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- Anne is the daughter of Anne Brooks & Samuel Leonard, Jr.
. John Lawrence of Burlington, Esq'r, & John DOE bound to] Jonathan Belcher, Governor £500 pounds 18 July 1753. John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself and for
Anne Leonard of Perth Amboy, spinster. Wit: Thos. Bartow, John Lawrence of Burlington, Anne Leonard of Middlesex Co., L Part 1: 1739-63 #76.
. Anne's father Samuel Leonard Jr & her husband John Lawrence, Esq., both assisted in lying the cornerstone for Nassau College, which is the oldest college in Princeton University.
NJ Marriage #076; John Lawrence of Burlington, Esq'r, & John DOE [bound to] Jonathan BELCHER, Governor £500,18 July 1753.
John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself &
for Anne Leonard of Perth Amboy, spinster. Thomas Bartow.
. Anne's father, Samuel Leonard, Jr, In a 13 Apr. 1757 codicil he made a special bequest to son-in-law John Lawrence.
. From her mother, Mrs. Anne Leonard, Granddaughter Elizabeth Lawrence £200 when she is of age, provided she continue under the care of my daughter Rachel Sarjant or live in such other place as my daughters Sarah Billop, Rachel Sarjant, Elizabeth Goelet or my Executor think proper. ... thus confirming Ann Alice Lawrence died a couple of years before her mother; &
. Son-in-law John Brown Lawrence received £50 from his mother-in-law.
. Anne Brooks had a sister Mary Farrington who wrote her will 2 Apr. 1754. She left a portion of her estate to nieces Sarah Billop, Rachal Sarjant & Elizabeth (wife of Francis Goelet). Samuel Sarjant & John Berien were her executors A Sam Leonard, Junr. was mentioned in Jonathan Holme's diary for 13 June 1737.
The cause of Anne's death was not reported, but we do known that in 1758 many people in the Princeton area died of smallpox & dysentery, including her grandparents. - - - [2, 3]
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