Esther ShedAge: 64 years1724–1789

Name
Esther Shed
Given names
Esther
Surname
Shed
Birth August 23, 1724
Groton, Middlesex, MA

MarriageJonathan Lawrence — View this family
1740 (Age 15 years)
Massachusetts

Birth of a daughter
#1		Mary Lawrence
January 2, 1744 (Age 19 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death of a daughterMary Lawrence
1745 (Age 20 years)
Tyngsboro MA

Birth of a daughter
#2		Esther Lawrence
December 15, 1746 (Age 22 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death of a daughterEsther Lawrence
1747 (Age 22 years)
Rindge NH

Birth of a daughter
#3		Prudence Lawrence
November 30, 1748 (Age 24 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death of a daughterPrudence Lawrence
1749 (Age 24 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4		Sarah Lawrence
May 30, 1751 (Age 26 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death of a daughterSarah Lawrence
1752 (Age 27 years)

Birth of a son
#5		Jonathan Lawrence
November 13, 1753 (Age 29 years)
Groton, MA

Birth of a son
#6		Thomas Lawrence
January 15, 1756 (Age 31 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a daughter
#7		Anna Lawrence
January 18, 1757 (Age 32 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death of a sonThomas Lawrence
1757 (Age 32 years)

Death of a daughterAnna Lawrence
1758 (Age 33 years)

Birth of a son
#8		Levi Lawrence
August 14, 1759 (Age 34 years)
Thetford, VT

Birth of a daughter
#9		Abigail Lawrence
June 13, 1761 (Age 36 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death of a daughterAbigail Lawrence
December 3, 1761 (Age 37 years)

Birth of a son
#10		William Lawrence
December 4, 1762 (Age 38 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Marriage of a childJohn Gilson — Prudence Lawrence — View this family
January 10, 1764 (Age 39 years)

Birth of a son
#11		Salmon Lawrence
1765 (Age 40 years)
Groton, MA

Birth of a son
#12		Asa Lawrence
March 13, 1765 (Age 40 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a son
#13		Joel Lawrence
1767 (Age 42 years)
Groton, MA

Marriage of a childJohn Page — Esther Lawrence — View this family
October 29, 1767 (Age 43 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Marriage of a childSamuel Tuttle — Mary Lawrence — View this family
May 20, 1772 (Age 47 years)

Marriage of a childAbel Bancroft — Sarah Lawrence — View this family
July 14, 1774 (Age 49 years)

Death of a sonJonathan Lawrence
October 1, 1775 (Age 51 years)
Groton, MA

Marriage of a childLevi Lawrence — Elizabeth Holden — View this family
June 12, 1781 (Age 56 years)
Thetford, Orange, VT

Marriage of a childJoel Lawrence — Ruth Collier — View this family
1781 (Age 56 years)

Marriage of a childSalmon Lawrence — Mary Larkin — View this family
1784 (Age 59 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Marriage of a childWilliam Lawrence — Sarah F Farwell — View this family
about 1786 (Age 61 years)

Death of a sonAsa Lawrence
between 7 and February 11, 1826
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Death February 2, 1789 (Age 64 years)
Groton, MA

Burial
Groton, Middlesex, MA - Old Burial Ground
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father
Jonathan Shed
Death:
mother
Sarah Barron
Death:
Marriage: —
herself
Esther Shed
Birth: August 23, 1724 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: February 2, 1789 — Groton, MA
Family with Jonathan Lawrence - View this family
husband
Jonathan Lawrence
Birth: September 2, 1725 33 41 — Groton, MA
Death: April 12, 1806 — Groton, MA
herself
Esther Shed
Birth: August 23, 1724 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: February 2, 1789 — Groton, MA
Marriage: 1740 — Massachusetts
14 years
son
Jonathan Lawrence
Birth: November 13, 1753 28 29 — Groton, MA
Death: October 1, 1775 — Groton, MA
6 years
son
Levi Lawrence
Birth: August 14, 1759 33 34 — Thetford, VT
Death: July 24, 1831 — Thetford, Orange, VT
8 years
son
Joel Lawrence
Birth: 1767 41 42 — Groton, MA
Death: May 26, 1827 — Groton, MA
-23 years
daughter
Mary Lawrence
Birth: January 2, 1744 18 19 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1745 — Tyngsboro MA
22 years
son
Salmon Lawrence
Birth: 1765 39 40 — Groton, MA
Death: September 23, 1829 — Groton, MA
-18 years
daughter
Esther Lawrence
Birth: December 15, 1746 21 22 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1747 — Rindge NH
2 years
daughter
Prudence Lawrence
Birth: November 30, 1748 23 24 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1749
3 years
daughter
Sarah Lawrence
Birth: May 30, 1751 25 26 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1752
5 years
son
Thomas Lawrence
Birth: January 15, 1756 30 31 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1757
1 year
daughter
Anna Lawrence
Birth: January 18, 1757 31 32 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1758
4 years
daughter
Abigail Lawrence
Birth: June 13, 1761 35 36 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: December 3, 1761
18 months
son
William Lawrence
Birth: December 4, 1762 37 38 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: October 24, 1830 — Washington NH
2 years
son
Asa Lawrence
Birth: March 13, 1765 39 40 — Groton, Middlesex, MA
Death: between 7 and February 11, 1826 — Groton, Middlesex, MA

  1. Generation 1

    1. Esther Shed, daughter of Jonathan Shed and Sarah Barron, was born on August 23, 1724 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died on February 2, 1789 in Groton, MA at the age of 64. She married Jonathan Lawrence, son of Thomas Lawrence and Prudence Prudence, in 1740 in Massachusetts. He was born on September 2, 1725 in Groton, MA and died on April 12, 1806 in Groton, MA at the age of 80.

      Children of Esther Shed and Jonathan Lawrence:

      1. Jonathan Lawrence (1753–1775)
      2. Levi Lawrence (1759–1831)
      3. Joel Lawrence (1767–1827)
      4. Mary Lawrence (1744–1745)
      5. Salmon Lawrence (1765–1829)
      6. Esther Lawrence (1746–1747)
      7. Prudence Lawrence (1748–1749)
      8. Sarah Lawrence (1751–1752)
      9. Thomas Lawrence (1756–1757)
      10. Anna Lawrence (1757–1758)
      11. Abigail Lawrence (1761–1761)
      12. William Lawrence (1762–1830)
      13. Asa Lawrence (1765–7)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Levi Lawrence, son of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born on August 14, 1759 in Thetford, VT and died on July 24, 1831 in Thetford, Orange, VT at the age of 71. He married 2 times. The first time he married Elizabeth Holden, daughter of Nehemiah Holden and Elizabeth Stevens, on June 12, 1781 in Thetford, Orange, VT. She was born in 1758 in Charlestown, MA? and died on March 13, 1813 in Thetford, Orange, VT at the age of 55. The second time he married Sarah Tripp on February 20, 1814 in Thetford, Orange, VT.

      Children of Levi Lawrence and Elizabeth Holden:

      1. Levi Lawrence (1784–1813)
      2. Jonathon Lawrence (1782–1803)
      3. Elisabeth Lawrence (1788–1789)
      4. Nehemiah Lawrence (1791–1792)
      5. Thomas Lawrence (1793–1794)
      6. David Lawrence (1795–1796)
      7. Oliver Lawrence (1797–1798)
      8. Esther Lawrence (1800–1801)

    2. Joel Lawrence, son of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born in 1767 in Groton, MA and died on May 26, 1827 in Groton, MA at the age of 60. He married 3 times. The first time he married Ruth Collier in 1781. She was born in 1765 and died on November 19, 1800 in Groton, MA at the age of 35. The second time he married Betsy Stedman in January 1803. She was born about 1765 and died on November 26, 1817. The third time he married RuthIsabella Willard… in 1819. She was born in Of Langdon NH.

      Children of Joel Lawrence and Ruth Collier:

      1. Thomas Lawrence (1792–1814)
      2. Susan Lawrence (1794–)
      3. Lucy Lawrence (1796–)
      4. Curtis Lawrence (1799–1865)
      5. Eliza Lawrence (1801–)

      Children of Joel Lawrence and RuthIsabella Willard…:

      1. William Lawrence (1820–)

    3. Mary Lawrence, daughter of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born on January 2, 1744 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died in 1745 in Tyngsboro MA at the age of 11 months. She married Samuel Tuttle on May 20, 1772. He was born about 1709 and died on December 11, 1780 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA.

    4. Salmon Lawrence, son of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born in 1765 in Groton, MA and died on September 23, 1829 in Groton, MA at the age of 64. He married Mary Larkin in 1784 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. She was born on September 26, 1769 and died on December 22, 1797 in Groton, MA at the age of 28.

      Children of Salmon Lawrence and Mary Larkin:

      1. Zadoc Lawrence (1791–1872)
      2. Phebe Lawrence (1793–)

    5. Esther Lawrence, daughter of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born on December 15, 1746 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died in 1747 in Rindge NH at the age of 17 days. She married John Page on October 29, 1767 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.

    6. Prudence Lawrence, daughter of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born on November 30, 1748 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died in 1749 at the age of 32 days. She married John Gilson, son of John Gilson, on January 10, 1764.

    7. Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born on May 30, 1751 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died in 1752 at the age of 7 months. She married Abel Bancroft, son of Benjamin Bancroft and Alice Tarbell, on July 14, 1774. He was born on May 28, 1752 in Groton, MA and died on October 30, 1786 in Groton, MA at the age of 34.

    8. William Lawrence, son of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born on December 4, 1762 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died on October 24, 1830 in Washington NH at the age of 67. He married Sarah F Farwell, daughter of Thomas Farwell, about 1786. She was born about 1768 and died on August 8, 1850 in Nashua, Hillsborough, NH.

      Children of William Lawrence and Sarah F Farwell:

      1. Sarah Lawrence (1787–1824)
      2. Edmund Lawrence (1793–1854)
      3. Mary Lawrence (1795–1876)
      4. William F Lawrence (1803–1856)

    9. Asa Lawrence, son of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, was born on March 13, 1765 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died between 7 and February 11, 1826 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. He married Lydia Farnsworth, daughter of Oliver Farnsworth and Sarah Tarbell, on November 13, 1791. She was born before January 15, 1764.

      Children of Asa Lawrence and Lydia Farnsworth:

      1. Francis Lawrence (1792–1843)
      2. Harriet Lawrence (1798–)
      3. Asa Farnsworth Lawrence (1799–1865)
  3. Generation 3back to top

    1. Levi Lawrence, son of Levi Lawrence and Elizabeth Holden, was born on June 15, 1784 in West Fairlee Or Thetford VT and died in 1813 in St Louis MO at the age of 28. He married 2 times. The first time he married Polly Fuller, daughter of Asa Fuller, on December 14, 1806 in St. Louis, MO. She was born on July 5, 1784 and died in 1813 at the age of 28. The second time he married Mary Fuller in 1806. She died in 1865.

      Children of Levi Lawrence and Polly Fuller:

      1. Mary Anne Lawrence (1809–1847)

      Children of Levi Lawrence and Mary Fuller:

      1. Mary Anne Lawrence (1809–1847)

    2. Elisabeth Lawrence, daughter of Levi Lawrence and Elizabeth Holden, was born on July 15, 1788 in West Fairlee VT and died in 1789 at the age of 5 months. She married Cephas Sturdevant. He was born about 1775.

    3. Curtis Lawrence, son of Joel Lawrence and Ruth Collier, was born on April 26, 1799 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died after 1865. He married 3 times. The first time he married Lucy Merriam, daughter of Samuel Merriam and Lucy -----, on May 6, 1822 in Mason, Hillsborough, NH (By Rev Ebenezer Hall). She was born on April 24, 1800 and died on November 18, 1846 at the age of 46. The second time he married Mary Ann B Davis on July 12, 1847 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. She died on December 18, 1855. The third time he married Harriet Burrill on October 30, 1856. She was born in 1811 in Haverhill, Grafton, NH and died after 1865.

      Children of Curtis Lawrence and Lucy Merriam:

      1. Edward Addison Lawrence (1823–)
      2. Lucy Maria Lawrence (1825–)
      3. Mary Wheeler Lawrence (1827–)
      4. Susan Frances Lawrence (1828–)

    4. Eliza Lawrence, daughter of Joel Lawrence and Ruth Collier, was born on September 28, 1801. She married Nathaniel Boynton on March 10, 1822.

    5. Zadoc Lawrence, son of Salmon Lawrence and Mary Larkin, was born on May 5, 1791 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died on May 8, 1872 at the age of 81. He married Lucinda Blood on June 6, 1816 in Groton, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Zadoc Lawrence and Lucinda Blood:

      1. William B Lawrence (1819–)
      2. Elizabeth Ames Lawrence (1821–)
      3. Kimball Danforth Lawrence (1823–)

    6. Sarah Lawrence, daughter of William Lawrence and Sarah F Farwell, was born in 1787 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died in 1824 in Hillsborough NH at the age of 37. She married Sylvester Hubbard.

    7. Edmund Lawrence, son of William Lawrence and Sarah F Farwell, was born before July 21, 1793 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died in 1854 in West Dennis MA. He married Harriet M Brainard.

    8. Mary Lawrence, daughter of William Lawrence and Sarah F Farwell, was born in 1795 in Washington NH and died on November 17, 1876 in Hillsborough NH at the age of 81. She married Samuel Burbank on November 28, 1821 in Washngton NH (By Broughton White, Clerk). He was born in Washington NH.

    9. William F Lawrence, son of William Lawrence and Sarah F Farwell, was born between 1803 and 1806 in Washington NH and died in 1856 in Nashua, Hillsborough, NH. He married Mary L Churchill. She was born about 1808 in VT.

      Children of William F Lawrence and Mary L Churchill:

      1. Mary Lawrence (1838–)

    10. Francis Lawrence, , son of Asa Lawrence and Lydia Farnsworth, was born on July 5, 1792 in Pepperell, Middlesex, MA and died on January 5, 1843 at the age of 50. He married Hannah P Woods, daughter of Samson Woods, on February 4, 1823 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. She was born on October 31, 1797 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died on July 28, 1865 in Pepperell, Middlesex, MA at the age of 67.

      Children of Francis Lawrence and Hannah P Woods:

      1. Caroline Lawrence (1825–1826)
      2. Harriet F Lawrence (1823–1834)
      3. Francis H Lawrence (1825–1838)
      4. William F Lawrence (1826–)
      5. Caroline Maria Lawrence (1828–)
      6. Mary Frances Lawrence (1833–)
      7. George Henry Lawrence (1838–)

    11. Harriet Lawrence, daughter of Asa Lawrence and Lydia Farnsworth, was born on January 26, 1798. She married James Stone.

    12. Asa Farnsworth Lawrence, , son of Asa Lawrence and Lydia Farnsworth, was born on February 7, 1799 and died after 1865. He married Sarah Jane Bancroft, daughter of Amos Bancroft and Sarah Bass, on June 24, 1837 in Groton, Middlesex, MA (Intentions). She was born in 1808 in Westford, Middlesex, MA and died after 1865.

      Children of Asa Farnsworth Lawrence and Sarah Jane Bancroft:

      1. Mary Helen Lawrence (1839–)
      2. Eliabeth Bigelow Lawrence (1841–)
      3. Sarah Frances Lawrence (1844–)
      4. Francis Gordon Lawrence (1846–)
      5. William Savage Lawrence (1848–1848)
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