Joseph LawrenceAge: 20 years1644–1664
- Name
- Joseph Lawrence
- Given names
- Joseph
- Surname
- Lawrence
| Birth | 1644 21 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Joan Antrobus 1659 (Age 15 years) |
| Marriage of parents | William Lawrence — Elizabeth Smith — View this family about 1663 (Age 19 years) |
| Marriage | Mary Townley — View this family 1664 (on the date of death) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Townley 1664 (on the date of death) |
| Death | 1664 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Richard Lawrence 1691 (27 years after death) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Thomas Lawrence 1693 (29 years after death) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Elizabeth Lawrence 1694 (30 years after death) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Jonathan Lawrence 1695 (31 years after death) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Sarah Lawrence 1696 (32 years after death) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Hannah Lawrence 1700 (36 years after death) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Abigail Lawrence 1701 (37 years after death) |
| Birth of a son #8 | John Lawrence 1703 (39 years after death) |
| Will | December 8, 1754 (90 years after death) Note: His wife not mentioned by name.
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| Probate | April 18, 1759 (95 years after death) |
| Burial |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Lawrence Birth: 1623 35 30 — St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England Death: 1680 — Neck, Flushing, Long Island, New York. |
| mother |
Elizabeth Smith Birth: 1648 35 13 — Southhampton, Suffolk Co., NY Death: 1712 |
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Marriage: about 1663 — Smithtown, Li, NY |
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-18 years himself |
Joseph Lawrence Birth: 1644 21 — Flushing NY Death: 1664 — Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ |
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22 years younger sister |
Mary Lawrence Birth: about 1665 42 17 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
Elisha Lawrence Birth: 1666 43 18 — Flushing NY Death: |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Lawrence Birth: 1668 45 20 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: October 26, 1687 — Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ |
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5 years younger brother |
Richard Lawrence Birth: about 1672 49 24 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: |
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1 year younger brother |
Samuel Lawrence Birth: 1672 49 24 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: August 9, 1687 — Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ |
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4 years younger sister |
Sarah Lawrence Birth: 1675 52 27 — Flushing, Queens Co., NJ Death: |
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2 years younger brother |
James Lawrence Birth: 1676 53 28 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: |
| brother |
William Lawrence Birth: Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: 1719 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY |
| Father’s family with Elizabeth Gildersleeve |
| father |
William Lawrence Birth: 1623 35 30 — St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England Death: 1680 — Neck, Flushing, Long Island, New York. |
| step-mother |
Elizabeth Gildersleeve Birth: 1624 23 23 — Suffolk Death: 1664 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY |
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Marriage: 1639 — Newtown, Queens Co., NY |
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| brother |
William Lawrence Birth: Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: 1719 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY |
| half-brother |
John Lawrence Birth: Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: |
| half-sister |
Elizabeth Lawrence Birth: 1628 5 4 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: 1677 |
| Father’s family with an unknown individual |
| father |
William Lawrence Birth: 1623 35 30 — St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England Death: 1680 — Neck, Flushing, Long Island, New York. |
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Marriage: — |
| Mother’s family with Philip Carteret |
| step-father |
Philip Carteret Birth: about 1638 Death: about 1683 |
| mother |
Elizabeth Smith Birth: 1648 35 13 — Southhampton, Suffolk Co., NY Death: 1712 |
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Marriage: April 1681 — |
| Family with Mary Townley |
| himself |
Joseph Lawrence Birth: 1644 21 — Flushing NY Death: 1664 — Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ |
| wife |
Mary Townley Birth: 1643 42 — England Death: 1664 — Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ |
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Marriage: 1664 — Flushing NY |
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40 years son |
John Lawrence Birth: 1703 59 60 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: November 10, 1781 — Providence, Providence Co., RI |
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-1 years daughter |
Abigail Lawrence Birth: 1701 57 58 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: 1789 |
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-7 years son |
Thomas Lawrence Birth: 1693 49 50 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: before December 8, 1754 |
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2 years daughter |
Elizabeth Lawrence Birth: 1694 50 51 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: |
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7 years daughter |
Hannah Lawrence Birth: 1700 56 57 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: before January 1785 |
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-3 years daughter |
Sarah Lawrence Birth: 1696 52 53 — Flushing, Queens Co., NY Death: 1784 |
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-4 years son |
Richard Lawrence Birth: 1691 47 48 — Flushing NY Death: 1781 |
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5 years son |
Jonathan Lawrence Birth: 1695 51 52 — England Death: about 1745 |
- Generation 1
Joseph Lawrence, son of William Lawrence and Elizabeth Smith, was born in 1644 in Flushing NY and died in 1664 in Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ at the age of 20. He married Mary Townley, daughter of Richard Townley, in 1664 in Flushing NY. She was born in 1643 in England and died in 1664 in Elizabethtown, Essex, NJ at the age of 21.
Children of Joseph Lawrence and Mary Townley:
- John Lawrence (1703–1781)
- Abigail Lawrence (1701–1789)
- Thomas Lawrence (1693–1754)
- Elizabeth Lawrence (1694–)
- Hannah Lawrence (1700–1785)
- Sarah Lawrence (1696–1784)
- Richard Lawrence (1691–1781)
- Jonathan Lawrence (1695–1745)
- Generation 2back to top
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:
- Thomas Lawrence (1682–1733)
- Joseph Lawrence (1729–)
- David Lawrence (1738–1809)
- Thomas Lawrence (1730–)
- Thomas Lawrence (1732–)
- William Lawrence (1734–)
- Caleb Lawrence (1735–)
- Mary Lawrence (1737–)
- Gideon Lawrence (1741–)
- Walter Lawrence (1743–)
- Elizabeth Lawrence (1745–)
- Hearty Lawrence (1747–)
Abigail Lawrence, daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Mary Townley, was born in 1701 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died in 1789 at the age of 88. She married Alexander Forbs about 1740. He was born in 1720 and died in 1796 at the age of 76.
Children of Abigail Lawrence and Alexander Forbs:
- Alexander Forbes (1743–1799)
Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Mary Townley, was born in 1694 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. She married John Bowne, son of John Bowne and Hannah Bickerstaff, on July 21, 1714 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. He was born on September 9, 1686 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY.
Children of Elizabeth Lawrence and John Bowne:
- John Bowne (1716–)
- Joseph Bowne (1717–)
- Hannah Bowne (1719–)
- Sarah Bowne (1721–)
- Ann Bowne (1722–1786)
- Thomas Bowne (1728–)
- … Bowne (1730–)
- … Bowne (1732–)
- … Bowne (1734–)
- Hannah Bowne (1736–)
- Elizabeth Bowne (1743–)
Hannah Lawrence, daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Mary Townley, was born in 1700 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died before January 1785. She married 2 times. The first time she married ----- Mollyudee. The second time she married Moses Mullenex on August 9, 1746 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. He was born on September 8, 1693.
Richard Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence and Mary Townley, was born in 1691 in Flushing NY and died in 1781 at the age of 90. He married Hannah Bowne, daughter of Samuel Bowne and Mary Becket, on February 6, 1717 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. She was born on March 31, 1696 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on September 1, 1748 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY at the age of 52.
Children of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne:
- Mary Lawrence (1718–)
- Elizabeth Lawrence (1719–1776)
- Caleb Lawrence (1724–1799)
- Joseph Lawrence (1721–)
- Hannah Lawrence (1726–1806)
- Lydia Lawrence (1728–)
- John Lawrence (1731–1731)
- Effingham Lawrence (1734–1805)
- Norris Lawrence (1737–1769)
- Joseph Lawrence (1741–1813)
Jonathan Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence and Mary Townley, was born in 1695 in England and died about 1745.
Children of Jonathan Lawrence:
- Edward Lawrence (1743–1765)
- Generation 3back to top
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.
Children of Thomas Lawrence and Elizabeth Fairbanks:
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:
Children of Joseph Lawrence and Susanna Turner:
- Effingham Lawrence
- Cynthia Lawrence
- Susanna Lawrence (1779–)
- Walter Lawrence (1781–)
- Thomas Lawrence (1792–)
- Stephen Lawrence (1793–1815)
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:
- Thomas Lawrence (1765–1852)
- Caleb Lawrence (1766–1768)
- Mary Lawrence (1768–1794)
- Nancy Lawrence (1769–1850)
- Anne Lawrence (1769–)
- Charles Lawrence (1771–1846)
- Caleb Lawrence (1773–)
- Samuel Adams Lawrence (1775–1851)
- Sarah Lawrence (1775–1854)
- Elizabeth Lawrence (–1811)
- Lydia Lawrence
- William Lawrence (–1833)
- Dexter Lawrence (–1844)
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:
- Elisha Calendar (1763–)
- John Calendar (1766–)
- Polly Calendar (1769–1770)
- Polly Calendar (1771–1841)
- Thomas Calendar (1773–)
- Sarah Calendar (1776–)
- Amy Calendar (1778–)
Ann Bowne, daughter of John Bowne and Elizabeth Lawrence, was born on June 13, 1722 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on August 16, 1786 at the age of 64. She married John Underhill about 1742. He was born on August 2, 1718.
Children of Ann Bowne and John Underhill:
- Benjamin Underhill (1743–)
Mary Lawrence, daughter of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born on April 3, 1718 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. She married Ebenezor Burling on March 21, 1737. He was born on August 2, 1717 and died in September 1758 at the age of 41.
Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born in 1719 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died before 1776 in New York City, NY. She married John Embrie, son of John Embree and Sarah Doughty, on February 3, 1740 in New York City, NY. He was born about 1720 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY.
Children of Elizabeth Lawrence and John Embrie:
- Effingham Embree (1759–1817)
- Lawrence Embree
- George Embree
- Elizabeth Embree
- Hannah Embree (–1798)
Caleb Lawrence, merchant, son of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born on February 10, 1724 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on November 19, 1799 in New York City, NY at the age of 75. He married Sarah Burling, daughter of James Burling and Elizabeth Gail, on June 7, 1754 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. She was born in 1729 and died on February 23, 1809 at the age of 80.
Children of Caleb Lawrence and Sarah Burling:
- Richard Lawrence (–1799)
- Elizabeth Lawrence
- Sarah Lawrence
- Charlotte Lawrence
- Hannah Lawrence
- Mary Lawrence (1762–)
- Mary Lawrence (1765–1835)
- Phebe Lawrence (1771–)
- Hester Lawrence (1775–)
Hannah Lawrence, daughter of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born on April 2, 1726 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on May 25, 1806 at the age of 80. She married Abraham Willett. He was born on December 3, 1717 and died on March 15, 1799 at the age of 81.
Lydia Lawrence, daughter of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born on July 29, 1728 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. She married 2 times. The first time she married Stephanas Hiunt in Flushing NY (Friends M M). He was born in Westchester NY. The second time she married Stephanus Hunt, son of David Hunt and Mary Cromwell, on August 8, 1745 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. He died in 1789 in Westchester, Westchester Co., NY.
Children of Lydia Lawrence and Stephanus Hunt:
- Joseph Hunt (1746–)
- Hannah Hunt (1749–)
- Josiah Hunt (1751–1829)
- Gulielmo Hunt (1753–)
- George Hunt (1755–)
- Stephanus Hunt (1758–)
- Lydia Hunt (1760–)
- Richard Hunt (1762–)
- Lott Hunt (1764–)
- Effingham Hunt (1768–)
John Lawrence, son of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born in 1731 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on February 9, 1731 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY at the age of . He married Ann Burling, daughter of John Burling and Ann Dobson, on August 13, 1755. She was born in 1735 and died in 1821 at the age of 86.
Children of John Lawrence and Ann Burling:
- Jane Lawrence (1768–)
- Catharine Lawrence (1766–)
- Edward Lawrence (1756–1831)
- Hannah Lawrence (1758–1840)
- Effingham Lawrence (1760–1800)
- Mary Lawrence (1763–1831)
- Anna Lawrence (1772–1846)
- Phebe Lawrence (1771–)
- John B Lawrence (1774–)
- John Burling Lawrence (1774–1844)
- Phebe Lawrence (1778–)
- Cornelia Lawrence (1778–)
Effingham Lawrence, son of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born in 1734 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died about 1805 in London. He married 2 times. The first time he married Catharine Farmer. The second time he married Katharine Farmar, daughter of Thomas Billopp and Sarah Leonard, in 1760 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY. She was born in 1750 and died in 1806 at the age of 56.
Children of Effingham Lawrence and Katharine Farmar:
Norris Lawrence, son of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born in 1737 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on October 7, 1769 at the age of 32. He married 2 times. The first time he married ----- Lawrence. The second time he married Ann Pell, daughter of Caleb Pell, on January 6, 1765 in Westchester, Westchester Co., NY. She was born on December 23, 1743.
Children of Norris Lawrence and Ann Pell:
- Mary Lawrence (1765–)
- Hannah Lawrence (1767–)
- Norris Lawrence (1769–)
Joseph Lawrence, sea Captain, son of Richard Lawrence and Hannah Bowne, was born on August 23, 1741 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on November 5, 1813 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY at the age of 72. He married Phebe Townsend, daughter of Henry Townsend and Elizabeth Titus, on March 17, 1764 in New York City, NY. She was born on November 14, 1740 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY and died on September 17, 1816 in Flushing, Queens Co., NY at the age of 75.
Children of Joseph Lawrence and Phebe Townsend:
- Henry Lawrence
- Richard Lawrence
- Elizabeth Lawrence (1765–)
- Phebe Lawrence (1770–1839)
- Lydia Lawrence (1773–)
- Abigail Lawrence (1777–)
- Effingham Lawrence (1779–1850)
| Will | His wife not mentioned by name. |
| Shared note | In connection with the above document it is stated, that , Joseph Lawrence (who married Mary Townley, 1690) had as children Elizabeth (married John Bowne, 1714), and Abigail, who married Major Alexander Forbes of the British Army. The descendants of another of the Lawrence families have been given the following history: The family of Lawrence is traced plausibly to a Robert Lawrence, who settled in Lancashire, and ,vas knighted in 1191 for valorous deeds at the siege of Acre, yet more positively to a sir Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall, whose marriage to Anna Trofford in 1298 is a matter of public record; and the records of Ashton Hall for a period of four hundred years bring us to a son of the house named John, who married Mary Townley, of Townley Hall. The descendants; of this pair are the heirs officially called for so frequently by the English authorities. Ashton Hall is situated six miles west of Manchester; is entitled to one member of Parliament, and is remarkable, among other features, for a large church of the time of Henry the Fifth; and the Lawrence family is thus prominent in English history. But the enormous possessions of the Lawrence-Townley family are derived from the wife. Mary Townley was the oldest daughter of Sir Richard Townley and Mary Widdrington, of Widdrington, Northumberland County, of notoriety from his connection with the hero of Chevy Chase, of whom was sung : " My heart is woe for Widdrington, As one in doleful dumps ; For when his legs were smitten off, He fought upon his stumps." The Widdrington Estate included many mining properties in Durham County near to New-Castle-upon-Tyne. These, of very great value, were conveyed by will to his daughters, and by marriage. settlement secured to her separate right and were accordingly willed to her two daughters, Mary and Dorothy. The former married, against her father's consent, John Lawrence, who was a Protestant, and socially inferior, doubtless, as he elected to follow the seas. The couple eloped and were married in the English Kirk at the Hague in Holland. As Mary Townley . Lawrence was about to become a mother, she made application to be received at Townley Hall but Sir Richard refused to receive her, and she returned to the ship Highflyer which had brought her from Holland, and of which her husband was the second officer; and on board this ship were born twin sons. The ship put into the port upon the Solway which was nearest to Corby Castle, where her sister Dorothy, who had married Lord Effingham, resided ; and there, at the church of the parish Witherel, to which Corby Castle belonged, the twins were baptized by the names of John and Jonathan. The former together with a sister Mary, subsequently born at the Hague, emigrated with their parents to America in the autumn of 1714, and the family were virtually lost to their English relatives, being in constructive disgrace from the powerful effect of the anger of Sir Richard Townley, of Townley Hall, whose high social position and great wealth added force to his displeasure throughout the circle of his kindred. These emigrants, John and Mary Lawrence, with their son and daughter, were with difficulty followed in their wanderings after their arrival in America, for the reason, chiefly, that the father and son followed the seas and the females would have only such temporary abodes on shore as might suit the coasting expeditions of father and son. The son, however, eventually found a home at the mature age of 43,in a town not far from Boston, and his marriage is recorded to have taken place November13, 1738. He became conspicuous as an officer commissioned by Governor Shirley, in the French and Indian war, and was rewarded, with others, by his Majesty King George Third, by a grant of five hundred acres of land in Nova Scotia. Upon this grant he settled and there died in 1769. The family history has been traced from him with sufficient authenticity, it is supposed, to justify the institution of legal proceedings, and these have quite recently been commenced. In 1743,or five years after the marriage of Jonathan Lawrence, there culminated several large estates into one- the one now called the Lawrence Townley Estate. |