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- Hannah is the daughter of Elizabeth Smith & Capt. Wm. Lawrence.
Hannah married first Joseph Grover, Sr.
Hannah married second 9 Jan 1694 Nathaniel Leonard, Sr.
. In Middletown in the province of East Jersey the 9 day of January in ye Yeare 1694-5 Nathaniell Leonard of Middletown & Hannah Grover of the same Town after Lawfull Publication Did before me & severall witnesses; take each other in Marriage till Death part them.
. The names of most of the early settlers of Monmouth are given in Proprietors' Records at Perth Amboy, but in a majority of cases, the year is not given when they came.
Rights of Land: 1676. William Lawrence, in right of self & sister, Hannah Lawrence, 240 acres.
Hannah is given as a daughter in the 15 Jul 1701, WILL of William Lawrence, but his mother's name needs to be better confirmed. Eliz. Gildersleeve was alive on 20 February 1663, so exact death date for Gildersleeve & the birth date of Hannah are needed.
Capt. Wm. Lawrence married on 4 Mar 1664 his second wife, Elizabeth Smith. Only the 3 Townley children are mentioned in Elizabeth Smith - Lawrence - Carterel -Townley's final will. Presumably Elizabeth felt her other Lawrence children were provided for already. - PJA 2010.
. At a Court of Sessions held for ye County of Monmouth. March ye 26, Anno 1695. It is the order of the Court that upon application made by James Grover Senior Capt. Safety Grover.
X-Ref: Name Hanna's sister Elizabeth's child, that is Safety Browne, b. 1720. - PJA, 2010.
. William Lawrence Senr & William Lawrence Junr; The nearest relations to Joseph Grover & Hannah Leonard, late Wife of the said Joseph Grover, Deceased.
That William Lawrence Senr, Grandfather of ye Children of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah, his late wife shall have the oversight of the said children:
James [Joseph?] Grover son of the aforesaid Joseph Grover late deceased came into Court & did make choice of his Grandfather William Lawrence Senior & his Uncle William Lawrence Junior to be his Guardians.
Mary Grover daughter of the afforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his late wife; Lately deceased did make choice of William Lawrence Senior her grandfather to be her guardian. All which was allowed by the Court & ordered to be recorded by order of the Court, Tho Webley, Clerk. Freehold Deeds, Lib. A. B. C, p. 103.
. 1689 Mar. 26. Letters of administration were granted to Hannah Grover, widow of Joseph Grover, & William Lawrence, Jr., on the Estate of Joseph Grover. Trenton Records, Lib. D., p. 91.
. JOSEPH GROVER, second son" James Grover1 married Hannah, daughter of William Lawrence, of Middletown, who, upon his demise, remarried, second, Nathaniel Leonard of Middletown, Jan. 9, 1694-5.H
. 1690Oct. 16.- James Johnston, of Monmouth County, for £14, New York money, sold to Hannah Grover, of Middletown, "all that tract of land, situate, lying & being in the County of Monmouth aforesaid, beginning at Peter Sonman's north east corner, at Crosswicks, thence running South south east along his line twenty chains to Joseph Grover, his line, thence along Joseph Grover's line east north east 25 chains, thence north & by east to Doctor's Creek," etc.
Ref: Trenton Records, Lib. D., p. 276.
Issue: James Grover, Jr.
Mary Grover
Elizabeth Grover, born 1685.
Rebecca Grover
Hannah Grover
Deborah Grover
Susannah Grover.
Hannah Lawrence, widow of Joseph Grover, by her second marriage, was Nathaniel Leonard, had Issue:
Thomas Leonard, born 1708.
Nathaniel Leonard, born 1712; married Deliverance Leonard.
Hannah's two husbands were:
James Seabrook, married c1708 Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ, & Benjamin Drake.
. 1683-4 March 5. WILL of Swyny, Swiny, Therlagh, Thurlow, of Middletown; Wife Mary. Son John, under age. House & land in Middletown Township, to go to James, son of Joseph & Hannah Grover, who are appointed executors & guardians, if son john dies with-out heirs.
Witnesses: Peter Tilton, William Lawrence Jun., John Fish, Richard Gardiner.
Proved March 12, 1683-4. - - - [1, 2, 3]
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1668 - 1714 (46 years)