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- . Marriage: John Lawrence, Esq'r, Attorney-at-Law, & John Doe Esq'r of the County of Burlington bound to Francis Bernard, Governor £500 14 Nov 1759. John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself & for Martha Tallman, spinster [w] S. Blackwood, Sam'l Peart. Ref: L Part 1 1739-63: #129.
. 1763 June 28. Joseph Warton, Jr., merchant, married Sarah Tallman (ie. sister of Martha),
& John Lawrence, Esq., of Burlington, & married Martha Tallman, conveyed land to Joseph Tallman, Jr., & in the deed it appears that Sarah & Martha were daughters and co-heirs of the late Job Tallman, of Mansfield.
John Tallman, of Long Island, conveyed Dec. 2, 1727, to Job Tallman, then of Long Island, part of the five hundred acre Underbill tract, &Joseph Wharton & Job Tallman, in 1732, bought land jointly from Mary Andrews, which they divided Mch. 16, 1747. Job Tallman conveyed his interest by Will, Jan 6, 1758, to his daughters which they conveyed as set forth above, for £1 100.
. Martha was baptized at Burlington, April 20, 1764 with two infant daughters. The Tallman family belong to the Shrewsbury Quakers.
Mount Holly Monthly Meeting, Burlington:
. 1774 Apr 4 - Woman Friends meeting, A certificate from the Monthly Meeting Philadelphia, South District dated 22nd of 6th mo. recommending Martha Lawrence as a member to this meeting was read & accepted.
Note: So this is an unusual event to be admitted considering her husband was a non-Quaker, however possibly because John Lawrence was an active advocate for Quaker rights. - PJ Ahlberg 2019.
. Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of John 's first wife, Anne Alice Leonard, looked after her half-brother James Lawrence when Martha Tallman died in 1781 a few weeks after James was born.
. James Lawrence's mother, Martha Tall, of Trenton, NJ, died when the proposiatus? was an infant; nothing is recorded of her traits.
Ref: Naval Officers, Their Heredity & Development, By Charles Benedict.
. 1767 May 18 Deed dated 18 May 1767 - John Lawrence & Martha, his wife, & Thomas Rodman, all of the city of Burlington, conveyed to Daniel Ellis & others, Esquires, Justices of the Peace of Burlington county & Timonthy Abbott & others, chosen freeholders of said county, for the consideration of £106 12s., "all that lot of land in the City of Burlington situate on Broad Street beginning at a corner to a street 25 ft wide, then runs along Broad Street N. 83 deg. E. 186 ft. to land late of John Craige's, then S. 15 deg. E. 77 ft to the lot of land where the Secretary's Office stands," etc., for a gaol (?).
Ref: Ellis Family, NJ Historical Society & NJ Deeds, Liber Z.
XRef: See LAWRENCE HOUSE IN BURLINGTON, NJ; (& also pictures in Richard Lawrence & Related Families. - P J Ahlberg)
NJ Tax List John Lawrence, Esq., Mansfield, Burlington Co.,
. 1770 - 350 Acres of Land, 13 Cattle & Horses, 1 Servant.
. 1774 August, Nov. - Dec - tax list Page 27. Page 27-28.
Ref. Monmouth County Tax Ratables, Sep 1774, NJ State Library, Call #: FHL Film 411289. P2, Family # 44.
X-Ref: Dr. James Newell: In the year 1778 Major André came to Allentown bringing with him letters of introduction to Dr. James Newell from Mrs. John Lawrence of Burlington, & asked Dr. Newell to give medical service to André's brother who was ill.
Ref: Those Paris Years, by Samuel N Watson, 1936.
The 'James Lawrence' house is of course also the home of his parents, Martha & John Brown Lawrence:
. 'The light of this world' fell on James Fenimore Cooper September 15, 1789. The founder of American romance was born in a quaint, two-storied house of stuccoed brick which now numbers 457 Main St., Burlington, New Jersey. It was then "the last house but one as you go into the country" & among the best of the town. In a like house next door lived the father of the naval hero, Capt. James Lawrence. These 2 houses opened directly on the street & their slanting roofs were shaded by tall trees rooted at the curbstones.
Burlington was a port of entry on the Delaware River, on the Mount Holly road. The originally named colony of New Beverley, West New Jersey & was established in 1667.
Ref: Industries of NJ, 1882.
. Further Research: What is the relationship? Tallman, Peter, Burlington County, claim against British Forces.
Ref: Burlington. Pg. 17. Claim No. 25.
- This Peter Tallman also prosecuted during the Rev. War, Martha's husband, John Lawrence. - PJA 2012.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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1734 - 1781 (47 years)