Benjamin LAWRENCE, .i

Male 1664 - 1755  (91 years)


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  • Name Benjamin LAWRENCE 
    Suffix .i 
    Born c 20 Feb 1664  Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • [Middleburg, later called Flushing, NY]
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 May 1755  Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Will 1748 Jul 13, Verify Will proved 1755 May 19.|Probate 1755 May 19, Monmouth NJ
    Person ID I411  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2019 

    Father Capt William C. LAWRENCE, .1
              b. 27 Jul 1622, Great St. Albans, Herts., England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Mar 1680, Tews Neck, Flushing, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth GILDERSLEEVE
              b. 1624, Aldeburgh, Suffolk Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. c 20 Feb 1664, Newtown, Flushing, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 1647  North Riding, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ALT: 1647 Hempstead, Long Isl., NY
    Family ID F42  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary COX
              b. 5 Nov 1696, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 29 Jul 1760, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 63 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1720  Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joseph LAWRENCE, .III
              b. 1725, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary LAWRENCE, .xi
              b. 1828, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .vi
              b. 18 Jul 1729, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1840, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 110 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2011 
    Family ID F786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • *Benjamin Lawrence is listed here, but needs more research.

      BIRTH:
      . Benjamin is given as a son in the 15 Jul 1701, WILL of Capt. William Lawrence.
      Elizabeth Gildersleeve was alive on 20 February 1664, so the exact death date for Gildersleeve is between then & 4 Mar 1664 when Capt. Wm. Lawrence married his second wife, Elizabeth Smith.

      DEATH:
      . As well in his WILL of 20 Feb. 1741, Wm. Lawrence, Jr., names 'brothers Joseph & Benjamin' as executors. However, when William's WILL was proved on 22 Nov, 1750, "3 of the executors were dead." Joseph's given death 18 Apr 1759 would conflict with that.
      Verify this Benjamin Lawrence: Will of 13 Jul 1748 & Probated 19 May 1755, Monmouth, NJ.
      Further research is required. (PJA 2010.)

      . 1701 Jul 15, William Lawrence, of Middletown, Monmouth Co., East New Jersey to his son Benjamin Lawrence, 100 acres in line of Thos. Westerly, Walter Tormoth, John Bears & his son William Lawrence.
      Wit. Thomas Leeds, Thos. Taylor & William Lawrence, Jr.

      Benjamin Lawrence married Mary, born 11 May, 1696. They had a daughter named Elizabeth Lawrence, born 18 Jul, 1729, & married Robert Hutchinson.

      Benjamin's children: Mary, Elizabeth & Joseph Lawrence.

      Benjamin Lawrence, Constable of Freehold, Plaintiff Vs. Thomas Cox et all, Trespass on the case. Monmouth 1749 - 1760.

      . 1701 July 15. Grantee Benjamin Lawrence received from his father, William Lawrence, Sr., 100 acres, in Middletown, "on Hopp River," on the dividing line of Middletown & Freehold. Ref: NJ K Small EJ, Folio 48, SSTSE023.
      . 1707 Mch. 29. Benjamin Lawrence conveyed the above land to his brother, William Lawrence, Jr.
      . 1723, Benjamin Lawrence was a Juryman.
      . 1731, He was of Upper Freehold, owning 950 acres, on which he was assessed Apr. 1, of this year.
      . 1741, He was mentioned in the WILL of his brother, William Lawrence.

      * 1748 July 13 - WILL of Benjamin Lawrence, of Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co.;
      Proved May 19, 1755, mentioned:
      Daughter, Mary, who received lands.
      Daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Robert Hutchison.
      Son, Joseph, who received lands, carpenter & blacksmith tools.
      Executors: Dau. Mary, son Joseph, & cousin [nephew], Robert Lawrence.
      Witness: Elizabeth Lawrence, Junr.
      The testator signed his WILL: Benjamin Lawrence.
      . 1755 May 16. Inventory £117.15, inl. a dest & clock, £8, 2 Bibles &other Books £3; of the personal estate of Benjamin Lawrence was taken by Thos. Cox & John Chamberlain, appraisers; Joseph Lawrence & Mary Lawrence, executors, & amounted to £157-15-0.

      Issue: Mary Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrence; married Robert Hutchison & Joseph Lawrence.

      Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] John E Stillwell, M.D. 1903. .