Mary LANE

Born

15 May 1686 , Billerica, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England

Died

27 March 1783 , Bedford, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay

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John LANE

Mother

Susannah WHIPPLE

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Job LANE Hannah REYNER

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John WHIPPLE Martha REYNER

"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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Birth — 1686
15 May 1686
Billerica, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1775 - Paul Revere's famous ride (April 18)

1775 - First shots of Revolutionary War fired in Lexington and Concord. (April 19)

1776 - American Declaration of Independence (July 4)

1776 - Congress renames the nation 'United States of America' (September 9)

1777 - The Articles of Confederation Were Adopted (November 15)

Mary LANE - Grave Memento mori ERECTED IN Memory of Mrs. MARY WHITMORE Relict of Mr. JOHN WHITMORE late of Medford who departed this Life March 27th 17

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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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Death — 1783
27 March 1783
Bedford, Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
She died at the age of 96.

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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