Family/Spouse: Mrs. Mary RECKLESS. Mrs. was born in 1826 in New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Josie RECKLESS was born in 1852 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
2. William RECKLESS was born in 1850 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
3. Gilbert RECKLESS was born in 1855 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
4. Jennie RECKLESS was born in 1860 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.

Joseph married Mary Ann GOELET after 1833 in St. Peter's Anglican Church, Perth Amboy. Mary (daughter of James Francis GOELET, .1 and Sarah Brown LAWRENCE, .vii) was born in 1794 in Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Dear Friend, I have done extensive research on John Brown Lawrence and the Lawrence Family. I think you may have copied some tree that had a number of incorrect attachments: Briefly, John Brown Lawrence, born 1728, Upper Freehold,
His only TWO wives: Anne Alice Leoanrd (1 child) & Martha Tallman (10 children).
John B is indeed the son of Elizabeth Brown & Elisha Lawrence.
. John was an Anglican, but not a reverend. He was involved in raising a salary for the unpaid Anglican minister in Burlington, NJ. He is a very interesting person with a great many references. Further info can be found on my tree All2gether, on the Rootsweb.com

So the question is which John Lawrence is your ancestor. For instances, he is not the John Lawrence, from Connecticut, who signed many documents for Gen. Washington.

During the Revolution, John B Lawrence, was the Mayor of Burlington, NJ - after NYC, then the 2nd largest city in the USA - John Lawrence protected Burlington from burning & pillage by the German Hessians mercenaries hired by the British. For this bravery, on the contrary, he was falsely accused of siding with the British, dispossessed of his property, imprisoned & lost his lawyer's practice. From 1783 to 1795 he participated in NJ elections - i.e. he did not flee to Canada, as sometimes asserted.

While in the Burlington Goal, he met the injured British General John Graves Simcoe. It is my belief that it was here the John Lawrence discussed with Gen. Simcoe, JB Lawrence's previous attempts to establish an new utopian settlement on the Ohio River. In 1793 John G Simcoe was appointed Governor General (like a commander/ president) of Upper Canada, now known as Ontario. Gov. Simcoe invited John Brown Lawrence (& others) to Toronto to help in the administration of the new utopian Canada as envisioned by Simcoe himself. Some ground work was done but either Simcoe nor John Lawrence lived must longer after that time.
I hope this is not too confusing. Most sincerely, Pat Ahlberg, U.E.

So the question is which John Lawrence is your ancestor. For instances, he is not the John Lawrence, from Connecticut, who signed many documents for Gen. Washington. - - -

Birth:
Confirmation, St. Peter's Ang. Church, 12 Oct 1812.

Notes:

Married:
Perth Amboy

Notes:

[James' surname is sometimes spelled Goelette - La goelette is French for a type of wooden ship. - PJA]

. Goelet wrote her WILL in 1773 & named "my godson James Goelet, son of my brother Francis, Dec'd." who had died 4 Sep 1767.

. 1793 May 15, Wed. Just imported into Perth Amboy, In the Ship Thomas Wilson, James F Goblet, Master; from Tobago & Turks Island, Muscovado sugar, rum & a large quantity of salt & to be sold on reasonable terms for cost or country produce, by John Henry & co. they have also at their stores at Perth Amboy & New Brunswick, a general assortment of dry goods & Groceries.
Ref: Guardian & NB Advertiser Newspapers.

. 1807 Dec 10 - WILL of James F Goelet, City of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co, NJ
. First, funeral expense & just debts be paid by Executors;
. Second, beloved wife Sarah Goulet given all Real Estate as long as she remains a widow, then to my children now living, or how said wife Sarah shall divided between the share & share alike;
. Third, if not enough money for debts, then sell, the money arriving from, bequeath to said wife for her support & maintenance of educating my children.
Signed & sealed, James F Goelet.
. Wit: Abagail Compton, James Skinner, Philip Kearney.
. 1809 Dec 29, Sarah Goelet, sole Executor in the within testament of James F Goelet, she will pay firs the debts of said deceased & then legacies. & she will exhibit into the Surrogate Court a true & perfect inventory of all goods & chattel.
. Signed, Given at New Brunswick, NJ, 29 Dec, 1809, Sarah Goelet.
Ref: NJ Wills & Probate Records, 1739-1991, Middlesex Co.,#s 100991 p. 771

Record for research:
. 1849 Apr 19, Thursday, Newark Daily Advertiser (Newark, New Jersey
. Perth Amboy, NJ some residents: Rachel Goelet, Thomas Billopp Goelet with 4 children; Sara Goelet.
Ref: WILL Sarah Howard of Perth Amboy, d 15 Apr., 1796.

. 1892 Jun 30, An auction of rare books, The Voyages & Travels of Francis Goelet of the City of NY, 96 pages, seven colored drawings of ships at sea. Capt. Francis Goelet ancestor of the wealth Goelet family.
Ref: NY Times Newspaper.

. John Goelet - Robert Guestier Goelet - dgt? (Goelet) Mrs Elber Kip - Beatrice (Goelet) Manice - Anne Marie (Guestier) Goelet - Robert Ratsey Goelet d 1820 NYC - Almy Goelet - Peter Goelet 1727-1811, NYC
. Peter P. Goelet 1764-1828, NYC - Peter Goelet III 1800-1879, NYC- Hannah Greene (Goelet) Gerry - Robert Goelet II 1809-1879, NYC - Robert Goelet III 1841-1899, NYC - Ogden Goelet 1846-1897 NYC -Mary Wilson "May" Goelet(-Innes-Kerr (Duchess of Roxburghe).
. Robert Goelet (IV) 1880-1966, NYC- Robert Walton Goelet 1880-1941.

. NYC - Francis Goelet
Goelet, Aefje, 1700, & 1704, NYC
Goelet, Francis, 1691, NYC
Goelet, Jacob, 1688, NYC - Translator of Dutch for the Province of New York"
Goelet, Jan, 1694, NYC
Goelet, Leah, 1702, NYC
Goelet, Phillipus, 1699,1701, 1708, 1743- NYC, 1701
Goelet, Raphael, 1696, NYC 1747. - - -

Birth:
Alt Spelling: Golet / Goelette / Goulet.

Buried:
Perth Amboy. Red sandstone monument is born off on lies on the ground (2006).

James married Sarah Brown LAWRENCE, .vii on 19 Jul 1788 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Sarah (daughter of John Brown LAWRENCE, Esq., U.E. and Martha TALLMAN) was born on 20 Apr 1764 in Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey; was christened on 20 Apr 1764 in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, NJ; died on 1 Oct 1828 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Burlington April 20th 1764. Baptiz'd Martha the wife of John Lawrence
& two female infants, named Sarah & Catherine.

. James Golet (Goelet) &Thos. L. Hewlings, Esq. of the City of Burlington, bound to William LIVINGSTON, Governor, £500 on 19 July 1788., a contract of marriage between James GOLET & Sarah LAWRENCE.
Witness: Tho's Adams [on the back: Burlington 1788.] #G 325.

. James Francis Goelet married Sarah, daughter of John Lawrence of Burlington, N.J. by his 2nd wife, Martha Tallman, born 1760, died Oct 1, 1828.

Capt. James F Goelet owned the house on High Street south. Thorn Golding house (the later was demolished in 1923) & he died seized intestate of same. The title to the entire lot became vested in his daughter, Mary Ann Goelet, on of his heirs-at-law, who intermarried first with John Patrick, second with Joseph W Reckless.
The above property was formerly owned by Capt. Samuel Leonard, his grandfather, who purchased same from Wm. Hodshon.
The property is now (1923) known as 272 High Street residence of Mr. Forrest L. Smith.*
Ref: The history of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Note: * In 2010 this house is now referred to as the Kearny Cottage (Samuel Leonard to his granddaughter Elizabeth Lawrence Kearny).

New Jersey Wills: James F Goelet, 1807. - - -

Birth:
Twin to Catharine.

Notes:

Married:

Notes:

Francis Goelet's grandfather was Jacobus Goelet.

Francis Goelet was a son of John Goelet & Janet Cannon of New York city, ancestors of the wealthy & prominent family of that name now in NYC.
Francis Goblet was born Nov 29, 1724, at NYC & died May 20. 1767.
He married June 21, 1752, Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Samuel & Anne Leonard, than of South River, NJ. Elizabeth was born Apr 16 1726 & died Jan 7, 1792.
In her father's will, Probated Feb 13, 1758, dated Apr 2, 1754, he is referred to as being of Perth Amboy & her sisters are mentioned as Mary wife of John Berrien, Sarah, widow of Thomas Billop, Rachel, wife of Samuel Sarjant, &
Ann wife of John Lawrence. [i.e. Mayor John Brown Lawrence.]

When he resided in Perth Amboy he was engaged in business in that city. He evidently was a man of learning & culture & possessed a library of some extent.

From the entries in an old bible, now in possession of a former resident of Perth Amboy, it would appear that Francis Goelet, born 1724, had a brother, James Goelet, & uncle Jacob Goelet, another brother, Peter Goelet & sisters, Mary Goelet & Jane or Jenny Goelet.

Francis Goelet's journal, describes 5 voyages taken between 1746 & 1758, with many months spent in London while he conducted his business.

. 1746-1750, Extracts from the journal of Capt. Francis Goelet, merchant, relating to Boston, Salem, Marblehead etc, with notes by Albert H Hoyt.
Ref: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 180, 8 Vol, P 16 R.

. 1751-53 - New York Masonic Lodge, - Francis Goelet, Third Grand Master.

. 1765, Sept. 23. WILL of Sarah Billopp, [nee Leonard] of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.;
Widow of Thomas Billopp. Eldest son, Christopher Billopp, £100.
Rest of my estate to my 7 children, namely, Mary (widow of Richard Nickleson), Elizabeth, Rachel, Thomas, Sarah, Catharine & Jasper.
Executors: my sons, Christopher & Thomas.
Witnesses: John Berrien, Samuel Sarjant, Francis Goelet.
Proved Sept. 7, 1770. 1771, May. Inventory, £2141.8.10, filed by Christopher Billopp.

. Presumable the debts were discharged & the following remained (- PJA2010):
NJ Archives, Vol. IX, p. 333-4.
. the Act was repealed Jan 14, 1762. Letters of administration were granted 4 Sep. 1767, to Elizabeth Goelet, widow of Francis Goelet, late of the City of Perth Amboy, deceased. The inventory signed by the widow, with Jonas, Deare & John Griggs, as appraisers amounts to £137 12 s 7 d, all personal property, &
2 volumes of Universal Traveller, Coettogon's Arts & Sciences, Arcadia by Sir Phil Sidney, doctrine of Morality, Nettletons's Virtue & Comforts, poems, 3 Volumes of Shakespeare, etc.
Ref: East Jersey wills, I.F., 152.

. 1767, Sept. 4. WILL of Francis Goblet, (senior) of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.
Int. Admx: Elizabeth Goelet, the widow.
Fellow bondsman: Samuel Sarjant [ brother-in-law]; both of said place.
Witness: John Berrien.
1767 Sep 12. Inventory £137 12 .7 made by Johnathan Deer & John Griggs. Ref: Lib I, p 152.

. Saint Berrien Peters Churchyard monument: Attractive, well letter, large red sandstone with & angle, reads Here lyes the Body of Francis Grocer who departed this life May 20, 1767. Aged 42 Years 6 months.
. It appears to be identical to wife Elizabeth Goblet,
Note: From the photos is difficult to determine if they are back to back on the same stone. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Handsome red sandstone Monument is dated 4 months before will! Aged 42 years 6 months.

Buried:
Perth Amboy.

Francis married Elizabeth LEONARD, .1 on 20 Jun 1752. Elizabeth (daughter of Capt. Samuel LEONARD, Jr., Esq. and Anne BROOKS) was born in 1728 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died est 7 Jan 1804 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Saint Peters Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Francis Goelet married Elisabeth Leonard of Middlesex on 20 Jun 1752.
& Peter Goelet of NY, married Elizabeth Farmar, on 26 Oct 1775.

. 1767, Sept. 4. WILL of Francis Goblet, (senior) of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.
Int. Admx: Elizabeth Goelet, the widow.
Fellowbondsman: Samuel Sarjant [ brother-in-law]; both of said place.
Witness: John Berrien.
1767 Sep 12. Inventory £137 12 .7 made by Johnathan Deer & John Griggs. Ref: Lib I, p 152.

. Remainder to my wife, Anna, both personal & to my grandson, John Goelet.
Rest of my estate to my daughters, Sarah, Rachel & Elizabeth. The share of Elizabeth Goelet is to be managed by my Executor during the life of her present husband, Francis Goelet, &, after his death, if it should please God he should die, then her share is to be given to her.
Executor: My son-in-law, John Berrien.
Witnesses: John Smyth, Norris Thorp, Alexander Watson.
Proved June 13, 1761. Lib. H, p. 9.
repeated in
Ref: NJ, G 57, G 236.

. 1758, Aug. 31 - WILL of Anne Brooks Leonard, her mother:
Daughter Elizabeth Goelet during her life my brick house contiguous to the Court House which Samuel Leonard, my late husband, bought of William Hodshan & the new house by it to be finished;
& after her death the same is to go to my daughters Sarah Billop, Rachael Sarjant & my grandson John Goelet.
Rest of estate to daughters Sarah, Rachel & Elizabeth. "The share of Elizabeth Goelet is to be managed by my Executor during the life of her present husband, Francis Goelet, & after his death, if it should please God he should die, then her share is to be given to her."
Note: Thus protecting Elizabeth Leonard Goelet from her husband's creditors. - PJA.

. 1760 Apr. 21. WILL of Mary Farrington, of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.; Divides real & personal estate between nieces, Sarah Billop, Rachal Sarjant & Elizabeth (wife of Francis Goelet), the Springhill meetinghouse & John Brown.
Executors: John Berrien & Samuel Sarjant. Witnesses David Gosling, James Reed and Miles Weeks. Proved Dec. 19, 1760. Lib, G, p. 334.

. 1767, Sept. 4. WILL of Francis Goblet, (senior) of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.
Int. Admx: Elizabeth Goelet, the widow.
Fellowbondsman: Samuel Sarjant [ brother-in-law]; both of said place.
Witness: John Berrien.
. Remainder to my wife, Anna, both personal & to my grandson, John Goelet.
Rest of my estate to my daughters, Sarah, Rachel & Elizabeth. The share of Elizabeth Goelet is to be managed by my Executor during the life of her present husband, Francis Goelet, &, after his death, if it should please God he should die, then her share is to be given to her.
Executor: My son-in-law, John Berrien.
Witnesses: John Smyth, Norris Thorp, Alexander Watson.
Proved June 13, 1761. Lib. H, p. 9.
- 1767 Sep 12. Inventory £137 12 .7 made by Johnathan Deer & John Griggs. Ref: Lib I, p 152.
Witnesses: John Smyth, Norris Thorp, Alexander Watson. Proved June 13, 1761. Ref: Lib. H, p. 9.

Saint Peters Churchyard, Perth Amboy, NJ; 2 red sandstone tombstones:
. James F Goelet, died Sept 1, 1797, son of James F & Sarah Goelet, 4y, 3 [born May 1793] Standing stone has some flaking.
. In Memory of James F Goelet who deceased Nov 20 1809, Aged 49 years [born 1769] Monument is fall on the ground.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Died:
Aged 70 years. d. Jan 7 xxxx Badly broken & repaired red sandstone Monument.

Buried:
Perth Amboy

Notes:

John B Lawrence was Half Cousin, once removed, of Richard & John Lawrence of Toronto. The common ancestor was. Capt. William C Lawrence of NJ and England.

PART 1
. 1757 Dec 8 - On the first day of August last were published a New American Magazine, to be published Monthly, by Sylvanus Americanus. The said magazine shall contain a new & complete history of the Northern Continent of American from the time of its first discovery to the present, compiled with the impartiality & regard to the Truth which becomes a faithful Historian. ...those who are willing to encourage this undertaking, are desired to give in their names to the following persons, viz. James Parker, Woodbridge who is proposed to be the printer of this magazine; Mr. Boudinott, Postmaster, Princetown; Mr. Thomas Leonard at Freehold; Dr. Newell, at Allen Town, Mr. John Lawrence at Burlington.
Note1: Many are related to the Lawrence family.
Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette.

. John B Lawrence is sometimes confused with John Lawrence, Esq., Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, directly after the Revolution).

. 1754 - John Lawrence of Burlington, appointed commissioner to erect & lay the corner stone of Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey.
Ref: NJ Archives I: XX Bio. (Digital Antiquariae Archives NJA, 1204A).

. 1759 Nov 29 - John Stillwell, an English servant man; runaway from the farm of John Lawrence in Mansfield, Burlington County. Ref: Pennsylvania Gazette.
JBL was a lawyer, a staunch loyalist. From 1771 to 1775 he was a member of the Provincial council, & regarded by his townspeople as a man of importance. He was Mayor of Burlington in 1769-1775. He was a man of courage.

1760 Dec 5 - Appointed by Legislature as commissioner to erect suitable house at Burlington for the preservation of public records.
. 1761 Apr 7 - Appointed Commissioner to grant relief to townships for supporting to disabled soldiers in the French War.

. John Lawrence served in the royal government during the colonial era. During the revolution Lawrence interceded for the City of Burlington by negotiating for the Hessian General to prevent pillage. When the Hessians were marching on the town in 1775, he was mayor, & at the head of a deputation of citizens, he rode out on the old York Road to meet the enemy & to beg them to spare the place & inhabitants. (This was said to have occurred on the property in the Captain James Lawrence House-John Brown Lawrence). However Lawrence withdrew with the Hessians from the city when the Penn. Navy commenced a bombardment on 12 Dec., 1776.

. 1777 Jan 2 at the Battle of Trenton, Gen. Geo. Washington crossed the Delaware & captured the entire 896 Hessian army along with their much need cannon & supplies. Was it here that Mayor John Lawrence was also arrested? - PJA

Philadelphia Provincial Tax Lists:
. 1769 - Middle Ward: John Lawrence, Esq., 12 Acres, Horses 2, Servants 4, Tax £389.11 .8;
. 1770 - Tax - John Lawrence Esq. Male, Burlington, Burlington Co., NJ.: 1 servant, 2 wheeled chaise. (?)
. 1774 - Middle Ward: John Lawrence, Esq'r., 12 Acres, Horses 2, Cattle 3, Tax £389.11 .8;

NJ Tax List John Lawrence, Esq., Mansfield Twp., Burlington Co.,
. 1770, 350 Acres of Land, 13 Cattle & Horses, 1 Servant.
. 1774, August, Nov. - Dec tax list, Page 27.

. 1776 - John Lawrence was held a prison by the Provincial Congress of N. J. After his release, he went to New York where he held a clerical position in the British Army (?) & while there was an officer in the volunteer militia of Loyalists. He was also a searcher in the supt. General's Department of New York, of which Lieut. Governor Andrew Elliott was the chief. On the evacuation of that city in December 1783, by the British troops, he returned to Perth Amboy, but his estate had been confiscated. He was Vestryman at St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy in 1790.

* After the War we find JB Lawrence's time was spent at Burlington, NJ. (PJA 2010).

. Apr. 1777 John Lawrence of Burlington was accused of high treason. Joseph Lawrence, Esq., among others, appeared before the Council of Safety & gave evidence against him; while Mr. Peter Imlay gave evidence against (his uncle) John Lawrence, Sr., of Monmouth.
. Member of the Council & a distinguished lawyer. Born in Monmouth Co. His inclination was to take no part in the Revolution; but, suspected by the Whigs from the first, because of his official relations to the Crown, he was finally arrested & imprisoned in the Burlington jail for a long time. Accused of treasonable intercourse with the enemy, he was tried & acquitted.

. 1784 Oct 29, Petition to the Legislature from inhabitants of Burlington City requesting they be granted a charter to incorporate the city, Signed, Jno. Lawrence, Residence 1780.
. 1794 Jan 1794, Name on one of 10 petitions to the Legislative Council & General Assembly from inhabitants of Burlington County opposing a law allowing the inhabitants of the county to decide by vote [decide what?]
Corporate name of Burlington Academy, signed, & sealed 7 names including 9th May, 1795, John Lawrence
* Note2: This is the last known signature of John Lawrence, before his arriving in Toronto in October of 1795. - PJA.

. 1779 Lieut. Col. John G Simcoe, age just 28y, commander of the Queen's Rangers, was a fellow-prisoner & when exchanged said at parting, " I shall never forget you kindness".
Note3: Simcoe had received a serious head wound & was held in Burlington jail from 1779 Nov 10 to Dec. 1st. The pain of this head injury which would continue the rest of Simcoe's life.]
Ref: Council of Safety of NJ

. 1790 Philadelphia, Penn. Water St., East Side Census: John Lawrence, Esq. -.-

PART 2 New Jersey LEGAL WORK of John Lawrence, Esq.

. John Lawrence was admitted to the NJ Bar in May 47 & another at the November Term 1749
Ref: Vroom's Sup Ct. Rules 58 ( the other may have been an attorney who traded at Bordentown 1751.
Ref: Hist Burlington & Mercer Counties, 456.
It was doubtless the Burlington lawyer who as licensed as a Sergeant-at-Law in 1771 Nov 16, Vroom's sup Ct. Rules 54.

(The future Parker-in-laws.)
. AT COUNCIL. Held at Perth Amboy, on the 31st day of January, 1775. Present: His Excellency the Governor, Peter Kemble, Esq., James Parker, Esq., the Chief Justice, Richard Stockton, Esq., Daniel Cox, Esq., John Lawrence, Esq., Francis Hopkinson, Esq. The Board resumed the consideration of the charges brought by the Earl of Sterling against Samuel Ogden, Esq., &, having duly examined & weighted the evidence on both sides produced to the Board, are of opinion, that the said charges are not in anywise supported, but that, on the contrary, the conduct of the said Samuel Ogden, in his endeavors to discover the persons concerned in the counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of this Province, & other atrocious villainies, to have been that of a vigilant & upright magistrate: they are further of opinion, that it is in a great measure owing to his activity & zeal for the public good, that a gang of villains, very mischievous to this & the neighboring provinces, have been detected, & some of them brought to justice. The Board do, therefore, think proper to give Mr. Ogden the fullest assurances of their approbation of his conduct as a good magistrate.
CHARLES PETTIT, D. Clerk of the Council.

. NJ State Supreme Court, sample of some of his legal work:
[John stated his lawyers license was forfeit because of the Revolution, sometime after his trial 1779. JBL Junior worked also in NJ courts. - PJA.]

. 1765, Aug. 15. Thorne, Thomas, of Chesterfield, Burlington Co, Int. Admire: John Imlay, of Bordentown, merchant. Fellowbonds-man: John Lawrence, of Burlington, attorney-at-law. Lib. 12, p. 154.

. Read, Alice, wife of Chas. Read, Will of; Witnesses: Jonathan Odell, Anne De Cow, John Lawrence. Proved Nov. 15, 1769, by Rev. Jonathan Odell, Minister of St. Mary's Church in Burlington, & John Lawrence, Mayor of said City. Lib. 14, p. 82.

. 1782 Aug 28 - (JBL's next door neighbour robbed): 28 Aug. Thomas Fenimore, Esquire, county collect of Burlington was robbed on Friday night last of a considerable sum of publick money, by a number of refugees from Eggharbour.

. 1785 February 20, from Charles Thomas to John Lawrence:
Sir, New York, I have this Moment read, your favour of the 10th.
#1. I can hardly say in what situation the court of appeals now is. Upon finishing the causes before them after the conclusion of peace they wrote to Congress & seemed to wish to know their pleasure respecting the Continuance of the Court. No answer was returned nor was any thing done by Congress.
#2. I should therefore be inclined to think the court still exists. One of the Members namely Cyrus Griffin esquire is as I am informed now at Philada. at which place the register of the Court lives & with him the Appeal must be lodged, if any has been made, For since the establishment of the court no appeals are brought to Congress.
I am Sr, Your obedient humble Servt, Chas. Thomson.
RC (Cty: Kiollenberg Collection). Addressed: John Lawrence Esqr, Burlington." Endorsed: Chars Thomson Concg. Col. Saml. Formans Appeal.
Ref: Letters of Delegates to Congress 174x-1789.

MEETING PRESIDENT GEO. WASHINGTON:
Proceedings of Congress, House of Representatives of the US:
. 1789 April 22, Thursday, A committee of 5 was then balloted for, who are to join a committee of the Senate, to receive the president on the Jersey shore, & attend him to this city. Mr. Boudinot, Mr. Bland, Mr. Benson, Mr. Lawrence, & Mr. Tucker, were elected. Mr Gilman, Mr. Armes, & Mr. Gerry, were appointed a committee to wait on the Vice-President John Adams, on his arrival & congratulate him in the name of the two Houses.
Ref: New-Jersey Journal, Elizabethtown, NJ, published April 22,1789.
. 1789 Apr 30, Boxwood Hall, Elizabethtown, NJ, home of Elias Boudinot. Gen. Washington met the committee of congress & partook of an elegant luncheon. this famous meal was served on a fine service of china & silverware imported from London. It took 2 hours to serve the courses.
Ref: Historic houses of NJ, W J Mills, 1902.

1791 Feb 15, Burlington
. Returns from Essex, Morris, Middlesex, Cumberland counties it appears Messrs. Boudinout, Dayton, Clark & Kitchel, are the 4 highest in said counties among the list of Candidates in the late election for Representatives in this state.
. We are informed that his Excellency the Governor of this State has been pleased to appoint John Lawrence, Esq., Clerk of the Country of Burlington, during the recess of the Legislature, in the room of John Phillips, deceased.
Ref: Burlington Advertiser, NJ, published 1791 Feb 15.

. After the End of Revolution from 1783 - May 1795:
John Lawrence wrote two letters to Wm. Livingston & Elias Boudinot in 1789 concerning the political prospect of the upcoming federal ticket run in Trenton.

. 1793 January 30, 1793: At a meeting of the Burlington Co. Society for promoting Agriculture & Domestic Manufactures, Sat. Jan. 5, 1793, the following were elected for the coming year: Thos. Fennimore, Jr. Treasurer, Corresponding Committees. John Lawrence, Wm. Cox, Esquires.
Ref: New Jersey State Gazette, Trenton, NJ.

* 1794 Nov 9th - A ROBBERY & BURGLARY!
£ Twenty Reward. On Sunday evening last, the 9h inst. And also his desk, & taken therefrom upwards of £100 of the emission of the year 1786, £200 in bank notes, & about $50 in silver.
The above Robbery & burglary was committed by a daring Villain who attempted to add to his list of crimes the one of murder, by cutting my arm while I had hold of him & making 3 attempts to stab me in the body with a knife. The perpetrator of the above robbery was rather a short square made man; his clothes must be bloody as the wounds in my arm bled freely.
JOHN LAWRENCE, Burlington November 10, 1794.
N.B. As it is expected the Jersey money will be offered for sale, brokers & others are particularly requested to pay attention to the above advertisement.
Ref: Philadelphia Gazette, Penn., Published 1794 Nov 12-17th.
Note: Two years earlier Thos. Fenimore, his adjoining neighbour, was also robbed, (& living here was his son, the frontier author James Fenimore Cooper.

. There is a long History of Episcopalian/ Anglican Church in Burlington that shows John Lawrence, Esq., Mayor of Burlington, was among the its earliest & active of members commencing 1768. John Lawrence conducted various legal matters, principally for Rev. John O'Dell then for his replacement. Some of the work included raising money for the relief of widows & orphans of deceased clergymen & Lawrence founding the Burlington Academy for a liberal education. John's sons, Elisha & John, Jr. attended this Academy in 1793.
The Corporate name of Burlington Academy, signed, & sealed 7 names including 9th May, 1795 John Lawrence, is his last known signature in New Jersey, before his arriving in Toronto in September 1795. - . -

PART 3. ARRIVED 1795 IN Town of York, (Toronto), UPPER CANADA

. 1795 Sept 2nd. "By Mr. Lawrence's Account £1.19s.8p
Goods on account for John Brown Lawrence who had just arrived in the Town of York encampment."

* ABNER MILES DAY BOOK, King St., Toronto {Goods on account: Mr. Lawrence:
1795 Mar 18 - 1 bushel potatoes, 10s.6 p.
1796 Jan 9 - 1 Almanac 2 s..; 15 Feb, 7 3/4 lbs. of pork, 2s. May 22, 21 1/4 lbs. flour 10s.8p.
Mar 18, - 1 bushel potatoes,10s. 6p, by King Kendrick; Mar 3, 6 lbs. of pork, 7s.6p;
Mar 10, 4 lbs. of pork 5s.,
May 22 - 1 bushel potatoes, 10 s. 6p.; Nov 26, 1796 (three faint items) £xx 6s.4p.xx.

. 1795 Nov 13 Friday - We left Navy Hall [Newark/Niagara-on-lake] at eight o'clock in the "Governor Simcoe," & arrive at York at five; Drank tea with Mrs. McGill. Mr. Lawrence is come with us; he is lately from the States."

. 1795 Dec 18, Tues. - Mr. Lawrence, who went with the party from motives of curiosity, speaks well of the apparent quality of most of the land; 20 miles from hence, near Bond's farm, he saw two small lakes near each other, from whence many fish were taken. He saw no wild animals.

. 1796 Sep 30 - Baron Wm.. Berczy was a friend of John Lawrence & wrote as a friend, to Niagara on his behalf. Andrew Heron, Brother of Samuel, one of Berczy's shareholders, he was wiling to pay ll Lawrence's expenses.
Ref: Infant Toronto, by John Andre.

. Good friend of the Governor John Graves Simcoe of Upper Canada.
Built Kings grist Mill on the Humber River [2008 now Old Mill Inn, Toronto]. In failing health he made his will on 10 July, 1798, witnessed by John Willson, a fellow lawyer from Burlington, New Jersey (who was licensed for the saw mill on the together with the grist mill on the Humber River, Toronto.

Town of York, Toronto Land Grant: 22 Russell Square, John Lawrence, Esq. (Now the site of Upper Canada College.)

. UCLPetition 39, L Bundle 2, C2124, p910.
To John Graves Simcoe, Lieut. Gov., In Council, Petition of John Lawrence Esq. of the City of Burlington in the late Prov. & now the State of New Jersey... Petitioner desirous to become inhabitant of Prov. Upper Canada & to erect a Grist Mill on the Humber which he conceived will be of Public Utility... wants Lotts, 2 & 3 broken fronts East side Grist Mill on the Humber which he conceived will be of Public Utility... wants Lotts, 2 & 3 broken fronts East side of Humber River also Lott about 30 A West side of River at head of Lake, to build a saw mill & dwelling... at the Humber River also Lott about 30 A West side of River at head of Lake (Ontario).

. Land for for William & James Lawrence, his two sons,
Jackson B French, James Goelet & John Parker (his sons-in-Laws), he has reasons to Expect they will come into & reside in this Province & for whose Loyalty he can Voucher for. Wants the following Lotts on Yonge Street No. 77 & 78 on the west side. Numbers 85: & 87 on the same side, each containing two hundred acres or such other quantity of land as to your Excellency in your wisdom may think meet, etc.
Signed, John Lawrence. [undated letter, but see envelope.]

Envelope: Received Broken Front Lots 1, 2 & 3 East side of Humber, as part or 1200 A. The Committee do not recommend the dismembering any part of the ground attached to the Saw Mill for the Reasons assigned in the Report - nor do they recommend the granting Lots on Yonge Street to Persons out of the Province.
Number 506 given on Wed. 14 January, 1797. Entered Page 63.

Grant #338, Lawrence, John. Esq., 228 acres, York Twp., Date of Grant 12 Mar. 1794, page 22.
XReference: Additional information in my book, copybook of correspondence in the "Simcoe Papers" - & many notes by P J Ahlberg.

. 1798 July 26, UC Land Grants:
Lots, 1, 2, 3 on the River Humber, Twp. York;
South Dorchester Twp., Elgin Co.: Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 Con 4, 800 Acres
Lot 6, Con 7, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., 172 Acres {ie. near Dorchester)
Lot 33 EHalf, Con 17, Blandford Twp.
Lot 31, EHalf, Con 16, Blandford Twp.
Note: *Compare Land Grant of JBL to Land Grants near to Governor John Graves Simcoe: Lots 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, Concession 1 Broken Front.

ON Land Registration, North York Book 85, p3 & 18, NY Book 86, p3
Lot 1, 2 Con 2 & 3 on Humber river [100 acres?]
. 1797 Sep 1, Patent, Crown, To John Lawrence, All
. 1799 Dec 6, Bargain&Sale, James Ruggles et al [executor], to Peter Whitney et all, 64. all acres
. 1801 Jul , 7 B&S, Peter Whitney, Joseph Haines Sr, All Acres
. 1842 Nov 13, Mortgage, Clark Camble, to Hon Ed Hale, £534. Part 12 Acres.

. 1798 Oct 2 - For your order in favor of Lester (Cast?) £2, (for unstated item - Lester was the bonded servant of John B Lawrence whose health was deteriorating at this time.) King St., Toronto. Ref: Russell Papers.

1. John Brown Lawrence was son of Loyalist, Elisha Lawrence.II, Jr., 1701 AUG 25 - 1791 MAR 7, and Elizabeth Brown, b. 1731 Apr. 23. Descendants all - as is Richard Lawrence - great grandson of Capt. Wm. Lawrence, but different Grandmothers:
John B Lawrence's G-Grandmother is 2nd wife, Elizabeth Smith.
Richard & his brother John Lawrence's G-Grandmother was 1st wife Elizabeth Gildersleeve.

2. William Franklin Lawrence, Born 1766 MONMOUTH, unmarried.

3. Capt. & Commodore James Lawrence born Burlington NJ , Lawyer, but joined Am. Navy 1798 & would become a famous. Naval Hero in War of 1812, "Tell the men to fire faster & not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks!" American. Navy motto "Don't give up the ship". Apparently his destiny was to be tied in the US.
X-Ref: Multitude of Ontario documents on his wife Mary Montaudevert & daughter. Mary Neil Lawrence'.

4. Sons-in-law: Jackson B French of St. Vincent.
married Catherine Lawrence, b. 1764 APR 20, Burlington, NJ. His will dated 1826, Burlington, NJ.

5. James Goelet of NY, (Gouette Goolet: Goulet) married Sarah Brown Lawrence 1764-1828

6. John Parker, born 1760 at Perth Amboy - 1808 Burlington, NJ
married Anne Lawrence, 1764-1831,Burlington, NJ.

DEATH: Rev. Robt. Addison, was the minister from St. Mark's Anglican Church at Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake,) Ontario. H signs his name as Minister of Niagara, he was military chaplain & also acted as chaplain to Parliament both in York & Newark.
"Burials: Squire Lawrence at York, July 3, 1798".
Ref: Archives of Ontario, MS545, Reel 1.

WILL of JOHN BROWN LAWRENCE:
Will dated 29 March, 1798, witnessed, signed, & sealed in the presence of the testor.
Repay the money he borrowed from Elizabeth & Geo. Gillispie, of Bristol Twp., Bucks Co., Penn.
{X-ref: 1782.1.26 JBL was a Executor of the Will of Geo. Gillispie - PJA.]
Signed, John Willson, Asher Mundy, Stephen Barbere, at York, July 10, 1798.
Probated 14 July, 1798.

Note4: Thus John Lawrence had his Will witnessed in his extremity on July 10th, 1798. Perhaps the Minister was notified on the 3rd of July to come to York, a hundred miles distant, or when he returned to Newark, did he mean to write buried the 13th July? - P J Ahlberg.

* 1798 Apr 20 -York Council chamber, Present John Helmsley, Chief Justice; Aeneas Shaw, John McGill, David D Smith, Read the following petitions, John Lawrence, Praying for a town lot in York. Recommended an acre lot in York.

. Forty-seven+ pages of documents & pictures for John Brown Lawrence are included in "Richard Lawrence, John Willson & John Brown Lawrence of NJ & Ontario." 26 pages on Mrs. Mary Lawrence & daughter Mary N. Lawrence are filed with Toronto Public Libraries, North York Branch, Sixth Floor, Toronto & the Richmond Hill Library, Ontario. - by P J Ahlberg, U.E., 2010.

Includes references from: McGill Papers, Russell Papers, Simcoe Papers, Copies of documents Kings Mill, Will. - - -

Birth:
Alt. Name: John Elisha.

Died:
- Date of burial.

Buried:

John married Martha TALLMAN on 14 Nov 1759 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Martha (daughter of Job TALLMAN and Sarah SCATTERGOOD) was born on 20 Apr 1734 in Burlington County, New Jersey; was christened on 20 Apr 1764 in Burlington County, New Jersey; died on 21 Oct 1781 in Burlington County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Marriage: John Lawrence, Esq'r, Attorney-at-Law, & John Doe Esq'r of the County of Burlington bound to Francis Bernard, Governor £500 14 Nov 1759. John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself & for Martha Tallman, spinster [w] S. Blackwood, Sam'l Peart. Ref: L Part 1 1739-63: #129.

. 1763 June 28. Joseph Warton, Jr., merchant, married Sarah Tallman (ie. sister of Martha),
& John Lawrence, Esq., of Burlington, & married Martha Tallman, conveyed land to Joseph Tallman, Jr., & in the deed it appears that Sarah & Martha were daughters and co-heirs of the late Job Tallman, of Mansfield.
John Tallman, of Long Island, conveyed Dec. 2, 1727, to Job Tallman, then of Long Island, part of the five hundred acre Underbill tract, &Joseph Wharton & Job Tallman, in 1732, bought land jointly from Mary Andrews, which they divided Mch. 16, 1747. Job Tallman conveyed his interest by Will, Jan 6, 1758, to his daughters which they conveyed as set forth above, for £1 100.

. Martha was baptized at Burlington, April 20, 1764 with two infant daughters. The Tallman family belong to the Shrewsbury Quakers.
Mount Holly Monthly Meeting, Burlington:
. 1774 Apr 4 - Woman Friends meeting, A certificate from the Monthly Meeting Philadelphia, South District dated 22nd of 6th mo. recommending Martha Lawrence as a member to this meeting was read & accepted.
Note: So this is an unusual event to be admitted considering her husband was a non-Quaker, however possibly because John Lawrence was an active advocate for Quaker rights. - PJ Ahlberg 2019.

. Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of John 's first wife, Anne Alice Leonard, looked after her half-brother James Lawrence when Martha Tallman died in 1781 a few weeks after James was born.

. James Lawrence's mother, Martha Tall, of Trenton, NJ, died when the proposiatus? was an infant; nothing is recorded of her traits.
Ref: Naval Officers, Their Heredity & Development, By Charles Benedict.

. 1767 May 18 Deed dated 18 May 1767 - John Lawrence & Martha, his wife, & Thomas Rodman, all of the city of Burlington, conveyed to Daniel Ellis & others, Esquires, Justices of the Peace of Burlington county & Timonthy Abbott & others, chosen freeholders of said county, for the consideration of £106 12s., "all that lot of land in the City of Burlington situate on Broad Street beginning at a corner to a street 25 ft wide, then runs along Broad Street N. 83 deg. E. 186 ft. to land late of John Craige's, then S. 15 deg. E. 77 ft to the lot of land where the Secretary's Office stands," etc., for a gaol (?).
Ref: Ellis Family, NJ Historical Society & NJ Deeds, Liber Z.
XRef: See LAWRENCE HOUSE IN BURLINGTON, NJ; (& also pictures in Richard Lawrence & Related Families. - P J Ahlberg)

NJ Tax List John Lawrence, Esq., Mansfield, Burlington Co.,
. 1770 - 350 Acres of Land, 13 Cattle & Horses, 1 Servant.
. 1774 August, Nov. - Dec - tax list Page 27. Page 27-28.
Ref. Monmouth County Tax Ratables, Sep 1774, NJ State Library, Call #: FHL Film 411289. P2, Family # 44.

X-Ref: Dr. James Newell: In the year 1778 Major André came to Allentown bringing with him letters of introduction to Dr. James Newell from Mrs. John Lawrence of Burlington, & asked Dr. Newell to give medical service to André's brother who was ill.
Ref: Those Paris Years, by Samuel N Watson, 1936.

The 'James Lawrence' house is of course also the home of his parents, Martha & John Brown Lawrence:
. 'The light of this world' fell on James Fenimore Cooper September 15, 1789. The founder of American romance was born in a quaint, two-storied house of stuccoed brick which now numbers 457 Main St., Burlington, New Jersey. It was then "the last house but one as you go into the country" & among the best of the town. In a like house next door lived the father of the naval hero, Capt. James Lawrence. These 2 houses opened directly on the street & their slanting roofs were shaded by tall trees rooted at the curbstones.

Burlington was a port of entry on the Delaware River, on the Mount Holly road. The originally named colony of New Beverley, West New Jersey & was established in 1667.
Ref: Industries of NJ, 1882.

. Further Research: What is the relationship? Tallman, Peter, Burlington County, claim against British Forces.
Ref: Burlington. Pg. 17. Claim No. 25.
- This Peter Tallman also prosecuted during the Rev. War, Martha's husband, John Lawrence. - PJA 2012.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Trenton. ALT NAME: Tollman, Talman.

Died:
Died a few weeks after James's birth.