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- 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. - - -
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1658 - 1743 (85 years)