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- . 28 Aug 1754, Baptized Elizabeth, Daughter of John & Anne Lawrence. Register of St. Mary's Church Burlington, NJ.
. Zion, St. Paul & Other Early Lutheran Churches: The Society & its valuable collections ... Approx. 800 children visited the Exhibit on the Children's Days. The costume Exhibit was a center of great interest through the entire month. One charming dress that was worn by Miss Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington, a sister of Capt. James Lawrence...War of 1812, 'Don't give up the ship.... Miss Lawrence.
NJ Vol. 12, cont'd. published 1927.
Elizabeth, whom he married June 30, 1774, inherited property from her grandfather, Samuel Leonard, hrough her mother, Ann (Leonard) Lawrence, wife of Judge
John Lawrence.
Ref: Loyalists of NJ in the Revolution.
. WILL of Ann Brooks Leonard: to 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.
. So we see by this bequest, that after her mother died, the young Elizabeth Lawrence was in the care of her Aunt Rachel Leonard Sarjant. Years later, Elizabeth would raise her half-brother, James Lawrence.
. From her grandfather Capt. Samuel Leonard, Elizabeth received land.
. Michael Kearney & Francis Kearney (Kearny), both of Amboy bound to William Franklin, Governor, £500 30 June 1774. Michael Kearney obtained license of marriage for himself & for Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington... [w] Robt Burchan.
Ref: NJ Early Marriages #382.
. Mrs. Michael Kearny (Elizabeth Lawrence), better known to Perth Amboy & the literary world of her day as "Madam Scribblerus." She sometimes signed, herself "Pinderina," in the romantic fashion of the period, when writing to the press or to her intimate friends, who included the most prominent people of culture in the young republic...was a daughter of Judge Lawrence, of Burlington, & a half-sister of Captain James Lawrence ... During her girlhood she had spent several winters in Philadelphia, & in the first years of her marriage she made two or three journeys there to visit old friends. Among her intimates were Peggy Chew, a noted Quaker City belle.
. (continues with some of poetry & more biography.)
. One biography says that James Lawrence was born in Burlington, but raised in Woodbury, NJ. His mother Martha Tallman died when he was an infant, leaving his half-sister, Elizabeth to raise him.
Elizabeth under her nom de plume, Madame Scribblerus wrote of her brother James Lawrence:
My brave, brave Jim's a sailor Jack
Upon the treacherous sea -
A sailor who loves poetry
All taught to him by me.
At the time of his death in a naval battle, brother Capt. James Lawrence was concerned with his two widowed sisters & their children. Elizabeth & Ann Lawrence had looked after James when he was a child.
Elizabeth also spoke French. All of which speaks to the excellent education & culture encouraged by her parents Alice Leonard & John Brown Lawrence - PJA
. Perhaps the most noted mansion in Elizabethtown proper is Boxwood Hall, the home of Elias Boudinot, the President of the Continental Congress, & who as such signed, the treaty of peace with Great Britain at the close of the Revolution. He founded the American Bible Society. He married Hannah Stockton. She was a poetess, & quite a noted one in her day, her odes to famous people rivaling the like productions of Miss Lawrence, of Burlington, the half-sister of Captain Lawrence, of "Don't give up the Ship" fame.
The Loyalist: of New Jersey in the Revolution, MICHAEL KEARNY, Jr.
A merchant in Perth Amboy, the brother of Major Francis Kearny & born there Nov., I751. He was imprisoned for his loyalty for 6 months in 1776-'7. He was the owner of 2 farms on the banks of the Raritan river. For 5 years he served as a volunteer in New York, first in a Company formed in 1778 by Captain Williams & afterwards in the Militia Volunteers. He served also as searcher of imports & exports in New York. He returned to Perth Amboy at the close of the War.
His wife, Elizabeth, whom he married June 30, 1774, inherited property from her grandfather, Samuel Leonard,
through her mother, Ann (Leonard) Lawrence, wife of Judge John Lawrence.
This Loyalist was the owner of the boat "York," which was impressed into the American service and used in capturing the vessel "Blue Mountain Valley." (Force, "Am. Archives,"
Ser. IV, Vol. IV, p. 1492)'. He died Feb. 24, 1791. He had 9 children, one of whom was Commodore Lawrence Kearny, who died Nov. 29, 1868.
Ref: A. O. 13:12; A. O. 12:14, it., 213-229; A. 0. 122101, f. 340; ]ones's "St. Peter's Church, Perth Amboy," pp. 348, 35 as recorded in Loyalist of NJ.
. Kearny Cottage. Mrs Michael Kearny, (Elizabeth Lawrence), better known to Perthy Amboy as Madam Scribblerus. she sometimes signed herself Pindrina. this interesting figure, whose little rush light of renew long ago flickered out, was a daughter of Judge Lawrence of Burlington. During her girlhood she had spent several winter in Philadelphia & in the first years of her marriage she made 2 or 3 journeys there to visit old fiends. Among her intimates were Peggy Chew, a noted Quaker City belle. Madam Scibblerus was a frequent contributor to the Time Piece, tribute-weekly literacy journal conducted by Philip French in NYC. Her beloved Michael died a few years before & she had no desire to don her rich pink brocade wedding grow & appear again in society. Upon every anniversary of his departure from this life she dedicated poems of 2 or 300 verse to his memory. In the last ears of 18 century, curing our breach with France, Madam Scribblerus conceived a violet version for everything French.
Ref: Historic houses of NJ, W J Mills, 1902. Abbreviated, a few of her poems may be found here. - PJA
. Kearney Cottage. Historical House. Built in 1780, Elizabeth Lawrence Kearney, or Madame Scribblerus, taught her half-brother, Captain James Lawrence the love of poetry. Kearney Cottage now owned by the Perth Amboy Historical Society, has been moved from its former location in Perth Amboy in June 1838 to Catalpa St., Hayes Park.
. 1800 Dec 20, St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, paid to Rev. Mr. Cotton until Easter next: Elizabeth Kearny, $4. paid.
. 1802 Oct 30 - Died Intestate, Granted.1830.10.30
. John Kearney, Administrator with named, sworn, says that Elizabeth Kearny died without a WILL as far as he knows & verily believes, he will truly administer all goods, chattels & cries the said deceased shall some to his hands & make an inventory of same.
. Signed, Jno Kearny, sworn before M W White, Surrogate, on 28 Jul, 1802. $400 Jul 28. [ misc. remark]
. Letter of Administration Form: Wit. Signed, Elizabeth Kearny, NY City, & John Heard, Revaud Kearny, Esqs., Witnesses of NJ State. John Kearny, Administrator in Goods, Chattels, & Credits of Elizabeth Kearny, late of Middlesex Co.
. Inventory of Goods & Merchandise non-movable of Michael Keany, Perth Amoy, Middlesex Co, deceased.
- cash $x95,55 [ink blotch], Some extracted items: Silver items: 1 Tanker, pink mug, creamer, soup spoon, 16 table spoons, 11 tea spoons = $93.
- 3 bed bolsters & pillows, 10 pair sheets, 4 blankets, 3 box quilt, 1 rug, 13 Windsor chairs, 1 corn mill, 1 spinning mill, 2 lamps & stock, 2 time glasses & one magongany with brackets @.25¢, 3 dozen empty bottles, 1 hog @$3., etc, Total $586.80. by John Heard, appraiser. page 499.
Ref: NJ Wills & Probate Records, Middlesex Co., 98571-9931, Liber 40, fol. 152, p490-9. [Estate of husband Michael Kearny follows next after Eliz. Kearny].
. It is believed that the Kearny papers were obtained through the Lawrence branch of the family: Mary Lawrence's Aunt Elizabeth married Michael Kearny (1725-1797), & Elizabeth & Michael were the parents of Lawrence Kearny, a Commodore of the U.S. Navy.
Ref: Kearny & Boggs family papers.
NJHS Series 7, Kearny Estate Box 8, folder 1, Letters to James Lawrence Kearny during World War I & more boxes see NJHS.
. 1926 Nov 5 -30 - Proceedings New Jersey Historical Society
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S SESQUI-CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT
Life as it was lived 150 years ago, when the Continental troops crossed New Jersey, passing through Newark en route to Trenton, hotly pursued by the British, was reflected in special programs & exhibits at the sesquicentennial Celebration of the New Jersey Historical Society entire month. One charming dress was that worn by Miss Elizabeth Lawrence of Burlington, a sister of Captain James Lawrence. Miss Lawrence was married in Burlington in 1774 to Michael Kearny of Perth Amboy & became the mother of Commodore Lawrence Kearny, U. S. N. A sister, Mary Lawrence, married Robert Boggs & became the mother of Rear Admiral Charles S. Boggs, U. S. N.
Ref: Proceedings New Jersey Historical Society, 1926.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [2, 3, 4, 5]
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