John *Lanier

John was born before 1565 in England.¹   John's father was Nicholas Lanier and his mother is Unknown *unknown.  His paternal grandfather was John Lanier and his paternal grandmother is Jane *unknown. He has a sister named Anne.  He is the older of the two children. He had six half-brothers and six half-sisters, named Jerome, Samuell, Alphonse, Innocent, Clement, John L., Andrea, Ellen, Frances, Jeanne, Katherine and Mary.