Thanks for your reply, I only saw it a few minutes ago. Like you I have no parents for either James or Ann. I have the same children as you however believe that Betty and Mary belong to them also. You maybe interested in the following
Notes on James and Ann Lane of Temple Cloud and Chew Magna
by Michael Flynn July 2014
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Notes on James and Ann Lane of Temple Cloud and Chew Magna by Michael Flynn, July 2014.
Children of James Lane (c1777?-1842) and m Ann Thiery (c1770?-1841)
1 James Lane : b 1802 Hinton Blewett (bap Litton)
2 George Lane : b c1805 Hinton Blewett (bap Litton) - d after 1851
m Mary Ann c1833
3 William Lane : bap Cameley 13 Sep 1807 – after 1851 : m Eliza Wood 1828 Clutton
4 Charles Lane : bap Cameley 22 Apr 1810 – d 1899 Newcastle NSW
:m Ann Lord 1842 Newcastle NSW
5 Ann Lane : bap Cameley 30 Apr 1812
6 Eliza Lane : bap Cameley 1 Sep 1814 – buried 30 October 1814 age 2 months
7 Mark Lane : bap Cameley 25 Aug 1816 – d 1877 Six Bells, Monmouthshire
m Sarah Cowdrey 1837 Chew Magna
James Lane was born around 1777 in the county of Somerset.[1] He married a woman named Ann some time prior to 1802. She was also Somerset-born and apparently a few years his senior. The couple had seven known children up to 1816, one of whom died in infancy. The first two children, James (1802) and George (1805) were born in Hinton Blewett and baptised in the adjacent parish of Litton.[2] The two villages were 3km (2 miles) apart.
The couple were probably the James Lane and Ann Thiery married at East Harptree on 21 December 1794, both signing with their X marks (his surname written as Dale in the register was corrected to Lane). Thomas Chapple and Edward Harper were witnesses. East Harptree, just 3-4km distant, adjoined the other two parishes. No baptisms have been traced for any children born to the couple during 1794-1801. Either they had no surviving children in this period or they lived in another parish where records remain unindexed. War with France was raging and many men were absent on war service. The first sighting of the couple in known records is the baptism of their son James in June 1802 in the parish of Litton. The register noted that the family was resident in the adjoining parish of Hinton Blewett.
Ann was probably the Ann Thiery who had two children born out of wedlock baptized in the parish of Litton (Betty on 8 March 1785 and Sarah on 5 May 1788). The 1788 Litton baptism entry mentions that Ann was living in Hinton [Blewett], suggesting a similar place of residence to 1802.
There was another Ann Thiery in the area who was baptized at Hinton Blewett on 12 October 1777 and married John Carter in the same parish on 18 July 1796. She was the daughter of William and Betty Thiery. Her father was a yeoman farmer with property in the parish who was of a higher social status than the Lanes.[3] Mrs Ann Carter is clearly identified in the 1851 census living with her brother with the unusual name Bevis Thiery:
1851 census Charterhouse, Somerset
Bevis Thiery Head W Male 75 1776 Farmer Of 460 Acres Employing 6 Lab born Hinton Blewett, Som
Ann Carter Sister Married Female 73 1778 Wife born Hinton Blewett, Somerset
Hannah James Sister W Female 64 1787 Farmer's Sister born Hinton Blewett, Somerset
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