Notes:

Lawrence is the son of son of John Hartshorne & Lucy Saltar. John & Lucy were half second cousins, both being descents of Capt. William Lawrence, The First.

Lawrence Hartshorne obtain grants to several thousand acres of land in Nova Scotia - New Brunswick, Canada. Hartshorne decided to establish himself in Halifax as a hardware dealer, in partnership with Thomas Boggs*, also a refugee from New Jersey.
m. first 20 Jan. 1780 Elizabeth Ustick in New York City;
m. secondly 2 Sept. 1802 Abigail Tremain in Halifax.
Ref: Lawrence Hartshorne, by D A Sutherl &, 1987.
Note1: The Boggs family was also related to the Lawrence family Lawrence Hartshorne.

Biography Lawrence Hartshorne:
Born into a leading Quaker family in the Sandy Hook area of NJ, Lawrence Hartshorne had a career which developed as a by-product of the American revolution. Immunized from revolutionary sympathies because of his religion, as well as by the proximity of British military forces, young Lawrence moved in 1777 to nearby New York City, where he entered trade. Three years later he advanced his career & also compromised his political neutrality by becoming the son-in-law of William Ustick, a hardware merchant who had earlier antagonized the New York Sons of Liberty by violating the colonial boycott of British manufactures. Family & business links with the loyalist & British military establishment, forged during the war, prompted Hartshorne to join the loyalist exodus from New York in 1783.

Having successfully drawn upon his association with such notables as [Governor] Sir Guy Carleton to obtain grants to several thousand acres of land in Nova Scotia, Hartshorne decided to establish himself in Halifax as a hardware dealer, in partnership with Thomas Boggs, also a refugee from New Jersey. During the 1780s, Hartshorne became active in the cause of agricultural improvement, both as treasurer of a pioneering agricultural society in 1789 & as proprietor of a model farm located on the outskirts of Dartmouth. Popular among his peers, Hartshorne made his initial entry into public affairs in 1791, when he acted as chief assistant to John Clarkson in the project designed to transport Nova Scotian black loyalists to Sierra Leone. Hartshorne appears to have been motivated by a Quaker-inspired concern for blacks & by a belief that their advancement could best be achieved with a return to Africa.

Hartshorne's rise to prominence was accomplished during the tenure of John Wentworth, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia between 1792 & 1808. A fellow loyalist, Wentworth made Hartshorne one of the favoured recipients of official patronage, bestowing on him such offices as seats on the magisterial bench, the local street commission, & the poor house commission. Having the ear of the lieutenant governor probably helped Hartshorne win election in the House of Assembly for Halifax County in 1793. Then in 1801, after having been defeated in the controversial general election of 1799 by "reformers" under the leadership of William Cottnam Tonge, Hartshorne was named to the Council. The appointment confirmed that he had become a member of the inner circle of the oligarchy. Indeed, an anonymous critic of the Wentworth régime, denouncing Hartshorne as a "cedevant quaker ironmonger," claimed that he exercised an influence second only to that of Michael Wallace.

Wentworth's patronage was not confined to the allocation of office. In response to prompting from the lieutenant governor, Hartshorne formed a partnership with yet another loyalist, Jonathan Tremain, & around 1792 or so built a combined grist-mill & bakehouse on the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour (the site being chosen because of the availability of water power). This enterprise, which represented an investment of between £6,000 & £7,000, long ranked as the largest manufactory in Nova Scotia. Its success was largely dependent on the securing of military contracts for flour, & here the partners received decisive assistance from Wentworth. In addition, Wentworth encouraged Hartshorne to become involved with projects designed to establish a bank in Halifax & build a canal linking the town with the Bay of Fundy. Following the outbreak of war with France in 1793, Wentworth, thanks to his contacts in the Home Department, helped the firm of Boggs & Hartshorne secure military contracts & also named them as provisioning agents for Nova Scotia's Indian population. In yet a further gesture, he gave Hartshorne & the partnership of William Forsyth & William Smith an exclusive lease to mine coal deposits in mainland Nova Scotia. Apart from the flour-mill & the military contracts, these ventures proved abortive, but their existence underscored Hartshorne's membership in Wentworth's entourage. As a reciprocal gesture, Hartshorne loaned money to the frequently hard pressed Wentworth family.

The one major controversy in Hartshorne's public career came in 1804, when he resigned from the Council to protest the appointment to that body of John Butler Butler, a commissariat official & military contractor. Butler's supposed offense had been to claim precedence over Hartshorne in the Council, but it is more likely that Hartshorne could not tolerate the presence of someone who had earlier outmaneuvered him in bidding for lucrative military flour contracts. Wentworth attempted to restore Hartshorne to the Council in 1807 but the appointment was never ratified by London. The episode, however, did little damage to Hartshorne's prospects. Even after Wentworth's fall in 1808, he continued to receive official perquisites; for example, in 1812 he was named to the commission in charge of issuing provincial paper money.

Through the first decade of the 19th century, Hartshorne remained active as a hardware merchant & flour miller. It is hard to assess the relative value of his business activities because of a lack of evidence. But he did not monopolize either the local or the provincial flour trade, competition from American imports remaining a constant problem for the milling operation. He also became a founder of the association that developed into the Halifax Fire Insurance Company. Despite losses through escheat, Hartshorne continued to hold over 17,000 acres in what is now Guysborough County, which he made at least some attempt to settle. As well, he retained an interest in agricultural improvement & emerged after the War of 1812 as a supporter of John Young.

Some time after 1800, Hartshorne moved from Halifax to Dartmouth to take up residence in a large 3 storey wooden mansion known as Poplar Hill. There, with his 2nd wife, daughter of Jonathan Tremain, his business partner, he presided over a family of 3 sons & 6 daughters from both marriages, along with a younger cousin, Robert Hartshorne, who had come from Virginia to work in the family business. Securing the prospects of the next generation became the major theme of the last phase of Hartshorne's career. One step in this direction consisted of having the children baptized (some as adults) in the Church of England. As well, the family acquired a pew at St Paul's, the Anglican church in Halifax. A series of marriages ensued, with three of the children emulating their father's example by marrying into the Tremain family. Of the 3 sons, John died early, Lawrence succeeded his father as partner of Thomas Boggs*, & Hugh trained as a lawyer. The Hartshorne family remained prominent in the business, political, & social life of the Nova Scotian capital into the middle years of the 19th century, acquiring special notoriety for the lavish entertaining conducted at their Dartmouth estate. In this way, Lawrence Hartshorne contributed to the often exaggerated claim that the loyalists left a lasting imprint on the character of British North America.
Ref: D. A. Sutherland, Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
Note2: Thomas Boggs is related to the Lawrences by marriage.

. 1786 Jun 3 - A Gibbons & Jos More arrived Halifax, met with Jno Panock, member of Society of Friends, within with Lawrence hartshorn & Sam. Starbuck's's home.
Ref: Cdn Quaker History, Itinerary of the Journey of A Gibbons & Jos. Moore.

. 1792 Lawrence Hartshorne & partner Jonathan Tremaine, established a New Mill & Bake House at Dartmouth Cove. Quaker technology was in advance of other mils & their flour could last without spoiling during export. Flour was shipped within NS to Newfoundland & Bermuda & the West indies. The Bake House provided hardtack for the whaling vessels & Army Garrison & Nancy Ships.
Ref: A Quarker Odyssey, Maida B Follini.

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Birth:
on Sandy Hook.

Died:
(Halifax).

Lawrence married Abigail TREMAINE on 2 Sep 1802 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Abigail was born on 2 Jan 1778 in New York City, New York; died on 7 Mar 1837 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Ref. New York Times Newspaper.

1. Lawrence HARTSHORNE, Jr. was born in 1785 in New Jersey; died on 1 Oct 1865 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Lawrence married Elizabeth USTICK on 20 Jan 1780 in New York City, New York. Elizabeth was born on 20 Nov 1761 in New York City, New York; died on 20 Feb 1793 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lawrence HARTSHORNE, Jr. was born in 1785 in New Jersey; died on 1 Oct 1865 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Notes:

John is the son of Elizabeth Lawrence & Wm. Hartshorne.

. Shrewsbury Quakers, John Hartshorne & Richard Lawrence, freed their 21 years males slaves. See Shrewsbury Scrapbook 5, 7. {verify 1775)
Ref: Slavery & freedom in the rural North, by Graham Russell Hodghes.

John lived at Black Point at the mouth of the Shrewsbury River, where he kept a tavern & ran the first Summer Resort on the Atlantic Seaboard. It was a favorite retreat for Philadelphia's "Fashionable".
Ref: This Old Monmouth of Ours - Honor.

. 1748 - Hartshorne, John, son of William Hartshorne, inherited land on Claypit Creek, conveyee of land at Passage Point, 1753.

. 1810 Jun 21, WILL of John Hartshorne, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth co., NJ
all estate, including plantation house & lot at Black Point to be sold.
Son Lawrence $750. Son John $750, Niece, Elizabeth Robinson $300.
Residue divided between 3 children: Lawrence, Hannah & John.
Executors: Sons John, Cousin Wm. Hartshorne, son of Robert.
Witnesses: Abraham Wooley, Archibald Heviland, Thomas Riddle.

. 1813 Aug 3 - Inventory $1,081,14. made by Thos. Borden, Job Throckmort.
Note: Inventory of the estate is about $700 less than bequests. - PJA
Proved Sept 8, 1813. - - -

Birth:
Resided Shrewsbury, NJ

Died:
Alt DOB 15 Feb 18183, WILL 21.6.80 & WILL Proved 8 Sep 1813.

John married Lucy SALTAR on 2 Jul 1752 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Lucy (daughter of Richard SALTAR, Jr. and Hannah LAWRENCE, .ii) was born in 1728 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lucy is the daughter of Hannah Lawrence & Richard Salter Jr. She is, therefore, the half second cousin of her husband John Hartshorne.

Lucy & Richard's children are:
1. John Hartshorne Jr. b. c 1749, m.1) 1799 Elizabeth Field b. 1755,

m2) 1803 Hannah Hopkins b. c. 1770 Elizabethtown, NJ, (4 ch. b. 1804-1811: Lucy, Hannah, Samuel, Lawrence);
2. Lawrence Hartshorne b. c. 1750, m.1) before 1780 E. Ustick b. c. 1755,
m.2) Abigail Tremaine b. c. 1756

3. Hannah Hartshorne b. c. 1751, m. MAR 1782 Thomas Eddy b.c. 1745, Philadelphia, PA. - - -

Notes:

Two Lawrence siblings married two Hartshorne siblings:
Elizabeth Lawrence married William Hartshorne Sr. as his third wife. &
William Lawrence married Mercy Hartshorne.

. Elizabeth Lawrence was his third wife, his previous ones having been Catharine Bowne & Helena Willett.

. Resided Portland, Highland, NJ. William was the son of Richard Hartshorne, b. 26 Oct 1641, Hathearn, Leicester, England, & Margaret Carre, 1648 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. He had 12 children with his 3 wives: Catherine Bowne, Helena Willet & Elizabeth Lawrence.

Son: Robert Hartshorne 1721-1801 X Sarah Saltar, 9 children, 4 survived: Wm., Eliz., Richard & Sarah Hartshorne.

. 1712 May the 21st. Then William Hartshorne gave in his Earmark to be Recorded as followeth, viz, the form of a swallow Tayl upon the Near Ear, & 2 slits down the Off Ear, & his Brand Mark for his Horses is the letters HP on the Near Buttock Entered per me, Willm. Lawrence Junr , Town Clerk.

. Wm. Hartshorne's WILL is dated 25 NOV 1745 Middletown, Monmouth Co, NJ.
X-Ref: Collection # 11, Hartshorne Family Papers, 1771 - 1954. Wills of Mary Lawrence & John Lawrence.

. SURVEY [East Jersey]. For William Hartshorne "by virtue of a Deed from Richard Stout" from Cooper's propriety "sold to the said Stout & Obadiah Boune, Garret Wall & divers others" by indenture dated 5 Feb. 1706. Deed dated: 1 Oct. 1716
LOCATION: "All that Seige Island…on the River on the North Side of the Channel between the Mouth of Claypitt Creek … North River … bound on all sides by the River" [Monmouth County] 15 Nov 1722.

. Wm. Hartshorne, Issue by third wife, Elizabeth Lawrence
1. Margaret Hartshorne, born 3, 9 mo., 1704; died in 1745.
2. Richard Hartshorne, born 28, 3 mo., 1708; died at sea.
3. William Hartshorne, born 31, 8 mo., 1709; died 22, 12 mo., 1746.
4. Hugh Hartshorne, born 9 mo., 17, 1719; died 4 mo., 1777.
5. Robert Hartshorne, born 2 mo., 2, 1721.
6. Catharine Hartshorne, born 2 mo., 16, 1723; died young.
7. John Hartshorne, born 8 mo., 6, 1725; died 2 mo., 15, 1813.
8. Esek Hartshorne, born 12 mo., 9, 1728, elsewhere 7 mo., 6, 1727; died 14, 2 mo., 1795.
9. Rachel Hartshorne, born 4 mo., 13, 1730; died 9 mo., 24, 1816.
10. Catharine Hartshorne , born 7 mo., 6, 1732.

. Issue by second wife Helena Willet:
Mary Hartshorne, born 3 mo., 27, 1714, (Apr. 27, 1714): died, Feb. 19, 1782, ages 69 years, 9 months & 18 days.
Thomas Hartshorne, born 2 mo., 28, 1715, (Apr. 28, 1715); died, 20, 9 mo., 1795, aged 80 years, 4 months & 11 days
NY & NJ Historical Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 3.

. Hartshorne Family Cemetery monument:
Here lies intere'd the body of William Hartshorne who departed this life February the 29th day Anno domin 1747. Aged 69 years.
The red Monument is in excellent conditions & remarkably legible printing as of 2010.

. Son of Richard Hartshorne, 1st, was born 22nd of instant, mo., 1678-9; died, Feb. 29, 1747-8, aged 68 years, 11 months & 22 days; married, first Catharine, daughter of John Bowne. He married, second, Helena Willet, of Flushing, L. I., 1713, who was born Dec. 22, 1680, & died May 1, 1715.

He married.3, Elizabeth, daughter of William & Ruth (Gibbons) Lawrence, born Dec. 3, 1690, & died August 1750, elsewhere Apr. in 1751.
Sec Lawrence Family. Her remains lie adjacent to those of her husband, William Hartshorne, in the Hartshorne Burying ground, Middletown, N. J. In 1888, her Monument had fallen, face upwards, & was cracked badly, while her husband's remained still erect.

. 1723 - William Hartshorne, Esq., mortgaged land, in Middletown, to the Loan Commissioners.

. 1725 & 1730 - William Hartshorne was a Justice, & socially & politically prominent in Monmouth County.

. 1745 Nov. 25. WILL of William Hartshorne, of Middletown; proved March 10, 1747, mentioned:
Wife, Elizabeth, who received all she brought with her, the use of "my shas," a sliver cup, etc.
"my Lelt? & Staff that v. - as my Father's 1 give to my son William."
"The Silver tankard that was my second wife I give to my son Thomas."
Daughter, Mary, received six silver spoons.
Daughter, Rachel; His three youngest children, John, Esek, Rachel. Son, Hugh?
Son, Robert, Son, John, Daughter, Margaret.
Executors: wife, Elizabeth, with sons, William, Thomas., Hugh & Robert.

. 1746 Aug. 25. Codicil to WILL of William Hartshorne, mentioned:
Son, William, deceased, & his children, Katharine Hartshorne & Richard Hartshorne.
The testator signed both documents: William Hartshorne. The inventory of his personal Estate amounted to £386-17-134. Issue by first wife.
Will proved 1747 Mar 10.

. 1748, his executors advertised for sale:
The High Lands of Navesinks & Sandy-Hook lying in Middletown, East Jersey, consisting of 2800 acres," including "a good Dwelling-house, 40 feet long & 30 Feet broad, with Sash Windows, 2 good Stone Cellars under it, with 3 Kitchens adjoining, pleasantly situated on Navesinks River."
Ref: N.J. Archives, XII:325, 467, 481, 523.

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Birth:
or 1679.

Died:
Aged 68y 11m 22y; Will proved 10 Mar 1748.

Buried:
Middletown, NJ.

William married Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .ii on 18 Jul 1717 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Elizabeth (daughter of Major William L LAWRENCE, .2 Jr. and Ruth GIBBONS) was born on 3 Dec 1690 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 18 Apr 1750 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Hartshorne Burying Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Town Book of Monmouth, William Lawrence, Clerk:
. Elizabeth Lawrence, The daughter of William and Ruth Lawrence was born 3rd day of December, 1690.

Two Lawrence siblings married two Hartshorne siblings:
Elizabeth Lawrence married William Hartshorne Sr. and
William Lawrence married Mercy Hartshorne.

. WILLIAM HARTSHORNE, son of Richard Hartshorne,1, was born 22nd of 1st mo., 1678-9; died, Feb. 29, 1747-8, aged 68 years, 11 months & 22 days;
married, first Catharine, daughter of John Bowne. He married, second, Helena Willet,* of Flushing, L. I., May 1, 1713, who was born Dec. 22, 1680, and died May 1, 1715.
He married.3, Elizabeth, daughter of William and Ruth (Gibbons) Lawrence, born Dec. 3, 1690, & died August 1750, elsewhere Apr. 18, 1751.
Her remains lie adjacent to those of her husband, William Hartshorne, in the Hartshorne Burying ground, Middletown, N. J. In 1888, her Monument had fallen, face upwards, and was cracked badly, while her husband's remained still erect.

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

. 1741, Feb. 20. WILL of William Lawrence of Middletown, Monmouth Co. Being in the eighty-fourth year of my age. Daughter, Elizabeth Hartsthorne, half of Propriety Right and land near Medcunk, & large Concordance.

. William Hartshorne died Feb. 29, 1747, aged 69 years.
Here lies interred the body of Elizabeth, wife of William Hartshorne, who departed this life the 18th day of November, AD 1650. Aged 60y 4m 15d. The Monument has fallen with inscription upwards and is cracked.
Ref: Historical Miscellany, Vol 2, John Stillwell.

. 1888, Elizabeth's Monument had fallen, face upwards, & was cracked badly, while her husband's remained still erect. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Aged 60y 4m 15 days.

Buried:
Middletown, NJ

Notes:

1746 He should give orders for the firing the beacon lights on the Navesink Highlands, to give warning of the approach of French cruisers, pirates.
- 1745 Gov. Lewis Morris recommend R. Saltar for a seat in Council.
- 1753 Judge Charles Read recommended him for Chief-Justice.

1748 Nov 28 At the Court at St. James, Present, The King, most Excellent Majesty in Council Upon reading this day at the Board a representation from the Lords commissioners for Trade and Plantations, dated 15th Ins. That John Hamilton, Esq., council in the colony of NJ is dead, & that Richard Salter Esqr. hath been recommended to them in that Station, & therefore proposing that he may be appointed of His Majestys Council in that Colony. ...cause the usual warrant to be prepared for His Majestys royal signature.

1754 Supreme Court Richard Salter, Jr. " a man of good understand & fortune, a firm friend to the government...act in the that station with honor to himself & justice to the public."
Richard Salter Jr. married Hannah Lawrence, the daughter of Elisha Lawrence; & sister of Elizabeth Lawrence, his brother John's wife. Richard Jr built a large house on the Navesink River at Black Point...also Trenton, Nottingham (Hamilton Sq.) in Burlington Co.

1751 Dec 7 - Letter to Robt Hunter Morris Esq. from James Alexander Esq. Re. Minutes of Assembly, P 44.
Line between East & West Jersey... Mr. Salter though he lived in East NJ when appt. to Council, Yet it was well known at the signing that Petition & for many Months before it, that he had bought Cadwallader's Moyety, of Lambert's plantation on Delaware about 2 miles from Trenton & had with his family resided upon that plantation & has offered his former Plantation for sale, so that Mr. Salter is a 4th Councillor residing in West NJ.

1762, Jan. 11. WILL of Saltar, Richard, of Burlington Co.; Wife to have £100, & all the goods that were hers before my marriage with her. I have given to my
three sons, Joseph, John & Lawrence, the plantation on which I live; & they are to do justice to
their sister, Elizabeth Saltar,
& my grandson, Richard Saltar, son of my son Elisha Saltar, in manner & proportion as my brother-in-law, Elisha Lawrence,
& my nephew, Thomas Salter, shall order.
Executors; sons, Joseph, John & Lawrence. Witnesses; Isaac Quigley, Thomas Quigley, Jemmia Quigley.
Proved Nov. 17, 1762.
1762, Nov. 1. Inventory, £1,268.1.10, made by Thomas Watson & John Abbott.
1768, Sept. 3. Account by both Executors. Lands sold in Sussex by vendue, for £21.6.0. Lib. 12, p. 115; Lib. 12, p. 22. - - -

Birth:


Died:
-at Black Pte. Navesking R.

Richard married Hannah LAWRENCE, .ii on 23 Jun 1721. Hannah (daughter of Elisha LAWRENCE, Sr. 1st. and Lucia LUCY STOUT) was born on 10 Dec 1697 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died in 1757 in Philadelphia, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Elisha Lawrence & Lucy Stout, sister to Elizabeth who married his brother John Salter.

Children of Hannah Lawrence Richard Salter, Jr. are:

1. Richard Salter III, b. ca. 1722, d. ca. 1745.
2. Catherine Salter, b. ca. 1723, died in infancy.
3. Sarah Salter, b. ca. 1725, m. DEC 1743 Robert Hartshorne b. 02 FEB 1721.
4. Susan Salter, b. ca. 1726, m. before 1746 Henry Scott Sr. b.ca. 1721.

5. Elisha Salter, b. ca. 1727, d. ca. 1756.
6. Lucy Salter, b. ca. 1728, m. 02 JUL 1752 Middletown,Monmouth Co., NJ John Hartshorne Sr., b. 06 AUG 1725 Middletown, d. 15 FEB 1813.
7. Joseph Salter, b. ca. 1732 Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ, d. 1820, m.1) ca. 1753 Sarah "Sally" Holmes b. 19 SEP 1734, d.1757.
8. John Salter b. 17 NOV 1733, m. before 1760 Epenetus Elizabeth Gordon b. ca. 1741.

9. Lawrence Salter, b. ca. 1734, m1) Mary Tremaine b. ca.1737, m.2) Dorothy Dolly Gordon b. ca. 1738.
10. Elizabeth Salter, b. 19 OCT 1739, d. 19 FEB 1825, m.1) Thomas Ustick b. ca. 1734, d. before 1764; m.2) 22 NOV 1764 Ezek Hartshorne b. 09 DEC 1728, Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ, d. 14 FEB 1795.
11. James Salter, b. 01 JAN 1754, d. 05 FEB 1829, m. before 1787 Agnes Housel b. 01 JUN 1763, d. 28 OCT 1831.

- Richard Salter, third son of Richard & Sarah (Browne) Salter, born in 1699, died about 1763. He married, June 23, 17 21, Hannah, daughter of Elisha & Lucy (Stout) Lawrence, born 1696.
Their children were: Richard, Joseph, John, Lawrence, Elisha, Elizabeth, Sarah, Lucy, Catherine died in infancy; Susan James. - - -

Died:
/Resided on Walnut St.

Notes:

Richard is the son of Katherine & Hugh Hartshorne.

Richard Hartshorne Sr. married 1670 Apr 27 to Margaret Carr, born 12 May, 1693. daughter of Monmouth patentee Robert Carr, in Newport, Rhode Island, on 27 April 1670, and died in Middletown, New Jersey in 1722.

Richard arrived on the Newasink River, New Jersey in May 1666, which is the year of the Great Fire of London. The previous year of 1665, plague severally reduced the population of London & must have been an added incentive to leave from England. - PJA 2010.

Biography: Richard Hartshorne was an English Quaker & in spring of 1672 prominent Quaker George Fox visited the Friends Meeting at Oyster Bay, Long Island.
A devout Quaker, Richard was a personal friend of George Fox and entertained him at Shrewsbury, as described later by Fox in his journals. He was asked by William Penn and others to survey for Quaker settlements along the Delaware in 1676.A member of the Provincial Assembly for 20 years, Speaker 1686-93 and 1696-98, he served as Deputy 1688, 1692 and 1693. He was also Town Clerk, Sheriff, Commissioner of Highways, Judge of Court of Sessions, Member of Governors Council & Practitioner before the Courts, Constable of Middletown, Clerk of the Court of Small Causes, & one of the Judges of the Court of Common Right at Perth Amboy.
Said to have been "a man of good reputation & benevolent disposition", he was a steadying & conciliatory influence during the years of constant upheaval between the settlers & Proprietors, as an influential spokesman for the conservative wing of the Anti-Proprietary group, & later in disagreements with the Royal Governor, Lord Cornbury.
Ref: Descendants of Founders of NJ.

. 1704, Richard Hartshorne made a record, in writing, of his marriage to Margaret Carr, (Richard P. Tatum, Esq., of Philadelphia, says that Richard Hartshorne was born at Hathcome Hall, Harthearne, Leicester, England; & thinks that Margaret Carr, the wife of Richard Hartshorne, may have been the daughter of Ezekiel Carré, a Huguenot, who lived at Kingstone, Rhode Island. This was copied by Elisha Lawrence son of John Lawrence, of Upper Freehold, & has been transmitted through the descendants of this branch of the Lawrence Family to the present generation.

. 1722 May 14. WILL of Hartshorne, Richard, of Middletown, Monmouth.

. Richard Hartshorne also owned the whole of Sandy Hook, which he used for a fishing station & a cattle grazing ground. In a meadow on Sandy Hook stands a lone pine tree. Captain Kidd is supposed to have buried treasure under this tree. The meadow is still called Kidds Meadow or Kidds Tree. Capt. BlackBeard fought a pitched battle with the farmers on the highway in Middletown Inhabitants can still remember their grandfathers' tales of horse racing on Kings Highway, on the Sabbath Day. Someone put up a bushel of doughnuts or gallon of applejack fore the prize.

Children: Hugh, Mary Clayton, Katharine Fitz Randolph, Sarah Taylor, Mercy Lawrence, William; legacy for the poor of the Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Quakers.
Half an acre of land, fronting the street & including wife's grave, to be laid out as a family burying ground, East of the homestead, bought of John Bowne; land on the North side of town, adjoining Moses Lippitt, meadow near John Pew, do. near John Wilson, all in Middletown meadows; 100 acres on South side of Manasquan River. Personal property (books, papers, a silver tankard).
Executors: the two sons.
Witnesses: Richard Stout, John Wall, Joseph Cox.
Proved May 22, 1722. Lib. A, p. 221.

. The names of most of the early settlers of Monmouth are given in Proprietors' Records at Perth Amboy, but in a majority of cases, the year is not given when they came. Rights of Land:
Richard Hartshorne, in right of servants that he hat brought, 90 acres each, 270 acres; Right of Wm. Golding & wife 240 a. right of Robt. Jones & Wife 240 A. Total 750 Acres.

. When Richard Hartshorne the first, moved from Portland Point to the village of Middletown he built the old house which still stands on the north side of the street & which today is probably the oldest building extant in this country. Here he died in 1722, & in his will made mention of a 'family burial plot of a half acre on the street, in the orchard east of the house where I now live.' Here he was buried, though the knowledge of the exact site is lost."
Ref: Robert J. VanKirk from a 1927 book by the Rev. Ernest W. Mandeville, Rector of Christ Church, Middletown, NJ.

. HOLMES PAPERS, 1680-1907.Approx. 3,000 items. Exchange, 1956.
Correspondence, legal documents, business documents & other papers of various members of the Holmes family & re­lated families of Monmouth County. The following materials are included: diary, Jo Revolution­ary War courts-martial documents, muster rolls, & other mili­tary documents; a letter from the Shrewsbury, deputies to the County Committee [of Safety] for Monmouth, 1775; & vendues & inventories for various estates, 1787-99. Some included are letters of Richd. Hartshorn.
Lawrence, John Saltar,
Ref: A guide to the manuscripts collection of the New Jersey Historical Society.

. 1722 May 14, WILL of Richard Hartshoren, Monmouth Co., being sick & weak in body. My Will is all my debts be paid, and it is not in my memory I owe 5 Shillings to any man or Men ...."; "
& my Will is there be half an Acre of Land Laid out for a Burying Place or Grave-yard, & to be for me & my "Chilldren & their pofterity to be Buryed in and to be laid out by my Executors fronting the Street upon a square so "as to Include the Grave-yard where my wife lyes buryed in lying to the Eastward of my orchard where I now live "being in the home Lott formerly John Bownes "; "to my son Hugh & his heirs my house & Orchard & "all my Land Joyning to it , (The Grave-Yard excepted & reserved) & all my land lying on the North side of the "Town next the land formerly Moses Lippitts; Also 9 Acres & 6 acres of meadow lying near where John Pew "lives also 6 Acres of meadow lying near to the meadow of John Willson all in Middletowne Meadows"; "
unto my daughter Mary Clayton, my daughter Katharine Fitz-Randolph, my daughter Sarah Taylor, my daughter Mercy Lawrence: all my land lying on the south side of Manasquan River, being in 3 severall parcells being about 100 acres equally to be divided amongft them & their heirs as & to hold as Tenents in Common";
"all my books to "my son William & my son Hugh, and my papers for them to take care of";
"to my son Hugh My silver Tankard";
"to the poor of the Community commonly called Quakers in Shrewsberry, & belonging to the Meeting house that stands "on the north side of the Road in Shrewsberry over against the land formerly Nicholas Browns £4bt o be paid "to the meeting within 13 months after my decease but for the use of the poor aforefaid."
"And I have 10 ewes 3 or 4 neat cattle that goe at my son William's Plantation all which sheep & neat cattle I Give to my son "William Hartshorne & also my leather girdle & staff with a sillver head ....";
"to my 4 daughters "Namely, Mary Clayton, Katharine Fitz-Randolp, Sarah Taylor, & Mercy
Lawrence the sum of £200 "viz, the sum of £50 to the use of each of them to be by them severally apply'd for to procure themselves, servants to help them, & to my said 4 daughters all the remaining part of my perfonal estate & debts whatsoever to be amongft them equally divided ...."
Executors: mky sonn William and my son Hugh.
Wits.: RICHARD HARTSHORNE, Richard Stout, John Wall, Joseph Cox.
This WILL is only record without a probate June 4, 1722. Endorsed.

Verify which Richard Hartshorne:
. 1809 Sep 11 - WILL of Richard Hartshorne:
Inventory $116.47 made by Cornelius P VanDer Hoef, Wm. P Walton. Lists 1 gun in possession of John Hartshorne, leather in possession of Delafayette Schneck, some items in possession of Wm. Hartshorne, NY City, a long chain at Jacob Rickows, & a crow bar at Peter Bourdett.
Sworn by Wm. Hartshorne, Administered at Freehold, Jan 11, 1810. File NJ 8853M. - - -

Birth:
Called ' the Emigrant'.

Died:

Richard married Margaret CARR on 27 Nov 1670 in Newport, Rhode Island. Margaret was born in 1650 in Newport, Rhode Island; died on 6 Mar 1721 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margaret is the daughter of Robert Carr.

Children
1 Robert Hartshorne, b: 5 FEB 1670
2. Hugh Hartshorne, b: 15 JUL 1673
3. Thomas Hartshorne, b: 14 NOV 1674
4. Mary Hartshorne, b: 14 OCT 1676 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, NJ
5. William Hartshorne, b: 22 JAN 1677
6. Richard Hartshorne, b: 17 APR 1681
7. Katherine Hartshorne, b: 2 MAY 1682
8. Hugh Hartshorne, b: 21 AUG 1686 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, NJ
9. Sarah Hartshorne, b: 3 SEP 1687 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, NJ
10. Richard Hartshorne, b: 15 FEB 1688
11. Mercy Hartshorne, b: 12 MAY 1693 in Middletown, Monmouth Co, NJ. - - -

Died:

Notes:

. William Lawrence.2 referred to himself as William Junior.
According to Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1797-1880), Secretary-Archivist for the State of New York, "said that William Lawrence of New Jersey was not the son but the cousin of William Lawrence of Flushing, New York. Edmund B O'Callaghan authored several works on New Amsterdam & colonial New York.
To this end, the ATTACHED genealogy endeavors to find answers to their relationships. To that end dear reader & cousins I ask your assistance in any corrections or updates. Thank you.. - P J Ahlberg 2014.

. Wm. Lawrence represented Monmouth County in the Eighth Assembly.
. 1719 July 28 - First WILL of * WILLIAM LAWRENCE.
To all Christian People, Greeting. I, William Lawrence, of Flushing in Queen's County, on the Island of Nassau, being conscious of the mortality of life in this world.
. I leave to my wife Deborah Lawrence, one-half of my household stuff, during her widowhood,
. & the other half to my daughter Elizabeth, also 2 Negroes.
. I leave to my son, Joshua Lawrence, a bond of £57. 10s.
. I leave to my son, Caleb Lawrence, all the farm I now live on, in Tews Neck, with all the housing & orchards, & a negro boy & 2 horses.
. I leave to my son Stephen, 500 acres of land I bought of the Underhills, at a place called Spring Hill, in East & West Jersey, & 1 negro boy & 2 horses.
. I leave to my sons, Obadiah, Daniel, Joshua, & Adam,
& my son-in-law, Joseph Rodman, all my right of land in Smithtown Patent, which father Smith gave me in his WILL, & all my right in Smithtown.
. Executors: I make my sons, Daniel & Obadiah, & my son-in-law, Joseph Rodman, executors.
. I give all the rest of my Estate, & 2 lots of land in New York, which I bought of Carster Learsen, as by bill of sale from him, lying in William Street, above the Smiths Vly, to all my children.
Dated July 28, 1719.
Witnesses, Joseph Thorn, Sr., Benjamin Thorn & Jacob Thorn.
Proved before John Jackson, Judge of the Common Pleas, March 16, 1719/20.
Ref: NJ Wills, Liber 9, Page 152.

. 1741 Feb. 20 - LAST WILL: Lawrence, William, of Middletown, Monmouth Co.; Being in the 84 year of my age.
. Grandson, William, son of Richard Lawrence, deceased, 36 acres at Barnegat, being part of Thomas Coopers lot.
. Grandson, William, son of John Lawrence, deceased, 100 acres on Hop river.
. Granddaughter, Jane Lawrence, daughter of John, deceased, 80 acres adjoining Peter Tiltons.
. Daughter, Elizabeth Harsthorne, half of Propriety Right & land near Medecunk, & large Concordance.
. Daughter, Hannah Herbert; land & next great Bible.
. Son, Thomas, largest old Bible, surveyors instruments & £5.
. Two eldest grandsons, 20 sh.
Executors - brothers Joseph & Benjamin Lawrence, son-in-law William Hartshorne, daughter Elizabeth, & son Robert.
Witnesses James Seabrook, Thomas Cooper, Andrew Bowne, William Hartshorne, Junior, Thomas Hartshorne. Proved Nov. 22, 1750. Robert Lawrence, Esquire, one of the executors qualified same day, three of the others being dead.
Ref: NJ Calendar of Wills, Lib. E, p. 523.

. 1751 May11 - Inventory of estate of William Lawrence, Esquire, taken at the house of Robert Hartshorn, in Middletown, £16.2.0, includes 11 silver spoons.
Made by Samuel bone, & Thomas Hartshorne.

. 1751 May 11. Inventory of the estate (of William Lawrence, Esquire) taken at the house of Robert Hartshorne [his grandson], in Middletown (16.2.0), includes 11 silver spoons. Made by Samuel Bowne & Thomas Hartshorne.
Note1: The inventory was at his grandson's house would, therefore, imply William Lawrence was living there.

. APPENDIX Jan. 29. Lawrence, Sarah, of Newark; WILL. Cousins Esther Brown, Joseph Brown, Joseph Bond, Bethia Bond. Sister, xx Brown. John & Isaack, sons of friend George Harrison, Silvester Cent. Personal property. Executor George Harrison. Witnesses Samuel Ross, George Harrison. Proved Feb. 1 following. 1694-5, Feb. 9. Letters issued to executor. E. J. D., Lib. D, p. 368; Lib. E, p. 198. page 561 #1692-3.

. 1668 Jan 4 - Middletown, Earmarks of the townes cattle: William Lawrence his mark is both ears slit & the under hinder part is cut off.
Ref: Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2, John Stillwell.

. 1670 Sep 9 - At a court holder in Middletown, Present, E Smith, W Lawrence, James Grover, John Bowne, Ricd. Stoutt & Ricd Gibbins. The Constables testified John Job refused to aide him watch with the drunken Indians; Job said, What a divell have I to doe with you or his majesty either; when the constables laid hold of him & his shirt then tearing, a plague confound ye all [i.e. go to hell all of you];
Job pleaded he knew not he was constable, Job fined 40 shillings for refusing to obey the Constable.
. 1670 In the old Middletown Town Book is recorded an agreement dated 1670, between James Mills, living on James River, Virginia, & William Lawrence about a house & lot owned by Lawrence at Middleburgh, Long Island, was accidentally burned & the sale was declared void.

. 1679 March 23 - Capt. Wm Lawrence, deceased.
Letter of Administration is granted to William Lawrence & Ruth Gibbons & wife, Deborah Smith Lawrence.
... Inventory was taken by the constable & overseers ... Whereas William Lawrence, late of Flushing, hath left a considerable Estate & 7 young children that is to say
Mary, Thomas, Joseph, Richard, Samuel, Sarah, & James
whose proportion & share of their said Father's Estate according to law amounts to each of them £288 16 shillings one penny half penny the whole being £2,020. 12 shillings 4 pence half penny which is & remains in the hands & possession of Elizabeth the widow & administratrix of the said William & mother to the said children ... until they shall attain the age of 21 years or be married. New York, 23 Mar, 1680.

. John Lawrence, JR., m. as his wife Sarah Cornell (daughter of Thomas Cornel), b. Essex, England; she m. (1) Thomas Willett; m. (3) Charles Bridges (called on Dutch records Carel Van Brugge).
3 John Lawrence, d. 1714; m. (3) Elizabeth Cornell, daughter of Richard, Thomas,
Children: Richard.
Elizabeth, m. Ford.
Mary, m. Briggs.
Deborah.
Sarah Lawrence.

NJ Important Quaker Families Represented:
. 1687 8th mo., 28th - Ephram Allen of Shrews. married Margaret Wardell of Shrewsbury, at the house of Eliakim Wardell.
Witn: Wm. Lawrence, Wm. Lawrence Jr., John Lawrence, Judah & Mary Allen, Jos. & Lidya Wardell, John & Eliz. Williams, Simon & Mary Cooper, Remberance & Margaret Lippincott, John & Meribah Slocum, Geo Curlis, Frances Borden, John Wooley, John Sterkey, Sarah Perkins, Hananiah & Eliz. Gifford, Sarah Reape, Frances Bucher, Jane Borden, Elizabeth Hance, Elis. Cole, Margaret Parker.
Ref: Shrewsbury Quaker Marriages.

. 1698 Census Flushing, New York:
Major. Wm. Lawrence & Deborah his wife,
Children: William, Richard, Obadiah, Daniel, Samuel, John, Adam, Debora & Sarah Lawrence.
Negros: James, Tom, Lew, Bess, 2 children.

NEW JERSEY LAWRENCES
1695-6 to 1699 & 1701-2. Wm. Lawrence, Jr. was Town Clerk of Middletown.
. 1705 - Sheriff of Monmouth County.
. 1707 - Represented Monmouth County in the Third Assembly.
. 1711 - Represented Monmouth County in the Sixth Assembly.

. 1712 December the 29th. Then William Lawrence Junr. gave his earmark to be recorded, as followeth, viz, both ears slitt & the hind part cut off, called half crop on each ear. Entered per me, Willm. Lawrence Junr.
Ref: Town Book of Old Middletown.
Note2: At least 75 reference, (& not including his signature as clerk), to Wm. Lawrence may be found in this Middletown book. - PJA

. 1716 - William & Elisha Lawrence, Seventh NJ Assembly, County of Monmouth.
. 1721 - William Lawrence, Eighth NJ Assembly, Monmouth Co.
. 1721 - William Lawrence Jr. II, Sixth NJ Assembly.

. 1719 January the 24th - The House appointed a committee to inquire into certain printed libels, & personal abuse against its members. One Benjamin Johnson, of Monmouth, had said to William Lawrence, a member from that county, "You Lawrence, are a pitiful pimping fellow, & have been failed to your trust in the Assembly." On the complaint of Lawrence, Johnson was ordered into arrest by the House; but he avoided its displeasure by absconding.

Wm. Lawrence moved to Monmouth County with the Brownes & Stouts. He was assigned Lot 31 in Middletown, NJ.

. 1727 - The land owners were having disagreements about paying the Governor Carteret quitrents for their property: In 1727 William Lawrence told his sept-grandmother's husband, Gov. Carteret, 'that the Proprietors of East Jersey were forced to pay expensive patents or loss their land. There would be no justice for the landowners as long as the courts controlled the land disputes.'

The book also details a stalemate amongst Gov. Carteret, Browne, Salter & Wm. Lawrence over the administration of an Estate. During this fray, Gov. Carteret, was hauled by NY soldiers from his bed in Elizabethtown, NJ & taken to the Gov. Andros of NY to answer charges of usurping government authority. Eventually the courts compelled all parties to co-operate.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS:
. 1677 July 20. To William Lawrence, Junior of Middletown for 165 a. in 6 parcels. 173 Acres.
. 1676-7 January 10. to John Vaughan of Middletown for: 1, a tract of 126 acres, bounded N. W. & S. W. by Richard Gibbons, S. E. by un-surveyed land, N. E. by Poirsy Run; 2, 9 acres of meadow, formerly Benjamin Deull's, bounded E. by James Grover, W. by Wm. Lawrence, S. by upland, N. by the beach. 165 Acres
Ref: Calendar of New Jersey Patents.

. 1683-4 March 1. Last WILL & Testament of Thorlagh Swiney of Middletown. Wife Mary, son John & James, son of Joseph GROVER. Executors Joseph Grover & wife Hanna. Witnesses Peter Tilton.
. 1683-4 Proved - William Lawrence, Jun., Thomas Wainwright, John Fish, Richard Gardiner.

. 1686 Nov. 1. Deed, William LAWRENCE of Middle Town, East Jersey, by his attorney James Nevill of New Salem, planter, to Griffith JONES of Philadelphia for 500 acres, adjoining Casparus Harman.
. 1687 8th mo., 28th, Ephram Allen of Shrews. married Margaret Wardell both of shrews. at the house of Eliakim Wardell. Witn: Wm. Lawrence, Wm. Lawrence Jr., John Lawrence.
Ref: Shrewsbury Quaker Marriages.

. 1688 Aug. 10. Deed. Robert Barclay of Ury, Scotland, by his attorney, John Reid of Hortencie, to William Lawrence, senior of Middletown, for 100 acres on Burlington Path, bounded N. by Hope River, on all other sides by unsurveyed land.
. 1687 8th mo., 28th, Ephram Allen of Shrews. married Margaret Wardell both of Shrewsbury, at the house of Eliakim Wardell.
Witn: Wm. Lawrence, Wm. Lawrence Jr., John Lawrence.
Ref: Shrewsbury Quaker Marriages.

. 1690 Mch. 2. William Lawrence purchased one hundred & 31acres of upland & meadow, prior to this date, from Robert Hamilton, for at this date he conveyed such an equity to his brother, Elisha Lawrence, for £40.s.

. 1692 Nov. 2. Writ of Election for a General Assembly with return of Hanse Harmanse & Johannes Stinest for Bergen, William Lawrence for Hackinsack, by Sheriff Edw. Earle. [which Wm. ?]

. Acts of General Assembly, October 12 to November 3, 1693. On 1693 Nov. 3. Writ of Election for a General Assembly with return of Capt. William Lawrence for Hackinsack, Hartman Michielsson & Edward Earle, jun. for Bergen; by John Edsall, Sheriff.

. 1695 Dec. 2. Writ of Election for a General Assembly with return of Enoch Machelisa & Capt. Gerrebrant Claese for Bergen, Capt. William Lawrence for Hackinsack. NY; by Francis Moore, Sheriff.

. 1697 Oct 9 - Meeting to take care of the poor of the towne; whereas John Allin, one of the poor, being such & standing in need of shirts & bedding, the overseers shall provide 2 shirts,1 blanket, also find the sd. Allin diet washing lodging & tenderance during his fitness at 4s. per week. Wm. Lawrence, clerk.

. 1701 June the 10th "Wm. Lawrence his book: Bought of John Bowne, Price £2:3:0." Whitlock-Spader Bible. This Bible was left in his will to his daughter, Hannah Herbert".
. 1701 June 7. Patent to Cornelius Longfield of Piscataway, for a tract between Rariton & South Rivers, in Middlesex Co., along Piscopeck or Lawrence's Brook; also one half of the meadow on said two rivers, & along Lawrence's Brook, together 700 acres.

. 1703 July 30. George Willocks of Rudyard, Monmouth Co. & wife Margaret, to John Johnston of said Co., for a lot on Barnegate Beach, at the mouth of Valley Creek, adjoining William Lawrence; also 40 chains along the said beach, S. S. W. from Valley Creek, in all 87 ch. or 300 acres, E. the sea, W. the bay, N. Wm. Lawrence, S. unsurveyed beach.

. From Middletown the usual way to get to Shrewsbury was by the road leading through "haunted" Balm Hollow to Ogden's Corner, through Morrisville turning easterly to near Middletown Episcopal Church farm, from there to Swimming River, then to Tinton Falls & to Shrewsbury. This road avoided all meadows, bogs & streams except Swimming River.

. 1709 March - A road from the highway that Goethe along ye rear of Joseph Lawrence's land, to Hochocson Swamp; then to the line that parts Morris & Thomas Leonards, thence along said line to the brook, thence down brook to bridge, then to place where bridge was made over, below the Sawmill, then to William Lawrence's Mill. Records of June 1710 - Beginning on top of the hill where the path now goes, up over part of Swimming River, that leads up to Henry Leonard's Sawmill (1st) where road that comes from William Lawrence's to Shrewsbury crosses said river, then running southwest to a small black oak tree, being corner tree of Johannes Polhemus. This mill, we believe, was on Long Bridge Road, the site where once stood Bray's Saw Mill & now the property of Arthur Jones.

. 1712 May 21st? [date missing from this copy, but Wm Lawrence Jr. registered many ear marks on this day.] Brandmark is the form of an Anchor thus on the Left Buttock, per me, Willm. Lawrence, Junr, Town Clerk.
. 1712 Dec 29th. Then William Lawrence Junr. gave in his Earmark to be Recorded as followeth, viz. Both Ears Slitt & the hind Part cut off, called half Crop on each Ear. Entered Per me, Willm. Lawrence Junr, Town Clerk.
. 1720, Mch. 26. William Lawrence sold land to his son, Richard, situated at Crosswicks, in Freehold.
. 1722, Dec. 11. He conveyed to his son, Robert, of Freehold, land, at Crosswicks, it being part of the tract he obtained from his brother, John Lawrence, June 17, 1710.

. 1727 Jan 29, WILL of Daniel H Kendricks of Middletown, Gentn. Wit: Willm. Lawrence Junr.
. 1727 Mar 18. Cottrill, Elizer of Middletown, At Perth Amboy, before Michael Kearny, Surrogate, Appoints Wm Lawrence & Wm Lawrence Junior Executors, also Wits. Tho. Lawrence, for Eleazer Cottrill of Middletown, yeoman. Proved 1727 Apr 20.
. 1729 Oct 22, WILL of John Cox, Freehold, Yeoman My Plantation be equally divided In 3 equal parts my decease (Executors) by my brother James Cox, Richard Mount Junr. & William Lawrence, Junr.
Loving wife Mary [nee Lawrence], his son Samuel, 2 sons already deceased & dau. Elizabeth & Rachell, Mary, Alice, & Mercy Cox. X-Ref: For full Will see, Mary Cox.
. 1734 May 7. He sold land at Hop River, to Dr. Peter Le Conte, of Freehold.

Witness to WILLs:
. 1684, Mar 1 - WILL of Therlagh. Swiney of Middletown, Being very sicke & Weake of Body. Witnesses & proved by: Wm. Lawrence Jr., Peter Tilton & John Fish.
. 1688, Dec. 7 - Joseph Grover, in his will, appoints his wife, Hannah, & her brother, William Lawrence, Jr., as his executors.
. 1698-9 Feb. 1 - WILL of Applegate, Thomas, senior, of Middletown; Wife Johanah. X-Ref: i.e. nee Johannah Stout;
Wit: Wm. Lawrence. Jr. & proved by Wm. L. 1699 Sept 8th.
. 1719 Jan 23 - WILL of John Aumuck, of Freehold, weaver. Wit: Wm. Lawrence, junior.
. 1698-9 Feb. 1. - WILL of Applegate, Thomas, senior, of Middletown; Wife Johanah.
. Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - . -

Page 2,

. A DISCOURSE BY WAY OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN 1 May 1666 - 1 Dec 1727. by William L. Lawrence:

Wm. Lawrence of Middletown wrote in 1727 a letter of compliant to the Governor, in "Discourse by way of dialogue between an old inhabitant of Co. of Monmouth & a Proprietor of the Eastern Division of New Jersey". He wrote, "it was not our our choice but your unjust dealings that obliged us to take patterns on the terms you pleased to grant or be disposed of our land ... as long as the proprietors controlled the courts, the settlers could expect no justice in land disputes." (The Gov. held hostage, the NJ Proprietors' land deeds.)

A DISCOURSE BY WAY OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN [1 May 1666 - 1 Dec 1727. by William L. Lawrence:]
An old Inhabitant of the County of Monmouth & a Proprietor of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, which the impartial reader may in some measure make a judgment whether the first Inhabitants of sd. County ought in justice to pay Quitrents for the land they hold or not; written by WILL will be true who arrived in sd. County on the 1st May 1666 & has been a constant inhabitant & an observer of affairs & transactions there in to the 1st December, 1727.

Proprietor. Sir. I am gland to see you & much more should be to know the reasons why you refuse to pay your Quitrents that has been so long due & unpaid will be true. I think not due, therefore, unpaid.

. PRO: How can that be, when the Patent by which you hold your land obliges you to pay the rent therein reserved.
. WILL: I think that no obligation at all. Have patience & give me leave & you shall hear my reasons.
. PRO: That is what I want to know therefore say on.

. WILL: The first to be considered is the great hazard we run, the extreme hardships we underwent. The many difficulties we met with & the charges we was at in enlarging the Kings' dominions by settling a wilderness country in the midst of a barbarous people who had scarce washing their hands that had so lately been imbrued In Christian blood:
Next is the the good right we have to the soil & the just measures we took to obtain it (viz) not only by purchasing from the Indians by the Governours' Lease but also got it confirmed by a Patent he Granted to 12 persons called Patentees & their Associates bearing date the 8th of April 1665 for that tract of land beginning at Sandy Point & running along the bay to the mouth of Rariton River from thence going along the River till a corner to the westernmost part of a certain marshland that divides the river In two parts, from that part to Run in a Direct South West Line in to the woods 12 miles, then to turn away southeast & by south till it falls Into the main ocean; for which tract of the land Indian Sachems did acknowledge before the Governour to have received satisfaction: & again the S' 1 Latent was confirmed by Governour Phillip Carteoert* [Carerett in different ink & writing written over Cartroert] & Council by an Instrument under their hands bearing date the 28 of M ay 1672 as followeth upon the address of John Boune, Richard Hartshorne, James Grover & Jonathan Holmes, Patentees & James Ashton & John Hanse associates, empowered by the Patentees & Associates of towns of Shrewsbury & Middleton to the Governour & Council for confirmation of certain privileges granted unto them by Coll. Richard Nichols as by under his hand & seal bearing date 8th April, 1665. The Governour & Council did acknowledge & confirm to the said Patentees & their Associates the particulars following being their rights contained in the sd. Patent:

Impd. That the sd. Patentees & their Associates have full power, license & authority to dispose of the land expressed in the sd. Patent as to them shall seem wise &c - Yet notwithstanding the good right & great assurance we had for our land about the year 1676 Governour Carteret gave notice for all persons to take patents for their land under the yearly rent of half penny per Acre & not he would grant it to any other that would.

Some persons knowing the just right had taken measures to obtain it, refused to be at the charges of & again patenting their own Land on terms & their Land was by the Govenour granted to other persons. So it was not of our choice but your unjust dealing that obliged us to take Patents on the terms you please to grant or be dispossessed of our land:
. PRO: That could not be that you could loose it if it was your own; the Law would protect you in the enjoyment of it.

. WILL: That is true provided we could have stood on even grounds with the Proprietors, which we could not expect so long as the Proprietors had the putting in of Govrnours & they the appointing of Sherriff & Judges & their sherrifs ye empannelling of Juries, it being incident to the most of mankind to oblige their best benefactors we doubted of justice.

. PRO: If you had doubted of justice here you might have had justice at home to England:
. WILL: No doubt but we being poor scarce able to stand a law suit here much less to remove it home to England :
. PRO: Certainly you are very forgetfull, or yon would not argue against paying rent for your land when by (your darling) Nichols his Patten you was to pay rent for your Land:

. WILL: I have not forgot I well remember by that Patent we where to enjoy our lands for the space of 7 years free of rent Custom & Excise: & then to pay such rent as others the inhabitants of his Royal highness territories should be obliged to. The which we would gladly do now provided we could enjoy all the land & other privileges granted to us by ye patent or if we could have the liberty confirmed to us by Governour Carteret & Council could that are disposing of the land expressed in Nichols his Patent, as to us should seem meet, we no doubt might have money to pay Such rent as was Reserved by that Patent; & a good such rent as was reserved by that Patent, & a good sume to put in our pockets, but since you have cut us short of all the privileges granted by that pattern, & also of that which confirmed by Governor Cartaret & have divided among yourselves & granted to others, a 100,000 acres of our own land, & claim a right to at least 2,000 more, I think you may be easy that we enjoy between [sic] & 30,000 acres free of rent.

Pro: Now you have said what you. can, I have that to say which you can:
. WILL: Let us hear what that is:

. PRO: About the year 1682 or 3 the pretended the Patentees & their Associates did surrender their right to Nichol's Patent on condition that the Patentees each to have 500 acres & their Associates. Each 100 acres free of Quitrent the which was confirmed to them by patent :

. WILL: If it was as you say doubtless you can prove that ( or we do our right) by an Instrument in writing. However, if it was so, it is just making good the old Proverb,
you paid with a pig of our own sow, the land was our own bought with our money.
Confirmed by 2 Governours, it never cost the Proprietors one farthing to purchase it of the Indians ye right owner & chief proprietors thereof.

If it was as you say I know nothing of it & I challenge all the Proprietors & records The Jersey, to prove that either my father or myself ever had one foot of free land granted to us on that account. But this I very well remember that about the year 1682 or 3, Gawin Lawry was the Proprietor Governor & he made Robert Hambleton, Sheriff of the County of Monmouth & gave him order to distain for Quitrent. Accordingly he disdained the cattle of one John Smith In Middletown, who was so enraged he got his gun & had he not been dissuaded by some persons of more moderation then himself he had done the Sheriff some mischief.

Although that injustice of the Proprietors set the old Inhabitants almost in a fiery flame they thought no boot to hazard a lawsuit for the reasons following I (viz).

By that time there was a considerable number of people settled in the Country who was thereunto encouraged by reason that the greatest hazard hardships & difficult yes was past, & you ye Proprietors let them have our land that you took from us on as easy terms as we that had run the hazard born the brunt & once already paid for it both to the Proprietors & Indians, I say there could be little hopes of justice where our adversaries would set our judges & the jury likely to be made up of such persons, who if they gave a verdict for us must condemn their own title & implicitly acknowledge their lands that they bought of the Proprietors was ours:

Therefore I think whoever will be impartial must judge till you make it appear that you had a right to the soil you can have no right to rent for it.
. PRO: Do you think that there is no acknowledgment due to the Proprietors?
. WILL: Not at all because they never had a right to the soil therefore no right to rent for it.

Pro: Had not King Charles' grant the soil with the Government to the Duke of York & he grant the soil to the Proprietors:
. WILL: The question is how King Charles came to have a right to ye soil.
Pro: King Charles got it by conquest when he took it from Dutch.
. WILL: That is denied because the Dutch never had that tract of land, now the County of Monmouth, in possession by reason of their Wars with the Indians. They dare not venture over in to take it in possession seeing the Dutch never had right nor possession. King Charles could not obtain a right to the Indians land never sold to the Dutch by conquering the Dutch.
Pro: You will not allow then that King Charles had a right to the soil, therefore, the Proprietors none.

. PRO: Pray by what title do you pretend to hold your land if not by patent from the Proprietors, we hold our land by an honest honest purchase & consideration paid for.
. WILL: A title derived from a Charter granted to the sons of Adam by the Great & Absolute proprietor of the whole universe, God almighty & has stood recorded in the best record on earth 3198 years. In these words remember the days of old consider the years of many generations, ask thy father & he will show the thy elder, & they will tell them when the most high divided to the nations their inheritance. When he separated the sons of Adam; he set the bounds of the people.
. PRO: Then you deny that their is any acknowledgment due to the Proprietors. - WILL. Yes we do.
. PRO: & so consequently to the King.
. WILL: The acknowledgment we owe & duly pay to the King's in obedience to his Laws & being bound to support, maintain & defend in person crowns dignity to the utmost of our power &c. Now to conclude I speak for myself that when you make it appear that at the time you granted my Paten you had better right to the land than I had. I shall be willing to pay Quitrents, but till that done I hope in justice to hold my land free by plain dealing.

* Note2 by John Stillwell:
This paper is a copy of an original written by Wm., son Wm. Lawrence, the first, of Middletown, N. J. It belongs to the Hartshornes of Portland, N. J. It sets forth the difference between the early settlers & the proprietor, & is a valuable a valuable contribution to the local & general history of this period. - John E Stillwell.
Ref: Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 1, Published 1903, by John E Stillwell.
Transcripts P J Ahlberg, 2009. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Verify Alt DOB 1658.

Died:
Lot 31, Town book of Middletown, 1667 & Lot 28 poplar field

Buried:
Second WILL written 20 Feb 1741 & was filed 1741 Feb 21. Proved 1750 Nov. 22.

William married Ruth GIBBONS on 24 Jun 1686 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Ruth (daughter of Richard GIBBONS, .2 Patentee and Mrs. Elizabeth (Richard) GIBBONS) was born in 1666 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 7 Oct 1736 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Town Book of Monmouth, William Lawrence, Clerk:
William Lawrence was married to Ruth Gibbins, The 24 day of June 1686.
Children of William & Ruth Lawrence:
. William Lawrence, son of Wm & Ruth Lawrence was born the 5th day of November 1688;
. Elizabeth Lawrence, born 3rd day of December, 1690;
. Robert Lawrence, the 2nd son of Wm. & Ruth, born 25th day of Sep 1692;
. Richard Lawrence, ye third son of Wm. & Ruth, born 11 day of July, Anno 1694;
. John Lawrence, the 4th son, born the 22th day of August, Anno 1696;
. Mary Lawrence, the 2nd daughter, borne the 28 day of December 1698.

. Death records: Members removed by death or otherwise by death: 7 October, 1836. Ruth Lawrence.
Ref: Record of the Baptist Church, Middletown, NJ.

. 1686 - Gibbons, Ruth, married William Lawrence, Jr., son of William Lawrence, Sr., & grandson of Sir Henry Lawrence, president of Cromwell's Council.

. Richard Hartshore, son of Richard Hartshorne.1, was born 22nd of instant, mo., 1678-9; died, Feb. 29, 1747-8, aged 68 years, 11 months & 22 days; married, first, Catharine, daughter of John Bowne. He married, second, Helena Willet, of Flushing, L.I., 1713, who was born Dec. 22, 16S0, & died May 1, 1715.

He married, third, Elizabeth, daughter of William & Ruth (Gibbons) Lawrence, born Dec. 3, 1690, & died August 1750, elsewhere Apr. in 1751. Sec Lawrence Family. Her remains lie adjacent to those of her husband, William Hartshorne, in the Hartshorne Burying ground, Middletown, N. J. In 1888, her Monument had fallen, face upwards, & was cracked badly, while her husband's remained still erect.

. 1736 Oct 7, Members removed by death or otherwise: by death Ruth Lawrence.
Ref: Record of the Baptist Church, Middletown, N.J.

. 1745 Nov 11 - Wm. Hartshore's WILL: Wife, Elizabeth, who received all she brought with her, the use of "my shas,"? a silver cup, etc.

Historic events of the time:
In the beginning of the year 1665, there was a comet visible to the people on this continent: It had appeared in the November before, & continued four months: It rose constantly about one o'clock in the morning, in the south-east. It was seen likewise in England, & in most other parts of the world, at the same time.
Ref: Smith's History of NJ, 1747. - - -

Birth:
Alt: Gibbens, Gibbins, born 1660.

Notes:

Birth:
Alt DOB 1669

Richard married Sarah BOWNE in New Jersey. Sarah was born on 27 Nov 1669 in Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York; died after Sep 1714 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Extract of WILL of brother, Capt. John Bowne, Jr. , d. 1714 Sep 24, left to sister, SARAH SALTER all John's "plate & the bed whereon I lye & furniture."
However, John Bowne proved to insolvent which caused the executors Richd. Saltar & brother Obadiah Bowne, to be sued to personally to pay John Bowne's debts. Legal wrangling dragged on to 7 Feb 1727 when the NJ Supreme Court ordered Saltar to follow proper rules for executors from time to time pay only what just expense are directed from the auditing of accounts & taking such other methods that are Equal & Just. (Paraphrased by PJA 2010.)

Sarah Bowne's father is:
. Original Settlers of Monmouth, New Jersey:
CAPTAIN JOHN BOWNE, Patentee, was the son of William Bowne (q.v.) & his wife Ann. The writer (J. Stillwell), believes that he was born in 1626, but can give no record to verify this, the impression probably being gained from some youthful conversation with his grandmother, who had much to say about her early Bowne ancestors. He died on Jan. 3, 1684.
With his father, William, he came from Salem to Gravesend, where, Sept. 20, 1647, he was allotted a plantation.
He was the unquestioned leader in the settlement of Monmouth, &, at one time, or another, held all the important offices within the gift of the people or the appointment of the Crown. At the time of his death he was Major of the Monmouth Militia, the ranking military officer of the county. No adequate account of his activities can be undertaken here.
He married Lydia, daughter of the Reverend Obadiah Homes, who long survived him.
Their children were: Captain John (2nd), 1664-1716, who married Frances Bowman, & died s.p.; Captain Obadian, 1666-1726, who married, first, his own cousin, Elizabeth, daughter of Governor Andrew Bowne, & secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Cornelius Longfield, who was the son of the Dutch Admiral Van Langveldt; Deborah, who married Richard Stillwell;
Sarah, who married Richard Salter; &
Catherine Bowne, who married William Hartshorne. - - -

Died:
/Brother Johns Will 1714.

Notes:

. Elisha, son of William, commenced business as a merchant in the latter part of the 1700, at Cheesequakes, on the south side of the Raritan, but his store having been pillaged by the crew of a French privateer, he removed to Upper Freehold then a wilderness.

. 1688 May 12. Patent to Elisha LAWRENCE of Middletown, for two hammocks of land at Shoal Harbour, Monmouth Co., 20 acres, S. Upland, W. William Camptone, N. the sage meadow, S. E. grantee.

. Elisha Lawrence was one of the earliest & most prominent settlers of Monmouth county. He married Lucy Stout & died at Chestnut Grove, Upper Freehold, May 27, 1724. Reprinted 1916.

. 1764 Elisha Lawrence, Jur, West Jersey. Letter waiting in the Trenton post office.

. Richard Salter sold an additional 185 acres near Crosswicks to Elisha Lawrence for £50 on 19 Nov, 1717. Including housing buildings, edifices, structures, barnes, stables, orchards.

Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House Land Elisha Lawrence, Fourth Assembly 1708-9; Fifth Assembly 1709, Co. of Monmouth.
William & Elisha Lawrence, Seventh NJ Assembly 1716, County of Monmouth.
1721 - Elisha Lawrence was Representative to the Assembly.

* Summary: a long & fairly exciting tale of Middletown Proprietors' grievances, rebellion, swords fights, petition of complaint signed, Wm. Lawrence, & numerous others, delivered to the Governor; with a speedy retreat to a waiting ship, firing canons off as a farewell gesture.
"The following is a true copy of the record of this court, which made so much talk & excitement in New Jersey, & among the Proprietors in England, & which brought public matters to a conclusion so far as any further attempts to coerce & drive the people of Middletown township. March 25, 1701, Monmouth."

. They are here represented in a court record, as being guilty of rank rebellion for the mere purpose of enabling- a strange pirate named Moses Butterworth - to escape ... a certain pirate belonging to Kidd's crew - A drummer was sent into to the court as a diversion, the guards were overcome & the pirate drag out of the court to freedom. ... Governor Hamilton sends the petition to the William of Orange. Essentially, the Proprietors' lands were sold out under them by the Governor .
Ref: Early Dutch Settlers of Monmounth Co., NJ, By Geo. C Beekman, Freehold NJ.

. 1696 Jan 1 0 - At the publique Middletown meeting agreed the poor rate to £30. Persons chosed to make the sd. rate, Ben. Borden, Obediah Bowne, Elisha Lawrence & Will Lawrence Jr. Signed, Will Lawrence, Towne Clark.
. 1723 Jun 17 - Lawrence his brand mark for his horses is L on the near buttock. Entered by me, Elisha Lawrence, Towne Clerk.
Note: Elisha recorded many ear marks that day. -PJA

. 1722 April 14. WILL of Lawrence, Elisha, of Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., yeoman;
Wife Lucy.
Children: Elisha, John, Joseph, all three under age,
Elizabeth, wife of John Saltar,*
Sarah, wife of John Imlay,
Hannah, wife of Richard Saltar,
Rebeckah. Farm at the mouth of Buckhold Brook in Doctors Creek along James Coxes & Robert Burtnetts line. Personal Estate (bonds due by Capt. Richard Saltar & by John Saltar).
Executors the wife & son Elisha.
Witnesses Robert Imlay, Thomas Saltar, Alse Imlay.

. Codicil of March 15, 1723-4, makes another disposition of the land & calls daughter Hannah, wife of Richard Saltar.*
Witnesses Daniel Hendrick, Petter Imlay junior, Zebulon Cleayton, junior.
Proved May 27, 1724.
Ref: NJ Calendar of Wills, Lib. A, p. 293.

. 1724 May 2. Inventory of the personal Estate ( £775.8.4, incl. plate £30, a Bible, other books & 40 gamoas £7, 3 negroes £150, 2 white servants £21.3.4); made by Richard Saltar & Zebulon Cleayton. Endorsed: to be left at Jam Vanlletes in Allenstown.

. 1713 March 31st, The peace of Utrecht:
Having put an end to hostilities between Great Britain & France, & terminated a merciless war upon the American continent. Some leaven of the political spirit, which had been engendered during the administration of Gov. Cornbury, still worked, at times, among the people, & in the Assembly. Graham Mott, & Elisha Lawrence, merchants from Bergen, who had been of Cornbury's party, having entered on the minutes of council, reasons for voting against aiding the expedition to Canada, were severally expelled the House of which they had become members, ...was actually a ploy to delay passing certain measures & was meant to irritate the Governor.
Ref: History of NY.

. 1897 J. Lawrence Boggs of Perth Amboy recorded the Yellow Meeting House Monument:
"Here lieth the body of Elisha Lawrence who died April the 25th 1724, aged 58 years 2 months & 8 days."

Stone reads: By indulgence of the General's family, his companions in arms, erected this tribute of affection the 1st day of January, 1800 (Large horizontal stone.)
Ref: Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2, John Stillwell.

. The 4th child of Wm. Lawrence, Elisha, born in 1666, began business as a merchant near the end of the century at Cheesquakes, (now Mongan's Railroad Station) on the south side of Rarity.

The 3 Elisha's all were owners of the family homestead, Chestnut Grove. When the first Elisha Lawrence died, in 1724, the meeting house was the only public burial ground within 25 miles, a great distance in those days.
Ref: Three Men Named Elisha.
Buried at Chestnut Grove, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.

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

Birth:
1. Newtown, Long Isl., NY. 2. Middleborough, LI, NY.

Died:
Aged 58y 2m 8d [21 Jun 1665.] Heart engraved on black Monument reads 1724.

Buried:
Slate monument.

Elisha married Lucia LUCY STOUT on 12 Jan 1691 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Lucia (daughter of Richard STOUT, Jr. and Frances HEATH) was born in 1675 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 27 May 1724 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Cousin of her sept-mother, Elizabeth Lawrence".

. 1698 Mar 10. Elisha Lawrence & wife Lucy of Middletown to Jeremiah Stillwell, late of Gravesend, LI, for the following lots in Middletown:
(1b) 120 a. of Horse Neck, E. Thomas Morfoot, w. at creek. n. unsurveyed, s. Neversinks.
(2) 3 a. meadow e., Thomas Morfoot, s.w. & n. unsurveyed, the whole 123 acres granted to Thomas Herbert by patent June 4, 1677, by him sold to Robt. Hamilton, by him to Wm. Lawrence, who conveyed it to present grantor.
(3) a lot on Hogpen Neck, bought of John Reid June 9, 1691. - - -

Birth:
ALT DOB 1665 Shrewsbury, Alt Name Lucy.

Died:
Alt Name: Lucy.