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- . On Apr. 9, 1787, William Lawrence, a Quaker, affirmed that, Elizabeth M. Hartshorne & Hannah Herbert were daughters of William Lawrence, his grandfather of the affirmant;
& that Hugh Hartshorne was the eldest son of Elizabeth Hartshorne, & Obediah Herbert was the eldest son of Hannah Herbert, by her husband Obadiah Herbert.
. 1787 Apr. 12. James Lawrence makes affidavit that Hannah Lawrence the daughter of William Lawrence married Obadiah Herbert, & that to the best of his knowledge & belief the said Hannah was the first & only wife of the said Obadiah Herbert.
Ref: Liber D., East Jersey Deeds at Perth Amboy.
. HANNAH LAWRENCE, daughter of William Lawrence, 3. l Her birth is not recorded in the Town Book, but she is the object of a legacy in her father's Will, 1741. She married, in 1729, Obadiah, son of Francis Herbert, whose Will was written June 19, 1759, & recorded at Perth Amboy, N. J.
. 1741, Feb. 20. WILL of Lawrence, William, Middletown, Monmouth Co.; Being in the eighty-fourth year of my age. Daughter, Hannah Herbert; land a gran & next great Bible.
. "Whereas William Lawrence late of Monmouth Co. by his last will & testament bearing date the 20th of Feb. 1741, did give & bequeath to his daughter Elizabeth Hartshorn the equal half part of all his proprietary rights to lands in the Prov. of East Jersey, & the other equal half to his daughter Hannah Herbert which share of property being 1/16 of a 48th part of the undivided eastern division of New Jersey. The said William Lawrence was vested by a release from Obe. Browne &c bearing date 1708, recorded in the Secretary's office at Perth Amboy in Liber 1, Folio 198 & 199."
. "Wm. Lawrence his book: 1701 Bought of John Bowne, June the 10th, 1701, Price."
Ref: Whitock-Spader Bible. *From the Whitlock-Spader Bible, as per Dr. J. E. Stillwell, which differs from that published in the New York Biographical & Genealogical Record, Vol. XXI, p. 42.
. Grand dau. Hannan JAMES WHITLOCK, son of Thomas Whitlock, 10, was born in 1737. He served in the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution. He fought in the Battle of Navesink, 1777, as Second Lieutenant, & was taken prisoner & confined in the prison ship. He was again a prisoner, in 1779, as a letter to him is extant, addressed Captain James Whitlock, Prisoner on Long Island. He had risen to the rank of Major at the close to war.
James Whitlock married, by license dated, Dec. 11, 1769, Hannah Herbert. The Lord sent Manna & the Devil sent Hannah," was a local reference to her.
1. Obadiah Herbert, born Sept. 9, 1731; died Oct. 12, 1777; married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Thomas Warne, Apr. 16, 1765. She was born Dec. 14, 1739; died Feb. 2, 1822.
2. John Herbert, born Jan. 17, 1732-3.
3. William Herbert, born Sept. 27, 1734.
4. Francis Herbert, born May 21, 1736.
5. Richard Herbert, born Nov. 2, 1738; married, May 19, 1767, Mary Seabrook.
6. Felix Herbert, born 6 p.m., Oct. 18, 1740.
7. Esek Herbert, born 9 p.m., Oct. 18, 1740; died Mch. 22, 1742-3.
8. Hannah Herbert, born Oct. 12, 1742.
9. Ruth Herbert, born Mch. 13, 1746; died Apr. 17, 1795.
10. Jacob Herbert, born 1747, Middletown, NJ. - died 11 Sep 1777 in the Battle of Brandywine, NJ. - - - [1, 2, 3]
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