Father:  Richard Lane
Mother: Sarah Gates Lane (born Fuller)

Born: on August 31, 1724 at St. Pauls, Baltimore County, Maryland.  
Christening: Circa 1724 at St. Pauls Parish, Indipendent City, Baltimore, Maryland.  

Married: on May 9, 1746 to Ester Lane (born Van Bibber) at St. Paul's Parish, Baltimore Maryland.  

Ordination:: in 1772 at North Carolina.  
Immigration: in 1778 at Boone's Creek, Washington Co. Tennessee   at age 54
Occupation: Baptist Reverend

Accomplishment: Established the first church west of the mountains in 1779 at Buffalo Ridge, Tennessee.  
Accomplishment: Established the Buffalo Ridge Church the first Baptist church in Tennessee
Accomplishment: Established the Bent Creek Baptist Church, 4th oldest congregation in TN in 1785 at Bent Creek, Whitesburg, Tennessee.  

Military Service:

Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7, 1780
Capt. Revolutionary Soldiers and Revolutionary Re.
Rev War Pension (File No. R6137, BLW File #1243-300-14)

House:   Picture of his house.

Will:   on July 2, 1805 in Whiteburgs, Jefferson, Tennessee.  
Died:   on January 30, 1806 in Whiteburgs, Jefferson, Tennessee.  
Burial:  The remains of Tidence and Esther were relocated from the Tidence Lane Cemetery in 2018. 1st Baptist Cemetery, Whitesburg, Hamblen County, Tennessee

Children:

Sarah Elizabeth Bradley (born Lane) 1743 - 1834 *
Acquilla Van Bibber Lane 1753 - 1819
Joseph Lane 1759 - 1805
Dutton Lane 1761 - 1839
William Lane 1746 - 1751
John Craven Lane, Sr. 1757 - 1825
Lieut Isaac Lane 1760 - 1851
Rev Tidence Lane, Jr., 1763 - 1841
Richard Lane 1764 - 1770
Samuel Lane 1771 - 1847