Notes:

Tradition has it that Sarah was the daughter of John Folger, who was the first of that name in New England & one of the settlers of Martha's vineyard.

Some sources show Sarah Smith as the daughter of John Folger & Meribah Gibbs of Nantucket. An article in New York Genealogical & Biographical Record 121:19 (Jan. 1990) argues that there is no real evidence of that, & proposes that she may instead have been Sarah Hammond, daughter of William & Elizabeth (Paine) Hammond of Watertown, Mass.

. An address read before the Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, April 1926 by Mrs. Charles Hilton Brown:
"WILL of Sarah, the widow of Richard, made her WILL 20 Jan. 1707/8, bequeathing to her "son Richard all of the houses, orchards, lands that my husband left me in possession of" & "a necke called James Nieck to be equally divided amongst my six sons."
Ref: Smiths of Smithtown.

. 1702 Nov 24, Sarah Smith, in a petition on file in the office of the Secretary of State in Albany, praying to have a decree of the Court of Equity in relation to her husband's estate, states that she now has "50 children & grandchildren to provide for."

* 1708 Jan 20 WILL of Sarah Smith
In the name of God Amen I Sarah Smith relict of Richard Smith, Sen, deceased of Smithtown in ye County of Suffolk & in ye Province of New Yorke, Doe make my last will & Testament in manner following: First I commit my soul into ye hands of God which gave it, & my body to a decent burial at ye discretion of my Executor hereafter named, in comfortable hopes of a happy & glorious resurrection thro, the power & merits of my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. & as for my outward estate, after debts & my funeral charges are paid, I give & bequeath as followeth:

Imp. I give & bequeath to my son Richard Smith, his eldest son Richard all the houses, orchards, & all my lands that my husband left me in ye possession of & that I am at this present in possession of, he yielding & paying me £10 a year & yearly as long as I shall live & at my death to have ye above mentioned premises & his heirs forever, with all the privileges & accommodations thereunto belonging.
I also give my daughter Elizabeth one trunk with all my linens & wearing clothes.
I give to my son Richard's 2 daughters my silk dress? & scarfe. I give a Necke called James Neck to be equally divided amongst my 6 sons Jonathan, Richard, Job, Adam, Samuel, & Daniel.
I give my son Richard's eldest sonne my blunderbuss. I give my son Richard's wife my cloake. I give all ye household stuff not here bequeathed to be equally divided among my 6 sons above mentioned.
I give Mr. George Philips a Cow, & all ye rest of my stock to be equally divided amonst my 6 sons above mentioned, it must be understood that what I have given my son Richard is to oblige him to quit & null all debts ye he pretends is owing to him by my husband or my self, so it may prevent future difference among my children, & also all ye rest of my children to null & void all debts from husband or myself, & to accept of what I have given them in full satisfaction.
I desire also what I gave Mary Petreche she may have it & to be maintained equally amongst my children.
I hereby null & revoke all former wills & instruments whatsoever & Constitute & appoint my well beloved son Richard Smith to be my executor & to take care & see that this is my last will & testament I have hereunto affixed my hand & seale this 20 January 1708.
The real estate mentioned in the will was probably the land deeded to Richard Smith JR., by both Richard & Sarah Smith, SR, on 31 Aug 1688 & on the same day deed back by Richard Smith JR., to his mother, Sarah Smith. - - -

Birth:
ALT NAME Sarah Hammond.

Sarah married Colonel Richard SMITH, Patentee in 1645 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Richard was born in 1613 in Myreshaw, Bradford, Yorkshire, England.; died on 7 Mar 1691 in Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jonathan Smith married Sarah Brewster.

WILL of his father:
. 1693 March ye 5th WILL, in ye name of God Amen, I Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island, New York, being sick & weak in body of sound & perfect memory thanks be to God.
To Jonathan Smith our eldest son - our house barn & orchard joining to his home lot & ye home stall as far as old fence Northward & halfe way from said house to Samuel's house & thence to ye west ende of ye barn & ye wood close on ye East side of ye little brook over against ye house & 40 acres of land more than his equal share in division with ye rest of our children & that lot of meadow over against ye mill on ye west side of ye river. - - -

Died:
Alt DOB: 1691.

Notes:

. 1845 May 9. Ballinafad. A meeting was held for the purpose of appointing 3 trustees for the cemetery. A deed was drawn up between Nathaniel Roszell & his Wife Hannah, "in the Township of Erin, in the county of Waterloo, in the Wellington district, in the prince of Canada". The trustees were Obadiah Roy, Archibald Patterson & Jos Hilt. Witnesses present were Donald McMain & Arthur Thompson. The same of 5 shillings was paid for the land.
Ref: Flesherton Advance newspaper. - - -

Died:
Will dated 8 Mar 1712.

Elizabeth married Capt William C. LAWRENCE, .1 on 4 Mar 1664 in Hempstead, Livingston, Long Island, Nassau Co., New York. William (son of Capt. Thomas LAWRENCE, .I and Joane ANTROBUS) was born on 27 Jul 1622 in Great St. Albans, Herts., England; died on 14 Mar 1680 in Tews Neck, Flushing, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Govenor Philip CARTERET on 26 Mar 1681 in New York City, New York. Philip was born about 1623 in Isle of Jersey, England; died on 10 Dec 1682 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Col. Richard TOWNLEY on 1 Dec 1684 in England. Richard was born about 1624 in Burnley, Lancashire, England; died in . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard Smith Jr. married Hannah Tooker

. OLD BURLINGTON CO., HISTORIC HOUSES, 406 High Street, oldest structure in Burlington;
Samuel / Richard Smith House, 315 HighStreet, (Moorestown) Burlington, c. 1765 /1798. The senior Dr. Richard Smith was a rich merchant in the Colony & had this house built in 1720, which by fate is now called the Coleman House. (The Nathaniel Coleman House is found adjacent at 320 High St. & the Friends Meetinghouse, dated 1785. Nearby at number 341 High St. Capt. James Lawrence - John B Lawrence's house is a 459 High St., Burlington).

WILL of his father:
. WILL, March ye 5th, 1693, in ye name of God Amen, I Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island, New York, being sick & weak in body of sound & perfect memory thanks be to God.
To our son Richard - our Negro Harry & an equal share of land in division with ye rest of our children.

. WILL of Richard Smith Jr.
to wife Hannah, a third of movables, except silver plate, & the best room in house & 2 slaves.
To son Richard, Moriches Neck on south side of Island where he now lives & half the island that piers at the bottom of Ezekiel Howell's neck & all the improved at Smithtown, except the farm that formerly belonged to Robert Arthur, & a third of thatch beds & meadow. Also my biggest silver tankard & silver headed cane.
To son Nathaniel, the neck called Watchogue, lying south; & half the neck called Mattuck & half the island. Also tract lying upon Nissequogue river with house, landmill & all my improved in Smithtown not heretofore bequeath, till my son Ebenezer comes of age, then divid between them. Also the farm on west side of the river formerly Robt. Arthur's, & third of undivided lands & 2 negroes & my little silver tankard & my silver hilted sword.
To son Ebenezer, when 21y, half improved lands in Smith Town & 50 acres on road to Brookhaven, 100 acres over this share of the undivided lands.
To Daughter Sarah 130 acres at the two swamps called Cuttscumsuck.
To daughter Hannah 130 acres of undivided rights in Smithtown.
Executors sons Richard & Nathaniel, & beloved friend John Davis of East Hampton.
Witnesses: Daniel Turneur, James Fanning, James Smith.
Will Proved 28 Mar 1720,
Ref. Liber 9, p.232. - - -

Birth:
Alt Names: Richard The Bull Rider Smith.

Died:
Will Proved 1720 Mar 28.

Notes:

Job Smith married c 1678 at Suffolk, NY
Elizabeth Thompson, born 1647 Smithtown, NY, Daughter of Hannah Brewster & John Thompson.

WILL of his father:
. WILL, March ye 5th, 1693, in ye name of God Amen, I Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island, New York, being sick & weak in body of sound & perfect memory thanks be to God.

To our son Job we & bequeath our Negro Robin for ye term of 12 years & an equal share of land in division with ye rest of our children & ye end of ye sd 12 years the said Robin shall be free. - - -

Notes:

Adam, Smith married Elizabeth Browne, born Dec 31, 1658, died after May 27, 1735, Elizabeth is the daughter of Edmund Browne of Massachusetts.

WILL of his father:
. WILL, March ye 5th, 1693, in ye name of God Amen, I Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island, New York, being sick & weak in body of sound & perfect memory thanks be to God.
To our son Adam we give an equal share of land in division with ye rest of our children. - - -

Notes:

Birth:
verify

Died:
/not mentioned in her fathr's will.. Verify.

Notes:

Samuel Smith married Hannah Perring, daughter of Henry and Hannah Perring.

WILL of his father:
. WILL, March ye 5th, 1693, in ye name of God Amen, I Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island, New York, being sick & weak in body of sound & perfect memory thanks be to God.

To our son Samuel - ye orchard Southward of the house 7 half of ye pasture bounded by ye little Creek ye eastward parte thereof & ye lower or Northward most Fresh Island on ye east side of ye river with an equal share of land in division with ye rest of our children & the swamp called ye North swamp with ye land on ye east side which is fenced. - - -

Notes:

In 1683 Ann Smith married Daniel Tourneur of Harlen, NY.

Died:
/not mentioned in her father's will.

Notes:

Daniel Smith married1 Rurther Tooker, daughter of Mary Johnson & John Tooker;
and married2 to Mary Holton.

WILL of his father:
. WILL, March ye 5th, 1693, in ye name of God Amen, I Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island, New York, being sick & weak in body of sound & perfect memory thanks be to God.

To our son Daniel - other half of ye pasture Southward of his house ye westward part of it & an equal share of land in division with ye rest of our children & our will is that James Necke shall be & remaine for ye use & improvement of my 6 sons above and their heirs forever. - - -

Notes:

Deborah is the daughter of Sarah Folger & Richard Smith.
Deborah is the younger sister of Elizabeth Smith, who was her father-in-law's second wife. Deborah was also the second wife of her husband, William Lawrence.

. 1680 June 1, William Lawrence & Deborah Smith, Record M.B. XVIL, page 48.Calendar of New York Marriages.

. 1684 Apr 2 - Deed from Richard Smith to my son-in-law, William Lawrence, 500 acres of & at the common passage over the Nessequogue river taking in the spongey old meadow about 2 miles s w about 15, with Deborah's division of the meadow. William to have all the meadow on the west side of the river from Jonathan Smith's fresh meadows he mowed & southward.
Wit: John Embree, John Lawrence.
Ref: Book of Surveys, Robt. E Smith.

* 1693 March ye 5th - WILL of her father: in ye name of God Amen, I Richard Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk on Long Island in ye province of New York.
To our daughter Lawrence an equall parte & share in division with ye rest of our children where it shall be most suitable & convenient also ye other halfe of my clothing.

. 1698, Flushing, Queens Co., New York,
"An exact list of all ye inhabitants' names within ye Towne of Flushing & p'cincts & old & young freemen & servants white, black & coloured:"
Debora Lawrence, William Lawrence.

. 1703, Names of Masters of Families in the City of New York, By Wards, According to the Enumeration Made About the Year 1703.
New York City, Dock Ward, Widow Lawrence, 1 female child & 1 female child. (Duplication or is this a second child?)

. 1736 November the Second day.
Then layd out to the said Platt Smith on the Right of the said Deborah Lawrence, two seventh parts of a certain lot of land being Number 4, lying on Rockconcamy plains, on the south side of the Country road, Bounded north by the said road, the said lot being 47 rods wide, measuring on a slant by the said road, so running from the said road the said breadth south to Islip line, so bounded south by said Islip line, which said two seventh parts liveth on the east side of said lot.
Richard Woodhull, John Hallock, Geo. Townsend.
[This piece of land which still remains the undivided property of the heirs of Richard Smith, is the land on the south side of Nissequogue Street, on the east side of the river road, & part of it is an ancient burying ground, & still used for that purpose. The land on the east, formerly the home lot of Job Smith 2nd, is now the property of Dubois Smith. In all probability the first Church in Smithtown.]
Ref: Records of The Town of Smithtown, p. 227.

. 1737 May 2, New York WILL, In the name of God, Amen. I, DEBORAH LAWRENCE, of Flushing, in Queens County, on Nassau Island, in province of NY, widow of William Lawrence of Flushing, Gent., deceased.
This 2nd day of May, 1737, being in good health, to settle my worldly affairs I do make this last Will & Testament in the manner following:
I leave to my grandson, William Lawrence, son of my son Richard Lawrence, £5.
I leave to my 3 sons, Samuel, Adam, & Stephen Lawrence, £5 each.
I leave to my daughter Sarah Rodman, a silver porringer, & tumbler, & 2 spoons.
To my daughter, Elizabeth Willett, my wearing clothes, & household goods, linnen, & £5.
I leave all the rest to my sons Samuel, Adam, & Stephen Lawrence, & my daughter, Elizabeth Willett.
* But if my son Joshua should come back within 10 years, he shall have his part [ i.e. but nothing thereafter the 10 years.]
. I make my son Stephen, & my son-in-law, John Willett, executors.
Disallowing & making void all other Wills & Testaments by me therefore made, Signed & sealed, Deborah Lawrence.
Witnesses: William Lawrence, Rem Montfoort, Benjamin Wright.

1743 April 12, WILL Proved, before Adam Lawrence, Esq.
Note: *Son Joshua had a disagreement with his father & had left the home, for parts unknown.
. 1743 Apr 12. Inventory exhibited before 12 Oct next just account required by Stephen Lawrence & John Willet, duly sworn in performance of the said Will. Signed Geo. Jos. Moore, Deputy.
Ref: NY Wills & Probate Records, Vol 0015-007, 1742-51, p30. - - -

Birth:
ALT DOB 1657*

Died:
WILL Proved, April 12, 1743.

Deborah married Major William L LAWRENCE, .2 Jr. on 1 Jun 1680 in Southampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York. William (son of Capt William C. LAWRENCE, .1 and Elizabeth GILDERSLEEVE) was born in 1655 in Smithtown, Suffolk Co., Long Island, New York; died on 20 Feb 1741 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Richard Townley arrived in the colonies in 1683 with Francis Howard, Lord Effingham, governor of Virginia He left Virginia for Elizabethtown where he me Lady Elizabeth Carteret, marrying her in 1684. No prenuptial agreements were signed, before this wedding. Townley was an Anglican and a Jacobite, a support of James II.
Townley immediately became a leader in the community. He offered his home for services by Rev. John Brooke, an Episcopal priest. The house was the brick house built by Sir Philip Carteret for his bride. Col. Townley donated land for St. John's Episcopal Church in 1711.

. 1698, Flushing, Queens Co., New York,
"An exact list of all ye inhabitants' names withing ye Towne of Flushing & p'cincts and old & young freemen & servants white, black & coloured:"
Debora Lawrence, William Lawrence.

. Rev. Edward Vaughan followed Rev. Brooke in 1707. He married Townley's step-daughter Mary Lawrence Emmot, a widow.
Ref: New Jersey's First Capital, 1664-1775, by Jean Rae Turner, Richard T Koles.

Mary Lawrence's first husband & was Mr. Emmot. - - -

Mary married Rev. Edward VAUGHAN in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey. Edward was born est 1665 in New England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married James EMMOTT between 1682-83. James was born in c 1660 in England; died in Apr 1713 in Queens Co., Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Elisha, son of William, commenced business as a merchant in the latter part of the 1700, at Cheesequakes, on the south side of the Raritan, but his store having been pillaged by the crew of a French privateer, he removed to Upper Freehold then a wilderness.

. 1688 May 12. Patent to Elisha LAWRENCE of Middletown, for two hammocks of land at Shoal Harbour, Monmouth Co., 20 acres, S. Upland, W. William Camptone, N. the sage meadow, S. E. grantee.

. Elisha Lawrence was one of the earliest & most prominent settlers of Monmouth county. He married Lucy Stout & died at Chestnut Grove, Upper Freehold, May 27, 1724. Reprinted 1916.

. 1764 Elisha Lawrence, Jur, West Jersey. Letter waiting in the Trenton post office.

. Richard Salter sold an additional 185 acres near Crosswicks to Elisha Lawrence for £50 on 19 Nov, 1717. Including housing buildings, edifices, structures, barnes, stables, orchards.

Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House Land Elisha Lawrence, Fourth Assembly 1708-9; Fifth Assembly 1709, Co. of Monmouth.
William & Elisha Lawrence, Seventh NJ Assembly 1716, County of Monmouth.
1721 - Elisha Lawrence was Representative to the Assembly.

* Summary: a long & fairly exciting tale of Middletown Proprietors' grievances, rebellion, swords fights, petition of complaint signed, Wm. Lawrence, & numerous others, delivered to the Governor; with a speedy retreat to a waiting ship, firing canons off as a farewell gesture.
"The following is a true copy of the record of this court, which made so much talk & excitement in New Jersey, & among the Proprietors in England, & which brought public matters to a conclusion so far as any further attempts to coerce & drive the people of Middletown township. March 25, 1701, Monmouth."

. They are here represented in a court record, as being guilty of rank rebellion for the mere purpose of enabling- a strange pirate named Moses Butterworth - to escape ... a certain pirate belonging to Kidd's crew - A drummer was sent into to the court as a diversion, the guards were overcome & the pirate drag out of the court to freedom. ... Governor Hamilton sends the petition to the William of Orange. Essentially, the Proprietors' lands were sold out under them by the Governor .
Ref: Early Dutch Settlers of Monmounth Co., NJ, By Geo. C Beekman, Freehold NJ.

. 1696 Jan 1 0 - At the publique Middletown meeting agreed the poor rate to £30. Persons chosed to make the sd. rate, Ben. Borden, Obediah Bowne, Elisha Lawrence & Will Lawrence Jr. Signed, Will Lawrence, Towne Clark.
. 1723 Jun 17 - Lawrence his brand mark for his horses is L on the near buttock. Entered by me, Elisha Lawrence, Towne Clerk.
Note: Elisha recorded many ear marks that day. -PJA

. 1722 April 14. WILL of Lawrence, Elisha, of Freehold Township, Monmouth Co., yeoman;
Wife Lucy.
Children: Elisha, John, Joseph, all three under age,
Elizabeth, wife of John Saltar,*
Sarah, wife of John Imlay,
Hannah, wife of Richard Saltar,
Rebeckah. Farm at the mouth of Buckhold Brook in Doctors Creek along James Coxes & Robert Burtnetts line. Personal Estate (bonds due by Capt. Richard Saltar & by John Saltar).
Executors the wife & son Elisha.
Witnesses Robert Imlay, Thomas Saltar, Alse Imlay.

. Codicil of March 15, 1723-4, makes another disposition of the land & calls daughter Hannah, wife of Richard Saltar.*
Witnesses Daniel Hendrick, Petter Imlay junior, Zebulon Cleayton, junior.
Proved May 27, 1724.
Ref: NJ Calendar of Wills, Lib. A, p. 293.

. 1724 May 2. Inventory of the personal Estate ( £775.8.4, incl. plate £30, a Bible, other books & 40 gamoas £7, 3 negroes £150, 2 white servants £21.3.4); made by Richard Saltar & Zebulon Cleayton. Endorsed: to be left at Jam Vanlletes in Allenstown.

. 1713 March 31st, The peace of Utrecht:
Having put an end to hostilities between Great Britain & France, & terminated a merciless war upon the American continent. Some leaven of the political spirit, which had been engendered during the administration of Gov. Cornbury, still worked, at times, among the people, & in the Assembly. Graham Mott, & Elisha Lawrence, merchants from Bergen, who had been of Cornbury's party, having entered on the minutes of council, reasons for voting against aiding the expedition to Canada, were severally expelled the House of which they had become members, ...was actually a ploy to delay passing certain measures & was meant to irritate the Governor.
Ref: History of NY.

. 1897 J. Lawrence Boggs of Perth Amboy recorded the Yellow Meeting House Monument:
"Here lieth the body of Elisha Lawrence who died April the 25th 1724, aged 58 years 2 months & 8 days."

Stone reads: By indulgence of the General's family, his companions in arms, erected this tribute of affection the 1st day of January, 1800 (Large horizontal stone.)
Ref: Historical Miscellany, Vol. 2, John Stillwell.

. The 4th child of Wm. Lawrence, Elisha, born in 1666, began business as a merchant near the end of the century at Cheesquakes, (now Mongan's Railroad Station) on the south side of Rarity.

The 3 Elisha's all were owners of the family homestead, Chestnut Grove. When the first Elisha Lawrence died, in 1724, the meeting house was the only public burial ground within 25 miles, a great distance in those days.
Ref: Three Men Named Elisha.
Buried at Chestnut Grove, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
1. Newtown, Long Isl., NY. 2. Middleborough, LI, NY.

Died:
Aged 58y 2m 8d [21 Jun 1665.] Heart engraved on black Monument reads 1724.

Buried:
Slate monument.

Elisha married Lucia LUCY STOUT on 12 Jan 1691 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Lucia (daughter of Richard STOUT, Jr. and Frances HEATH) was born in 1675 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 27 May 1724 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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. - - -

Birth:
Alt Name: Suhannah.

Hannah married Nathaniel LEONARD, Sr. on 9 Jan 1694 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Nathaniel was born on 16 Jun 1652 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died in 1707 in Tinton Falls, Monmouth Co. New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Joseph GROVER, Sr. in 1681 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Joseph (son of James GROVER, , The Patentee and Rebecca CHEESEMAN) was born in 1649 in Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York; died on 7 Dec 1688 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1741 Feb. 20 - WILL of Wm. Lawrence (Jr) names brothers Joseph & Benjamin as executors.
Note: However, when Wm.'s own WILL was proved on 22 Nov, 1750, the 3 of the executors were dead. (PJA 2010.)

. 1709 March - A road from the highway that goeth along ye rear of Joseph Lawrence's land, to Hochocson Swamp; then to the line that parts Morris & Thomas Leonards, thence along said line to the brook, thence down brook to bridge, then to place where bridge was made over, below the Sawmill, then to William Lawrence's Mill.
Records of June 1710 - Beginning on top of the hill where the path now goes, up over part of Swimming River, that leads up to Henry Leonard's Sawmill (1st) where road that comes from William Lawrence's to Shrewsbury crosses said river, then running southwest to a small black oak tree, being corner tree of Johannes Polhemus (on Laird Road, Fredericks property) & Auka Leffers (Lefferts), then along line of said Johannes Polhemus & Auka Leffers to lie & remain upon Polhemus' land, until it comes to where aforesaid road crosses said Polhemus & Leffers land.

. Richard Lawrence, born in 1691; he lived in Flushing, Long Island; died in 1781; married, April 6, 1717, at Friends' Meeting-house, Flushing, Hannah Bowne, daughter of Samuel & Mary (Becket) Bowne. Issue.
Thomas Lawrence; he was living in Flushing in 1698; is not mentioned in his father's WILL.
Elizabeth Lawrence; married John Bowne; removed in 1737, from Flushing, Long Island, to Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
John Lawrence, of whom below.
Sarah Lawrence.
Hannah Lawrence; married Moses Molyneux, of Westchester County, New York.
Abigail Lawrence; married Major Alexander Forbes, of the British Army.

. The Point Pleasant Land Co., (a summer resort). The first purchase extended from the ocean back to the Old Squan Rd. & down to near the head of Barnegat Bay. Streets were laid out 50 to 60 feet wide. Joseph Lawrence was a son of the first William & became posses of 4/5ths of his father's estate above & below Manasquan river.
The Curits family owned at one time most of the land around Point Pleasant. The first of the family were steps-sons of Joseph Lawrence who married a widow Curtis. Joseph Lawrence lives just over the river in Monmouth on the Col. James Osborne's place.
. Deed signed, by Joseph Lawrence to Jos. Bonny of Woodbridge, lands in East New Jersey. Joseph Lawrence of Flushing in Queen's Co., Nassau Isl., Prov. of NY, Gent., eldest son of Elizabeth Lawrence, alias Carteret, alias Townley, deceased, of Elizabeth Town in Prov. East NJ. 26 Jun 1755.
Wit. Affirmation of Daniel Lawrence being of the people called Quakers.
Ref: Book H2, Deeds, p 348, Trenton, NJ.

. John Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence & Mary (Townley) Lawrence,
was born in 1703, in Flushing, Long Island. Early in life he moved to Elizabeth, NJ. In 1729 he settled in Newport, Rhode Island, where he was engaged in shipbuilding.
He was the owner of many vessels; one named the Three Brothers, In memory of the 3 pioneers, John, Thomas, & William Lawrence, left Newport for a European voyage, & was never heard from. (In advanced life he removed to Providence, Rhode Island. Died, November 10, 1781,) & was burled in the Old Nicholas Brown's North Burial Ground, Providence, Rhode Island.

Joseph Lawrence married1. Sarah Worth. b 27 Dec 1670 & married2. Rachel Folke, b c 1670.
Children of Joseph
1. Elisha Lawrence b: BET 1720 & 1730
2. Benjamin Lawrence b: 1744.

Townley Family: http://home.earthlink.net/~lawrence/mystery.htm

JOSEPH LAWRENCE, (who married Mary Townley, 1690) had as children Elizabeth (married John Bowne, 1714), & Abigail, who married Major Alexander Forbes of the British Army.
WILL of Joseph Lawrence, Flushing; Queens County on Nassau Island in the Province of New York, Yeoman, being in good health & of sound & perfect mind and memory, do make and ordain this my last WILL & Testament in the following manner, my personal Estate, after that all my just & lawful Debts & funeral expenses are paid, I do give & dispose thereof as followeth.
. Impriminis, I bequeath unto my wife the use & all the profits of my farm which I now possess, &the West room & Household enough to furnish it withal & the Kitchen for to use as she pleaseth;
. to my good, son Richard Lawrence the sum of 5 shillings he having his full portion already,
. unto my son John Lawrence the sum of 5 shillings he having had his portion already.
. give my daughter Elizabeth Bowne the sum of £5 & a wench named Nell.
. unto my daughters Sarah Lawrence, Hannah Mollyudee & Abigal Forbes, all the rest of my Estate both Household Goods & moveables, to be equally divided between my 3 daughters above mentioned,
. Executrix my daughter Sarah Lawrence to be my Executrix & Stephen Lawrence to be my Executors of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and fixed my
Signed, 1754 Dec 8 Anno Domini, Joseph Lawrence, David Rod Jun, John Embree & Jacob Lawrence.
. Queens County, Be it Remembered that on the 18 April 1759, Jamaica, Queens Co., personally came before me Samuel Clowes, Jun., David Rod, Jun., one of the . Witnesses to the within WILL; being duly sworn, declared that he did see Joseph Lawrence deceased, in his lifetime sign & seal the same, his last Will and Testament, & he further on his oath affirmed declared that he did see John Embree & Jacob Lawrence sign as Witnesses to the same in the presence of the Testator.
Signed, S Clowes, Surrogate.
Ref: NY Wills, Surrogate's Office, Liber 22, p7.

* * * THE MYSTERY SOLVED - FACTS RELATING TO THE Lawrence -TOWNLEY CHASE-TOWNLEY MARRIAGE & ESTATE QUESTION
by Frank Alden Hill, Rand Avery County, 1888., found in Los Angeles Public Library.

. Among those families trying to claim descent were descendants of John, William & Thomas Lawrence of Long Island; Lawrence s of Nova Scotia (purportedly descended from Sir Robert Lawrence of Ashton Hall in England); descendants of John Lawrence of Watertown, Massachusetts (the "heirs" apparently held a large meeting in Boston in April 1855); the Chase family ("of which the late Chief Justice, Salmon P. Chase, was a member"); the Townley family (Effingham Townley of Elizabethtown, NJ is mentioned as being so certain of proof of their claim that he made provision for the estate's distribution in his will!); & the Williams family (positive that Sarah Lawrence, who married their ancestor, was the daughter of Mary Townley, who married Joseph Lawrence).

> Gatherings of possible heirs occurred in New York in July 1857, at the American Hotel, Toronto, Canada in April 1867, & in Middletown, New York in Oct 1877, to name a few.

Specific families named in the book included:
. Jasiel Lawrence, born 30 Sep 1808, of Watson, Lewis County , NY, son of Jasiel Lawrence Sr. born 1772 in Easton, MA & died at Durhamville, Oneida County NY. Jasiel Sr. had a brother, Libbeus Lawrence, born 1765 in Nova Scotia & died 1818 in Lansingburgh, NY, whose son John A. Lawrence died June 1857 in Troy, NY, & grandson Norman J. Lawrence died 1862 without heirs.
Major Eleazer Lawrence who left a will 29 Dec 1749, Cambridge, MA. In connection with this family, Experience Lawrence who married Jabez Keep of Westford, MA & Tryphena Lawrence who married her cousin Jonas Lawrence of Canaan, CT (descendants in Tioga County,New York & Bradford County, PA are specifically addressed.
Lawrences of (Louisville,) Kentucky who descend from Levin Lawrence who died between Apr & Sep 1756 & is buried probably near Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland. Levin married Susannah, (born 1717) daughter of John & Honor Dorsey (D'Arcy) of Maryland. The family coat of arms implies descent from the Lawrence family of Lancashire, England.
Thomas Laurenzen from Groningen in Holland, who, upon his admission to the Dutch Church in New York in 1662 was styled Thomas Laurenze, Popinga. He married 1663 Marritje Jans, widow of Cornelis Van Langvelt.
Joseph Lawrence & wife Mary of Plainfield & Killingly, CT. Their dau. Mary married first Lemuel Dean & 2nd John Williams (thus ensuring the Lawrence -Townley story in the Talcott, French, Warren, Williams & Dean families of New England & the West).

The author concluded that there was no basis for the Lawrence families' claim & that no Lawrence married Mary Townley.
So, if your Lawrence family has such a "legend," tread cautiously!
Signed, Carol Vidales.

The source was found in "Vital Stats from New Brunswick Newspapers. Vol.53 Item #2316. I sent to the St John Library & received the whole article , as follows: Lawrence-TOWNLEY.
The following is published for the information of all interested:

. 1880 Nov 2, Fredericton, NB. To Mr. Thomas Lawrence & others.
My instructions from you were to learn if there was, as has been reported, an estate in England for the heirs of John Lawrence , who married Mary Townley; & if so, whether you & the descendants of Isaac Lawrence , who was born in Westchester, New York on the 16th August 1756, are entitled to any share in it. I have to report that I have seen satisfactory evidence of the existence of an estate, descending to the said heirs; but I am also satisfied that you are not descended from John Lawrence & Mary Townley. My reasons for arriving at these conclusions are as follows: Sir Richard Townley, of Townley Hall, Lancashire, married Mary, daughter & only child of William, Widdrington & died in 1735, leaving him surviving several sons & 2 daughters; namely Mary, who made a clandestine marriage with John Lawrence, & Dorothy who married Francis Howard, afterwards Lord Effingham.

The direct male line of the Townley's having become extinct in 1813, about 1829 one Jonathan Lawrence, descended from Joseph Lawrence , of Flushing L.I. who, it was stated married Mary Lawrence after the death of John, filed a claim in Chancery, claiming:
- 1st. The estate, real & personal, of William, late Lord Widdrington. 2nd. The estate, real & personal, of the late Lord Effingham, including Corby estate. 3rd. The estate of Standish. 4th. The personal estate of Mary, widow of Sir Richard Townley. 5th. The personal estate of Dorothy Howard, also her real estate. 6th The real & personal estate of Sir Richard Townley. 7th. The accumulated rents & interest. The decree in the cause contained among other things the following statement: This case having been heard upon the case & proofs on fiel, it is found ordered & adjudged that the said claimants are not the lawful & lineal descendants of John Lawrence & Mary Townley. It is further found, adjudged, that the estates descend to Mary Townley, who married John Lawrence, a seafaring man, & some years afterwards emigrated to America, having 1 son, Johnathon & 1e daughter: The date of the emigration was 1713; & Jonathan Lawrence the son, was then only 2 years old. Now., Isaac Lawrence, your ancestor was born in 1756. His father was Jesse, born in 1727, & his descent has been traced directly to Thomas, born in England in 1625, & there is no John Lawrence in the pedigree. A comparison of dates will show that it is impossible that you are in line of descent from John Lawrence & Mary Townley. The connection which exists between your family & that of Colonel Richard Lawrence of Staten Island, who died at Eltham, England in 1789, is by marriage only. Under these circumstances, I cannot advise you to incur any further expense in prosecuting your claim. Signed, Chas. H. Lugrin."

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Alt Dob 1660.

Died:

Joseph married Rachel FOLKE in 1690 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York. Rachel was born in c 1670 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died in 1710 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah WORTH. Sarah was born on 27 Dec 1670 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas is the son of Elizabeth Smith & 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. - - -

Died:
Aged 19 years.

Buried:
- now First Presbyterian Church.

Family/Spouse: Mary FERGUSON. Mary was born est 1668 in Queens Co., Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1689 May 7 & again 1689 Aug 31 - Land Transfer: Grantee Richard Lawrence
From Council of Proprietors, Warrantt to Survey General:
Any part of West Jersey lawfully purchased of the Indians & not before legally surveyed. 1/8 part of a propriety. West Jersey, Indian Land, Unappropriated land.

Note: Document is incomplete and in poor condition.Notation: "This warrant is for ye 2d takening up of ye above said 8 part, and is a renewed one, the former not being executed whilst in date".
T. Shearp execute this Warrant, Andrew Robeson 1/3 [illegible]".
Others Names: Signed, John Reading, Commissioner; Andrew Robeson, Surveyor General; T. Sharp, Deputy Surveyor, [Shearp].)
Ref: NJ State WJ Loose, 24597, PWESJ004.

Verify which Richard Lawrence:
1739-1740 Feb 7 - Land Transfer: Grantee, Richard Lawrence
From Council of Proprietors, Warrant to Survey General:
). 625 acres. Anywhere in the Western Division below the falls of Delaware River at Trentown where lawfully purchased of the Indians & not before legally surveyed. Several return & register notes on verso.
Others mentioned: Indians, Signed, Samuel Scattergood, Clerk
Ref: NJ State WJ Loos Records, 1740 Richard Lawrence 26343, (PWESJ004).

. Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Nathaniel Whitehead had charge of the mill. In 1698, he built a new house in Meadow St., north of Jersey St., finishing it, however, in 1701. Not content with preaching, pastoral visitation, farming, flour mill, a cider press; a member of legislature.

Like the most of his profession, he kept a boarding school, also. His Ledger shows, that, from 1695 to 1702, he had the following pupils under his care, most if not all of whom boarded with him.
Richard Lawrence, his price for board was 5s. a week; & for teaching " the art of Navigation," £3.
Ref: History of Elizabeth, New Jersey: including the early history of Union County, By Edwin Francis Hatfield. - - -

Richard married Charity CLARK in 1669. Charity was born est 1670 in Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., New York. [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. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Aged 15 years.

Buried:
- now First Presbyterian Church.

Notes:

. 1709, Apr. 8. James Lawrence, of Freehold, sold 10 acres of land; that which he received in the WILL of his father, William Lawrence. 3
1722. He was an executor of the WILL of his brother, Elisha Lawrence.

Unrecorded Wills & Inventories Monmouth County, New Jersey, pages 135 & 136:

. 1729 March 6, WILL of James Lawrence of Freehold, Monmouth Co., Yeoman,
"Being Sick & Weak of Body." Proved by dep. of John Stillwell & Joseph Myers, & affirm. of Abbert Swam, "being one of the People Called Quakers,"
Wit: before Samuel Bustill, D. Regr, Apr. 7, 1730.
Wife: Mehitable.

Gives: "Unto my son Jacob, his heirs .... All that Lands & Meadow Which I purchased of Edward Worth "On Condition .... that he pay to my 2 granddaughters, the daughters of my deceased Daughter Elizabeth Vanhorne,
Catherine &
Elisabeth, the sum of £25 apiece money at 8 shillings pence as they shall "Each of them respectively come to 18 y of age or Marriage & if either of Hillocks dye the surviving sister to have ye whole £50 & if they both dye
then their brother Mathias to have ye £50 & also devise to
my sd. son Jacob is further on condition that if the land that I hereby devise to my son John be recovered "from him by Law or any part of it that then
my son Jacob be at one equal 3rd part of ye Costs of ye sd. suit & also pay to sd. John his heirs ....

For one equal third part of all such land so loft 35 shillings per acre money at 8 s. per pence. & if my son John should carry the case,
then my son Jacob to pay one equal third part of all such costs, that my sd son cannot recover of ye plaintiff.
.... that my Plantation whereon I now dwell be divided by line beginning at a small white Oak standing by Crosswick Creek against a small Island in the Creek & running along ye ditch & bottom of the bank " to ye mouth of a small run .... to the place where the path Just below the forks of sd run crosses the same to the SW corner of ye orchard .... to an old bridge where ye "path crosses sd run .... Thence upon a parallel line with Burlington Path until it comes to Matthew Warwicks deceased line & I give .... to my son John his heirs .... all my lands & improvements to the southward of sd Division Line, being part of that purchased of David Stout, & 10 Acres of Salt Meadow at "Kettle Creek";

"to my Grandson Mathias Van Horne his heirs a right of propriety to take up "120 A of land in right of Turners share of propriety ...."
Unto my loving wife Mehetabell the sum of one £100 at 8 s .p & ye use of the remaining part of my personal estate, after debts funeral charges and legacies .... are paid out. During her widowhood & at the expiration the same be equally divided amongst all my children, & .... that she have the "use of one half of my Lands, buildings & improvements where I now live that lyes to the northward of ye line of "Division .... during the term of her widowhood."

"Unto my son James if he attain to 21 Y or leave issue of his body (after ye expiration of my wife's widowhood) all ye lands, buildings & "improvements ye lyes to ye northward of sd. line of Division,both that part widowhood purchased of David Stout. & that purchased of John Johnstons & George Hillocks & 10 Acres of salt meadow at Kettle Creek Unto yea said Son James his heirs .... Upon condition that if his brother John should loose at law any part of his land above to him devised that he pay to said John his heirs .... for one equal 3rd part in like manner as his brother Jacob is hereby ordered to pay, & also ye one third of ye cost if sd. John Carrys ye case as Jacob is above sd. ordered ....";

"to "my Daughter Hannah When she shall attain to 21 y or leave issue of her body the one half of "my 570 Acres of land lying in Middlesex to be equally divided in quantity & quality to her heirs "...."
"Unto my daughter Mary when she shall attain to 21 y or leave issue of her body the other half of sd. l& in Middlesex to be equally divided as above sd. to her my sd daughter Mary heirs ";
"to my Daughter Rebecca The one half of my lands & Meadow at Kettle Creek after ye 20 A. of meadow is taken out as Above mentioned when she shall attain to ....21 Y or leave issue of her body to be equally divided to her her heirs ....";
"to my Daughter Deborah when she shall attain to .... 21 y, or leave issue of her body, the remaining part of my land & Meadow at Kettle Creek to be equally divided "to her my sd. daughter Deborah her heirs ..." "That if either of my sons depart this life, before they attain to "21 Year or leave issue of their body that then such land as such deceased son should inherit be equally divided between the surviving sons & their heirs & if either of
my 4 daughters namely Hannah, Mary Rebecca & Deborah, depart this life before they attain to .... 21y or leave issue of their body that then "that land that such deceased daughter or daughters should inherit be equally divided amongst those of said daughters that shall survive & their heirs ...."

Appoints "my loving wife Mehetabell & my son Jacob Lawrence & my Cousin [& nephew] Robert Lawrence as Executors ...."
Wits: James Lawrence, John XMARK Stilwill. Joseph Myers. Abbert XMark Swam; Oath of Executors, Mehatabel Lawrence, Jacob Lawrence & Robert Lawrence;
before Samuel Bustill, D. Regr., "on the day & year .... Supra." [Apr. 7, 1730.]

. On the back of the WILL: "Sworn ye 7th April, 1730, all ye here & all ye. Witnesses. Jos. Myers, affd."
Ref: NJ Calendar of Wills, Lib 3, page 77.

Inventory of JAMES LAWRENCE, Deceased, late of Freehold, Mon. Co., by John Ashton, Thomas Smith & John King. Dated June 6, 1730.
"Prized In money at 8 shillings pence."
Proved by affirm. of Thomas Smith, "being of the People called Quakers"; before Samuel Bustill, D. Surrogate & Register, June 25, 1730.

Items of Interest:œ "Purse money & personal apparel £107-10-06 s.;
"To 12 Silver Spoons at 12 shillings & 6 pence each £10-10-00; "
.... four remnants of pieces of cloth £6-16-00
Pewter Dishes & Plates £6;
In the shop "Carpenters tools chains & other lumber £9-02;
Smiths Tools some old Iron & other lumber £19-05;
To Two Slaves & a Servant £62-05;
On bonds 146--17--02, "Book debts £44-08-01; "
.... & some books £6--16--00 cattle, grain, household effects. Total £œ804-08 -00. - - -

Died:
- Date of Will 6.3.1629 & WILL proved 7 Apr 1730.

James married Mehitable ALBURTIS est 1694 in New York State. Mehitable (daughter of Jan JOHN ALBURTIS and Elizabeth SCUDDER) was born in 1675 in Newtown, Flushing, Long Isl., New York; died on 3 Mar 1755 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
BU: St. John's Churchyard

Notes:

. Effingham Townley inherited a large amount of real estate in Elizabethtown, NJ. Most of it had belonged to Gov. Carteret, the 2nd husband of Elizabeth Smith-Lawrence.
Ref: Woodruff Chronicles Vol 2, by C N Woodruff, Glendale, Cal., 1971. - - -

Notes:

Sarah Townley married Mr. Shackmaple.

Sarah Lawrence married Joseph Rodman, b: 1685-04-11 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA:

Child: William Rodman, b: 1721-10-31 in Coleraine, Londonberry, Ulster, Ireland. - - -

Notes:

Note: This William.4 is the son of Deborah Smith & husband Wm. Lawrence. Jr., the Second.
The son of William, Jr.2 & first wife Ruth Gibbons had died previously on 3 Nov 1728.
Died with out issue.

. Note, as always, the generation numbering is relative to your perspective and is used in this genealogy based on birth date. - PJA 2010) - - -

Birth:


Died:
Mother leaves bequest to his son, Richard.

Notes:

WILL of Deborah (Smith) Lawrence, 1737 May 2. I leave to my grandson, William Lawrence, son of my son Richard Lawrence, £5. - - -

Notes:

WILLof Deborah (Smith) Lawrence, 1737 May 2. - I leave to my daughter Sarah Rodman, a silver porriger, and tumbler, and 2 spoons.

Sarah's children: Joseph Rodman, b 1708, Ann, 1711, Wm. 1712, Samuel 1714, Mary, 1716, Sarah, 1719, Wm.2. 1721.4.11, Deborah, 1725, Ann.2 born 1728, and Elizabeth Rodman, c 1707 NY. - - -

Birth:
/resided.

Died:

Sarah married Joseph RODMAN on 6 Mar 1706 in New York State. Joseph was born on 11 Apr 1685; died in Sep 1759 in New Rochelle, Westchester Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1716 Sep 14, Daniel married May Redwood. Their children:

1. Langford Thorne, born c 1735 in Flushing, Long Island, NY
2. Abraham, born c 1737 in New York
3. Sarah Thorn, born c 1740
4. Rachel Thorn, born c 1742.

Records of the Town of Smithstown, Abstract of Deed:
To all Christian People to whom these presents shall come, Greeting, Know ye that I Jonathan Smith of Smithtown in the County of Suffolk & Province of New York; Esquire, for & in consideration of 20 & 5 acres of land to me in hand released acquitted & forever discharged before the ensealing & delivery hereof by Daniel Lawrence of Flushing in Queens County & in the Province aforesaid Gentleman, the Receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, & myself therewith to be fully &
entirely satisfied contented & paid & of every part & parcel thereof do exonerate acquit & discharge the said Daniel Lawrence, his heirs executors, administers & assigns for ever by these presents, have given granted bargained Released & forever acquitted claims & by these presents do fully freely & absolutely Remise Release & forever acquit all claim acquit all claim pretension or demand unto such lands as are mentioned & given unto Deborah Lawrence the mother of the aforesaid Daniel Lawrence in the last WILL & Testament of my Grandfather Richard Smith Sen. of Smithtown, deceased, unto him the said Daniel Lawrence his heirs executors administrators & assigns &c. In full confirmation I have set my hand & fixed my seal this 19 day of June in the 12th year of his present Majestie's reigne, Anno Dom. 1725.
Sealed & delivered, Jonathan Smith, in presence of Shubal Marchant, Nathaniel Brewster, Justice. - - -

Birth:
Verify.

Died:
[verify, not mentioned in his mother's will.]

Notes:

. 1719 July 28 - First WILL of * WILLIAM LAWRENCE.
To all Christian People, Greeting. I, William Lawrence, of Flushing in Queen's County, on the Island of Nassau, being conscious of the mortality of life in this world.
. I leave to my son, Joshua Lawrence, a bond of £57. 10s.
Note1: This would imply Joshua Lawrence was still on friendly terms with his family, as compared to 1732 when is was still absent. - PJA.

. 1732 May 2 - WILL of Deborah (Smith) Lawrence,
*But if my son Joshua should come back within 10 years, he shall have his part. Will Proved, April 12, 1743.
Note2: Son Joshua had a disagreement with his father & had left the home, for parts unknown. - - -

Died:
verify

Notes:

WILL of Deborah (Smith) Lawrence, 1737 May 2. I leave to my 3 sons, Samuel, Adam, & Stephen, £5 each.

WILL: In the name of God, Amen. I, ADAM LAWRENCE, ESQ., High Sheriff of Queens County, Long Island, & Province of New York.
. I leave to my 3 daughters, Deborah Van Wyck, Sarah Hewlett, & Catharine Platt, £100 each;
. unto my 2 granddaughters, Elizabeth & Deborah Lawrence (daughters of my late son George, deceased), the sum of £50 each;
. to my grandson, Philip Lawrence (son of my said son George), the sum of £160, to be paid him by my eldest son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, as soon as he shall be in possession of that part of my real estate hereinafter devised him.
. To my son Stephen, a negro boy named Aaron.
All the rest & residue of my personal estate I leave to my sons,
. Joseph & Clarke, to be shared equally between them. I give & devise unto my sons,
. Doctor Daniel Lawrence & Stephen Lawrence, all that tract of land being on the east side of the road leading from the Great Plains to Captain Samuel Cornell, on which I now live, bounded on the west by the road above mentioned; northerly the lands of the Adriance's & of Mr. Cha. Crommelin; easterly by the land of said Crommelin; southerly by the Great Plains; together with plain lands adjoining the same, & including my rights in the said unlocated Great Plains, to be divided between them according to the quantity & quality of the land.
. I also leave to my said sons, Doctor Daniel Lawrence & Stephen Lawrence, a piece of woodland bounded on the south & west by the lands of John Hegeman & Philip S. Platt, on the north by the lands of Philip S. Platt & on the east by the land of Daniel Duryea, & the east of my son, George Lawrence, deceased, containing about 20 acres, to be equally divided, the west part of which division with the improvements including the last mentioned "lott" of Woodland I leave to my son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, & the eastern part, including the woodland adjoining Cha. Crommelin, I leave to my said son, Stephen Lawrence.
Unto my son Clarke a piece or parcel of land situate, lying & being directly in the front of the house of Albert & Jacob Adriance, containing about 40 acres; a piece of woodland lying on the hills of the northwest of the Adriance's house above mentioned, bounded easterly & northerly by the lands of Obadiah Cornell, westerly by the lands of Thos. Forster & Thos. Mitchell, & southerly with the hills, containing 20 odd acres.
Executors: I make my son-in-law, James Hewlett, & my sons, Stephen & Clarke, executors. I likewise empower them to receive from my son, Doctor Daniel Lawrence, the sum of £160, which I hereby order him to pay them for the legacy of my grandson, Philip Lawrence, & before mentioned in his bequest. I devise they will put out on interest in good security the sum of £150, & also the two legacies of £50 each, bequeathed my 2 granddaughters, Elizabeth & Deborah Lawrence, for their several uses. - - -

Notes:

. WILL of 14 May, 1757 - Thomas Robinson of NY, mentions his partner shop with Caleb Lawrence. Robinson ordered that his part of the brew house & grain, malt & real estate to put on sale for the benefit of his 2 daughters & wife. I make my wife, & Robert Hartshorne, &
Richard Lawrence, of Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey, & Joseph Furman, of New York, merchant, Executors.
[Richard Lawrence.iii , b 1720?] - - -

Died:
Verify, not mentioned in his mother's will of 1734.

Caleb married Elisabeth LAWRENCE, .v on 20 Jun 1747 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. Elisabeth (daughter of William LAWRENCE, .4 Esq. and Mercy HARTSHORNE, .1) was born in 1721 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the name of God, Amen. I, Samuel Lawrence, of Flushing, In Queens County, this 25 August, 1754, being sick.
My executors are to pay all my debts. I leave to my wife Mary all household goods, "& all my stock of creatures of all sorts, Horses, cattle, & sheep," & all farming utensils, & my chaise & all my negroes,
except my negro man "Peter" which I have given to my son Thomas. I leave to my son Thomas all that my messuage, tenement, dwelling house, & tract of land which I purchased of Peter Huff & Matthew Franklin, & a share of fresh meadow which I purchased of John Field, & 1/2 of all my salt meadow at a place called Long Neck in the town of Jamaica, & 10 acres of wood land, to be taken off the north end of my other lands adjoining to Johanes Suydam's land: to begin at the east side of the pond or watering place by the same, & from thence to run east by the Suydam's land & the land of Samuel Cornell until it meets with Thomas Clement's land, & to extend south so far as to make 10 acres, & he shall also have a cartway from his other lands to the said 10 acres of woodland.

I leave to my wife Mary the use of 1/3 of all my messuage, tenement, dwelling house, & tract of land & salt meadows, not before given, while she remains my widow.
I leave to my son William all that my dwelling house & tenement & tract of land where I now live in Flushing, Bounded east by Thomas Clements, north by John Suydam & Samuel Cornell, west by Elbert Hogeland, south by highway, Also all the land on the south side of said highway, bounded west by Derick Whortman, south by said Whortman & Cornelius Cornell, & north by said highway
(except the 10 acres of woodland given to my son Thomas), Also 1/2 of my salt meadow on Long Neck, in Jamaica, Provided he lives to be 25 years old; But if he die without issue under 25, then the same to go to my son Thomas & my son Augustine, & he is to have the use of 2/3 of the said lands after my decease, but to have no power to sell until he is 25 years of age. I leave to my son Augustine £600. To my daughter, Margaret Lawrence, & to my daughter, Abial Lawrence, each f150 (pounds). To my grand children, Mary Willett & Anne Willett, f50 (pounds), To my son Samuel the use of £200, to remain in the hands of my executors to be paid at their discretion.

I leave to my daughters, Deborah Doughty, Elizabeth Willett, Mary Waters, Margaret Lawrence, & Abigail Lawrence, all the rest of my personal estate, except that my daughter, Deborah Doughty, shall have £50 less than the rest of my daughters.
I make my wife Mary, & my son Thomas, & my brother in law, John Willett, Jr., executors.
Witnesses: Samuel Cornell, Derick Whortman, Thomas Hicks, Jr.
Proved, 21 June, 1760, before Samuel Clowes, Surrogate.
Ref: NJ Callender of Wills, page 148. - - -

Died:
Proved 21 Jun 1760.

Samuel married Mary HICKS on 1 Jun 1717 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York. Mary was born in 1693 in Flushing, Queens, Long Isl., New York; died on 17 Apr 1776 in Black Stump, Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WILL of Deborah Smith Lawrence, 1737 May 2. I leave to my 3 sons, Samuel, Adam, & Stephen, £5 each.

Birth:
/resided

Notes:

WILL of Deborah Smith Lawrence, 1737 May 2.
To my daughter, Elizabeth Willett, my wearing clothes, household goods, & £5. - - -

Birth:
/resided

Elizabeth married John WILLETT on 15 Oct 1737 in New York City, New York. John was born est 1706 in Buckhamshire Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Two Lawrence sisters, daughters of Elisha Lawrence & Lucy Stout married two Salter brothers: Elizabeth Lawrence married John Saltar & Hannah Lawrence married Richard Salter, Jr.

. 1728, Oct. 8. - WILL of SALTAR, Elizabeth, of Freehold, Monmouth Co.; Lands in New Jersey & Pennsylvania to be sold, except 50 acres on the Neck, at lower end of husband’s plantation & small piece of land & the house testatrix lived in at the Iron Works. If sufficient, £10 apiece to daughters, out of the 100 acres of land given testatrix by her father.
Daughters – Sarah, Lucy, Lidy (Lydia) & Elizabeth Saltar. Executors: loving brothers, Elisha Lawrence, John Lawrence & friends John Emely, Richard Saltar, Jr.
Witnesses:– Robert Lawrence, Ebenezer Saltar, James Tapscott.
Proved August 20, 1741.

. ACCOUNT of ELISHA LAWRENCE, Executor of Elizabeth Salter, late of Freehold,
Monnmouth Co., deceased. She the said Elizabeth, dying, executrix of John Salter late of Freehold. Yeoman, as well of goods chattels & credits of ye said John Salter. deceased as came to the hands of the said Elizabeth to be administered as of & for her payments & disbursements out of ye same. This accountant chargeth himself with all the goods & chattels etc. of ye said john Salter, decd, which came into the possession of his Executrix Elizabeth to be administered as by an Inventory filed in the Secretary's Office, at Burlington, amounting to proclamation money by moneys paid for the funeral charges of sd John Salter; by moneys paid at the Register's Office for letters testamentary, by moneys paid expenses, on the witnesses ect. on proving ye will & inventory, at the Register's office at Burlington By moneys paid, the appraisers, & chalk? for drawing the inventory by moneys paid to debt due by bond: Isaac Stelle, Thomas Rutter, Gabriel Stelle, Richd Salter, Jos: Borden, Mordecai Lincoln,

By moneys paid to Elisha Lawrence, a Debt due on account, Samuel Bickley one of the Executors , Abraham Bickley, Deced, James Tapscott, Thomas Parker, Robt Ellis, Thos King, Antho & John Pintard, Moses Robins, Wm. Everingham, Daniel Robins, John Brown; This accountant prays for allowance for a bond appraised as due from Thomas Parker, at 30 pounds that proved altogether insolvent.
This accountant prays allowance for his testatrix's trouble & for her reasonable expenses, in administering the goods chattels & credits of the said John Salter deceased. Selling, receiving, & paying at the rate of 5% upon the amount of the whole inventory by moneys paid for the drawing & stating of this acct. Copy there of auditing & passing the sum of xx total to the amount of the inventory. Balance paid above the amount of the inventory more money paid above the amount of the inventory.

. Account of Elisha Lawrence, Executor of Elizabeth SALTER, late of Freehold, Mon. Co., Deceased.
She the sd Elizabeth Dying Executrix ... of John Salter late of Freehold, Yeoman, decd., as well of & for Such Goods Chattels & Credits of ye sd John Salter Decd as came to the hands of the said Elizabeth to be Administered as of & for her Payments & Disbursements out of ye Same ....

This Accomptant Chargeth himself with all the Goods & Chattels etc. of ye sd John Salter, decd, which came into the possession of his Executrix Elizth to be administered as by an Inventory filed in the Secretary's Office, at Burlington, amounting to£ 722--08

. Proclamation money Per Contra Cr. £ s d
By moneys paid for the funeral charges of sd John Salter £5 at the Register's Office for Letters Testamentary: £2--01--10
Expences, on the Witnesses &c. on proving ye WILL: £1--13—11 & Inventory, at the Register's office at Burlington the appraisers, & Clk: for drawing the Invry: 18s.
to Isaac Stelle, a Debt due by bond recpt. #(1) £103--06
to Thomas Rutter, Debt due by bond recpt. #(2)87--10
to Gabriel Stelle, Debt due by Bond recpt. #(3) 50--10--04
to Gabriel Stelle, a Debt due by Bond recpt. #(4) £ 8
to Richd Salter, a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (5) 111--10
to Richd Salter, a Debt due on Acct recpt. (6) 104--02--02
to Jos: Borden, a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (7) 57--15
to Mordecai Lincon, a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (8) £50
to Elisha Lawrence, a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (9) £33
to Samuel Bickley one of the Executors of 27--18--06 1/2
Abraham Bickley, Deced, a debt due from sd John Salter, deceased, as appears on receipt No. (10)
to Richd Salter, a debt due on Acct recpt. # (11) £ 33
to James Tapscott, a debt due on acct recpt. # (12) £20
to Thomas Parker, a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (13) 17--05
to Richd Salter, a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (14) 16--16
to Robt Ellis, a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (15) 14--14--06
to Thos King, a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (16) £ 13
to Antho & John Pintard on Debt Due 12--02—10 on account as appears recpt. # (17)
to Moses Robins, a debt due on Acct recpt. # (18) 11--17--02
to Wm Everingham, a debt due on Acct recpt. # (19) £11--14
to Daniel Robins a Debt due on Acct recpt. # (20) £ 7--10
to John Brown, a Debt due on account: 4--09—08 as appears recpt. # (21)
to Gabriel Stelle, a Debt due on account: £8--17 as appears recpt. #(22)
to Benjamin Stevens, a Debt due on: 2--17--06 Account as appears recpt. # (23).

This Accountant prays for allowance for £ 0 a bond appraised as due from Thomas Parker, at 30 pounds that proved altogether Insolvent.

This Accountant prays allowance for his Testatrix's £36 02s trouble & for her reasonable Expenses, in Administering he goods Chattels & Credits of the said John Salter Deceased selling, receiving, & paying & ca at the rate of five p. Ct upon the Amount of the whole Inventory for the drawing & stating of this account & copy thereof auditing & passing the Same & ca the sum of £ 1--15. Total £925--06--05 1/2.

To the amount of the Inventory .... £722--08--00
Balance paid above the amount of the Inventory 202--18--05 1/2
More money paid above the amount of the Inventory Vizt- Sum of £925--06--05 1/2.

Moneys paid to Gomaz a Mercht, Jew 100 in New York the Sum of £100 moneys paid to Gomaz, Junr, Mercht in New York the Sum of £25
Paid in all above the amount of the Inventory £327--18--05 1/2.

Signed, ELISHA LAWRENCE, executor of Eliza Salter, deceased.
Endorsed: The Account of Elisha Lawrence, Executor of Eliza Salter, Monmouth County, 1728.

. Nathan ALLEN, b: April 1722 Allentown, Monmouth Co., NJ, died: September 1748 Allentown, Monmouth Co., NJ, +Sarah SALTER, m: October 06, 1743
Faher: John Salter, Mother Elizabeth Lawrence

Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Will proved 1741.

ELIZAbeth married John SALTAR est 1705. John (son of Judge Richard SALTAR, , Sr. and Sarah BOWNE) was born on 22 Oct 1694 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 29 Aug 1723 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, son of Elisha Lawrence, 5, was mentioned in the WILL of his grandfather, William Lawrence.1 written in 1701, but is omitted in the WILL of his father, Elisha Lawrence.5, written in 1722; hence he presumably died between those dates.

Verify: William married Rebecca Wright which seems is at odds with date of death for his death. - - -

Birth:
Alt: 1 May 1691 Verify.

Notes:

Sarah is the daughter of Lucy Stout and Elisha Lawrence.

John Emley and wife Sarah Lawrence, Box 4954 family records at the Genealogical Society of NJ, 169 College Ave., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. - - -

Buried:
Black monument reads S E, AGD 68, 1762.

Sarah married John EMLEY on 25 Jun 1719 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. John was born on 15 Apr 1691 in Burlington County, New Jersey; died on 1 Apr 1761 in Kingwood Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey; was buried in Friends Cemetery, Franklin, Hunterdon Co., NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Elisha Lawrence & Lucy Stout, sister to Elizabeth who married his brother John Salter.

Children of Hannah Lawrence Richard Salter, Jr. are:

1. Richard Salter III, b. ca. 1722, d. ca. 1745.
2. Catherine Salter, b. ca. 1723, died in infancy.
3. Sarah Salter, b. ca. 1725, m. DEC 1743 Robert Hartshorne b. 02 FEB 1721.
4. Susan Salter, b. ca. 1726, m. before 1746 Henry Scott Sr. b.ca. 1721.

5. Elisha Salter, b. ca. 1727, d. ca. 1756.
6. Lucy Salter, b. ca. 1728, m. 02 JUL 1752 Middletown,Monmouth Co., NJ John Hartshorne Sr., b. 06 AUG 1725 Middletown, d. 15 FEB 1813.
7. Joseph Salter, b. ca. 1732 Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ, d. 1820, m.1) ca. 1753 Sarah "Sally" Holmes b. 19 SEP 1734, d.1757.
8. John Salter b. 17 NOV 1733, m. before 1760 Epenetus Elizabeth Gordon b. ca. 1741.

9. Lawrence Salter, b. ca. 1734, m1) Mary Tremaine b. ca.1737, m.2) Dorothy Dolly Gordon b. ca. 1738.
10. Elizabeth Salter, b. 19 OCT 1739, d. 19 FEB 1825, m.1) Thomas Ustick b. ca. 1734, d. before 1764; m.2) 22 NOV 1764 Ezek Hartshorne b. 09 DEC 1728, Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ, d. 14 FEB 1795.
11. James Salter, b. 01 JAN 1754, d. 05 FEB 1829, m. before 1787 Agnes Housel b. 01 JUN 1763, d. 28 OCT 1831.

- Richard Salter, third son of Richard & Sarah (Browne) Salter, born in 1699, died about 1763. He married, June 23, 17 21, Hannah, daughter of Elisha & Lucy (Stout) Lawrence, born 1696.
Their children were: Richard, Joseph, John, Lawrence, Elisha, Elizabeth, Sarah, Lucy, Catherine died in infancy; Susan James. - - -

Died:
/Resided on Walnut St.

Hannah married Richard SALTAR, Jr. on 23 Jun 1721. Richard (son of Judge Richard SALTAR, , Sr. and Sarah BOWNE) was born in 1699 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died in 1763 in Seabright, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1787 Dec 24, Allentown Academy is now opened for the reception of scholars where are taught the following: English, Grammar, ...Latin Greek, Composition & eloquence. on the public stage road between NY & Philadelphia, about 15 miles from NJ College. £6 per year. By order of the Trustees, Dec. 19th 1787, Elisha Lawrence, Clerk.
Verify this Elisha Lawrence.

. 1788 Mar 13, WILL of Elisha Lawrence of Upper Freehold Twp., Monmouth Co., Gentlemen:
Daughter Elizabeth Newell, wife of Dr. James Newell, house & ground in Allentown where they live during their lives;
then to their eldest son Elisha Newell;
he paying his brothers John & Robert Newell £20 each.
Son, John, of Burlington, negro woman Rose & negro boy Paddy.
Son Elisha homestead, called Chestnut Grove, 3260 acres, also all other personal; He making the following payments:
- son John, £975,
- daughter Elizabeth Newell £300,
- daughter Lucy Lewis, wife of Nathaniel Lewis of Philadelphia, £300,
- daughter Ann Keen, wife of Reynold Keen of Philadelphia, £465 Each,
- grandchildren: 2 silver spoons make E.E.L.,
Executors: Sons John & Elisha, neighbor Peter Covenhoven.
Witnesses: John Lawrence, Daniel Danser, Wm. Colwell
Proved Jul 26 1792. Ref: NJ Lib 34, p 323
xxdate Renunciation by John Lawrence & Peter Covenhoven.
Ref: NJ Calendar of Wills, File 6737-6738M. - - -

Birth:
Ref: His Monument

Died:
- in 90th year; Will 1788.3.13, Proved 1792.7.26.

Buried:
Red Valley, Monmouth Co., NJ, Plot 5.

Elisha married Elizabeth BROWN in 1727 in New Jersey. Elizabeth (daughter of Dr. John BROWN and Mrs. Elizabeth (John) BROWN) was born on 1 Oct 1709 in Leichestershire, England; died on 1 Apr 1772 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; was buried in Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, son of Elisha Lawrence, received a bond, as per his father's WILL, for £200, due from Capt. Richard Salter, & another bond due from John Salter. He was not yet 21 at the date of his father's Will, in 1722.
It may have been he, who in 1758, had 360 acres, assessed in Upper Freehold.

. 1731, Aug. II. WILL of John Tilton, of Middletown, yeoman; proved by the affirmation of Robert Tilton & his brother Nathan Tilton, executors of their father, John Tilton, also by the affirmation of Joseph Lawrence & Jacob Dennis, Oct. 9, 1731.
Witnesses: Joseph Lawrence, Lucas Whit, Richard Bartlet [his mark], Jacob Dennis.

Freehold Court Records. Joseph Lawrence, son of Joseph Lawrence:
. 1759, there was a delinquent taxpayer, in Shrewsbury. N. J., by that name.The amount was £0-7-1.

. 1771 Apr. 17. Joseph Lawrence, Jr., of Monmouth, who was apprehended & sent to Philadelphia, was ordered before the Board & examined, & being one of the People called Quakers, took Affirmation to the Effect of the Oaths to the State, & was thereupon dismissed.
Ref: Minutes of the Council of Safety.

Recorded for further research numerous court cases.:
. NJ Supreme Court Case # 35434, Jury Foreman Joseph Lawrence, NJ VS Catherine Garvey, Misdemeanor, Crossing Enemy Lines, Monmouth 1779
. NJ Supreme Curt Case, #35435, Jury Foreman Joseph Lawrence, NJ Vs. Ann Garvey, Misdemeanor, Crossing Enemy Lines, Monmouth, 1779

. NJ Supreme Court Case Jos. Lawrence, Jury Foreman,# 34509 NJ vs. Job Cook # 34510 Hannah Cook, Crossing enemy lines, 1779 & ditto & # 34512 Peter Cook, High Treason 1782.
. NJ Supreme Court Case #35567, Joseph Lawrence, Official Justice of the Peace, N.J. VS Malakiah Giberson, (Gibbons), Joining the Enemy, Monmouth 1778.

. NJ Supreme Court Case, (as above) #35885, JL, Foreman: Wm. Hankins, Robbery, 1779
. NJ #35918, Joseph Lawrence, Esquire: New Jersey VS. Thomas Hartshorne, Jr. High Treason, 1779.
. NJ #36000. Jos Lawrence, foreman, NJ VS James Howler: Misdemeanor of unlawful procurement of supplies & transporting persons or goods to the enemy & trading with the enemy, 1799
. NJ #36232. Justice Jos Lawrence, Juror, NJ VS Robt. James, Joining the enemy 1778-1779.
. NJ #35465, Jos Lawrence, Jury Foreman: NJ vs. James Gold, Crossing enemy lines & trading with the enemy, Monmouth 1782. - - -

Notes:

Rebecca who married a New Yorker named Watson.

REBECCA LAWRENCE, daughter of Elisha Lawrence, married Mr. Walton, it is said, of New York, who probably moved to New Jersey. Salter says the name is Watson- perhaps a misprint? She was unmarried, in 1722, the date of her father's will. - - -

Birth:
Rebeckah

Died:
ALT DOD 1795 6 19

Rebecca married Thomas WALTON after 1722 in New Jersey. Thomas was born in c 1702 in New York City, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John is the son of Lucy Stout & Elisha Lawrence & half first cousin of Elizabeth Lawrence who was the third wife of William Hartshorne.

. 1731, Apr. 1 - He was assessed for 360 acres, in Upper Freehold.
. 1731 to 1758 - He was an Assessor, of Upper Freehold
. 1758 - He was assessed for a like acreage, plus a chaise.
. On 1 May, 1744, Isaac Antrum, Yeoman, purchased 94 acres at Asspunpick, Upper Freehold from John Lawrence, Esquire.

. property located in relationship to land 'adjoining on the line run by John Lawrence for the division between East & West Jersey."

. At a special meeting of the Board of General Proprietors of the Western Division of New-Jersey, at the City of Burlington, on Thursday & Friday, the 10th & 11th days of November, 1774 (1743?), it was resolved, that as it is evident the Eastern Proprietors are not disposed to come into the equitable measures proposed by this Board, for settling a true line of partition between them, this Board will assert & maintain their right to the lands lying to the westward of a line, to be run from the mouth of Machackamack, lately established as the Northern Boundary of this province, to the Station Point at Little Egg-harbor & to the eastward of the ex part line, run by Mr. John Lawrence.

. 1743 September - October - John Lawrence, for the East Jersey Proprietors, surveys the partition line between East & West Jersey to the northern terminal. Many grants between the original partition & the Lawrence Line had been granted in the preceding decades, confusing the land titles in this triangular area in the center of the colony.

Surveyor General's Office document 1676, W. Broad Street
The first governors of West Jersey at a time when Burlington was Capital of West Jersey, The Council of West Jersey Proprietors maintains their records in this office.

. These are surveyors we are discussing; men & women who plumb muddy swamps looking for ancient piles of rocks or buried iron stakes, all in the name of accurately dividing the world into pieces we can claim to own. The East-West New Jersey Line, known among the initiated as the Lawrence Line because it was plotted by surveyor John Lawrence, divided the state diagonally between Little Egg Harbor & a point in the Delaware River that is now part of New York State. In 1644, James, Duke of York (the brother of King Charles II of England) seized from the Dutch the "New Netherlands" an area stretching from Massachusetts Bay to Delaware Bay. The Duke gave New Jersey to Lord John Berkeley & Sir George Carteret, two of the crown's supporters during the English Civil War.

Berkeley & NJ Gov. Carteret split New Jersey in two, based on a line drawn by surveyor George Keith in 1687. The two men eventually sold their vast tracts of land to groups called proprietors. Disagreements over the boundaries, including the dividing line between New Jersey & New York, eventually resulted in the hiring of Lawrence by the proprietors of East New Jersey. Lawrence ran the line from a large rock, called Station Rock, in the Delaware River near what is now Cocheton, New York, to a now-submerged marker in Little Egg Harbor. The Lawrence Line left a sliver of New Jersey perched north of the confluence of the Neversink & Delaware rivers, a chunk some called the "New Jersey Peninsula." After 50 years of nasty border fights, the provincial government moved the state line south to its current place. The remainder of the Lawrence Line remained in effect & to this day, there are proprietors representing both sides of the state who oversee & sell the remaining, undeeded land.

. 1749 Apr 14, Gentlemen: Yesterday I forgot to acquaint you that in running the Province Line (when in Pennsylvania), I was stopt by 3 Indians. The Kings's son who claimed the lands where I then was asked me £5 for liberty to go through the lands. I beat them down to £4. The King stopt me above half a day & drank every drop of spirit I head with me the night before & ye day I was so hindered. Billed £6.

. 1758- 1760 NJ Supreme Court Case # 23744, John Lawrence et al, Surveyor, Plaintiff, VS Jonathan Thomas, Breach of covenant, Debt, Trespass & Asportation & Trespass & Ejectment, Monmouth Co.

1760 Mar 13, WILL of Andrew Riddle, Monmouth co., Ind Bon od John Lawrence, Surveyor, as Administrator; Fellowbondsmen, Hugh Hartshorne, both of Burlington Co.

. 1767 Advertisement for a plantation for sale in Upper Freehold.
1775 Chaired the Defiant Upper Freehold Resolution.

Chaired the Defiant Upper Freehold Resolution:
. 1775 May 4 -Upper Freehold Resolutions, Imlaystown.
"John Lawrence Esq. in the chair: When the following resolves were unanimously agree to:
"Resolved, That is our first wish to live in unison with Great Britain, agreeable to the principles of the Constitution; that we conserve the unnatural civil war which we are about to be forced into, with anxiety & distress but that we are determined to oppose the novel claim of the Parliament of GB to raise a revenue in America & risk every possible consequence rather than to submit to it.
Resolve that it appears to this meeting that there are sufficient numbers of arms for the people.
Resolved that a sum of money be now raised to purchase what further quantity & it is recommended that every man capable of hearing arms enter into Companies to train & be prepared to march at a minute warning; & it is further recommended to the people that they do not waste their powder in fowling & hunting.
A subscription was opened & £160 instantly paid into the hands of a person appointed for that purpose . The officers of 4 companies were then chosen & the meeting broke up perfect unanimity." Elisha Lawrence, Clerk.

. Advanced in life at the Revolutionary year, he was not in arms, but the Whigs put him in jail at Burlington & kept him prisoner 9 months for granting British protections. Efforts were made to induce him to abandon home, in order to confiscate his estate, but he remained. Sabine.
. 1776 July 5, In Congress, Ordered, that the President do take the parole of honour of Mr. John Lawrence, of Monmouth Co., not to depart the house of Mr. Rensellier Williams & if Mr. Lawrence should refuse to give same, that the President order him to be confined under such guard as he may deem necessary.
. Ordered, the President take the parole of Mr. Lawrence, not to depart the Twp. of Trenton, unless with leave of Congress.
. 1776 July 9, John Lawrence, Esq. was permitted to return home on his parole.

. NJ Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Volume 3
Land Deed (example of one of many: East Jersey Survey for J. Demarie. 2 tracts. 80 acres formerly Devos. Bordering lands of Lawrence the Drawer; Old David Demarie, Deceased; David Demarie Jr., Deceased; S. Demarie; & J. Slot. Survey undated. Years approx. Warrant Date: 3 Aug 1693. Location 296 Acres. East Side of the Hackinsack River, beginning at the Fountain Spring.

. In civil life one branch of the Lawrence family of Monmouth County were ardent Tories. The ELDER JOHN LAWRENCE, who ran one of the several division lines between the provinces of East & West Jersey, was arrested by the Whigs & kept in jail, as was his son, Dr. John Lawrence, a graduate of the first class of the Philadelphia Medical College.

. Advanced in life at the Revolutionary era, he was not in arms, but the Whigs put him in jail at Burlington & kept him prisoner nine months, for granting British protections. Efforts were made to induce him to abandon home, in order to confiscate his estate, but he remained.

. The Council of Safety in April 1777 ...John Lawrence, was committed to the same jail the same week, was charged with high treason. He was an agent to furnish British protection papers.
... In 1777 Col. John Morris, of the NJ Royal Volunteers, a Refugee organization, was sent to destroy salt manufacture buildings near Toms River bridge. But a man names John Williams Had placed the significant letter "R" on him by order of Gen. Cortland Skinner. No explanation is given of what was meant by the 'significant letter R", but the inference is that some of the owners had accepted papers guaranteeing British protection, which given by John Lawrence (of Lawrence's Line note) & perhaps others, to all who signed a pledge not to aid the Americans, but to adhere to the Crown.

. The State of New Jersey to Asher Holmes, Esqr.
"It is hereby commanded you that you take John Lawrence, Esqr. of Upper Freehold & him safely keep so that you may have his body before the Governor & Council of Safety" etc "on the 11th April Instant to answer unto such things as shall be objected against him on behalf of the said State" etc., Ap. 5, 1777. By order of the Council of Safety. Signed, WI LIVINGSTON, President.

. 1790 Dec 6, WILL of John Lawrence, Sr. of Monmouth,
Daughter Mary, negro boy Prince,
daughter Sarah, negro boy Peter.
Real & personal to be sold & divided into 5 parts:
son John, Daughters Elizabeth Le Conte, Mary Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, Granddaughter Helena Lawrence Holmes, each one fifth part. They all to act as Executors.
Wit: James Lawrie, Robt. Montgomery, John Stillwell.
Proved 1795 Sep 4.
Ref: NJ Lib 33, p 516, File 7257-7260M.

. 1897 J. Lawrence Boggs of Perth Amboy recorded the Yellow Meeting House Monument:
"John LAWRENCE born Jan 28th 1708/9 & departed this life June 19,1795 in the 86th year of his age."

LAWRENCE, JOHN, FIELD BOOK & RELATED PAPERS, 3-1839.Approx. 25 items. Field book kept by John Lawrence & related papers concerning the dividing line between East & West Jersey.
Ref: A guide to the manuscripts collection of the New Jersey Historical Society
Red Valley, near Cream Ridge NJ. - - -

Birth:


Died:
In this 86th year of his age. [1709.]

Buried:
Red Valley, Monmouth Co., NJ.

John married Mary HARTSHORNE, .2 on 2 Nov 1738 in New Jersey. Mary (daughter of William HARTSHORNE, Sr. and Helena WILLET) was born on 27 Apr 1714 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 19 Feb 1782 in Cream Ridge, New Jersey; was buried in Yellow Meeting House Graveyard, Cream Ridge, Monmouth Co. NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Nathaniel Leonard, born 1712 married Deliverance Lippit.
Nathaniel Leonard, Gentleman who in 1739 received a Royal Commission under King George II, as a lieutenant of Monmouth County New Jersey. He had 4 sons:
John who emigrated to Cuba where he married a Spanish lady.
Nathaniel;
Joseph who married Annie Bray;
& Samuel who married Lydia Thomas; &
Thomas Leonard born in 1753, married Alice Lawrence. Their children were: Elizabeth William & Joseph.

. 1763 Dec. 13. WILL of Leonard, Nathaniel, of Middletown, Monmouth Co., yeoman; My wife, Deliverance, £50. Son, John, 10 acres where he lives, on the place I bought of the Executors of Benjamin Cooper.
Rest of personal & real to be divided between my sons, John, Nathaniel, Joseph & Thomas. Son, Nathaniel, to have my homestead, where I live, & he shall take care of his mother, & provide for his
brother, Thomas, while a minor.
Executors: Sons, John, Nathaniel & Joseph, & my relation, Andrew Bowne (son of John).
Witnesses: James Winter, Phebe Taylor, Samuel Bowne.

Proved Dec. 29, 1763. Ref: Liber H, P.527.

. 1763 Dec 28 - Grantor John Leonard, QUIT CLAIM Middletown, Monmouth Co.
Grantee Joseph Leonard et al,
Grantee Nathaniel Leonard et al;
Grantee Thomas Leonard et al;
Grantor John Leonard.

Legal Work
. 1762 Feb. 25. Inventory, £33.8.0, made at Middletown, by Nathaniel Leonard & William Bowne.
. 1762 March 5. Washburn, Ebenezer, of Monmouth Co. Int. Adm'r: Jonathan Washburn, son of said Ebenezer.
Fellow bondsman: Jonathan Herbert; both of said Co., yeomen. Witnesses: James Throckmorton & Timothy Halstead.

. 1765 Nov. 9 - Conipton, William, of Middletown, Monmouth Co.
Int. Adm'x: Jane Compton. Fellowbondsmen: Richard Jaques & John Wall; all of said place.
Witnesses: Zephaniah Morris, & Thomas Willett, Jr.
1768 Nov. 14 - Inventory, made by William Applegate & Nathaniel Leonard. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Will Proved Dec. 29, 1763.

Nathaniel married Deliverance LIPPIT on 9 Jan 1694 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Deliverance was born in 1715; died on 17 May 1795 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Grover Daughter of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his late wife; lately
deceased did make choice of William Lawrence Senir, her grandfather to be her guardian.

All which was Allowed by the Court and ordered to be Recorded, By order of the Court
Tho. Webley, Clerk. Freehold Deeds, Lib. A. B. C, p. 103.

Mary Grover on 27 Apr 1713 married Capt. David Johnston. Their children are:
David, John, Hannah, Mary and James Johnston at Middletown, NJ.

1730, August 8. WILL of Johnston, Mary, of Freehold, Monmouth Co.;
Son, John Johnston, Son, James Johnston, executor, and to have lands at Crosswicks, which were bequeathed to testatrix by her parents, Joseph and Hannah Grover, by wills dated December 7, 1688,
and May 8, 1690, respectively.
Above lands, purchased by testatrix's mother from James Johnston, October 16, 1690, on east side of testatrix's husband's land on Doctor's Creek.
Witnesses: William Kinnan, James Poullown and Richard Douglass. March 15, 1732-3,
David Johnston, husband of the above Mary, then deceased, declares he gave full liberty to make said will.
Witnesses: William Kennan, James Poullon. Proved May 7, 1733. Lib. D, p. 292. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB 1688

Died:
Will 1730, and Proved May 7, 1733.

Notes:

. James Grover, yeoman, took an affidavit, in 1709, that he was thirty years of age or thereabouts, hence born 1679.

. In his early career, he was known as, James Grover, Jr., but some years after the death of his uncle, James Grover, who died in 1715, his suffix, Jr., was dropped, and he was occasionally called James Grover, Sr., to distinguish him from his own son, James, and from James Grover, the son of Capt. Safety Grover. The simultaneous occurrence of three James Grovers , makes it difficult, if not impossible, to assign correctly to each their special references.

. 1699 Nov. 25 - Confirmation to John Reid of Freehold, in right of Jeremiah Basse, of the following tracts in Monmouth and Middlesex Counties: I, a lot adjoining Mordicay Gibbons & Crawford; 2, a lot, adjoining said Gibbons, Wm. Jones and Thomas Applegate; 3, a lot, S. Wm. Leeds, formerly Richard Stout junior, W. James Grover junior, grandson of the patentee James Grover, N. and E. unappropriated..."

. 1683-4 March 5. WILL of Swyny, Swiny, Therlagh, Thurlow, of Middletown; Wife Mary. Son John, under age. House and land in Middletown Township, to go to James, son of Joseph and Hannah Grover, who are appointed executors and guardians, if son John dies with-out heirs. Witnesses: Peter Tilton, William Lawrence Jur., John Fish, Richard Gardiner. Proved March 12, 1683-4.

1780, July 6 - WILL of Grover, James, of Middletown, Monmouth Co.; Wife, Sarah Grover, sheep, cows and horses, provided she stands by an agreement made between us before marriage, by which she may receive a certain sum of money; and, if my negro girl, Ruth, should return from Long Island or elsewhere, then my wife is to have the use of her.
I give the use of the lower place to Patience Burdge & Nancey Burdge, daughter of said Patience, during their lives; and the use of 3 acres of salt meadow, which joins Daniel Dalpower's meadow; and, after their deaths,
I give the same to Samuel Bray and John Walling, deacons of the Baptist Church in Middletown, for the use of the said church. To David Herbert, land on the river, and 2xx acres of woodland, along the line of John Mount. To Grover Taylor and John Taylor, sons of William Taylor, of Freehold, the house where I live, with the land and orchard, as the same is now in fence; also a small lot on the front of the house. All the rest of my lands I give to Samuel Bowne, son of Samuel, deceased, of Middletown, Grover Taylor and John Taylor, sons of William, of Freehold, when they are 21. To Edward Taylor, son of William, of Freehold, deceased, £40. To Hester Taylor, wife of William, of Freehold, a chest of drawers. To John Tate, or Mary Tate, daughter of said John, £5.
To Deborah Cooper, James Cooper, Deborah Compton, Deborah Patterson and Martha Shepherd, the rest of my money. To Samuel Bowne and William Taylor, my apparel.
Executors: friends, Joseph Stilwell, son of John, and John Taylor, both of Middletown.
Witnesses: John West, Samuel Carman, Timothy Mount.
Proved Aug. 26, 1780.
1780, Aug. 17. Inventory, £387.15.11, made by William Crawford & Edward Burrowes. Lib. 22, p. 221.

. MARY TILTON, daughter of John Tilton, 2, born Oct. 21, 1686; married, prior to Nov. 6, 1717,
James, son of Joseph and Hannah (Lawrence) Grover.
They were witnesses on that date to the marriage of her brother to Elizabeth Powell,
and on Oct. 15, 17 19, of her sister, Esther, to William Lawrence.
Historical Miscellany of NY & NJ, by Stillwell.

. Joseph Grover Jr. & Mary Tilton's children are:
Sylvanus, 1712, Joseph 1714, Hanna 1716, James 1718 and Rebecca Grover, 1721, Monmouth, NJ.-

. James Gover.1 was the son of Hannah Lawrence & Joseph Grover. His son was Barzilla Grover.
(1800 Apr 12 WILL of Barzillai Grover south of NB Twp., Middlesex Co., wife Catherine.)

. 1683 Mar 5 - Thurlow Swyny, in his WILL, dated March 5, 1683/4, makes him the legatee of his
house and land, in Middletown township, in case his own son, John, then under age,
should die without issue.

. 1695/6, Jan. 29. He recorded the earmark that had belonged to his father, Joseph.

1686 June 14- Account of the estate by James Grover, junior and Richard Gardiner, executors, showing payments to David Browne, John Perce, James Robinson, John Stout, widow Abigail Lippincott, Joseph Grover, John Wilson junior, Jobe Throckmorton, Robert Hamilton, Benj. Borden. (Duplicate.)
Note: Verify: These appear close to this James Groves birth date.
. . 1701 - James Grover, Jr., was among those who assaulted the members of the Court, sitting at Middletown, at the time of the popular uprising.

. 1714 March 18 - WILL of James, of Middletown, Monmouth Co.;
To All people whom this writing may Andy Wayes concern Know yea That I James Grover of Middletown in the county of Monmouth In the Provence of New Jersey being Sick and Weake of body but of A sound mind and disposing memory doe make this to be my last Will and Testament My will is my body be decently buried by my Executors here After named--my will is all my debts be paid And what I here in this my will and Testament give my loving wife Alice Grover is in lieu and Instead of her Dowry, I give to my wife during her widowhood one tract or piece of land about eighty acres lying and being in Middletown on the west side of the road or highway over Against my house where I now dwell.

Whereas I have 20 acres of land my house and orchard standing on part of it, my will is that my orchard be equally divided for quantity and quality into two parts beginning on the western side on the road and so running easterly to Lambath Johnson land. I give to my Daughter Rebecka Gibbons during my wife widowhood one part or halfe of my orchard being at the north end all the remainder of the Aforesaid 20 acres with the half of my orchard and all my housing and fencing I give to my wife during her widowhood I give to my wife during her widow one halfe of A piece or tract of Salt Meadow the whole being about 18 acres and Joins to Daniel Henderickson meadow.
I give and bequeath to my wife 4 cowes and three two yeare old heifers, one 3 year old steer one yearling neat beast, 14 sheep, 6 lames, all my Swine, all my poultry, one chest with a lock to it, Spinning wheel, gridiron Iron, tramel, frying pan, fire shuffle and tongs, one leather chair, one looking glass, all my wooll cards, two plows, 2 shares,
one halfe of all the blankets and coverlets my wife hath spun,
one pewter dish, being the biggest I have except two Iron pots, I only except my biggest Iron pot.
I give my wife the use of my two working horses during her widowhood and at the expiration of her widowhood, I give the said 2 horses to my grandson James Pattisson .
I give my wife the use of my two young oxen for 3 years if she remains a widow so long otherwise so long as she remains a widow less then 3 years. I give my wife A pare of horse harness .
If my Daughter Hester Giberson and my Daughter Mathew Vane shall and doe pay all my debts And pay
my Daughter Rebeckah Gibions £20 which I now give her,
Then I give and Devise to my two Daughters Hester and Mathew afore saide and their heirs equally or part and part like one piece or tract of land about 90 acres and Joins to the land of John Wilson and Peter Weycoff; also another piece or tract of land about one hundred acres lying at the north end of A neck of land called Cockawders Neck or thereabouts also all my salt meadow excepting what I have here before given my wife and at the expiration of my wife's widowhood, I give and Devise to my Daughter Hester Giberson and my Daughter Matthew Vane and their heirs equally or part and part like all my lands Meadows, Houses, orchards, fences in Middletown, aforesaid for them to hold as Tenants In Common. I give to My two Daughters Hester Giberson and my Daughter Mathew Vane all the Remainder of my personal estate whatsoever or wheresoever. And of this my last will and Testament,
I make and appoint my two son-in-laws, John Giberson and John Vane my Executors in witness hereof I have hereunto put my hand and seale the 18 day of March in the yeare 1714. James Grover.

. 1715 Apr. 16. John Giberson and John Vane qualified, as executors.

Witnesses: Benjamin Colman, Hugh Hartshorne, Barnes Lambson, Hannah Willett.
Executors: sons-in-law John Giberson and John Vane.
Proved April 16, 1715. Proved by oath of Hugh Harthorne and Barnes Lambson, wits., before Thomas Gordon, Surrogate, Lib. I, p. 12.

. 1715 April - Inventory of the personal estate (£129.2.6); made by Capt. Richard Stout, Moses Lippet and Andrew Wilson; sworn to by John Giberson and John Vane, executors, April 16, 1715.

. 1715, May II. James Patterson recorded the "Ear-mark that was formerly his Grandfather James Grover. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Proved April 16, 1715.

James married Mary TILTON, .2 on 1 Oct 1686 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Mary was born in 1670 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hannah is the daughter of Hannah Lawrence & Joseph Grover of Gravesend, NY.

The children of Hannah Grover and James SeaBrook are:

1. Hannah Seabrook, b: 1706 in Middletown, Monmouth, NJ
2. Rebecca Seabrook, b: 08 JUN 1708
3. Daniel Seabrook, b: 1709
4. Thomas Seabrook, b: 1713 i
5. Elizabeth Seabrook, b: 1717 in Middletown, Monmouth, NJ. - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB c 1683, 1689 Princeton, NJ.

Buried:
Lincroft, Monmouth Co., NJ.

Hannah married James SEABROOK in c 1706 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. James was born in 1685 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died in 1735 in Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joseph Grover's mother Hannah Lawrence remarried 9 Jan 1694 to Nathaniel Leonard.

At a Court of Sessions held for y" County of Monmouth March ye 26 Anno 1605. It is the order of the Court that upon application made by James Grover Senior, Esq.'
Safety Grover, William Lawrence, Sen' and William Lawrence, Junr; The nearest relations to Joseph Grover & Hannah Leonard late wife of the said Joseph Grover Deceased; that William Lawrence Sen., Grandfather of ye Children of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his lxx wife shall Have the oversight of the said Children.

James [Joseph?] Grover son of the aforesaid Joseph Grover Late deceased came into Court and did make choice of his Grandfather William Lawrence Senir and his Uncle William Lawrence Junir to be his Guardians.

Mary Grover Daughter of the aforesaid Joseph Grover & Hannah his late wife; Lately Deceased did make choice of William Lawrence Senir her grandfather to be her Guardian.

All which was Allowed b*- the Court and ordered to be Recorded, By order of the Court, Tiio Webley Clerk.
Ref: Freehold Deeds, Lib. A. B. C, p. 303.

1771, March 24. WILL of Grover, Joseph, of Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth Co.; Eldest son, James Grover, £30. Wife, Theodocia, £60, and negro girl, Patt. Sons, Thomas and Samuel, £50 to each, and they are to be put to trades.
Daughter, Elizabeth Grover, £50. when 21. Son, John, a negro boy. Sons, John, Joseph, Barzillai and William, rest of personal and real estate.
Executors: brother, James Grover, and my sons, John and Barzillai.
Witnesses: Peter Imlay, William Imlay. Thomas Herbert. Proved March 6, 1772.

1772, March 3. Inventory, £994.12.11, made by John Leonard and Anthony Woodward, Jr. Lib. 15, p. 405. - - -

Notes:

ELIZABETH GROVER, daughter of Joseph Grover, 2, born June 7, 1685; died Jan. 18, 1763; married Gershom Stillwell, of Middletown, about 1715.

Issue of Elizabeth Grover & Gershom Stillwell:
John Stillwell, born Mch. 15, 1716.
Mary Stillwell, born Apr. 2, 1718.
Hannah Stillwell, born Nov. 11, 1720.
William Stillwell, born Sept. 20, 1722.

1711, Aug. 22. Elizabeth Grover, of Middletown, single woman, sold to Capt. David Johnston , of Freehold, blacksmith, for £62, land, at Crosswicks, which she received, with her sisters, in the WILL of her father, Joseph Grover, deceased, bearing date Dec. 7, 1688; also 150 acres, received from her mother, Hannah Grover, by deed, Jan. 5, 1690.

1711, Sept. 14. John Bowne, merchant, of Middletown, gave his bond, for £134-12-4, to Elizabeth Grover, maiden, of the same place, for payment of £67-6-3.

1711, Aug. 22 - Elizabeth Grover, of Middletown, single woman, sold to Capt. David Johnston, of Freehold, blacksmith, for £62, land, at Crosswicks, which she received, with her sisters, in the WILL of her father, Joseph Grover, deceased, bearing date Dec. 7, 1688; also 150 acres, lying between the branches of Rack Pond, devised to her by her father; also land, at Crosswicks, received from her mother, Hannah Grover, by deed, Jan. 5, 1690.

1711, Sept. 14. John Bowne, merchant, of Middletown, gave his bond, for £134-12-4, to Elizabeth Grover, maiden, of the same place, for payment of £67-6-3.

Recorded for further research
Elizabeth married John Browne, of Monmouth, NJ.
Their children: Safety Browne, b 1720, Middleton, NJ,
Samuel, James, William, and Andrew Browne. - - -

Died:

Elizabeth married Gershom STILLWELL in 1715. Gershom was born est 1685 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Susannah married 1717 in NJ, Joseph Borden. b 12 May 1687, Middletown, NJ.
Ref: Boston Transcript 1906-1941.

. Verify: Their children:
Amy Borden.1, born 1723, Bordertown, Shrewsbury, NJ
Joseph, 1 Aug 1719.

. Hannah, b 1711 Bordertown, Burlington Co., NJ who married John Lawrence born Monmouth & died 1767, Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co., NJ.

. Rebecca, b 1717 Middletown, NJ
Abigail, b 1727 Farnsworth Landing (Bordertown), NJ
Amy.2, born 1723, Bordentown
Ann Borden, b 1718, Middletown.

. Children of Joseph Borden & Susannah Grover are:
Jonathan Borden, born Apr. 14, 1690.
David Borden, born Mar. 8, 1692.
Samuel Borden, born Apr. 8, 1696.

. SUSANNAH GROVER , daughter of Joseph Grover , 2, married Joseph, son of Benjamin & Abigail (Grover) Borden, born May 12, 1687; died Sep. 22, 1765.

. 1787, Mch. 16. "Silvanus Grover, of Middletown, a Quaker, affirms that he is well acquainted with the state of Joseph Grover his grandfather's family. That his grandfather had 6 daughters, legatees to the said Joseph Grover by his last will & testament, to whom he bequeathed all his proprietary rights, of whom Susannah & Hannah were two.

. Susannah intermarried with Joseph Borden, by whom she had issue one daughter, Rebecca, who married Joseph Brown, reputed heir of Susannah Borden, & thereby inherited her mother's share of her grandfather's rights.

. Hannah married James Seabrook, & had a son, Daniel, reputed heir of James & Hannah,
& the said Daniel had issue, with others, Thomas Seabrook, who is the reputed heir of Daniel his father." - - -

Birth:
Resided Bordentown, NJ

Died:

Family/Spouse: Joseph BORDEN. Joseph was born on 12 May 1687 in Monmouth County, New Jersey; died on 22 Sep 1765 in Bordentown, Burlington Co., New Jersey; was buried in Borden Hopkinston Burial Ground. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rebecca is the daughter of Hannah Lawrence & Joseph Grover.

Birth:

Rebecca married Mordecai GIBBONS in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Mordecai (son of Richard GIBBONS, .2 Patentee and Mrs. Elizabeth (Richard) GIBBONS) was born in c 1655 in Gravesend, Long Island, New Amsterdam; died on 24 Aug 1684 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deborah Grover married Thomas Shepherd. They had nine Shepherd children.

Birth:

Family/Spouse: Thomas SHEPHERD. Thomas was born in 1678 in Ireland; died in May 1751 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1717 7th day of 8th month, a Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting where Thomas Tilton & Faith Lawrence laid their intent of marriage before Friends of second time. They have liberty to accomplish their marriage.
Shrewsbury Minutes 1674-1895, p113 [p58].

. JOHN CURTIS, son of John Curtis, 23, married, Nov. 18, 1756, Patience,
daughter of Thomas & Faith (Lawrence) Tilton,
born 11 mo. 3, 1735/6. He died prior to 1763.
And, I am told, they had a grandson named Ebenezer Curtis.

Issue:
John Curtis
Rachel Curtis
Faith Curtis, supposed to have been his daughter, a witness at the marriage of Elizabeth Curtis to James Morris, Oct. 10, 179S. - - -

Faith married Thomas TILTON, Jr. on 7 Aug 1717 in Shrewsbury's Friends' House. Thomas (son of John TILTON, .2 Patentee and Rebecca TERRY) was born on 20 Dec 1684 in Gravesend, Kings Co., Long Island, New York; died on 4 Mar 1763 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Unto my SON JACOB, his heirs .... All that Lands & Meadow Which I purchased of Edward Worth "On Condition .... that he pay to
my 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS, the daughters of my deceased Daughter ELIZABETH VANHORNE, CATHERINE & ELISABETH.

ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, daughter of James Lawrence, 2, was born Feb. 23, 1699.
She is mentioned in the WILL of her grandfather, William Lawrence, 1, in 1701, as a devisee. No mention is made of her in the WILL of her father, James Lawrence, written 1730, but allusion is made to her children:

Matthias Van Horne, born 1724.
Catharine Van Horne
Elizabeth Van Horne .

She married Capt. Cornelius Van Horne, who emigrated from New York to Hunterdon County, N. J., with his brother, Abram Van Horne, the founder of Whitehouse, N. J., & his half-sister, Lena.
From Hunterdon County, Cornelius Van Horne moved to Monmouth County, probably in the vicinity of Freehold.
Here he first married Catharine Cox, about 1720-21, by whom he had:

Her demise followed close upon this date & he married, second, Elizabeth Lawrence, by whom he had the three children above mentioned. She died shortly prior to 1730. - - -

Died:
/resided

Elizabeth married Cornelius VANHORNE in 1724. Cornelius was born on 4 May 1695 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York; died in 1744 in Whitehouse, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WILL Summary: James Lawrence, Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, Yeoman, dated 6 Mar 1729 and Proved 7 Apr., 1730

"Unto my SON JACOB, his heirs .... All that Lands and Meadow Which I purchased of Edward Worth "On Condition
.... that he pay to my 2 grandaughters, the daughters of my deceased Daughter Elizabeth Vanhorne, Catherine & Elisabeth the sum of £25 apiece money at 8 shillings pence as they shall "Each of them respectively come to 18y of age or Marriage.

And also devise to my sd son Jacob if brother John succeeds his case, they are to share both the costs and land. - - -

Birth:
6 Mar 1729 & Proved 7 Apr., 1730

Died:
Will dated 1729 and his Will proved 7 Apr 1730.

Notes:

. 1729 Mar 6 - WILL Summary: James Lawrence, Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, Yeoman. Proved 7 Apr., 1730.
And also devise to my said son Jacob if brother John succeeds his case, they are to share both the costs & land.
For one equal third part of my Plantation whereon I now dwell be divided by line beginning at a small white Oak ... I give to my son John & his heirs.

. 1767 Jan 16 - WILL of John Lawrence, of Chesterfield Burlington Co., NJ, yeoman
- to wife Hannah £200.
- son Benjamin, cedar swamp in Cumberland, East Ne Jersey & land in Crosswicks, 50 acres at south end of plantation where I live to be sold.
- son Jacob, the rest of plantation.
- daughters Elizabeth Emily,Amey hebert & Deborah Vandike, the rest.
Executors: wife Hannah & sons Benjamin & Jacob Lawrence.
Wit: Amos & Abel Middleton, Ben. David.
. 1767 Apr 9 - Inventory: £606.0.5, made by Wm. Miller & Abel Middleton.
Ref: NJWill Lib. 13, p68.

Research by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

John married Hannah Anne BORDEN on 26 Apr 1731 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Hannah was born in c 1706 in Middletown, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 13 Jun 1771 in Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

WILL Summary: James Lawrence, Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, Yeoman, dated 6 Mar 1729 & Proved 7 Apr., 1730:
To my Daughter Hannah When she shall attain to .... 21 y or leave issue of her body the one half of my 570 Acres of land lying in Middlesex to be equally divided in quantity & quality to her heirs ... and if either of my 4 daughters namely Hannah, Mary Rebeckah & Deborah, depart this life before they attain to .... 21y or leave issue of their body that then "that land that such deceased daughter or daughters should inherit be equally divided amongst those of said daughters that shall survive &their heirs. - - -

Hannah married Edward TAYLOR in 1732. Edward was born in 1703 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Will Summary: James Lawrence, Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, Yeoman, dated 6 Mar 1729 and Proved 7 Apr., 1730
One half of my 570 Acres of land lying in Middlesex to be equally divided in quantity and quality unto my daughter Mary when she shall attain to 21 y or leave issue of her body the other half of sd land in Middlesex to be equally divided as above sd to her my sd daughter Mary heirs. And if either of my four daughters namely Hannah, Mary Rebeckah and Deborah, depart this life before 21y or leave issue of their body that then "that land that such deceased daughter or daughters should inherit be equally divided amongst those of said daughters that shall survive and their heirs.

Notes:

. 1729 Mar 6 - WILL Summary: James Lawrence, Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, Yeoman, dated 6 Mar 1729 & Proved 7 Apr., 1730
To my Daughter Rebeckah the one half of my lands & Meadow at Kettle Creek after ye 20 A. of meadow is taken out as above mentioned when she shall attain to 21 Y or leave issue of her body to be equally divided to her her heirs. And if either of my 4 daughters namely:
Hannah, Mary, Rebeckah and Deborah, depart this life before they attain to .... 21y or leave issue of their body that then "that land that such deceased daughter or daughters should inherit be equally divided amongst those of said daughters that shall survive and their heirs.

. 1794 Aug 12 - WILL of Rebecah Lawrence, of Freehold Twsp., Monmouth,
- Brother John Lawrence, big Bible, 6 silver table spoons & cream cup.
- Sister Mehettable Lawrence, £100 & half of apparel.
- Neice Elizabeth Taylor, other half wearing apparel & residue, when 21. Should niece elizabeth die without issue, sister Mehettable to have the residue.
Executors: bother John & sister Mehettable Lawrence.
Wit: Thos. Anderson Robert Montgomery, Hannah Smith.
Proved 1795 Jan 29.
Ref: NJ Lib 33, p517.
. 1795 Jan 7 - Inventory £289.5.6, made by Elisha Lawrence & Robt. Montgomery.
Ref: NJ File 7269-7272M. - - -

Died:
Ref: NJ WILL Proved 1795.1.29.

Notes:

WILL Summary:
James Lawrence, Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, Yeoman, dated 6 Mar 1729 and Proved 7 Apr., 1730
Unto my son James if he attain to 21 years or leave issue of his body, after ye expiration of my wife's widowhood. All ye lands, buildings purchased of David Stout. And that purchased of John Johnstons & George Willocks & 10 Acres of salt meadow at Kettle Creek unto yea sd. son James his heirs & one equal 3rd part in like manner as his brother Jacob is hereby ordered to pay, & also ye one third of ye cost if sd. John Carrys ye case as Jacob is above sd. ordered. - - -

Notes:

. WILL Summary: James Lawrence, Freehold, Monmouth Co., NJ, Yeoman.
one half of "my 570 Acres of land lying in Middlesex to be equally divided in quantity and quality to her heirs.
- To my Daughter Deborah when she shall attain to 21y, or leave issue of her body, the remaining part of my land & Meadow at Kettle Creek to be equally divided to her my sd. daughter Deborah her heirs.
- And if any of my 4 daughters namely Hannah, Mary Rebeckah & Deborah, depart this life before they attain to 21y or leave issue of their body that then that land that such deceased daughter or daughters should inherit be equally divided amongst those of said daughters that shall survive & their heirs.
Deborah Lawrence married Richard Herbert.
Children: James & Thomas Herbert. The 2 eldest sons of Richard Herbert," in 1773.

WILL Proved 7 April, 1730.- - -