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id 165 firstname Phoebe (Phebe) lastname Lane birthyr 1787 deathyr 1881 bio Lane, Phoebe (Phebe) (1787-1881), of Watervliet, NY, lived at the 2nd Order, 1st F., in 1829. She was born in Cornwall, Orange Co., NY. Her sister, Betty, was born in 1785. Their father, Prime (Primas) Lane, joined the Watervliet Shakers in 1802, but renounced them in 1810. His daughters, both over 21, decided to stay. At that time he forcibly tried to remove his daughters, and later sued the Shakers to let his two daughters go, claiming they were his slaves. The New York State Supreme Court ruled that the girls were free people, to act for themselves. The two sisters stayed, and lived at the West F. While there they learned spinnig, weaving, making cloth, comb worsted and got needed instruction. Betty died in 1835, when 51; Phebe lived on to become 94 years old, and to spend 73 years in the Shaker faith. The South F. Journal said of her: "much,beloved...character unspotted" (Elizabeth Shaver, 1992). villageplus Watervliet. NY
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