Compiled
by Wayne D. Lanier
5 Robert Lanier 1678 - 1743/44Robert Lanier
1678 - 1743/44
Robert Lanier, named first in the will of his father, and probably the
oldest son,
was born in Charles City County about 1678; he married quite late in
life,
Priscilla,
the daughter of Richard Washington, in Surry County, Virginia
about
1727. She
was the sister of Elizabeth Washington who had married his brother
Sampson
Lanier
some twenty years earlier.
Robert Lanier "lived in Surry County all his life", but left no records
there except his will.
The plantation where he lived may have been given to him by his father,
but any record
of the deed is lost with many other Charles City records. The
land
was in Surry, and lay
next to the land of his brother, John Lanier; both tracts being on "the
Well Branch" and
having a common mark "to a corner tree in Mr. Henry Harrison’s Line."
His will was dated September 23, 1753, and probated in Surry County,
May
18, 1756.
He names his wife Priscilla, sons John, Thomas, and Robert, who all
seem
to be of age,
and his daughter Priscilla, not yet of age. To Thomas he leaves
100
acres in Brunswick
County (now Greensville County), Virginia, on the north side of Three
Creeks,
a Negro
man named Sam, and a woman named Jone; to Robert he leaves 100 acres in
Brunswick
County on the south side of Three Creeks, and a Negro boy called Jimmy,
also a Negro
woman called Lucy; and to Priscilla he leaves two Negro girls named
Cube
and Sall, and
money when she arrives at the age of eighteen or marries.
Priscilla, the daughter of Robert and Priscilla (Washington)
Lanier,
became of age in 1760, and was released by her Guardian, John Lanier,
her uncle. No further records have been found for her.
6
John Lanier 1728 -
+Priscilla (?Rivers)
7 Robert Lanier 1759 -
7 John Lanier 1761 -
+Catherine Fallet
8 John Lanier 1790 -
8 Rebecca Dressony Lanier 1791 -
8 Catherine Lanier 1794 -
+John Irby Hudson
9 William Smith Hudson
9 Emaline Hudson
*2nd Wife of John Lanier:
+Peggy Orton - 1805
8 Elizabeth Lanier 1800 -
+Richard Woodward
9 Franklin Woodward
9 Virginia Woodward
8 Margaret Lanier 1803 -
+John Morris
9 Sarah Ellen Morris 1836 -
8 Robert Lanier 1805 -
*3rd Wife of John Lanier:
+Comfort Tart
8 Ann Eliza Lanier 1808 -
8 Rachel Lanier 1812 -
8 Sally Lanier 1816 -
8 Samuel Lanier 1819 -
8 Thomas Lanier 1822 -
7 Lucy Lanier 1765 -
+Edward Newell
6
Thomas Lanier 1730 -
+Mary (possibly Collins)
Thomas
Lanier, the second son of Robert and Pricilla (Washington) Lanier, was
born about 1730 in Surry County, and married there about 1760, Mary,
possibly
the daughter of William Collins, a Quaker.
Thomas Lanier left very few records of his own making; in February 1761
he bought
from his brother Robert, the land south of Three Creeks, opposite his
own
land,
which his father had willed to Robert; on December 2nd 1768 he voted in
an election
for Burgesses in Brunswick County where he was then living; in May 1773
he signed
a petition on levies imposed on St. Andrews Parish; and in February
1765,
Robert
Mitchell deeded eight slaves to Thomas Lanier because of indebtedness.
There are no records of Revolutionary services for him; no payments for
supplies, or
any kind of aid to the war; nor did he hold any office in the
county.
On June 26, 1775,
he and his wife Mary were called into Court "by order of the King for
not
attending church";
this definitely shows that they were Quakers.
Greensville County was formed from Sussex and Brunswick counties in
1782;
his land
was then in the northwest corner of the new county. On the tax
list
of that year, Thomas
Lanier had thirteen whites and seven blacks, and was taxed for 200
acres
of land. He
died there in February 1797, intestate, leaving no records except the
above
tax records.
Mary Lanier, his wife, left a very partial will dated April 4, 1798,
which
was probated
in the June Court 1798. She named only five of her ten living
children,
and a long and
involved suit followed.
The children of Thomas and Mary Lanier were: William, Tabitha, Collins,
Edmund, Elizabeth,
Rebecca, Susannah, Sally, Bird, Martha, and Abner.
7 William
Lanier
1761 - 1815
+Rebecca Robinson
Unknown
- 1826
8 Thomas Lanier 1787 -
8 Lucy Lanier 1790 - 1840
8 William Lanier, Jr. 1792 - 1860
8 Robinson Lanier 1795 -
8 Patience Lanier 1797 -
+John Butler
8 David Lanier 1799 -
8 Benjamin Lanier 1802 -
7 Tabitha Lanier 1763 - Unknown
7 Collins Lanier 1765 - 1848
+Lucy Berryman
8 Judith Tatum Lanier 1792 - 1872
+William Wood 1788 - 1846
9 Lucy Ann Wood 1817 - 1845
+Dennis Dunham Barnett 1817 - 1904
9 David C. Wood 1821 - 1844
+Emaline Handley
10 David Ann C. Wood 1845 - 1870
+Matthew C. Wallace
11 Columbus Wallace
9 Mary E. T. Wood 1826 - 1906
+Dennis Dunham Barnett
10 Bevley Clark Barnett 1856 - 1904
+Elizabeth Isabel Brown 1862 - 1934
11 Dennis Alvin Barnett 1891 -
+Erma Grace Willis 1899 -
12 Della Mae Barnett Private
+Paul Omer Barker
8 Mary Ann Lanier 1794 -
+Thomas Jones
8 John Berryman Lanier 1796 - 1865
+Sarah White 1800 - 1872
9 William Berryman Lanier 1820 - 1887
+Clara Herrington - 1927
10 John Clinton Lanier 1866 - 1950
+Fannie Cowles
*2nd Wife of John Clinton Lanier:
+Lola Turner 1879 -
11 Eva Bryant Lanier 1900 - 1905
11 William Ervin Lanier 1902 - 1958
+Emmy Lou Worten
12 Emmy Lou Lanier Private
11 Ruby Katherine Lanier Private
+Claude B. Harned
12 Thomas Lanier Harned Private
11 Noble Selman Lanier 1910 - 1964
+Dorothy Fenton
12 William Fenton Lanier Private
12 Mary Noble
Lanier
Private
12 Collins Fenton Lanier Private
11 Edward Christian
Lanier
Private
+Helen Wilkins
12 John Edward Lanier Private
12 Margaret
Lanier
Private
*2nd Wife of Edward Christian Lanier:
+Christine (Gant) Witt
12 Lucinda Lanier
10 Laura Lanier 1868 -
+Abner Matlock
10 Ida Lanier
9 James Monroe Lanier 1822 -
9 Burrell Carter Lanier 1824 -
+Mary Lou Herrington
10 Lula Lanier
+Luther J. Crawford
10 Nora Lanier
+Joseph Martin
9 Alexander Scott Lanier 1826 - 1908
+Lucetta Pistole 1838 -
10 [Son] Lanier 1872 -
10 Sallie Lanier 1873 -
10 John W. Lanier 1876 -
9 Lawrence F. Lanier 1828 - 1830
9 Sorenia Frances Lanier 1828 - 1871
+John Lambath
10 Zenobia Lambath 1870 -
+E. R. Moore
9 Elizabeth Ann Lanier 1830 -
+John Lambath
9 Thomas Jefferson Lanier 1832 -
9 Nancy Jane Lanier 1837 -
+B. F. Herrington
10 Ella Herrington
+D. C. Hunt
10 William C. Herrington
9 Edmund L. Lanier 1839 -
9 Robert N. Lanier 1845 -
8 Thomas Lanier 1805 -
8 Nancy Lanier 1808 - 1849
+Joseph Seward
9 Milton Seward 1842 -
9 Mary E. Seward 1847 -
7 Edmund Lanier 1767 - 1840
+Patsy Watson
*2nd Wife of Edmund Lanier:
+Amy Washington Goodrich
8 Elizabeth Lanier 1795 - 1835
+Charles Allison Smith
9 Richard Hamilton Smith 1816 - 1853
+Elizabeth N. Rodgers 1828 -
10 Georgiana Beach Smith 1852 -
+Henry Sedgewick
9 Martha Jane Smith 1818 -
+John Harvey Edmiston 1802 -
10 Charles Edmiston 1842 -
10 Franklin G. Edmiston 1844 -
10 Cary L. Edmiston 1846 -
10 Florence Edmiston 1848 -
+William M. Howell 1836 -
10 Richard Edmiston 1850 -
9 George Walton Lanier Smith 1820 - 1853
+Matilda Early Dickson
10 Charles Allison Smith
10 David Dickson Smith
9 Elizabeth A. Smith 1823 -
+William Beck
10 Mollie Beck 1856 -
10 Harris Beck 1859 -
10 Allen Beck 1862 -
9 Lucy Lanier Smith 1825 -
+William Morehead 1825 -
*2nd Husband of Lucy Lanier Smith:
+Noah Gillum Halton 1828 -
10 Edumnd Halton 1855 - 1926
+Florence Teel
10 Josephine Halton 1857 -
10 Charles W. Halton 1859 -
9 James Edmund Smith 1827 - 1858
+Julia A. [Unknown]
10 Allison C. Smith 1855 -
10 Elizabeth C. Smith 1857 -
9 Charles Allison Smith 1830 -
+Lucy [Unknown]
10 Mary Elizabeth Lanier Smith 1856 -
10 George Walton Smith 1858 -
10 Lucy S. Smith 1859 -
9 [Daughter] Smith 1830 - 1840
9 [Daughter] Smith 1830 - 1840
8 Angelina Lanier 1796 -
+Edward Musgrave
8 George Walton Lanier 1798 - 1820
8 [Daughter] Lanier 1801 - 1820
8 Lucy B. Lanier 1806 -
8 Ann W. Lanier 1809 -
8 Edmund Lanier 1814 - 1872
+Mary Hillhouse Smith 1824 - 1901
Appointed a Midshipman in the U. S. Navy on July
9, 1831, from
Nashville, Tennessee. He was accepted July 25, 1831. Edmund
retired as a Captain July 23, 1864 but had Shore Duty as late as
1867.
(Allen Memorial Genealogy; Hammersleys Register of Naval Officers; and
Pension in the National Archives)
9 Lucy B. Lanier 1851 - 1929
9 Nathan Ryno Smith Lanier 1854 - 1881
9 Edmund Lanier 1860 - 1860
9 Henry William D. Lanier 1861 - 1861
9 Amy Juliette Lanier 1866 - 1917
9 Berwick Bruce Lanier 1869 - 1911
+Emily (Parker) Wilson
10 Berwick Bruce Lanier, Jr. 1897 - 1957
+Pricilla Thorn Taylor
11 Berwick Bruce Lanier III Private
+Sonia von Etthofen
Private
12 Anthony Musgrove Lanier
+Isabel Dos Santos
13 Philippe Lanier
13 Nadine Lanier
+Sergei Arsenyev
14 Sofia Alexander Priscilla Lanier Arsenyev
13 Camille
Isabella Dos Santos Ravene Lanier
[Name of Anthony and Isabel's youngest child and
Isabel's maiden name
supplied by Philippe Lanier.]
12 Nicholas Lanier
12 Amelie Lanier
12 Dominique Lanier
11 Sterling Edmund Lanier Private
+Martha Hannah Pelton
12 Berwick Bruce Lanier IV Private
+Alexandra Elizabeth Shea Private
13 Erin Sidney Lanier Private
12 Katherine Williams Lanier Private
+Gareth
Griffith
Private
13 Samuel Madoc Griffith Private
(Information regarding the descendants of Sterling Edmund Lanier graciously
supplied by Berwick Bruce Lanier IV.)
*2nd Wife of Berwick Bruce Lanier, Jr.:
+Friedericka (Grosse) Kok
10 Mary Lanier 1902 -
+Lloyd Gray
11 Lanier Gray
11 Emily Gray
+[Unknown] Gavahan
11 Betty Gray
+[Unknown]
10 Katherine (McClean) Lanier 1902 -
+James Watson Johnstone
11 James Watson
Johnstone, Jr. Private
+Elisabeth
Scott Baker
Private
12 Elisabeth
Montgomery Johnstone Private
+Rufus Woody
III
Private
13 James Montgomery Woody Private
11 Robert McClean Johnstone Private
11 Tomas Bruce
Johnstone Private
11 Sidney Lanier
Johnstone Private
*2nd Husband of Katherine Lanier:
+John Recknagel
7 Elizabeth Lanier 1769 - 1793
+Miles Cooksey
8 Susanna Cooksey
7 Rebecca Lanier 1771 - 1850
+Joel Thacker 1770 -
8 Martha Thacker 1792 - 1832
+Ephraim Davis
9 Thomas S. Davis 1812 -
+Elizabeth Williams
*2nd Wife of Thomas S. Davis:
+Martha Sturdivant
9 Eliza Davis 1816 -
+William Barner Cleaton
9 Martha A. Davis 1819 -
+Howell Whitehorn
8 Mary Mitchell Thacker 1794 -
+Thomas Cleaton 1793 -
9 Robert James Cleaton 1817 -
+Susan I. Wharton
9 Parazade Cleaton 1819 -
9 William Barner Cleaton 1821 -
+Louisa Garrett
9 Martha Ann P. Cleaton 1823 -
9 John Poythress Cleaton 1824 -
+Martha A. Davis
10 Ernest R. Cleaton 1849 -
10 Thomas Luther Cleaton 1853 - 1921
+Nettie Luella Dill 1862 - 1936
11 Susan Dill Cleaton 1884 - 1950
+William Bell Collier 1869 - 1951
12 William Bell Collier III Private