Rash's Surname Index


Notes for Edward LANE

Shortly before the Revolution he moved to Charlestown Twp., Chester Co., Pa., near Phoenixville. He afterwards bought the "Bull Tavern" on White Horse Road. That he was a "fighter" is shown by the records of the Society of Friends. His wife, formerly Sarah Richardson, having been dealt with by the Friends of Gwynedd Monthly Meeting for marrying Edward Lane, who a few years before had gone to fight the French and Indians, and who worshipped before a "priest who wore a gown."
Edward Lane married on October 14, 1754, at Christ Church, Phila. His cousin Sarah Richardson, b. January
14, 1732, according to Gwynedd Friends Records, d. July 8, 1818, aged 89, according to grave stone in the Anderson Cemetery, Phoenixville, Pa. She was the daughter of Edward and Ann (Jones) Richardson, and grand-daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bevan) Richardson.
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