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Adam LAWRENCE, Esq.

Male 1692 - 1780  (88 years)


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  • Name Adam LAWRENCE 
    Suffix Esq. 
    Born 1692  Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1780  Hempstead, Livingston, Long Island, Nassau Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I407  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2019 

    Father Major William L LAWRENCE, .2 Jr.
              b. 1655, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Feb 1741, Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Deborah SMITH
              b. 1658, Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Mar 1743, Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 1 Jun 1680  Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Lawrence father and son married two Smith sisters:
      In 1680 William Jr. married Deborah, the youngest daughter of Richard Smith, the Patentee of Smithtown on Long Island, NY. {i.e. Deborah is now her sister's daughter-in-law.
      Old sister Elizabeth Smith in1664 married William Senior, who in turn was his second wife,
      {or in other words, sister Eliz. is now the mother-in-law. - - -
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • WILL of Deborah (Smith) Lawrence, 1737 May 2. I leave to my 3 sons, Samuel, Adam, & Stephen, £5 each.

      WILL: In the name of God, Amen. I, ADAM LAWRENCE, ESQ., High Sheriff of Queens County, Long Island, & Province of New York.
      . I leave to my 3 daughters, Deborah Van Wyck, Sarah Hewlett, & Catharine Platt, £100 each;
      . unto my 2 granddaughters, Elizabeth & Deborah Lawrence (daughters of my late son George, deceased), the sum of £50 each;
      . to my grandson, Philip Lawrence (son of my said son George), the sum of £160, to be paid him by my eldest son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, as soon as he shall be in possession of that part of my real estate hereinafter devised him.
      . To my son Stephen, a negro boy named Aaron.
      All the rest & residue of my personal estate I leave to my sons,
      . Joseph & Clarke, to be shared equally between them. I give & devise unto my sons,
      . Doctor Daniel Lawrence & Stephen Lawrence, all that tract of land being on the east side of the road leading from the Great Plains to Captain Samuel Cornell, on which I now live, bounded on the west by the road above mentioned; northerly the lands of the Adriance's & of Mr. Cha. Crommelin; easterly by the land of said Crommelin; southerly by the Great Plains; together with plain lands adjoining the same, & including my rights in the said unlocated Great Plains, to be divided between them according to the quantity & quality of the land.
      . I also leave to my said sons, Doctor Daniel Lawrence & Stephen Lawrence, a piece of woodland bounded on the south & west by the lands of John Hegeman & Philip S. Platt, on the north by the lands of Philip S. Platt & on the east by the land of Daniel Duryea, & the east of my son, George Lawrence, deceased, containing about 20 acres, to be equally divided, the west part of which division with the improvements including the last mentioned "lott" of Woodland I leave to my son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, & the eastern part, including the woodland adjoining Cha. Crommelin, I leave to my said son, Stephen Lawrence.
      Unto my son Clarke a piece or parcel of land situate, lying & being directly in the front of the house of Albert & Jacob Adriance, containing about 40 acres; a piece of woodland lying on the hills of the northwest of the Adriance's house above mentioned, bounded easterly & northerly by the lands of Obadiah Cornell, westerly by the lands of Thos. Forster & Thos. Mitchell, & southerly with the hills, containing 20 odd acres.
      Executors: I make my son-in-law, James Hewlett, & my sons, Stephen & Clarke, executors. I likewise empower them to receive from my son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, the sum of £160, which I hereby order him to pay them for the legacy of my grandson, Philip Lawrence, & before mentioned in his bequest. I devise they will put out on interest in good security the sum of £150, & also the two legacies of £50 each, bequeathed my 2 granddaughters, Elizabeth & Deborah Lawrence, for their several uses. - - -

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] Lawrence Buckley Thomas, 1896.