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Elisha LAWRENCE, Jr., Esq., .2

Male 1701 - 1791  (89 years)


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  • Name Elisha LAWRENCE 
    Suffix Jr., Esq., .2 
    Born 5 Aug 1701  Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ref: His Monument
    Gender Male 
    Died 7 Mar 1791  Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • - in 90th year; Will 1788.3.13, Proved 1792.7.26.
    Buried Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Red Valley, Monmouth Co., NJ, Plot 5.
    Person ID I349  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2019 

    Father Elisha LAWRENCE, Sr. 1st.
              b. 17 Feb 1666, Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 15 Mar 1724, Chestnut Grove, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Lucia LUCY STOUT
              b. 1675, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 27 May 1724, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 12 Jan 1691  Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth BROWN
              b. 1 Oct 1709, Leichestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Apr 1772, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 1727  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Alt date 1725
    Children 
     1. John Brown LAWRENCE, Esq., U.E.
              b. 1728, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Jul 1798, Toronto, York Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .vii
              b. 22 Sep 1734, Crosswick, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Feb 1791, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     3. General Elisha LAWRENCE, Esq., .4
              b. 1 Jan 1746, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Jul 1799, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     4. Lucy LAWRENCE, .ii
              b. Sep 1748, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Harwich, Kent Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Anne LAWRENCE, .i
              b. 1751, Chestnut Grove, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 Aug 1823, Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2009 
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • . 1787 Dec 24, Allentown Academy is now opened for the reception of scholars where are taught the following: English, Grammar, ...Latin Greek, Composition & eloquence. on the public stage road between NY & Philadelphia, about 15 miles from NJ College. £6 per year. By order of the Trustees, Dec. 19th 1787, Elisha Lawrence, Clerk.
      Verify this Elisha Lawrence.

      . 1788 Mar 13, WILL of Elisha Lawrence of Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., Gentlemen:
      Daughter Elizabeth Newell, wife of Dr. James Newell, house & ground in Allentown where they live during their lives;
      then to their eldest son Elisha Newell;
      he paying his brothers John & Robert Newell £20 each.
      Son, John, of Burlington, negro woman Rose & negro boy Paddy.
      Son Elisha homestead, called Chestnut Grove, 3260 acres, also all other personal; He making the following payments:
      - son John, £975,
      - daughter Elizabeth Newell £300,
      - daughter Lucy Lewis, wife of Nathaniel Lewis of Philadelphia, £300,
      - daughter Ann Keen, wife of Reynold Keen of Philadelphia, £465 Each,
      - grandchildren: 2 silver spoons make E.E.L.,
      Executors: Sons John & Elisha, neighbor Peter Covenhoven.
      Witnesses: John Lawrence, Daniel Danser, Wm. Colwell
      Proved Jul 26 1792. Ref: NJ Lib 34, p 323
      xxdate Renunciation by John Lawrence & Peter Covenhoven.
      Ref: NJ Calendar of Wills, File 6737-6738M. - - -