Notes:

. Nathaniel Leonard, born 1712 married Deliverance Lippit.
Nathaniel Leonard, Gentleman who in 1739 received a Royal Commission under King George II, as a lieutenant of Monmouth County New Jersey. He had 4 sons:
John who emigrated to Cuba where he married a Spanish lady.
Nathaniel;
Joseph who married Annie Bray;
& Samuel who married Lydia Thomas; &
Thomas Leonard born in 1753, married Alice Lawrence. Their children were: Elizabeth William & Joseph.

. 1763 Dec. 13. WILL of Leonard, Nathaniel, of Middletown, Monmouth Co., yeoman; My wife, Deliverance, £50. Son, John, 10 acres where he lives, on the place I bought of the Executors of Benjamin Cooper.
Rest of personal & real to be divided between my sons, John, Nathaniel, Joseph & Thomas. Son, Nathaniel, to have my homestead, where I live, & he shall take care of his mother, & provide for his
brother, Thomas, while a minor.
Executors: Sons, John, Nathaniel & Joseph, & my relation, Andrew Bowne (son of John).
Witnesses: James Winter, Phebe Taylor, Samuel Bowne.

Proved Dec. 29, 1763. Ref: Liber H, P.527.

. 1763 Dec 28 - Grantor John Leonard, QUIT CLAIM Middletown, Monmouth Co.
Grantee Joseph Leonard et al,
Grantee Nathaniel Leonard et al;
Grantee Thomas Leonard et al;
Grantor John Leonard.

Legal Work
. 1762 Feb. 25. Inventory, £33.8.0, made at Middletown, by Nathaniel Leonard & William Bowne.
. 1762 March 5. Washburn, Ebenezer, of Monmouth Co. Int. Adm'r: Jonathan Washburn, son of said Ebenezer.
Fellow bondsman: Jonathan Herbert; both of said Co., yeomen. Witnesses: James Throckmorton & Timothy Halstead.

. 1765 Nov. 9 - Conipton, William, of Middletown, Monmouth Co.
Int. Adm'x: Jane Compton. Fellowbondsmen: Richard Jaques & John Wall; all of said place.
Witnesses: Zephaniah Morris, & Thomas Willett, Jr.
1768 Nov. 14 - Inventory, made by William Applegate & Nathaniel Leonard. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Will Proved Dec. 29, 1763.

Nathaniel married Deliverance LIPPIT on 9 Jan 1694 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Deliverance was born in 1715; died on 17 May 1795 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John W LEONARD, .1 was born in 1738 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 10 Oct 1801 in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Woodhouse.
2. Nathaniel LEONARD, .iii was born in 1739 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 8 Sep 1774 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
3. Joseph LEONARD, .1 was born in 1743 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 16 Jan 1784.
4. Sara LEONARD was born in 1744 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
5. Samuel LEONARD, .2 was born in 1750 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
6. Capt. Thomas LEONARD, , UE was born in 1753 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 10 Jun 1791 in Saint John, Queens Co., New Brunswick.

Notes:

Nathaniel is the son of Mary, b 1620 & Henry Leonard. b 1618 Pontypoon, Monmouth Co., Wales.

. 1694 Jan 9, - In Middletown in the province of East Jersey, the 9th day of Jan in year 1694-5. Nathaniel Leonard of Middletown
& Hannah Grover of the same Town, after lawful publication, did before me & several wit.; take each other in marriage till death part them. Peter Tilton.

. 1652 Henry & brother James Leonard Established a furnace & forge at Taunton, Mass., now Raynham, - The first successful iron works in America. "Where you find good iron works there you will find a Leonard,"
. 1674 Henry Leonard Established an iron works at Tinton Falls., Monmouth Co., New Jersey.
. 1764, Jan. 4. Inventory, £399.11.9, made by John Layton, Samuel Bowne, William Bowne. Lib. H, p. 527.

. Along with his father, Henry, & brothers Samuel & Thomas, Nathaniel established an iron works in Rowley, MA, in 1669.  Henry removed to Taunton, MA, in the winter of 1673/4 & afterwards to New Jersey. His three sons tarried in Boxford, MA, & on 6 Apr. 1674 contracted with the owners of the ironworks there to carry them on. After continuing for a short time in the business, they followed their father to New Jersey.

Following the departure of his father, Nathaniel (& his brothers Samuel & Thomas) remained in Rowley & worked the ironworks there under an agreement made 6 Apr. 1674. In July of that year the ironworks were demolished by fire.  In a court hearing in September/Nov? Evan Morris deposed that he was at the works the evening before they were burned & when Nathaniel Lenard left work, the deponent never saw so much care taken to put out the fire as was that night, "thou I had ben a retainer to the workers 3 months bed & board.
Ref: The History of Boxford, Essex County, Massachusetts, Sidney Perley, 1880.

. 1675 Mar 30. John Floyd deposed to the court held at Ipswitch that Goodwife Leonard (Nathaniel's mother ?) & Nathaniel Leonard said that they were done at the works & would work no more & deponent saw that their goods were gone out of the house, save a few trifles.
Ref: Records & Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Mass. 1675-1678.

. 1695 Oct 2- Nathaniel Leonard patented 220 acres of sundry tracts at Colt's Neck with a total yearly quit rent of 9/2 (E:443).
The 220 acres consisted of:
. 211 acres SW his brother Samuel Leonard, SE the Mine Brook, S a swamp & a run of water, N & NW a branch of Sawmill Brook
. 6 acres of bogg meadow, SE of grantee
. 2 acres of meadow on the north side of Sawmill Brook
. 6 acres of meadow on the SW side of Thomas Leonard.
 
. 1700 Jan 7-Nathaniel & his wife Susannah exchanged with Job Throckmorton (husband of Nathaniel's sister Sarah) the Colt's Neck land for Job's land in Middletown. They named the land Leonardsville. - - -

Nathaniel married Hannah LAWRENCE, .i on 9 Jan 1694 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Hannah (daughter of Capt William C. LAWRENCE, .1 and Elizabeth SMITH) was born in 1668 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York; died in 1714 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Elizabeth Smith & Capt. Wm. Lawrence.

Hannah married first Joseph Grover, Sr.
Hannah married second 9 Jan 1694 Nathaniel Leonard, Sr.

. In Middletown in the province of East Jersey the 9 day of January in ye Yeare 1694-5 Nathaniell Leonard of Middletown & Hannah Grover of the same Town after Lawfull Publication Did before me & severall witnesses; take each other in Marriage till Death part them.

. 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: 1676. William Lawrence, in right of self & sister, Hannah Lawrence, 240 acres.

Hannah is given as a daughter in the 15 Jul 1701, WILL of William Lawrence, but his mother's name needs to be better confirmed. Eliz. Gildersleeve was alive on 20 February 1663, so exact death date for Gildersleeve & the birth date of Hannah are needed.
Capt. Wm. Lawrence married on 4 Mar 1664 his second wife, Elizabeth Smith. Only the 3 Townley children are mentioned in Elizabeth Smith - Lawrence - Carterel -Townley's final will. Presumably Elizabeth felt her other Lawrence children were provided for already. - PJA 2010.

. At a Court of Sessions held for ye County of Monmouth. March ye 26, Anno 1695. It is the order of the Court that upon application made by James Grover Senior Capt. Safety Grover.
X-Ref: Name Hanna's sister Elizabeth's child, that is Safety Browne, b. 1720. - PJA, 2010.

. William Lawrence Senr & William Lawrence Junr; The nearest relations to Joseph Grover & Hannah Leonard, late Wife of the said Joseph Grover, Deceased.
That William Lawrence Senr, Grandfather of ye Children of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah, his late wife shall have the oversight of the said children:
James [Joseph?] Grover son of the aforesaid Joseph Grover late deceased came into Court & did make choice of his Grandfather William Lawrence Senior & his Uncle William Lawrence Junior to be his Guardians.

Mary Grover daughter of the afforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his late wife; Lately deceased did make choice of William Lawrence Senior her grandfather to be her guardian. All which was allowed by the Court & ordered to be recorded by order of the Court, Tho Webley, Clerk. Freehold Deeds, Lib. A. B. C, p. 103.

. 1689 Mar. 26. Letters of administration were granted to Hannah Grover, widow of Joseph Grover, & William Lawrence, Jr., on the Estate of Joseph Grover. Trenton Records, Lib. D., p. 91.

. JOSEPH GROVER, second son" James Grover1 married Hannah, daughter of William Lawrence, of Middletown, who, upon his demise, remarried, second, Nathaniel Leonard of Middletown, Jan. 9, 1694-5.H

. 1690Oct. 16.- James Johnston, of Monmouth County, for £14, New York money, sold to Hannah Grover, of Middletown, "all that tract of land, situate, lying & being in the County of Monmouth aforesaid, beginning at Peter Sonman's north east corner, at Crosswicks, thence running South south east along his line twenty chains to Joseph Grover, his line, thence along Joseph Grover's line east north east 25 chains, thence north & by east to Doctor's Creek," etc.
Ref: Trenton Records, Lib. D., p. 276.

Issue: James Grover, Jr.
Mary Grover
Elizabeth Grover, born 1685.
Rebecca Grover
Hannah Grover
Deborah Grover
Susannah Grover.

Hannah Lawrence, widow of Joseph Grover, by her second marriage, was Nathaniel Leonard, had Issue:
Thomas Leonard, born 1708.
Nathaniel Leonard, born 1712; married Deliverance Leonard.

Hannah's two husbands were:
James Seabrook, married c1708 Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ, & Benjamin Drake.

. 1683-4 March 5. WILL of Swyny, Swiny, Therlagh, Thurlow, of Middletown; Wife Mary. Son John, under age. House & land in Middletown Township, to go to James, son of Joseph & Hannah Grover, who are appointed executors & guardians, if son john dies with-out heirs.
Witnesses: Peter Tilton, William Lawrence Jun., John Fish, Richard Gardiner.
Proved March 12, 1683-4. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Suhannah.

Notes:

Capt. Wm. Lawrence, sinour, landed in America on Sunday, 1635 Apr 2, on the ship "Planter" age 12 years.

. William Lawrence lived in the North Riding of Yorkshire, left Plymouth, England in 1635, & landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Patentees of Flushing, Long Island in 1645.
Ref: Magna Carta Barons & their Descendants, Charles H. Browning, reprinted 1969.

Summary of locations he lived:
. First resided at Flushing at, age 12. - Patent & lived in Middleburg, also known as, Newtown, 1656, purchaser. Returned to Flushing & bought Tew's Neck later named Lawrence's Neck, (i.e. a penisula) where he lived the rest of his life.
. Proprietor of Lawrence's Neck (also called Flushing, Long Island, New York City) which stretches into the Sound between Flushing Bay & Whitstone, 900 Acres:
was first called Maspeth, New Netherland, until 1643 Indian attack. Flushing was first named Vlissingen for Zealand, Holland;
. 1651 renamed Middleburgh, New Netherland;
. 1664 Hastings when the English assumed New York;
. 1665 Apr 23 - Middletown NJ, Town Book - In a legal towne meeting 4 men present, Richard Gibbins, Richard Stout, William Lawrence & Jonathan Homes, on behalf of the towne reported they unanimously agreed Robt. Jones, about to build a mill, shall be made good by the whole towne;
Newton, Queensborugh, was the name the locals had used.

. Among those who came from Long Island before the expiration of the 3 year limit in the Patent was William Lawrence. He became a large landowner & during his life deeded tracts to his children.

. 1666 - Berkley & Cartaret assured to the settlers of New Jersey, that the province should be ruled by laws enacted by the representatives of the people who had the power of peace & war entrusted to them. No tax, subsidy, tillage, assessment or duty whatever is to be imposed, except by the authority & consent of the general assembly. Land was allotted according to the time of arrival & the number of indented servants & slaves; the settler paid a half penny per acre quit rent & was bound to maintain one able bodied male servant per 100 acres.
Richard Nicolls, the duke's governor, convened an assembly from the towns of Long Island, & Westchester to meet at Hempstead, March 1st, 1665, At this meeting, Nicolls promulgated the laws called the duke's laws, which continued in force, notwithstanding the peoples discontent, The large Assembly of deputies assembled at Hempstead in March 1665. ...The colonies chose their own magistrates & he instructed they in the law to go before the King. A judgement having been obtained against William Lawrence, of Flushing, the governor, on appeal, made it void.
Ref: History of the New Netherlands, Vol. 2.

. 1665 - Wm. C. Lawrence was a magistrate under the Dutch government in Flushing & again a magistrate & a military commissioner for the North Riding of Yorkshire, Long Island, NY.
. 1669 Jul 20, William Lawrence, Daniel Estall, George Mountand, Richard Gibbins were chose deputies for this present year according to the order made: to assist the constable & overseers.
. 1669 Monmouth County Quit Rent, William Lawrence Sr.
. 1670 May the 9th, In a legal towne meeting the major part being present, Ed. Smith was by the major vote chosen to be constable for the following year. Wm. Lawrence chosen overseer.

. 1669 April 30th, Fort James in York. To John Richbell of Mororonock, Wm. Lawrence of Flushing. A Warrant to John Archer to take up a stray horse. These are to empower you to make enquiry after & to take up if he can be found a certain stray horse running in ye woods or some other place near unto or about your Towne of Westchester. The said horse being of gray color & branded with an Anchor on ye near shoulder & that you cause him to be brought to the Towne, where he shall remain until it be made appear to whom it doh with right belong or be disposed of as ye Law shall direct and for so doing this shall be your warrant. Given under my hand, Signed, Francis Lovelace.
. Another to take up a stray Bull. These are to empower you to take up a certain stray bull now running at your Plantation about 3 years old the which you are to make & if you find it convenient, geld him & if the right owner appeare not to claime him within the time in the Law prescribed that you dispose not of him without my order. Given under my and at Fort James, NY, Fr. L.
Ref: Minutes of the Executive Council of the province of New York.

. LAWRENCE OF MONMOUNTH COUNTY, N.J.
. 1677 - William Lawrence, owning land at Middleborough, now Newtown, L.I., came to Monmouth Co., NJ about 1677; settled at Hop River, where he had a house, a fulling mill & orchard. He owned land at Middletown & Wakake. Was an overseer at Middletown in 1668 & 1670-71; & in 1669 & 1673 was a Deputy to the Legislature.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS:
. Shares of meadow in Hunt's cove, 16. 1 share of salt meadow at Head of the bay, 16, one Negro, John, 50, Negro Andrew, 40. Ten Negroes in all. One English boy called by the name of Bishop, for a year & some months service, 5. 32 oxen, 160. 46 cows. 17 Horses. The inventory is very lengthy, showing great wealth & high social station. Total, 4,032. Taken by Richard Cornell, John Browne, John Lawrence, Abm. Whearly. Elizabeth Lawrence & Wm. Lawrence, administrators, made oath to the same in presence of Governor & Council, November 18, 1680.

. 1675 Sept. 10. - Patent to Hans Alberts of Newark for land there, vizt: 1, a house lot of 6 acres, along the highway on the N. W. of Richard Lawrence & John Ward Turner; East. of Daniel DOD; N. of John Crane & Tho. Hundinton; 2, seven acres of upland in the Great Neck, bounded W. by Stephen Bonde by Rich. Lawrence; 3. 20 acres of upland beyond the Mill Brook on the Great River; 4. seven a. in the Mill Brook swamp, adjoining Stephen DAVIS; 5. three a. of meadows near Wheelers Creek, coming up to Tichenors Cave; 6. four acres of meadow near the Hay S. of Zachariah Burwell, 136 Acres.

. 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:
. 1676 - William Lawrence, in right of self & sister Hannah Lawrence, 240 acres.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY :
. 1676 -7 January 10. To John Vaughan of Middletown for:
A tract of 126 acres, bounded N. W. & S. W. by Richard Gibbons, S. E. by un-surveyed land, N. E. by Poirsy Run;
Nine 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.
. 1678 Jun 1 - Memorial concerning 1,000 acres at Chohazicke, intended for Wm. LAWRENCE, upon Richard Noble's assignment. (Undated. Previous entry, 1678 June 1.)

. 1681 July 5 - William Lawrence of Middletown, East Jersey, planter, by his attorney, Anthony Page of Monmouth River, W. J., planter, to Jasper Harman of Chohanzey, W. J., yeoman, for 500 acres, part of the 1,000 a. tract bought by said LAWRENCE of Richard Noble, April 15, 1676, to whom John Fenwick had granted it May 14, 1675.

. 1685-6 Jan. 5 - To William Lawrence of Middletown, for 420 a. on the South Hop River, bounded on all sides by South Hop & North Hop Rivers. ... The first fulling mill, owned by Wm. Lawrence, was on Long Bridge Road.
One of New Jersey's first fulling mills (perhaps the oldest) was run & owned by William Lawrence on Hop Brook. Fulling was a process of cleansing or thickening cloth by beating or washing. William Lawrence died in 1701 & willed the mill, house & properties to one of his sons, James who later moved to Crosswicks, on Long Bridge Road.
Ref: History of Colts Neck, CN Library 1965.

. Jacobus Suydam married a daughter of Capt. Cor. Rapelye, after engaging successfully in commerce in NYC, he retired from business & bought the Estate of William Lawrence of Newtown. Here he lived until his death in 1825.

. 1675 Oct 21, the Indians to follow the directions of the Assizes to remove from Mr. Pells. No powder nor lead to be sold in this town to the Indians. Mr. Cornell, Captain Wm. Lawrence from Flushing, M. Gildersleeve & Mr. Geo. Hewlett, Hempstead, same according to the order this day from 2 towns Tackpouha & the rest came not till this evening & brought some pretending to land with them the persons appeared just agreeing returned with them. Indians renewed their pretense to land North of Hampstead & particularly Cows Neck, Little Madnams New, Great Madnasa Next, makes offers but they not will to consent with Colts Neck so to remain as it is but neither Christian nor Indian to be permitted to settle there at present. One of the Indians claims Thee Necks to belong to hem & an old Squaw they asked 120 Lbs. again as before for the Three Necks & to keep Colts next themselves all that have pretenses must come together some other time & the Governor will agree with them.
Ref: Documents relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1886.

. 1678 May 7 - Order referring to the Sessions the complaint of the constable of Flushing against Capt. William Lawrence, for fencing in the highway. p90.
Ref: Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY, Edmund B O'Callaghan, 1866.

Death of William Lawrence:
. Whereas Captain William Lawrence, late of Cow's Neck in Flushing, one of the Justices of the Peace of the North Riding, died intestate, leaving a considerable Estate, & divers children, & Elizabeth his wife, & his eldest son, William by a former marriage, having made application for Letters of Administration, & having brought in an inventory, they were appointed March 25, 1680. Ref: Page 269.

The Duke's Laws of 1665 mandated that an inventory was to be taken within 48 hours after appropriate official inquiry of the death had begun [into a person dying instate.} William Lawrence's inventories portray a sober man of considerable wealth. His personal wearing apparel was sturdy, useful, & appropriate for a man who at once was a Quaker, merchant, trader, magistrate, planter, & slaveholder. The 2 of William Lawrence's inventories taken at his death in 1680 - one for his warehouse in Manhattan & the other for his shop & dwelling in Flushing.

Benefitting from Flushing's abundance & quasi-independence from the colonial government centered at New Amsterdam/New York, William Lawrence flourished in the New World. The value of his land, chattels, & effects at £4432:01:10 ½ was substantial for 1680.
The personal clothing of William Lawrence listed in the inventory include one worsted & 1 haire camlet cloak, a broadcloth (textile made of carded wool in plain weave that is fulled after weaving) suit, a drugg et (a lighter woolen) suit, an old norwester, & a castor (beaver fur hat). Lawrence was likely among the richest men in the colony. His material wealth is comparable to that of Cornelis Steenwyck, one of New Netherland's principal merchants who also served as magistrate, burgomaster, & alderman.

The Business of Agribusiness Lawrence was among the largest landowners in Flushing. The main dwelling house, along with orchards & meadows, were located at Tew's Neck, an extensive swath of land jutting into the Long Island Sound (today College Point, Queens). Other Flushing property included land at Whitestone & lots in the center of town where his retail shop probably stood. In addition to property in lower Manhattan, Lawrence owned acres in Newtown to the west, meadows across the Long Island Sound in Westchester & land at various places further east near Smithtown. Lawrence's expansive property include numerous shares of Salt Meadow, a grassy marsh prone to flooding by salt water. In colonial America salt meadow was an important resource for sustaining animal herds, especially cattle. Adriean van der Donck notes in A Description of New Netherland (1656) that cattle were suffering from disease due to the consumption of "sweet hay." The issue was not resolved until animals started consuming hay grown on salt wetlands. At his death, Lawrence had 173 Cattle & 72 swine & were probably shipped to provide provisions to West Indies plantations or at the Manhattan market. Barrels of pork & beef, along with hooks, sickles, scythes & pitchforks for wheat harvesting, are listed in his Manhattan warehouse.
Ref: William Lawrence's Manhattan warehouse inventory currently resides in the manuscripts collection: "Inventories, New York State, 1680-1844", MS 450.2 at the NY Historical Society Museum & Library, & a copy at Bowne House Historical Society, NY.

. 1680 Mar 10 - Whereas William Lawrence, late of Flushing, deceased, had 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 £277 12s 4p which is & remains in the hands & possession of Elizabeth the widow & administratrix of the said Wm. & mother to the said children who desiring in Council to be admitted their guardian, these are to certify that he said Elizabeth Lawrence is by advice of the Council admitted & allowed of to be guardian for the said 7 children & to have possession & enjoy their said portions giving sufficient security to satisfy & pay the same to them & such of them when they shall attain the age of 21 y or be married.
Ref: Booke of Orders & Warrents, Secretary of State, Albany, NY, p39.

. 1680 Nov 18 - Inventory of Estate of William Lawrence, Flushing. The neck of land called Cows Neck, with housing, orchards & meadows, 1,250. Two 50 acre lots at Whitestone, 60. 50 acre lot, No. 13, 20.
The 50 acre lot in Newtons Neck 15. 104 acre lots lying at the Town, with all housing, orchards, etc., 60. 640 acres lying adjoining to Sunk meadows, eastward, & also running west to the Fresh Pond, & north to the Sound, & south to the path that goes to John Goldin's house, 150. 1/2 share of salt meadow at Townsend, & 2 shares of fresh meadow, one at Grays, & the other in the middle meadow, 10, 1 share of salt meadow at Terrys Point, 30, 6 shares of meadow at Westchester. 3 shares of meadow in the New Found Passage, 3.3 shares of meadow in Hunt's cove, 16. 1 share of salt meadow at Head of the bay, 16, one negro, John, 50, negro Andrew, 40. 10 negroes in all. One English boy called by the name of Bishop, for a year & some months service, 5. 32 oxen, 160. 46 cows.17 Horses.
The inventory is very lengthy, showing great wealth & high social station. sword, plate & personals, Merchant's list of 3 & half pages of shop goods, mostly cloth, nothing haberdashery, pewter & tools.
Total £4,432. Taken by Richard Cornell, John Bowne, John Lawrence. He made Elizabeth [nee Smith] Lawrence & Wm. Lawrence, administrators, made oath to the same in presence of Governor & Council, November 18, 1680. Page 405.
Ref: Surrogate's Office, city of NY, Liber 22, p24.

. At first this Flushing region was in the possession of William Lawrence, a gentleman of note in Colonial days, descended from that sturdy " William Lawrence, of Flushing,'' who, in 1666, was fined by Governor Nichols for daring to criticize some of his measures under the Duke's Laws. After the Revolution a part of this property came into the market, and was bought by Eliphalet Stratton for $1,250. In 1836. Here was to be conducted a regular collegiate institution under the name of St. Paul's College at College Point, for the preparation of young men for the ministry of the Episcopalian church.
Ref: Leslie's history of the greater New York V.2. - - -

Died:
Long Island. Died intestate, leaving a considerable Estate.

William married Elizabeth SMITH on 4 Mar 1664 in Hempstead, Livingston, Long Island, Nassau Co., New York. Elizabeth (daughter of Colonel Richard SMITH, Patentee and Sarah FOLGER) was born in 1643 in Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York; died in Jul 1712 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey; was buried in First Presbyterian Church. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1845 May 9. Ballinafad. A meeting was held for the purpose of appointing 3 trustees for the cemetery. A deed was drawn up between Nathaniel Roszell & his Wife Hannah, "in the Township of Erin, in the county of Waterloo, in the Wellington district, in the prince of Canada". The trustees were Obadiah Roy, Archibald Patterson & Jos Hilt. Witnesses present were Donald McMain & Arthur Thompson. The same of 5 shillings was paid for the land.
Ref: Flesherton Advance newspaper. - - -

Died:
Will dated 8 Mar 1712.

Notes:

Married:
"Whereas I have received information and satisfaction that there is an intent of Marriage between William Lawrence of Flushing and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Smith of Mishaquak'd, upon Long Island upon their request I give them license, so to do and do herby require you to proclaim the said William Lawrence and Elizabeth Smith man and wife and so record them and to proceed therein according to your formed customs on the like occassions. Given under my hand at Hempstead this 4th day of March 1664. Richd. Nicholls.

Note: Lawrence father and son married two Smith sisters:
Older sister Elizabeth Smith in1664 married William Senior, who was his second wife,
{or in other words, sister Eliz. is now the mother-in-law.
In 1680 William Jr. married Deborah, the youngest daughter of Richard Smith, the Patentee of Smithtown on Long Island, NY. {i.e. Deborah now became her older sister's daughter-in-law. - - -

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]

Notes:

. Joan Autrobus Lawrence was granted administration of the goods of Thomas Lawrence of St. Albans in 1627.
Children were John, Thomas, William, Jane, & Marye. About Joan Antrobus Lawrence married John Tuttle, & they & 3 Lawrence & 3 Tuttle children emigrated to Ipswich, Massachusetts on the Planter in 1635.

> Landed in America on Sunday, 1635 Apr 2, on the ship "Planter".

It was also noted that there were seven other ships in Boston Harbor that day. Found at the Public Rolls Office, London. England was:

. The Planter, 2nd Aprilis, 1635.
These under written names are to be transported to New England embaqued in the Planter under Master Nicholas 's Trarvis bound thither the p'ties have brought Certificate from the Minster of St Albans in Hertfordshire, & Altestacon from the Justices of Peace according to the Lords Order.
First Names; Surnames, Ages:
John Winthrop, Jr., Governor,
Jo: Tuttell A Mercer, 39
Joan Tuttell, 42, [ie. Widow Joane Anterobus Lawrence Tuttle]
John Lawrence, 17
William Lawrence, 12
Marie Lawrence, 9
Abigall Tuttell, 6
Symon Tuttell, 4
Sam Tuttell, 2 [Sarah Tuttle?]
Jo.Tuttell, 1
Joan Autrobuss, 65, [i.e. Widowed Joan Arnolde Antrobus, mother of John]
Marie Wrust, 24
Tho. Greene, 15
Nathan Huford, servant to Jo. Tuttell, 16
Ref: Carol Shields, Genealogy.com - 4 Apr 2008 & Winthrop Society Publications, 2006: Massachusetts Bay Colony.

NOTE: Joan's ocean voyage occurred before the death of John Tutil which took place at Carrickfergus 30 Dec 1656, at the age of 60, of which event she wrote back to her children.
Three letters from her are on file among the Essex County records dated 3 Oct 1656, 6 Apr 1657 & 20 Mar 1657-8 in which she shows herself to have been a deeply religious but sadly disillusioned woman as to her colonial holdings & their care by her attorneys, relatives & friends.
Ref: Jonnie Kay, 2008.

Jane Lawrence did come on the ship Planter married to George Henry Giddings & listed as his passenger.
Ref: Neil Redlien, Apr 5 2008. Genealogy.com - - -

Birth:
Alt: Joanne Anterbus, Jane Antrobus

Died:
- Verify DOD.

Notes:

Richard Smith was referred to by his sons-in-laws as, Father Smith. Smith was also called 'The Quaker'.

Richard, Junior was similarly employed & an Assemblyman.

The third Richard Smith, Esq. was also an Provincial Assemblyman, but resigned based on the Quaker prohibition to bearing arms.

. 1656 Oct 17 - It is ordered by the General Court that Richard Smith, for his unreverend carriage towards the Magistrates contrary to the order, was adjudged to be banished out of the Towne & he is to have a weeke's liberty to prepare himself to departe & if at any time he be found after this limit weeke within the Towne or the bounds thereof he shall forfeit 20 shillings" Whether he paid the fine or resolved the issue in some other way, he was back sometime later engaged in a controversy with Henry Pierson.
A time honored tradition exists that the said Richard Smith made a pact with the Indians to the effect that he should have all of the land that he could ride around in a day on his trained bull. Starting at sunrise & dashing through swamps & over hill & dale, by sunset he had returned to his setting out place. Hence the appellation of Bull Smith. A valley near the Smithtown & Huntington line, adjacent to Fort Salonga became known as "Bread & Cheese Hollow" where it is said Richard stopped to eat his lunch in his mad ride for the possession of the desired land.

. 1665 SMITHTOWN, LONG ISLAND
Smith applied for & obtained the following patent from Governor Nicolls:
A confirmation of a tract of land called Nesequauke granted unto Richard Smith of Long Island.
Richard Nicholls, Esq., Governor under his Royal highness James Duke of Yorke &c of all his Territories in America, To all to whom these presents shall come sendeth greeting. Whereas there is a certain parcel or tract of land situate, lying & being in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island, commonly called or known by the name of Nesequauke Land, Bounded Eastward with the Lyne lately run by the Inhabitants of Seatalcott as the bounds of their town, bearing Southward to a certaine fresh Pond called Raconkamuck, from whence Southwestward to the Head of Nesequauke River, & on the west side of the said River so far as is at this present in ye possession of Richard Smith as his proper right & not any ways claimed or in controversy between any other persons; which said parcel or tract of land (amongst others) was heretofore given & granted by the Sachems or Indyan proprietors to Lyon? Gardiner of Gardiner's Island, deceased, & his heirs, whose interest & Estate therein hath been sold & conveyed unto Richard Smith & his Heirs, by virtue of which bee claims his propriety; & whereas the commissioners authorized by a General Court held at Hertford in his Colony of Connecticut did heretofore - That is to say in ye month of June 1664 - make an agreement with the said Richard Smith, That upon the conditions therein expressed he, the said Richard Smith should place 20 familyes upon the said land; know ye that by virtue of the commission & authority given unto me by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, I do ratify & confirm the said agreement, & do likewise hereby give, confirm & grant unto the said Richard Smith, his heirs & assigns the said parcel or tract of land called or known by the name of Nesequauke Lands, bounded as aforesaid, together with all the lands, woods, meadows, Pastures, Marshes, waters, Lakes, fishings. Hunting, & flowing, & all other profits, commodities & Emoluments to the said parcel or tract of Land & Premisses belonging, with their & every of their appurtenances & of every part & parcel thereof. To have & to hold the said Parcel or Tract of Land, with all & singular the appurtenances, unto the said Richard Smith, his Heirs & Assigns, to the proper use & behalf of the said Richard Smith, his Heirs & assigns for ever, upon the conditions & Terms hereafter express. That is to say:

That in regard there hath arisen some dispute & controversy between the Inhabitants of the Towne of Huntington & Captaine Robert Ceely of the same place concerning that Parcel of land lying to ye westward of Nesequauke River, which for the consideration virtue of the aforementioned Agreement was to enjoy. But now is molested & hindered in the quiet Possession thereof. The said Rich'd Smith shall be obliged to settle only 10 familyes on the lands before mentioned within the space of three years after the date hereof. But if it shall hereafter happen that the said Richard Smith shall clear his Title & be lawfully posses of the premises as aforesaid, that then he, the said Richard Smith shall settle the full number of 20 familyes within 5 years after such Clearing of his Title, & being lawfully Possess as aforesaid, & shall fulfill whatsoever in the said Agreement is required. & for an encouragement to the said Richard Smith in his setting the families aforementioned the Plantations upon the said Nesequauke Lands shall, from the first settlement until the expiration of the Terme or Termes of years, be free from all Rates or Taxes, & shall have no dependence upon any other place ; but in all respects have like & equal privileges with any Town within this government, Provided aways That the said Richard Smith, his Heirs & Assigns shall render & pay such other acknowledgements & duties as are or shall be Constituted & Ordained by his Royal Highness the Duke of Yorke & his Heirs, or such Governor or Governors as shall from time to time be appointed & Sett over them. Given under my hand & sealed at Fort James in New Yorke, this 3d day of March in 18th year of the rein our Sovereign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France? & Ireland, Defender of the faith &c., & in the year of our Lord God, 1665. Richard Nicolls.

Still the Indians were not entirely satisfied & Smith had to give a dozen coats, a blanket, a gun, some powder & shot & various other commodities before he satisfied, in 1665, the last of the Indian claimants to his extensive possessions. It will be seen that the Nicolls patent conferred upon the territory the dignity & privileges of a town, & soon after its receipt the patentee, "Air. Richard Smith of Nesequauke" as he is described, identified his own. name with his Estate as "Smithfield," at least we find it so mentioned on March 8, 1666. The patent also shows he had a dispute on hand with the people of Huntington as to his boundary lines, & soon afterward he had similar trouble with Brookhaven & a long course of litigation followed, lasting until 1775. Into the details of that long controversy over boundaries there is no occasion to enter here ; the interEst in the matter is purely antiquarian, & is of no practical or even historical importance. Smith fought every phase of the dispute with dogged pertinacity & on the whole was successful in his claims. A curious feature of his defensive operations was his defense against a claim set up for some of his l&s by John Safifin, administrator of the Estate of Captain Thomas Willett, to whom the Jonas Wood syndicate had disposed of an interEst in their purchase of 1650. The claim was duly entered, but the claimants were silenced in some way by Smith, for it seems not to have been pushed. Several other claims were brought against this property under the same 1650 deed, but he seems to have settled them out of court. The last settlements of which there is record were dated on March 3, 1684, by the sons of Daniel Whitehead & Timothy Wood.

But long before that date Smith had still further fortified his position by obtaining a fresh patent from Governor Andros, in which the township honors were renewed, the boundaries again defined & the name of Smithtown, for the first time, given to the territory.Smith applied for & obtained a patent from Governor Nicolls.

Still the Indians were not entirely satisfied & Smith had to give a dozen coats, a blanket, a gun, some powder & shot & various other commodities before he satisfied, in 1665, the last of the Indian claimants to his extensive possessions. It will be seen that the Nicolls patent conferred upon the territory, dignity & privileges of a town, & soon after its receipt the patentee,
"Sir Richard Smith of Nesequauke" as he is described, identified his own name with his Estate as "Smithfield," at least we find it so mentioned on March 8, 1666. The patent also shows he had a dispute on hand with the people of Huntington as to his boundary lines, & soon afterward he had similar trouble with Brookhaven & a long course of litigation followed, lasting until 1775. Into the details of that long controversy over boundaries there is no occasion to enter here; the interEst in the matter is purely antiquarian, & is of no practical or even historical importance. Smith fought every phase of the dispute with dogged pertinacity & on the whole was successful in his claims. A curious feature of his defensive operations was his defense against a claim set up for some of his lands by John Safifin, administrator of the Estate of Captain Thomas Willett, to whom the Jonas Wood syndicate had disposed of an interest in their purchase of 1650. The claim was duly entered, but the claimants were silenced in some way by Smith, for it seems not to have been pushed. Several other claims were brought against this property under the same 1650 deed, but he seems to have settled them out of court. The last settlements of which there is record were dated on March 3, 1684, by the sons of Daniel Whitehead & Timothy Wood.

But long before that date Smith had still further fortified his position by obtaining a fresh patent from Governor Andros, in which the township honors were renewed, the boundaries again defined & the name of Smithtown, for the first time, given to the territory.

. 1693 March ye 5th, WILL of Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island in ye province of New York, in ye name of God Amen, being sick & weak in body of sound & perfect memory thanks be to God.
Jonathan Smith our eldest son, we give & bequeath our house farm & orchard, joining to his home lot;
to our son Richard we give & bequeath our Negro Harry & an Equal share of Land in division with ye rest of children; to our son Job we give & bequeath our Negro Robin ye term of 12 years & an equal share of l& in division with ye rest of our children, & at the end of ye 12 years the said Robin shall be free;
son Adam we give an equal share of land;
son Samuel Smith we give & bequeath ye orchard southward of the house & half of ye pasture;
son Daniel we give & bequeath ye other half of the pasture southward of his house.

To our daughter Elizabeth Townley, we give & confirm that land & meadow at a place called Sunk Meadow,
To our Daughter Lawrence we give & bequeath an equal part & share of land,
Note: That is, Deborah Lawrence; Elizabeth remarried in 1684 to Townley.- PJA 2010.
Executors are beloved sons Jonathan & Richard Smith.
Sealed, Jonathan & Richard Smith & Sarah Smith.
Each Signed & Sealed, Richard Smith, Sarah Smith.
Wit: John Roe, Jonathan Lewis, Thos. Helme, 2 MAY 1693, Brookhaven, Suffok Co., NY. - - -

Birth:
ALT Loc Little Waldingford, Suffolk, England.

Died:

Richard married Sarah FOLGER in 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Sarah was born in 1619 in Norwich, Norfolk Co., England; died on 20 Jan 1708 in Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tradition has it that Sarah was the daughter of John Folger, who was the first of that name in New England & one of the settlers of Martha's vineyard.

Some sources show Sarah Smith as the daughter of John Folger & Meribah Gibbs of Nantucket. An article in New York Genealogical & Biographical Record 121:19 (Jan. 1990) argues that there is no real evidence of that, & proposes that she may instead have been Sarah Hammond, daughter of William & Elizabeth (Paine) Hammond of Watertown, Mass.

. An address read before the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, April 1926 by Mrs. Charles Hilton Brown:
"WILL of Sarah, the widow of Richard, made her WILL 20 Jan. 1707/8, bequeathing to her "son Richard all of the houses, orchards, lands that my husband left me in possession of" & "a necke called James Nieck to be equally divided amongst my six sons."
Ref: Smiths of Smithtown.

. 1702 Nov 24, Sarah Smith, in a petition on file in the office of the Secretary of State in Albany, praying to have a decree of the Court of Equity in relation to her husband's estate, states that she now has "50 children & grandchildren to provide for."

* 1708 Jan 20 WILL of Sarah Smith
In the name of God Amen I Sarah Smith relict of Richard Smith, Sen, deceased of Smithtown in ye County of Suffolk & in ye Province of New Yorke, Doe make my last will & Testament in manner following: First I commit my soul into ye hands of God which gave it, & my body to a decent burial at ye discretion of my Executor hereafter named, in comfortable hopes of a happy & glorious resurrection thro, the power & merits of my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. & as for my outward estate, after debts & my funeral charges are paid, I give & bequeath as followeth:

Imp. I give & bequeath to my son Richard Smith, his eldest son Richard all the houses, orchards, & all my lands that my husband left me in ye possession of & that I am at this present in possession of, he yielding & paying me £10 a year & yearly as long as I shall live & at my death to have ye above mentioned premises & his heirs forever, with all the privileges & accommodations thereunto belonging.
I also give my daughter Elizabeth one trunk with all my linens & wearing clothes.
I give to my son Richard's 2 daughters my silk dress? & scarfe. I give a Necke called James Neck to be equally divided amongst my 6 sons Jonathan, Richard, Job, Adam, Samuel, & Daniel.
I give my son Richard's eldest sonne my blunderbuss. I give my son Richard's wife my cloake. I give all ye household stuff not here bequeathed to be equally divided among my 6 sons above mentioned.
I give Mr. George Philips a Cow, & all ye rest of my stock to be equally divided amonst my 6 sons above mentioned, it must be understood that what I have given my son Richard is to oblige him to quit & null all debts ye he pretends is owing to him by my husband or my self, so it may prevent future difference among my children, & also all ye rest of my children to null & void all debts from husband or myself, & to accept of what I have given them in full satisfaction.
I desire also what I gave Mary Petreche she may have it & to be maintained equally amongst my children.
I hereby null & revoke all former wills & instruments whatsoever & Constitute & appoint my well beloved son Richard Smith to be my executor & to take care & see that this is my last will & testament I have hereunto affixed my hand & seale this 20 January 1708.
The real estate mentioned in the will was probably the land deeded to Richard Smith JR., by both Richard & Sarah Smith, SR, on 31 Aug 1688 & on the same day deed back by Richard Smith JR., to his mother, Sarah Smith. - - -

Birth:
ALT NAME Sarah Hammond.