Notes:

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Family/Spouse: Elizabeth ELIZA HALSTEAD. Elizabeth was born in 1811 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; died after 21 Apr 1880 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard LAWRENCE, .11 was born about 1835 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; died in .
2. Richard LAWRENCE, .10 was born in 1835 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
3. Daniel LAWRENCE, .V was born in 1845 in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Notes:

. WILL of Daniel Lawrence, Atlantic Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ
. First pay his just debts & funeral expenses.
. bequeath unto son Stephen Henry Lawrence 2 acres of land whereon the house he now stands, Twp.. of Atlantic, the line to commence at Brook ends to run northerly & west of his house & parallel until Tunis Statesin line for enough nor to . 2 acres
. bequeath unto my beloved wife Alike Lawrence my lands & cal estate, all my personal estate wheresoever to use during her natural life.
. unto son John H Lawrence $100 paid a year after decease of my widow.
. unto son Peter Lawrence $50. paid a year after the decease of my widow.
Signed & sealed Daniel Lawrence, 17 Dec 1860.
Wit: Isaac P & John Slatesir.
. 1861 Dec 18, John Stasin, sworn, witness, saw Daniel Lawrence sign & seal his last Will & Testament, He was of sound mind.
. 1861 Dec 18. Administer of estate of Daniel Lawrence, signed, John R Conover, Surrogate Court.
Ref: NJ Wills & Probate, vol GH, 1857-1866, p425.

. Research & transcription by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you.

Died:
Date of Will & Administration.

Daniel married Alchia WILLIAMSON. Alchia was born in 1790 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; died in . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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. 1774 Feb 2, Jacob Lawrence, to the House of Representatives from inhabitants & freeholders of Middletown, Monmouth Co. to the House of Representatives from inhabitants & freeholders of Middletown, Monmouth County who are "Owners of Negroes" stating that they are objecting to a propose x…xx.
Ref: NJ State Archives, Leg. Records, 1770-1781. Box I14, Folder 17, P3, Family #17.

. 1795 Feb 23 - Received from his father William's WILL:
- 3 silver table spoons, 3 silver tea spoons & 1 silver tumbler; plus, the HOME PLANTATION, all cattle, farming utensils & remainder of real & personal property.

Elizabeth Hurley discovered that Jacob sold his farm in Colts Neck after his first wife died & moved to Freehold on land later known as the Hulse Farm. It was here he lived with his second wife, Margaret E VanCleve.

. 1820 Jacob Lawrence sold his holdings in Holmdel & moved to a farm near Freehold. This farm, called in recent years the Hulse farm, is situated near the Howell Station, on the line of the Freehold & Farmingdale Railroad, 3 miles from the former & 5 miles from the latter place.
Ref: The Ernest Minister," pub. 1873:
June - July - August 1789 Tax List, Middletown Twp., Monmouth Co., NJ: Jacob Lawrence.

. 1795 Feb 23 - Executor of his father, William Lawrence's WILL:
Jacob Lawrence one of the Executors in the within testament named being duly affirmed [sworn" is crossed out as Quakers will not "swear" to anything] according to law did declare & say that the within implement contains the true last will & testament of William Lawrence the testator therein named so far as he knows & as he verily believes that he will well & truly perform the same by paying first the debts of the said dec'd & then the legacies in the said testament specified so far as the goods, chattels & credits of the said deceased can thereunto optioned(?); & that he will make & publish into the Surrogate office at Burlington a true & perfect Inventory of all said singular the goods, chattels, & credits of the said dec'd that have or shall come to his knowledge or possession, or the possession of any other persons for his use, & - - true account when thereunto lawfully required.
Affirmed the 21st Oct, 1795 before me Jos' Scudder, Surrogate.

. 1795 Jacob defended the administration of his father's
Will. Brother Elisha Lawrence contended the distribution of the contents.

. 1797 Feb 20, Jacob Lawrence, Petition to the Legislative "Counsel", etc., from inhabitants of Freehold & Middletown Townships, Monmouth County recommending that a "Stage road [be] laid from Monmouth Court House. xxx.
Ref: NJ State Archives, Petitions & Other Papers relating to Bridges, Canals, Dams, Ferries & Roads, 1765-1835, Cal #: Box 4, Folder 104. P 2. Family # 42.

. 1797 Feb 28 - Petition, Jacob Lawrence, Summary,
To the "Legislative & General Assembly" from inhabitants of Monmouth Co. regarding a law that requires owners of mills & iron works to build & repair bridges over their works at their expense. The petitioners state that it is a great hardship for Chrineyonce Van Mater* of Middletown to build & repair a bridge at his mill & they ask for a law to make it a county expense. Two documents were attached to the petition.
Note: Chrinyonce Van Mater, Sr. or Jr. returned from Prince William, New Brunswick, Canada, as referenced in the Land Petition with his brother Richard Lawrence. - PJA.

. 1823 Apr 25 - NJ WILL: I JACOB LAWRENCE of Monmouth County in State of New Jersey, being weak in body but of sound & disposing mind & memory reflecting seriously on my approaching dissolution not knowing when that event may happen; do, on this 25 April, 1823, make & ordain this for my last will & testament; for the distribution of my earthly goods.
In the first place I desire that my executors will faithfully pay my funeral expenses & all my just debts, soon after my decease.
To my beloved wife Margaret, I give all my lot of upland & meadow, which lies at the west end of my farm & on the west side of the road which leads to Richmonds Mills, all the furniture which she brought me, together with 8 new blankets, & one half the sheets in my house, my wardrobe, my trunk marked EL, one of my best cows, the necessary timber out of my woods for the frame of her house, garden & nursery out buildings. The land is given to her during her remaining my widow only. In addition to the above I give her $400. in money, one half of which is to be paid at the end of one year, the other half at the end of 2 years from my death. All these bequests to my wife, are expressly in lieu of her right of dower & in full discharge of all her claims whatsoever on my estate.
The lands above given to my wife are, at her death or marriage to be equally divided between my 2 sons Jacob & Richard, or the survivor of them their heirs & assigns forever.
To my son John, I give his choice of one of the best beds, bedding & bedstead, 9 new blankets, & the remaining half of the sheets in the house.
To my son Stephen, I give one hundred & $50, a specific legacy, to be paid in one year after my death.
To my son Daniel, I give $100, in full of all his claims whatsoever on my estate, to be paid within 2 years after my death.
All the residue of my property both real & personal not heretofore disposed of I desire may be sold by my executors as soon after my decease as it can be done for its value & they are hereby empowered to make good & sufficient titles therefore. But of the proceeds of those sales, I desire that my executors shall pay my son John $1,000, within 2 years after the payments have become due; It is also my will that they do pay four hundred dollars to each of my sons Jacob & Richard within 2 years from the sale of the farm becoming due. It is further my will that all the residue of my property or the avails thereof be equally divided, between William, Margaret, Elizabeth, Hartshorn & Stephen.
Lastly I hereby constitute my 2 friends Wikoff Conover & Dr. David Forman, Jr. my executors to carry this will into execution.
In addition to the above bequests, to my SON JOHN I give him the five year old bay horse, the harness & old waggon.
Jacob Lawrence.

Signed, Sealed, Published & Pronounced to be his last will & testament in presence of Tunis Forman one of the witnesses to the foregoing will being duly sworn according to law did depose & say that he saw Jacob Lawrence the testator therein named sign & seal the same & he he saw him publish pronounce & declare the forgoing to be his last will & testament & that at the doing thereof the testator was of sound & disposing mind & memory so far as he knows & as he verily believes. That Samuel Forman & John Forman the other subscribing evidences were present at the same time & signed their names as witnesses to the said testate. Tunis Forman,
Sworn & Subscribed at Freehold July 29, 1823 before me, D C Vanderhoof, Surrogate.
WILL: July 29, 1823. Inventory 1824, Ref: 9504M.

. Wikoff Conover & Dr. David Forman, Jun'r. the Executors in the within testament named being duly sworn according to law did severally declare & say that the within truly the last will & testament of Jacob Lawrence the testator herein named so far as he knows & as he verily believes that they will & truly perform the same by paying first the debts of the said deceased, then the legacies in the said testament specified so far as the goods chattels & credits of the said deceased. That they will make & exhibit into the surrogate office of the County of Monmouth with a true & perfect accounting of all & singular the goods, chattel, credits of the said deceased that have or shall come to their knowledge or to the of any other person or persons for their use a just & true account lawfully require.
Wicoff Conover, David Forman,
Sworn & Published in Freehold, July 29, A.D. 1823 before me, D.C. Vanderhoof, Surrogate.
Recorded in the Surrogate Office of the County of Monmouth at Freehold in Book B of folios P. 350 V, D. C. Vanderhoof, Surrogate.

. NJ, Monmouth Co. Court Records: Minutes 1785 - 1816; Book F - H;
Minutes of the Orphans Court; Book G, 1823 - 1827:
1823, p 23 - Rules to bar & limit creditors.
1824, p 41 - same as above.
1824, p 92 - same as above.
1826, p 249 - settlement of account.
1826, p 277 - same as above.
1827, p 362 - second account of estate; Wikoff Conover Executor; Act. Balance $173.76.

. 1825 Dec 29th, Freehold. Far for Sale. Will be sold at Public Vendue, on Thursday, 26th January next, at 12 o'clock, on the premises the FARM of the late Jacob Lawrence. It is pleasantly situated, about 2 miles from Monmouth Court House, on the public road leading from Richmond's Mill to Middletown Point, containing 130 acres, one half of which is arable, the remainder Meadow & Timer Land of wood quality. There are on aid From, a good dwelling house, barn & wagon house; also a valuable apple orchard, of grafted fruit.
It is deem unnecessary to say anything further on the subject as it is presumed that persons wishing to purchase, will first view the premises,
Signed, Wicoff Conover, David Forman, Executors.
Ref: Emporium & True American Newspaper, Trenton, NJ.

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

Birth:
Alt DOB 18 May 1767.

Died:
Date of WILL.

Jacob married Elizabeth GARRISON on 16 Mar 1788. Elizabeth was born in c 1770; died in in Monmouth County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stillwell's "Historical and Genealogical Miscellany:"

There is confusion over mother of Jacob Lawrence's children. Many of the children bare the middle name of Garrison.

Record for further investigation:
Children: Daniel, b Apr 1789;
Elizabeth, b 19 Jun 1794 - d. 23 Mar 1841; &
Stephen, 12 Apr 1801. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB: 1767.

Died:

Notes:

Married:
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. "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]

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 .