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Sampson Lanier

                                            1681-Abt. 1743



Third son of John Lanier, Jr. born Charles City County 1681 (by deposition made in Surry Co. March 21, 1738),
first appears in contemporary records as a "Tithable" in the upper end of Surry County above Stony Run in 1701. 
Richard Washington’s
will leaves 200 acres of land to his daughter, Elizabeth, and leaves to his son-in-law, 200
acres lying in the Isle of Wight.
  Sampson Lanier sold this land which is now a part of Southhampton County; in
February of 1734, Sampson
and Elizabeth Lanier sold the 200 acres of land given her by her father. They moved
to Brunswick County before 1740.
  Sampson Lanier was a Justice, a Vestryman of St. Andrews, and, at one time,
on the School Board.  His will,
dated 8 Jan. 1743, was proved on 5 May 1743.  It lists their children as Thomas,
Lemuel, Sampson, Richard,
Elizabeth, and James.

He married about 1706 in Surry, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Washington (1660 Virginia - 1725 Virginia) & Elizabeth
Jordan of Surry County, VA, and granddaughter of Major John Washington (born England 1632) of Surry County, VA.
(See pp 40-41, Ingersoll.)  She died in Pitt County, NC.   Major John Washington was first cousin to Colonel John
Washington of Westmoreland County, VA and was the Great Grandfather of George Washington, first President of the
United States.

.

5 Sampson Lanier        1681 - Abt 1743
  +Elizabeth Washington
         6 Thomas Lanier    Abt 1707 - Abt 1745
            +Ann Maclin      Abt 1709 -
                  7 Jacob Lanier        1729 -
                  7 William Lanier      1731 -
                     +Elizabeth Burch         - bef 1798
                             8 John Lanier       1756 - 1827
                            +Nancy Ingram
                             8 William  Lanier, Jr.    1757 - 1824
                               +Elizabeth -?-         - Bef 1824
                                    9 David Lanier      1778 - Abt 1837
                                      +Elizabeth Rideout   1796 -
                                           10 William H. Lanier    1822-
                                               +Jane -?-                1820-
                                               11 Andrew J. Lanier        1846-
                                               11 Daniel A. Lanier          1848-
                                                       12 Theodosia Lanier        1874-
                                                       12 Maude Lanier             1876-
                                                       12 Frank Laier                1879-

                                              11 Benjamin Lanier            1853-
                                              11 James Lanier                1855-
                                              11 Rebecca Lanier            1887-
                                              11 John Lanier                  1860-

                                    10 Martha Jane Lanier         1827-
                                        +Shadrack Dugger
                                    10 Benjamin Lanier                1830-
                                    10 David J. Lanier                  1834-

                              9 Henry Lanier         1780 - Abt 1855
                                +Martha Owen(s)
                                   10 Daughter         b. 1804- ????
                                   10 Daughter         b. 1804- ????
                                   10 Alfred Lanier        1810 - Aft 1880
                                      +Nancy Mancuing      1813 -
                                   10 Edwin Lanier         1813 - Bef 1862
                                      +Lucretia Cain          ???? - 1862
                                   10 Alexander Lanier     1828 - Bef 1880
                                      +Mary Edwards        1828 -

            *Second wife of Henry Lanier
                               +Fanny Jordan            1806 -

                      8 Sarah Lanier      1759 - ????
                      8 David Lanier      1763 - 1830
                        +Frances Harwell  1768 - ????
                      8 Sterling Lanier   1765 - Bef 1830
                        +Margaret  Westmoreland
                            9 Mary Lanier             1794
                            9 Peterson Lanier        1796-1860
                            9 Thomas Lanier         1805-
                               +Lucinda Westmoreland    1812-
                                    10 Mary Ann Lanier              1831-
                                    10 Susanna Adeline Lanier     1833-
                                    10 Daughter, twin, not named, born and died same day
                                    10 Daughter, twin, not named, born and died same day
                                    10 James Lanier                    1836-
                                    10 Robert Lanier                    1839-
                                    10 Margaret Jane Lanier         1841-1903
                                        +William White

                Margaret Jane Lanier was married to William White on July 8, 1862.  He deserted her sometime
                after 1878; she and her children took the name Lanier.  Margaret Jane moved to Salt Lake City, Utah
                sometime after 1878.

                                            11 William R. (White) Lanier        1863-
                                            11 Thomas A. (White) Lanier        1868-
                                            11 Robert Leander (White) Lanier 1877-1938
                                               +Mary Elizabeth Grice              1879-1940
                                                    12 Robert Henry Lanier         1898-
                                                         +Henrietta Crystal Brown  1898-

                                           11 Mary (White) Lanier

            (Information about Margaret Jane Lanier courtesy of  Denise Lanier)

                                    10 Thomas J. Lanier                1843-
                                    10 William Edward Lanier        1848-
                                    10 Lucinda Elizabeth Lanier        1851-
                                    10 Sara Louise Lanier                1853-

              8 Catherine Lanier  Abt 1767 - ????
                +James Blick
              8 Mary Lanier       Abt 1769 -
                +John Rideout
              8 Thomas Lanier     Abt 1771 - Bef 1840
                +Polly Vaughn              - Abt 1808
                      9 Lewis Vaughn Lanier 1796 - 1875
                        +Martha Hawkins
                                10  William Hartwell "Hart" Lanier        1825-1900
                                      +Nancy Jane "Ann" Woods            1825-1896
                                            11  Mary Alice Lanier
                                            11  Viola Lanier
                                            11  Benjamin Lanier
                                            11  Henderson Lanier
                                            11  William Lanier
                                            11  Newton Lanier
                                            11  Lewis Lanier
                                            11  James Lanier
                                            11  Diana Lanier
                                            11  Martha "Aunt Matt" Lanier
                                            11  Frances "Aunt Fanny" Lanier
                                            11  Nancy Ann "Nan" Lanier            1866-1863
                                                 +James Murphy Dye                    1867-1913
                                                    12  Charles Dye                                    -1965
                                                          +Allie Crump
                                                    12  James H. "Jim" Dye                    1888-1976
                                                         +Clara Fielder
                                                    12  William Isaac "Will" Dye             1891-
                                                    12  Perry H. Dye                              1893-
                                                          +Freeda Safereed
                                                    12  Luella Kate Dye                          1895-
                                                         +William Andrew Riffle
                                                    12  Sidney Alberta "Bertie" Dye        1897-
                                                          +Russell Ira Childers
                                                    12  Margaret Elizabeth Dye               1899-
                                                          +Thorden Edward Meadows
                                                    12  Leota M. Dye                             1901-
                                                          +Andrew G. "Andy" Wamsley
                                                    12  Edith Dye                                   1903-
                                                         +Andrew Byus
                                                    12  Carrie Marie Dye                       1904-
                                                         +Everett Lewis Jordan

                              9 William H. Lanier   1799 - 1878
                                +Martha Pennington

               *Second wife of William Lanier:
                                +Ruth Herron
                              9 Susan Jane Lanier   1802
                                +John Billups
                              9 Thomas Wright Lanier 1803 - 1881
                                +Elizabeth Bass (cousin)

              *2nd wife of Thomas Wright Lanier:
                               +Mary Temperance Lanier (cousin)
                              9 Sterling Hartwell Lanier 1806 - 1863
                                +Sarah E. Simmons        1809 - 1870
                                    10 Lucy Ann Lanier        1831 - 1871
                                        +John Henry Wilson Cage
                                            11 Sterling Cage        1858 - 1861
                                            11 Harry Cage            1859 - 1867
                                            11 Creola Belle Cage        1861 - 1861
                                            11 Snooks W. Cage            1865 - ????
                                            11 Czar Lanier Cage            1867 - 1895
                                            11 Ola Cage                        1869 - 1961
                                            11 Effie Cage                      1871 - 1955
                                                +James Andrew Keaton, Jr.    1867 - 1944
                                                        12 Ola Esther Keaton           1893 - 1973
                                                            +Charles Mac Anthony
                                                        12 Carl Wilson Keaton            1895 - 1896
                                                        12 Jennings Bryan Keaton        1896 - ????
                                                            +Harriet Ethel Rust
                                                        12 Ella Inez Keaton            1900 - 1901
                                                        12 George Roach Keaton    1902 - ????
                                                            +Mary Ida Franklin
                                                        12 Cage Lanier Keaton        Private

                (The names of the descendants of Lucy Ann Lanier/John H. W. Cage
                  have been graciously provided by Henry Williamson.)

                                10 Sarah Jane Lanier      1833 - 1869
                                    +James W. Nash

                *2nd husband of Sarah Jane Lanier:
                                    +P. B. Hoy

                                10 Mary S. Lanier        1835 - 1869
                                   +Zebulon L. Nicholson    1825 - 1869
                                10 Susannah J. Lanier    1868 - 1895
                                    +[Unknown] Fassett
                                10 Louisa V. Lanier        1837 - 1848
                                10 Arminta Burch Lanier    1843 - 1844
                                10 Henrietta W. Lanier        1847 - ????
                                    +Dr. William Jefferson Lee    1834 - 1897

                              9 Margaret E. Lanier     1811 - 1844
                              9 Cincinnatus A. Lanier   1813 - 1846
                              9 Needham Burch Lanier    1815 - 1900
                                +Eliza Ann (Adams) Warnock  1827 - ????
                                     10 Mary Katherine (Kate) Lanier  1855 - 1940
                                        +Robert Lawrence Lanier (cousin)
                                               11Blanch Lanier       1877/1879 - 1892/1893<>

             *2nd husband of Mary Katherine (Kate) Lanier:      
                                       +Marion Gragg             ???? - 1927       
                     
                                     10 Francis Burch Lanier   1856 - ????
                                        +Mary Emma Davis     1856 - ????
                                     10 James Balance Lanier   1857 - ????
                                        +Emma Ferguson
                                           11 Ann Lanier          ????-????
                                           11 Edna Lanier         ????-????
                                           11 Sidney Hampton Lanier 1887-1919
                                              +Ethel Breland        ????-????
                                                    12 Edna Earl Lanier   1921 -
                                                       + John Dunlap
                                                             13 John Dunlap, Jr.

                                                    12 John Needham Lanier ????-

                                           11 Ida Lanier            ????-????

                                 10 Laura J. Lanier      1859 - ????
                                    +Hampton Davis
                                 10 John Adams Lanier     1861 - 1886
                                    +Alice Mildred Davis
                  

                      9 Christopher Adolphus Lanier   1818 - 1866
                        +Maria Scantlans          1821 - ????
                      9 Sylvanus R. Lanier       1820 - 1840
                      9 Araminta Burch Lanier   1823 - ????
                        +Micahjah Felts
               *2nd husband William Simmons

                      9 Ezra P. Lanier           1825 - ????
                      9 Henrietta W. Lanier      1828 - ????
                        +Charles Spann
                      9 Indiana C. Lanier        1831 - 1835

          7 Drury Lanier        Abt 1740 -
          7 Benjamin Lanier     Abt 1742 -
             +Miss Claiborne    ???? - 1782
                8 Herbert Lanier    Abt 1775 - Bef 1850
                   +Nancy --        1785 - ????
                8 Augustine Lanier    Abt 1776 - Abt 1809
                8 Benjamin Lanier     Abt 1777 - 1826
                   +Susan Hunnicutt
                       9 Henry Mason Lanier    1805 -     ******
                          +Olivia H. Smith      1813 -
                                10 Mary H. Lanier      1838 -

                      9  Edward Alexander Lanier        1806 - ????
                 9  Benjamin Wilkes Lanier        1809 - 1872
                         +Mrs. Venable
                *2nd wife of Benjamin Wilkes Lanier:
                         +Mary Glaze
                *3rd wife of Benjamin Wilkes Lanier:
                         +Mary Pettway Ingram
                                10  Mary Angeline Lanier
                                10  Columbus Lanier
                                10  Zachary Taylor Lanier        1847 -
                                     +Mary Lemon Spivey
                                            11  John Leonard Lanier        1873 - 1961
                                                  +Emma Luvenia Mann      1888 -
                                                          12  Leonard Lanier         ????
                                                                +Inez Colley               ????
                                                                      13  Thomas Lanier         ????
                                                                      13  David Lanier            ????

                                                          12  Charles Edison Lanier   ????
                                                                +[Unknown]
                                                                      13  Charles Lanier
                                                                      13  Jeanette Lanier

                                                  2nd wife of Charles Edison Lanier:
                                                                +Caronelle [Unknown]
                                                                     13  Frank Lanier          ????
                                                                     13  James Lanier         ????
                                                                     13  Sidney Lanier         ????

                                                          12  Bryan Lanier            ????
                                                                +Christine Whamsley                ????
                                                                      13  Robert Lanier               ????
                                                                      13  Connie Lanier                ????
                                                                      13  Paul Lanier                     ????
                                                                      13  Ann Lanier                        ????
                                                                      13  Joseph Lanier                  ????  
                                                                      13  Marybess Lanier               ????

                                                          12  Hester Pearl Lanier            ????
                                                                +Eley Hanie               ????
                                                                    13  John Allen Haynie            ????
                                                                          +Norma Ackley
                                                                                  14  Michael Lanier (adopted; child of Norma Ackley)
                                                                                  14  Allen Haynie         ????
                                                                                  14  Julie Haynie            ????

                                                                    13  Eleanor Haynie                 ????
                                                                          +Harvie Leonard Tapley      ????
                                                                                  14  Diane Tapley          Private
                                                                                        +
Franklin Eugene Strickland, Jr.      1968-1998
                                                                                                 15  Maria Strickland            Private

                                                                2nd husband of Diane Tapley: 
                                                                                        +Jeffrey Dale Williams                                                        

                                                          12  Coleman Lanier         ????
                                                          12  Madeline Lanier         ????

                                            11  Anne Frances Lanier        1875 -
                                            11  Martha Eula Lanier            1877 -
                                            11  Sarah Beulan Lanier            1879 -
                                            11  Dora Lemon Lanier            1880 -
                                            11  Anderson Lanier                [died as a baby]
                                            11  Thomas T. Lanier              1884 -
                                            11  Della D. Lanier                  1887 -
                                            11  Maude Bell Lanier              1889 -
                                            11  Lucius Edmond Lanier        1891 -
                                                  +Eva Jewel Estes
                                                         12  Lucas Eva Lanier
                                                         12  Ludd Anderson Lanier
                                                                  +Ruby [Lanier]
                                                                      13  Ludd Anderson Lanier, Jr.   Private
                                                                      13  James Kenneth Lanier      Private

                                             *2nd wife of Ludd Anderson Lanier:
                                                                +Lera Patterson
                                                                     13  Angela Hope Lanier       Private
                                                                     13  Charmaine Lanier        Private
                                                                                14  Varina Lanier        Private

                                                         12  Lois Lanett Lanier
                                                         12  Tullis Lamar Lanier
                                                         12  Allie Ruth Lanier
                                                         12  Tyler Mason Lanier
                                                         12  Mary Jewel Lanier
                                                         12  Baby Opal Lanier
                                                         12  Little Luke Lanier
                                                         12  Gwendolyn Joyce Lanier

                                            11  Vera Agnes Lanier              1893 -

                        [Information about the descendants of Zachary Taylor Lanier
                                 graciously provided by Angela Hope Lanier ]
                                                                                            <alanier@mail.mcg.edu>

                                10  Ingram Hunnicutt Lanier     1861-????

                   8 Sterling Lanier         Abt 1781 - 1833
                  +Polly Avery                  1781 - 1851

       *2nd wife or Benjamin Lanier (Abt1777 - 1826) :
+Lucy (Westbrook) Hunt   [Widow of Robert Hunt]
                   8  Robert Hunt Lanier
                   8 Littleton Lanier        1784 - Abt 1846
                     +(First wife unknown)
            2nd wife of Littleton Lanier
                    +Ann W. Southall         1787 -
                  8 Martha (Patsy) Lanier    1786 -
                    +Anthony Mason      1778

          7 Thomas Lanier       1746 -

     6 Arthur Lanier    Abt 1709 - Abt 1725
     6 Sampson Lanier, Jr.    Abt 1712 - 1757
       +Elizabeth Chamberlain

     6 Richard Lanier   1715 -
     6 Elizabeth Lanier Abt 1719 -
     6 Lemuel Lanier    1722 -
       +Elizabeth ???   1746 - 1829
          7 Washington Lanier   1762 - 1829
            +Elizabeth Hicks
          7 Nancy Lanier        1766 - 1854
            +James Armstrong    1758 - 1819
          7 Benjamin Lanier     1776 - 1870
            +Unknown
          *2nd Wife of Benjamin Lanier:
            +Elizabeth ??
     *2nd Wife of Lemuel Lanier:
       +Molly Peebles   - Bef 1761
         7 David Lanier  1747 - 1806
           +Mary Hicks
               8 Benjamin Lanier        1774 - 1808
                 +Elizabeth Betsy Jones
               8 Nancy Lanier   1776 -
                 +Leroy Shelton
               8 John Hicks Lanier      1777 - 1841
                 +Polly Robertson
                        9 Eliza B. Lanier        1808 -????
                           +Jesse S. Walton
                        9 Edward Robertson Lanier      1810 - ????
                           +Jane Luckett                        1815- ????
                        9 Polly V. Lanier                       1812 - 1848
                           Milton T. Lovell                      1800 - ????
                        9 John Hicks Lanier, Jr.             1816 - ????
                           Sarah Robertson                    1816 - ????
 

        *2nd Wife of John Hicks Lanier:
                 +Sarah Sutherlin Inge

                      9 William Peyton Lanier            1824 - ????
                         +Lucy Williams                      1840 - ????
                                10 William Thomas Lanier        1864 - 1939
                                    +Lee N. Peak
                                10 James Edward Lanier         1866 - 1930
                                10 Anna Eliza Lanier               1868 - 1899
                                10 John Hicks Lanier              1870 - 1931
                                10 David Clark Lanier            1872 - 1899
                                10 Luther L. Lanier                 1878  - ????

                   2nd wife of William Peyton Lanier:
                               10 Bettie Walker Dews         1893 - 1968

                        [Information regarding William Peyton Lanier and his descendants
                         courtesy of Doris L. Cocke<cockedl@meckcom.net>]

                      9 James Albert Lanier               1827 - 1905
                        +Betty W. Walton                   1838 - 1860

              2nd wife of James Albert Lanier:
                       +Martha Carter        ????-????

               8 Benjamin Lanier      1774 -
                  +Elizabeth (Betsy) Jones
               8 Nancy Lanier            1776 - ????
               8 Elizabeth Lanier       1778 -????
                 +Thomas Graves
               8 James Madison Lanier   1780 - 1830
                 +Elizabeth Johns       - Bef 1809
            *2nd Wife of James Madison Lanier:
                 +Mary Hicks
                      9 John Hicks Lanier, Sr.  1811 - 1882
                        +Lucy Johns Hutchings   - Bef 1834
                  *2nd Wife of John Hicks Lanier, Sr.:
                        +Cassandra Barham Herron
                           10 John Hicks Lanier, Jr.    1835 - Bef 1850
                           10 Mary Jane (Mollie) Lanier 1837 - 1864
                              +Allen K. Waynick
                           10 Dr. John Hicks Lanier     1841 - 1917
                           10 Sarah Lanier      1844 -
                           10 Lucy V. Lanier    1846 -
                           10 Elizabeth Lanier  1849 -
                           10 Cassandra A. Lanier       1851 -
                           10 Alice Raglan Lanier       1856 - 1891

                   9 David Lanier       1813 -
                   9 Mary Johns Lanier  1815 -
                   9 Lucy Washington Lanier     1817 -
                   9 Judith Johns Lanier        1819 -
                   9 Charles Johns Lanier       1821 -
                   9 James Madison Lanier, Jr.  1823 -
                   9 Sarah W. Lanier    1825 -
                   9 Cecelia Virginia Lanier    1827 - 1855
                     +Morris Pollock, Jr.
                        10 John Pollock        1846 -
                        10 Agnes Pollock       1849 -
                        10 Nicholas Lewis Pollock 1851 -
                         +Rose Branch
                              11 Lewis Pollock

                        10 James Pollock     1853 -
                        10 William Pollock   1855 -
                        10 Ferdinand Pollock 1857 -
                        10 Robert Pollock    1859 -
                        10 Charles Pollock   1861 -
                        10 Mary Pollock      1863 -
                        10 Eliza Pollock     1866 -

               8 David Lanier   1782 -
               8 Lucy Lanier    Abt 1785 -

          7 Molly Lanier        Abt 1750 -
          7 Sally Lanier        1753 -

     6 James Lanier     Aft 1724 - Abt 1786
        +Mary Cooke        Abt 1730 - 1774

                James was born in Brunswick County, VA.  He is not named
                in the will of his grandfather Richard Washington, as were his
                five brothers; and he is listed in his father’s will as a minor.
                Therefore, he was born after Nov. 9, 1724.  He was the first
                of his family to leave Virginia (in 1761) for North Carolina,
                where he acquired a great deal of land and became a highly
                respected Justice and active political leader. He was a member
                of the Committee of Safety, sitting at Martinsborough, Pitt County,
                NC, and Chairman of the Provincial Congress of 1775.  He died
                in Rockingham County, NC, about 1786.  An engraving of an
                oil portrait of James Lanier by Gilbert Stuart was given to F. Lanier
                Graham by his Aunt Mary Munds.

                Mary Cooke was the daughter of Henry Cooke of Brunswick County, VA (died 1772).
                She married James Lanier about 1746 in Brunswick County, VA.  As recorded
                in a family Bible, their children were: Henry (1747), Nathan (1749), Lydia (1752),
                Abbie (1754), Isom (1756), Mary (1764), Lucretia (1769), and Sampson (1770).

                                                                                   (Data couresy of F. Lanier Graham.)

<>          7 Henry Lanier        1747 - Bef 1765
          7 Nathan Lanier       1749 -
          +Mary ???
               8 Nathaniel Lanier
                 +Rebecca Weems
               8 John Lanier    1780 -
               8 James Lanier   1785 -
                 +Polly Smith   1793 -
                      9 William Washington Lanier       1813 - 1892
                        +Charlotte Jackson       1818 - 1892
                      9 Cynthia Lanier             1815 - ????
                      9 Frances Lanier             1817 - ????
                      9 Nancy Lanier               1819 - ????
                      9 Mary Lanier                 1820 - ????
                      9 [Son] Lanier                 b. 1820-25 (No name or record)
                      9 James J. Lanier             1825 - 1847
                      9 John Henry Lanier         1835 - 1910
                        +Louisa Bess                  1837 - ????
                                  10  James Andrew Lanier         1856 - ????
                                  10  Mary F. Lanier                   1858 - ????
                                  10  Cynthia Ann Lanier             1862 - 1938
                                  10  John Henry Lanier               1870 - 1953
                        
                2nd wife of John Henry Lanier:
                        +Martha Curry          1852 - 1900
                                  10  Jessee Cooper Lanier            1886 - ????
                                  10  William David Lanier              1888 - ????
                                   10  Ivan Ernest Lanier                 1892 - ????<>

               8 Sampson Lanier 1787 -
               8 William Lanier Unknown - Bef 1814
                 +Peggy Stone

          7 Lydia Lanier        1753 -
          7 Abbie Lanier        1754 -
          7 Isom Lanier         1756 - 1823
                8 Reuben Lanier            1790 -
                8 Mary Lanier                1792 -
                   +James Waters
                8 Frances Lanier            1794 -
                8 Sarah Lanier               1796 -
                8 Lydia Lanier                1798 - Before 1830
                8 Cynthia Ann (Nancy) Lanier            1800 -
                8 Henry Lanier                    1802 -
                8 Sampson Lanier            1804 -
                        9 Keziah Lanier            1828 - Before 1840
                        9 Joseph Lanier            1830 - Before 1840
                        9 Katherine Lanier        1831 -
                        9 Sarah Lucretia Lanier    1833 -
                          +William Watts
                        9 Lucretia Lanier             1835 -
                          +Louis Mansfield
                        9 Henry Lanier                1837 -
                        9 John McDonald Lanier    1839 - About 1850

                        9 Ambrose Dudley Lanier        1841 -
                          +Mary Elizabeth Huffman
                                10 Charles Clayton Lanier        1887 -
                                    +Henrietta Milburn               1889 -
                                            11 Ambrose Wayne Lanier            1913 -
                                            11 J. Donald Milburn Lanier           1914 -

                                10 Edith Lanier        (Thanks to Donna Handy for the family portrait and adding
                                                                 Edith Lanier's name to this file.)
                                                                                                           <DonnaHandy@aol.com>

            2nd wife of Sampson Lanier:
                          +Katherine (Heilman) Cline    1814 -
                        9 William C. Lanier            After 1850
                        9 Jane Lanier         1854 -
                          +Preston Miles
                        9 Cynthia Ann Lanier
                          +Lemuel Spencer
                        9 Jeremiah M. Lanier        1858 -
                          +Janet Eikenberry

                8 Catherine Lanier            1806 -
                8 Lucretia Lanier              1808 -
                8 Lucinda Lanier              1810 -

          7 James Lanier        1759 -
          7 Cynthia Lanier      1761 -
          7 Mary Lanier 1764 -
          7 Henry Lanier II     1765 - 1821
            +Lucy Massey        - Bef 1821
          7 Lucretia Lanier     1769 -
          7 Sampson Lanier [III]     1770 - 1823

                 The youngest child of James & Mary Cooke Lanier, was born
                November 11, 1770 in Pitt County, NC.   A profile from “New
                Light on the Ancestry of Sidney Lanier” reads as follows:  “He
                served in the North Carolina House of Commons, 1805-07."  He
                is described by Dr. Mims as “a well-to-do farmer - a country
                gentleman, ‘fond of good horses and fox hounds’.  He married in
                1790 Elizabeth (Betsy) Massey (1770-1834) [sic; actually 1772-1843],
                daughter of Thomas Massey, a veteran of the Revolution, by his wife,
                Mary Peebles.   They lived on Troublesome Creek all their married life.
                Sampson Lanier’s will, signed December 9, 1822, and probated
                February, 1823, is recorded at Wentworth, Rockingham County, North
                Carolina.  The children named in his will and in a list of the same book as
                the list of the children of James Lanier, quoted above, were”:  David (1791),
                Buckner (1792), Sterling (1794) [sic; actually 1791], Herbert (1796), Thomas
                (1799, James (1801), Abram (1803), Sampson (1804), Jane (1807), Pamelia
                (1810), Betsy (1812), and Andrew Jackson (1816).  The 1790 US Census
                for North Carolina shows Sampson as the only Lanier head-of-household
                in Rockingham County, his father having died.  Sampson’s will is dated
                Dec. 9. 1822.  He died Jan. 31, 1823 in Rockingham County.
                                                                                            ~F. Lanier Graham

            +Elizabeth Massey   1772 - 1843

 *2nd wife of