Drawing, Family Record

Title:

GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF DN. JOSHUA LANE & BATHSHEBA HIS WIFE

Object Name:

Drawing, Family Record

Object ID:

2002.500

Creator:

Lane, JeremiahArtist

Place of Origin:

Hampton Falls, NH

Date:

1765

Description:

Drawing of Genealogy of the Family of Dn. Joshua Lane & Bathsheba His Wife, by Jeremiah Lane, 1765. Ink and watercolor on paper. Titled "GENEALOGY / OF THE / FAMILY / OF / DN. JOSHUA LANE & BATHSHEBA HIS WIFE". Decorative border of brown vines with red lines and dots on outer edge. Text is divided into squares and rectangles, each with decorative border in brown and red. Upper half lists 16 children of Joshua and Bathsheba, including Samuel Lane also includes their spouses. Letters below the children's names correspond to names of their own children. Lower half lists grandchildren and some great grandchildren. Signed at bottom right, "Hampton Falls January. 7. 1765 / Jer. Lane". Sheet has been cut in quarters and mounted on heavy paper which is folded in quarters and housed in cloth-bound folder (20.25"x15") to which it is attached (unfolded, 38.25"x29.25"). Original paper has many losses, especially on edge. On the inside back cover lower left corner brown paper with gold stamp: "EMERY RECORD / PRESERVING CO. / TAUNTON, MASS."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-38.3 W-29 inches

Provenance:

Joshua Lane (1696-1766) married Bathsheba Robie (1696-1765), 12/24/1717.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Lane, Bathsheba (1696-1765), Lane, Jeremiah (1732- ), Lane, Joshua, Lane, Samuel (1718-1806)

Subjects:

Family records, Pictorial