letter from Jeremiah Gould of England to Job Lane reporting on land matters |
Job and his brother James in dispute about ownership of family property in England |
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3 |
Undated |
Letter probably from Jeremiah Gould to Job Lane on land matters |
Difficulties about inherited property in England |
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4 |
August 5, 1662 |
Statement of John Reyner of Dover, New England granting share of lands in England to Job Lane of Malden; on same paper, letter from John Reyner to Job Lane (loving son) |
Job's second father-in-law, John Reyner, assigns half the rent from his property in England to Job |
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5 |
c. 1664 |
Letter from John Dickinson (Job Lane is presumed addressee) regarding how ownership of land in Gildersome passed among the Reyner family |
Dickinson, a relative of Job, writes from England to untangle the complicated state of Job's ownership of land in the old country. Dickinson also offers to receive rents on behalf of Job in place of Lane's agent in London, John Harwood. (Job apparently turned over some, but not all, of his business to Dickinson.) |
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6 |
February 18, 1665 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Harwood |
Job's old agent has tried to collect rent from one of Job's tenants in England |
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7 |
1668 |
Statement by Jachin Reyner of Rowley in Essex County (Job Lane's brother-in-law) acknowledging quit claim to Job Lane of Billerica, carpenter, for payment by Job of £150 for Jachin’s share of lands in England On same paper, September 26, 1678. Testimony of Jachin Reyner that he owned the English lands after his mother’s death and sold them to his brother(-in-law) Job Lane |
Job buys additional property in England from one of his wife's relatives |
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8 |
March 6, 1670 |
Letter from Gildersome, John Dickinson to Job Lane reporting on family and lands in England |
(See #5) |
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9 |
February 20, 1673 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Dickinson regarding rents and commodities to be shipped |
Job's new agent uses rents collected from Job's properties to buy and ship luxury goods to America |
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10 |
June 24, 1673 |
Accounts from England (?), 1673-1675 “Mr. Job Layne’s Accompt” |
Statement of expenses, rent received, and luxury goods purchased with rental income |
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11 |
April 29, 1675 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Dickinson regarding shipment of linen |
More on rents and goods purchased |
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12 |
February 6, 1677 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Dickinson |
A long letter on business and family matters |
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13 |
May 6, 1677 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Harwood |
Job's old agent responds to charges that he has been remiss in collecting money that is owed to Job |
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14 |
December 8, 1677 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Dickinson |
Job's new agent says, in effect, "the check is in the mail" |
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15 |
March 3, 1678 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Lane |
Job's cousin is working on establishing ownership of certain lands in England. Asks why Job hadn't sent any news about the family or about the outcome of King Philip's War |
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16 |
April 1, 1679 |
Letters to Job Lane from John Dickinson and John Dickinson Jr. |
John Sr. sends another lengthy letter on business and family matters. Mentions that "your uncle Boyes" had been slain in 1643 in the First English Civil War. Also mentions that Samuel Boyes, a merchant, in times past had done a thriving trade with Holland and Flanders |
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17 |
February 16, 1694 |
Letter to Frances Thompson from John Dickinson |
Job's agent explains why he cannot pay an IOU of Job Lane that Frances Thompson holds; part of the reason is that letters purporting to come from Job are in handwriting that Dickinson does not recognize as Job's |
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18 |
April 7, 1695 |
Letter to Thompson (?) from John Dickinson |
Job's agent is still having trouble with admitting Job's handwriting to be genuine, but is working to pay what is owed to Mrs. Thompson |
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19 |
April 16, 1695 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Dickinson Junior |
Like his father, John Dickinson Jr. does not recognize handwriting on letters purported to be from Job; because of this he is reluctant to transact any business on Job's behalf |
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20 |
June 3, 1695 |
Letter (first page only) to "Sister and brother" |
The question about the legitimacy of Job's handwriting is causing many problems |
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21 |
June 19, 1695 |
Letter to John Dickinson from Job Lane |
Using a scrivener (a professional handwriter), Job explains the reason for his penmanship problem and gives Dickinson orders to pay certain bills for him |
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22 |
November 3, 1696 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Dickinson |
Job's agent sends business and family news. Mentions that "I have had great loss by pirates from London to Hull" |
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1 |
No date |
Letter fragment from Samuel Boyes (Job Lane is presumed addressee) regarding payment of £25 with respect to Mr. Rainer’s ? |
Money matters. Mentions that "we know not how long we may have freedom to send goods at sea" -- perhaps because war is expected? |
Job Lane (1), Series II. Real Estate Purchases in New England
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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23 |
1650s |
Deed of land sale, Richard Cooke of Charlestown to Job Lane, carpenter |
Job Lane buys 45 acres of woodland, apparently in Charlestown. Blanks have not yet been filled in, perhaps indicating that this deed was never completed |
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24 |
September 20, 1655 (?) |
Deed of land sale from Christopher Parker of Boston to Job Lane of Malden for land in Malden |
Job Lane buys 40 acres of land in Malden |
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25 |
November 30, 1659 |
Deed of land sale in Malden from Michael Smith to Job Lane |
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| 42B | February 7, 1662 | Testimony of Edward Hutchinson and Joshua Scottow regarding sale of mill to Job Lane | Two witnesses say that they were present when Martha Cogan sold her mill and land in Malden to Job Lane, though they do not remember the terms of payment |
| 39A | April 6, 1663 | Testimony concerning the sale of a mill in Malden to Job Lane | Two men swear an oath before the Deputy Governor concerning the disposition of a mill in Malden and payment of legacies |
| 30 | 1664 | Contract, Job Lane to FitzJohn Winthrop | [need to transcribe] |
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26 |
1664 |
Deed for sale of land in Billerica (now Bedford) to Job Lane |
[need to transcribe] |
Job Lane (1), Series III. Financial Matters
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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28 |
No date |
Objections to Job Lane's bill, unsigned |
One of Job Lane's customers objects to rates charged by him and demands that he come down in his prices for several items |
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29 |
January 15, 1662 |
Letter to Jachin Reyner from Christian Hooper, Boston, informing him that Job Lane has paid his share of a debt |
Job Lane, Jachin Reyner, and Mr. Remington have jointly paid off a debt of £129 owed to some unspecified person |
| 36B | 1664 | Receipt for payment to Job Lane | (Hard to decipher) |
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38D |
July 25, 1664 |
Receipt, Matthew Barnes to Job Lane |
Matthew Barnes acknowledges that all Job Lane's debts to him are paid |
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30 |
August 3, 1664 |
Debt obligation, Job Lane to Fitz-John Winthrop, to be discharged by construction of a house in New London, Connecticut |
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31A |
July 3, 1665 |
Receipt for boards delivered for Capt. John Winthrop. (This is apparently Fitz-John Winthrop, who had been a Captain in Cromwell's army.) |
Job delivers a shipment of boards. Apparently has to do with Job Lane's contract to build a house for Fitz-John Winthrop in exchange for land in what is now Bedford (see #30 above) |
| 31B | July 4, 1665 | Receipt for goods and money | Cows, steer, house and barn are partial payment for land from J. Winthrop. Apparently has to do with Job Lane's contract with Fitz-John Winthrop (see #30 above) |
| 36A | July 6, 1665 | Receipt for payment by Job Lane | Job Lane makes a payment, apparently in connection with Captain Winthrop. Perhaps more to do with Winthrop's house? (see #30 above) |
| 36C | January 3, 1665/6 | Statement, Peter Oliver testifies about the price of wood | Job Lane's wife ordered some wood while he was away but seems to have been shortchanged |
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32 |
March 14, 1671/2 |
Letter to Job Lane from John Harwood |
Job's agent in London explains why he has not been able to collect any more money for him |
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33 |
December 4, 1672 |
Rental agreement between Job Lane of Billerica yeoman and Joseph Buchman of Malden granting Buchman land and house in Malden |
Job rents out some land in Malden. Is this the property that he had previously rented to Samuel Wayte? See #27. (Note that Job seems to have moved from Malden to Billerica.) |
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35 |
November 30, 1674? |
IOU assigned to Job Lane |
Hinton writes Woolfe an IOU; Woolfe signs it over to Job Lane |
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38C |
April 28, 1673 | Debt acknowledgement, Richard Burnham to Job Lane | Job Lane discharges his debt to Richard Burnham by payment to Burnham's creditor, William Symmes |
| 39B | September 16, 1678 | Statement, Joseph French to Job Lane, concerning a debt owed by James Russell | Joseph French explains why he has been unable to collect a debt for Job Lane |
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37 |
October 28, 1678 |
Debt obligation, Job Lane to Pastor Tufts |
Job borrows £146 from Pastor Tufts; is to pay back £73 in a year's time. (Why not the full £146?) |
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27 |
May 11, 1686 |
Rental agreement between Job Lane yeoman and Samuel [Samuel] Wayte, planter of Malden, for land in Malden |
Job Lane gets a tenant for some of his land in Malden, including salt marsh and orchard |
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34 |
1690s |
Account by John Whipple(?) (John Lane’s father-in-law) of payments to Whipple and Fitch children |
A statement of payments made in cash and in goods at various dates from 1685 to 1698 |
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57 |
March 11, 1698 |
Invoice with cover letter, John Dickinson Jr. to Job Lane |
Invoice for shipment of various sorts of cloth, John Dickinson Jr. to Job Lane. (Dickinson was not aware that Job Lane had died in the previous year.) |
Job Lane (1), Series IV. General Correspondence
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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40 |
March 1, 1654 |
Letter from Humphrey Reyner of Rowley to Job Lane |
Family news for Job Lane from his wife's uncle, along with some advice: You and your brother-in-law Jachin Reyner should stay in touch |
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99 |
May 27, 1676 |
Letter to Cozen Lane [Job 1 Lane?], unsigned |
Not clear if this was sent to Job 1 Lane or his son John 2 Lane. The sender is unable to pay his debts to Lane |
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41 |
May 11 ? |
Letter from John Whipple (John Lane’s father-in-law) to Job Lane and wife |
News that "Brother Joseph" has died a Christian death |
Job Lane (1), Series V. Legal Affairs
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
| 42C | April 6, 1658 | Power of Attorney, William Wilkins to Job Lane | William Wilkins (in England) empowers Job Lane to collect a debt of £5 from his son, Abraham Wilkins |
| 42A | November 19, 1660 | Power of Attorney, James Lane to Job Lane | James Lane empowers his brother Job to collect debts for him |
Job Lane (1), Series VI. Bridge and House Construction
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
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44 |
August 25, 1660 |
Contract for Job Lane to raise a frame for a house in Boston for Thomas Robinson of Scituate |
A complicated transaction. John Cogan left a legacy to his daughter, Mary Robinson; this legacy will be used to pay Job. In return Job will raise a frame for a house for Thomas Robinson, presumably Mary's husband. |
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43A |
March 6, 1662/3 |
Contract between Job Lane and Theodore Atkinson concerning the building of a drawbridge |
Job Lane is to receive £17 for building a drawbridge; Theodore Atkinson will supply the iron work and boards and will also dig the foundation |
| 43B | Date missing | Bill of sale for 13 acres of standing timber, Angell Hodard to Job Lane | Job Lane buys all the trees on a parcel of land, perhaps so that he can fell them and turn then into timber for use in his work as a builder |
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45 |
November 9, 1667 |
Contract for erection of bridge over Billerica River |
A committee named by the County Court, acting under an order of the Massachusetts legislature, hires Job Lane to build a bridge over what is now the Concord River. He will be paid with a little cash and the remainder in produce and livestock |
Job Lane (1), Series VII. Servants and Slaves
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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46 |
May 28, 1651 |
Indenture of Negro manservant Ebedmellech to Job Lane |
A former slave agrees to become Job Lane's servant for nine years in exchange for food, clothing, and shelter |
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47 |
June 5, 1666 |
Indenture of John Queinn of Ireland to Job Lane of Malden, carpenter, to learn his trade |
An Irishman becomes Job Lane's servant for seven years in exchange for food, clothing, shelter, and instruction in the trades of carpenter and farmer. In 1669 the servant runs away and gets caught; he agrees to reimburse Job for the expense of catching him |
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220 |
July 8, 1675 |
Indenture between Edward Kidder and Theophilus Yale; transfer of indenture to Job Lane |
A man from Wales gets passage to America in return for four years as a servant; Job Lane buys his contract |
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38A |
February 13, 1676 |
Receipt, Mary Lyndon to Job Lane |
Job Lane buys from Mary Lyndon the rights to a boy named Thomas Carr (servant or slave?) |
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38B |
April 22, 1691 |
Receipt for sale of a slave, Nathaniel Tay to Job Lane |
Job Lane buys “Negro servant Tony” from Nathaniel Tay |
Job Lane (1), Series VIII. Wills and Estate Division
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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48 |
May 19, 1688 |
Will of Job Lane, 1688 |
Job Lane leaves his property to his wife, children, and grandchildren. (He later writes a new will.) Mentions the place called "two brothers" |
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49 |
September 28, 1696 |
Will of Job Lane, 1696 |
Copy of the 1696 will of Job Lane, made after his will was probated in 1697. Gives the bulk of his estate to his only son, John, and to his grandsons Samuel Fitch and Matthew Whipple |
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54 |
circa 1697 |
Receipt, A. B. accepts land and movables in satisfaction of A. B.’s claim under Job Lane’s will |
Unsigned draft of a statement by which an unidentified heir of Job Lane attests to having received everything given in the will |
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50 |
November 4, 1697 |
Discharge by Job Lane’s sons-in-law to John Lane, executor of Job’s will, for receipt of what was owed to them under the will |
Job Lane's three sons-in-law testify that John Lane has satisfactorily completed his work as executor of the will of his father, Job Lane |
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51 |
March 5, 1706 |
Agreement concerning the division of Job Lane’s land |
Job Lane's three main heirs - his son John Lane and grandsons Samuel Fitch and Matthew Whipple - swear to an agreement on how to divide Job's lands among them |
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53 |
May 24, 1717 |
Agreement of division of Job Lane's great meadow |
Twenty years after Job Lane's death, his heirs agree to how to divide his great meadow |
Major John Lane 2 (1661-1714/15)
Major John Lane (2), Series I. English Lands
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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55 |
undated |
Letter from John Dickinson to John Lane of Woburn New England |
[need to transcribe this document] |
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56 |
November (?) 23, 1697/8 |
Letter to John Dickinson from John Lane |
John Lane informs his father's agent in England that his father, Job Lane, is no longer living. Tries to untangle the complications that arose from Job's unrecognizable handwriting. |
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58 |
February 26, 1699 |
Letter from John Dickinson to John Lane |
John Dickinson has sent John Lane a shipment of goods, but Lane has not acknowledged receiving them |
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59 |
May 11, 1699 |
Statement of accounts, John Lane to John Dickinson |
Complete accounting statement for all the work John Dickinson has done for John Lane since 1691, including rents, taxes, expenses, Dickinson's salary, and goods shipped to Boston |
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62 |
June 10(?)1700 |
Letter, John Dickinson to John Lane |
Dickinson reports briefly on the current state of business between them |
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61 |
June 25, 1700 |
Letters, John Lane to John Dickinson Senior and John Dickinson Junior |
Lane authorizes Dickinson Junior to act as his agent; also places an order for more fabrics to be purchased with his rental income |
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60 |
August 22, 1701 |
Letter, John Lane to John Dickinson Senior |
Lane is displeased with Dickinson's accounts and with the goods Dickinson has shipped to him |
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63 |
April 22, 1706 |
Letter, Joseph Dickinson to John Lane |
Business matters. Dickinson has appointed Love and Metcalf, Merchants of London to receive Lane's rents. Also reports on a court case involving the Yorkshire property that Lane and other heirs hold jointly |
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64 |
April 25, 1706 |
Note to John Lane from John Love and Metcalfe |
Lane's agents in London report that they will buy the merchandise he has ordered when they receive the money to pay for it |
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65 |
March 14, 1708 |
Letter, Joseph Dickinson to John Lane, with attached letter from John Lane & Metcalfe |
Lane's agent in Yorkshire reports on his activities for the last four years. Complains that he never hears back from Lane. Also says that a lawsuit has been brought against the estate to demand payment of tithes, though it has always been exempt |
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66 |
April 9, 1711 1710 |
Statement, John Lane & Metcalf to Capt. John Lane |
Statement of accounts, 1706-1711 |
Major John Lane (2), Series II. Military Matters
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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67 |
Feb. 12, 1696 |
Letter, Major Jonathan Tyng to Captain John Lane |
(King William's War: 1689-97) Captain Lane is ordered to prepare for war. “Having advice from the Lieutenant Governor that at the opening of the Spring near approaching it may be expected that the enemy will make fresh attacks” |
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68 |
July 10, 1696 |
Report, Capt J. Danforth to Lt. Laine, Billerica (B1560) |
(King William's War) Joseph Hill and John Parker have been impressed into his Majesty’s service as Scouts |
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69 |
June 13, 1698 |
Letter, Major Jonathan Tyng to Captain John Lane |
“I order you further to detain out of the military company under your command three able men.” |
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70 |
October 13, 1698 |
Notice from Jonathan Prescott |
John Fassett of Concord incapable of service because of lameness |
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71 |
April 22, 1702 |
Order to Capt John Lane of Billerica from Major Jonathan Tyng |
(Queen Anne's War: 1702-1713) Captain Lane is to make sure that his militiamen adhere to military standards |
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72 |
November 5, 1702 |
Letter to Captain Lane from J. Dudley (probably Joseph Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts 1702-1715) |
Captain Lane is to disseminate orders designed to keep the peace between the English and the Indians. “You are also to labour by all means to speak with Watanummon and the Penacock men and to assure them of friendship with the Governor and all the English…” |
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73 |
November 7, 1702 |
Cover letter to Capt. Lane, Billerica from Jonath. Tyng |
Lane is to deliver the enclosed letters to various recipients |
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74 |
December 4, 1703 |
Letter to Capt. Lane from S.S. (could this be Samuel Sewall?) |
Difficulties in changing plans for a meeting |
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75 |
February 1704 |
Cover letter to Capt. Lane from William Reed |
Reed asks Captain Lane to deliver a letter for him |
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76 |
February 10, ? |
Letter, Jeramiah Bowers to Captain Lane |
Bowers asks Lane to transfer Samuel Fletcher to him because he needs a clerk |
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77 |
undated |
Military roster headed by Captain Lane |
Unlabeled roster. Names include Captain Lane, Job Lane, and John Lane; separate headings for Chelmsford, Groton, and Dracut |
| 78 | undated | Military roster for unidentified group | Unlabled roster. Includes some of the same names as #77, though no Lanes |
| 79 | undated | Military roster for various colonies | Unlabled roster. Includes separate headings for Massachusetts, Plymouth, the Province of Maine, and Sagadahock colonies |
Major John Lane (2), Series III. Indenture
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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80 |
July 1, 1685 |
Indenture between Robert Starke and John Lane |
Robert Stuke is to serve three years as an apprentice to John Lane |
Major John Lane (2), Series IV. Land Transaction
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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81 |
1751 |
Transcription of deeds dated 1685 and 1790, taken from the Billerica Town Book of Records |
Excerpts concerning two land transactions. (Not sure of their significance to the Lane Family) |
Major John Lane (2), Series V. Legal Affairs
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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82 |
December 6, 1697 |
Summons to John Lane of Billerica |
Lane is to appear in court to tell what he knows of debt action between two other parties |
| 31C | July 19, 1699 | Receipt for the purchase of a cloak | John Lane pays four pounds, a substantial sum of money, for a cloak |
Major John Lane (2), Series VI. Public Affairs
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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83 |
Undated (c. 1698) |
Contract for building a cart bridge Second version of same contract Printed Act of 1716 relating to maintenance of bridge |
Representatives of Billerica (including John Lane), Chelmsford, Groton and Dunstable sign a contract with three carpenters for building a cart bridge over the Concord River |
Major John Lane (2), Series VII. Estate Division
Note: John Lane died without leaving a will. He was survived by his three sons, Job, John, and James; and by his three married daughters and their spouses, Susanna and Nathaniel Page, Mary and John Whitmore, and Martha and James Minot.
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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84 |
February 1713/14 |
Probate inventory, estate of John Lane (2) |
A detailed listing John's movable belongings, livestock, and real estate in Billerica; does not include his real estate in England. (Inventory was apparently written by John Stearns. See #86.) |
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85 |
February ? 1714 |
Order of Probate Court concerning the estate of John Lane (2) |
Because John Lane died without leaving a will, the court appoints his sons Job 3 and John 3 as executors of his estate |
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86 |
June 4, 1716 |
Receipt of payment, Job Lane to John Stearns |
Job Lane, as executor for the estate of his father, Major John Lane, pays John Stearns for appraising the estate and writing an inventory |
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87 |
March 27, 1718 |
Receipt, for payment that James Minot received of Job, John and James Lane |
John Lane's three sons pay James Minot, the husband of John's daughter Martha, the sum of £90 "in part of portion." This is apparently a partial payment of Martha's and James's inheritance |
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88 |
1745 |
Agreement among heirs of Major John Lane for division of his lands |
This agreement seems to divide lands only among sons Job, John, and James; no land to the sons-in-law or grandsons |
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89a, 89b, 89c |
undated, post 1714 |
Agreements dividing fabric and other property among the three sons and three sons-in-law of John Lane |
Three documents: a. Sums of money for various items; abbreviations hard to understand b. Sums for various pieces of fabric c. Sums for various pieces of fabric and pistols |
Susanna Whipple Lane 2 (? - 1713), Wife of Major John Lane
Susanna Whipple Lane (2), Series I. Correspondence
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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90 |
February 25, no year |
Letter to Susanna Whipple from a friend, a love letter |
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91 |
November 14, no year |
Letter to Susanna Whipple from Cozen Mercy Belcher |
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92 |
November 24, 1680 |
Letter from Ipswich to “Sir”, attributed to Susanna Whipple (?) |
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93 |
April 3, 1682 |
Letter to John Lane and his wife Susanna Whipple in Billerica from E. Whipple |
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94 |
May 29, 1682 |
Letter to Susanna Whipple Lane from John and E. Whipple in Ipswich |
John Lane 3 (1691-1763)
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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95 |
September 29, 1714 |
Debt obligation owed by John Lane (3?) to Cousin Mathew Whipple of Ipswich (assume this is John Lane (3); entered into after John Lane (2)’s death on January 17, 1714/15?) |
Deacon Job Lane 3 (1689-1762)
Deacon Job Lane (3), Series I. Public Affairs
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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96 |
October 3, 1717 |
Order to Job Lane, Collector of the Town of Billerica, from Treasurer and Receiver General of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (B491) |
Job Lane, as collector of taxes for Billerica, is to collect the sum of £44 4s. in poll and property taxes |
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97 |
March 16, 1730/31 |
Order to Job Lane Town Treasurer from Samuels Fitch Town Clerk, to pay Nathaniel Meriam |
Job Lane, in his capacity as a collector of taxes for the newly incorporated Town of Bedford, is ordered by the Samuel Fitch, the Town Clerk, to pay over some of the tax money to Nathaniel Merriam |
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98 |
November 29, 1731 |
Order to Job Lane Town Treasurer from Joseph Fitch, to pay Jabez Whitmoar [Whitmore] |
Job Lane is ordered to pay some of the town's money to Jabez Whitmore for an unspecified reason |
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212 |
April 10, 1735 |
Order of Samuel Fitch, Town Clerk to Lt. Job Lane, John Fassett and Jonathan Bacon |
Three Bedford men are ordered to meet with committee from Billerica to settle the Billerica/Bedford land boundary, perhaps the subject of a dispute between the two towns |
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213 |
1744 |
Tax allotments for Town of Bedford by Committee of Job Lane, Israel Putnam, Joseph Fitch, John Moore and John Jones Jr. |
A list of taxpayers in Bedford, with the amount (apparently in shillings and pence) of property tax to be collected from each. A "Who's Who in Bedford" for 1744 |
Deacon Job Lane (3), Series II. Correspondence
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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100 |
May 25, 1754 |
Letter to Job Lane from his brother-in-law, Benjamin Ruggles of New Braintree (accession #B627) |
Deacon Job's brother-in-law sends family news from the frontier town of New Braintree, Mass., founded in 1751 |
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102 |
November 22, 1757 |
Letter to Job Lane from his brother-in-law, Benjamin Ruggles of New Braintree |
More family news. Ruggles has difficulties in repaying the money he owes to Job |
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103 |
April 20, 1758 |
Letter to Job Lane from his brother-in-law, Benjamin Ruggles of New Braintree |
Money troubles. Ruggles has had various difficulties in sending some of the money he owes Lane. Also, Ruggles is forced to repay a man who tried to buy land from him. Mentions that 7 men from his town have enlisted (apparently for service in the French and Indian War) |
Deacon Job Lane (3), Series III. Financial Matters
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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104 |
March 1, 1714/15 |
Receipt for payment by Job Lane to Mary Phillips |
A simple receipt for £10 in partial payment. How do these two people know each other, and why was the payment made? |
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105 |
March 1, 1715 |
Receipt for sale of gloves to Job Lane for funeral of his father, signed by Joseph Belknap |
Job has sent to Boston for gloves in connection with his father's funeral; not sure if these were for Job to wear or to give away. It was a colonial custom for a bereaved family to give mourning gloves, rings, and other tokens to the more important mourners |
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106 |
May 18, 1715 |
Receipt by John Bradish for payment by Job Lane from his father’s estate |
Job, as executor of his father's estate, has paid one of the legatees |
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107 |
June 24, 1715 |
Receipt for sale of gloves to Job Lane for funeral of his father, signed Benjamin Fitch |
Job buys additional mourning gloves in Boston from Benjamin Fitch, a distant relative |
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108 |
July 25, 1718 |
Receipt, Ebenezer Wheeler to Job Lane, on account of Matthew Whipple of Ipswich |
Job pays £3 to his kinsman, Matthew Whipple, with Ebenezer Wheeler as the go-between |
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101 |
December 18, 1757 |
Letter to Deacon Job Lane from Nathan [or Nathaniel] Danforth |
Danforth is going to pay Job Lane the sum of £60. Written from Fort Edwards, Nova Scotia, which played a role in the French and Indian War |
Deacon Job Lane (3), Series IV. Land Transactions
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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111 |
February 15, 1724 |
Deed, Timothy Farley to Job Lane |
Farley sells 17 acres of land to Job Lane |
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112 |
December 23, 1734 |
Deed, Zachariah Fitch to Job Lane |
Fitch sells 16 acres of land to Job Lane |
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113 |
May 2, 1737 |
Deed, John Mansfield to Job Lane |
Mansfield sells a "mansion house," barn, and 31 acres of land in Bedford to Job Lane |
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114 |
January 21, 1741 |
Deed, Benjamin Fitch to Job Lane |
Benjamin Fitch, the miller and his wife Miriam, a.k.a. "The Witch of the Shawsheen," sell 8 acres to Deacon Job Lane |
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115 |
June 24, 1746 |
Deed, Job 3 Lane to Job 4 Lane |
Deacon Job gives his son fifty acres of land as an advance on his inheritance |
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116 |
May 21, 1717 |
Agreement for division of Samuel Ruggles' land |
The heirs of Samuel Ruggles--Josiah Newton, Joseph Stevens, Benjamin Ruggles, Job Lane, and John Holbrook--agree to divide his land in Hardwick, Mass. |
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217 |
January 22, 1745 |
Agreement on division of Samuel Fitch’s property |
After Samuel Fitch (a grandson and heir of Job 1 Lane) dies without leaving a will, his heirs agree how to divide his land among themselves; the heirs include four of his sons as well as Job (3 or 4?) Lane |
Deacon Job Lane (3), Series V. Indenture
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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117 |
March 25, 1756 |
Indenture between John Fassett and his guardian Benjamin Reed, both of Lexington, and Job Lane of Bedford |
A fatherless boy becomes Job Lane's servant for a period of five years in exchange for room, board, clothing, and instruction in the business of farming |
Deacon Job Lane (3), Series VI. Wills and Estate Division
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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118 |
4 Dec. 1736 27 Jan. 1747 |
Lists of property given to Mary Lane by ? and to Martha Whitmore by her father |
Not sure how this is connected to Job Lane, if at all. Mary and Martha receive furniture, housewares, fabric, and other useful housekeeping needs |
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119 |
February 15, 1753 |
Will of Job Lane with bequests to Mary, his wife, children Job, John, Timothy, Benjamin (my mansion house) (Benjamin dies 1754), Martha, Mary and Lucy Lane |
This will was apparently replaced by a later one drawn up shortly before Job's death in 1762 |
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109 |
1762-63 |
Accounting statement to Job, John, and Timothy Lane |
Summary of business done by an unidentified person on behalf of Deacon Job Lane's sons in the two years following his death |
Job Lane 3 and John Lane 3
This series contains documents that are jointly addressed to the brothers Job Lane 3 and John Lane 3 regarding their joint ownership of the Lane family lands in England.
Job Lane (3) and John Lane (3), Series I. English Lands
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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120 |
February 1713-February 1717 |
Account by John Love (?) & Metcalfe |
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121 |
February 7, 1717 |
Letter from John Love & Metcalfe |
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122 |
May 15, 1718 |
Letter from Stephen Stephens (“Mr. Love having left the business and Mr. Metcalfe being dead…”) |
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123 |
March 16, 1719 |
Letter from Joseph Dickinson to Job and John Lane |
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124 |
May 2, 1721 |
Invoice of goods shipped by S. Stephens |
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125 |
May 2, 1721 |
Letter from S. Stephens |
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126 |
July 24, 1723 |
Letter from S. Stephens |
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127 |
July 24, 1723 |
Letter from Joseph Dickinson to Mr. Stephens (copy sent to Lane); on same paper July 24, 1723 from S. Stephens; August 5, 1723 from S. Stephens |
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128 |
August 16, 1723 |
Letter from S. Stephens (two copies, minor differences) |
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129 |
October 12, 1723 |
Letter from S. Stephens to Job and John Lane |
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| 129A | no date | Draft of letter to John Dickinson | |
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130 |
March 26, 1726 |
Letter from Francis Wilks (“Mr. Stephen Stephens has been dead…”) |
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131 |
May 6, 1726 |
Letter from Francis Wilks |
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132 |
May 6, 1726 |
Invoice from Wilks (shipment includes two Bibles) |
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133 |
August 19, 1728 |
Statement from Joseph Dickinson |
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134 |
September 6, 1728 |
Invoice from Francis Wilks |
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135 |
September 6, 1728 |
Letter from Francis Wilks |
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136 |
July 31, 1730 |
Invoice from Francis Wilks |
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137 |
July 31, 1730 |
Letter from A. Schaffer |
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138 |
July 17, 1736 |
Letter from Francis Wilks |
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139 |
September 1, 1740 |
Invoice from Francis Wilks |
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140 |
September 2, 1740 |
Fragment of letter to Job and John Lane |
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141 |
February 16, 1742/3 |
Letter from Bourryan & Schaffer (“We have since the death of Mr. Wilks") |
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142 |
December 20, 1743 |
Letter to Bourryan & Shaffer; to Mr. John Dickinson (“We are informed that your father is dead”) |
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143 |
October 26, 1748 |
Letter from Zachary Bourryan, agent |
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144 |
March 31, 1750 |
Letter from Zachary Bourryan, agent |
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145 |
May 10, 1750 |
Letter from Zachary Bourryan, agent |
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146 |
July 25, 1750 |
Letter from Bourryan & Spooner, agents |
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147 |
July 25 and August 31, 1750 |
Two letters from Bourryan & Spooner, agents (on same sheet) |
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148 |
March 31, 1750 |
Statement of account with Bourryan & Spooner, agents |
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149 |
April 29, 1751 |
Letter from Bourryan & Spooner, agents |
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150 |
June 26, 1754 |
Letter from Bourryan & Spooner, agents |
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151 |
April 8, 1752 |
Letter from Hungerford Spooner, agent (“I have the misfortune to lose my brother and partner Mr. Bourryan”) |
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152 |
May 30, 1752 |
Letter from Hungerford Spooner, agent |
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153 |
May 30, 1752 |
Letter from Hungerford Spooner, agent (copy of #152 with additions) |
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154 |
July 31, 1753 |
Letter from Hungerford Spooner, agent |
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155 |
August 15, 1753 |
Letter from Hungerford Spooner, agent |
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156 |
March 20, 1754 |
Letter from Hungerford Spooner, agent |
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157 |
March 20, 1754 |
Letter from Hungerford Spooner, agent |
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158 |
June 18, 1755 |
Statement of account with Hungerford Spooner, agent |
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159 |
October 25, 1755 |
Letter from Hungerford Spooner, agent; Letter from Lane, Hookes and Fitch, creditors |
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160 |
June 6, 1761 |
Letter from Lane & Booth (2 copies) |
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161 |
March 18, 1755 |
Account of expenses in the widow French’s case |
Job Lane 4 (1718-1796)
Job Lane (4), Series I. English Lands
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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162 |
April 25, 1792 |
Letter from Joseph Dickinson to Lane Son & Fraser, forwarding power of attorney from American to permit building on English lands |
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163 |
June 12, 1793 |
Power of attorney from Job Lane to Samuel Lane and to Joseph Dickinson with respect to English lands “my being Lame” |
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164 |
November 13, 1795 |
Letter from Joseph Garbutt to Job Lane, inquiring if he has disposed of his land in England |
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| 164A | March 9, 1791 | Letter from Joseph Garbutt |
Job Lane (4), Series II. Legal Affairs
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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165 |
April 12, 1790 |
Letter to Captain Moore from Larkin and Hurd asking him to settle dispute between them and Job Lane |
Job Lane (4), Series III. Correspondence
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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166 |
May 8, 1785 |
Letter from Ebenezer ? to Mr. Lane concerning a debt |
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167 |
January 4, 1790 |
Letter to Honored Father and Mother from Samuel and Sarah Gilson in Guilford |
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| 167A | No date | Letter to ? from John Fassett Jr. |
Job Lane (4), Series IV. Land Transactions
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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168 |
March 24, 1741/2 |
Deed for sale of 50 acres in Bedford, Job Lane (3) to Job Lane (4) |
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169 |
March 24, 1741/2 |
Deed for right to take wood from 7 acres in above 50 acre tract for period of 5 years |
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170 |
June 15, 1742 |
Deed for sale of land in Bedford, Samuel Fitch to Job Lane |
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171 |
April 1, 1760 |
Deed for Bedford land sale, Zachariah Fitch to Job Lane |
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172 |
May 21, 1760 |
Deed for sale of land in Bedford, Timothy Lane to Job Lane |
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173 |
May 13, 1773 |
Deed for Bedford land sale, Job Lane to Michael Bacon |
Job Lane (4), Series V. Financial Matters
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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174 |
c. 1741/2 |
Job 4 Debt obligation to his father, Job Lane 3 |
Job Lane (4), Series VI. Public Affairs
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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175 |
1766 |
Order from Job Lane, Sealer of Weights and Measures |
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176 |
May 29, 1766 |
Notice from Stephen Davis, Town Clerk to Job Lane, Surveyor of Highways |
Job Lane (4), Series VII. Marriage Contract
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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177 |
December 1776 |
Contract of marriage between Job Lane and Elizabeth Stickney (B3110) |
Job Lane (4), Series VIII. Military Service 1780 (not certain which person involved, but most likely Job Lane 4)
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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178 |
November 27, 1780 |
Resolution regarding re-enlistment in military service |
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179 |
Undated |
Fragment concerning exclusion of soldiers wounded April 19, 1775 from U.S. compensation |
Job Lane (4), Series IX. Will and Estate Division
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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180 |
May 17, 1793 |
Will of Job Lane 4 – refers to English lands (B3187) |
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181 |
November 12, 1796 |
Probate inventory of Job Lane 4 |
John Lane 4 (1719/20-1793)
John Lane (4), Series I. English Lands
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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182 |
September 12, 1790 |
Letter to John Lane from J. Garbutt (?) in Philadelphia, proposal to buy land in old England (in John’s 1793 will he still refers to his estate in England) |
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183 |
September 16, 1785 |
Mr. John Lane Order for goods in England from Christopher Page (B474) |
John Lane 4 and Job Lane 4
These documents are jointly addressed to the brothers Job and John Lane 4 regarding their joint ownership of the Lane family English lands
John Lane (4) and Job Lane (4), Series I. English Lands
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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184 |
September ? 1763 |
Letter from John Dickinson (has received copy of Mr. Job Lane’s will and probate) |
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185 |
July 21, 1765 |
Letter from John Dickinson to Lane & Booth |
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186 |
August 17, 1765 |
Letter from Lane & Booth (2 c.) and letter enclosed |
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187 |
September 17, 1767 |
Letter from Lane Son & Fraser (2 c.) |
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188 |
August 1, 1769 |
Letter from Lane Son & Fraser |
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189 |
July 24, 1771 |
Letter from Lane Son & Fraser |
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190 |
July 21, 1773 |
Letter from Lane Son & Fraser |
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191 |
September 9, 1783 |
Letter from Lane Son & Fraser (two copies) |
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192 |
October 15, 1783 |
Invoice from Lane Son & Fraser |
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193 |
November 19, 1783 |
Letter from Lane Son & Fraser |
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194 |
April 8, 1786 |
Letter from Lane Son & Fraser |
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195 |
July 21, 1789 |
Letter from Lane Son & Fraser |
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196 |
March 26, 1792 |
Letter from Joseph Dickinson to Lane Son & Fraser |
A fire accidentally set by a neighbor has destroyed the house and outbuildings on the rental property in Yorkshire, causing £200 in damage and leaving the tenant and his family homeless |
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110 |
No date; most likely 1770s or later |
Note, John Lane to Job Lane |
John 4 Lane asks his brother Job 4 Lane to swap goods that they each received from England; John’s son Matthew Lane (born 1750) is the go-between |
Lucy Adams 5 (assumed to be daughter of Martha Lane Whitmore Adams 4 and Nathaniel Adams)
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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197 |
September 15, 1774 |
Receipt of sum received by Lucy Adams from Uncles Job, John, Timothy Lane for her dowry |
Job Lane 5 (1756-1788)
Job Lane (5), Series I. Correspondence
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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200 |
March 25, 1786 |
Letter from Samuel Gilson, Concord to Job Lane |
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198 |
March 30, 1786 |
Letter from Samuel Gilson, Concord to Job Lane. Samuel Gilson was Job Lane (5)’s brother-in-law, husband of his sister Sarah. He was perhaps writing from debtor's prison |
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199 |
June 8, probably 1786 |
Letter from Samuel Gilson, Concord to Job Lane |
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201 |
December 25, 1786 |
Letter from John Bullard, Pepperell to Job Lane |
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202 |
March 10, 1788 |
Letter from John Bullard, Pepperell to Job Lane |
Ammattai Lane 5 (1759-?)
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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203 |
November 26, 1776 |
Letter to Amitai from Tabitha Hunt, Jaffrey (N.H.) |
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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204 |
March 24, 1790 |
Transfer of property from brother and sister to John Lane |
Town Government
Series I. Town of Billerica
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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205 |
May 22, 1665 |
Grant by General Court of 4000 acres to town of Billerica |
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206 |
May 23, 1655 |
Grant by Massachusetts General Court of land to inhabitants of Shawshin and approves name of Billerica |
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207 |
June 13, 1706 |
Testimony of Joseph Walker at proprietor’s meeting in Billerica |
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208 |
July 12, 1706 |
Grant by General Court of hearing to proprietors of Shawsheen now Billerica |
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209 |
October 19, 1731 |
Bond between Samuel Hunt Junior and Oliver Whiting, Billerica, Town Treasurer for laying out of highway |
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210 |
February 6, 1737/8 |
Petition to Selectmen of Billerica from residents opposing the erection of a new bridge over Concord River |
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211 |
undated |
Response of Town of Billerica to General Court request to review a petition before them (incorporation of Bedford?) |
Documents Pertaining to Other Families
Series I. Davis Family
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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214 |
April 17, 1730 |
Deed for land transfer from Simon Davis to Zachariah (?) Stearns |
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215 |
September 7, 1738; May 4, 1748; and May 21, 1748 |
Land transfers to Eleazer Davis from Davis siblings and in-laws |
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216 |
September 10, 1841 |
Release of property rights from children of Eleazer Davis, deceased, to their mother, Martha Davis |
Series II. Fitch Family
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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218 |
October 19, 1766 |
Debt obligation Samuel Bacon to Zachariah Fitch, Bedford |
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219 |
April 2, 1790 |
Debt obligation ? to Zachariah Fitch, Bedford |
Series III. Kidder Family
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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221 |
February 7 (?), 1759 |
Deed transferring property in Tewksbury from Ebenezer Beard to Jeremiah Kidder |
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222 |
January 27, 1737 |
Receipt, John Parker received of Ephraim Kidder of Tewksbury |
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223 |
November 13, 1747 |
Debt obligation Josiah Kidder of Tewksbury to John Russell of Andover |
Series IV. Rolf (Rolfe, Roff) Family
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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224 |
December 25, 1722 December 7, 1737 (1) December 7, 1737 (2) |
Documents “warning out” Daniel and Mary Roff from Middleton and Beverly |
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225 |
May 30, 1737 |
Transcription of document “warning out” Daniel Roff from Bedford and Concord |
Series V. Other People
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ID # |
Date |
Description |
Comments |
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226 |
April 10, 1704 |
Deed for transfer of land in Billerica from Daniel Shed to John Lamiston |
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227 |
Undated |
Marriage contract of Maria Coggins (possible Lane connection) |
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228 |
1807-1814 |
Miscellaneous receipts (names mentioned Silas Smott, Gibbs, Daniel White, Lewis Hamlin, Mrs. Danforth) |
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229 |
December 10, 1681 |
Will of Robert Meriam of Concord |
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230 |
October 10, 1738 |
Debt obligation of Isaac Kent of Groton to John Kemp |