Notes:

. 1814 March 18, 1814 - Schooner, Nonsuch, Charleston, South Carolina, Lieut. Commandant Lawrence Kearney.
Ref: American State Papers 023, Naval Affairs Vol. 1.
Telegraphic Summary: Tuesday, Dec 1, 1868. - Commodore Lawrence Kearney died at Perth Amboy, NJ, on Sunday, aged 79 years. He had been in the service 61 years. The deceased distinguished himself highly during his life, & was always looked upon as a very efficient officer.
Ref: Reading Eagle.

. The Kearny papers were obtained through the Lawrence branch of the family: Mary Lawrence's aunt Elizabeth married Michael Kearny (1725-1797), & Elizabeth & Michael were the parents of Lawrence Kearny, a Commodore of the U.S. Navy. [Kearny & Boggs].

. J. Lawrence Boggs donated the Boggs six volumes of letters & ship logs, & a scrapbook in 1937. NJ History Organization. The scrapbook kept by Kearny, dates from 1840, & contains wedding announcements, anecdotal press clippings, mostly humorous short stories. 6 Volumes of papers, Lawrence Kearny (1789-1868), U.S. Naval Officer Papers NJ Historical Society, Newmark, NJ.

. Commodore Kearney captured slave traders in the West Indies & fought Greek pirates in the Mediterranean. 1840 Open Door Policy, trade with China.

Kearney, Lawrence (Carney): Captain Gifford's Third Reg. & First Reg.

. 1834 Lawrence Kearny married Josephine C Hall. 2 Kearney children.

. Kearney, Lawrence, & Indemnity for expenses in prosecuting prize Cases & Payment of prize money 17, Memorial 52 Naval Affairs. Feb 12, 1828 Favorable leave to with draw & June 7, 1836 Adverse, leave on Gov. table.

. The papers of Henry Clay:
Discusses the case of the Brid. Cherub of Boston, a vessel abandoned by her crew & Greek privateers had captured her & brought into port for salvage. The USS Warren, under Capt. Lawrence Kearney gave the captain of the privateer papers demanding the delivery & payment for salvage taken. Capt. Kearney brought the ship into Boston.

. 1849 Apr 9, Thurs. Dr. S Andrews was elected many of Perth Amboy, by a majority of 20. Commodore Lawrence Kearny was his opponent so so the Rahaway Advocate.
Ref: Thursday, April 19, 1849, Newark Daily Advertiser, Newark, New Jersey.

. 1849 Apr 27, Fri. It appears by an explanatory letter in the Rahaway Advocate that Comm Kearny was not a candidate for reelection as Mayor of Perth Amboy, but was voted for without his knowledge or consent, being absent, in opposition to Dr. Andrews, who was elected.
Ref: Newark Daily Advertiser, Newark, NJ.

. KEARNY, Lawrence, naval officer, b. in Perth Amboy, N. J., 30 Nov., 1789; d. there, 29 Nov., 1868. He entered the U. S. navy as a midshipman in 1807, & served, during the continuance of the embargo & non-intercourse acts, on the flotilla of gun-boats under Com. John Rodgers. Subsequently he was on the frigates Constitution & President until 1810, when he was transferred to the Enterprise, & in March, 1813, was promoted lieutenant. He was actively employed in the defense of the coast of South Carolina & adjacent states during the war of 1812-'15, & after its close distinguished himself in clearing the West Indies & Gulf coast of pirates.
In 1826 he was given command of the Warren, & sent to the Levant, where he successfully attacked the Greek pirates, broke up their strongholds, & finally dispersed them, frequently capturing several vessels in a day, &at one time had more than 100 prisoners on board his vessel. On his return to the United States in 1832, he was made captain, & after various appointments on shore duty was given command of the "Potomac," & in 1841 advanced to the command of the East India squadron. He hoisted his broad pennant on the Constitution in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro, the first instance of that act being performed at a foreign station. While in the east he was active in the suppression of opium smuggling, & secured the rights of American merchants in China. Learning that a commercial treaty was about to be concluded between the English & Chinese governments, he at once communicated with the officials & secured a promise on the part of the Chinese government to extend similar facilities to American merchants. In consequence of this action, the U. S. government sent Caleb Cushing as special envoy to China, who negotiated the treaty that was ratified in July, 1845. While on his homeward voyage in 1843, Capt. Kearny stopped at the Hawaiian islands, & there protested against the treaty then in progress of settlement leading to the transfer of these islands to the British government. He afterward held various shore appointments, including the command of the New York station, the presidency of one of the naval boards of inquiry, & membership in the lighthouse board. In April, 1867, he was made commodore on the retired list, & he was also a member of the New Jersey board of pilot commissioner.
Ref: Appletons Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1900. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Sunday

Notes:

. Perth Amboy is a combination name; Perth town, named after the Earl of Perth, Scotland & Amboy Point where it was located.

. 1776 Jul 13, Sat. Ordered, Mr. Michael Kearney have leave to remove to Burlington, on his parole not to depart from thence further than 6 miles on the east side of Delaware, till the further order of Congress.
Ref: Minutes of Provincial Congress & Council of Safety, NJ

. 1784 Mar 20 - Confiscated Property, NJ Middlesex Co. Final judgement entered in favor of the State previous to 3rd Feb, 1783, to wit:
No. 1, A house & lot of land lying on the north side of Smith St.,
No. 4, A lot of land lying on Piscataway road, known by the name Dodworth's Lot; also one-this of a propriety in in the Eastern Division of NJ;
No. 5, A lot of land adding the river Raritin, formerly David Demarst's;
No. 6, The Maison house & Lot where Philip Kearney, Esq. deceased, used to dwell, together with a lot of meadow land near the barracks, situated at Perth Amboy, also sundry other lots of land in & near Amboy;
No. 7. A farm near Perth Amboy, Est. 140 acres, good improvements thereon; a large quantity of fresh meadow bounding north side of Raritan river, commonly called Newill's farm;
No. 8, A farm situated on the south side of Raritan river, est. 240 acres, with a large body of salt meadow;
No. 9, Two lots of land & premises purchased by Philip Kearney Esq. R Runyan;
The before mentioned lots shall be exposed at public sale on Mon. Apr 26, at the house off John Hampton, innkeeper, Perth Amboy;
No. 15, One fourth part of undivided tract of land, plantation, good improvements, situated at Six Mil Run, North Brunswick, est. 250 acres;
Sell at public sale Mon. 3rd May, Mr. Thomas Stilwell, innkeeper at South River Bridge,
all being a part of the forfeited estate of Philip Kearney, jury, Perth Amboy.
Ref: New Jersey Gazette, Trenton, NJ, published 1784 Apr 20. Tues.
Note: The properties in Monmouth County of Michael Kearney, Philip Kearney, Francis Kearney were confiscated by the State of NJ.

. MICHAEL KEARNY, Jr.
was a gentleman of great social prominence & a merchant in Perth Amboy, the brother of Major Francis Kearny (q. v.) & born there Nov., 1751. He was imprisoned for his loyalty for 6 months in NJ (?) . He was the owner of 2 farms on the banks of the Raritan Rver.
For 5 years he served as a volunteer in New York, first in a Company formed in 1778 by Captain Williams & afterwards in the Militia Volunteers. He served also as searcher of imports & exports in New York. He returned to Perth Amboy at the close of the War.
This Loyalist was the owner of the boat "York," which was impressed into the American service & used in capturing the vessel "Blue Mountain Valley." (Force, "Am. Archives," Ser. IV, Vol. IV, p. 1492). He died Feb. 24, 1791. He had nine children, one of whom was Commodore Lawrence Kearny, who died Nov. 29, 1868. (A. O. 13:12; A. O. 12:14, ff- 3-229; A. O. 12:101, f. 340; Jones's "St. Peter's Church,
Perth Amboy," pp. 348, 355).
Ref: Loyalists in NJ in the Revolution, Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society.

. Brother-in-Law Robt Boggs, Esq. was executor of Michael Kearney's will, now in the possession of NJ Historical Society.

. Commissions for Claims for Loss by American Loyalists, Memorial of Michael Kearney, late of City of Perth Amboy in America. Native of American & has always been a zealous Loyalist. That he stood forth decidedly in conjunction with his Brothers at the Dawn of the Rebellion in sport of the Constitutional Authority of Great Britain. He was deprived of his liberty by the provincial Congress of NJ & held until the arrival of the Kings forces in the Autumn of 1776 when your Memorialist joined them & resided there until their departure, when he retired with his wife, children to New York where he acted assistant in the Superintendents Office & as an officer in the Kings Militia Volunteers. The whole of the Rebellion he never solicited or received any pension or allowance whatever, but supported himself & family entirely by his salary & by borrowing money which he is unable to pay at present.
That on the final Evacuation of NY by his Majestys Troops in December 1783, your Memorialist went & resided in New Jersey the the advice of his friends to recover his property. Not any of it was then sold & to prevent himself & family from becoming a burden to the British Gov. But not withstand his good intentions & his mot unmerited endeavors has proved abortive & all his Estate, both real & personal has been confiscated & sold inconsequence of his Loyalty to British Gov.
Signed, London 1 July 1786, Mich. Kearny, Junr.
Schedule & Estimates of Estate of Michael Kearny, Jurn, Merchant, from the will & codicil of his father, theta Philip Kearney Esq., Deceased & his late wife's will from the late Samuel Leonard: [Summary}
No. 1. Mansion House of his father Philip Kearney, Perth Amboy, Gardens, orchard, barns, coach house, stables, £2400 currency, $716 / £1200.
No. 2. A Farm formally Saml. Newels? Amboy, on the banks of the Ration River, 160 A, Sable, 2 story dwelling house with 3 rooms on floor, good cellar the whole a large dairy house,...£1170
No. 3. Farm on Raritan River, 818 A, made by Philip Kearny £880
No. 4. 29 A. valuable meadow ground, Barrachs in Perth Amboy, £435
No. 5. 36 A, adding first River, £`120
No. 6. 2 Tracts of Limber land, Sussex Co., on Delaware River, £75
No 7. a water Lot & Store House, Perth Amboy, by the oaths of Jams. Parker & john Johnston, Esq., £500
No. 8. Farm purchased by Philip Kearney, valued at £2400
No. 9. Portion of Tract of Land Walpack, Sussex Co., NJ, £120
No. 10. Land S. river of Raritan , 520 A. Timber, 20 A. salt meadow from his wife's grandfather, Samuel Leonard, deceased. Affidavit of John Lawrence, £1350 = Real Estate £4504.14.11 Sterling
Personal Property, various Bonds, Mortgages: £537.2.3.
Money Expended by the Claimant since he has been disposes of his property in 1776, exclusive of his salary received, £1932.156, Total Amount Sterling £5944.3.7.
Ref: AMERICAN LOYALIST CLAIMS, Many various claims, & deeds presented, sworn testimonies, Pages 213 to 128, Volume 014 Evidence, NJ.

. Michael Kearney, U.E. Native of Virginia, he lived in a mansion in Perth Amboy which had belonged to his father. Michael was imprisoned in NJ from July to Dec. 1776. He joined the British at Penn., served in the New York City militia. In May 1786 in was in England to hear his claim against his Estimated losses of £5,591 but was awarded £2,248 sterling. He arrived back in NJ to find his property had been confiscated but not yet sold.

. Built in 1781, KEARNY COTTAGE was the home of one of Perth Amboy's most important families. Commodore Lawrence Kearny was responsible for initiating the "Open Door" policy with China in 1842. The house museum displays objects once belonging to the Kearny Family & also has a large collection of Perth Amboy artifacts including maps & drawings. The Kearney House, High Street, Perth Amboy. Built 1780, Two-story frame building, painted dark yellow was moved in June 1838 to Catalpa St., Hayes Park.
NJ Supreme Court Case Files: Numerous examples, including:
Cunningham, Waddell; Kearney, Michael, Esq., Monmouth 1768. Trover Case # 20921.
Kearny, Michael Captain, Carmichael, Alexander, Hunterdon Co., 1787, Debt.

. 1791 Feb. 3 - WILL of Michael Kearny, Michael, of City of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.;
Wife, Elizabeth, % or an equal share in whole of estate with my 7 sons:
Sons, John, Philip, Michael, Robert, James, Francis, & Lawrence Kearny, an equal share of the other Ys of estate.
Executrix: Wife, Elizabeth Kearny.
Witnesses: Sarah Skinner, John Skinner, Revaud Kearny.
Proved July 8, 1791.
Ref: NJ Wills, Lib. 32, p. 449; File 78r5-7820L.

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Birth:
Alt Name: Kearney.

Died:
- died at home in the Kearney Cottage. Will proved 1791 Jul 8.

Buried:
Perth Amboy.

Michael married Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .ix on 30 Jun 1774 in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, NJ. Elizabeth (daughter of John Brown LAWRENCE, Esq., U.E. and Anne Alice LEONARD, .3) was born in Nov 1751 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died about 10 Oct 1802 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Saint Peters Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 28 Aug 1754, Baptized Elizabeth, Daughter of John & Anne Lawrence. Register of St. Mary's Church Burlington, NJ.

. Zion, St. Paul & Other Early Lutheran Churches: The Society & its valuable collections ... Approx. 800 children visited the Exhibit on the Children's Days. The costume Exhibit was a center of great interest through the entire month. One charming dress that was worn by Miss Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington, a sister of Capt. James Lawrence...War of 1812, 'Don't give up the ship.... Miss Lawrence.
NJ Vol. 12, cont'd. published 1927.

Elizabeth, whom he married June 30, 1774, inherited property from her grandfather, Samuel Leonard, hrough her mother, Ann (Leonard) Lawrence, wife of Judge
John Lawrence.
Ref: Loyalists of NJ in the Revolution.

. WILL of Ann Brooks Leonard: to Granddaughter Elizabeth Lawrence £200 when she is of age, provided she continue under the care of my daughter Rachel Sarjant or live in such other place as my daughters Sarah Billop, Rachel Sarjant, Elizabeth Goelet or my Executor think proper.

. So we see by this bequest, that after her mother died, the young Elizabeth Lawrence was in the care of her Aunt Rachel Leonard Sarjant. Years later, Elizabeth would raise her half-brother, James Lawrence.
. From her grandfather Capt. Samuel Leonard, Elizabeth received land.

. Michael Kearney & Francis Kearney (Kearny), both of Amboy bound to William Franklin, Governor, £500 30 June 1774. Michael Kearney obtained license of marriage for himself & for Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington... [w] Robt Burchan.
Ref: NJ Early Marriages #382.

. Mrs. Michael Kearny (Elizabeth Lawrence), better known to Perth Amboy & the literary world of her day as "Madam Scribblerus." She sometimes signed, herself "Pinderina," in the romantic fashion of the period, when writing to the press or to her intimate friends, who included the most prominent people of culture in the young republic...was a daughter of Judge Lawrence, of Burlington, & a half-sister of Captain James Lawrence ... During her girlhood she had spent several winters in Philadelphia, & in the first years of her marriage she made two or three journeys there to visit old friends. Among her intimates were Peggy Chew, a noted Quaker City belle.
. (continues with some of poetry & more biography.)

. One biography says that James Lawrence was born in Burlington, but raised in Woodbury, NJ. His mother Martha Tallman died when he was an infant, leaving his half-sister, Elizabeth to raise him.

Elizabeth under her nom de plume, Madame Scribblerus wrote of her brother James Lawrence:
My brave, brave Jim's a sailor Jack
Upon the treacherous sea -
A sailor who loves poetry
All taught to him by me.

At the time of his death in a naval battle, brother Capt. James Lawrence was concerned with his two widowed sisters & their children. Elizabeth & Ann Lawrence had looked after James when he was a child.

Elizabeth also spoke French. All of which speaks to the excellent education & culture encouraged by her parents Alice Leonard & John Brown Lawrence - PJA

. Perhaps the most noted mansion in Elizabethtown proper is Boxwood Hall, the home of Elias Boudinot, the President of the Continental Congress, & who as such signed, the treaty of peace with Great Britain at the close of the Revolution. He founded the American Bible Society. He married Hannah Stockton. She was a poetess, & quite a noted one in her day, her odes to famous people rivaling the like productions of Miss Lawrence, of Burlington, the half-sister of Captain Lawrence, of "Don't give up the Ship" fame.

The Loyalist: of New Jersey in the Revolution, MICHAEL KEARNY, Jr.
A merchant in Perth Amboy, the brother of Major Francis Kearny & born there Nov., I751. He was imprisoned for his loyalty for 6 months in 1776-'7. He was the owner of 2 farms on the banks of the Raritan river. For 5 years he served as a volunteer in New York, first in a Company formed in 1778 by Captain Williams & afterwards in the Militia Volunteers. He served also as searcher of imports & exports in New York. He returned to Perth Amboy at the close of the War.
His wife, Elizabeth, whom he married June 30, 1774, in­herited property from her grandfather, Samuel Leonard,
through her mother, Ann (Leonard) Lawrence, wife of Judge John Lawrence.
This Loyalist was the owner of the boat "York," which was impressed into the American service and used in capturing the vessel "Blue Mountain Valley." (Force, "Am. Archives,"
Ser. IV, Vol. IV, p. 1492)'. He died Feb. 24, 1791. He had 9 children, one of whom was Commodore Lawrence Kearny, who died Nov. 29, 1868.
Ref: A. O. 13:12; A. O. 12:14, it., 213-229; A. 0. 122101, f. 340; ]ones's "St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy," pp. 348, 35 as recorded in Loyalist of NJ.

. Kearny Cottage. Mrs Michael Kearny, (Elizabeth Lawrence), better known to Perthy Amboy as Madam Scribblerus. she sometimes signed herself Pindrina. this interesting figure, whose little rush light of renew long ago flickered out, was a daughter of Judge Lawrence of Burlington. During her girlhood she had spent several winter in Philadelphia & in the first years of her marriage she made 2 or 3 journeys there to visit old fiends. Among her intimates were Peggy Chew, a noted Quaker City belle. Madam Scibblerus was a frequent contributor to the Time Piece, tribute-weekly literacy journal conducted by Philip French in NYC. Her beloved Michael died a few years before & she had no desire to don her rich pink brocade wedding grow & appear again in society. Upon every anniversary of his departure from this life she dedicated poems of 2 or 300 verse to his memory. In the last ears of 18 century, curing our breach with France, Madam Scribblerus conceived a violet version for everything French.
Ref: Historic houses of NJ, W J Mills, 1902. Abbreviated, a few of her poems may be found here. - PJA

. Kearney Cottage. Historical House. Built in 1780, Elizabeth Lawrence Kearney, or Madame Scribblerus, taught her half-brother, Captain James Lawrence the love of poetry. Kearney Cottage now owned by the Perth Amboy Historical Society, has been moved from its former location in Perth Amboy in June 1838 to Catalpa St., Hayes Park.

. 1800 Dec 20, St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, paid to Rev. Mr. Cotton until Easter next: Elizabeth Kearny, $4. paid.

. 1802 Oct 30 - Died Intestate, Granted.1830.10.30
. John Kearney, Administrator with named, sworn, says that Elizabeth Kearny died without a WILL as far as he knows & verily believes, he will truly administer all goods, chattels & cries the said deceased shall some to his hands & make an inventory of same.
. Signed, Jno Kearny, sworn before M W White, Surrogate, on 28 Jul, 1802. $400 Jul 28. [ misc. remark]
. Letter of Administration Form: Wit. Signed, Elizabeth Kearny, NY City, & John Heard, Revaud Kearny, Esqs., Witnesses of NJ State. John Kearny, Administrator in Goods, Chattels, & Credits of Elizabeth Kearny, late of Middlesex Co.

. Inventory of Goods & Merchandise non-movable of Michael Keany, Perth Amoy, Middlesex Co, deceased.
- cash $x95,55 [ink blotch], Some extracted items: Silver items: 1 Tanker, pink mug, creamer, soup spoon, 16 table spoons, 11 tea spoons = $93.
- 3 bed bolsters & pillows, 10 pair sheets, 4 blankets, 3 box quilt, 1 rug, 13 Windsor chairs, 1 corn mill, 1 spinning mill, 2 lamps & stock, 2 time glasses & one magongany with brackets @.25¢, 3 dozen empty bottles, 1 hog @$3., etc, Total $586.80. by John Heard, appraiser. page 499.
Ref: NJ Wills & Probate Records, Middlesex Co., 98571-9931, Liber 40, fol. 152, p490-9. [Estate of husband Michael Kearny follows next after Eliz. Kearny].

. It is believed that the Kearny papers were obtained through the Lawrence branch of the family: Mary Lawrence's Aunt Elizabeth married Michael Kearny (1725-1797), & Elizabeth & Michael were the parents of Lawrence Kearny, a Commodore of the U.S. Navy.
Ref: Kearny & Boggs family papers.
NJHS Series 7, Kearny Estate Box 8, folder 1, Letters to James Lawrence Kearny during World War I & more boxes see NJHS.

. 1926 Nov 5 -30 - Proceedings New Jersey Historical Society
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S SESQUI-CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT
Life as it was lived 150 years ago, when the Continental troops crossed New Jersey, passing through Newark en route to Trenton, hotly pursued by the British, was reflected in special programs & exhibits at the sesquicentennial Celebration of the New Jersey Historical Society entire month. One charming dress was that worn by Miss Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington, a sister of Captain James Lawrence. Miss Lawrence was married in Burlington in 1774 to Michael Kearny of Perth Amboy & became the mother of Commodore Lawrence Kearny, U. S. N. A sister, Mary Lawrence, married Robert Boggs & became the mother of Rear Admiral Charles S. Boggs, U. S. N.
Ref: Proceedings New Jersey Historical Society, 1926.

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Died:
d. intestate, Letter of Administration.

Buried:
Perth Amboy. +White flat stone, with husband and child Wm. Kearny.

Notes:

Married:
NJ Marriage License.#382; Michael KEARNEY (KEARNY) and Francis KEARNEY (KEARNY), both of to Gov. William FRANKLIN, Governor £500, 30 June 1774. Michael KEARNEY obtained license of marriage for himself and for Elizabeth LAWRENCE of Burlington... Wit. Rob't BURCHAN.

Notes:

. Philip Kearny was a member of Assembly. First wife was Miss Ravaud, Lady Barney Dexter. They had 4 Kearny children: Philip, Elizabeth, Susannah & Ravaud Kearney.

. 1742-74 -St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, Vesteryman.

. 1862 Aug 9 - Promotion of Gen. Kearney. Gen. Philiip Kearney of this State has been appointed a Major General of volunteers, his commission dating from July 4th. This is an act of justice to a brave man. The many friends & admirers of this brave Jerseyman will be gratified at the a cation of the authorities in recognizing gallantry & merit.
Ref: Newark Daily Advertiser Newspaper, NJ.

. Monday, the 31st ult., died in an advanced age, at his seat at Amboy, Philip Kearney, Esq., many years an eminent lawyer at that place. His death is universally lamented.
Ref: Rivington's New York Gazetteer, No. 121, Aug. 10, 1775.

. Notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to the estate of Philip Kearney, Esq., deceased, late of Perth Amboy, by bond, bill or otherwise, to pay off the interest due on the same; & all persons who have any demands against the said estate are requested to "bring in their accounts that the same may be settled & paid.
To be sold, for want of employ, two likely negro men, one of them about 26 years of age, a complete groom & coachman & used also to house-work. The other about 30 years of age, a valuable house-servant, who understands gardening, & all other country work. ISABELLA KEARNEY, Executrix.
Ref: New York Gazette, No. 1250, Sept. 25, 1775.

. 1770, April 25. WILL of Kearny, Philip, of Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co.;
Wife, Isabella, all the land which was formerly her father's, & land joining thereto, which I bought since our marriage, & both being in Perth Amboy, on west side of High Street; also the land on the north side of Courtland Skinner's farm. If she dispose of none of the lots, then I give the same to my son, Michael; & I give the house & lots where I live, & the pasture lot opposite the Barracks, which I bought of John Stevens the 1st of May, 1762; also the farm where Samuel Nevil lately lived, formerly belonging to Peter Sonmans, which I lately bought at Sheriff's sale, which bounds the north side of Rariton River; also the farm & salt meadow, which bounds the south side of said river, where William Pricket now lives; also 2 lots which I lately bought of Resia Runyon, near the same, to my said wife, while my widow. I also give her £500, & the use of household goods, but, if she marry, then I give her % of the goods & the rest to my daughters, Sarah, Isabella & Joanna, when they are 21. I also give my wife a wench that I lately bought of Widow Bidden. Son, Phillip, the ground rent of £9, arising out of the house & lot in Philadelphia, near the old church, now or lately belonging to John Lawrence, which was given to me by my grandmother, Elizabeth Brittain;
also the ground rent of the wharf, & brick house which I lately gave to him, which he sold to Joseph Donnalson, was also given to me by my grandmother: also the lot of ground I bought of John Martin, & his wife, Mary, lately belonging to the estate of my father, for which I have a deed dated 10th of Aug., 1764, lying in Perth Amboy, on the north side of Smith Street, & bounded on the east by David Gosling & on west by Alexander Cams; also the stone house & water lot I lately bought of Doctor Peter Sonmans, lately belonging to the estate of George Frazer, deceased; also the land I bought of Samuel Nevill, by deed the 16th of Nov., 1762, lying on Piscataway road, & which said Samuel bought of John Dadsworth; also the land I bought of David Demarest, 6th of Aug., 1763, & bounded on south by Rariton River, formerly Peter Sonman's. Whereas I purchased of Timothy Hay, & Mary, his wife, formerly Mary Robertson, by deed the 10 of Sept., 1734, % part of Vs part of 1/24 part of a Propriety in East Jersey, I give the same to my son, Phillip; also the sum of £1,000.
To son, Ravaud, the house which I bought of John Hull, where he now lives, which joins the house where Thomas Skinner lives; also the pasture lot which I bought of Elizabeth Leslie & George Willocks Leslie, & lies on the Piscataway road; also the land on the west side, which I bought of Andrew Johnson, deceased; which 2 lots are a part of a lot patented to Robert Barcley; also the lot I bought of Samuel Fleming; also the farm on the south side of Rariton River, which I bought of John Mott the 4th of March 1752; also the salt meadow joining thereon, & as far north as Stephen Skinner's ditch; also that land in Sussex Co., taken up by me in right of John Harrison, deceased, & joining land belonging to Martin Ryerson; also land I bought at Sheriff's sale in Sussex Co., 21st Dec. last, & lying on the Delaware River.
To daughter, Elizabeth Skinner, the wife of Courtland Skinner, £200, which is in the joint stock of Old South Sea Annuity, now in the name of John Anthony, mill merchant in London. I have an Exchequer Annuity in London of £42 per annum, now in trust for Ferdinand Ravaud, & I give the same to my kinsman, James Kinsey, of Burlington, attorney-at-law, in trust, for the use of my daughter, Susanna Stevens, the wife of Richard Stevens. Whereas John Parr, late Sheriff of Philadelphia, by deedpoll, 8th of May, 1767, for £405, sold to me 2 negro boys & some goods, I give same to James Kinsey, in trust, for the use of my daughter, Susanna Stevens. Whereas I have lands at Barnagate, in Monmouth Co., which I hold In partnership with William Burnet, & also land near Six Mile Run, in Middlesex Co., & other lands which I hold in partnership with Doctor Lewis Johnston,

I give V4, part of said lands to my son, Philip, & 14 part to my son, Ravaud,
& V4, part to my daughter, Elizabeth Skinner,
& 14 part to kinsman, James Kinsey, in trust, for my daughter, Susanna Stevens, but, if she be dead, then to my grandson, Philip Kearny Skinner.

Whereas I have 1/6 part of land in Wall Pack Township, in Sussex Co., by virtue of a deed from Samuel Nevill, dated 10th of Feb., 1755, whereon there is supposed to be a copper mine, I give the same to my sons, Philip Kearny, Ravaud Kearny, Michael Kearny & Francis Kearny. Whereas, I have several freehold rights, & parts of rights to lands in Woodbridge Township, I give same to my son, Ravaud Kearny.
Sons, Michael & Francis, each £500, when 21.
Daughters, Sarah Kearny, Isabella Kearny & Joanna Kearny, each £1,000, when they are 21. Kinsman, James Kinsey, land in Sussex Co., joining to his land, taken up by me in the right of John Harrison, deceased, of 133 acres. Grandson, Philip Kearny Skinner, all that lot in Perth Amboy, near Coles Point, facing the Bay, which I bought of the Executors of William Plumsted, & also that lot on the north side of Smith Street, which I bought at Sheriff's sale, lately belonging to the estate of Joseph Leigh, deceased, by deed dated 15th of Aug., 1764; also 100 acres in Woodbridge, which I bought by Sheriff's sale, late the property of Samuel Moore, deceased, by deed 7th of July, 1760. The rest of my lands I give to my wife during her life, & then to my sons, Michael and Francis.
Executors: wife, Isabella, & Andrew Elliot, of New York City.
Witnesses: Jaines Stevenson, John Johnston, Alexander Watson.

. 1775 Aug. 2. Codicil. I have lately bought lands, which I give to my children. Witnesses: Gertrude Barberie, Thomas Bartow, John Johnston. Proved Aug. 11, 1775. Lib. L, p. 256.

. 1780 July 26. Kearney, Philip, of Amboy. Int. Adm'r: Col. Wm Bond. Fellow bondsman: Thomas Peterson; both of Sussex Co." Witness: John Phillips. Lib. M, p. 88.

Philip's father Michael Kearny, surrogate of New Jersey, Oct. 24, 1720. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name Kearney

Died:
Will Proved 2 Aug 1775.

Philip married Isabella HOOPER. Isabella was born est 1718 in Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey; died on 20 Aug 1742 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Isabella was the daughter of Sarah & Robert Lettis Hooper, Trenton, NJ, He was Chief Justice Ref: Whitehead's Perth Amboy, Page 91.

20 Aug 1742 WILL of Sarah Hooper of Perth Amboy, widow,
To daughter of Isabella Hooper all my land which I have in NY.
Rest of real & personal to son Robt. Lettice Hooper & said dau. Isabella Hooper, Executrix.
Wit Rebea Legat, Eleanor Williams, Philip Kearney, Prov. Jul 10 1765. Lib H,p 505.

State of NJ Supreme Court Cases:
- 1743, Monmouth, Debt Case, Isabella Kearney, Executrix et all VS Wm. Brinley, Isabella Kearney, Executrix of Michael Kearney, Plaintiff, Case 20362
- 1753, Monmouth, Debt, IK VS John Nevill, IK, plaintiff, Case 21061

- 1782 undetermined case, State of NJ VS Isabella Kearney, IK, Defendant, Case 36375
- 1787 - 1790, Hunterdon, Debt Case, Margaret Berrien, Executrix et all Vs. Samuel Cook et all, Defiant Isabella Kearney, Case 3732
- 1788 Middlesex Co., Debt case, Andre Elliott, Executor et all VS. Hendrick Hoagland, Isabella Kearney, Executrix of Philip Kearney, Plaintiff. Case 11933.
- 1782, NJ VS Isabella Kearney, IK Defendant, Case 36375

- 1786, Trespass & Ejectment, IK V John Halstead, Isabella Kearny plaintiff, case 17782
- 1786, Sussex, Debt Case, IK VS Anthony Broderick et all, IK, plaintiff, Case 20373
- 1789 Hunterdon & Morris, Debt Case, IK VS Abraham Hathaway, KI, plaintiff, Case 2078
- 1786 Middlesex, Debt Case, IK, Executrix et all Vs. John Holton Jr et all, Estate of Philip Kearney, Plaintiff, Case 21023
- 1786, Hunterdon, Debt Case. IK, Executrix et all Vs. Joseph Prudden, Executor et all, IK, executrix of Philip Kearney, Plaintiff, Case 21124 (two cases).
- 1788 - 1789, Somerset, Debt case, IK VS Richd Taylor, IK Plaintiff, Case 21354
- 1788, Middlesex, Trespass & Ejectment, IK VS Helletye Voorhise, IK Plaintiff, Case 21458 - - -

Died:
Will 1742, but died aft 1788

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birth:
Alt. Name: John Elisha.

Died:
- Date of burial.

Buried:

John married Anne Alice LEONARD, .3 on 18 Jul 1753 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Anne (daughter of Capt. Samuel LEONARD, Jr., Esq. and Anne BROOKS) was born before 1732 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died on 31 Aug 1758 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Anne is the daughter of Anne Brooks & Samuel Leonard, Jr.

. John Lawrence of Burlington, Esq'r, & John DOE bound to] Jonathan Belcher, Governor £500 pounds 18 July 1753. John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself and for
Anne Leonard of Perth Amboy, spinster. Wit: Thos. Bartow, John Lawrence of Burlington, Anne Leonard of Middlesex Co., L Part 1: 1739-63 #76.

. Anne's father Samuel Leonard Jr & her husband John Lawrence, Esq., both assisted in lying the cornerstone for Nassau College, which is the oldest college in Princeton University.

NJ Marriage #076; John Lawrence of Burlington, Esq'r, & John DOE [bound to] Jonathan BELCHER, Governor £500,18 July 1753.
John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself &
for Anne Leonard of Perth Amboy, spinster. Thomas Bartow.

. Anne's father, Samuel Leonard, Jr, In a 13 Apr. 1757 codicil he made a special bequest to son-in-law John Lawrence.

. From her mother, Mrs. Anne Leonard, Granddaughter Elizabeth Lawrence £200 when she is of age, provided she continue under the care of my daughter Rachel Sarjant or live in such other place as my daughters Sarah Billop, Rachel Sarjant, Elizabeth Goelet or my Executor think proper. ... thus confirming Ann Alice Lawrence died a couple of years before her mother; &
. Son-in-law John Brown Lawrence received £50 from his mother-in-law.

. Anne Brooks had a sister Mary Farrington who wrote her will 2 Apr. 1754.  She left a portion of her estate to nieces Sarah Billop, Rachal Sarjant & Elizabeth (wife of Francis Goelet). Samuel Sarjant & John Berien were her executors A Sam Leonard, Junr. was mentioned in Jonathan Holme's diary for 13 June 1737.

The cause of Anne's death was not reported, but we do known that in 1758 many people in the Princeton area died of smallpox & dysentery, including her grandparents. - - -

Birth:
Ambury, NJ

Died:

Notes:

Marriage John LAWRENCE of Burlington, Esq'r, and John DOE.[bound to] Jonathan BELCHER, Governor 500 pounds 18 July 1753.
John LAWRENCE obtained license of marriage for himself and
for Anne LEONARD of Perth Amboy, spinster.
Wit: Tho:s BARTOW NJ early Marriages, Vol L #076

Married: