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Martha
Lanier
(1747 - 1823)

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Lanier, Jr.
(1712 - 1752)

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Lanier, Sr.
(1682 - 1743)

John
Lanier, Jr.
(1655 - 1719)

John
Lanier, Sr.
(1631 - ????)

Clement
Lanier
(1590 - 1661)

Nicholas
Laniere
(1542 - 1612)


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John Lanier, Sr.   Born: Abt. Oct 1631, Lewisham, ENGLAND Died:  1???                                             John Lanier, Sr. was born about 1631 in Lewisham, England.  He was the son of Clement Lanier and Hannah Collet.   John married Lucreece (Unknown) in England before he moved to the United States and settling in Virginia.  They were transported by Howell Pryce, who received his patent in April 1657, for transporting 47 persons, for which he received 2350 acres of land.      LANIER FAMILY HISTORY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fairbanks/lanier/history.htm                                               No records have been found in London or East Greenwich of the marriage of John to Lucreece, or the birth of their oldest son, John, Jr., whose birth about 1655 is as yet unknown as to whether he was born in England or Virginia.  With the loss of the Charles City County, Virginia records, no answer can ever be found there. John and Lucreece Lanier lived in Charles City County, on the south side of the James River.  Most of the records of the county have been lost, but a few fragments remain.  The second mention of them is an inquest held in the Court of William Bird, to investigate the death of their infant daughter, Katherine, who was strangled inn her bed "on a hot May day".  The verdict was returned June 6, 1665.                                               Children of John Lanier, Sr. and Lucreece (Unknown) Name Date of Birth Date of Death Spouse John Lanier, Jr. Abt. 1655 1719 (1) (Unknown) (2) Mrs. Sarah Edmunds Katherine Lanier   1665           LANIER FAMILY HISTORY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fairbanks/lanier/history.htm                                               The next record of John Lanier is in 1676, when he and John Woodlief were sent by the men of Charles City to see Governor Berkeley about getting some help in defense against Indian raids.  The Governor refused their request for aid, and called them "fools and loggerheads".  He also claimed, with some justice, that western Virginians killed both friendly and hostile Indians, precipitating the Indians to attack.  As a result, a man named Nathaniel Bacon was asked by the colonists to lead a force against the Indians, which was successful.  After doing so, he and his followers unsuccessfully urged the governor to make reforms in colonial policies.  Governor Berkeley called Bacon a "rebel", and Bacon and his followers (of which John Lanier was one) returned and burned Jamestown.  Bacon's Rebellion, as this was known, led to the removal of the governor and to colonial reforms, although some historians dispute many of the charges against Berkeley. With regards to the above-mentioned episodes, John Lanier, Sr. was then 45 years of age.  From a manuscript in the Library of Congress, written by "T.M." (Thomas Matthews) 20 years after the Rebellion when he was at least 60 - 70 years old, he said that (during the rebellion) "he was too old  (being about age 40 - 50) to camp out at Jordan's Point, and that was left to the young men".  He also wrote that Nathaniel Bacon was not yet 30 and was in command of the group.  This seems to suggest there could have been two John Laniers involved in the Rebellion; an older one with sufficient dignity and authority to represent the people of Charles City to the Governor, and a younger one of 22 (perhaps his son) who joined the fighting forces of Nathaniel Bacon.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             SOURCES:                     LANIER FAMILY HISTORY http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fairbanks/lanier/history.htm                   THE ANCESTRY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON Sons of Liberty Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/washancestry.html                       ROYAL DESCENT The Lanier Family Connection the Washington Family http://jimserver.net/genealogy/royal_desc.html                   THE LANIER HOMEPAGE http://www.mindspring.com/~wdlanier/sampson.html                                                                                                                                   If you have additional photos or information on the Lanier Family, please contact me.