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Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .vii

Female 1734 - 1791  (56 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth LAWRENCE 
    Suffix .vii 
    Born 22 Sep 1734  Crosswick, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Alt DOB 1728, Baptized 1734.
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Feb 1791  Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Resided /1788.
    Buried Allentown Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I352  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2018 

    Father Elisha LAWRENCE, Jr., Esq., .2
              b. 5 Aug 1701, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Mar 1791, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother 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
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James NEWELL, M.B.
              b. 2 Feb 1724, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Feb 1791, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 14 Dec 1749  Christ Church, Shrewsbury Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Also NJ License, James Newell of Monmouth and Elizabeth Lawrence, 12 Dec. 1749 License N 43.
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth NEWELL
              b. 1752, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 May 1845, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     2. Dr. Elisha NEWELL
              b. c1755, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 19 Jan 1799, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
     3. Mary NEWELL
              b. 27 Jun 1762, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Apr 1849, Cincinnati, Hamilton Twp., Warren Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     4. John NEWELL
              b. Est 1759, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Robert NEWELL
              b. Est 1759, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Margaret NEWELL
              b. 8 Oct 1758, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 4 Dec 1843, Allentown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2011 
    Family ID F277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Baptisms 1734 Sept 22 - Elizabeth, Daughter of Elisha & Elizabeth Lawrence, Crosswicks, Registered at Allentown.
      Died of malignant fever one day after her husband & they were buried together.

      . 1749 Dec 14 - Parish Register of Christ Church, Shrewsbury, NJ: James Newel & Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence married.

      . 1781, the Monmouth County grand jury accused Elizabeth Newell of Freehold of sending "one calf" to Staten Island. Newell's case notwithstanding, indictments naming women were rare. ...Warrant to apprehend her was not issued until 29 Jan, 1783 by the Monmouth Co. Court of Quarter Sessions.
      Ref: New Jersey in the American Revolution, by Barbara J Mitnick.

      . 1788 Mar 13, Elisha Lawrence of Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., Gentlemen,
      WILL: 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.
      daughter Elizabeth Newell £300

      . [The house were Elizabeth Lawrence Newell lived is the: ]
      The Presbyterian Church at Allentown stands on ground once owned by William Lawrence, For the sum of 5 shillings he conveyed to Robt Imlay & Tobias Polehmus, on 1744 Dec 15, 1 acres of land for the use of the Presbyterian congregation, On this the first edifice was erected in 1756.
      Ref: Allentown Messenger, NJ, 1904 Jul 21.

      Elizabeth is the daughter of Elisha Lawrence and had issue 15 children. No known descendants of that tribe now living. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S56] Wicker's Historial Medicine in NJ, p 431, Penn. Historical Magazine, Vol. 97-98.