James Lane (settler)
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James Lane | |
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.jpg) Lanes Island (left), looking south from Winslow Memorial Park in Freeport | |
| Born | 1626 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | September 13, 1688 (aged ~62) |
| Spouse | Sarah Ann White |
James Lane (1626 – September 13, 1688)[1] was a 17th-century English emigrant to the New England Colonies. He was one of the main early settlers of North Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Yarmouth, Maine), along with compatriots John Cousins, William Royal and George Felt.
Lanes Island in Yarmouth is named for him.[2] He was killed in 1688 on the island by Native Americans.
Lane's family hailed from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, where he was born in 1626 to James Sr. and Katherine Russell. In 1654, Lane was a citizen and tradesman in London. By 1660, however, he had arrived in Malden, Massachusetts Bay Colony, where his brother, Job, had been living. He then moved north to Casco Bay, in today's Maine, settling on the eastern side of Cousins River.[3]