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- . May 24, 1933. This is to certify that a lace sampler 8 x 8.5 came to me with the property of my Aunt, Charlott French Schenk: That the sampler came to my Aunt from her mother. Whether it was made by Katherine Lawrence French or Mrs. John Lawrence, the mother of Katherine, I am not able to state, but it was the work of one of the 2 ladies above mentioned.
Ref: Don't give up the ship, by Eugene Pool, 1942, from the collection of the Peabody Museum.
. Tuesday, 7th Inst. at Christ Church, Brooklyn,by the Rev. Dr. Stone,
David K Schenk of NY to Charlotte Seaton French, daughter late Jackson B. French of Burlington, NJ.
Ref: Brooklyn Eagle Newspaper, published 1843 Mar 9th.
Kitty Lawrence inherited 6 West Pearl when her husband Jackson Browne French died in 1826.
. 1796 Mar 18: The property passed to their daughter Charlotte Seton French. By this time Burlington's 'Green Banks' on the Delaware became a popular retreat. Over the course of Charlotte's 55 years of ownership she let the home to several families.
Ref: Letter from Oakey Hoagland to Jackson B. French, 18 March 1796, Trenton, N.J., New Jersey Archives, Deeds, Book D, 303.
(The deed bears earmarks of being a hastily drafted work to establish provenance of the property through 3 different transfers dating to Tench Coxe in 1791. The conveyance is also unusual in that it recites boundary markers that were stated to no longer be there at the time of the sale. The deed was written by
* James Kinsey, close friend and former law partner of the buyer's father John Lawrence.
Note: James Kinsey, Quaker, chief Justice of State of NJ, d. 1802.1.4th Burlington, 2nd wife was Hannah, sister to Jonathan Odell, Anglican priest. J Kinsey also lived on Pearl St. - John Lawrence. Jr. was witness to his Will on 1794.6.23.
Acknowledging certain irregularities the author states." Wherein the antecedent title to the several lots of land above described is more particularly set forth as by recitals and references to prior deeds and records respecting the same will more fully and at large appear." Those recitals and references have yet to be found.
Martha Tallman Lawrence died after giving birth to James. John Brown Lawrence, Mayor of Burlington during the revolution, went to Canada to avoid loyalist persecution, shortly after James' birth.
Ref: Wayne Franklin, James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years. Their parent's row houses were next to each other on High Street, although the Cooper family left Burlington when the future author was one year old.
6 Pearl Street's history:
6 West Pearl St. High St. Historic District, Block 12, Lot 590, Burlington City (it is the backyard of 212 High St. (Near the Lawrence & Cooper Historical Houses.) 2.5 story brick house, gabled and stuccoed, with a combined footprint of 19 by 65 feet.
. 1693 - The Malt House, Barley turned into malt, building was 34 feet long.
. 1693 Brew House - Malt brewed coppers, aged and packaged Located in the middle of the property.
. 1717 Mill House 1717, raw grains were threshed & ground.
. 1717 Granary - Threshed grins were store in the granary until sufficiently fired for malting.
. 1717 Bolting house for grinding flour and added a bakery.
. 1778, July 28, 22 gallons of beer, cherry brandy, cherry rum West India Rum are flavored in the barrels here.
The old 6 Pearl house was sold to Todd & Kristin Kimmel in 2001. They initiated a renovation, gutting much of the 20th century interior fabric of the house. They ceased the rehab midway through the demolition, however, and put it up for sale in 2008. Current owner John Brady bought 6 West Pearl in 2010, continuing the rehabilitation of the house and conducting the research that has led to this nomination as a historical house.
Ref: US National Register of Historic Places, 2013. - - -
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