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Samuel LAWRENCE, .i

Male 1672 - 1687  (15 years)


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  • Name Samuel LAWRENCE 
    Suffix .i 
    Born 1672  Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Aug 1687  Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aged 15 years.
    Buried Elizabeth Meeting House Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • - now First Presbyterian Church.
    Person ID I997  Richard Patterson NJ & ON
    Last Modified 3 Jun 2016 

    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 SMITH
              b. 1643, Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Jul 1712, Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 4 Mar 1664  Hempstead, Livingston, Long Island, Nassau Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • "Whereas I have received information and satisfaction that there is an intent of Marriage between William Lawrence of Flushing and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Smith of Mishaquak'd, upon Long Island upon their request I give them license, so to do and do herby require you to proclaim the said William Lawrence and Elizabeth Smith man and wife and so record them and to proceed therein according to your formed customs on the like occassions. Given under my hand at Hempstead this 4th day of March 1664. Richd. Nicholls.

      Note: Lawrence father and son married two Smith sisters:
      Older sister Elizabeth Smith in1664 married William Senior, who was his second wife,
      {or in other words, sister Eliz. is now the mother-in-law.
      In 1680 William Jr. married Deborah, the youngest daughter of Richard Smith, the Patentee of Smithtown on Long Island, NY. {i.e. Deborah now became her older sister's daughter-in-law. - - -
    Family ID F29  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Samuel is the son of Elizabeth Smith and Capt. William Lawrence.

      Thomas and brother Samuel Lawrence died as a teenager were buried in the churchyard here but their graves were eventually covered by an extension of the church. - - -