Nicholas Lanier, 9th Great-Grandfather

September 12, 2013

Nicholas Lanier

Nicholas Lanier

My 9th great grandfather was a famous musician in England. His son migrated to America.

The Laniers were Huguenots living in France but left their country to escape the early Protestant persecutions during the 16th century.

Musicians John Lanyer and Nicholas Lanier arrived in London from Paris in 1561. Both were musicians to the Queen.

Nicholas Lanier, who was in the Court of King Henry II of France, and also the Court of Queen Elizabeth, and King James of England, was the founder of the Lanier family of musicians, and the ancestor of the American Laniers.

During the Civil War in England (1642-1649) the fortunes of the Laniers were lost. They lost their appointments, suffered deprivation and starvation, and often imprisonment. After petitioning the King some were restored to their positions, but many migrated to the United States and Canada.

Nicholas Lanier (1544 – 1611)
is my 9th great grandfather
John Thomas Lanier (1631 – 1719)
son of Nicholas Lanier
Sampson Lanier (1682 – 1743)
son of John Thomas Lanier
Elizabeth Lanier (1719 – 1795)
daughter of Sampson Lanier
Martha Burch (1743 – 1803)
daughter of Elizabeth Lanier
David Darden (1770 – 1820)
son of Martha Burch
Minerva Truly Darden (1806 – 1837)
daughter of David Darden
Sarah E Hughes (1829 – 1911)
daughter of Minerva Truly Darden
Lucinda Jane Armer (1847 – 1939)
daughter of Sarah E Hughes
George Harvey Taylor (1884 – 1941)
son of Lucinda Jane Armer
Ruby Lee Taylor (1922 – 2008)
daughter of George Harvey Taylor
Pamela Morse
I am the daughter of Ruby Lee Taylor