Valentine Harden TISDALE, .1

Male 1815 - 1902  (86 years)


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  1. 1.  Valentine Harden TISDALE, .1 was born on 17 Apr 1815 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario (son of Joseph Theophilia TISDALE, .Sr. and Margaret LAWRENCE, DUE, .iii); died on 23 Feb 1902 in Hamilton, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario.

    Notes:

    X-Reference: Please see the letter written to Val Harden from cousin Capt. John Lawrence, born 1 Jul 1815 Toronto, concerning the Lawrence family's events on Yonge Street during 1837 Rebellion.

    . 1871 Census Hamilton, St. Lawrence Ward D, Ontario
    V H Tisdale, b 1819 Ont, Ch of E.
    . 1881 Census Hamilton, Ward 5E, Age 57 /b. 1824 Ont. Presby, Gentlemen Apt 7 off east end.
    . 1891 Census, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario
    Valentine M(?) Tisdale, age 65/ b. 1826 Ontario, single, Ch. of England.
    . 1901 Apr 24 Census, City of Hamilton, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co.
    Valentine H Tisdale, Single b 17 Apr 1815, age 85, born Ont., Inmate.

    . Ontario Death Registration # 27772
    Valentine H Tisdale, b 1816, English, d. Hamilton, Ontario.

    Surely, V.H. Tisdale's was named for him, further research required:

    . 1809 Sep 8, Charlottesville, London District
    The bearer Mr. Valentine Harden, a farmer in New Brunswick, has been induced from the encouragement given to his neighbors, Ness. Thomson & Jarvis, to visit this Country with a view of settling in it.
    May I therefore beg leave through you to state to His Excellency Lt. Governor Gore, that I know Mr. Harden from his infancy till I removed from NB to this Country, that he always bore the character of a loyal, industrious & peaceable subject.
    His father was employed in carrying dispatches & on several hazardous expeditions during the Revolutionary War, he removed with his family to NB at the peace, whence the bearer has resided ever since. His object is not to obtain an immediate grant of waste l&, but to het some assurance that he would meet with encouragement from the Governor & Council should he return to this Country as an actual settler. I have the honor to be Sir, your most obedient numb. servant, Jos. Ryerson, to Wm. Halton, York.
    An Upper Canada land petition was not found for Valentine Harden.

    A sad Evening Gazette Newspaper, Saint John, reveals a family relationship:
    . 1891 Sep 10 - Yesterday morn., Miss Ann Tisdale & her friend & companion, Miss S.C. Jarvis, 2 aged ladies, breakfasted together. Before the night they were both dead. During the morn., Miss Tisdale complained of being unwell & Dr. Inches was summoned. He pronounced the disease as a malignant of diphtheria & Rev. Canon Brigstocke was summoned. Miss Brigstocke & Miss Eva Drury accompanied him. Miss Jarvis developed symptoms of seerious illness & in a few hours both ladies died. Miss Tisdale was a daughter of late Walker Tisdale. Miss Jarvis was a daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Jarvis Tisdale.

    . 1894 May 19 - The late Walker TISDALE, Esq., whose portrait with that of the late Mrs. Tisdale, was presented to the Historical Society last eve., was not the first child born in the city of Loyalist parentage. He was not born in the city at all, but on board one of the vessels which brought the Loyalists from New York to this place. The master of the ship in which his parents were was a Capt. Walker, & in recognition of the care & attention which he bestowed upon the mother & child, the boy was named Walker Tisdale. - - -

    Birth:
    Alt DOB 1812?

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Valentine Harden TISDALE, .2 was born in c 1858 in Oxford Country, Ontario.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joseph Theophilia TISDALE, .Sr. was born on 23 Feb 1778 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (son of Ephriam TISDALE, Jr. and Ruth STRANGE); died on 19 Mar 1864 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Woodhouse.

    Notes:

    Joseph is the son of Ruth Strange, 26 Mar 1748, Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass. & died 1821 in Norfolk Co., Ontario
    & Ephraim Tisdale, b. 8 Feb 1744 - 1815, also from Freetown, Mass.
    (Their other children: Ephraim, John, Hannah, Eliz., Ruth, Lot (born in Gagetown, NB), Wm., Walker, Sam., Matthew, Joanna J Tisdale.

    . UCLPetition 6, T Batch 6, C2833. Petition of Joseph Tisdale, & William Tisdale, Twp. of Charlottesville. Joined his Majesty's Standard with his father in the alate American war, who fled from his Country into the British lines for his loyalty & went to New Brunswick at the conclusion both the war but choses this Country for our future residence. Therefore prays for a grant of vacant Crown Land.
    Signed, 1802 Jul 13, Joseph Tisdale, William Tisdale, Joseph Tisdale [ - all in the hand of Joseph Tisdale).
    . To Hon John Elmsley Chief Justice, the bearer, Ephriam Tisdale & his greeters are men with whom I have been acquainted a number of years. Their uniformity of conduct justly entitles them to the appellation of peaceable, sober & industrious people. Signed, Tos. Ryerson.
    . To all whom it may concern. This is to certify that Ephraim Tisdale, Lot Tisdale & Joseph Tisdale have the commencement of settlement for this province behaved themselves like honesty, sober, industrious citizens & have conducted themselves as good subjects at all times & places, & also that I have every reason to believe (by good information) that they behaved themselves in the same becoming manner during their residence in the Province of New Brunswick, from whence they removed to this province.
    Given under my hand at Woodhouse, County of Norfolk in the province of Upper Canada, 10 July 1802. Saml. Ryerson, J.P.
    . 1806 Jul 7, Receiver General's Office. William Tisdale has paid into ts office £6 19s 4p. for the papers for 200 Acres & £1 4s 9p for the Survey thereon. Peter Russell, Warrant issued 19 July.

    . 1806 & 1807, High Constable.

    Quarterly Session of Peace, at Charlotteville, London District.
    . 1813 Dec 4 - Jos. Tisdale, Sam. Tisdale, foreman
    . 1813 Dec 14 - Charlotteville Court House. Grand Inquest Called. Jury. 6. Joseph Tisdale. A Bench Warrant to issue for Jonathan Thompson of Westminster. John Hanning discharged by Proclamation
    Wardsworth Phillips, Ditto (discharged.)
    . 1814 Dec 13 - Grand Jury, Joseph & Saml Tisdale. Jos. Ryerson Esq. moves vote of thanks to Maj. Fitz for zeal & activity shown in adding the Engineer in carrying on the works at Turkey Point good conduct observed by the men under his Command.
    . 1815 Mar 15 - Passed shall be holden & assembled at the most convenient place in the immediate vicinity of Tisdale Mill, Charlottevile Twp., thereon to erected the Goal & Court House The Magistrates are hereby authored to make the choice of the place in the vicinity of Mills in Charlottesville.
    . 1815 May 6 - Ordered that the Clerk do notify the Magistrates of the District that they are requested to attend at next June Sessions for the purpose of choosing a spot for erecting a District Gaol & Court house in the vicinity of Tisdales Mills.
    . Apr 16 - Rex Vs Abner Owen, Indicted Assault & Battery. Joseph Tisdale sworn of Prosecution.

    War of 1812 Muster:
    . 1814 Jul 25 - Aug 24 Muster Roll of Capt. Daniel McCalls Company, 1 Reg Norfolk Militia. Joseph Tisdale.
    . 1814 Oct 24 - Nov 24. Joseph Tisdale Tisdale Days 31 pd. 15s. 6th Norfolk Militia, Capt. J Mitchell's Co. Also present Henry Tisdale.

    War of 1812: Board of Claims for Losses,
    . 1815 Jun 15, Charlotteville, Signed receipts for payments received.
    Joseph Tisdale, 4 Claims & 4 signatures by him: £24.0s; £5.10s; £5, & £12.15s;
    & beside him on the list:
    Matthew H Tisdale four signature: £2.2s; £8.10s; £12.15p. &. £8.10s.

    . 1814 Dec 13, Grand Jury Called. 3. Joseph Tisdale, 4. Saml. Tisdale, Gilman Wilson. (Court case not stated. - PJA)
    . 1818 Apr 16, Witnesses for the Prosecution sworn: Joseph Tisdale, Silas Secord, Christopher Oakes,
    Matthias Steel, Daniel McQueen, Wm D. Bowen Esquire. Jury retired Jacob Bowmwort Constable attending. Rex Vs. Abner Owen, Assault & battery, Indicted. Jury Bring in Verdict Guilty, Fined Five Shillings with Costs, fine paid Sheriff
    Ref: Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Quarter Session of Peace.

    . 1812 Joseph & brother Ephraim built "Cedar Hollow' in Spooky Hollow.
    . 1814. Lot 21, 4th Con. Vittoria, Norfolk Co.
    . 1816 Build old red mill. Tisdale Mill.

    Tisdale History:
    Joseph Tisdale married Margaret Lawrence, of New Brunswick. The children of this union were four sons
    . Joseph C', Valentine H, John E. & William P.;
    & 6 daughters,
    . Miranda L., Philena M., Margaret Jane, Frances Almira, Helen W. R. & Hannah Eliza.

    Hannah Tisdale, eldest sister of the Tisdale brothers, married Israel Perley in New Brunswick. She came to Long Point a widow, with her 3 children - Ephraim Tisdale, Charles Strange & Elizabeth Moore. These children were brought up by their uncle, Joseph Tisdale. Ephraim T. settled near Courtland, & Charles S settled in Burford. There were 8 Tisdale brothers, seven of whom came to Upper Canada. The eighth brother, Walker, remained in NB, where he amassed considerable wealth. The names of the pioneer heads of the seven Upper Canada branches are, Ephraim, Lot, John, William, Joseph, Samuel & Matthew.

    Joseph came the following year 1799 & built his pioneer cabin in the ravine locally known as " Spooky Hollow." In 1808, John, Matthew & Samuel came to the settlement, bringing the old people & their younger sister, Joanna, with them.

    . 1810 Joseph went to New Brunswick & married, returning with his bride & a stock of merchandise; & soon after the "Tisdale Partnership " was organized for the purpose of carrying on a general mercantile business. This pioneer syndicate included 4 of the Tisdale brothers - Samuel, Lot, Joseph & Matthew & Benjamin Mead. The written articles of agreement forming the fundamental law of this mercantile combine have been carefully preserved, & they show that the members bound themselves, under an indemnifying penalty of £40,000, to observe the rules & regulations embodied in the agreement for the space of 10 years. The amount of capital furnished by each was as follows:
    Samuel, £200; Lot & Joseph, £168 & 15 shillings in cash, & 25 barrels of flour, at £5 per barrel; Matthew, £37.10s; & Benjamin Mead, £42 in cash, 50 barrels of flour at £5 per barrel, & a draft on one, Stewart, of Niagara, for £2. The draft was not accepted, however & Mr. Mead's interest was reduced to the extent of its appraised value. It was agreed that each partner should share the profits & losses in proportion to the amount of capital furnished by him, & that no partner should pay any private debt of his own out of the partnership assets. Lot Tisdale, Joseph Tisdale, & Mr. Mead were constituted "agents" for managing the business. Just 2 weeks from the day they went into the woods to get out the timber for the construction of their store the building, was completed & the store in running order. This old store building is still standing & its massive frame is abundantly able to withstand the fury of the elements for centuries to come. It stands a few rods back from its original site, forming a wood house attachment to the Joseph Tisdale family residence just east of Vittoria.
    . 1812 Joseph Tisdale built the two-story frame house in the "hollow," which stood vacant & silent in the midst of its lonely surroundings for so many years after it was vacated by the family. When Mr. Tisdale built this house, with its massive chimney & its many fireplaces, it was christened' Cedar Hall,"& was looked upon by the settlers at that early time as a residence of magnificent proportions. Mr. Tisdale built a tannery at this place, & operated it several years. In 1814 he & his brothers purchased
    Lot 21 in the 3rd concession {Con 4?], from James Russell; &, in 1816, built the "old red mill." Joseph Tisdale was a shrewd business man & accumulated considerable wealth. In 1834 he was considered one of the largest landowners in Charlotteville. He was a firm Loyalist, & was promoted to a captaincy in the first Norfolk militia. He died in 1864, having reached the ripe old age of 86 years.
    Ref: Pioneer Sketches of Long Point Settlement. Recommended reading, with many interesting stories of pioneer life in UC - PJA.

    . 1815 Mar 14 - The said Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace & the District Courts in & for the said District, shall be holden & assembled at the most convenient place in the immediate vicinity of Tisdale's Mills, in the Township of Charlotteville, in the said District; & that the Magistrates shall make choice next ensuing Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to be holden & hey are hereby authorized to make choice of the place in the vicinity of the said Mills in Charlotteville, aforesaid, whereon to erect the Gaol & Court-House for the said District.

    . 1837 Mar 21 - Commission issued appointing Justices of the Peace & for the District of Talbot: Joseph Ryerson, Joseph Tisdale., Abraham A Repelje.

    . 1841 Oct 28, Magistrate Joseph Tisdale, Esq., General Quarter Sessions of the Peace. - - -

    Died:
    Aged 86y 25d.

    Buried:
    (Woodhouse United Church Cemetery).

    Joseph married Margaret LAWRENCE, DUE, .iii on 7 Jun 1810 in New Brunswick, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Lieut. John LAWRENCE, , UE, & JP and Mary REZEAU, UE) was born on 25 Sep 1786 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 15 Sep 1864 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in St. John's Woodhouse Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret LAWRENCE, DUE, .iii was born on 25 Sep 1786 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick (daughter of Lieut. John LAWRENCE, , UE, & JP and Mary REZEAU, UE); died on 15 Sep 1864 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in St. John's Woodhouse Cemetery.

    Notes:

    . York Co., New Brunswick Marriage Registers 178901889
    Index to marriage previous to the Act of 182 & Registered among the Minutes of ooks of the Court of General Sessions
    Tisdale, Joseph to Margt. Lawrence, Page 216.
    Ref: Family Search

    . Margaret Lawrence, daughter to John & Mary Lawrence was born on Sunday night about 11 o'clock, the 25 day of September 1786.
    Margaret Lawrence, Daughter of John & Mary Lawrence was married to Joseph Tisdale, the 7th day June, 1810 & left home to top to upper Canada with her husband the 22 Day of June 1810. - On 5 July 1825, at York, mother Mary Rezeau Lawrence swore she saw her husband, John Lawrence when he wrote down their children's names & birth dates.

    Note: The names of those children were equally carefully chosen. The following choices MAY have contributed to her name choice:
    Margaret Lawrence - Grandmother Margaret Lawrence & cousin;
    Great grandmother Margaret Poillon (nee Perrine) & Aunt Margaret Rezeau. - P J Ahlberg, 2010.

    . Margaret Lawrence daughter to John & Mary Lawrence was married to Joseph Tisdale, the 7th day June 1810 & left home to go to Upper Canada with her husband the 22 day June 1810.

    . Mother Mary Rezeau Lawrence. Margaret was born Saint John, NB, Canada, Left New Brunswick on 1810 June 10, & landed York, Upper Canada in 1810.

    Obituary:
    . 1864 Oct 8 - d. Vittoria, Canada, Thursday 15th ult.,
    Margaret relict of Joseph Tisdale, Esq., age 78.
    Ref: New Brunswick Courier, Saint John, Canada.

    Ontario Land Registry Abstracts Charlotteville Book 5,
    Lot 21, Con 4, Twp. of Charlotteville, Norfolk Co. [Now Delhi Twp.]
    Village Lots in Vittoria Plan 29B.

    . 1875 Mar 24, Reg. 1876 Mar 18, WILL of Miranda L. Francis E, (Sp), Margaret J, (sp. ) Tisdale, Hannah E , (wid), Margaret E (spc.) & Charlotte J Palmer (spr) & William P Tisdale. Palmer, Widow, to Alex Call, All Lot 21, less pt SW of Creek, 165 Acres. - - -

    Birth:
    B. Sunday night about 11 o'clock. DUE: Daughter of Empire Loyalist.

    Died:
    Aged 77y 11m 21d.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Left for Upper Canada 22 June 1810

    Children:
    1. John Ephraim TISDALE was born in 1811 in Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 11 Jun 1900 in Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    2. Joseph Cleadon TISDALE, Jr. was born on 25 Jul 1813 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 4 Dec 1885 in Paris, Brant Co., Ontario; was buried in St. James Anglican Church Cemetery.
    3. Benjamin Newcombe TISDALE was born in 1814 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 5 Oct 1891 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in Walsh United Church.
    4. Miranda L TISDALE was born in 1815 in Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 25 Feb 1875 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario.
    5. 1. Valentine Harden TISDALE, .1 was born on 17 Apr 1815 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 23 Feb 1902 in Hamilton, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario.
    6. Margaret Jane TISDALE was born on 22 Mar 1819 in Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 12 Mar 1906 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in Woodhouse United Church Cemetery.
    7. Frances Elmira FRANCIE TISDALE was born on 4 Jun 1821 in Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 12 Jun 1895 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario.
    8. Philena Maria TISDALE was born in 1822 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 4 Jul 1914 in Simcoe, Norfolk Co., Ontario.
    9. Helen Wycoff Rappelje TISDALE was born on 1 May 1824 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 21 Jun 1869 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario.
    10. William Peter TISDALE, .1 was born on 6 Sep 1826 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was christened in in St. John's Episcopal Church; died on 9 Sep 1909 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in Woodhouse United Church Cemetery.
    11. Hannah Eliza TISDALE was born on 15 Oct 1828 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was christened in in St. John's Episcopal Church; died on 18 Sep 1916 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in St. John's Cemetery.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ephriam TISDALE, Jr. was born on 8 Feb 1745 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 4 May 1815 in Woodhouse, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in Woodhouse United Church Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Ephraim Jr. is the son of Ephraim Tisdale (1707-1754) & May Martha Hodges Evans, (d.1795); both are buried at the Tisdale Burying Ground, Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

    The children of Ephriam Tisdale Jr. are:
     Ephraim Tisdale, (1768 - 1853)
     Lot Tisdale (1776 - 1865) [Lot 15 & 17, Con 2 Charlotteville]
     Joseph Tisdale (1778 - 1864)
     Walker Tisdale (1783 - 1857)
     Matthew H. Tisdale (1787 - 1875)

    . New Brunswick Land Petition, 1785, Saint John, Ephraim Tisdale;
    NBLP, 1786, Kings Co., Ephraim Tisdale;
    NBLP, 1792, York Co., Dissenters of Gagetown, Ephraim & John Tisdale;
    NBLP, 1817, Kings Co., Ephraim Tisdale.
    NBLGrant #70, 1785 Jan 2, Parrstown, Sunbury Co., Comment Reregistered NS Grant of 1784 Aug 14. Ephraim Tisdale.
    NBLG #17, Kennebecasis River, Sunbury Co., 200 Acres. Reregistered NS Grant of 1784 Jul 15, Ephraim Tisdale.
    NBLG #46, Saint John River, Queens Co., 1786 Jun 10, 150 Acres to Ephraim Tisdale.

    . 1786 April: Account of the Settlers, Improvements & Stock on Colonel Spray's Land on the River St. John.
    On the Tongue of Interval: Ephraim Tisdale, Lot 2.

    . 1802 Jul 13 - UCLPetition 5,T6, C2833. Petition of Lot Tisdale, Twp. of Charlottesville, yeoman.
    Your petitioner joined his majesties Standard with his father in the late American war who fled from his County into the British lines for his loyalty & went to New Brunswick at the conclusion of the war. But chose this country for his further residence. Prays for consideration & grant him some vacant Crown land. Signed, Lot Tisdale.
    Petition of Ephraim Tisdale, Twp. of Charlottesville, yeoman. Petition as above, signed, Ephraim Tisdale. Granted 200 Acres.

    . Quarter Sessions of Peace, at Charlotteville, District of London.
    . 1802 Jun 8. Grand Inquest, Ephraim Tis-dell, Foreman
    . 1803 Jun 14. Grand Jury, E Tisdale, King VS Alex Hutchinson, Good Behaviour. Jun 16th. E Tisdale, High Constable for District, sworn.
    . 1803 Dec 14. AnnStone, wife of John Stone, relinquishes all her right to Dower, to Ephraim Tisdale, Lot 8, Con 1, Charlotteville to E Tisdale.
    . 1805 JUNE 13 - Grand Jury having presented Alexander Hutchison, Henry Bostwick, Ephraim Tisdale & Lot Tisdale for ROIT. Recognizance to next Assizes Ephraim & Lot Tisdale £200 each. Ordered that than an Indictment form now made out , but the presentment laid one to the next Gaol delivery: [No further information - PJA]

    War of 1812 Muster:
    . 1812 Jul 9, Day 1, pd. 6p. Private Ephraim Tisdale, 1st Regiment of Norfolk Militia Must Roll, Commanded by Capt. James Mitchell.
    . 1814 Jun 25 - Jul 24, Ephraim Tisdale & Henry Tisdale Days 30 pd. 15s. 6th Norfolk Militia, Capt. J Mitchell's Co.
    . 1825 Jul 25 - Aug 24, Ephraim & Henry Tisdale, Days 8, pd. 4s. 7th NM.

    PIONEER SKETCHED OF LONG POINT SETTLEMENT.
    None is more strongly suggestive of old Charlotteville than that of Ephraim Tisdale. From the beginning of the century down to the present time, there has been one or more Ephraim every generation of the Tisdale family, & those of the first 3 are entitled to the honor of being classed as pioneers.
    There are 7 Canadian branches of the Tisdale family, & the genealogy of each except that of Ephraim is given in another sketch entitled, The Tisdale Brothers.

    The Tisdales, of Norfolk, are the descendants of an old Welsh family that settled in the County of Lancaster, England, where they rose to eminence through their acknowledged head, Sir John Tisdale, who was raised to the peerage. The Tisdale arms is minutely described in an old paper brought from New Brunswick. John Tisdale - the family crest being a peacock's head in natural colors on an azure field. Some time in the first half of the seventeenth century, the great-grandfather of our own Col. David Tisdale's great-grandfather, came to America & settled in old Mass. Bay Colony, receiving a grant of land which was described as the town of Freetown. Walker Tisdale, the only son of the first Ephraim, who remained in New Brunswick, visited Freetown early in the present century & saw there, in the old Tisdale burying ground, the trouble? of his great grandparents, being married by 2 large granite slabs. During Cromwell's time!, one John Paul, a Scotch Loyalist, fled from England & came to America, & his daughter - was the grandmother of father xx of this sketch. Ephraim father owned a shipyard in the vicinity of Boston. He conducted an extensive business, & was a leading influential man.

    Ephraim Tisdale, the father of the Norfolk Tisdale family, was a sea captain. He owned a sailing vessel, & was employed in the West India trade; & it is said that during the early part of the war of the Revolution he was engaged in government service in the distribution of army supplies. During the war he fought for old King George, & when the end came, with its independence for the Americans bitter persecution first Loyalists, the Tisdale estates were confiscated & the Captain & his family subjected to ignominious treatment. Turning their backs upon the old home, they fled into New Brunswick. Here, on the St. John River, between St. John & Fredericton, & near a place called Waterbury, they settled on lands allotted to U. E. Loyalist. Although very much reduced in circumstances & surrounded with less favorably conditions, the Old Flag which they loved & for which they had sacrificed so much, still waved over their heads, inspiring them with renewed courage & increased energy, & they were soon on the road to prosperity again. Captain Tisdale reassumed his seafaring life, as shown by an old document, which reads as follows:

    By this Public Act, or Instrument of Protest, be it made known & manifest unto all men that on the day of the date hereof before me, Valentine Jones, jun. Deputy Secretary & sole Notary Public of this Island, personally came & appeared Ephraim Tisdale, Master or Commander of the schooner Polly, now riding at anchor in Carlisle Bay in this Island, & George Furser, Mate, belonging to the said Vessel, who being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God, registered by me, the said Notary, to make or draw a Protest for the reasons following, viz: For that these Appearances? sailed from the Port of Parr, in the Province of New Brunswick, on the 13th day of December last past bound for the Island, & proceeding on they sailed Voyage on the nineteenth day of the same month, in the Latitude 40.00 North, & Longitude 60.80, met with a very hard Gale of Wind, which obliged them for the preservation of their lives to through overboard 80,000 shingles. Wherefore I, the said Notary, at the Instance & xx aforesaid, did even as I do by the presents publicly & solemnly Protest as well against the hard Gale of Wind aforesaid as against the Insurers & owners of the said schooner Polly & the shippers of her cargo, & all Persons with them concerned, for all Costs, Losses, Damages, Hurts, Detriments. Prejudices & Inconvenience whatsoever arising to these Appearers, or any others with them concerned, for or by reason or means of the Accidents & Misfortunes hereinbefore mentioned & set forth.

    In Faith & Testimony whereof I, the said Notary, have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this Twelfth day of January, 1785 Valentine Jones, vs., (Seal). D. Secxx. The city of St. John, N.B., was at this time called the town of Parr, & it was at this place, on the 18th day of Majesty, where the first settlement in Canada of U. E. Loyalists was, erected.
    We also learn that in 1786 Captain Tisdale had made a change from the Port? to some other vessel. His sons did' not all come to Long Point the same year. Lot came first. He came in 1798, & from that year down to 1808, when the old Captain & his remaining so-s? -night up the rear, much correspondence of a highly-interesting character passed to & between the Town of Charlotteville, Upper Canada, & Waterbury, New Brunswick.This correspondence has been preserved, &, if published, would throw much light on the life & times of a hundred years ago. Lot, writing to his sister Hannah in 1800, states that peach's are plentiful, & that he will secure a supply, as a young widow has an xx so heavily laden that the trees have to be propped up. Who the young Widow was who had such an orchard in Charlotteville in 1800, he did not say. It is supposed, however, that 17 she was Mrs. John Stone, nee Nancy Mabee, & that the peach orchard was located a little west of The Glen, on the lot purchased & settled on in the following year by Ephraim son of the Captain.

    . 1807 - Father Ephraim wrote to Lot, describing an overflow of the St. John River. The water rose until it was 27 inches deep on the floor of his house, & the fences on his farm were nearly all washed away. He states that he can sell his farm for £800, & that he expects to be able to come to Long Point in the following spring. In 1808 he came, & settled near Vittoria. He died, in 1815, in his 71 year.

    Ephraim Tisdale, son of the Captain, first came to notice as a cabin-boy on board his father's vessel, a few years before the war of the Revolution broke out. It is said he was also a captain of a trading vessel for some years previous to his coming to Upper Canada. In 1801 he was a married man, with 2 or 3 children. xx had been in Long Point settlement for two or three years, & had written back many glowing descriptions of the country, leading other members of the family to a determination to come also. Accordingly, in 1801, Ephraim & his family, William, & their widowed sister, Hannah, who had married Israel Perley, & her 3 children, started for Long Point. They came in small boats, taking advantage of the numerous water-stretches that intervened. At night the boats were drawn ashore & made to serve as a covering & protection for their sleeping berths. They came up along the shore & landed at the mouth of the ravine where now is located "The Glen." Ephraim settled on Lot 18, on the lake front, formerly taken up by John Stone, & here Ephraim, the grandson was born. Joseph Tisdale came to the settlement in 1802, & purchased a portion of Ephraim land, including the notorious hollow, where he built his pioneer cabin. Ephraim did not possess that speculative spirit that his brothers were imbued with, & he took no part in their contented? business adventures. He stuck to his farm & was content with agricultural pursuits. He was appointed High Constable for the District of London, June 14th, 1803, & served 1 year. He had 5 sons - Henry, Lot, Ephraim, James & Benjamin; & 5 (daughters - Elizabeth, Ruth, Philena, Matilda & Mary Ann.

    Henry Tisdale, eldest son of Ej) Ephraim, married Phoebe Teeple, & settled in Malahide. He had one son. Walker; & 2 daughters - Tryphena & Sulnnit?. Lot Tisdale, second son of Ephraim, married Margaret .Shoemaker, & became a pioneer, settling near Courtland. He had 4 sons -Lot, George, Nicholas & William F.: & 3 daughters - Hannah?, Matilda & Sarah.

    Ephraim Tisdale, third son of Ephraim, was twice married. By his first wife, Mary Monroe, he had 3 sons - Ephraim, James & William L.; & 1 daughter, Mary; & Ity? his second wife, Hannah Price, he had 5 sons - Thomas P. Alonzo, David, Charles & Edward: 2 daughters - Margaret Ann & Mary Francis. James married Maria Coltman, settled on the homestead & had 3 sons - Walker, Allen McNabb & John C.: & his daughters - Mary, Nancy, Camilla, Caroline, Susan & Harriet. Benjamin married Caroline Williams, settled near the homestead, x had 2 sons - Albert & Eli: & 3 daughter.s - Elizabeth, Heli'ii? and another who xx into the Oak's family. Elizabeth & Ruth married, respectively, James Spoi'e? & Rev. Horace Dean. Philenia married Ephraim T. Perley, & settled in Middleton, near Courtland x x married a Txx, & settled in Ohio: & Math, xx single.

    Ephraim Tisdale, the father of this family, settled on Lot S, .xth?lot concession of Charlotteville, remaining there until he died. He served his native township in the Municipal Council,
    leaving a creditable record behind him. He served as a sergeant in a troop of cavalry during the War of 1812 & ever after held an official position in the Norfolk Militia, It is not necessarily to tell the people of Norfolk that Ephraim Tisdale was a staunch Loyalist. This would be a waste of words. He was notoriously loyal. He was fearless & outspoken in giving expression to his sentiments, politically, religiously or socially. He was upright & honorable in business transactions, & sympathetic & generous in social intercourse; but it was x hardest thing in his life to exercise charity in dealing with a man who scooted at the Old Flag while claiming its protection. His grandson, George, son of Alonzo, occupies the old homestead at present, being the great-great-grandson of the original Ephraim Tisdale, who followed his sons to Long Point so many years ago. Ephraim Tisdale died in 1883, in his 83rd year.

    Tisdale Remembered, Obituary
    . 1846 Oct 16 - d. Trafalgar, Canada West, 3rd inst., William TISDALE,
    formerly (St. John) N.B., among first settlers of Trafalgar in which he has remained nearly 40 years, age 65.
    Ref: New Brunswick Courier, Saint John, NB, Canada.

    Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank You. - - -

    Buried:
    Halfway House Corner.

    Ephriam married Ruth STRANGE on 19 May 1767 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario. Ruth was born on 26 Mar 1748 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died in 1821 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ruth STRANGE was born on 26 Mar 1748 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died in 1821 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario.

    Notes:

    . 1793 Dec 26 - Gagetown, [All baptized the same time]
    Baptized by the Rev. Richard Clarke, at Gagetown, New Brunswick:
    Joanna Josslyn Tisdale, daughter
    Matthew Hodges Tisdale, son of Ephraim & Ruth Tisdale
    John Tisdale, adult
    Elisabeth Tisdale, adult
    Ruth Tisdale, adult
    Lott Tisdale, adult
    Joseph Tisdale, son of Ephraim & Ruth Tisdale
    William Tisdale, son of Ephraim & Ruth Tisdale
    Walker Tisdale, son of Ephraim & Ruth Tisdale (Walker Tisdale was named in honor of the captain of the frigate where his mother gave birth to him.)
    Samuel Tisdale, son of Ephraim & Ruth Tisdale.
    Ref: Wm. R. Marsh records O.G.S. & Marianne Grey Otty Database, NB.

    Quarter Session of Peace
    . 1804 Sep 13 - Omitted entering yesterday, the following Record Viz Submit Tisdale, the wife of Ephraim Tisdale, appeared in Court, & Released all her Right of Dower, of & in 25 acres part of Lot number 18 in the first concession of the Charlotteville, Twp. to Lot Tisdale, & Joseph Tisdale. - - -

    Children:
    1. Hannah TISDALE was born on 4 Feb 1771 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
    2. 2. Joseph Theophilia TISDALE, .Sr. was born on 23 Feb 1778 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 19 Mar 1864 in Vittoria, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Woodhouse.
    3. Sarah Charlotte TISDALE was born on 28 Jan 1809 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; died on 23 Jan 1899 in Townsend, Norfollk Co., Ontario.

  3. 6.  Lieut. John LAWRENCE, , UE, & JP was born on 10 Apr 1754 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey (son of William LAWRENCE, .6 Esq. The Quaker and Margaret TILTON); died on 30 Dec 1821 in Richmond Hill, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried on 1 Jan 1822 in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Lawrence Avenue, Toronto, is named after John Lawrence & family.

    . 1776 Apr 29, List of Letters remaining in the Post Office, at New York: John Lawrence.
    Ref: New-York Gazette, & Weekly Mercury Newspaper, NYC, NY.

    . Lieutenant John Lawrence, NJ Volunteers, 7 years Service, estate confiscated.
    Court Martial For Dueling, Ensign John Lawrence.

    * PISTOL DUEL
    . 1780 Jan 12th - (Commencing), Pistol Duel For Honor or Queen's Rangers
    Summary: British Ensign John Moffet while drunk at John Wilson Tavern on Staten Island - (is this Kruse or Wilson Brook Rd., older roads on Staten?) - He insulted the NJ American Ensign John Lawrence by saying he was not a gentlemen & insulted his Regiment, the Queen's Rangers which was under the command of John Graves Simcoe... Moffat sent Lawrence pistols & a challenged to a duel on 13 Jan. 1780. The two met on that frigid January day with their seconds, marked the distance at 6 yards (as opposed to the 4 yards distance requested by Moffet) & fired simultaneously. Moffet's ball barely grazed Lawrence near the right breast, not even breaking the skin. Lawrence's shot however went true, straight into the Ranger's stomach. Moffet was killed, as he was good enough to tell his second, Lieut. George Pendred, looking up at him & declaring "My dear fellow I am killed" upon which he immediately died. Moffet was buried at Richmond Church. The burial was delayed several days because of an incursion of 2,700 Continental troops onto Staten Island. This forced Moffet to take one last tour of the island, his corpse taking a sleigh ride from tavern to tavern until the island was secured.
    The court listened to the evidence & acquitted Lawrence.
    . Richmond [Staten Island] 13th Jany. 1780. To Ens. Lawrence, Sir,
    In consequence of your behaviour last night to me (when totally intoxicated) request that satisfaction due by one Gentleman to another. Mr. [Allan] McNabb sends you your side arms, & wishes that you should not consider yourself longer under an arrest by him. I now call upon you as a Gentleman & a Soldier with your Sword & Pistols to wipe off any Odium I might have received by your Ungentleman like treatment. Signed, John Moffitt.

    . 1780 the 25th Feby., Friday. The Court being met pursuant to Adjournment.

    The Prisoner being put upon his Defense, delivered himself to the Court in the following manner:
    "Mr. President & Gentlemen of the Court,
    I stand charged before this Court for the Crime of Murder. I am very unhappy that I have been under the necessity of acting a part that has subjected me to such a Charge.
    Ensn. MOFFET (the unhappy Gentleman who fell) sent me a Challenge on the Evening of the 13th Jany. to meet him immediately - declined it - but as I was compell'd by the words of the Challenge, promised to meet him the next morning. I considered myself bound by the Laws of honor, to give him the Satisfaction he demanded. My reputation as an Officer & a Gentleman, in short my all was at stake - had I omitted meeting him in the manner he requested, I must ever after been treated as a Rascal & Coward - unhappy alternative-Called upon as I was, I humbly conceive (by the Evidence of Mr. Thompson, Mr. Penderd, & the Tenor of the Note of the 13th Jany. that Ensn. Moffet sent me) it has appeared to the Court, that I only acted in my own Defense & that I was not guilty of any unjust or ungentleman like behaviour on that occasion.
    I humbly ask the Courts pardon for taking up so much of their time in my Defense. I have been careful to make it as short as possible, Knowing that justice will govern your Decrees, I cheerfully submit to your determination."
    Ref: Court Marital of John Lawrence, Great Britain, Public Record Office, War Office, Class 71, Volume 91, Pages 201-213.

    . Later General J G Simcoe promoted John Lawrence to Lieutenant from August 25, 1780. Loyalist regiment of Queen's Rangers was also known as the 1st American Regiment.
    Ref: For an excellent complete transcription of the Court Martial of John Lawrence please see: The Institute of Advanced Loyalist Studies, (active as of 2017 at: www.royalprovincial.com)

    Quarter Master Stephen Jarvis of Danbury, Connecticut, & who died in Toronto, Canada, wrote in 1840:
    "Early in the Spring of 1779 the Regiment left Oyster Bay, New Jersey & took up our encampment above Kingsbridge where we remained the greater part of the summer ... Our duty during the winter was not very severe, the harbor afforded plenty of oysters. Here a Mr. Moffet from the 15th Regiment joined as Quarter Master, a rough, noisy, boisterous Irishman, but I knew how to humor him & we agreed very well together. I spent the winter very pleasant. Our food was for some time rather coarse, our bread oatmeal biscuit full of maggots.

    Much of our time was taken up during the summer, & in the Autumn we were moved to Staten Island & took up our winter quarters at Richmond. Soon after our arrival at this place a quarrel ensued between Mr. Moffet, now an Ensign in the Regiment, as well as Quarter Master of the Horse, with a Lieutenant, (Mr. Lawrence died in Upper Canada) Lawrence.
    One day in his cups he fixed a quarrel on a Lieut. Lawrence of Jersey Volunteers, who had accidentally called at the Public House at Richmond. They got at fisty-cuffs & Mr. Lawrence bruised Mr. Moffit's face much, & as the vulgar expression is, bunged up his eyes". A duel ensued & Moffet was killed. Col. Simcoe was so enraged that he would not let him be buried with the honors of war. Lieutenant Lawrence was tried by a Court Martial & Honorably Acquitted."
    XRef: Transcription of this Court Martial may be found in my book: Richard Lawrence & John Willson, North York Public Library.
    Note1: The two duelist 's seconds marked out the distance at 6 yards (as opposed to the 4 yards distance requested by Moffet), & fired simultaneously. Miffed was shot in the stomach, died & was buried St. Andrews Richmond Churchyard. The invasion of Staten Island by 2,700 Continental troops delayed his burial by several days. His corpse was hauled by sleigh form tavern to tavern until the Staten was in British hands again.

    . 1780 2 mo. 7day Shrewsbury. From the Preparative Meeting, it appears John Lawrence's son of William has been fighting formerly & since has bore arms in a hostile way, has left his habitation gone where he can't readily be treated with for which offenses this Meeting hath hereby disowned him from being a member thereof. [p525 /film p226].

    . 1780 July 25 - Ensign John LAWRENCE Taken Prisoner, NJV1, Lieut. Col Jos. Barton Company.
    Ref: National Archives of Canada, RG 8, "C" Series, Volume 1852, Page 25.

    . 1780 Aug 2 - Refugees Sent to Philadelphia - On Sunday last, 8 to the infamous refugees, 5 of whom pretended to be officers in the tyrant's service, were brought to the commissary of prisoners ElizabethTown from Monmouth. When they were captured, they plead they came over with a flag & produced their orders; but their frivolous pretensions would not answer their end & they were sent to Philadelphia, to occupy a corner of the new gaol until exchanged.

    . 1780 Aug 2 - Loyalist Also to Philadelphia - Yesterday were brought to Trenton town under guard, being on their way to Philadelphia, Col. Geo. Taylor, Lieut. Samuel Leonard, Lieut. John Thompson, Ensign John Lawrence & Chrineyonce VanMater, late inhabitants of Monmouth & 3 others. - They were made prisoners at Shrewsbury of Wednesday last by a part of our militia.

    . The modern Richmond County Country Club approximates the location of community of Richmond on Staten Island as shown by Faden's 1777 map of New Jersey.
    Ensign John LAWRENCE, Taken Prisoner, 25 July 1780, NJV 1, Lieut. Col Jos. Barton Company. Ref: National Archives of Canada, RG 8, C Series, Volume C1852, Page 25.

    . 1782 Mar 24, Sunday - SALT AGAIN AN ISSUE, Toms River Block House, Monmouth, NJ. Summary:
    There was an urgent need for salt, our shores where salt sea water was boiled down...mouth of Matawan Ck. [tidal estuary, Monmouth Co., NJ,] usually stationed a militia from 25 to 40 men.
    Lawrence looks for laurels ...most important of these salt producing plants at Squan. - the British launched a late April, large & well disciplined body of American Loyalist Corps ('The Provincials' Under the command of Lieut. Colonel Elisha Lawrence.) ... purpose was to bring away prisoners & destroy the salt works.
    Detained by head-winds Lawrence idled at the Hook for a full week, the British forced left the mouth of the Shrewsbury at dark & was off Squan before midnight. Lawrence attached the surrounding buildings & took captives. He caused a bugle to be sounded to summon the Americans to surrender... they wrecked the plant & returned to the Hook.
    . Capt. Joshua Huddy was captured here hiding in a house. On Apr 12, 1782 Wm. Franklin & Ass. Board of Loyalist, ignored the prisoner's rights & in secret orders to Capt. Richard Lippincott to hang Huddy at Gravely Point, Navesink R, a mile beyond the Highland Light House. At his Court Marshal, Lippincott was found to be following orders of the Ass. Loyalists Committee.
    Note2: Further, Lieut. Col. John Lawrence is identified as the son of Wm. & Margaret Lawrence, His wife is Mary Rezeau of Staten Island.

    The last time the NJ Volunteers would see their home state was in October 1782 when the NJV removed from Paulus Hooke (Jersey City) to Newtown, Long Island. On 10 Oct. 1783 the NJV was muster out on the St. John's River, New Brunswick, Canada.

    . 1780 Aug 2 - Yesterday were brought to town under guard, being on their way to Philadelphia, Col. Geo. Taylor, Lieut. Samuel Leonard, Lieut. John Thomson, Ensign John Lawrence & Chrineyonce Van Mater*, late inhabitants of Monmouth & 3 others. They were made prisoners at Shrewsbury on Wednesday last by a part of our militia.
    Ref: Penn. Evening Post. & New Jersey Gazette 1780.8.2.
    Note3: Chrineyonce Van Mater, b 23 Jan 176 Monmouth, NJ, d 24 Mar 1803 Middletown, NJ.

    . 1783 Aug 24 - Lawrence, John, Lieutenant, 1st Battalion NJ Volunteers.
    Ref: British Military & Naval Records, Film C1853, p. 102, RG 8, C Series.

    FOUR LAWRENCE SIBLINGS TOGETHER at ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA:
    John Lawrence on one side of the Saint John River at Lot 101;
    & Richard Lawrence, Lot 169 &
    sister Margaret Lawrence Nicholson, at LOT 52 on the other river side adjacent to brother John;
    & also important Lawrence family friend, Rev. J Odell of NJ, was adjacent to John Lawrence's land grant.
    Their other sister, Alice Lawrence Leonard, was located at Lot One, Saint John, N.B. Neighbour's Jonathan Odell house still stands at 808 Brunswick St., & is designated as a historical house by the Fredericton Heritage Trust. - PJA.

    NEW BRUNSWICK LAND PETITIONS & Grants:
    1. NBLP 1784, York Co., Microfilm F1024, John Lawrence & 10 others, inc. Loyal Am. Regiment.
    2. NBLP 1785, York Co., Microfilm F1025, John Lawrence & 10 other, inc. NJ Volunteers;
    3. NBLP 1785, York Co., Microfilm F1027, John Lawrence & 3 others, inc. NJ Volunteers.

    4. NBLGrants #125, Vol B, pg. 173, Queensbury Parish, York Co., 1788.01.14, Microfilm F16302, Guides & Pioneers, John Lawrence granted 490 Acres, (& others inc. brother-in-law, Arthur Nicholson, 378 A.) John was granted a prime location at Lot 101 on the St. John River.
    'John's first grant was for a piece of land near Mill Creek that he was obliged to later surrender to the Crown for use as common land in the new Frederick's Town. We have a letter of complaint that he submitted to the government regarding the retraction of this first grant. In his letter he states that "he had built a house 26 feet long & 16 feet wide, with a secure, commodious cellar & other conveniences". He had also cleared a quantity of land at considerable expense & requested compensation for the improvements he had made to the land.'

    5. NBLGrant #154, Vol B, Pg. 346, Fredericton Parish, York Co., 1788.03.25, 10 Acres, Microfilm F16302, (70 others, inc. Benedict Arnold, 13 A.) Land Grant signed, 6 Feb 1793, 1 Lot containing 4 Acres & 3 rods on St. John River, Great Bear Island rights, York Co., which was close to his Lot 101 grant. The Great & Little Bear Islands were so named because bears like to fish & to forage on the butternuts.

    6. Northumberland Co. Deed Registry Books, Summary
    1796 Sept 2nd. Indenture #482, John Lawrence, Esq. & his wife Mary Lawrence of the Parish of Queensbury, York Co., Prov. NB to Lemuel Wilmont, Esq., Lincoln, Sunbury Co., NB.,
    Paid £10 currency for Lot 9, lying near Mill (Mile?) Creek, Fredericton. Together with all regular houses, outhouses barns, stables, gardens, orchard, fence improvements, ways water watercourses.
    Lemuel Wilmont also to pay 4 shilling 3 pence yearly unto Reverence Samuel Locke, Rector of Fredericton, Jonathan Odell & Beverly Robinson, Esq., as Trustees of the Academy of Free School maintenance always to be supported & maintained & the further sum of 1 shilling yearly from the year 1806.
    Witness: Samuel Clayton, Isaac Heddon, Signed & Sealed, J. Lawrence & Mary Lawrence.
    2 Sep 1796, Isaac Hedden, Justice of Peace, York Co., NB.

    Justice of the Peace, York County Marriage Records, Books A
    performed by John Lawrence, Justice of the Peace:
    . 1816 Apr 23, Robert Hustes married Frances Kelly of Kings Co. . - .

    TOWN OF YORK, UPPER CANADA:
    . UCLPetition 51, Capt. John Lawrence, L Bundle 11, York, Ontario, 9 Jun 1818:
    Petitioner native of NJ. Served in American Rebellion as an officer in 1st Battalion NJ Volunteers & lost considerable property which he never received compensation. At Peace of 1783 he settled in NB & received 490 Acres for his service & no more. Removed to this Province about 20 months ago (Jan. 1816). He has a wife, 7 sons & 4 daughters, except for two, all are in this Province of Ontario. Commissioner of the Peace in NB for 29 years. Prays for land. Also Captain of Militia in New Brunswick. Granted 600 Acres.

    . TORONTO TANNERY & HOUSE:
    One or 2 old farm houses of an antique New Jersey style, of two storeys with steepish roofs & small windows ... Lawrence's Tannery ... In the hollow on the left [i.e. East side of Yonge St.,] Some way further on, but still in the low land of the irregular ravine, another primitive rustic manufactory of that article of prime necessity, leather, was reached. This was the "Lawrence's Tannery.
    A bridge over the stream here, which is a feeder to the Don River, was sometimes spoken of as Hawke's bridge from the name of its builder.
    In the hollow on the left, close to the Tannery, & overlooked from the road, was a cream-coloured respectable fame-house, the domicile of Mr. Lawrence himself. In his garden, some hives of bees, when such things were rarities, used always to be looked at with curiosity in passing. - by Henry Scadding.

    Quarterly Sessions of Peace, York County:
    . 1818 Jan 13, York.Grand Jury sworn: John Lawrence. Proclamation of Silence made, King VS Wm. Marshall Assult discarded as Prosecutor not appearing. King VS Allan N M Nabb Assault, settled by consent nonpaying costs. Order that Public Notice in Upper Canada Gazette that the remaining 5 building lots on Market Share will be sold at Public Auction Sat 24 Jan.

    . 1818 Jun 2 June, Date of WILL of John Lawrence.
    Ref. UC Heir & Devisee Commission.
    * Research Note4: Verify with Archives of Ontario, Will Instrument BWR, p210, undated, John Lawrence.

    . 1819 Jun 2, Markham, Joel Beeman & Marr Carfrae married by Rev. Jenkins. Witnesses: John Lawrence & James Ellerton.

    . 1820 Jun 21, Witness, Affidavit for Sister Elizabeth Lawrence Nicholson:
    Home District, Upper Canada} Personally appeared before me James Miles of Vaughan, Esq., Justice of Peace, aforesaid John Lawrence, Esq. of Vaughan, a lieutenant on half pay of his late Magestys late first Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist deposeth & say that he ware present when Adjutant Arthur Nicholson of Late Kings late American Dragons & Elizabeth Lawrence were lawfully married the 7th day of August 1787 & the Arthur & Elizabeth Nicolson were married in the Parish of Fredericton, New Brunswick by the Revered Jonathan Odell*, late Secretary of this Late Majestys Council in Province of NB.
    Signed, Jno. Lawrence & Sworn before James Miles, JP, 21 Jun 1820, Vaughan, UC.
    Note5: Rev. Jonathan Odell, Burlington, NJ. friend of cousin John Brown Lawrence, friend of the Lawrence family & apparently also a friend in Fredericton, New Brunswick! Interestingly, this also demonstrates the Lawrences continued to communicated over time & distances! - PJA 2015.

    . 1821 York Almanac & Calendar: John Lawrence, Commissions of the Peace, Judges.

    . 1821 Dec 30, John Lawrence died & was buried by the Rev. William Jenkins.

    . 1822 Oct 12. By Order of Geo. Stacy Smith, Lieut. Gov. Prov. NB.
    These Certify that John Lawrence & Ward Chipman, Esquires were at the time of signing certificates, Judges of Supreme Court of Judicature & Members of Council for this Province & that full Faith & Credit are due to their Acts & Attestations. Signed, Wm. T Odell, Fredericton, NB.
    . 1822 Jul 10. Affidavit, of Hugh McGuigan, attended late Adj. Art. Nicholson in his last sickness at Presque Isle, 5 Sep 1821 of decay that appeared natural. Signed, Hugh McGuigan.
    Recorded for further research: W.O. 28, volume 9, Folios 103 & 40, often a petition, Appendix B, Great Britain. War Office 28, Headquarters Papers.

    Ontario Land Registry
    Lot 42, Con 1 West Side Yonge, Richmond Hill, Book 170, p127
    . 1817 Mar 4, Bargain&Sale, John Lawrence, £500.10., All 210 acres.
    . 1818 Jun 13, WILL, John Lawrence, to Mary Lawrence etal, All acres
    . 1833 Nov 28, B&S, Mary Lawrence etal, Alexander C Lawrence et al, £500 & £800, Part E 40A. & W pt 160A.
    . 1846 Jan 10, B&S, Chas E Lawrence, etux, to Sarah C Lawrence, £150, Pt Half Acres, NE angle.
    . 1855 Jan 31, Release, John W Lawrence et all, to Peter Lawrence, Executor, £25, ALL.
    . 1856 Apr 26, Mortgage, Sarah C Lawrence, to John Duncomb, £50, pt. Half acre.
    . 1868 Dec 11, WILL, Charles E Lawrence.
    . 1869 Oct 12, William H Lawrence, etux, to John Duncomb, $300, Pt & Water Ft. 9 acres.
    . 1870 May 7, Mortgage, WHL Etux, to John Veilie, $300, Pt 8 Acres;
    . 1870 July 9, Mortgage, WHL Etux, Western Can Loan Society, $1141.92, Pt 8 acres.
    . 1871 Dec 1, Grant, Alex C Lawrence, to John Layton, $3500, E 49 A.
    . 1872 Mar 26, Alex C Lawrence, to John Layton, $3100, E 49A.

    The Queen's Rangers
    . 1777 Dec 3 - "No regiment in the army has gained more honour this campaign than (the Queens) Rangers: they have been engaged in every principal service, and behaved nobly, indeed most of the officers have been wounded since we took the field in Philadelphia."
    Ref: Pennsylvania Ledger.
    Note: By this quote, I wish to draw attention to gentlemen's conduct of the requirement of principles of war for the Rangers, Gen. Simcoe himself & to the 'gentleman' John Lawrence (as noted in his Court Martial). - PJ Ahlberg, 2020.
    . Under the distinguished leadership of Lieut. Col. John Simcoe who commanded it after the battle of Brandy wine the corps became noted for discipline & bravery. It was usually the van guard of the attacking & the rear guard of the retreating army. Under all circumstances it could be relied on to give a good account of itself. Perhaps the hottest fight in which the Queen's Rangers ever engaged was the battle of Brandy wine where the British gained a victory which, if it had been energetically followed up by General Howe, would have resulted in the annihilation of Washington's army. At Brandywine the Queen's Rangers lost 72 killed & wounded, 11 of whom were officers.
    heir most noted achievements was a raid on the 29th October 1778 in which they marched some 50 miles into the heart of the enemy's country in the teeth of the American forces. The corps, led by Colonel Simcoe, in the course of the expedition destroyed a large number of boats & military stores at one point, released a number of loyalists imprisoned in Somerset court house which, with a quantity of stores there collected, they burned, & finally after a sharp encounter with a considerable body of the enemy whom they charged & dispersed, returned to their head quarters. The boldness of the stroke created a sensation at the time in both the British & American Camps.
    The Queen's Rangers in 1781 accompanied General Benedict Arnold in his raid on Virginia where they quite maintained their reputation. Afterwards they served under Lord Cornwallis in the unfortunate campaign in the south ending in the capitulation of Yorktown, October 19th 1781. At the close of the war they came to New Brunswick & received grants of land in parish of Queensbury which derives its name from the Queen's Rangers. In all, three tracts of land were laid out for the accommodation of the corps, one on the Main river above Bear Island in Queensbury.
    Ref: Wallace Hale, 1895.5.29, NB Provincial Archives, Canada.

    Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

    MUSTER DATES:

    British Headquarters Papers (Carleton Papers or American Manuscripts):
    Lieutenant, John Lawrence, 1st NJV, (Skinner's Brigade) Pay Lists
    1782.8.24 etc. Micrfilm M357, Doc p5405, 9 Items 31671 -31681.

    . 1778 Jan. Muster Roll of Capt Alexander? Brigide of the First Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers commanded by Lieut. Col. Elisha Lawrence (i.e.his 2nd cousin), based Staten Island, NY. #3. Ensign John Lawrence.
    . 1778 Mar, JL, Ensign 2dy NJV, Film C1851, p7
    . 1778 Jun 24, JL, C1851, p23, 1778 Aug 24, p21; 1778 Oct, p17.
    . 1778 Nov 27, An expedition with 2,000 troops sailed from Sandy Hook for Savannah, Georgia, & 6 days after landing at Tybee Island, off the harbour of that city, they took part in the fight, December 29th, on Brewton Hill. A detachment of the New Jersey, Volunteers, Lieutenant-Colonel Allen commanding, went out with this party & suffered considerably in the battle just mentioned. Ensigns John & William Lawrence & James Moody were together on the same expedition.
    Ref: NJV in the Revolutionary War, Wm S Stryker.
    . 1779 May 25, 1st Batt., Commanded by Lieut. Col. Commandant Joseph Barton, Staten Island NJV, present on muster as well Ensign John Lawrence, also counter signature for names on this Muster Roll. Vol. 1852, p3, 9 (= c3873, p762 & 11.
    Note6: 1NJV Muster alternates with Ensign William & John Lawrence. - PJA.
    . 1778 Dec 25 - Ensign JL, C1851, p35.
    . 1779 Jul 20, Ensign JL, c1852, p19
    . 1779 Aug 13 - John Lawrence not listed as Ensign on this date c1852, p28;
    . 1779 Sep 8, Ensign John Lawrence, 1st NJV, page 23;
    Note7: Again brother William Lawrence was Ensign the day before, 8 Sept, also under Lt. Col. Jos. Barton 1st NJV - PJA;

    . 1779 Fall - A division of the Queen's Rangers went into winter quarters, [near Hell Gate (?), Staten Island].
    on the farm owned by George Brinckerhoff & later by William Bragaw.
    . 1779 Mar 28, Ensign JL, Staten Island, p50;
    . 1779 Nov 3, Ensign JL, C1852, p34,39

    . 1780 Mar 20, Ensign JL, C1852, p.50
    . 1780 May, Ensign JL, Staten Island, p66;
    . 1780 Jul 14, Ensign JL,, 1NJV, C1852, p70;
    . 1780 Dec, With Lt. Col. Jos. Barton, Lieut. John Lawrence, 'Injury with the Rebels', Muster Roll 1NJV, Staten Island, C1852, P97.
    Note8: By the next Dec 1780 Rolls it appears Gen. Barton is on Staten Isl., but Lawrence still sick? - PJA

    . 1781 Apr 24, Private JL, C1864,p17;
    . 1781 Jul 25, LIEUTENANT JL, 1NJV, Staten Island, c1854,p96; 1781 Oct, p72;
    . 1781 Oct 24, Private JL, QUEEN'S RANGERS, C1284,p13;

    . 1782 Jan. Returned from Yorktown Battle (Oct 10 1781): Lt. Col Stephen Delancey, Lt. John Lawrence, James Moody. NJV2 - Quartermaster John Felker, Capt. Daniel Cozens. [XRef: Upper Canada relations.]
    . 1782 Feb 20 Lieut. JL, 1NJV, c1853, p3; 1782 Feb 23 Queen's Rangers Dragoons, c1864, p57;
    . 1782 Paulus Hook, Lieut. John Lawrence, of Col. Delancey's Company in the 1st NJV, also JL counter signed the Muster Roll.

    . 1782 Sep 17, Lieut. JL, 1NJV, c1853, 26; 1782 Oct 24, c1853, p35; 1782 Dec 24, p30;

    . 1783 Jan 25, c1853, p42; 1783 May 7, p91;
    . 1783 May 1, New Town, Long Island, Muster Roll, Col Delancey's Co. commanded by Col Cortland Skinner, Esq., 1st Batt. NJV, Lieut. John Lawrence, 'Went by Home', c1783, p91;
    . 1783 Aug. 24, Camp Newtown, Commanded by Col Cortland Skinner, 1NJV, Lieut. John Lawrence, who also signed the Muster Roll, C1853, p99.
    . Camp Newtown, NY, Lieut. John Lawrence, 1NJV. 30th (?) June to 3rd of Aug, John Lawrence, who countersigned Muster Roll c1783, p102.
    Note9: on next muster or camp Long Island, Aug 23, 1783.
    Ref: British Military & Naval Records, RG 8, C Series & Carlton Papers.

    Some Research required:
    British Headquarters Papers, Carleton Papers or American Manuscripts, Microfilm M355, Ref: MG23 B1, Archives of Canada:

    . 1779 - Ensign John Lawrence. 1st NJ Volunteers, Skinner's Brigade Return of Troops, British, Foreign & Provincial Troops, at NY, #Item 31672, pg 10436.58, Item Number 31672.
    . 1782 May 1 - Lieutenant Lawrence, 1NJV, Return of Troops on Duty at Decker's Ferry, NY, pg 10286.1, #31673.

    . 1782 May 1 - Lieut. JL, 1NJV, State of Provincial Forces in NY on Duty at Decker's Ferry, NY, pg 180288.1, Film M368, #31674.
    . 1782 Jun 14 - John Lawrence [identify?], Bills drawn on Harlely & Drumond, New York, pg 4973.4. #31671
    . 1782 May 1 - Lieut. JL, 1NJV, Pay List, Period 1783.2.24 - 4.24, pg 7515.3, #31675.
    . 1782 Aug 24 - Lieut. JL, 1NJV, Pay list, Period 1782.6.25 - 8.24, pg 5405.3, #31676.
    . 1782 Feb23 - Lieut. JL, 1NJV, Pay list, Period 1782.12.25 to 1783.2.23 pg 6968.3, #31677.
    . 1782 Dec 24 - Lieut. JL, 1NJV, Pay list, Period 1782.10.25 - 12.24, Pg6502.3 #31681.
    . 1783 Jun 24 - Lieut. JL, 1NJV, Pay list, Period 1783.4.25 - 6.24, pg 8163.3, #31678. XRef: as above, at Camp Newtown, NYC.
    . 1783 Aug 24 - Lieut. JL, 1NJV, Pay list, Period 1783.6.25 - 8.24, pg 8821.3, #31679. (Skinner's Brigrade)
    . 1783 Dec 24 - Lieut. JL, 1NJV, Pay list, Period 1783.8.25 -10.24, pg 9449.3, #31680.
    XRef: British Military &Naval Records (RG 8, C Series) - INDEX. See Arch. of Canada - .

    Birth:
    United Empire Loyalist.

    Died:
    Sunday. COD: Asthma. Lot 42, Con 1 Yonge St., Vaughan Twp., near Weldrick Rd.

    Buried:
    - beside his wife.

    John married Mary REZEAU, UE on 4 May 1783 in Saint Andrews Church, Richmond Co., Staten Island, New York. Mary (daughter of Peter REZEAU and Mary POILLON) was born on 22 Mar 1766 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; died on 18 Sep 1842 in Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary REZEAU, UE was born on 22 Mar 1766 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York (daughter of Peter REZEAU and Mary POILLON); died on 18 Sep 1842 in Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.

    Notes:

    Mary is the daughter of Maria Poilion & Peter Rezeau.
    Name: Regarding the Rezeau family name, that is an early Staten Island line. The surname was changed to Rousseau & Roseaux.

    . Grandfather Jacques 'Jacob' Rezeau donated the land for the St. Andrew's Church in Richmond, NY, where Mary & John Lawrence were married.
    . 1783 May 3, John Lawrence obtained a license to marry Mary Rezeau. They were married the next day at St. Andrew's Church, Richmond, NY.

    . Lawrence, Mary, Con 1 Yonge Street, Lot 42, Vaughan [1837 residing with her sons Alexander Cairns & Chas. E. Lawrence.]

    Required for placing a Widow on the Pension, Loyal American & Canadian Corps. Summary Version:
    1821 Jan 28 - We do hereby certify to the best of our knowledge & belief, that Mary Rezeau, now of the Twp. of Vaughan, York co, was the lawful wife of the late John Lawrence in his life time a Lieutenant on the Half Pay of the First Battalion of the American Corps. commanded by Brigadier General Skinner of the New Jersey Volunteers who died in his residence in the above named township on the 13 December 1821, leaving his widow with 7 sons & 4 daughters, six of whom remain yet living with her unprovided for, with the exception of a farm lot of the usual size of 200 Acres with a house & other improvements thereon.
    Signed, W. Allan, Colonel, Commanding the East York Regiment of Militia.
    Jno Meingrg?, Agent to the late Lieut. Jno Lawrence.

    . Mary Lawrence made oath that she was lawfully married to John Lawrence, late Lieutenant on the half pay of American Corps., commonly called the New Jersey Volunteers, under Bridadier Genral skinner, & that she has no pension, allowance of provision made by Government,
    Signed, Mary Lawrence, Sworn York, UC, 28 Jan 1821, W. Allan, JP.
    Ref: C P668, P 432-95 p672.??????

    Lot 6, Con 1 EYS, Ontario Land Registry book North York 170, p127.
    . 1817 Mar 4, Michale Korts etui, to John Lawrence, £500.10s, 200A
    . 1818 Jun 13, WILL John Lawrence, to Mary Lawrence et all, All
    . 1833 Nov 28, B&S, Mary Lawrence et al, Alex C Lawrence et ll £500 & £800, its E40 Acre, Pt 160 Acre.

    . 1824 Ministers & Church Wardens of the Parish of York, York Co., Province of UC, we have seen Mary Lawrence on or since the 24 Dec, 1823 & she resides in Vaughan Twp., York District., was formerly the wife of John Lawrence. Signed, M R Brown, Officiating Minister for Dt. Markham., J B. Macaulay, Thos Ridout, Church Wardens.
    - Oath Mary Lawrence, … lawfully married to late Lieut. JL, Half Pay, 1st Bat. Brig. Gen. Skinner. & that she had had no Pension allowance or Provision, except her widows Pension at the rate of £40 per annum, now obtained.
    Signed, 20 Feb, 1824, Mary Lawrence, Wit: J Jarvis, J P., Home District, UC.

    . Home District, York, I certify I was well acquainted with the late John Lawrence, Lieut. 1st Bat. Gen. Skinners Brigade & was on the same Service with him in the Winter of 1780 & that I also was acquainted with Mrs. Lawrence, before & since her marriage with the said John Lawrence that I have been acquainted with him in the Prov. of NB from he year 1784 until I left that Prince for Upper Canada in the year 1810 & also since his arrival in this Province until his death & I also believe that the said John Lawrence was lawfully married to the said Mary.
    Signed, S. Jarvis, JP., Home District, UC
    XRef: See more testimony from Stephen Jarvis, under John Lawrence, UE

    No. 4. Province of New Brunswick, to wit: Be it remember On 10 Mar1815, personally appeared Samuel Sheppard of Parish of St. Mary, York Co, NB, shown, made oath & declared that he well knows John Lawrence, a 1st Lieut., late 1st Bat. Skinners, at present a Magistrate & resided, York Co. He was present when John Lawrence was married to Mary Reseau by the Reverend W Rowland, 4 May, 1783 at Richmond on Staten Island, US of A.
    That the peace os 1783 they with himself & others of the Disbanded corps came to this Province & John Lawrence & his wife have resided in York co. ever since the Peace in 1783 & always esteemed & respected as lawful man & wife by all ranks in Society,
    Signed, Garrit Clopper, Notary Pub.
    . York in Upper Canada, to all to whom it may concern, I Stephen Heward, Esquire, Notary Public, in the Town of York, UC, certify the within writings are true copies of an original deposition made by Samuel Sheppard, Parish of St. Mary, York co., NB, yeoman, before Garret Clopper Esq., Notary Public, Fredericton, NB, Signed, S. Heward, NP, of UC.
    . I certify Garret Clopper is a Notary Public, Signed, P. Mainland [i.e. The Gov. Gen. of UC.!]

    . Province of NB, Be it Remember that in 1815, Garret Clopper Esq, Public, Saint Marys Parish, sworn that he well knows John Lawrence a First Lieut., late 1Bat Gen. Skinner Brigade, at present a Magistrate & a resident in York Co. aforesaid; that he was present when said John Lawrence was married to Mary Rezeau by Rev. Mr. Rowland on 4 May 1783 at Richmond, Staten Island, USA & that at the Peace in 1783 that with himself & others of the Disbanded Corps. came o this Prov. & that the said John Lawrence & his wife have resided in his neighbourhood from that period until the present time & have always been esteemed lawful man & a wife. Signed. Danl. Clopper, Not Pub.

    No. 3. London District, Upper Canada, Personally appeared before me, John Backhouse, of Walsingham, Esq., Justice of Peace, William Hutchinson, Esquire of Walsingham, a Captain on the half pay of late 1st Battalion of NJ Volunteers & Catharine Hutchinson, his spouse, sworn, the they were present when Lieut. John Lawrence, 1st Bat. NJV & Mary Rezeau of Staten Island were lawfully married or or about 4 May 1783 9being before the said 1st Bat NJV were disbanded) & that John & Mary Lawrence were married at Richmond , Staten Island by Rev. John H rowland, Rector of St. Andrews Church, Staten Isl., in the presence of the subscribers & other witness:
    Signed, 7 Aug, 1815, W. Hutchinson, Jp. & Catherine Hutchinson. Wit: Joh Backhouse, JP.

    . 1824 Nov 23, Yonge Street, York Co., UC. I certify the late John Lawrence, Vaughan Twp., York Co, UC, in his lifetime, a lieutenant on the half pay, first Bat. NJV, who depart this life at Vaughan Twp., in the month of Dec 1821, died of the Asthma & that I attended him as physician during his illness, for some time previous to & at the time of this decease. Signed, Asa H Reid.
    - We James Miles & Michale Sloot, Justices of the Peace, certify the above subscribers, Asa J Reid, did practice as a physical in Vaughan Twp., for some time previous to & at the time of the deceased John Lawrence & he departed this life the math of Dec 1821, signed, , Yonge St., 23rd Nov.,1824. James Miles & Michael Sloot, JPs.

    No. 5. We subscribers do certify JohnLawrence, late Vaughan Twp., departed this life on Sunday 21 Dec 1821 & that his remains were entered at Vaughan aforesaid, 1 Jan, 1822.
    Signed, Vaughan, 1822 Feb 17, William Jenkins, Minister of United Congregations of Scarboro, Markham, Vaughan & Whitchurch;
    James Couse?, James Miles, Elder, Robert Marsh, Elder.

    . In the handwriting of Mary Rezeau Lawrence:
    {John Lawrence, son to William & Margaret Lawrence was born the 10th day of April 1754.
    Mary Lawrence, daughter to Peter & Mary Rezeau, was born 22 day of March 1766.
    John & Mary Lawrence was Marred the 4th Day of May 1783 -
    William Lawrence son to John & Mary Lawrence was b. 13 Sep 1864 about sunrise on Monday. Ref: Page 443 [or film page 690].

    . 1825 July 5 - I hereby certify that Eliza Ann Lawrence & Sara Catharine Lawrence are personally known to me & I believe from this appearance that the time of their respective births as stated, is true. Signed, York, James Miles, JP.
    . 1825 July 5, York, The Family Names. Personally came before me a Justice of Peace, Peter Rezeau Lawrence, son of the late John Lawrence, taketh oath & saith that he is aquatinted with his father's handwriting & believes that he wrote down the time of the birth of the family as get bit stand & in particular, the time of the births of Eliza Ann & Sarah Catharine Lawrence as they are entered upon this paper.
    Signed, 5 July 1825, Peter Rezeau Lawrence, & James Milles, JP.
    to page 446 [film p 695]

    . 1837 Toronto & Home District Directory :
    Mary Lawrence & Charles Lawrence, Con 1, Lot 42, Vaughan Twp. York Co.

    . 1842 Oct 5, Personally appeared before me Charles E Lawrence, Vaughan Twp, Yeoman, taketh oath & said that Mary Lawrence, the wife of Hon Lawrence, deceased, late a lieutenant in the NJ Volunteers, died in Vaughan Twp., on the 18 Sept, 1842 at about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
    Signed, 5 Oct 1842, Charles E Lawrence & R C Gaffer, JP, Magistrate.
    I certify that I knew the deceased Mrs. Mary Lawrence & believe her to have died at the time above, Signed, 7 Ot 1842, Thornhill, Adam Townley, Clerk. {p.670]
    Ref. Pension Applications for Widows & Family of British Military Officers 1776-1881. P 432-695 [film p 668]

    . In regards to the Perrine surname given to her son Abraham Perine Lawrence:
    Wm. Perrine of Upper Freehold, Middlesex Co. NJ fled to New York;
    . 1777 Jul 4 estate inquisition for forfeiture, estate confiscated.

    . Lieut. Colonel John Lawrence was the son of Wm. & Margaret Lawrence. He was born Apr 10, 1754; & died Dec 30, 1821 at Vaughn, Canada ae. 66. He married on Staten Island, May 4, 1783, Mary Rezeau, Daughter of Peter & Mary who died Sept 18, 1842. They had 11 children.

    . RICHMOND ROAD, Current Courthouse is the third in Richmond, was erected in 1827. Across the road from St. Andrew's Church was the LaTourette House is on was once the location of a Revolutionary War-era fort, mills & quarries. In this was the headquarters for Lieut. Colonel John Graves Simcoe & his officers. Two battles actually took place here, at the near by St. Andrews Church. One can see the close circle where John Lawrence & Mary Rezeau could have first met.

    . REZEAU BURIAL GROUND, A portion of the Rezeau family burial ground adjoins the courthouse on the west. Susannah Van Pelt, who lacked but 6 months & 5 days of reaching the century mark, was the last of the 5 generations of Rezeau to be buried here.

    . REZEAU HOUSE, Said to be very old; is now the unpretentious southern portion of a saloon on the west side of the Fresh Kill Road just south of Center Street.

    . DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH SITE, Opposite the Rezeau house,
    on property now owned by William Flake at the southern corner of Center Street, formerly stood the Dutch Reformed Church; date of erection not known. As the first English missionary came to Staten Island about 1702 & held services in the French church at Green Ridge until St. Andrew's was finished in 1711, it is possible that the Dutch church was not standing at that time. This building was burned by the British "because it was a rebel church." About 1798, members of the Reformed Church at Port Richmond secured permission to erect a new house of worship on the foundations of the old, but curiously enough they spoke of it as "The Old French Protestant Church." It stands on the corner of Fresh Kill & Mill Roads. This building was completed in 1808 & was used up to about 1884, when it was abandoned & fell on evil times.
    Ref: History, story Legend of the old King's Highway, now the Richmond Road, Staten Island, N.Y. 1916.

    . 1926 Sep 2 - Several mistakes in the NJ Historical Society for July by E Alfred Jones, Histl Society, London: Lt Col & Gen. Elisha Lawrence, Dr John Lawrence, 1747 AND Lieutenant John Lawrence: son of Wm & Margaret Lawrence, Monmouth Co., B. Apr 10, 1754 …list their all 11 children with full correct birth dates. Jos. Tisdale of UC & Chas Earl Lawrence, yeoman at Vaughan, UC, in 1842 {is this then from a directory?
    Ref: Monmouth Inquirer, Freehold NJ.
    Note: Published in NJ 1926! It would be interesting to know actual & accurate source of this letter. - PJ Ahlberg, 2018. - - -

    Birth:
    Previous spelling: Rousseau. Mary may herself also be a daughter of Empire Loyalist.

    Died:
    COD: Asthma

    Buried:
    Buried beside John.

    Notes:

    Married:
    by the Rev. John H Rowland, the Loyalist Rector or St. Andrews Records Vol XXXV, Page 83.

    Corner of 40 Old Mill Road and Richmond Hill Road in Richmondtown, Staten Isl., The original Anglican church was destroyed by fire on March 31, 1867, only a few relics were saved. The town was formerly called Northfield. Reference Number:53945

    The Calendar of NY Marriages reads slightly different:
    1783 May 3, Lawrence, Jonn and Mary Rezeau, by M R Brown, E Record 21, Vol. xxxviii (?) Page 135

    Children:
    1. William Henry LAWRENCE, .11, SUE was born on 13 Sep 1784 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 10 Jun 1852 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario.
    2. 3. Margaret LAWRENCE, DUE, .iii was born on 25 Sep 1786 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 15 Sep 1864 in Charlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ontario; was buried in St. John's Woodhouse Cemetery.
    3. Major Peter Rezeau LAWRENCE, SUE was born on 21 Nov 1788 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 19 Aug 1860 in Eglinton, (Toronto), York Co., Ontario; was buried on 23 Aug 1860 in Toronto Necropolis Cemetery.
    4. John LAWRENCE, SUE, The .xi was born on 22 Oct 1791 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died after 17 Sep 1842 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick.
    5. Maria Poillon LAWRENCE, .vi was born on 26 Aug 1794 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 31 Oct 1880 in Weston, York Co., Ontario; was buried in St. John's On The Humber, (Weston) Ontario.
    6. Lieut. Col. Alexander Cairns LAWRENCE, SUE was born on 23 Nov 1796 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 19 Aug 1879 in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Lincoln, Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.
    7. Lieut. Elisha LAWRENCE, Jr., .7, SUE was born on 21 Jan 1800 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 18 Jun 1869 in Gore of Toronto Twp., Peel Co., Ontario; was buried in Hilltop Gore Cemetery, Clairville, Ontario.
    8. Lieut. Col. Charles Earl LAWRENCE, . 1st, SUE was born on 27 Nov 1802 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 19 Dec 1868 in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Lincoln, Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.
    9. Capt. Abraham PERINE LAWRENCE, SUE was born on 18 Jun 1805 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 29 Dec 1886 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried in Mann - Sprague Family Burial Ground.
    10. ELIZAbeth Ann LAWRENCE, . Xiv, DUE was born on 10 Dec 1807 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died in .
    11. Sarah Catharine LAWRENCE, .viii DUE was born on 8 Aug 1810 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick; died on 23 Nov 1866 in Richmond Hill, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William LAWRENCE, .6 Esq. The Quaker was born on 13 Nov 1719 in Colts Neck, Monmouth Co., New Jersey (son of Richard LAWRENCE, .3rd, Esq. and Alice BROWN); died on 21 Oct 1795 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Shrewsburys Friend's Burying Ground.

    Notes:

    . "I have an old English Bible with the record of birth, marriage, etc. of Richard (5), son of above William (4) & all but 2 of his children & all I need to make a legal connection is the WILL of William (4). Anyone wishing information that I have on the Lawrence family of New Jersey is welcome to it.
    Walter A. Hamilton, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Reprinted in Boston Transcripts. [who has the Bible now?]

    . 1748 May 5 - Margaret Tilton (J4-17); married William Lawrence, son of Richard Lawrence. Tilton Family in America.
    . 1748 May 5 - Margaret Tilton married, at the house of Daniel Tilton, William, son of Richard & Alice Lawrence; both of Middletown, born Dec. 13, 1719.

    Shrewsbury Monthly Meetings:
    . 1761 May 6, The Meeting is informed that William Lawrence, of Middletown has of late purchased a negro. John Burdin & Jacob Condis is appointed to x at with him & inform our next Meeting hear whether he is disposed to make satisfaction.
    . 1761 Mar 2 - William Lawrence declines making satisfaction for buying a negro by letting her free. Therefore this Meeting of the Yearly Meeting desires to acquaint him the rite of appeal.

    . 1748 Mar 2, William Lawrence: Three days before his marriage to Margaret Tilton he made application to the Men's Monthly Meeting, Shrewsbury, for a certificate of removal to Philadelphia. Ref: p. 417, Vol. 3.

    . Colts Neck has been noted for its horse breeding farms since the 1700's. ... In the springtime we are conscious of our heritage. The fields are green with young corn, potatoes & garden goodness. The orchards begin the ripeness of the apples. Hundreds of foals feed on the rich forage & from upland to lowland we know that snug in these fine houses, rich with the history of this land, we are at home.

    . William Lawrence & his Jacob Lawrence (1757-1823) were for many years coffin makers of Middletown Twp., Monmouth.
    Ref: Vol. 17, #13, Page 68 Jul 1942.

    1757 Aug 6, Will of Mary Cox, widow of Thomas, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth co, 86 years of age, Son this. Grandchildren, Eliz & Rebecca Cox. Names T Van Horn; Jos & Mary Lawrence: Elizabeth. Hutchinson. Legacy to Baptist ch; Wit: Sm. Liming & William Lawrence.

    Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting
    1744 Oct 1, Mary Tilton; second intentions, Burlington Meeting, ,
    married, Oct. 10, 1744, Job Ridgway, Jr., of Little Egg Harbor, son of Thomas.
    Witnesses: Daniel, Margaret, Sarah & Phebe Tilton, [i.e. her sisters.]

    . 1748 Mar 5 - William Lawrence of Middletown & Margaret Tilton of the same place, married at an appointed Meeting at Daniel Tilton's House.

    1748. William Lawrence, John Lawrence of U.F. (Upper Freehold) large pair of saddle bags delivered by John McConnel at John Formans funeral.
    Ref: Names of persons mentioned in Samuel Holmes His Book of Accounts.

    . 1758, William Lawrence, Accessed for land in Upper Freehold.

    ACCOUNT BOOK OF WILLIAM LAWRENCE, 1756-1817: 1 Vol. (190 p.)
    Lawrence of Middletown, N. J. was a blacksmith & a carpenter & also sold meats. Accounts by customer, mostly payments for services rendered. Also mentions selling coffins (one for a "negro" Daniel Polhemus, Nov. 1791).
    The Account Book has a note "Independence declared July 4 1776. Peace 1783" towards end of volume.
    Ref: Reprinted in Monmouth County Coffin Accounts of William & Jacob Lawrence 1756-1808, Genealogical Magazine of NJ, Vol 24 3.1949 Jul, p6-70, by Chas C Garner

    . Bequest form the WILL of William Lawrence, of Middletown, Monmouth Co. NJ. Grandson, William, son of Richard Lawrence, deceased, 36 acres at Barnegat, being part of Thomas Cooper's lot.
    Ref: Account book 1756-1817 Manuscript Collection 296., Monmouth County Historical Association.
    Note1: See attached story on Wm Lawrence, Quaker Carpenter.

    . 1776 Aug 29 -British Troops at Middletown:
    "Very near the present settlement of Middletown there lived … On the morning of August 29th the British light dragoons from Jamaica [NY City]
    scoured Newtown, "& while it was yet early," wrote Riker, in his "Annals of Newtown," "guided by one George Rapelye, a loyalist, came along the poor bowery & halted at Jacobus Lent's (late Isaac Rapelye's) to get some bread. Brandishing their naked swords they declared that they were in pursuit of that dx d rebel, Dr. Riker.

    . The doctor had spent the night in visiting different sections of the town & tearing down Howe's proclamations, that none might be mislead & induced at this critical juncture to remain & accept British protection instead of hastening to the support of the American arms. The females at Mr. Lent's were terrified at the ferocious appearance of the light horse &, observing the greediness with which they broke & ate the dry bread, Blanche, a colored woman, innocently inquired of her mistress whether they would not eat them. They dashed off toward Hell Gate, but the doctor had escaped in a boat to Barn Island & thus eluded the demons in human form." August 31st General Robertson, in command of a British force, was marching from Brooklyn, via Bedford & Cripplebush, to Hell Gate to oppose General Lee, who was reported to be landing there with an army.

    . When he arrived at Hallett's Cove, finding no enemy, he took up his quarters at William Lawrence's place (known later as Whitfield's & Halsey's) & encamped his army of 10,000 in tents on the hill & in Hallett's lot. At that time nearly the whole English army was within a few miles of there. Says Riker:
    "The East River now only separated these hostile legions of Britain & the army of Washington. Indeed, no sooner had General Robertson made an encampment at Hell Gate & his cannon arrived than a battery was planted on a point of l& at Hallett's Cove, which opened on Sunday September 1st at Horn's Hook, on New York island & being returned in a spirited manner an incessant firing was kept up on both sides the whole day, during which the enemy threw above a hundred shells, killing one of our men & wounding several. Some of the American shot fell on the land of William Lawrence, but it is not known what damage the British sustained. This cannonading continued for several days, by which the enemy were so emboldened that on Tuesday they crossed in considerable numbers to Blackwell's Island, but the shot from our batteries proving too warm for them they soon recrossed the river."

    In the meantime the British troops made frequent incursions upon the contiguous portions of the island & a number of residents of Whig proclivities were made prisoners & subjected to detention & indignity. General Robertson's army, a little after the middle of September, vacated Hell Gate, which was invested by the Hessians under General De Heister, who in company with General Clark was quartered in the house of William Lawrence. The Hessians remained three weeks & then left to join in the movement against New York.

    Middletown Twp., Monmouth Co., New Jersey Tax List: William Lawrence
    . 1778 March & November, December; 1779 Jan., March, Dec.
    . 1781 August; 1784 May; 1785 June-July; 1786 June-July; 1787 July; 1789 July-August
    . 1790 August; 1792 Jun, July, August, Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ, William Lawrence.

    . 1779 Feb 24, Month. Whereas inquisitions have been found & final judgement entered, hereon, in favour of the State of NJ against there persons herein mentioned: Notice is hereby given that the real & personal estates belonging to Thos. Leonard, Hendrick Vanmater, James Boggs, William Lawrence, Richard Lippencott, Elisha Lawrence & John Lawrence, sons of John, late of Upper Freehold, will be sold at public venue, beginning on Monday 5 April next, at Wall's mills & continue from day to day until all are sold. No credit will be given. Signed, Samuel Forman, Joseph Lawrence, Commissioners, Feb 17. 1779.
    Ref: New Jersey Gazette, Trenton, NJ.

    Verify idenity: . 1780 2 mo. 7day Shrewsbury. From the Preparative Meeting, it appears John Lawrence's son of William has been fighting formerly & since has bore arms in a hostile way, has left his habitation gone where he can't readily be treated with for which offenses this Meeting hath hereby disowned him from being a member thereof. [p525 /film p226].

    British Headquarters Papers (Carleton Papers or American Manuscripts):
    Ensign William Lawrence, 1st NJV, (Skinner's Brigade)
    . 1779, Return of Troops, New York, Page 10436 (58), Film 369, Item 31699.

    . TAX LISTS for years: 1778 Mar - Nov; 1778 Dec - Nov; 1779 Mar - Jan; 1779 Oct-Jan Lists;
    1785; 1881 Aug; 1784 May; 1785 Jun - July; 1785 July; 1786 Jun; 1789 Jul/Aug - Jul; 1787 Jul Lists;
    & 1790 Aug - March; 1792 Ju/Aug - June; 1794 Jun Tax Lists: William Lawrence, Monouth County, Middletown Township.
    Ref: NJ Early Census Index.

    . 1785 Jul 5 - Letters remaining in the Post Office at Trenton: William Lawrence, Monmouth.
    Ref: New Jersey Gazette, published 1785 Aug 1.

    . 1787 Apr 9 - William Lawrence affirmed that Elizabeth M. Hartshorne & Hannah Herbert were daughters of Wm. Lawrence, his grandfather;
    & that Hugh Hartshorne was the eldest son of Elizabeth Hartshorne &
    the eldest son of Hannah Herbert, by her husband Obadiah Herbert.

    . 1795 Feb 20 - WILL of William Lawrence of Middletown Twp., Monmouth Co., Know all men by these present that I being now indisposed in body but of a sound & disposing will & memory I do now in order to dispose of what worldly estate I am now possessed of make & ordain this to be my last will & Testament as follows to wit. In the first place I give & bequeath unto
    Sons Richard & John, Daughter Elizabeth. £30 York money each;
    Daughter, Alice £50 [£30?] & 3 silver spoons;
    Son Elisha, feather bed I now lay on;
    Grandson, William, (son of son Elisha), 5 acres being a survey now in the hands of Richard Herbert, with a piece of meadow ground joining the east side of said lott said meadow ground lying together to the Northward of the over going place;
    Son Jacob, lott of salt meadow lying at Smocks Point containing about one acre & three quarters, 3 silver table spoons, 3 silver tea spoons & 1 silver tumbler, all home plantation, all cattle, farming utensils & remainder of estate, plantation whereon I now live on together with all the buildings improvements heridetaments (?) & appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining.
    Executors: Son Jacob Lawrence & Stephen Stoutenburgh.
    Witnesses: Timothy Murphy, Daniel Covenhaven, Wm. Van Matter. Sworn at Freehold the 21st October 1795 before me, Jos. Scudder Surrogate.
    . Proved 21 Oct. 1795.
    . Son & Executor, Jacob Lawrence Affirmed, the 21st Oct, 1795 before me Jos' Scudder, Surrogate.
    . 1795 Mar 3 - Inventory £155.10.11 (also bond for £100 against Col. Asher & Obadiah & as yet unsettled; made by James Taylor, Wm. covert & T Murphy.
    Ref: NJ Wills, Lib 33, p.505. NJ. & NJ Index of Wills & Inventories, Vol. II 7261-7268M.

    . Historians generally concede that no state among the old 13 suffered during the Revolutionary War more than New Jersey & that no county in New Jersey suffered more than Monmouth. In addition to the outrages from the regular British army, our citizens were continually harassed by organized bands of refugees & by a set of outcasts known as "The Pine Woods robbers" who pretended to be Royalist yet if the opportunity arose, robbed Royalist as well as Americans. - - -

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    . 1798 Sep 24 - Quaker Carpenter could Make Anything from Coffins to Mills:
    William Lawrence was a man of all work. The Quaker carpenter from Middletown Twp. & his boys were available for just about any sort of job - from building a mill to repairing a tea table- during the last half of the 18th century. Lawrence's account book, preserved at the Monmouth County Historical Association library in Freehold, gives minute details of work done for Middletown & Shrewsbury residents from 1756 until his death in 1795. It reveals that prior to 1771 he produced a number of pieces of furniture, making him one of the county's earliest known cabinetmakers.
    At the back of his account book Lawrence recorded that he was married May 5, 1748, to Margaret Tilton & their first child, Daniel, was born 2 years later. The marriage is recorded in the second book of Friend's Record's (Quaker) at Shrewsbury.

    That he was originally considered a carpenter is confirmed by the will of Joseph Field of Middletown in 1749. One of the witnesses was 'William Lawrence carpenter. Lawrence's plantation was located near Colts Neck Village. He willed this, his cattle & farm equipment to a son, Jacob, in 1795.

    Lawrence's accounts show sales of meat, grain & livestock to his customers in addition to charges for a wide variety of other services. He tanned hides, provided harvest help, constructed wells, built & repaired wagons, chaises & sleighs & was apparently a competent wheelwright. There are countless entries for coffins of bilsted (sweet gum), cherry, walnut & black walnut - many of them for children. Infant mortality was high in the 18th century.

    The names of 10 assistants or apprentices are listed in charges for labor in the account book. The last 5 named, between 1764 & 1784, are Daniel, William, Elisha, Jacob & John, which are the given names of 5 of 6 sons listed in a Lawrence family genealogy.

    Furniture made included six bedsteads, six tables of various types, two cases of draws (bureaus), a dressing table, a chest, several chairs, two cradles, a tea table & a desk. There also are numerous charges for furniture repairs. No examples of this furniture are known to have survived. Lawrence seems to have been strictly a country cabinetmaker who used only woods available locally. Maple, mahogany & other imported woods popular with city cabinetmakers are not mentioned. Lawrence's services were in considerable demand. In 1760, his crew put in 20 days work for Joseph Taylor in Upper Freehold Township - some 25 miles from home - probably building or finishing the interior of a house.

    One account is of particular interest. Lawrence & his boys did extensive work in 1764-65 for Michael Kearney, suggesting that they may have been the builders or interior finishers of the mansion house at Morrisdon Farm in Colts Neck, a fine colonial home that still is standing & was the subject of an Antiques column last year. Kearney apparently acquired the property in the 1760s & the first reference to Morrisdon Farm turned up in a 1767 horse breeding ad run by Kearney. Lawrence billed him for 36 days of labor over a 3 month period.

    . 1763, Lawrence charged Widow Mary Holmes, on July ye 18 to 1 day work to myself & boys underpinning the house.' The bill was 12 shillings. Two rather unusual services were performed for Obadiah Holmes, Sr. in 1768. He was billed for putting wings to the windmill & for making an instrument for John Holmes to press leather. In 1765 & 1766, Lawrence listed charges of £30 for work done on the Meeting House by me & my boys. In 1771 there were more bills for work on the Meeting House, these charged to Edmond Williams, who was an active member of the Shrewsbury Friend's Meeting.

    Lawrence seems to have had a well equipped shop for there are charges for turning bannisters & for making all sorts of parts for cider mills. In 1761 he was working on Van Dorn's mill & in 1766 built a mill for Cyrenius Van Mater, the latter probably a grist mill. In 1762 he made a number of moulds for brick-making for John Tilton. In 1768 there were charges for repairing looms. In 1782 he built some behives for Joseph Van Mater. In 1791 he made 2 hat blocks for Rulief Van Mater, presumably a hatter, & in 1793 he made a stove for him.

    . After William Lawrence's death in 1795, his son Jacob continued the business at least until 1817. But in this period most entries in the account book he took over from his father are for making coffins & repairing wagons & sleighs. Stillwell's Historical & Genealogical Miscellany says that Lawrence's eldest son, Daniel, was killed in the Revolution (he was a member of the Monmouth Militia), & 3 other sons, John, Richard & William, supported the Tory cause & moved to Canada. Perhaps the son William Lawrence was the Shrewsbury Tory of that name whose lands were seized by the American government in 1781. Lawrence's will left £30 each to his sons John & Richard & the bulk of his estate to his son Jacob. But there was no mention of his son William.
    Ref: Asbury Park Press, NJ. - - -

    Birth:
    (Perth Amboy, NJ).

    Died:
    WILL Proved 21 Oct 1795.

    William married Margaret TILTON on 5 Mar 1748 in Shrewsbury's Friends' House. Margaret (daughter of Daniel TILTON, Jr. and Elizabeth POWELL) was born on 13 Dec 1719 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 5 Feb 1767 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; was buried in Shrewsburys Friend's Burying Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Margaret TILTON was born on 13 Dec 1719 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey (daughter of Daniel TILTON, Jr. and Elizabeth POWELL); died on 5 Feb 1767 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; was buried in Shrewsburys Friend's Burying Ground.

    Notes:

    . 1748 Feb 28 - Three days before his marriage to Margaret Tilton, he made application to the Men's Monthly Friends Meeting, Shrewsbury, NJ, for a certificate of removal to Philadelphia, Penn.

    "History of Tilton Family In America," page 182, makes the statement: "Margaret Tilton married William Lawrence, son of Richard Lawrence, May 5, 1748."

    . 1748 March 5 - Quarker Marriage Record:
    1748, 5day, 3 mo., William Lawrence, married to Margaret Tilton, both of Middletown, at an appointed meeting, attended at of Daniel Tilton's house.
    Witnesses: Cattron Lawrence, William Lawrence, Amos Tilton, Margaret Lawrence, William Lawrence Jr., Daniel Tilton, George Williams, John Tilton, Mary Tilton, Anne Tilton, Joseph Field, Sarah Tilton, John Tilton.2, Abigail Tilton, Increase Tilton, Margaret Tilton [her own signature?]

    . Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. V, pg. 142, further states:
    "Margaret Tilton married, at the house of Daniel Tilton, May 5, 1748,
    William, son of Richard, age 20 & Alice Lawrence; both of Middletown, born Dec. 1st.

    . Margaret Tilton is mentioned in her father Daniel's WILL of 1749. FIRST SERIES VOL XXXIII.

    . Mary Tilton; second intentions, Burlington Meeting, Oct. 1, 1744, married, Oct. 10, 1744, Job Ridgway, Jr., of Little Egg Harbor, son of Thomas.
    Witnesses: Daniel, Margaret, Sarah & Phebe Tilton, [i.e. her sisters:].

    . Tilton, Francis Theodore, THE HISTORY OF THE TILTON FAMILY IN AMERICA. New Jersey, 1939-40. page 181
    History: Jones, William H, William Tilton: His English Origins & Some American Descendants, Heritage Books Inc, Maryland, (1997) pg. 79.

    BURIAL:
    . Margaret, the wife of William David, the son of David & Sarah & Esek Tilton, son of William & Margaret Tilton, are each buried in the Friends' Burying ground, at Shrewsbury, but with no other inscription than the initials: M.T., D.T & E.T.
    Ref: Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 5.

    . Typical houses in Colts Neck:
    Most of the houses of the Provincial period were shingled on the outside by cedar shingles & roofed with the same material. They were, generally, filled in with mud, sometimes worked up with chopped straw. The front doors were often ornamented with heavy & elaborate knockers of iron or brass. The doors themselves were large & in the Dutch buildings, usually divided horizontally into 2 at the middle. Windows were usually small. Floors were of very broad planks (sometimes two feet wide) & laid directly on heavy hand-hewn oak beams.

    Chimneys became larger, some being 12 feet wide, needing logs so large & heavy that they had to be drawn within the kitchen by a horse. Ovens were no longer detached, but built in one of the side-walls of the kitchen chimney (such as that in the Frederick's home on Laird Road.) Vegetables were sometimes stored in outside root-cellars. Ice was preserved in deep pits, lined with logs & covered by a peaked roof. - - -

    Birth:

    Notes:

    Married:
    REF. History of Tilton Family In America, Pg 182, Box J4 Folder 17
    41056; Alt DOM: 5 May, 1748 .

    Children:
    1. Daniel LAWRENCE, .II was born on 20 Aug 1750 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died before 1783 in New Jersey.
    2. Ensign William LAWRENCE, .9th was born on 24 Mar 1752 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 23 Jun 1780 in Springfield, Union Co., New Jersey.
    3. 6. Lieut. John LAWRENCE, , UE, & JP was born on 10 Apr 1754 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 30 Dec 1821 in Richmond Hill, Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried on 1 Jan 1822 in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.
    4. Alice LAWRENCE, UE was born on 12 Dec 1756 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 26 Nov 1827 in New Brunswick, Canada.
    5. Helen LAWRENCE, .i was born on 10 Oct 1757 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died before 1795 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
    6. Lieut. Richard LAWRENCE, , UE was born on 20 Aug 1759 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died before 5 May 1831 in Harwich, Kent Co., Ontario.
    7. Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .x was born on 1 Oct 1761 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 26 Nov 1827 in Wakefield, Carleton Co., New Brunswick.
    8. Elisha LAWRENCE, .5 was born on 10 Apr 1764 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died after Mar 1795.
    9. Jacob LAWRENCE, Sr. was born on 8 Mar 1767 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 29 Jul 1823 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.

  3. 14.  Peter REZEAU was born on 25 Feb 1738 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York (son of Jacques JACOB REZEAU and Susanna MERRILL); died on 2 Feb 1808 in Southfield, Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; was buried .

    Notes:

    Pierre Rezeau is the son of Susanna Merrell & Jacques Rezeau (1710-1789)

    . His grand-grandfather Rene Rinier Rezeau, Sr. b 165 Isle de Re.

    . His grandfather, Pierre / Peter Rezeau was born 2 Oct 1676 in Ste. Marie De Isle de Re, Charente, Maritim, France. His wife Dorcas Guilbuert b 1680 in France.

    . His Father Jacques Jacob Rezeau donated land to the Dutch Reformed Church, on Staten Isl.
    Will: 02 FEB 1808 Southfield, Staten Island, Richmond, NY.

    . 1800 Apr 7 - Letters remains at the post office, Peter Rezeau.
    Ref: NY Daily Advertise, published Apr 10, 1800.
    1806 Dec 5 - Letters remains at the post office, Peter Rezeau, Esq.
    Ref: American Citizen Newspaper, NYC.

    . Peter's Funeral was at St. Andrews Church, St. Andrew, Staten Island, Richmond, New York. His Will was dated 2nd February,1808 at Southfield, Staten Island, Richmond, New York &
    Probated on 27th February 1813 at Staten Island, Richmond, New York.
    Reference: Will - The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family, by Lincoln Cocheu, reprinted in Genealogies of Long Island Families.

    . 1823 Jun 12 - Chancery Notice, In pursuance of a directed order of court of chancery, will be sold at public auction, at the house of Joshua Merseareau, inn keeper, Richmond Village, on Saturday 28 Jun, all that certain farm & parcel of land formerly the property of Peter Rezeau, Esq, deceased, situated in the town of Southfield, Richmond Co., in 2 pieces or parcels, divided by the public road that leads from the town of Richmond to the old Blazing Star ferry, bound by the land of Jacob Winaut, SAMUEL LOCKMAN & JOS TAYLOR, containing doubt 60 acres. dated 5 June, 1823.
    Paper: National Advocate Newspaper., NYC.

    The following marriage register for the Huguenot church is provided for further research:

    . Rouseau Marriage: Aujourdhuy, dimanche 24e Octobre, 1697 apres la priere du soir a Este solemenelle Berry par M. Peiret, nostre ministe en cette Eglise. Le mariage de M. Jean Blanssard et Susanne Rezeau. Le dt. Sr. Blanssard Demt. a Newcastle expainsiluanie. Translation}

    . [Today Sunday 24th Oct. 1697, after night prayers, Mr. Peiret, our minister, married Jean Blanssard of Newcastle & Susanne Rezeau.
    Signed, Witnesses: Rene Rezeau (senior & junior). Abraham Rezeau, Pierre Rezeau, Jean Perlie, Pieter Fillieu, Jean Blanchard, Susann Rezeau (bride or another witness?), Anne Rezeau, Mariye Rezeau, Maria Heirgere (?), Judit Pare.

    . Old Families of Staten Island: Abraham & Sarah Rezeau were married 24 Aug 1790 & a son Peter Rezeau, born 20 Sept 1791.
    Ref: Extracted from Annals of Staten Island From Its Discovery to the Present Time, by J J Clute, 1877.

    . Recorded for further research: Susanne Rezeau
    Rene Rezeau, Jacob Brown. Josephine A Brown, Susanne Rezeau Brown, Peter Rezeau, Dorcas Rezeau, Rezeau Brown, John Rezeau-Brown.
    Ref: Revolutionary War Pension Records for NJ. - - -

    Birth:
    ALT DOB: 1723 10 08.

    Died:
    Will 1808.

    Peter married Mary POILLON on 10 Dec 1761 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York. Mary (daughter of John JEAN POILLON and Margaret PERRINE) was born on 5 Nov 1744 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; died on 21 Oct 1789 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Mary POILLON was born on 5 Nov 1744 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York (daughter of John JEAN POILLON and Margaret PERRINE); died on 21 Oct 1789 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York.

    Notes:

    Mary is the daughter of Margaret Perrine & John Pollon.

    . 1761 Dec. 10. Poilion, Mary, & Peter Rezeau, Volume 271
    Ref: New York Marriages Previous to 1784. - - -

    Birth:

    Notes:

    Married:
    St. Andrew's Church, Staten Isl.

    Children:
    1. Jacob REZEAU was born in 1763 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; died after 1810.
    2. Margaret REZEAU was born on 23 Feb 1763 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; died on 26 Dec 1823 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
    3. Hosea Alexander REZEAU was born in 1765 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York.
    4. 7. Mary REZEAU, UE was born on 22 Mar 1766 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; died on 18 Sep 1842 in Vaughan Twp., York Co., Ontario; was buried in Richmond Hill Presbyterian Cemetery.
    5. Ann REZEAU was born on 25 Jun 1771 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York; died on 25 Aug 1855 in Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York.