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(1682 - 1743)

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(1655 - 1719)

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(1631 - ????)

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Lanier
(1590 - 1661)

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(1542 - 1612)


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Martha Lanier     Born: Abt. 1740, Greensville Co, VA Died:  06 Aug 1823, Snow Creek, Stokes Co, NC                                             Martha Lanier was born about 1740 in Greensville County, Virginia, to Sampson Lanier, Jr. and Elizabeth Chamberlain.  It appears that Martha may have been the oldest of eight siblings.       Children of Sampson Lanier, Jr. and Elizabeth Chamberlain Lanier Name Date of Birth Date of Death Spouse Martha Lanier Abt. 1740 06 Aug 1823 John Loftin Burnell Lanier Aug 1741 Abt. 1812 (1) Elizabeth Hill (2) Mary Kirby-Colson Buckner Lanier Abt. 1742   Mary Pemberton Rebecca Lanier 06 Dec 1744   Walter Harris Winifred Lanier Abt. 1747   Drury Ledbetter Ann Nancy Lanier Abt. 1752 1833 (1) William Moore (2) James Vaughn Agnes Lanier Abt. 1753   William Davis Lewis Lanier Abt. 1753   (1) Ann Butler (2) Esther Butts Thorn                                                 Martha married John Loftin, the son of Cornelius Loftin III and Elizabeth Johnson, before March 1762.  Their marriage produced at least nine children.     Children of John Loftin and Martha Lanier Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse Elizabeth Loftin c. 1765   Francis Harwell James Loftin c. 1768 c. 1836 Susannah Sherrill Edmund Loftin c. 1770     John Loftin c. 1772   Nancy Smith Martha Loftin c. 1776   (1) William Jones (2) James Martin Eldridge Edward Loftin c. 1780   Mary Sherrill Frances Loftin c. 1781   William Sturdivant Augustine Loftin 13 Mar 1786   Mary McCarroll Grigg Herbert Chamberlain Loftin                   John died 03 Aug 1793 in Greensville Co, VA.  He and Martha were both about 53 years old at the time.  Martha lived for another thirty years after his death and died on 06 Aug 1823 in Snow Creek, Stokes Co, NC, at the age of about 83.     The Will of Martha Lanier Loftin Transcribed by Curtis & Carolyn Loftin (If words were misspelled, we left them that way)   State of N Carolina Stokes County   In the Name of God, Amen - I Martha Loftin, late from Greesville County in the State of Virginia but now removed from theres to the state of N Carolina in Stokes County to Snow Creek to live with my beloved Daughter Martha Martin, Wife of James Martin, Sen, do make, ordain & declare this instrument my last Will & Testament, this 3rd Day of March 1823, revoking all others ---   In Primis, I desire all my Just Debts to be paid which are very few or none by my beloved Friend, James Martin, Sen., & my beloved Daughter, Martha Martin, whom I appoint my Executor & Executress to carry this my last Will into Effect --   Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son, Edmund Loftin, my riding Mare that I sometime drove in my chair & have delivered her to him at this place, he having drover her up in a little four wheeled waggon with me in it here to this place.   I left and gave him possession of before I came away also my riding chair which I had given him possession of before I left Greensville.   Iten, I give and bequeath to said Edmund Loftin my Cubbord & ______ that I left at my other house in Greesville County & my folding Table, and my seven Walnut Chairs with stuffed bottoms that I turn over     Also I give and bequeath to my beloved Son - Edmund Loftin & my beloved Daughter, Martha, wife of James Martin, Sen., all my bed clothes that I left at the house of William Studivant in Greensville County, Virginia, consisting of four Figured Counter pains, two blue & white checked Counter pains & four muslen coverlids of different figuers well known by the Widdown Polly Spencer and the Widdow Smith & ______ Abernathy, also four new single Huckeback Table cloths to be equally divided between my beloved Son, Edmund & my beloved Daughter Martha Martin aforesaid.   Item, I give to my Son, Edmund aforesaid, one large red chest I left at the house of my unkind Son-in-Law "William Studivant", all which of the above artickles I demanded when coming away & they refused to give them up saying that I had given all of them to them which I did not nor never intended to do -   Item, I give & bequeath to my Son Edmund Loftin all of my live stock and cattle that was taken to said William Studivant by him in Number Twenty-Six among which were one yoke of steers or oxen broke to work in a yoke with a cart that belonged to me and went with them also Twenty geese & five or six head of sheep.       Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son-in-Law, James Martin, Sen., & my well beloved Daughter Martha his wife all the debts when they become due of bonds, notes, et cetera that I left in Greensville County, Virginia, in the Hands of Thomas Spencer - to be collected when due to the amount of Three Hundred & Seventy Three Dollars & _______ Cents, as for his recipt and also all the monies that may arise for the rent of my old plantation which I rented to Wm. Thomas Spencer for fifty Dollars Yearly & every year as long as I may live, also my Bed and Furniture & wearing clothes.   Item, I give to my Son Edmund all my Kitchen and cooking Utientials that was taken to said Studivant by him such as pots, pails of whatsoever kind.   Item, In Wittness thereby I the said Martha Loftin have set my hand & seal this 3 Day of March 1823.   Witness Present -   Martha Loftin Mary Rogers   X H____ A. Rogers   Mark         This is a photo copy of Martha Lanier Loftin's Will Thanks to Renee Loftin Clemmer for the copy of Martha's Will         It's even been suggested that Martha's Great-Great-Great-Great-Grandfather was Sir Lawrence Washington, the Great-Great-Great-Grandfather of George Washington - the first President of the United States.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             SOURCES:               Thanks to Renee Loftin Clemmer for the copy of Martha's Will. You can contact Renee at jnrclemmer@bellsouth.net                                           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                                                                                                                                                   If you have additional photos or information on the Lanier or Loftin Family, please contact me.