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Elisha LAWRENCE, .5

Male 1764 - Aft 1795  (> 31 years)


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  • Name Elisha LAWRENCE 
    Suffix .5 
    Born 10 Apr 1764  Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ALT 1764 Apr 13. Freehold Twp.
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft Mar 1795 
    Person ID I134  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 26 May 2019 

    Father William LAWRENCE, .6 Esq. The Quaker
              b. 13 Nov 1719, Colts Neck, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Oct 1795, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Margaret TILTON
              b. 13 Dec 1719, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Feb 1767, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1748  Shrewsbury's Friends' House Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • REF. History of Tilton Family In America, Pg 182, Box J4 Folder 17
      41056; Alt DOM: 5 May, 1748 .
    Family ID F83  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth WALLEN
              b. Est 1764, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 19 Nov 1788  Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • "RECORDS OF THE DUTCH CONGREGATIONS OF FREEHOLD & MIDDLETOWN MARRIAGES
    Children 
     1. William LAWRENCE, .12th
              b. Est 1789, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2008 
    Family ID F123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elisha (the 8th) is the child of Margaret Tilton & William Lawrence.

      . Revolutionary Muster: Commissary General's Dept., List of Waggons & Horses brought into Trenton by Anthony Woodward troop under the command of his Excellency Gen. Sir Howe: Elisha Lawrence: one wagon.
      Receipt: 1776 Dec 18, Trenton, Delivered unto James Christie, Esq. for the use of His Majesty's Army at Trenton: 4 waggons of pork & 11 barrels of flour.
      Ref: Great Britain, Public Record Office, Headquarters Papers of the British Army in America, PRO 30/55/7445.

      1783.4.17 Elisha Lawrence, Residence, New Jersey, Petition: Compensation for one wagon which was sized by HM's Troops on 1776.12.14, pg. 7445.3. Film M361, #31653, Archives of Canada.

      . 1796 NJ Tax List: Elisha Lawrence, Monmouth, Middletown Twp., tax list.

      . 1795 - Hearing Elisha Lawrence - Caveat against proving the WILL of his father, William Lawrence, deceased.

      * "A caveat having been filed in the Surrogate's Office by Elisha Lawrence against proving the WILL of William Lawrence deceased & a rule entered in the Term of January last for holding a special Orphan Court at the dwelling house of Jacob Hart, Innkeeper of Colt's Neck on Monday the 23 day of March 1795.
      The court met accordingly & after hearing the testimony of the witnesses respecting the execution of said Will & the arguments of counsel thereon. It is ordered on motion of Mr. Corlis Lloyd who argued in support of the said Will, that the said caveat be dismissed & in all things holden for none.

      . Mr. McCoulney, counsel for Elisha Lawrence in support of the caveat.
      Wit's for Elisha Lawrence: Chrineyounce Van Mater; Gilbert Van Mater; William Van Mater*.

      Mr. Corlis Lloyd Counsel for Jacob Lawrence in support of the Will.
      Witnesses in support of the Will: Timothy Murphy*; Daniel Covenhoven*; Richard Herbert*.
      Ref: NJ. Monmouth Co. Court Records - Minutes 1785 - 1816; Book A - E; Minutes of the Orphans Court; Book B, 1794 - 1801.
      XRef: * These men were witness at William Lawrence's WILL of 23 Feb 1795. - PJA.

      . Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Volume 3 says Elisha Lawrence, b. 13 Apr., 1764 settled in Philadelphia, PA.
      Note that this was recorded in the Old Bible, received from Mary Brucre Wyckoff. Needs verification, note in 1783 he appeal his father's NJ Will.
      Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] RECORDS OF THE DUTCH CONGREGATIONS OF FREEHOLD & MIDDLETOWN MARRIAGES , Rev. John Cornell, M.A., 1902, Verification correction Elisha Lawrence.

    2. [S19] 1st Reformed Church, Freehold & Middletown, Baptisms & Marriages, pg 282, 1788 Nov 19, 1788 11 9.

    3. [S72] .

    4. [S6] New Jersey, Monmouth County.