Mary
LANE
(b.
15 May 1686
,
Billerica, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England
d.
27 March 1783
,
Bedford, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
)
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Mary LANE was born 15 May 1686 in Billerica, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England
Mary LANE was the child of John LANE and Susannah WHIPPLE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Job LANE and Hannah REYNER (maternal) John WHIPPLE and Martha REYNERMary LANE died 27 March 1783 in Bedford, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay.
"Mary, daughter of Colonel John Lane, was left during a season of alarm in the garrison with but one soldier on guard. Something behind a stump excited the suspicion of Mary, as she looked from a window in the roof. The soldier declined to open fire, and she took the gun and discharged it and saw a dead Indian roll into sight." (Brown's History of Bedford)
m. John Whitmore (1711 - 1748)
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1686 Birth 15 May 1686
Billerica, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England
Grave
Memento mori
ERECTED
IN Memory of
Mrs. MARY WHITMORE
Relict of
Mr. JOHN WHITMORE
late of Medford
who departed this Life
March 27th 1783 In ye
97th Year of her age.
Old Burying Ground Bedford Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
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1783 Death 27 March 1783
Bedford, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
She died at the age of 96.
Mary is buried at: Old Burying Ground Bedford Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state
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