Mary LAWRENCE, .vi

Female 1776 - 1815  (38 years)


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  • Name Mary LAWRENCE 
    Suffix .vi 
    Born Nov 1776  Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 'not 5 weeks old' c Dec 1776
    Gender Female 
    Died 12 Feb 1815  New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Christ Church Episcopal Churchyard Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I373  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2019 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Martha TALLMAN
              b. 20 Apr 1734, Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Oct 1781, Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 14 Nov 1759  Burlington County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert Morris BOGGS, Sr.
              b. 13 Nov 1766, Indian Neck, Tinton Falls, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Jan 1831, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 7 Aug 1802 
    Children 
     1. Lucy Lawrence BOGGS
              b. 1802, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Oct 1813, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
     2. John Lawrence BOGGS, Sr.
              b. 10 May 1803, Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Sep 1804, Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     3. James Lawrence BOGGS, .iv
              b. 18 Jan 1806, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Jul 1828, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     4. Mary Rebecca BOGGS
              b. 4 Apr 1808, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 7 Mar 1885, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     5. William BRENTON BOGGS, .i
              b. 2 Jul 1809, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 11 Mar 1875, Georgetown, District of Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     6. Rear Admiral Charles Stuart BOGGS, .i
              b. 28 Jan 1811, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Apr 1888, Middlesex County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     7. John LAWRENCE BOGGS, .ii
              b. 24 Jun 1812, New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 29 May 1893, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2015 
    Family ID F293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mary is the daughter of Hon. John Lawrence, Mayor of Burlington, N. J.
      Mary Lawrence married Robt. Morris Boggs.

      Birth date: At the midmorning on Dec. 11, 1776, the first group of nonlocal fighting men, a party of 60 rebel Pennsylvanians, retreated through Burlington. Commodore Seymour fired on the entrenched Hessians (for British side). John Lawrence & other leading men when to ensure "the safety of the town" by meeting with the troops who returned the firing on the mayor. We made our escapes & were under the necessity of taking Refuge among the King's troops, & as the design of taking post at Burlington was soon after given up, I have been obliged to leave my wife & three children (the youngest not five weeks old, = Nov 1776) & to ramble as a Refugee, God knows when to return. "

      . Brothers Capt. James Lawrence, naval hero "don't give up the ship.
      & Dr. John Brown Lawrence, Jr. one of the first American born doctors.

      Robert & Mary (Lawrence) Boggs had issue:
      . LUCY LAWRENCE Boggs, b. 1801; d. 1813.
      . JOHN LAWRENCE Boggs b. May 10th, 1S03; d. Sept. 22nd, 1S04, after 7 weeks' illness.
      . JAMES BOGGS, b. Aug. 2Sth, 1804: d. Sept. 14th, 1805, at Long Branch, N. J., after 3 months' illness. He was buried at New Brunswick, N. J.
      . JAMES LAWRENCE Boggs, b. Jan. 18th, 1806; d. July 28th, 1828. Was a graduate of Princeton.

      . MARY REBECCA Boggs, b. April 4th, xx d. March 7th, 1885, at New Brunswick, N. J. She attended the school for young ladies, conducted by Miss Frances Brenton, in Harlem, N. Y. She was married May 9th, 1831, at New Brunswick, N. J. to John Scott Blauvelt, of New Brunswick, N. J., who died July 30th, 1859, aged 54 years. Mary Rebecca (Boggs) & John Scott Blauvelt had issue:
      Robert Boggs Blauvelt, b. Feb. 13th, 1832; d. in NY, Feb. 2nd, 1911, in his 79th year; m at. Elizabeth, N. J., by Rev. Stevens Parker, Feb. 12th, 1874, to Anne Johnstone Fleming, daughter of Gilbert R. Fleming, of Elizabeth. Mr. Blauvelt was a Volunteer in the Civil War, serving with the Seventh Regiment, N. G. N. Y., & later with another NY regiment. He was also employed as a clerk in the War Department at Washington. For many years he was an insurance broker in NY City. He was a resident of New Brunswick,
      NJ., a man highly respected in the community, of whom it was said: "He walked uprightly, worked righteousness, & spoke the truth in his heart."
      James Lawrence Blauvelt, b. Feb. 1st, 1S34; d. at
      New Brunswick, X. J., June 20th, 1907, in his 74th year. He was a man of warm & tender heart & much given to philanthropic effort. A true friend of those in need, his death was lamented by a wide circle of friends & acquaintances & those in whom he had interested himself. Like his brother, he served in the Civil War, but in the navy. He was with his uncle, Charles Stuart Boggs, in the naval engagement at New Orleans.
      Mary Lawrence Blauvelt, b. Jan. 12th, 1S36; d. Aug. 27th, 1851, in her 15th year.
      Jane Mitchell Blauvelt, b. Dec. 9th, 1837.
      Edward Blauvelt, b. Aug. 9th, 1841; d. Sept. 20th, 1841.
      Lawrence Kearny Blauvelt, b. Nov. 27th, 1842; d. Aug. 20th, 1864 in his 22nd year.
      Frances Brenton Blauvelt, b. May 17th, 1846; d. at New Brunswick; N. J., April 27th, 1909

      . WILLIAM BRENTON Boggs, b. July 2nd, 1809; m. Eleanor Carter.
      . CHARLES STUART Boggs, b. Jan. 28th, 1811; m. 1st, Sophia Dore; 2nd, Eugenie (Molt) Bull.
      . JOHN LAWRENCE Boggs, b. June 24th, 1812; m. 1st, Mary Lloyd Van Deurscn; 2nd, Cornelia Bell Paterson.
      Ref: The genealogical record of the Boggs family, W E Boggs, 1916, Halifax, NS.

      . Series1, Box1 Lawrence Family Correspondence/Misc. documents 1737-1816 &
      . Box 13, Lawrence-Boggs estate related correspondence 1904-1939.

      Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg, Thank you. - - - [1, 2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S102] Wm. Edward Boggs, 1916, Halifax, NS.

    2. [S45] NJ Historial Society, www.jerseyhistory.org.