Notes:

WILL of Deborah (Smith) Lawrence, 1737 May 2. I leave to my 3 sons, Samuel, Adam, & Stephen, £5 each.

WILL: In the name of God, Amen. I, ADAM LAWRENCE, ESQ., High Sheriff of Queens County, Long Island, & Province of New York.
. I leave to my 3 daughters, Deborah Van Wyck, Sarah Hewlett, & Catharine Platt, £100 each;
. unto my 2 granddaughters, Elizabeth & Deborah Lawrence (daughters of my late son George, deceased), the sum of £50 each;
. to my grandson, Philip Lawrence (son of my said son George), the sum of £160, to be paid him by my eldest son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, as soon as he shall be in possession of that part of my real estate hereinafter devised him.
. To my son Stephen, a negro boy named Aaron.
All the rest & residue of my personal estate I leave to my sons,
. Joseph & Clarke, to be shared equally between them. I give & devise unto my sons,
. Doctor Daniel Lawrence & Stephen Lawrence, all that tract of land being on the east side of the road leading from the Great Plains to Captain Samuel Cornell, on which I now live, bounded on the west by the road above mentioned; northerly the lands of the Adriance's & of Mr. Cha. Crommelin; easterly by the land of said Crommelin; southerly by the Great Plains; together with plain lands adjoining the same, & including my rights in the said unlocated Great Plains, to be divided between them according to the quantity & quality of the land.
. I also leave to my said sons, Doctor Daniel Lawrence & Stephen Lawrence, a piece of woodland bounded on the south & west by the lands of John Hegeman & Philip S. Platt, on the north by the lands of Philip S. Platt & on the east by the land of Daniel Duryea, & the east of my son, George Lawrence, deceased, containing about 20 acres, to be equally divided, the west part of which division with the improvements including the last mentioned "lott" of Woodland I leave to my son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, & the eastern part, including the woodland adjoining Cha. Crommelin, I leave to my said son, Stephen Lawrence.
Unto my son Clarke a piece or parcel of land situate, lying & being directly in the front of the house of Albert & Jacob Adriance, containing about 40 acres; a piece of woodland lying on the hills of the northwest of the Adriance's house above mentioned, bounded easterly & northerly by the lands of Obadiah Cornell, westerly by the lands of Thos. Forster & Thos. Mitchell, & southerly with the hills, containing 20 odd acres.
Executors: I make my son-in-law, James Hewlett, & my sons, Stephen & Clarke, executors. I likewise empower them to receive from my son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, the sum of £160, which I hereby order him to pay them for the legacy of my grandson, Philip Lawrence, & before mentioned in his bequest. I devise they will put out on interest in good security the sum of £150, & also the two legacies of £50 each, bequeathed my 2 granddaughters, Elizabeth & Deborah Lawrence, for their several uses. - - -

Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Page 2,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birth:
Verify Alt DOB 1658.

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

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

William married Deborah SMITH on 1 Jun 1680 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York. Deborah (daughter of Colonel Richard SMITH, Patentee and Sarah FOLGER) was born in 1658 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York; died on 28 Mar 1743 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deborah is the daughter of Sarah Folger & Richard Smith.
Deborah is the younger sister of Elizabeth Smith, who was her father-in-law's second wife. Deborah was also the second wife of her husband, William Lawrence.

. 1680 June 1, William Lawrence & Deborah Smith, Record M.B. XVIL, page 48.Calendar of New York Marriages.

. 1684 Apr 2 - Deed from Richard Smith to my son-in-law, William Lawrence, 500 acres of & at the common passage over the Nessequogue river taking in the spongey old meadow about 2 miles s w about 15, with Deborah's division of the meadow. William to have all the meadow on the west side of the river from Jonathan Smith's fresh meadows he mowed & southward.
Wit: John Embree, John Lawrence.
Ref: Book of Surveys, Robt. E Smith.

* 1693 March ye 5th - WILL of her father: in ye name of God Amen, I Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island in ye province of New York.
To our daughter Lawrence an equall parte & share in division with ye rest of our children where it shall be most suitable & convenient also ye other halfe of my clothing.

. 1698, Flushing, Queens Co., New York,
"An exact list of all ye inhabitants' names within ye Towne of Flushing & p'cincts & old & young freemen & servants white, black & coloured:"
Debora Lawrence, William Lawrence.

. 1703, Names of Masters of Families in the City of New York, By Wards, According to the Enumeration Made About the Year 1703.
New York City, Dock Ward, Widow Lawrence, 1 female child & 1 female child. (Duplication or is this a second child?)

. 1736 November the Second day.
Then layd out to the said Platt Smith on the Right of the said Deborah Lawrence, two seventh parts of a certain lot of land being Number 4, lying on Rockconcamy plains, on the south side of the Country road, Bounded north by the said road, the said lot being 47 rods wide, measuring on a slant by the said road, so running from the said road the said breadth south to Islip line, so bounded south by said Islip line, which said two seventh parts liveth on the east side of said lot.
Richard Woodhull, John Hallock, Geo. Townsend.
[This piece of land which still remains the undivided property of the heirs of Richard Smith, is the land on the south side of Nissequogue Street, on the east side of the river road, & part of it is an ancient burying ground, & still used for that purpose. The land on the east, formerly the home lot of Job Smith 2nd, is now the property of Dubois Smith. In all probability the first Church in Smithtown.]
Ref: Records of The Town of Smithtown, p. 227.

. 1737 May 2, New York WILL, In the name of God, Amen. I, DEBORAH LAWRENCE, of Flushing, in Queens County, on Nassau Island, in province of NY, widow of William Lawrence of Flushing, Gent., deceased.
This 2nd day of May, 1737, being in good health, to settle my worldly affairs I do make this last Will & Testament in the manner following:
I leave to my grandson, William Lawrence, son of my son Richard Lawrence, £5.
I leave to my 3 sons, Samuel, Adam, & Stephen Lawrence, £5 each.
I leave to my daughter Sarah Rodman, a silver porringer, & tumbler, & 2 spoons.
To my daughter, Elizabeth Willett, my wearing clothes, & household goods, linnen, & £5.
I leave all the rest to my sons Samuel, Adam, & Stephen Lawrence, & my daughter, Elizabeth Willett.
* But if my son Joshua should come back within 10 years, he shall have his part [ i.e. but nothing thereafter the 10 years.]
. I make my son Stephen, & my son-in-law, John Willett, executors.
Disallowing & making void all other Wills & Testaments by me therefore made, Signed & sealed, Deborah Lawrence.
Witnesses: William Lawrence, Rem Montfoort, Benjamin Wright.

1743 April 12, WILL Proved, before Adam Lawrence, Esq.
Note: *Son Joshua had a disagreement with his father & had left the home, for parts unknown.
. 1743 Apr 12. Inventory exhibited before 12 Oct next just account required by Stephen Lawrence & John Willet, duly sworn in performance of the said Will. Signed Geo. Jos. Moore, Deputy.
Ref: NY Wills & Probate Records, Vol 0015-007, 1742-51, p30. - - -

Birth:
ALT DOB 1657*

Died:
WILL Proved, April 12, 1743.

Notes:

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

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 GILDERSLEEVE in 1647 in North Riding, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard GILDERSLEEVE, Sr. and Joanna APPLETON) was born in 1624 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk Co., England; died in c 20 Feb 1664 in Newtown, Flushing, Long Isl., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It appears that Elizabeth's parents, Joanna Appleton & Richard Gildersleeve, named TWO of their children Elizabeth: one who was born 1625 & who died before 1628.

. "Elizabeth, the oldest daughter, married Jeremiah Wood son of Edmund from Oram in England, & a close associate of the Gildersleeves in many activities." Willard has penned in longhand she died in 1664 - she did not marry Jeremiah Wood; she married Capt. William Lawrence as first wife. (Newtown Records.)
(His second wife Elizabeth Smith married March 1665 by W. Gildersleeve.)
Ref: Gildersleeve Pioneers, by Willard Harvey Gildersleeve, April 1898 & 1941, page 55:

. 1659 Nov 4. Bill of Sale between John Furman, buyer, & William Lawrence, seller. William Lawrence mentions his brother [in-law] Gildersleeve.
Ref: Town Minutes of Newtown, 1656-88, Vol1, p 156.

. Elizabeth Gildersleeve, Birth: 1624 in, Suffolk, England, Death: 1664 in Flushing, Queens, New York.
Note1: Established documentation show all the children of William Lawrence, who was born 27 July 1622, were born of his wife, Elizabeth Gildersleeve;

Note2 to searchers: A first marriage to Jeremiah Wood, b.1620-1662, would be in conflict with her marriage in 1647 to William Lawrence, her first child, Elizabeth Lawrence who was born 1650. - PJA.
* However, also in conflict with this is,
New York Genealogical Records, Volume 121 #1,
Family of Richard Smith of Smithtown, L.I. by F.K. Smith,
shows birth 1643 & one marriage to Col. Wm. Townley. If birth records are correct she, would have been 5 at the birth of the first child!

. Marriage.1 Elizabeth Gildersleeve: b: Abt. 1624 in Suffolkshire, England:
Married: Abt. 1647 in North Riding, Yorkshire, England.
Elizabeth's Brother:
. 1659 Nov 4, Deed: William Lawrence of Newtown sold a lot of upland & meadow to John Firman, land which he purchased from "my brother [Richard Jr.] Gildersleeve" & John Layton.
Ref: Town Minutes of Newtown, Vol. 1, p156.

Children.1
i. Elizabeth Lawrence *< b: Abt. 1650 in Flushing, Queens, NY or Suffolk, England.
ii. William Lawrence , Jr. Major *< b: Ab. 1654 in Smithtown, Suffolk City, NY.
iii. John C. Lawrence * b: 14 May 1655 in St. Albans, Herefordshire, England.

. Travelling Preachers - Which wife of Wm. Lawrence, senior or junior, is not apparent.
At Flushing, the report says, " any persons have become imbued with divers opinions. They absented themselves from the sermon & would not pay the preacher his salary. The salary of Francis Doughty was to have been 600 guilders, but it was never paid; & it was found, when the minister sued for his salary, that Wm. Lawrence's wife had destroyed the contract by " putting it under a pye."

. DEATH OF ELIZABETH GILDERSLEEVE:
After 1664 Feb 20: * "Town Records of Newtown, Long Island", p113:

. 1664 Feb 20, William Lawrence & his wife Elizabeth sells land in Hastings, [later renamed Middleborough & again renamed Newtown,]
To James Mills of James River, VA.
James Mills (formerly ship master & living in James River in Virginia) & William Lawrence came before me this day to have a former sale of land made void which is as followeth:
Whereas James Mills had formerly received a bill of sale of William Lawrence, sometimes an Inhabitant of Middleborough, upon Long Island, for his house & land there: which said bill being casually burnt by which means the tenor & date of the said bill is unknowne: Therefore we, the said James Mills & William Lawrence do by these presents declare that all bills of sale of what tenor & date soever are by null agreement of us (Viz: William & James are by these presents made void & of no effect notwithstanding any Record in any town or court manifesting to the contrary.
In witness hereof they have hereunto sett there hands Testified by me Edward Tartte, James Mills, William Lawrence.
Ref: Town Book, Middletown, N.J.   7
Ref: Stillwell's Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Vol 3, p. 393, on 3 Dec 1670 " Research by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you.

* & again, a follow up to the above,
1670 Dec 3, William Lawrence & James Mills of James River, VA. ask that the former sale of land be voided, which was a sale of land in Middleborough, NY.
Ref: Long Island Source Records, edited by Henry Hoff, 1987.

< Great-Great Grandmother of Richard Lawrence, UE. - . -

. Gildsleeve House:
177 ? Oct 5. To Be Sold by Auction, by Augustine Read
At the White Lion in Aldeburg, Friday 20 October, 12 O'clock.
A Commodious well fitted up Dwelling House with bar, stable & suitable offices, yard, garden & about 6 acres of land, chiefly freehold (with common rights on the extensive commons of Alderingham & Thorp) situated in the village of Thorp, adjoining Aldeburg in Suffolk, that much resorted to watering place; the house convenient for a small family & well situated for se bathing, now in the possession of Mrs Major, & may be entered upon immediately.
Also a dwelling house, with yard or garden & about an acre of land continuous; situated in Alderingham aforesaid, in the tenure of Wm. Waters.
Likewise a parcel of arable land, containing about 10 acres, lying & being in Alderingham aforesaid, in the occupations of Mess. Wessrup & Wilson. The above premises will be put up together or separate, as shall be agreed at the time of sale.
Further particulars of the auctioneer, Woodbridge or of Mr Robert Gildersleeves, at Leiston, who will shew the premises.

. 1801 Jul 18. Sat. Whereas several young tyrees have lately been cut down, belonging to Mrs. Frs. Haybe of Leiston & sundry offenses committed upon the premises belonging to Robt. Gilderslleves, such as removing gates from their proper places, etc, thereby exposing to injury his property; for the discovery of which offender, a reward is hereby offered of £5 to be paid on conviction of the offenders by applying to George Whiting, Treasurer of Leiston Association.

. 1806 Feb 15, To be Sold by Auction, by James Wild, at the White Horse Inn, Leiston Suffolk, 6 o'clock in the eying, Friday 28 Feb.
Two cottages with a barn, stables & 12 acres of good arable land, situated near Leiston street & with 4 miles of the port of Aldeburg with a right of common for 5 head of beast, on that extensive pasture, called lesion moon, now in the occupation of Mrs. Robert Gildersleeves & his under tenants, under a lease, of which 18 years are unexpired at Michaelmas next, let for £16 per annum & may be viewed by applying to Mr. Gildersleeves of Leiston. 7 acres of the above estate are copyhold on the manor of Leiston. The reminder free. Outgoings Land Tax 16s. Quit Rent 2s.
. Transcriptions & research by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you.

. 1812 Sep 12 Auction at the White Horse, Lieston, 6 o'clock. A large dwelling house divided into 4 good tenements, yards & garden counting about a quarter of acre of rich ground well planted with fruit & other trees, pleasantly situated by the side of the road & within a minutes walk of Leistons street, are nearly & conveniently fitted up with closets sets & might a small expense be converted into suitable premises for a preparatory School, for which Leiston is eligible. The part late in the occupation of Mr Philip Chapman, deceased, carpenter may be occupied immediately. Further particulars & conditions of sale may be had of Robert Gildersleeeves, at Leiston.
Ref: The Ipswich Journal, Ipswich, Suffolk Co., England.
. Recorded for further research: The Ancestry of Rev. Nathan Grier Parke & his wife Ann Elizabeth Gildersleeve, by N G Park 1959, 146 pages. - - -

Birth:
Alt Older Spelling: Gyldensleve.

Notes:

Married:
ALT: 1647 Hempstead, Long Isl., NY

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.

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 is the son of Barbara Fairchild & Richard Gildersleeve, Sr.

The surname Gildersleeve is found in East Anglia from at least 1601. The name was derived from "sleeves braided with gold." Gyldensleve-Gildersleeve are recorded in County Norfolk since 1273 when Roger Gyldenesleve, landholder, was listed in the Hundred Rolls.
Richard Gildersleeve, Puritan, who lived in England about 33 years, depart for New England before 1635 in the great Puritan Exodus. RG & his family stopped at newly settled Watertown, a few miles from the sea coast. In May 1635 there were about 30 people from Watertown, Mass. RG & his family came then or in the autumn when 60 men, women & children journeyed a month from the Puritan settlements westward through the forests to find homes in the Connecticut valley. In Apr 1637, RG survives attach by Pequots natives.
. 1640 Mar 10 , "Goodman Gildersleeve" received his homestead house & 3 acres bounded by High St. on the east. This home was very near the fort on the great bend of the Connecticut river. This fort served its purpose in the Pequot raid as most all the settlers escaped.
Religious quarrels in Watertown, Mass. Bay colony, were not to his liking so he helped found Wethersfield in the Connecticut colony. After living in Stamford 3 y. & serving as magistrate in New Haven, he realized that domination was too far-reaching & oppressive & that he would not achieve the ideals or which he left England. So in the spring of 1644 RG & many Stamford settled crossed Long Island Sound to the north shore to Hempstead, then under Dutch domination. The English patentees of the town adopted a unique poly from the first in regard to land holding. Instead of dividing up vast areas of won land, they were held in reserve for portions of pastures, marshes, meadows & woods.

. In 1640 to 1660 the British Crown introduced a new POLL TAX, on every adult male & thus the need for original or descriptive names such as Smith, Sheppard, The Elder, the Younger. etc.

. The first division of land for Hempstead, Queens County in 1647 named Richard Gildersleeve, among the freeholders. Marriage of daughter Elizabeth Gildersleeve to Capt. William Lawrence.
. 1648 Nov 4, this year was marked by a revival of the dispute between Newtown & Bushwhack, respecting the meadows at Mespat Kills, the latter town, not content with the decision passed at Hempstead covering a large part of the meadows in controversy, together with some 1200 A. of upland within the Newtown patent. In defense, Newtown pleaded their Indian purchase to which were added the depositions of Richard Gildersleeve Jr. that the meadow in dispute "was laid out a long while since for Newtown, before Bushwich was a town." Former magistrates of Newton, Robt. Coe & Richd. Gildersleeve Sen, also testified that they laid out the said meadow for Newtown, by virtue of an order received from Gov. Stuyvesant. The evidence strongly favored the claim of Newtown. Mr. Robt. Coe, the high sheriff, posed that the meadow was laid out for Newtown & that they paid rates for it with their other land & Richard Gildersleeve Sen. testified that he with Mr. Coe had to lay out the meadow in dispute for Newtown & that his son paid part of the purchase thereof from the Indians.

. Roger Gyldensleve, fl.1273, land holder in Norfolk.  The name was derived from "sleeves braided with gold." This was an insignia of office at the Court of Flanders before the Norman Conquest. Roger is the first occurrence of the name in England & a direct line has not yet been found. The name is found primarily in Norfolk, England, until the 1500's when it starts to occur also in Suffolk.
. A few generations missing here * see Gildersleeve Pioneers by Willard H Gildersleeve, 1941, for an account of Richard's experiences among the New England Puritans, the Indians & the Dutch & New England Historical Genealogical Register 2003 or later for additional information. Genealogy: xx Gildersleeve, is the father of: Robert Gildersleeve (1544) of Heddington, Essex, married Barbara Fairchild, are the parents of Robert, Richard, or possibly Thomas Gildersleeve (c1566) possible father of this Richard Gildersleeve 1601-1681 as follows:

. Richard Gildersleeve & his family joined the great Puritan exodus of the Winthrop fleet (1630-1640), during which 20,000 people sailed for America to escape the autocratic rule of Charles the First. "They had a 'happy voyage' of 6 to 8 weeks, contrasting with less fortunate ones that were from 3-5 months." The family then arrived in the American Colonies in 1634, at Watertown, Massachusetts.
The Watertown Puritans in Watertown, however, had established a theocracy which was even more intolerant than the British & he left Massachusetts for religious freedom in Wethersfield, Connecticut, around 1636. The first winter in Connecticut was a time of suffering & hardship, because a boat with supplies for the immigrants froze in the Connecticut River & never arrived.
. 1636 Sep 1, Richard became a surveyor, as evidenced by the record of the court, directing him to survey & inventory the estate of John Oldham, who had been killed by the Indians; also their records show that Gildersleeve was owner of 255 acres of land in that settlement.
. 1639, he was on the list of the original settlers of New Haven Colony, moving to Stamford in 1641. He was elected in 1643 as deputy to New Haven Court.
Ref: Gaylords & Gildersleeves," by Helen Gaylord Gildersleeve.

. Hempstead. In 1647 there were 57 freeholders in the [Hempstead] township & a formal division of the land was made anions' them. They included: Richard Gildersleeve, William Lawrence, William Thickstone, Thomas Willet, John Lawrence, Thomas. In 1673 the list had passed the hundred mark, as may be seen from the enumeration preserved in A'anderkemp's Translation of Dutch Records, XXII.

The original condition on which the first patent was granted was that the people should pay a tax to the Council at New Amsterdam of a tenth part of their farm produce 10 years after the first general peace with the Indians. It would seem that it was not until 1658 that the people declared their readiness to contribute to Stuyvesant's treasury. In that year they informed the Governor that they had "voted' & put upon denomination our former Magistrate, Mr. Gildersleeve & with him William Shodden, Robert Forman & Henry Pearsall," all of them known "men of honest life & of good integrity," as their Magistrates, v Stuyvesant, invariably gracious to the English settlements, at once confirmed the selection. The same year Magistrate Gildersleeve was authorized to go to New Amsterdam & arrange about the payment of the taxes, provided the Governor was reasonable in his views of the matter, as he seems to have been.

The early government of Hempstead was by town meeting, over which the influence of the Presbyterian Church was predominant until the beginning of the eighteenth century & long after that its influence in the affairs of the township continued to be important. The town meeting did everything even to the extent of naming the value of the various products of the farm & fixing the price of labor. A day's work was adjudged to be worth 2s 6d, but then a night's lodging was only valued at 2d & 2 days' wages paid for a week's board. At that rate the laborer of 1658 was at least as well paid as his brother of the present day. Attendance at church was early voted a prime necessity & it was ordered that any man or woman who did not occupy a place in the church at the Sabbath services should be fined 5 shillings - the value of a week's board, - for the first offense & 10 shillings for the second & 20 shillings for the third. Those who still absented them selves after being so mulcted were deemed incorrigible under lenient measures & were to be dealt with by means of corporal punishment & after that, if the remedy failed, were to be banished from the town. Drunkenness seems to have been one of the common faults of the brethren, if we may judge by the severe measures taken. These fines & punishments were not, however, determined as to their application by the town meeting, but after trial in the regular local court. Some of the records of that tribunal are interesting for the light they throw on the domEstic history of that early time & we quote the following from Onderdonk's "Annals of Hempstead:"

. 1658 July 25 - Richard Valentine having reported that Thomas Southard went up & down with a club, the latter, meeting him one morning as he was going about his avocations, struck him on the face. As Southard still menaced & threatened to further beat him, he took oath that he stood in danger & fear of his life & required the peace & that Southard might put in security for his good behavior. It is therefore ordered by Mr. Richard Gildersleeve, for that Thomas Southard did contemptuously resist authority in refusing to obey the marshal with his warrant & did fly the same & betook himself to his own house for his refuge, in consideration of these outrages & misdemeanors he is required to put in security for his appearance at court. And said Southard doth bind himself & all his lands, goods & chattels, to appear at court & meantime to keep the peace & good behavior.
Ref: History of Long Island.

. Richard is said to have been born at Aldeburgh Parish, on the North Sea Coast was a founder of Stamford in 1641. About 1644 he joined the group that settled Hempstead, Long Island. In 1652 he moved to Middlesburg (later Newtown), Long Island & was Magistrate. He returned to Hempstead where he was magistrate in 1658. He was on the Hempstead 1683 tax list.
. Richard Gildersleeve, Puritan, born in 1601 in Suffolk, England, came to New England in 1635 & was a pioneer in the settlements of Connecticut, Dutch New York & Long Island, as was his son, Richard 2d. The grandson, Richard 3d of Northport, founded the older line of Gildersleeve families that has spread all over America, while his brother Thomas was founder of the more numerous younger line & very prominent in St. George's Church of Hempstead.
Ref: Gildersleeve Pioneers, by Willard H Gildersleeve, 1941.

Richard was one of the 50 original proprietors of Hempstead which was part of Queens County at that time. Nassau County was Established in 1899.
Ref: The Nassau Country Historical Journal, Vol.XVIII/ Summer, 1957, No.3.

. 1657 July 25, Hempstead, Letter to Gov General of New Netherlandes, at Fort Amsterdame, Peter Stuyvesant:
Right Worshipful ye, we have recd bearing date the 17th of July we were in the understanding ye are are unsatisfied leaning some speeches from some particular man or men not being employed by the towne nor by their knowledge or consent nether doe the towne own what they have said wee hope according to the agreement made for a 100 skeepell? of wheat for the tenants ye will be content the which the towne agreed with ye & are willing to perform our desires are to embrace Mr. Dentons ministry if good be pleased to continue hime amongst us & as for yourself we have had sufficient experience of your willingness & doubt not but ye are the same by ye late free & noble offer so hoping will not take any exemptions against the whole for some particular extravagant speeches for so it will sometimes fall out where a general vote is we have sent Mr. Simone the bearer thereof he shall further inform your worship so not further to trouble your Worship present we remain in all service to command according to our power.
Signed, Richard Gildersleeve, in the name & behalf of the Towne of Hempstead.
Ref: Documents relative to the colonial history of the State of New York, 1883.

. 1658 March 28. - It is ordered that Mr. Richard Gildersleeve, Mr. John Seam an, Robert Jackson & William Foster go with Chekanow, sent & authorized by the Montauk Sachem to mark & lay out the general bounds of the town lands, to be know by marked trees & other places of note to continue forever. And in caseth at Tackpousha, Sagamore of Marsapeage, with his Indians doth come, they a ll together shall lay out the bounds.
June 188(?)0.]

. 1658 Jul 10, At a Hempstead town meeting, the town deputed Richard Gildersleeve to go down to the Manhattans to greet with the go error concerning the the, which are not to exceed 100 steeples of wheat to be delivered at the town harbor. At the same time they agreed to pay the herdsman that attended their cattle 12 shillings sterling a week in butter, corn & oats, at fixed prices. 6 bushels of corn was allowed by the town for the killing of a wolf; beer 2 pence a mug.

. 1658, November 27 - To P Stuyvesant, Fort Amsterdam, at Mannatans, Long Island. The Town Clerk transmits to the Governor the names of Richard Gildersleeve, William Schadden, Robert Forman & Henry Pearsalla. ll men of honest life - & desires him to appoint two of them magistrate s He adds, "It hath pleased God after a sickly & sad summer to give us a seasonable & comfortable autumn, wherewith we have been (through mercy) refreshed & gained strength of God, so that we necessarily have been employed in getting winter food for our cattle & thereby have prolonged our wonted time of choosing magistrates." Gildersleeve & Robt. Forman were appointed.
Signed, Inhabitants of Hempsteede, Dutch MSS., xii, 98.

. 1659 February 3. - Some of the public debts & charge of the town for the year past, brought in by the persons under named. Mr. Gildersleeve, for entertainment of the Indians, 2Ð. Mr. Gildersleeve, for one journey to the Dutch concerning the tenths, 15Ð.
. 1669 June ye 28th - Present The Governor, Inhabitants. of Newtowne.* together with Rob Does, Testimony ina Voce & Mr. Richard Gildersleeve Sen., Robt. Jacksons, & Riche. Gildersleeve Jun., deposition that this Meadow in question was laid out a long while since for Nettowne, before Boswijck was a Towne.
Ref: Minutes of the Executive Council of the prince of NY.
Note: Newtowne also known as Middleborough.

. 1669 Nov 2 - Order on Petitions from Long Island Towns
That ye Indians may not have their Law for nothing, that they may not rouble ye English for things of small moment or of no concern. So leaving ye premisses to ye Governor serious consideration desiring humbly a favorable rant & answer to ye same with our prayer. Inhabitants of Hempstead, Richard Gildersleeve, Clerk.
The Indians deny that Mautachkett Sachem right to give away their land & still insist upon, never to have been paid for it.
- That such cattle as we kill them & bring over to [New] York or other goods that we buy at Yorke may be customs free. Richard Gildersleeve. Mr. Gilderseelve saith that their right is from ye Dutch Governor who granted it by Patent to them was to be given in consideration of a Mare, some Cattle & Hoggs kill by them.

. 1671 Jul 3 - Richard Gildersleeve & Capt. John Seaman, who by vote of the town of Hemptead were sent to NY t treat with the Governor about the Eastern bounds of this Towne & in their discretion to John with M. Terry according to the conditions that were last made between the said Mr. Terry & ye Towne.
Ref: Hempstead Town Records, Vol 1, Jamaica, NY, p278.
. 1 July 13th - At a Council at Fort James. Mr. Gildersleeve & Capt. Seamans are employed by the Towne of Hempstead to make invalid Mr Terry's Grant, & to make their Clayme to Matinicock Land. It's by ye Governor recommended to them & Mr Terry to endeavour a Composure. Whereupon they came to a conclusion which was recorded.
Ref: Minutes of the Executive Council of the province of NY.

. 1675 Oct 21, at a Council. No powder nor lead to be sold in this towne to the Indians. Mr. Cornell, Captain Wm. Lawrence, from Flushing & Mr. Gildersleeve, Hempstead.

. 1677 July 3. - Richard Gildersleeve declares that Matthew Bedell owes him a bushel of wheat for a scythe he had of him & 3 bushels for the hire of a lot of meadow. Defendant owns the bushel of wheat & the 3 bushels he owned due if he found the meadow burned. John Smith says he one time met Bedell coming from the South, last summer, the latter end of mowing time, asked him what he had been doing & he said, "A mowing on Gildersleeve's lot at Cows Neck." The Court order Bedell to pay one bushel of wheat for the scythe & 3 for the meadow. -p 309.
Ref: Annals of Hempstead, Henry Onderdonk Jr.; Jamaica, L.I.; June 1880.

. 1688 Feb 10 - A letter from ye Governor to ye Inhabitants of Hempstead, Loving friends, Ye Petition or Address by Richard Gildersleeve behalfe of ye Towne, concerning the price of corne & other matters therein set forth I have preused. In answer to your scruples & dissatisfaction about my late order I have thought good to explain it to you. … no means to pay debts but collection public rates. To answer ye other particulars, I shall address at more proper times & places.
Flushing, Jamaica, New Towne & Oyster Bay, yr. loving friend, Fran. Lovelace.

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

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Alt. Spelling: Gildersleive.

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Richard married Joanna APPLETON in 1620 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk Co., England. Joanna was born in 1601 in Little Wallingford, Suffolk, England; died in 1681 in Hempstead, Livingston, Long Island, Nassau Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jo Anna is the daughter of Mary Isaacke (1542 - 11 June 1613) & Thomas Appleton, Esq. (1550 Little Waldingfield, Suffolk Co., England - 16 May 1603 St. Andrew Undershalf, London, England.)

. Landed New England 1635. Pioneer in settlements of Stamford, Connecticut, Dutch NY & Long Island.

. Children of Joanna Appleton & Richard Gildersleeve Sr:
Richard, Jr., b 1626 in Aldeburgh, Suffolkshire, England - 1691 May 21, Long Island, NY;
Elizabeth, b1628 in Aldeburgh, Suffolkshire, England - 1664 Feb 20;
Anna, b1629 in Aldeburgh, Suffolkshire, England - 1683;
Adam Gilderslleve, 1631
Samuel Gildersleeve, b: 1631 in Aldeburgh, Suffolkshire, England.

. Richard Gildersleeve, Jr. , b.1626, Suffolk Co. - He was one of the 56 men who bought the Newtown land in 1656 from the Indians. He became proprietor of Hempstead & then surveyor, tax collector, town drummer & town clerk.

. 1677 June 23. Weamsko, Sachem Seacotauk princes to Nesaquark Lands. Interpreted by Checoamaug.
Testimony of Mr. Gildersleeve, aged about 76 years [1701], testified as followedth that Tackapousha & some of his Indians came to my house to Reseiue there pay for their land which they should to Hempsted men & we then 7 there delivered to them M Hix & myself there whole pay for all the whole tract of land & somethings was paid them more than they had agreed for, but how much I cannot tell this payment was paid about 20 years ago. In several sorts of pay as some great cattle & some small cattle, some wampum & some stockings, some hatchets, some knives, some trading cloth & I think they has some powers & lead. They went away for anything I now very well satisfied for all the land that Hempstead men bought of said Sachum & Indians. they only reserved their old Planter's Land at Mericock & the Muntke Sachum with some other Indians went with me & some other Hempsted men to lay out the bounds both west & East line, west line beginning Mathagaretts Bay & running to a point of trees that parts Robt. Williams & us where the Indians marked some trees & from ye marked trees northward according as the Indians run it to the sound of North seas to middle of the Plains. Hempstead, July the 22, 1677. Mr. Jackson testifies the same that Mr Gildersleeve that testified.
The following same testimony was given by Mrs. Gildersleeve, Wm. Yates, John Carman & Ed. Sprays, all of Hemstead. B.F.
Ref: Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1886.

. 1677 Jul 22. Testimony of Mr & Mrs Gildersleeve & Mr Jackson of Hempstead, to the satisfactory payment the Indians for their lands & concerning the bounds of lands sold by them to Hempstead.
Ref: Ref: Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY, Edmund B O'Callaghan, 1866. Gov. Andros administration. p70.

. Anna Gildersleeve, b: 1629 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England; Immigration: 1634 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; m. John Rock Smith;
. Samuel Gildersleeve, b: 1631 in Aldeburgh. - - -

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Alt DOD 1677, Newtown, Queens, LI, NY.