ENGLISH ANCESTRY

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Gerard LANE[48]		Jane/Joane DEYOS
b. 1610/1620 ? bur. 23 Sep 1686 , St Thomas, Bristol Father: ? Mother: ?	Married 22 May 1634, St Thomas, Bristol	bap. 30 Aug 1617 St Thomas, Bristol d. 1658/1672 ? Father: Nicholas DEYOS Mother: ?

  Notes:

• Gerard was a soapmaker and chandler of Bristol
• Began his 7 year apprenticeship in Jun 1627, with Thomas Puxton (uncle/cousin of his future wife)
• 1634; allowed in the fellowship of Soapmaking & Chandling at Bristol
• circa late 1630's - entitled to make 5 tonnes of soap (being his portion of the 600 tonnes allowed for Bristol soapmakers, following King Charles decree of 1631)
• 1642; Warden of the Soapmakers Guild
• Feofee of St Thomas the Martyr 1644
• Bristol Burgesses 1651-1662; 27 May 1658 Patron Lane, Gerard (occupation blank)
• Witnessed the disclaiming of the Wharton coat of Arms 1672 (his sister-in-law's husband's family)
• churchwarden of St Thomas 1673
• witnessed Thomas Puxton's will 1684
• 1686 a legal dispute took place between Robert Lane and his sister Elizabeth following their father, Gerard's death (sadly it's written in Latin, so I don't know the exact details)

1. John LANE_[48], bap. 21 Apr 1635, St Thomas, Bristol - d. Dec 1667, St Stephen's, Bristol - m. ? to Ann PIERSON
   Children:
   • John LANE_[48], b. ? - d. after 1686/before 1695
   • Gerard LANE_[48][50] , b. ? - d. after 1695
   • Ann LANE_[48][50] , b. ? - d. after 1695 - m. 2 Dec 1684 to John GIBBES_[48][50]
   • Francis LANE, b. ? - d. before 1886
      
2. Phillipa LANE, bap. 17 Dec 1636, St Thomas, Bristol - d. before 1686
    
3. Susan LANE, bap. 4 Jul 1638, St Thomas, Bristol - bur. 24 May 1645, St Thomas, Bristol
    
4. Phillip(?) LANE, bap. 1 Jan 139/40, St Thomas, Bristol - d. before 1686
    
5. Elizabeth LANE_[48][50], bap. 1 Feb 1641/42, St Thomas, Bristol - d. after 1695 (spinster)
    
6. Michael LANE, bap. 28 Oct 1644, St Thomas, Bristol - d. 20 Dec 1672(query)
    
7. Ann LANE_[48][49][50] , bap. 16 May 1645, St Thomas, Bristol - d. Dec 1727, Mangotsfield, Gloucs. - m. 16 Dec 1668 to William TIPPETT_[48]
    
8. Joice LANE_[48][50] , bap. 16 Nov 1647, St Thomas, Bristol - d. Nov 1693 - m. before 1686 to ? BROWNE_[48] (Joice was a widow in 1686)
    
9. Sarah LANE_[48][50] , bap. 20 Mar 1648/1649, St Thomas, Bristol - d. after 1695 (spinster)
    
10. Robert LANE_[48][50] , b. ? - d. after 1726
     
11. Thomas LANE_[48][50] , bap. 5 Feb 1652/1653, St Thomas, Bristol - d. Jul 1695, Bristol
     
12. Gerard LANE_[48][50] , bap. 20 April 1653, St Thomas, Bristol - d. after 1697?
     
13. Jane LANE_[48][49][50] , bap. 13 Jun 1657, St Thomas, Bristol - d. Jan 1741/1742, St Thomas, Bristol - m. 3 May 1679, St Thomas, Bristol to John WYER_[48][50]
    Children:
    • Robert WYER_[49][50] , b. ? - d. after 1743
    
     

About Jane

• The wording of Gerard's will gives clear indication he disliked/disapproved of or distrusted the husband of his daughter Jane, John Wyer. Gerard went to great lengths to ensure this man never got anywhere near any money Gerard gave to his daughter
• Ironically due to the fact none of her elder siblings living at the time of Gerard's death seem to have had any "lawful issue", meant Jane eventually inherited the bulk of Gerard's estate anyway! Why Jane, who was clearly younger than Ann got the estate is unclear, even in Gerard's will he lists Jane before Ann to receive property
• It is doubly ironic when the child by which Jane claimed all this property appears to have been 'unfortunate', for whom she had to make careful arrangements upon her death for both his personal care and the management of the assests by which he was to receive an income
• Jane seems to have held a mother's hope that her son could still marry and have children in 1739, even though he would have had to of been in his late 50's, possibly older, at the time
• Though Gerard noted Jane "had lawfully begotten issue", it is the only Grandchild/children not actually named in his will

Chronological Assumptions & Family Speculations

• Gerard was somewhere between 10 & 14 in 1627 (the usual age for apprentices), so was born circa 1613/1617
• (query)Apprentices were not allowed to marry, so Gerard could not have married before 1634
• Gerard had one son old enough to have married, have had three children and died in 1686. One of the children being old enough to have married in 1684. Therefore John had to of been old enough to marry in the early to mid 1660's, he was probably the eldest son and received his portion of his father's estate when he married
• Elizabeth is noted as his eldest daughter and unmarried without issue. Robert, Thomas, Elizabeth, Sarah & Gerard are all noted as being unmarried without issue in 1686
• Elizabeth was older than Ann, if Ann was almost 40 in 1686, then Elizabeth was well past the usual age of marriage and almost beyond child bearing age
• Sarah Lane was still unmarried in 1696
• Three of his younger daughters had been married by 1686, one of them for 18 years, two of them were already widowed
• Jane's age was noted upon her marriage as 21 (in 1679), so was abt 28 when her father's will was written
• If we assume Ann was at least 18-21 when she married William Tippett in 1668, then she had to of been born by 1647/1650 (her sister Elizabeth being older still)
• William Tippett had left his father-in-law in possession of part of his estate (property at Congresbury, held on the lives of his daughters Joane & Sarah, who Gerard does not name as grandchildren). This property was given to Gerard's son Robert but the rents and profits were to be given to Ann Tippett his daughter. If Joane & Sarah came from a prior marriage they were born before 1668 and would have been very close to adulthood in 1686
• Gerard's married children seem to have received their portion of his estate and/or large endowments upon their respective marriages. Jane's endowment, approx 400 pounds, appears to have been held in trust by the Bristol Chamber of Commerce
• I think it's safe to assume, none of Gerard's children were young in 1686, the older ones being well into their 40's
• The order in which property's are to be inherited in Gerard's will goes; Thomas (unmarried without issue), Robert (unmarried without issue), Elizabeth (unmarried without issue), Sarah (unmarried without issue), Jane (married with issue), Ann (widowed with issue), Joice (widowed without issue) & then Gerard (though anything going to Gerard was carefully managed by others. He was possibly 'unfortunate' like his sister Jane's son Robert)
• Gerard was probably in his 70's when he died, he had at least two siblings that survived him

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