Notes:

* It was the Quakers, escaping persecution in England, who were the primary settlers of Burlington County, arriving in 1677 & 1678. The Quaker belief in the primacy of education (for boys & girls) led to the proliferation of early schools in Burlington County, resulting in a great number of preserved one-room school houses throughout the county.

. Between 1677 & 78 persecution in England lead to many Quakers emigrated to Burlington Co., & from there to Penn. Quakers built many schools for both girls & boys because they believed in education.

. 1897 J. Lawrence Boggs of Perth Amboy recorded the Yellow Meeting House monument: "Elizabeth Lawrence, Born in Leicestershire. October 1st, 1709, Died April 1st, 1772, aged 62 years & 6 months." - - -

Died:


Buried:
Aged 62 y 6m 0ld large horizontal stone. Red Valley.

Elizabeth married Elisha LAWRENCE, Jr., Esq., .2 in 1727 in New Jersey. Elisha (son of Elisha LAWRENCE, Sr. 1st. and Lucia LUCY STOUT) was born on 5 Aug 1701 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 7 Mar 1791 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Alt date 1725

1. John Brown LAWRENCE, Esq., U.E. was born in 1728 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 3 Jul 1798 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried on 3 Jul 1798 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario.
2. Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .vii was born on 22 Sep 1734 in Crosswick, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 21 Feb 1791 in Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Allentown Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
3. General Elisha LAWRENCE, Esq., .4 was born on 1 Jan 1746 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 23 Jul 1799 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Chestnut Ridge, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
4. Lucy LAWRENCE, .ii was born in Sep 1748 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died in in Harwich, Kent Co., Ontario.
5. Anne LAWRENCE, .i was born in 1751 in Chestnut Grove, Pennsylvania; died on 1 Aug 1823 in Burlington County, New Jersey; was buried in Gloria Die Churchyard, Wicacoa., New Jersey.

Notes:

. John Bowne, above named, left England in 1649, & arrived at Boston the same year. His first visit to Flushing, was on the 15th of June, 1651, in company with his brother-in-law, Edward Farrington.
He married Hannah, daughter of Robert Field, at Flushing, May 7th, 1656, & in 1661 built the house there, which we have just above noticed, & which has been occupied constantly by some one of his descendants.

His wife became intimate with some of the people called Quakers, who at that period, were obliged from necessity, to hold their meetings privately in the woods, & other remote places. She became attached to the society, & was received as a member amongst them. Her husband, mostly from motives of curiosity, attended their meetings, & was so powerfully struck with the beauty & simplicity of their worship, that he invited them to his house, soon after which he also became a member of their society; " not merely (as he observes,) from kindness & affection to his wife, but his judgment also was convinced of the principles they held forth for a little time his faith was put to the test, & he had to partake, in a large degree, of the sufferings to which others of his faith & profession were exposed; & his persecutions, imprisonment, banishment, & severe privations for the truth's sake, & the testimony of a good conscience, were such as most persons would shrink from, in this our day of ease & quiet enjoyment.

The said John Bowne, had a severe sentence passed against him, on the 14th of Sept., 1662, & the governor finally proceeded to such extremities, that the said Bowne was actually transported to Europe, to be tried for heresy, & his disregard of the orders & placards of the governor & council. He was patiently heard before a committee of the Investment? Company; who, finding him a discreet man & steadfast in his region, set him at liberty - with the following severe reprimand in the form of an epistle, directed to Governor Stuyvesant:

. 1663 Apr 6 - Amsterdam, [NY City]
"Sir: We perceive from your last letter, that you had exiled & transported hither a certain Quaker, named John Bowne. Although it is our anxious desire that similar & other sectarians may not be found among you, yet we doubt extremely the policy of adopting rigorous measures against them. In the youth of your existence, you ought rather to encourage than direct? the population of the colony.

"The consciences of men ought to be free & unshackled so long as they continue moderate, peaceable, offensive, & not hostile to the government. Such have been the maxims of prudence & toleration by which the magistrates of this city (Amsterdam) have been governed; & the consequences have been, that the oppressed & persecuted from every country, have found among us an asylum from distress. Follow in the same steps, & you will he blessed."

Mr. Bowne remained several years abroad, visiting many parts of Europe, & returned to America in the spring of 1665, his wife having died in London in the month of February preceding, & his father, Thomas Bowne, also, during his absence.

He of course found the country in the possession of the English, but calling upon the puissant Stuyvesant, now a private citizen, he expressed his regret for having used so much severity toward him & his fellow Quakers, whom he frankly admitted to be among the most valuable citizens.
Ref: Historical Genealogy Lawrence Family. Their first landing in this country AD 1635 to the present date JULY 4, 1858.

. 1715 Jan ye 12 - Then Obadiah Bowne Desired to have the Earmark Recorded for him which was formerly his Father John Brown - as followeth, viz; A Crop on the Off Ear & a Slitt In the Crop & Another In the fore side of the same Ear. Now Entred Per Me, Willm. Lawrence Junr., Town Clerk. Now Recorded to his Son John.

. 1737 May 8. WILL of John Brown, of Mansfleld, Burlington Co., Doctor;
Dau., Elizabeth Lawrence. Each grandchild now born 20 shillings & a silver spoon.
Wife, Elizabeth, sole executrix & to be guardian of grandson John, son of my son, John Brown, dec'd.
Witnesses: John Rockhill, Peter Imlay, Isaac DeCow, medius.
Proved Aug. 1, 1737. Lib. 4, p. 109. - - -

Birth:
Verify location.

John married Mrs. Elizabeth (John) BROWN. Mrs. was born est 1658; died on 5 Jun 1759 in Burlington County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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. 1754, June 5. WILL of Elizabeth Browne, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., widow of Dr. John Brown of Burlington Co:
Daughter, Elizabeth (wife of Elisha Lawrence), sole Executrix.
Grandchildren: John Browne
John Lawrence,
Elizabeth Lawrence (now Newell,)
Elisha Lawrence, Jr., Lucy Lawrence, Anne Lawrence.
Personal property, including a silver pint cup & silver spoons.
Witnesses: James Magee, Peter Imlay, Jr., & William Dunterfield.
Proved June 5, 1759. NJ Lib. 9, p. 219. - - -

Died:
WILL proved. (WILL written 1754 June 5)