John LawrenceAge: 78 years17031781

Name
John Lawrence
Given names
John
Surname
Lawrence
MarriageMary WoodburyView this family
1671 (Age )
Birth of a son
#1
Thomas Lawrence
1682 (Age )
Birth 1703 59 60
Death of a paternal grandmotherElizabeth Smith
1712 (Age 9 years)

Marriage of a childThomas LawrenceElizabeth FairbanksView this family
May 6, 1728 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joseph Lawrence
1729 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Thomas Lawrence
September 20, 1730 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Thomas Lawrence
April 17, 1732 (Age 29 years)
Death of a sonThomas Lawrence
1733 (Age 30 years)

Birth of a son
#5
William Lawrence
February 5, 1734 (Age 31 years)
Shared note: He married and had one son.
Birth of a son
#6
Caleb Lawrence
May 15, 1735 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Mary Lawrence
April 10, 1737 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#8
David Lawrence
February 18, 1738 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Gideon Lawrence
December 6, 1741 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#10
Walter Lawrence
September 6, 1743 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#11
Elizabeth Lawrence
January 10, 1745 (Age 42 years)
Death of a brotherJonathan Lawrence
about 1745 (Age 42 years)

Birth of a daughter
#12
Hearty Lawrence
November 16, 1747 (Age 44 years)
Marriage of a childJoseph LawrenceAmy WhippleView this family
1752 (Age 49 years)
Death of a brotherThomas Lawrence
before December 8, 1754 (Age 51 years)

Shared note: He is not mentioned in his father's will.
Marriage of a childElias CalendarMary LawrenceView this family
about 1760 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childDavid LawrenceSybil SterryView this family
June 4, 1763 (Age 60 years)
MarriageElizabeth LittleView this family
about 1770 (Age 67 years)
Shared note: She was the widow of a British officer.
Marriage of a childJoseph LawrenceSusanna TurnerView this family
about 1778 (Age 75 years)
Shared note: widow of ? Eaton
Death of a brotherRichard Lawrence
1781 (Age 78 years)

Occupation
Ship owner
yes

Death November 10, 1781 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1664Flushing NY
40 years
himself
-1 years
elder sister
-7 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
7 years
elder sister
-3 years
elder sister
-4 years
elder brother
5 years
elder brother
Family with Mary Woodbury - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: 1671Elizabethtown, Union Co., NJ
12 years
son
48 years
son
9 years
son
-7 years
son
19 months
son
22 months
son
15 months
son
23 months
daughter
5 years
son
21 months
son
16 months
daughter
3 years
daughter
Family with Elizabeth Little - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1770Providence, Providence Co., RI

  1. Generation 1
    1. John Lawrence, ship owner, son of Joseph Lawrence and Mary Townley, was born in 1703 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on November 10, 1781 in Providence, Providence Co., RI at the age of 78. He married 2 times. The first time he married Mary Woodbury, daughter of Hugh Woodbury and Mary Dixey, in 1671 in Elizabethtown, Union Co., NJ. She was born in 1650 and died in 1682 at the age of 32. The second time he married Elizabeth Little about 1770 in Providence, Providence Co., RI.

      Children of John Lawrence and Mary Woodbury:

      1. Thomas Lawrence (16821733)
      2. Joseph Lawrence (1729)
      3. David Lawrence (17381809)
      4. Thomas Lawrence (1730)
      5. Thomas Lawrence (1732)
      6. William Lawrence (1734)
      7. Caleb Lawrence (1735)
      8. Mary Lawrence (1737)
      9. Gideon Lawrence (1741)
      10. Walter Lawrence (1743)
      11. Elizabeth Lawrence (1745)
      12. Hearty Lawrence (1747)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Thomas Lawrence, son of William Lawrence and Anna Cooke, was born in 1682 in England and died in 1733 at the age of 51. He married Elizabeth Fairbanks, daughter of Jeremiah Fairbanks and Mary Penfield, on May 6, 1728 in Newport, RI. She was born on April 16, 1707 in Bristol, RI and died in 1734 at the age of 26.

    2. Joseph Lawrence, son of John Lawrence and Mary Woodbury, was born in 1729 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died in Providence, Providence Co., RI. He married 2 times. The first time he married Amy Whipple in 1752 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. She was born in 1732 and died in 1760 in Providence, Providence Co., RI at the age of 28. The second time he married Susanna Turner, daughter of John Turner, about 1778 in Providence, Providence Co., RI.

      Children of Joseph Lawrence and Amy Whipple:

      1. John Lawrence
      2. Gideon Lawrence
      3. Amy Lawrence
      4. Thomas Lawrence
      5. Sarah Lawrence (1753)

      Children of Joseph Lawrence and Susanna Turner:

      1. Effingham Lawrence
      2. Cynthia Lawrence
      3. Susanna Lawrence (1779)
      4. Walter Lawrence (1781)
      5. Thomas Lawrence (1792)
      6. Stephen Lawrence (17931815)
    3. David Lawrence, son of John Lawrence and Mary Woodbury, was born on February 18, 1738 in Newport, Newport, RI and died on October 18, 1809 in Hudson, Columbia, NY at the age of 71. He married Sybil Sterry, daughter of Robert Sterry and Lydia Olney, on June 4, 1763 in Providence, Providence, RI. She was born about 1744 in Providence, Providence, RI and died after 1775.

      Children of David Lawrence and Sybil Sterry:

      1. Thomas Lawrence (17651852)
      2. Caleb Lawrence (17661768)
      3. Mary Lawrence (17681794)
      4. Nancy Lawrence (17691850)
      5. Anne Lawrence (1769)
      6. Charles Lawrence (17711846)
      7. Caleb Lawrence (1773)
      8. Samuel Adams Lawrence (17751851)
      9. Sarah Lawrence (17751854)
      10. Elizabeth Lawrence (1811)
      11. Lydia Lawrence
      12. William Lawrence (1833)
      13. Dexter Lawrence (1844)
    4. Mary Lawrence, daughter of John Lawrence and Mary Woodbury, was born on April 10, 1737 in Newport, Newport Co., RI. She married Elias Calendar, son of John Calendar, about 1760 in Newport, Newport Co., RI.

      Children of Mary Lawrence and Elias Calendar:

      1. Elisha Calendar (1763)
      2. John Calendar (1766)
      3. Polly Calendar (17691770)
      4. Polly Calendar (17711841)
      5. Thomas Calendar (1773)
      6. Sarah Calendar (1776)
      7. Amy Calendar (1778)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. William Lawrence, son of Thomas Lawrence and Elizabeth Fairbanks, was born in 1742 in Norton, Bristol County, MA and died on July 2, 1822 in Sackville, NB, Canada at the age of 80. He married Huldy Seamans, daughter of Gilbert Seamans and Mary Bowen, on August 27, 1766 in Sackville, NB, Canada. She was born on August 30, 1745 in Warren, Bristol County, RI and died on January 4, 1803 in Sackville, NB, Canada at the age of 57.

      Children of William Lawrence and Huldy Seamans:

      1. George Lawrence (17731829)
      2. Nathan Lawrence (17751795)
      3. James Lawrence (17631769)
      4. Sarah Lawrence (17631768)
      5. Elizabeth Lawrence (17631768)
      6. Huldah Lawrence (17631768)
      7. David Lawrence (17771777)
      8. Rebecca Lawrence (17631768)
      9. Huldy Lawrence (17791782)
      10. William Lawrence (17711857)
    2. John Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence and Amy Whipple, was born in Providence, Providence Co., RI. He married 2 times. The first time he married Margaret Spencer, daughter of Daniel Spencer and Anna Eaton,. She was born in 1768. The second time he married Cynthia Weaton. She was born in 1765 and died before 1788 in Providence, Providence Co., RI.

      Children of John Lawrence and Margaret Spencer:

      1. Henry Lawrence (1814)
      2. William Lawrence (17891815)
      3. Eliza Lawrence (17911795)
      4. Anna Lawrence (17931794)
      5. Joseph Lawrence (1795)
      6. Mary Lawrence (17971798)
      7. Daniel Lawrence (1799)
      8. Amy Lawrence (1802)
      9. Anna Maria Lawrence (18051837)
    3. Gideon Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence and Amy Whipple, was born in Providence, Providence Co., RI. He married Anna Walton.

    4. Amy Lawrence, daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Amy Whipple, was born in Providence, Providence Co., RI. She married Alexander Shaw.

    5. Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Amy Whipple, was born on July 13, 1753 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. She married Joshua Bliven.

      Children of Sarah Lawrence and Joshua Bliven:

      1. Isaac Bliven
    6. Susanna Lawrence, daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Susanna Turner, was born on October 18, 1779 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. She married 2 times. The first time she married George Allen in Providence, Providence Co., RI. He died in 1800. The second time she married Joseph B. Pettis in Providence, Providence Co., RI.

      Children of Susanna Lawrence and George Allen:

      1. Susan Allen
      2. George W. Allen

      Children of Susanna Lawrence and Joseph B. Pettis:

      1. Frances Pettis
      2. George W. Pettis
    7. Walter Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence and Susanna Turner, was born in 1781 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. He married Jane Stuart, daughter of Archibald Stuart, about 1802 in Providence, Providence Co., RI.

      Children of Walter Lawrence and Jane Stuart:

      1. John S. Lawrence (1858)
      2. William Henry Lawrence (18031803)
      3. Lawrence (18051805)
      4. Archibald Stuart Lawrence (18061831)
      5. Caroline M. Lawrence (18081809)
      6. Charles S. Lawrence (1810)
      7. Adeline M. Lawrence (1813)
    8. Thomas Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence and Susanna Turner, was born on May 21, 1792 in Providence, Providence Co., RI. He married 2 times. The first time he married Susan Mason, daughter of Willaby Mason, in Walpole, Norfolk Co., MA. The second time he married Tamason Pettis in Brooklyn, Windham Co., CT. She was born in 1796 in Brooklyn, Windham Co., CT and died about 1817 in In Childbirth With Baby..

      Children of Thomas Lawrence and Susan Mason:

      1. James Lawrence (1822)
    9. Thomas Lawrence, son of David Lawrence and Sybil Sterry, was born on June 11, 1765 in Providence, Providence, RI and died on January 22, 1852 in Geneva, Ontario, NY at the age of 86. He married Ann Andrews, daughter of John Andrews, in 1793 in Hudson, Columbia, NY. She was born in 1773 in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY.

      Children of Thomas Lawrence and Ann Andrews:

      1. Charlotte Lawrence (17951796)
      2. Anna Maria Lawrence (17961797)
      3. Augustus Sterry Lawrence (17971856)
      4. Angelina Lawrence (17991800)
      5. John Thomas Lawrence (18021809)
      6. Thomas Lawrence (18041844)
      7. Jane Maria Lawrence (1806)
      8. Robert David Lawrence (1808)
      9. Cornelia Ann Lawrence (1810)
      10. John Lawrence (1813)
      11. Mary Lawrence (18151844)
    10. Mary Lawrence, daughter of David Lawrence and Sybil Sterry, was born on May 22, 1768 in Providence, Providence, RI and died on April 19, 1794 in New York City, NY at the age of 25. She married 2 times. The first time she married Colin Grier. The second time she married James Grier on June 14, 1794 in New York.

      Children of Mary Lawrence and James Grier:

      1. James Grier (1795)
      2. David Lawrence Grier (1797)
      3. Martha Grier (1799)
    11. Nancy Lawrence, daughter of David Lawrence and Sybil Sterry, was born in December 1769 in Providence, Providence, RI and died in February 1850 in New York, New York, NY at the age of 80. She married Amiel Jenkins, son of Seth Jenkins,. He was born in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY.

      Children of Nancy Lawrence and Amiel Jenkins:

      1. Mary Ann Jenkins
      2. Cornelia Jenkins
    12. Samuel Adams Lawrence, merchant, son of David Lawrence and Sybil Sterry, was born on January 19, 1775 in Providence, Providence, RI and died on August 5, 1851 in New York City, New York, NY at the age of 76. He married Catharine Remsen, daughter of John Remson, on November 26, 1803 in New York City, New York, NY. She was born in 1785 and died on May 24, 1867 in New York City, NY at the age of 82.

      Children of Samuel Adams Lawrence and Catharine Remsen:

      1. Samuel Sterry Lawrence (1804)
      2. Catherine Remson Lawrence (1805)
      3. John Remson Lawrence (18071807)
      4. Ferdinand Lawrence (1808)
      5. Julia Lawrence (1809)
      6. Henry Lawrence (1810)
      7. John Remson Lawrence (18111834)
      8. Horace Lawrence (18141851)
      9. Charles David Lawrence (18171852)
      10. Maria Varick Lawrence (18191858)
      11. Eugene Lawrence (1823)
    13. Sarah Lawrence, daughter of David Lawrence and Sybil Sterry, was born on September 30, 1775 in Providence, Providence, RI and died on August 2, 1854 in New York City, New York, NY at the age of 78. She married Barent Gardinier. He was born in Providence, Providence Co., RI.

      Children of Sarah Lawrence and Barent Gardinier:

      1. Lawrence Gardinier
      2. Ann Eliza Gardinier
      3. Laura Gardinier
      4. John Randolph Gardinier (1851)
Marriage

She was the widow of a British officer.