David Lane
M, d. 1790
- Relationship
- 5th great-grandfather of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
- Charts
- Author's Pedigree Chart
Ladimon SHELTON and David Lane were named executors in the will of William Robinson dated on 28 August 1771 in Halifax County, North Carolina. Mr. Robinson's will, probated that same year, left 5 pounds to his daugther, Sarah Robinson, "to give her a year of schooling." He asked that Sarah "remain in the care of Ruth Shelton until she is 21." His other daughter, Elizabeth, was left in the care of Betty Lewis.1
David left a will dated 12 April 1789 in Halifax County, North Carolina. It was probated August 1790 and David decreed: "I lend to my daughter, Anne Shelton, the 729 acres of land whereon she now lives, during the full term of her natural life, and at her decease to descend to the first male child lawfully begotten of her body; but if my said daughter die without such male heir of her body, then the said land to belong to the present daughter, Martha Shelton, to her and her heirs forever."
Ann had several male children after the death of her father, however her firstborn male child died in infancy. This resulted in some confusion as to the lawful heir of David Lane's land and a lawsuit was brought before the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1811 by David and Martha Wootten against Willis Shelton. Part of the verdict read: "That the said will was afterwards duly proven; that the said Anne Shelton had several male children after the death of [her father]; that the eldest one lived two or three years, and then died in the lifetime of said Anne, living the said Martha, who afterwards intermarried with William Wootten; and they two are the lessors of the plaintiff. That the other male children, five in number, survived the said Anne, the eldest of which afterwards died an infant, and unmarried before the bringing of this suit, and before the act of 1795, letting in females equally with males. That the remaining four children are still alive and that the defendant, Willis Shelton, claims as guardian to the said four sons and to Mary, who is another daughter of the said Anne." The court ruled in favor of Willis Shelton, that on the birth of the first male heir the estate was invested in him and that the claim of Martha was defeated.2,3
David Lane died in 1790 in Halifax County, North Carolina.
David left a will dated 12 April 1789 in Halifax County, North Carolina. It was probated August 1790 and David decreed: "I lend to my daughter, Anne Shelton, the 729 acres of land whereon she now lives, during the full term of her natural life, and at her decease to descend to the first male child lawfully begotten of her body; but if my said daughter die without such male heir of her body, then the said land to belong to the present daughter, Martha Shelton, to her and her heirs forever."
Ann had several male children after the death of her father, however her firstborn male child died in infancy. This resulted in some confusion as to the lawful heir of David Lane's land and a lawsuit was brought before the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1811 by David and Martha Wootten against Willis Shelton. Part of the verdict read: "That the said will was afterwards duly proven; that the said Anne Shelton had several male children after the death of [her father]; that the eldest one lived two or three years, and then died in the lifetime of said Anne, living the said Martha, who afterwards intermarried with William Wootten; and they two are the lessors of the plaintiff. That the other male children, five in number, survived the said Anne, the eldest of which afterwards died an infant, and unmarried before the bringing of this suit, and before the act of 1795, letting in females equally with males. That the remaining four children are still alive and that the defendant, Willis Shelton, claims as guardian to the said four sons and to Mary, who is another daughter of the said Anne." The court ruled in favor of Willis Shelton, that on the birth of the first male heir the estate was invested in him and that the claim of Martha was defeated.2,3
David Lane died in 1790 in Halifax County, North Carolina.
Last Edited=24 Jan 2017
Child of David Lane
- Ann Lane+ b. c 1760, d. b 1810
Citations
- [S23] Margaret M. Hofmann, Halifax County, NC Wills, Will #173 William Robinson, WB-1, pg. 296.
- [S682] Wootten v. Willis Shelton, online https://sites.rootsweb.com/~archertc/NC/1811/toc.html, Vol. 6, pg. 147-148.
- [S23] Margaret M. Hofmann, Halifax County, NC Wills, Will #416 David Lane, WB-3, pg. 183.
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