Notes:

Died intestate in England.
Wife & children Landed at Plymouth Mass on Sunday, 1635 Apr 2, on the ship "Planter".

Mouthmouth Co. From its Settlement to the Surrender of the Gov of NJ, to the Crown in 1702, by Hon Joel Parker, NJ Historical Society paper, extracted from a long article:
. 1609 Sep 3, Natives who lived in what is now Monmouth col, discovered a ship bearing toward the shore, He Half Moon, commanded by Hendrick Hudson, of Dutch East India Co, anchored in Raritan Bay, near Sand Hook.
. 1664 Apr 2 -James Duke of York, brother to Charles II of England gave Governor Col. Nicolls powers to grant land. The Monmouth patent granted Elizabethown settlers lands in Middletown, Shrewsbury & Portland Point (after called the Highlands). Each town had a law making body, & a board of Land proprietors, this was a pure democracy.
. 1667 Dec 12, General Assembly Officer shoes by Middletown Inhabitants & established by oath: Middletown: constable Rid Gibbons, Overseers J. Holmes, William Lawrence, Deputies Shem Arnold.
. 1668 May a law had been passed by the Elizabethtown Assembly levying a £5 tax on each town. Middletown & Shrewsbury refused to pay this rate because the Nicolls patent excepted them from taxes for 7 years. James Ashton, Jonathan Holmes, Richard Gibbens, Richard Stout, William Lawrence & Edmund Tartt were ordered to give answers the Governors men in the town's behalf.
. 1674 Jul 31 - King Charles give new grants & instructions to Sir Geo. Carteret. & Line was drawn between the two patents. Carteret disowned the Nicolls patent & order if the inhabitants did not take out new patents the Governor & Council should dislodge them.
Ref: Monmouth Inquirer newspaper, Freehold, NJ, publ. 1872 Dec 12.

Members of the NJ Provincial Assembly from Monmouth Co.
. 1707 Assembly -William Lawrence
. 1708-09-10 Elisha Lawrence
. 1716 Wm & Elisha Lawrence
. 1721 Wm. Lawrence
. 1743 to 49, 1751, 1752 - Robert Lawrence
. 1761-1772 Richard Lawrence.
. 1746-7, & 1754-58. Robert Lawrence was Speaker of the Assembly.
. 1789 - 1795, Elisha Lawrence, Vice President of NJ Legislative Council
Ref: Monmouth Democrat newspaper, Freehold, NJ, pub. 1873 Dec 4.

The Lawrence Estate in England
the supposed heirs of the Lawrence Estate in England are combining throughout the US to bring the question which has so long agitated the family, to a final test in the Court of Chancery in England. also a great many traditions among different members of the family as to the manner in which the heirship became vested in the Lawrence family.

Some claim the estate originated in the sequestration of the estates of Sir Richard Townley, by chapels the Second, in consequence of the part his father took against King Charles the first, & who was killed at the battle of Marston Moor.
Others that the estate originated in the adherence of Sir Richard Townly to Cromwell, he being a member of Cromwell's council which condemned King Charles to death, of which William Lawrence, (who is claimed by nearly all the Lawrence in America as ancestor) is said to have been President: & that upon the accession of King Charles the First to he throne, they were obliged to fly the kingdom, leaving behind them their estates, which were confiscated during their life times & reverted to their descendants after their death; & as their descendants have never taken any legal steps to recover them, they have remained in the court of Chancery ever since.
…advertisement of a meeting June 10, 1868 in Dayton, Ohio for all claimants of this person of immense fortune are earnestly invited to attend: signed W Lawrence Winchell, chain. Executive Committee, Box 210 Dayton, O,
Ref: Monmouth Democrat newspaper, Freehold, NJ.

Note: The claims of a fortune, was in fact a lawyers' scam to earn fees! Elisha Lawrence's family, of Ontario, were among the lost hopefuls.- PJ Ahlberg. 2018. - - -

Birth:
ALT 2 Feb 1588.

Died:
St. Albans's Burial Register is consecutively by month, BUT without the year: Index reads 1624

Thomas married Joane ANTROBUS on 23 Oct 1609 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England. Joane (daughter of Sir Walter ANTROBUS and Lady Joane ARNOLDE) was born on 25 Jun 1592 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England; died on 29 Jan 1661 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joan LAWRENCE was born on 29 Aug 1610 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England; died on 31 Aug 1610 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England.
2. Jane Antrobus LAWRENCE, .i was born on 18 Dec 1614 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England; died on 2 Mar 1680 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
3. John LAWRENCE, .i was born on 26 Jul 1618 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England; died on 15 May 1699 in Owens, New York.
4. Capt. Thomas LAWRENCE, .II was born on 8 Mar 1620 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England; died in Jul 1703 in Newtown, Flushing, Long Isl., New York.
5. Capt William C. LAWRENCE, .1 was born on 27 Jul 1622 in Great St. Albans, Herts., England; died on 14 Mar 1680 in Tews Neck, Flushing, New York.
6. Marie LAWRENCE was born on 10 Apr 1625 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England; died on 27 Mar 1715 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Ancient Burial Ground Ipswich.

Notes:

"At Michaelmas Term 1579, John Lawrence was demised "messuage & land in St. Albans" by Richard Bull, Gent., & William Hartforde, Gent.,"
Ref: The Herts Genealogist & Antiquary, Vol. 2.

Briefest of Summary: Descendant of Charlemangne:
Robert Lawrence, born 1150 in Rome. Officer attending Richard I the Lion Hearted presented Robt. Lawrence with the coat of arms under the name of Sir Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall, for his action in siege of Acre, & at Jerusalem & taking the island of Cyprus.

Henry Lawrence President of Oliver Cromwell's Council. Genealogy to prove/disprove who is the heir to Townley millions. (Forget it - a waste of time. PJA)

ST. ALBANS HISTORY:
St. Albans is located in south east England, about 22 miles north of London. The Celts used 'Watling Street' as a pathway between from St. Albans to Canterbury & Dover. The pre-Roman name was Verlamion, it was named after the Catuvellauni tribe of ancient Britain & thus the Romans called it Verulamium. In the winter of ACE 60/61 Boudica & the Icenian tribes destroyed Verulamium. It was rebuilt & became the third largest Roman city by the fourth century including a large Roman temple & baths.

The first Christian martyr was behead here about 324 BCE, giving it its modern name of St. Alban. In June the annual pilgrimage to the large cathedral of St. Albans is held. Its historical (Lawrence) roots & proximity to London continues to make St. Alban's an important centre. - - -

John married Margaret ROBERTES on 12 Jan 1562 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England. Margaret was born in 1562 in Saint Albans Abbey, Herts., England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]