father to stonecarver Jeremiah Lane
struck by lightning on his own doorstep∼Joshua Lane is the son of William and Sarah (Webster) Lane of Hampton, New Hampshire.
Joshua owned a small farm and worked at his trade of shoemaker and currier, half a mile north of the old Baptist meetinghouse, on the road to North Hampton. Here he was killed by lightning when going to his door as a thunderstorm had nearly passed by, June 14, 1766 at about six o'clock in the afternoon, age 70. He married Bathsheba Robie December 24, 1717. She is the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Page) Robie. He and Bathsheba became members of the Congregational Church in Hampton, March 10, 1718, of which he was deacon for many years.
struck by lightning on his own doorstep∼Joshua Lane is the son of William and Sarah (Webster) Lane of Hampton, New Hampshire.
Joshua owned a small farm and worked at his trade of shoemaker and currier, half a mile north of the old Baptist meetinghouse, on the road to North Hampton. Here he was killed by lightning when going to his door as a thunderstorm had nearly passed by, June 14, 1766 at about six o'clock in the afternoon, age 70. He married Bathsheba Robie December 24, 1717. She is the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Page) Robie. He and Bathsheba became members of the Congregational Church in Hampton, March 10, 1718, of which he was deacon for many years.
father to stonecarver Jeremiah Lane
struck by lightning on his own doorstep∼Joshua Lane is the son of William and Sarah (Webster) Lane of Hampton, New Hampshire.
Joshua owned a small farm and worked at his trade of shoemaker and currier, half a mile north of the old Baptist meetinghouse, on the road to North Hampton. Here he was killed by lightning when going to his door as a thunderstorm had nearly passed by, June 14, 1766 at about six o'clock in the afternoon, age 70. He married Bathsheba Robie December 24, 1717. She is the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Page) Robie. He and Bathsheba became members of the Congregational Church in Hampton, March 10, 1718, of which he was deacon for many years.
struck by lightning on his own doorstep∼Joshua Lane is the son of William and Sarah (Webster) Lane of Hampton, New Hampshire.
Joshua owned a small farm and worked at his trade of shoemaker and currier, half a mile north of the old Baptist meetinghouse, on the road to North Hampton. Here he was killed by lightning when going to his door as a thunderstorm had nearly passed by, June 14, 1766 at about six o'clock in the afternoon, age 70. He married Bathsheba Robie December 24, 1717. She is the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Page) Robie. He and Bathsheba became members of the Congregational Church in Hampton, March 10, 1718, of which he was deacon for many years.
Inscription
Dea. Joshua Lane | June 6, 1696 | Was Killed By Lightning | June 14, 1766 | His Wife | Bathsheba Robie | Aug. 2, 1696 | Apr. 13, 1765 | 16 Children
Gravesite Details
Lane family inscription from a large monument erected in 1888 at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Hampton.
