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28 WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Elisha Lawrence, 5, was mentioned in the will of his grandfather, William Lawrence, I, written in 1701, but is omitted in the will of his father, Elisha Lawrence, 5, written in 1722; hence he presumably died between those dates.
29 HANNAH LAWRENCE, daughter of Elisha Lawrence, 5, was born in 1695/6. She inarried, June 23, 1721, Richard Saltar, of Monmouth County, N. J., who was born about 1699. He was a very prominent and highly-valued man in his day. He died, in 1762, leaving his wife and the following children surviving.
Issue
108 Richard Saltar 109 Joseph Saltar IIO John Saltar III Lawrence Saltar
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112 Elisha Saltar
113 Elizabeth Saltar
114 Sarah Saltar
115 Lucy Saltar
116 Catharine Saltar; died in infancy.
117 Susan Saltar and others
30 ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, daughter of Elisha Lawrence, 5, married John Saltar, of Freehold, N. J., born Oct. 22, 1694; died Aug. 29, 1723. His wife died, in 1741, leaving issue under age, in 1723.
1728. Will of Elizabeth Saltar; proved Aug. 20, 1741, mentioned:
Children, as mentioned below.
Loving brothers, Elisha Lawrence
John Lawrence Friends, John Emley Richard Salter, Jr.
Issue
118 Lucy Saltar
119 Sarah Saltar
120 Lydia Saltar
121 Elizabeth Saltar
31 SARAH LAWRENCE, daughter of Elisha Lawrence, 5, married John Imley, prior to 1722-the date of her father's will. Holgate, erroneously, spells his name Ember.
Sarah Lawrence, the wife of John Imlay, is supposed to have died about 1722, for, John Imlay, her reputed husband, it is said, married next, a daughter of James Johnston, and had Johnston Imlay, born 1722, who married Isabella Montgomery. These dates crowd each other very closely, and could justly raise a suspicion as to the accuracy of these statements.
32 REBECCA LAWRENCE, daughter of Elisha Lawrence, 5, married Mr. Walton, it is said, of New York, who probably moved to New Jersey. Salter says the name is Watson - perhaps a misprint? She was unmarried, in 1722, the date of her father's will.
33 JOSEPH LAWRENCE, son of Elisha Lawrence, 5, received a bond, as per his father's will, for £200, due from Capt. Richard Salter, and another bond due from John Salter. He was not yet twenty-one, at the date of his father's will, in 1722.
It may have been he, who, in 1758, had three hundred and sixty acres, assessed, in Upper Freehold.
34 ELISHA LAWRENCE, ESQUIRE, son of Elisha Lawrence, 5, was born Aug. 5, 1701. He died, Mch. 7, 1791, at Freehold, N. J. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. John Brown, born, in Leicestershire, Oct. 1, 1709, and died Apr. 1, 1772.
In 1732, he was of Crosswicks.
In 1770, he was of Frechold.
1731, Apr. I. He was assessed, in Upper Frechold, for three hundred and sixty acres of land.
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1758. He was assessed for three hundred and sixty-five acres, plus a chaise. 1744, Dec. IS. He was a Justice of the Peace, for Monmouth County.
1770, July 9. As heir-at-law of his father, Elisha Lawrence, he sold land, at Squan Beach, to David Curtis, Jr., of Shrewsbury, which land was left "by my grand-father, William, to his son, Elisha" Lawrence, 5.
To Mr. Afher Holmes
in
Freehold
Monday Morning March 23rd, 1770.
Sr:
Just now your Letter Dated the 19th Inst. was given me whercin you Mention your having let the Store House & Yard. I have no objection to the Agreement Provided the Man is Sufficient, but know of no Remedy if his is not Sufficient, as it is impossible to judge at this time, What a Man's Circumstances May be in the Course of ; years, therefore Must agree to fign the Lease, or if this Comes to you before you leave New York you may do it for me, which will ansr. the Same end-I'm not Pleas'd with Teylers Letter, and think it, a scheme in him to cheat the Estate by his not fending his Acct at This time, but puts it of that he may make it out to our Mind, as you know there is nobody to Contradict it if he Justifies his Acct-An opportunity now offers to Carry this to Freehold and the Mefsenger Waiting-I am Sr.
To MR. AfHER HOLMES
Yr Humble Servt ELISHA LAWRENCE, JR. Cherry Ilall Papers. New York, Fobyr 18, A.D. 1760.
Most Worshipfull Sr.
I take the liberty to communicate a Dream which occur'd To my Sleeping Fancy. A Few nights since, Occasion'd I believe upon my hearing of your being appointed to the most noble office. of one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the County of Monmouth &c. I went to bed full of the thoughts that you'd be an ornament to your office & soon after fell asleep & Dreamed as follows. Me thought I saw you acting in your office with the greatest circumspection, & impartial Justice, for which reason you was removed to a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for sd County in which office you shone with unparallelled Lustor from thence you was removed to a third Judge of the Supreme Courts for the Province, & in such regular advances till you became our Commander in Chief in the name of Governor Mott, In all which preferments you dignified the stations. After which you was ordered home to answer to some Calumny's ailedged to your charge by evil minded Persons (Sons of Belial, at England you cleared up your character so much to your advantage that His Majesty made you Prime Minister in the Room of de Jack Bute, where you so far surpass'd all your pre- decessors so far as (to) have the Stamp Act repealed, and the Duties upon Trade taken off, for all which you gained so much popular envy, by the States Party that I saw a party of them attack you in the street by night and horibly beat out your brains in which horror & surprise sleep left me-I cou'd say much more on the subject, but fear I shall trespass upon your Patience-I am fr yr very Humbl Servi.
ELISHA LAWERANCI, JR. Cherry Hall Papers.
Mr. Montgomery
The Prefent Scituation of My Affairs, Puts It Out of My Power to Settle the Actions in your Hands againft Me, and hope you'll wait with Patience until My Return Which I Expect Won't Exceed three Weeks at farthest, and Shall Return With a Power Sufficient to Show My head, and be able to Do My Own Bufinefs - how Dreadful Is My Scituation Drove from My house, Seperated from My family & for Protection Obliged to fly on Board a Man of War I shall Tell you what you May Depend Upon That England has Sent to This Place 45000 Men and to Other Places Men to the . . . . . of 25000 and the Prefent Disafection of the Inhabitants to the Enemy will Make their Number Treble-Dont fear any Lofs from Me, I am Determined to Do Every Man Justice, and have Effects Sufficient to Satisfy Every Man, and £50c-o-o to Spare. I hope you'll consider My Prefent Condition-You Need not fear any Action Against you, as you may Depend on the Courts of Juitice being Stop't.
I am yr Humb Servant ELISHA LAWRENCE, JUNK.
Sandy Hook
June 30: 1776. A copy
Cherry Hali Papers.
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LAWRENCE OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
Issue
122 Elizabeth Lawrence, born in 1728, says Holgate; in 1731, says Wickes; baptized, Sept. 22, 1734, at Allentown. Christ Church Record.
123 Elisha Lawrence, born 1746; baptized Jan. 1, 1746-7.
124 Lucy Lawrence, born 1740: baptized, at Christ Church, Dec. 14, 1749, aged 4 months; married Nathaniel Lewis.
125 Ann Lawrence, born 1751; married, license, May 29, 1782, Reynold Keen. 126 John Brown Lawrence
35 JOHN LAWRENCE, son of Elisha Lawrence, 5, was born Jan. 28, 170S-9; died, June 19, 1795, aged 87 years, 4 months and 27 [?] days. He married, Nov. 2, 1758, Mary, daughter of Willian Hartshorne, born Apr. 27, 1714; dicd, Feb. 19, 1782, aged 69 years, 9 months and IS days.
He was a Justice of the Quorum, of Monmouth County.
1731, Apr. 1. He was assessed for three hundred and sixty acres, in Upper Freehold.
1758. He was assessed for a like acreage, plus a chaise.
1731 to 1758. He was an Assessor, of Upper Frechold.
1743. He was the noted surveyor, who ran the line of division between East and West Jersey, in that year, known as the "Lawrence Line."
Gentlemen:
Yesterday I forgot to acquaint you that In Runing the Province Line (when in Pensylvania) I was Stopt by 3 Indians the Kings son who claimed the Lands where I then was and askt me £5 for Liberty to Go Through the Lands. I Beat them Down to £4. The King stopt me above half a day and Drank every Drop of Spirit l hed with me the Night before & ye Day I was so hindered.
£4:0:0
To Cash pd the Indians To hinderence of my hands 12 day & Drinking my Rum 2:0:0 6:0:0 P JOHN LAWRENCE
April 14, 1749. Errors Excepted
To the Ilon1 the Councill of proprietors.
Advanced in life at the Revolutionary cra, he was not in arms, but the Whigs put him in jail at Burlington, and kept him prisoner nine months for granting British protections. Efforts were made to induce him to abandon home, in order to confiscate his estate, but he remained. Sabine. 1775, May 4. At a Town Meeting, held at Upper Freehold, John Lawrence, Esq., in the chair, a set of strong patriotic resolutions was passed.
In Congress, July 5, 1776.
Ordered, That the President do take the parole of honour of Mr. John Lawrence of Monmouth County. not to depart the house of Mr. Rensellier Williams; and, if Mr. Lawrence should refuse to give same, that the President order him to be confined under such guard as he may deem necessary.
Monday, July 8.
Ordered, the President take the parole of Mr. Lawrence, not to depart the Township of Trenton, unless with leave of Congress.
July 9, 1776.
John Lawrence, Esq., was permitted to return home on his parole.
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New Jersey
Burlington SS
The State of New Jersey to Asher Holmes, Esqr.
"It is hereby commanded you that you take John Lawrence, Esqr. of Upper Freehold and him safel. keep so that you may have his body before the Governor and Council of Safety" etc "on the Eleventh day o: April Instant to answer unto such things as shall be objected against him on behalf of the said State" cie. Ap. 5, 1777.
By order of the Council of Safety WIL: LIVINGSTON. Presd.
Issue
127 Dr. John Lawrence, born 1747.
128 Helena Lawrence
129 Lucy Lawrence
130 Elizabeth Lawrence
131 Mary Lawrence
132 Sarah Lawrence
133 Elisha Lawrence, born 1740.
38 GIBBONS LAWRENCE, son of John Lawrence, 6
1721. He was indicted with Elizabeth Crandall, for fornication. Freehold Court Records.
46 JOSEPH LAWRENCE, son of Joseph Lawrence, 7.
In 1759, there was a delinquent taxpayer, in Shrewsbury, N. J., by that name. The amount was £o-7-112.
1771, Apr. 17. Joseph Lawrence, Jr., of Monmouth, who was apprchended and sent to Philadelphia, was ordered before the Board and examined, and being one of the People called Quakers, took Affirmation to the Effect of the Oaths to the State, and was thereupon dismissed. Minutes of the Council of Safety.
The above may equally apply to 27, 33 or 46.
45 WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Joseph Lawrence, 7. It was probably he who married, 8 mo., 15, 1719. Esther, daughter of John and Rebecca (Terry) Tilton, at the house of her brother "Peter Tilton, of Middleburgh;" boin 2 mo., 17, 1689.
And it may also have been he who asked for a certificate to marry, 6 mo., 5, 1745, of the Shrewsbury Men's Monthly Meeting. But of this item, it must be said, that it will fit otbers ci the name just as well.
1757, June 25. Administration upon the estate of William Lawrence, late of Shrewsbury, was granted to Thomas Tilton, Jr., with Joseph Potter on the bond, both being yeomen of Shrewsbury. Mary, the widow of William Lawrence, renounced her right to administer; made her mark to the legal paper. Bond £50; Joseph Lawrence a witness. This reference may apply to William Lawrence, 45.
47 JAMES LAWRENCE, son of Joseph Lawrence, 7, married Mary .
1776. He had died prior to this date, as appears in a mortgage of lands, by Joseph Law- rence, of Shrewsbury, to the Loan Commissioners, for CS6, which had been conveyed to him hy deed from his brother, Samuel Lawrence, son and heir-at-law of James Lawrence, deceased.
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LAWRENCE OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
Issue
134 Samuel Lawrence, of Shrewsbury; marriage license, dated Nov. 13, 1756. to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Faith (Lawrence) Tilton, of Shrewsbury, born 2 Ino., 16, 1728. John Curtis, Jr., was a bondsman.
135 Joseph Lawrence: married. by license Feb. 22, 1766, Deborth, daughter of Thomas and Faith (Lawrence) Tilton, born 10 mo., 21, J740. She married, second, Dec. 9, 1767. Joseph Hahurst. of Middletown, Pa. 136 Hannah Lawrence, born about 1748.
137 Sarah Lawrence
138 Catharine Lawrence, of Shrewsbury; married, by license dated May 9, 1761, Garret Longstreet, of Shrewsbury. Tunis Amack was bondsman and Samue! Lawrence was a witness.
75 MARY LAWRENCE, daughter of James Lawrence, 15, was born Apr. 6, 1750; married Joseph, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Ashton) Taylor, of Upper Freehold. He later removed to Ohio. He married a second time and had issue.
Issue of Mary Lawrence 139 Elizabeth Taylor, born Dec. 18, 1777. 140 James Taylor, born 177 -; moved to Missouri.
77 JAMES LAWRENCE, son of James Lawrence, 15, was born Jan 22, 1754: died, Sept. 27, 1829, aged 75 years, 11 months and 5 days, which is at variance with his tombstone below. He married, license dated Feb. 27, 1785, Mary Rodgers, and was of Upper Freehold.
Tombstones at Yellow Meeting House, Cream Ridge, N. J .:
James Lawrence died, Dec. 27, 1829, in his 77th year.
Mary R. Lawrence, his widow, died, Aug. 11, 1837, aged 73 years, 8 months and 7 days.
1829, Apr. 10. Will of James Lawrence, of Upper Freehold; proved Jan. 27, 1830, men- tioned:
Wife, Mary
Daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Cox.
Grandchildren, George W. Cox
James L. Cox
In the possession of, Nathaniel Rue, Esq., of Cream Ridge, N. J., are ver, interesting por- traits of James Lawrence and his wife, Mary Rodgers. In advanced years she grew too large to mount the stairs.
Issue
141 Elizabeth Lawrence; married Lewis Cox, of Cream Ridge, N. J. Issue
Ann Cox; married Nathaniel S. Rue, Jr .*
*Nathaniel S. Rue, Sr., married Elizabeth Toan and had Issue Nathaniel S. Rue, Jr. Thebe Ann Rue, boin Apr. 4, 1810; died July 27, 1891; married. June 3, 1841, at her brother's residence, 357 Ilujsou St., New York City, as his second wife. Judge James Shinn Lawrence. Robert C. Rue; living; married, first. Mary Ann Meirs; second, Mrs. Hannah (Sitterthwaite) Meirs; Bving. David Rue, dercased, married Jennie Hart. Matilda Ruc: married. as first wife, to Geo. W. Shinn and had Martha Shin and Jantes Lawrence Shinn.
Lydia Rue, single.
Miss Rue; warned Augustus Secore.
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George W. Cox James L. Cox Tombstones at Yellow Meeting House, Cream Ridge, N. J .:
Lewis Cox died, Apr. 6. 1835, aged 51 years, 11 months and ; days.
Elizabeth Cox, his widow, and daughter of James and Mary Lawrence, born Dec. 29, 1785; died June 1861.
78 JOHN RICHIE LAWRENCE, son of James Lawrence, 15, was born Sept. 24, 1759. He married Margaret, daughter of James and Hannah Shinn.
18II, Aug. 29. Will of John R. Lawrence, of Upper Freehold; proved Apr. 19, 1812, mentioned :
Wife, Margaret
Daughter, Margaret
Son, James, under age, to whom he willed a tankard.
Will on record at Freehold, N. J.
Issue
142 James S. Lawrence, born Aug. 24, 1797.
143 Richie Lawrence, born Sept. 5, ISOI.
144 Margaret Richie Lawrence, born Apr. 3, 1803; died Mch. 1, 1865; married, Nov. 25, 1825, William, son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Rogers) Tilton, born Oct. 23, ISO1; died Apl. 25, 1881.
S2 RICHARD LAWRENCE, son of William Lawrence, 17, was born in 1720. He mar- ried, first. by license dated Sept. 16, 1747, Elizabeth Steele; second, Alice Bunting.
1761. It may be he, who represented Monmouth County, in the Twentieth Assembly. 1772. It may be he, who represented Monmouth County, in the Twenty-third Assembly, and who was again returned to The General Assembly from Monmouth County in 1775.
1798, 27, S mo. Will of Richard Lawrence; proved Apr. 13, 1815, mentioned: Wife, Alice Only son, Richard, who received land at Amboy, "rec'd by me from my father"; also received land in Rhode Island.
Daughter, Sarah
Daughter, Mary
Daughter, L .: beth
Sons-in-law, William Hartshorne, John Barrow and Joseph Bird.
Issite by second wife
345 Sarah Lawrence, born Sep. 26, 1763; married, Dec. 14, 1797, William, son of Robert and Sarah Hartshorne, born 9 mo., 17, 1748; and had
Issue
Mary Hartshorne, born Apl. 8, 1799.
146 Richard Lawrence, born Apl. 3, 1765; mentioned in his father's will, Aug. 27; 1798.
147 Mary Lawrence, born Jan. 16, 1767; married, Dec. 9, 1790, John, son of John and Abigail Barrow, of Lancaster, England.
148 Elizabeth Lawrence, born Nov. 11, 1769; married, Nov. 17, 1791, Joseph, son of Thomas and Hannah Byrd, of Great Britain.
149 Margaret Lawrence, born Mch. 29, 1772; died June ;, 1791. 150 Phebe Ann Lawrence, born May 1, 3775; died .lag. 25, 1739.
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93 WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Richard Lawrence, 20, married, May 5, 1748, Mar- garet, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Powell) Tilton.
It was, probably, he who was assessed for an unmentioned number of acres, in Upper Free- hold, in 1758.
Issue
151 Daniel Lawrence, born Aug. 20, 1752. He was killed in Revolutionary War.
152 John Lawrence, born Apr. Jo, 1754; married, May 1, 3783, Mary Herean. He was a Tory and went to Canada.
153 Alice Lawrence, born Dec. 12, 1756.
154 Richard Lawrence, born Aug. 20, 1759. He was a Tory; took up land in Toronto, Canada.
155 Elizabeth Lawrence, born Oct. 1, 1761.
156 Elisha Lawrence, born Apr. 13, 1764; settled in Philadelphia, Pa.
157 Jacob Lawrence, born Mich. 8, 1767.
158 William Lawrence. He was a Tory and went to Canada.
From Record in Old Bible, received from Mary Bruere Wyckoff.
122 ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, daughter of Elisha Lawrence, 34, was born in 172S. as per Holgate: 1731, as per Wickes. She died Feb. 22, 1791. Married. Dec. 14, 1749, as per Christ Church Record, Dr. James, son of Robert and Ellen Newell, of Upper Frechold, who was born in 1725. and died Feb. 20, 1791.
Dr. Newell was an eminent practitioner in AAllentown and its vicinity; President of the Newx Jersey State Medical Society, in 1772, and an Army Surgeon during the Revolutionary War. He died Feb. 21, 1791, and his wife the day following, from a like infectious disease, and both were buried in the same grave. They had fifteen children, two of whom were:
[New Jersey Archives, Vol. XX, page 153.]
159 Dr. Elisha Newell, born 1755. He practiced in Shrewsbury. and later, in Allen- town, where he died Jan. 29, 1799. He was President of the New Jersey Med- ical Society in 1795, and like his father, a competent and eminent medical man.
160 Mary Newell; married Dr. John Forman Grandin, son of Philip Grandin, of Hun- terdon County, who was a student in her father's office. Wickes.
Mary Reading Scofield is their descendant.
123 GENERAL ELISHA LAWRENCE, son of Elisha Lawrence, 34, was born in 1746; died, July 23, 1799, at "Chestnut Grove, " Freehold, N. J., aged 53 years.
"A stranger to all ambition, but that of being useful. He was twice Vice-President of New Jersey, for several years presiding Judge of the Pleas, and after a series of faithful and gallant services in the Revolutionary War, he was appointed by his Country, Brigadier-General of the Monmouth Militia."
[A verse follows.] "By indulgence of the General's family, his companions in arms, erected this tribute of affection the 1st day of January, 1800."
Tombstone at Yellow Meeting House Yard, Cream Ridge, N. J.
He married Rebecca Redman, of Philadelphia, Pa. 1775, May 4. He was Town Cleik of Upper Frechold. 1775, Oct. 25. He was ist. Major of the Second Regiment of Monmouth County 1777, Say 23. He was Liebt .- Colonel of the same regiment.
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Issue
161 Mary Redman Lawrence. born 1783; died, unmarried, Oct. 5, 1802.
162 Eliza Lawrence, born 1781; died. unmarried, Aug. 21, 1868.
163 Lucy Lawrence; married Dr. Forshay, of Richmond, Va.
164 Rebecca Lawrence; died unmarried.
165 Sarah Lawrence; married Capt. Wallaby, of New York.
166 Joseph Redman Lawrence; married Miss Harriet Pierce, of Boston, Mass.
Issue Charles Pierce Lawrence
126 JOHN BROWN LAWRENCE, son of Elisha Lawrence, 34, was born about 1728. and Sabine concludes that he died, in Upper Canada, about the year 1796.
Holgate says that soon after the Revolutionary War, he was elected Treasurer, of the State of New Jersey, which I think improbable, and that subsequently he removed to Canada, where he died. He was a Member of Governor Franklin's Council, in 1775; called an attorney at law, in his marriage license of 1753; King's attorney in 1761, and probably was a Judge in Monmouth County.
While born in Monmouth County, he resided, in 1753, at Burlington, N. J., and, in this year, married, by licence dated July 18, 1753, Ann, daughter of Samuel Leonard, of Perth Amboy, the son of Samuel and Sarah (Brooks) Leonard.
Sabine says: "His inclination was to take no part in the Revolution: but, suspected by the Whigs from the first, because of his official relations to the Crown, he was finally arrested, and imprisoned in the Burlington jail for a long time. Accused of treasonable intercourse with the enemy, he was tried and acquitted."
In April, 1777, John Lawrence, of Burlington, was accused of high treason, and Joseph Lawrence, Esq., among others, appeared before the Council of Safety, and gave evidence against him; while Mr. Peter Imlay gave evidence against John Lawrence, Senr., of Mon- mouth.
Sabine further says, in substance: through his incarceration with Licut-Colonel John Simcoe, a fellow prisoner, and the future Governor of Canada, whose friendship he acquired. he obtained a large grant of land in Canada, which, following his death, was forfeited to the Crown from nonfulfillment of obligations. Mary, the daughter of his son, Capt. James Law- rence, after many years, obtained its restoration. When her case reached King William the Fourth, and his Council, the monarch graciously restored it to her saying, "she is the daughter of a brave sailor, let her take it."
He married, second, Martha TaUman, by license dated Nov. 14, 1759.
Martha, wife of John Lawrence, and her two daughters, "infants," Sarah and Catharine, were baptized, at Burlington, Apr. 20, 1764.
Issue by first wife 167 Elizabeth Lawrence; married, June 30, 1774, Michael Kearny, born Nov. II, 1750; died Feb. 24, 1791. Issue by second wife
168 Sarah Lawrence; baptized as above; married James Coclet, of New York.
169 Catharine Lawrence; baptized as above; married Jackson Browne French, of St. Vincent.
170 Anne Lawrence; married John Parker, of Perth Amboy. She died in 1832, as per Boggs.
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171 William Franklin Lawrence; died unmarried.
172 John Lawrence, born Sept. 27, 1768; baptized, Aug. 7, 1769, at Burlington, "son & 5th child," as per St. Mary's Record: married Mary, daughter of Rev. Henry and Lucy (Lawrence) Waddell; died without issue.
173 Lucy Lawrence; baptized, Nov. 24, 1771, at Burlington, as per St. Mary's Record; died unmarried.
174 Mary Lawrence; married Robert Boggs, of New Brunswick.
Issue
Commodore Lawrence Boggs, born June 24, 1812; died 1893; married Cor- nelia Bell Patterson.
Issue John Lawrence Boggs, born Nov. 16, 1865.
175 Capt. James Lawrence, born Oct. 1, 1781; baptized Nov. 14, 1781. St. Mary's Record. 176 Martha Lawrence, born Feb. 24, 1773; baptized Apr. 21, 1773. St. Mary's Record. 177 Elisha Tallman Lawrence, born Feb. 13, 1775; baptized May 21, 1775.
127 DR. JOHN LAWRENCE, son of John Lawrence, 35, was born in 1747. and died, at Trenton, N. J., Apr. 20. 1830, while away from home and while playing a game of chess. His remains are interred in the Yellow: Meeting House graveyard, Upper Freehold. Dr. Lawrence never married.
Dr. John Lawrence graduated from Princeton College, in 1764, and from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1768, which conferred on him a medical degree. He started practice in Mon- mouth County and the contiguous parts of Middlesex County, in 1769, and achieved popularity and success through being much of a gentleman and possessing excellent judgment.
Upon the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, in 1775, he withdrew to Amboy, where he practiced among the people of that place and the adjacent village of Woodbridge. He was so pronounced a Royalist that he was arrested at Amboy and sent to Elizabethtown.
1776, July 9. He was paroled not to leave Trenton.
1776, July 13. He had leave on his parole to remove to Morristown, but not to depart more than six miles from there without leave of Congress.
The more cultured society of the government officials at Perth Amboy was congenial to him, and his services were so much appreciated that a committee addressed Congress, asking for his return:
"The petition from sundry ladie's at Perth Amboy, was read the second time, and ordered that a copy of the following letter, addressed to Mrs. Franklin, one of the subscribers, be signed by the President, and sent: 'Madam: I am ordered by Congress to acquaint you, and through you the other ladies of Amboy, that their petition, in favour of Dr. John Lawrence, has been received and considered.
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