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3. merchants, Lane, Son and Fraser, conjectural parent Lane Thomas-706 (William , Progenitor 2010 ) was born in ,England. He was christened in 1735 in active. He died in May 1784 in London.
See Walter Scott Dunn, Opening New Markets: The British Army and the Old Northwest as a Google Books Result with Walter Scott Dunn, People of the American Frontier: the coming of the American Revolution. Re Fraser of Lane Son and Fraser. His name or that of his son may be Thomas. See G. Bhagat, p. 9, Note 40, these men Lane and Fraser wrote 18 Feb 1784 to Elias Hasket Derby, maybe about shipbuilding at Boston? Note that those American Derbys were linked to Earls Derby qv. See Holden Furber on US trade to India, they by later 1780s are trying to creep back into trade to US. See Labaree, Boston Tea Party, p 295, this firm had sent tea into the Boston Tea Party. This firm acted as Bankers to the Everitts known to Arthur Phillip, see Frost on Phillip, pp. 4-5. Of Lane, Son and Fraser, see Kellock's article, p. 114 and elsewhere. The Fraser is - ?? Cf., http from William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, David Greene Letterbook 1777-1785. David E. Mass, Divided Hearts: Massachusetts Loyalists (1765-1790): A Biographical Dictionary. Boston, 1980. See re William and Mary Quartlerly, Government Interception of Letters from America and the Quest for Colonial Opinion in 1775, article by Julie M. Flavell on the Net. Had contacts Iriving and Latham at Lorraine, New York (?). See re a firm's client in Boston, Greene. Address in London from google seems to be 10 Nicholas Lane, Lombard Street, In Briggs' Cabot Genealogy, p. 141, Joseph Cabot had an account with Lane, Son and Fraser in 1771, eg tea, cod lines, See Ted Linn on background of Lanes. There is a Thomas Lane pp. 102ff and 209 as a flunkey in Lucy Sutherland on C18th politics and EICo, could it be this man? See Holden Furber on first US trade with India re this firm trying to creep back into post-Am Rev trade. See John Lloyd (1656-1730) qv. See Olson, Va merchants in London, p. 367, a man Perry and Micajah Perry qv partners with Thomas Lane died 1710 here here. See Kellock's article p. 114. Kellock says, from about the 1750s, this firm dealt with Belchers and Faneuils of Boston, John Lloyd of London was linked. Behind scenes is Thomas Godfrey, also Joseph Smethurst. Also the Caswalls with Boston links. Dealt also with John Rowe of Boston. See Frost on Phillip, p. 5. See Scorgie/Hudgson, pp. 30ff. See Pares, West India Fortune, p. 175, p. 357. Is this the John Lane friend of Gov Phillip, see Tipping, p. 133 re Phillip's will of 1814. See Kellock p. 114 and note for Nathaniel Tracy the owner of ship Ceres Capt St Barbe which took Jefferson to England in 1780s. John Lloyd (1656-1730) possibly founder of Lane, Son and Fraser. He was friends with Peter Godfrey. Thomas Lane came into the firm in 1735. See Davis, Rise English Shipping Industry, p. 259. K. G. Davies, RAC, p. 32. See Kellock, article, pp. 131-132, Portugal merchant, then in the New EICo, then trading with New England. His firm became Lane, Son and Fraser. In New England he dealt with the Belchers and the Faneuils. Lane later had partners Joseph Smethurst (maybe of Marblehead?), then Bostonian John Caswall II. Both these men died in accidents. From 1750 the firm then became Thomas Lane and Co, then another Lloyd cousin Benjamin Booth came in. Later Booth left and became a director of the EICo. In 1766 the firm became Lane, Son and Fraser. These Lanes had the ship Eleanor Capt James Bruce of the Boston Tea Party. Is this ownership or merely cargo handling? End of notes on John Lloyd. Query per Ken Cozens of 21-7-2009 from Miriam McDonald at: mimsy13@go.com - LSF firm is mentioned, letters, 1778-1789/1778-1785 in Harvard University Library Wendell Family Papers. One http details how on 21 May 1794, Thomas Boylston of Boston gave a deed of trust of eleven townships (surveyed by Benj Wright) to George Lee, George Irving and Thomas Latham, assignees of Lane Son and Fraser of London, and conveyed them to John Johnson Phyn, (of London?), the title was vested by 10 April 1795 and Phyn apptd William Constable his attorney (Wm died 1803 has a brother James) to sell parts of the Boylston tract, etc gaps4 gaps3 ux49 gapskey redo on 28-6-2010
Thomas married LNotknown Miss-721 daughter of LNotknown Progenitor-505473 and LNotknown Miss-505474 in England.
Kellock's article, p. 132.
Thomas and Miss had the following children:
+ 4 M i Of Lane, Son,Fraser Lane John Jnr-722 was born in 1743. He died in 1784.
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