Nicholas was born about 1690 in Charles City County, Virginia, the son of John Lanier and Sarah Edmunds, John's second wife. Sarah was the widow of William Edmunds. Nicholas married Mary, possibly Shepherd, about 1713 or 1714. By a deed dated April 2, 1728, and recorded in Prince George County, Nicholas Lanier describes himself as the son of John Lanier, and now of Brunswick County. He and Mary convey land patented formerly by his father; at the same time they sell another patent granted to John Lanier and Peter Wyche in 1663, to Holmes Boisseau of Prince George County. Patent Book 11, p 365. Although he was in Brunswick as early as 1728, the first deed recorded to him was dated April 5, 1739. He was one of the first Justices in 1736, Captain of a Company of Militia, Sheriff, Church Warden of St. Andrews Parish, and held many other important offices. Nicholas lived to a "very advanced age", his will was offered for probate August 23, 1779, but was contested by Nicholas Shepherd Lanier, "his heir at law"; it was never admitted to record and was later found among Court papers. Upon the death of Nicholas Shepherd Lanier in 1781, the Court ordered that William Lanier, who had been named Executor by his father be summoned to go on with the proof of the said will. This continued for several years, with many depositions and is recorded in Order Book 2, p 169, Brunswick County, Virginia.
5 Nicholas Lanier 1690 - Bef 1779
+Mary Shepherd
6 John
Lanier
Abt 1715 -
6 Nicholas Shepherd
Lanier
1717 -
6 William
Lanier
Abt 1720 -
6 Thomas
Lanier
1722 -
+Elizabeth Hicks
7 Molly
Lanier
1744 -
7 Robert
Lanier
1746 - 1785
+Jane Patillo
8 Thomas
Lanier
1776 -
8 Elizabeth
Lanier
1778 -
7 Sally
Lanier
1748 -
7
Elizabeth
Lanier 1750 -
7
Catherine
Lanier 1752 -
7 Martha
Lanier
1754 -
7 Rebecca
Lanier
1757 - 1832
+Joseph Williams
1748 - 1827
8 Robert
Williams
1773 -
8 Joseph
Williams
1775 -
8 John
Williams
1778 - 1837
+Melinda White
9 Mary Lawson Williams 1806 -
9 Joseph Lanier Williams 1807 -
9 Rebecca J. Williams 1809 -
9 Fanny
Williams
1810 -
9 Margaret McClung Williams 1814 -
9 James White Williams 1816 -
9 John
Williams
1818 - 1881
+Rhoda Campbell Morgan 1818 - 1867
10 Rufus
Williams
1846 -
10 James
Williams
1847 -
10 John
Williams
1850 -
10 Thomas Lanier Williams 1859 -
+Isabella Coffin
11 Ella Williams
11 Isabelle Williams
11 Cornelius Coffin Williams 1879 - 1957
+Edwina Dakin
12 Rose Williams
12 Walter Dakin Williams
12 Thomas
Lanier Williams 1914 - ????
(AKA Tenneessee Williams)
Thomas Lanier Williams was one of America's
foremost playwrights; b. Columbus, Miss. His poetic
dramas, filled with tension and brilliant dialogue, explore
society's passions and frustrations. He scored his first
successes with The Glass Menagerie (1945) and A
Streetcar Named Desire (1947; Pulitzer). His other plays
include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955; Pulitzer), Sweet
Bird of Youth (1959), The Night of the Iguana (1961),
and Small Craft Warnings (1972). Williams also wrote
short stories, two novels, verse, and his Memoirs (1975).
10 Elizabeth Trigg Williams
+Joseph W. Sneed
9 Cynthia
Williams
1820 -
9 Susan
Williams
1824 -
9 Charles
Williams
1826 -
*2nd Wife of Thomas Lanier, 1722-1805:
+Frances Clanton
8 Nathaniel Williams
1780
-
8 William
Williams
1783 -
8 Lewis
Williams
1786 -
8 Thomas Lanier Williams 1786 -
8 Rebecca
Williams
1788 -
8 Sterling
Williams
1791 -
8 Alexander Williams
1793
-
8 Frances
Williams
1796 -
8 Nicholas Lanier Williams 1800 -
7
Thomas
Lanier
1760 -
7
Susannah
Lanier
1763 -
7
Lewis
Lanier
1765 -
7
Frances
Lanier
1767 -
7 William Hicks Lanier 1770 -
+Mary Garland
Ballard
- Bef 1840
8 William H. Lanier 1805 - 1886
+Judith Carter Cabaniss
9 Elizabeth Ann Lanier 1831 - 1883
+Richard Henry Applewhite
10 Coquilla Cry (Cora) Applewhite 1865-
+Benjamin M. Clement
(Information regarding William Hicks Lanier
provided courtesy
of Mary Clement Douglass.)
6 Lewis
Lanier
Abt 1725 -
6 Sarah
Lanier
Aft 1725 -
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