William LECONTE - LAWRENCE, Jr., Esq.

Male 1738 - 1788  (50 years)


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  • Name William LECONTE - LAWRENCE 
    Suffix Jr., Esq. 
    Born 1738  State of Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Alt Spelling: LeCount
    Gender Male 
    Died Nov 1788 
    Buried Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I830  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2018 

    Family Elizabeth LAWRENCE, .viii
              b. 19 Feb 1750, Monmouth County, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 31 Aug 1831, Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 7 Jul 1774 
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2010 
    Family ID F399  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • . William was the son of Valeria Eatton & Peter LeConte. This Peter changed his surname to Lawrence in favour of a large bequest left him by his father-in-law. The father of Peter was Dr. William LeConte who was born 16 Mar 1659 at Rouen, Normandy & he & his wife Margaret de Valleau both died of yellow fever c, 5 Sept. 1734 in New Rochelle, NY.

      . 1734 May 7 - William Lawrence sold land to Dr. Peter. LeConte.

      . LeConte ancestors: Le Counte, Margaret (pp.102-3)
      [3 brothers, Pierre (Peter), Jean, & William (or Guillaume) came from Normandy. Pierre was naturalized in New York on September 27, 1687. He appears in Staten Island records as a freeholder in 1701 & 1702, & as a petitioner for land in the latter year. He died about 1703; his will shows a widow, Margaret. The widow, Margaret, survived him for 30 years; her cattle mark was recorded in 1726, her will in 1736 (pp. 919-920, Leng & Davis).]
      Son John, son John's daughter Frances; granddaughter Margaret le Counte; daughter-in-law, now wife of Paul Michaud. Dated 19 Sept. 1734; Proved 13 May 1736

      His Brother: Letter Waiting of Peter Le Conte of East Jersey. - Penn. Chronicle Oct.3- Nov 6 1767.

      . 1749 Apr 15 - Land transfer to to: Dr. Peter Leconte; Roeluf Skanck
      From: William Burnet
      Survey: 14.18 acres. In Middletown; Monmouth County, East Jersey.
      Others named: Signed, James Alexander, Surveyor General, Garrett Covenhoven, Owner of adjoining land, John Lawrence, Deputy Surveyor; William Lawrence, Former owner of adjoining land.
      . 1749 Apr 15 - Land transfer to to: Dr. Peter Leconte.
      From: John Forman
      Survey: 7.35 acres in Middletown, on the west side of the Fulling Mill Brook; Monmouth County.
      Others names: Signed, James Alexander, Surveyor General; Garrett Covenhoven, Owner of adjoining land; John Lawrence, Deputy Surveyor) William Lawrence, Former owner of adjoining land.
      Locations: East Jersey; Monmouth; Middletown; Fulling Mill Brook; Mills Lotts.
      Ref: Filio 259 & 260, PEASJ003. - - - [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S56] Wicker's Historial Medicine in NJ, p 431, Penn. Historical Magazine, Vol. 97-98.