Notes:

. Job Tallman supposed son of John Tallman, 12, if the name assigned, to him be correct, was probably the son his wife was carrying, when John Tallman's WILL was made, in 1707, & was nearly 2 years of age when his father died in 1709.

In the migration of John Tallman's (12) children to Burlington County, N. J., he probably joined, for, in 1727, Job Tallman's land was named as on one of the boundaries of Benjamin Tallman's purchase of lands in Mansfield.

It was probably he who had a license to marry dated Feb. 25, 1736, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Scattergood.

. 1738-9, 1740. He was Overseer of the Poor of Mansfield Township.

. 1739 3rd month 14, Poll Book of an Election, Burlington Co., NJ: Job Talman voted for Mah'u Stacy.
Ref: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol. 18 #193.

. 1755. He was Constable of Mansfield Township.

.1758 Jan. 6. WILL of Job Tallman, of Burlington County, West Jersey, yeoman; proved Feb. 11, 1758, mentioned: £50 to his kinsman Gilbert Smith; £50 to his kinswoman Catharine Watters or Walters; the remainder of his estate to his two daughters
Sarah Talman and Martha Talman, equally.
Executors: Gilbert Smith and the testator's two daughters.

. Peter Tallman:
Born: 20 Feb 1623, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Marriage (1): Anna Hill
Marriage (2): Joan Briggs on 24 Jul 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Marriage (3): Esther
Died: 1 Apr 1708, Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island at age 85

. Peter Tallman:
Born: 22 Mar 1658, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Marriage: Ann Walstone on 7 Nov 1683
Died: 6 Jul 1726 at age 68.

. Misc. Research: Property Confiscations Monmouth County for joining the Army of the King of Great Britain &c. as returned to the Auditors Office, previous to the first day of May 1787.
Christopher Talman, Oliver Talman.

. 1758 Jan 6 - WILL of Job Talman, Burlington Co., Yeoman
Daughters Care & Martha Talman principal heiresses & Executrixes, with kinsman Gilbert Smith, one of the legates, as assistant.
Legacy to kinswoman Catharina Watters. Real & personal estate.
Wit: Joseph Talman, John Antram, Thomas Folkes
Proved 1758 Feb 11. Ref: NJ Lib 9, p62.

. John Tallman, of Long Island, conveyed Dec. 2, 1727,
to Job Tallman, then of Long Island, part of the 500 acre Underbill tract, & Joseph Wharton & Job Tallman, in 1732, bought land jointly from Mary Andrews, which they divided Mch. 16, 1747. Job Tallman conveyed his interest by WILL, Jan. 6, 1758, to his daughters which they conveyed as set forth above, for £1 100.

XRef: 1756 Mar 23, WILL of Talman, James, late Gloucester, NJ, now Philadelphia, Gentleman. Wife Keziah, Sons Hinchman & James both under age. Farm 400 A Oldman's Creek, Greenwich, Gloucester Co., Other real & personal estate.
Executors Wife & UNCLE JOSEPH TALMAN of Burlington.
Prov 1758 Sep 16, NJ Lib, p126
. 1758 Sep 4. Inventory £1928.19, a large Bible 2 other books, plate, china ware, glass, a white servants time (?).

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

Birth:
Resided Long Isl., NJ & RI

Died:
Will proved 11 Jan 1758.

Job married Sarah SCATTERGOOD on 25 Feb 1736 in Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Sarah (daughter of Martha SHEVE) was born est 1707 in Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey; died in by 1740 in Mansfield, Burlington Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:

Notes:

. Marriage: John Lawrence, Esq'r, Attorney-at-Law, & John Doe Esq'r of the County of Burlington bound to Francis Bernard, Governor £500 14 Nov 1759. John Lawrence obtained license of marriage for himself & for Martha Tallman, spinster [w] S. Blackwood, Sam'l Peart. Ref: L Part 1 1739-63: #129.

. 1763 June 28. Joseph Warton, Jr., merchant, married Sarah Tallman (ie. sister of Martha),
& John Lawrence, Esq., of Burlington, & married Martha Tallman, conveyed land to Joseph Tallman, Jr., & in the deed it appears that Sarah & Martha were daughters and co-heirs of the late Job Tallman, of Mansfield.
John Tallman, of Long Island, conveyed Dec. 2, 1727, to Job Tallman, then of Long Island, part of the five hundred acre Underbill tract, &Joseph Wharton & Job Tallman, in 1732, bought land jointly from Mary Andrews, which they divided Mch. 16, 1747. Job Tallman conveyed his interest by Will, Jan 6, 1758, to his daughters which they conveyed as set forth above, for £1 100.

. Martha was baptized at Burlington, April 20, 1764 with two infant daughters. The Tallman family belong to the Shrewsbury Quakers.
Mount Holly Monthly Meeting, Burlington:
. 1774 Apr 4 - Woman Friends meeting, A certificate from the Monthly Meeting Philadelphia, South District dated 22nd of 6th mo. recommending Martha Lawrence as a member to this meeting was read & accepted.
Note: So this is an unusual event to be admitted considering her husband was a non-Quaker, however possibly because John Lawrence was an active advocate for Quaker rights. - PJ Ahlberg 2019.

. Elizabeth Lawrence, daughter of John 's first wife, Anne Alice Leonard, looked after her half-brother James Lawrence when Martha Tallman died in 1781 a few weeks after James was born.

. James Lawrence's mother, Martha Tall, of Trenton, NJ, died when the proposiatus? was an infant; nothing is recorded of her traits.
Ref: Naval Officers, Their Heredity & Development, By Charles Benedict.

. 1767 May 18 Deed dated 18 May 1767 - John Lawrence & Martha, his wife, & Thomas Rodman, all of the city of Burlington, conveyed to Daniel Ellis & others, Esquires, Justices of the Peace of Burlington county & Timonthy Abbott & others, chosen freeholders of said county, for the consideration of £106 12s., "all that lot of land in the City of Burlington situate on Broad Street beginning at a corner to a street 25 ft wide, then runs along Broad Street N. 83 deg. E. 186 ft. to land late of John Craige's, then S. 15 deg. E. 77 ft to the lot of land where the Secretary's Office stands," etc., for a gaol (?).
Ref: Ellis Family, NJ Historical Society & NJ Deeds, Liber Z.
XRef: See LAWRENCE HOUSE IN BURLINGTON, NJ; (& also pictures in Richard Lawrence & Related Families. - P J Ahlberg)

NJ Tax List John Lawrence, Esq., Mansfield, Burlington Co.,
. 1770 - 350 Acres of Land, 13 Cattle & Horses, 1 Servant.
. 1774 August, Nov. - Dec - tax list Page 27. Page 27-28.
Ref. Monmouth County Tax Ratables, Sep 1774, NJ State Library, Call #: FHL Film 411289. P2, Family # 44.

X-Ref: Dr. James Newell: In the year 1778 Major André came to Allentown bringing with him letters of introduction to Dr. James Newell from Mrs. John Lawrence of Burlington, & asked Dr. Newell to give medical service to André's brother who was ill.
Ref: Those Paris Years, by Samuel N Watson, 1936.

The 'James Lawrence' house is of course also the home of his parents, Martha & John Brown Lawrence:
. 'The light of this world' fell on James Fenimore Cooper September 15, 1789. The founder of American romance was born in a quaint, two-storied house of stuccoed brick which now numbers 457 Main St., Burlington, New Jersey. It was then "the last house but one as you go into the country" & among the best of the town. In a like house next door lived the father of the naval hero, Capt. James Lawrence. These 2 houses opened directly on the street & their slanting roofs were shaded by tall trees rooted at the curbstones.

Burlington was a port of entry on the Delaware River, on the Mount Holly road. The originally named colony of New Beverley, West New Jersey & was established in 1667.
Ref: Industries of NJ, 1882.

. Further Research: What is the relationship? Tallman, Peter, Burlington County, claim against British Forces.
Ref: Burlington. Pg. 17. Claim No. 25.
- This Peter Tallman also prosecuted during the Rev. War, Martha's husband, John Lawrence. - PJA 2012.
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Birth:
Trenton. ALT NAME: Tollman, Talman.

Died:
Died a few weeks after James's birth.

Martha married John Brown LAWRENCE, Esq., U.E. on 14 Nov 1759 in Burlington County, New Jersey. John (son of Elisha LAWRENCE, Jr., Esq., .2 and Elizabeth BROWN) was born in 1728 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 3 Jul 1798 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario; was buried on 3 Jul 1798 in Toronto, York Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:

Notes:

Sarah is the daughter of Sarah Scattergood & Job Tallman.

. Burlington NJ Monthly Meeting
18 Jun 1760 - Whereas Joseph Wharton of the City of Philadelphia in the province of Pennsylvania, Merchant, son of Joseph Wharton of Walnut Grove in the County of Philadelphia, aforesaid &
Sarah Tallman to the township of Mansfield in the Co. of Burlington & province of West New Jersey,
daughter of Job Tallman, late of the same place, deceased,
having declared their intentions of marriage with each other before several monthly meetings of the people called Quakers at Burlington,
according to the good order used among them & having consent of parents, their said proposal of marriage was allowed of by the said meeting.

Now these are to Certify whom it was concern that for the full accomplishing their said intentions, this 28 day of 6th month in the year of our Lord 1760, they the said Joseph Wharton & Sarah Tallman appeared in a public meeting of the people at Mansfield aforesaid & the said Joseph Wharton taking the said Sarah Tallman by the hand, did in solum inccuran? openly declare that he tool the said Sarah Tallman to be his wife, priming through the Lord, assisting to be unto her a loving & faithful husband until death doth separate them. And then and there in the same assembly, the said Sarah Tallman did declare that she took him the said Joseph Wharton to be her husband, promising though the Lord's assistance to be unto him a loving & faithful wife until death should separate them. And were over they 2 said Joseph Wharton & Sarah Tallman. She according to the custom of marriage assuming the name of her husband.
As a further continuation there did then & there to those present set therein subscribe being present at the marriage on the date written above:
To Wharton Jur, Sarah Wharton:
Rebecca Weston, Wm. Fisbourn, J Crathbourne, Grofrey Laycock, Wm. Fishbein, James Logan, J Meredith, Hannah James, Benj. talman, Arthio Woodend, John Autouen, Joseph Tallman, Job ridgeway, Nathien Wright, John Wolwell,
Wm. Nelite, Wm. Juley, Thomas Fishben,
Joseph, Hannah, Thos., Rachel, James, Sanali Wharton,
Joseph Talman, James Jaines, Mary Talman, Lidia Talman, JOHN Lawrence, MARTHA LAWRENCE, Mercir Fishburn, Margaret Stillwell, Givt Smith, Elizabeth Meredth, Caleb & Jonathan Scatten good, Jas. Wharton, Rachel Wharton, Reb. Scattengood.

. 1763 June 28. Joseph Warton, Jr., merchant, & ux Sarah Tallman & John Lawrence, Esq., of Burlington, & ux Martha Tallman conveyed land to Joseph Tallman,
Jr., and in the deed it appears that Sarah and Martha were daughters and co-heirs of the late Job Tallman, of Mansfield.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:
Ref. Northern District, Phila. Monthly Meeings

Sarah married Joseph WHARTON on 18 Jun 1760 in Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey. Joseph was born on 21 Mar 1734 in Walnut Grove, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. PARKER CASTLE, Water Street, Perth Amboy. Oldest house, built in 1723. Tall clapboard with front brick section added in 1789 to the house that was once the site of the most desirable in town. Three story wood tower overlooks the Raritan Bay.

. At the time of his death in a naval battle, brother Capt. James Lawrence was concerned with his 2 widowed sisters & their children. Elizabeth & Ann Lawrence had looked after James when he was a child. - - -

Birth:
Baptisted 1764.

Anne married John PARKER on 24 Feb 1789 in Burlington County, New Jersey. John (son of James PARKER, Esq. and Gertrude SKINNER) was born on 14 Nov 1763 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died in 1808 in Cumberland County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Burlington April 20th 1764. Baptiz'd Martha the wife of John Lawrence
& two female infants, named Sarah & Catherine.

. James Golet (Goelet) &Thos. L. Hewlings, Esq. of the City of Burlington, bound to William LIVINGSTON, Governor, £500 on 19 July 1788., a contract of marriage between James GOLET & Sarah LAWRENCE.
Witness: Tho's Adams [on the back: Burlington 1788.] #G 325.

. James Francis Goelet married Sarah, daughter of John Lawrence of Burlington, N.J. by his 2nd wife, Martha Tallman, born 1760, died Oct 1, 1828.

Capt. James F Goelet owned the house on High Street south. Thorn Golding house (the later was demolished in 1923) & he died seized intestate of same. The title to the entire lot became vested in his daughter, Mary Ann Goelet, on of his heirs-at-law, who intermarried first with John Patrick, second with Joseph W Reckless.
The above property was formerly owned by Capt. Samuel Leonard, his grandfather, who purchased same from Wm. Hodshon.
The property is now (1923) known as 272 High Street residence of Mr. Forrest L. Smith.*
Ref: The history of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Note: * In 2010 this house is now referred to as the Kearny Cottage (Samuel Leonard to his granddaughter Elizabeth Lawrence Kearny).

New Jersey Wills: James F Goelet, 1807. - - -

Birth:
Twin to Catharine.

Sarah married James Francis GOELET, .1 on 19 Jul 1788 in Burlington County, New Jersey. James (son of Francis GOELET, .1 and Elizabeth LEONARD, .1) was born on 3 Oct 1760 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died on 20 Nov 1809 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Saint Peters Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Burlington April 20th 1764. Baptiz'd Martha, the wife of John Lawrence & two female infants, named Sarah and Catherine.

. Jackson Brown French (J. B. French) and William LAWRENCE, [ brother ] both of the City of Burlington [bound to] Hon'bl Elisha Lawrence, Esq'r, Vise President and Commander in Chief of New Jersey... £500, 1 Oct 1790 certificate of marriage between Jackson Brown FRENCH & Catharine Lawrence.
Witnesses: Tho's Adams, Tho's HEWLINGS, Esq. #F 288.

. 1790 Oct 5 - Burlington. Married, on Sunday evening last, by the Right Revered William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, Mr. Jackson Brown French, Merchant, of the Island of St. Vincents, to Miss Kitty Lawrence, daughter of John Lawrence, Esq. of this city.
Ref: Burlington Advertiser, NJ.

National Register of Historic Places: 6 West Pearl Street:
While 6 West Pearl's transition to residential use marked its end as a brewery, its association with famous Americans would continue for another hundred years.
* Jackson Browne French and Katherine 'Kitty' Lawrence:
By March 1796 the Hoaglands had converted the lot into a residence & sold it to Jackson Browne French & his wife Katherine 'Kitty' Lawrence French. Jackson Browne French was a St. Vincent's born merchant.

Kitty was the daughter of attorney John Lawrence, Burlington's loyalist mayor. Kitty would be the first of several generations of Lawrences to own 6 West Pearl through the next 87 years. In 1781, due to her mother's tragic death after giving birth to her youngest brother James & the need for the father to flee due to anti-Loyalist sentiments in Burlington at war's end. James was reared by Kitty & half-sister Elizabeth in Burlington.

When the Navy granted James a midshipman's warrant, he left Burlington & embarked for the West Indies aboard the Ganges. His naval prowess earned him successive promotions to the rank of captain. On board the Wasp he befriended fellow Burlingtonian James Fenimore Cooper who served under his command in 1810. Lawrence was given command of the Chesapeake in the War of 1812. During battle with the British ship Shannon, James was mortally wounded. While being carried below deck he delivered his Don't Give Up the Ship order to his crew. This phrase became the credo from the US Navy. 139

[Horizontal stone.] St. Mary's/Ann's Cemetery, Burlington:
Here reposes whatever could die of Mary Anne Lawrence. widow. daughter of John Lawrence Esquire late of Woodbury & daughter of the Revd Henry Waddell D.D. Rector of St. Michael's Church Trenton. She was born the 25th August A.D. 1770 & and departed this life the 12th December 1813. Blessed with a sound understanding & feeling heart, She was in every circumstance of her life as a daughter, a sister, a wife, a widow, and a friend prudent, exemplary, loving & beloved.
Purified by sufferings & sanctified by grace, She died as christians would wish to die.

Buried: Catherine, wife of Jackson B.William Cox, Esq. a Committee to examine the testimonials of the appointment of the Lay Deputies & daughter of John Lawrence, died January 8th, 1815, Aged 52. Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ. - --

Birth:
Saint Marys Church, dau. of John & Martha Lawrence.

Christened:
Bap., Twin to Sarah.

Died:
Aged 52.

Catharine married Jackson Browne FRENCH on 1 Oct 1790 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Jackson was born on 2 Apr 1764 in Island of St. Vincent; died on 6 Mar 1826 in Burlington County, New Jersey; was buried in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Wm. was named after the Governor William Franklin (son of Benjamin Franklin).

. A biography of his brother, says James' brother was already dead by James death in 1813. Whether Elisha or William Franklin Lawrence, was not specified, however, it is more likely to have been Elisha T Lawrence. On the other hand James Lawrence's gold metal was presented in 1814 to 'his oldest surviving male relative'. - PJA 2010.

. 1797 Jan 17, Wed. Upper Canada Land Petitions of John Brown Lawrence asking for land for for William & James Lawrence / his 2 sons, Jackson B French, James Goelet & John Parker (his sons-in-laws) he has reasons to expect they will come into & reside in this Province & for whose Loyalty he can Voucher.

. 1808 Nov 29 - His brother James Lawrence claims to be heir to his father's estate.
Ref: Wm. Gamble's Upper Canada Petition for James Lawrence.

On the other hand at least 3 elder sisters were alive after James demise.
More research may provide some answers. - P J Ahlberg, 2010. - - -

Died:
Died between 1797 and 1808. Unmarried

Notes:

. Baptized, John a son & 5th child of John Lawrence Esq. & Martha his wife, was born Septem' 27th 1768 & Baptized Aug 7th at St. Mary's Church - 1769 at Burlington, John Odell, Minister, Register of St. Mary's church, Burlington, NJ.

Wife Mary Anne Waddell is his second cousin.

. INSCRIPTIONS, ST. MARY'S CHURCHYARD, BURLINGTON, N. J. - [Altar table.]
Sacred to the memory of John Lawrence Esq. who departed this life on the 4th day of November 1806 In the 39th year of his age. He was respected when living for his amiable manners; his knowledge in the profession of the Law & his usefulness in society, etc., etc.
Ref: Vol. Two, Stillwell.

Capt J Lawrence of the US Navy, was once a student at the village academy, & resided with his brother John Lawrence, Esq. He is remembered as an amiable youth, quiet in manner, & genteel in person.
. 1798 March 29 - John Brown Lawrence Willed his watch to his son John.
Notes1: John Lawrence, Jr. is now his eldest son. Did John receive this father's watch from Toronto? - PJA.

Historical House. Woodbury, Clouchester Co., 90 South Broad Street. New Jersey, which is now the headquarters of Gloucester County Historical Society, was once owned by John Lawrence, brother of Captain James Lawrence of "Don't give up the ship" fame, who resided with him & attended the Academy School in Woodbury.

. 1779 Apr 5 - The property of Elisha & John Lawrence, son of John, were confiscated & sold at Wall's Mills.

. The Lawrence House 58 N. Broad Street, Woodbury, built 1765 brick South Jersey style. The House belong to John Brown Lawrence, Jr. Brother James also lived here while attending his short lived law school training. It is known now as the Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup house & the Gloucester County Historical Society Museum.

. 1780 Feb 21. & March 10th. Monmouth - WHEREAS inquisition has been found & final judgement entered against the follow persons, whole real & personal estates will be exposed to sale at public venue, at the house of Daniel Randolph, in Freehold, on the 28th March next, at 9 o'clock - Dr. John Lawrence & Elisha Lawrence some lot of cedar swamp; Elisha Lawrence, late Sheriff, John & Wm. Perine, a well improved farm containing 300 acres lying in Upper Freehold, Christopher, Clayton, Oliver Tallman, John, Ebenezer Wardel, Ezekiel, John Tilton, Thomas Leonard, Daniel & Hendrick Vanmater, Joseph Grover, (& many many more names). Judges of the said county Court will attend at Monmouth Courthouse on first Monday in April & May to receive & adjusts the said accounts.
Conditions of sale is ready money. Samuel Forman, Joseph Lawrence, Kenneth Hankinson, Jacob Wikoff, Commissioners.
Ref: New Jersey Gazette, 1780 Mar 14. & more names add on 1780 Apr 5.

. 1784 Jan 20 - To be Sold, A Valuable tract of Woodland & Meadow, situated on South River, Middlesex Co., about 9 miles from Brunswick, & the same from Amboy by water, where boats carrying 20 cord of wood, may with great convenience load either for the NY, Staten Island, or Long Island markets. There is a log house a a few acres cleared, the remainder is well wooded, with sufficiency of meadow. There is a good saw mill within a mile of said tract.
Also to be sold, a tract of land with a large quantity of salt & fresh meadow, which may be easily made, situated on the sea coast, in the twp. of Stafford, Monmouth Co., where vessels may come & take off the lubber & hay: There is on the premises some cedar swamps fit for fails & shingles, not a mile from navigable water, part of the slat meadow lies very convenient for transporting bay to any part of the eastern states or NY. The above track will be followed together or divided into lots, as may best suit the purchasers.
Any persons inclining to purchase the first mentioned tract, may apply to John Lawrence of Burlington, or to Mr. Abraham Lot 5 miles from Amboy ferry & those inclining to purchase the last mentioned tract may apply to Mr Richard Brown in Stafford twp., aforesaid, near the premises, or to the said John Lawrence, Attorney-at-Law in the city of Burlington, who will give a good title for the same. Burlington, Jan 18, 1784.
Ref: Political Intelligencer Newspaper, New Brunswick, NJ.
Note2: This could be either John Lawrence, Senior or Junior. - PJA

JBL Senior's legal dealings, with his son's future father-in-law:
. 1791 Feb 25, Advertisement, Whereas by an act of the Legislature of the State of NJ, pass at Burlington, the 26 Nov., 1799, we the subscribers are appointed Trustees to to execute in the Executors of Geo. Willocks, deceased, so far as relates to the Protestant Episcopal Churches, then called Shrewsbury, Burlington & Hopewell....notice of Public Vendue, at the house of Matthew Warwick, Innkeeper, at the late Thomas Plumstead's Mill in Upper Freehold, on 4 Apr, Monday, 10 -2 o'clock, the premises which is good arable land.
Trustees: Henry Waddell*, John Lawrence, Chas. Axford. Feb. 25, 1791.
Note3: Rev. Henry Waddell's daughter would marry in 1796, John B. Lawrence, Jr.
Ref: Burlington Advertiser, NJ., published 1791 Apr 19.

. 1796 Nov 16, Monmouth County, $30 Reward
Stolen, on Monday Night last, from the subscriber, a Black Horse, 3 years old, about 15 hands high; has a car & one white foot behind; his final cut square. Between his eyes & nostrils on each side is a streak of grey hairs & a considerable part of his right hight is rather brown than black. Whoever secures the their shall have $10 reward & the horse $20. Signed, John Lawrence.
Ref: NJ Gazette, Trenton, published 1796.11.22-1797.2.22

. 1806 Oct 29 - WILL of John Lawrence of Woodbury, Gloucester Co.
Wife, Mary Ann, chinaware & other articles presented to her by her brothers, & all the plate which was hers at the time our marriage; also sideboard, easy chair, 2 beds, 2 looking glasses & a dozen chairs & my gold watch (if she gives the one she now carries to my brother, James Lawrence); also the house & lot where I now live, purchased of the Rev. Andrew Hunter; also my black girl Caty,
Sister Lucy Lawrence, $300.
Brother James Lawrence, books, gun & wearing apparel.
Nieces, Elizabeth Goelette & Mary Ann Goeletts, (daughters of sister Sarah Goelett), each $20 yearly for their education.
Remainder of real & person estate to be sold. Residue to be divided between my wife, Mary Ann & my 4 sisters, Nancy Parker*, Catharine French, Lucy Lawrence & Nancy Boggs*.
Executors: Wife Mary & friends, Franklin Davenport & John Moore White.
Witnesses: James Matlack, Wm. Brick, Duncan Campbell.
Proved Nov 2, 1806.
Note4: *There appears to be a transcript error in this printed version of John Lawrence's will. The duplication of the name Nancy would also be indication of error. John's sisters were: Mrs. Ann Lawrence Parker & Mary Lawrence Boggs. - PJA .

NJ State Supreme Court Cases are on file:
. 1783 - Stokes, Ann, Widow, Lawrence, John, Official Attorney, Burlington & Hunterdon, Debt on Bond Case #34422.

. 1784 May 14, Patience Keen of Philadelphia. Int. Administrator: Reynold Keen of Philadelphia.
Fellowbonsman, John Lawrence of Burlington. [Could also be his father, John Lawrence, Esq. - PJA]. Witness: Bowes Reed.

. 1791, Feb. 25. Bond of Henry Waddell, John Lawrence & Charles Axford, trustees of estate so far as the legacy to the Episcopal churches of Shrewsbury. Burlington & Hopewell are concerned, (Legacy not disclosed in previous will abstract). Middlesex Wills, 575-609 L.
Note5: John Lawrence, Sr. or Jr?

. 1792 Oct 1 - Letters remaining in the Post Office New Brunswick, Dr. John Lawrence, Monmouth.
Ref: Brunswick Gazette, NJ, published Oct 23 & 30, 1792.

. 1794 Apr 18, WILL of Joshua Gibson of Deptford Twp. Gloucester Plantation on Mantua Cr., to James Gibson. Wit: John Lawrence, Jr.

. 1799 - State of New Jersey, Lawrence, John, Esquire. Attorney for Elisha Clark. Official. Gloucester. Habeas Corpus in Manumission case # 34608.

. 1806 Oct 25 - WILL of John Lawrence of Woodbury, Gloucester Co., NJ
. First pay my just debts;
. Second, bequeath until beloved wife Mary All, all the china ware & other articles of what later or king which were presented to her by her brothers or other of them, all the plate which was before & after our marriage, the sideboard & easy chairs & 2 beds, bedsteads, bed furniture, 2 looking glasses & a dozen chairs such as she may choose of those in the house;
. also unto her my gold watches with the chair seal & case, the watch she has usually carried is to be given by her to my brother, James Lawrence;
. I devise unto her my said wife, my House & Lot situated in Woodbury wherein I now live, which I purchased of Geo Anders Hunter, tougher with the belongings;
. also to said wife May Ann I devise & bequeath my black girl Caty;
. Third, to sister Lucy Lawrence, $300 paid by Executors in 6 months after my decease out of the interest of good landed security;
* Fourth, to my brother James Lawrence I bequeath Smollets History of England which was my father, my copy of Pinkertons Goods? Atlas, also my gun & gun apparatus, all my wearing apparel,
. also give him a gold watch that is either my own or the one generally carried by me wife, leaving it to her to the the choice of the two.
Fifth, Executors to give the sum of $20 towards education of my niece Elizabeth Goelett & the like same yearly the education of my niece Mary Ann Goelett, dau. of my sister Sarah Goelett, until they arrive at 18 years;
. residual of my real estate to be sold at Public or private sale for the proceeds according to this my Will to beloved wife Mary Ann & my 4 sisters, Nancy Parkers, Catharine French, Lucy Lawrence & Mary Boggs exactly are & share alike;
. Executrix dear wife Mary Ann, & executors good friends Franklin Davenport & John Moore White.
Wit: James Mattack, Wm. Brick, Duncan Campbell.
. 1806 Nov 18 - Administration given by Gloucester Co. Surrogate Court.

. 1806, Nov 7, buried John Lawrence of Woodbury. Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ.

. Obituary: 1806 Nov 17:
Died At Woodbury, in this state, on the 4th inst., John Lawrence, Esq. in the 39 year of his age, & on the 6th his remains were conveyed to the city of Burlington & interred in the burial ground of the Episcopal Church. In the deceased of this gentleman we have to lament the loss of a man of strict honor & unimpeachable integrity. In the circle of his acquaintance the remembrance of his worth will long be cherished with sincere & affectionate respect.
Ref: Trenton Federalist Newspaper, New Jersey.

. 1807 Mar 18 - WILL BE SOLD, pursuant to the last will & testament of John Lawrence, Esq., late of Woodbury, NJ, deceased, at public venue, on Thursday, 19 March next, in the afternoon, at Joseph M Bisphams's Hotel, all that valuable House & Lot of Land, In Germantown lane, Woodbury. The lot contains 6 acres & has been lately well fenced in. The house is a new 2 story frame house, weatherboarded & shingled with cedar. A good barn & stables on the lot. Conditions will be made known on the day of sale.

. NOTICE, All persons indebted to the estate of the late Mr. Lawrence, for goods bought at undue or otherwise, are desired to make payment to the subscribers by the 25th March next, for alter that day, it is not improbable but they will have to wait on the different legal officers to discharge their accounts,
Signed, Frank Davenport, John Moor White, Executors.

. 1807 Feb 18th, Monday, FOR SALE OR RENT,
that convenient Brick Dwelling House, in Woodbury, 9 miles from Philadelphia, wherein the late Mr. Lawrence resided. The house is 2 stories high, with dormer windows in the roof of the house; there are 4 rooms on the first floor & 4 chambers on the second; with a fireplace in each room & chamber - 4 rooms in the garret, & a good seller under the whole, adjoining the house is a brick kitchen & a brick smokehouse. With these premises will be sold the Garden Lot & a small Clover Lot, containing together 2 acres, & all the out buildings; the garden is a fine rich mould, abounding with young peach, pear, plum, apple & cherry trees, of various & the best kind, also strawberries are a new barn, with sibling for 4 horses, a carriage house, crib house, granary, poultry years etc.
$300 will be required on executing the deed & the remainder of the purchase money in 3 annal payments, secured with interest. If the above are sold by 25 March next, they will be rented for one year. Apply to Mrs. Lawrence, Trenton, for the Executors at Woodbury.
Ref: Trenton Federalist Newspaper, NJ, published 1807 Mar 23.
Research & transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg. Thank you. - - -

Birth:


Died:
Monday

Buried:
Extracted from the family record of the Bible. Carey 1801, Philadephia, E B O'C

John married Mary Anne WADDELL on 24 Jan 1796 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. Mary (daughter of Rev. Henry WADDELL and Lucy LAWRENCE, .i) was born on 25 Aug 1770 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; died on 12 Dec 1813 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey; was buried on 14 Dec 1813 in St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Burlington, NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. Baptized Lucy, daughter of John & Martha Lawrence, born & baptized November 24th, 1771, at Burlington, Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ.

. 1806, Brother John Brown Lawrence, Jr. left her a share in his estate, to be shared among his wife Mary Ann Lawrence & her 3 other sisters.

. 1814 Aug 1 - Administration of goods & chattels of Lucy Lawrence, late of this [?] county of Somerset who died intestate was granted to Robert Boggs, Esquire, of Middlesex Co., who is duly authorized to administration., Surrogate Court. - - -

Birth:
St. Mary's Epis. Church /Dau. of John & Martha Lawrence, born & baptized Nov 24, 1771 at Burlington

Died:
Verify.

Notes:

. 1773 Baptized, April 21st at Burlington, Mary, first-born of Jonathan Odell & Anne his wife, born the 19th of March preceding [Rev. Jonathan Odell, friend of John Brown Lawrence] Baptized, at the same time, Martha, Daughter of John & Martha Lawrence, born the 24th of Feby preceding, Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ

. Buried Sept 14, At Burlington, Martha child of John & Martha Lawrence. Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ.

. Martha Lawrence died at the age of 6 months. - - -

Died:
buried at Burlington, child of John & Martha Lawrence

Notes:

. Baptized June 21, 1775, Elisha Tallman, of John & Martha Lawrence, born 0Feb. 13, 1775. Register of St. Mary's Church, Burlington, NJ.

. A biography of his brother, says 'James' brother was already dead by James Lawrence's death in 1813.'
Whether Elisha of William Franklin Lawrence was not specified James Lawrence's gold metal was to be presented to 'his oldest surviving male relative'.



. 1797 Jan 17, Wed. Upper Canada Land Petitions of John Brown Lawrence asking for land for for William & James Lawrence / his 2 sons, Jackson B French, James Goelet & John Parker (his sons-in-laws) he has reasons to Expect they will come into & reside in this Province & for whose Loyalty he can Voucher.
( The response was that the Government could only approve land for those residing in Ontario.) Does this imply his sons William Franklin & Elisha Tallman Lawrence are already deceased? More research may provide some answers. - P J Ahlberg - - -

Birth:
Christening 21 Jun 1775 Saint Marys Church, of John & Martha Lawrence, page 52

Died:
verify.

Family/Spouse: Rebecca JACOBS. Rebecca was born on 25 Dec 1776 in New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary is the daughter of Hon. John Lawrence, Mayor of Burlington, N. J.
Mary Lawrence married Robt. Morris Boggs.

Birth date: At the midmorning on Dec. 11, 1776, the first group of nonlocal fighting men, a party of 60 rebel Pennsylvanians, retreated through Burlington. Commodore Seymour fired on the entrenched Hessians (for British side). John Lawrence & other leading men when to ensure "the safety of the town" by meeting with the troops who returned the firing on the mayor. We made our escapes & were under the necessity of taking Refuge among the King's troops, & as the design of taking post at Burlington was soon after given up, I have been obliged to leave my wife & three children (the youngest not five weeks old, = Nov 1776) & to ramble as a Refugee, God knows when to return. "

. Brothers Capt. James Lawrence, naval hero "don't give up the ship.
& Dr. John Brown Lawrence, Jr. one of the first American born doctors.

Robert & Mary (Lawrence) Boggs had issue:
. LUCY LAWRENCE Boggs, b. 1801; d. 1813.
. JOHN LAWRENCE Boggs b. May 10th, 1S03; d. Sept. 22nd, 1S04, after 7 weeks' illness.
. JAMES BOGGS, b. Aug. 2Sth, 1804: d. Sept. 14th, 1805, at Long Branch, N. J., after 3 months' illness. He was buried at New Brunswick, N. J.
. JAMES LAWRENCE Boggs, b. Jan. 18th, 1806; d. July 28th, 1828. Was a graduate of Princeton.

. MARY REBECCA Boggs, b. April 4th, xx d. March 7th, 1885, at New Brunswick, N. J. She attended the school for young ladies, conducted by Miss Frances Brenton, in Harlem, N. Y. She was married May 9th, 1831, at New Brunswick, N. J. to John Scott Blauvelt, of New Brunswick, N. J., who died July 30th, 1859, aged 54 years. Mary Rebecca (Boggs) & John Scott Blauvelt had issue:
Robert Boggs Blauvelt, b. Feb. 13th, 1832; d. in NY, Feb. 2nd, 1911, in his 79th year; m at. Elizabeth, N. J., by Rev. Stevens Parker, Feb. 12th, 1874, to Anne Johnstone Fleming, daughter of Gilbert R. Fleming, of Elizabeth. Mr. Blauvelt was a Volunteer in the Civil War, serving with the Seventh Regiment, N. G. N. Y., & later with another NY regiment. He was also employed as a clerk in the War Department at Washington. For many years he was an insurance broker in NY City. He was a resident of New Brunswick,
NJ., a man highly respected in the community, of whom it was said: "He walked uprightly, worked righteousness, & spoke the truth in his heart."
James Lawrence Blauvelt, b. Feb. 1st, 1S34; d. at
New Brunswick, X. J., June 20th, 1907, in his 74th year. He was a man of warm & tender heart & much given to philanthropic effort. A true friend of those in need, his death was lamented by a wide circle of friends & acquaintances & those in whom he had interested himself. Like his brother, he served in the Civil War, but in the navy. He was with his uncle, Charles Stuart Boggs, in the naval engagement at New Orleans.
Mary Lawrence Blauvelt, b. Jan. 12th, 1S36; d. Aug. 27th, 1851, in her 15th year.
Jane Mitchell Blauvelt, b. Dec. 9th, 1837.
Edward Blauvelt, b. Aug. 9th, 1841; d. Sept. 20th, 1841.
Lawrence Kearny Blauvelt, b. Nov. 27th, 1842; d. Aug. 20th, 1864 in his 22nd year.
Frances Brenton Blauvelt, b. May 17th, 1846; d. at New Brunswick; N. J., April 27th, 1909

. WILLIAM BRENTON Boggs, b. July 2nd, 1809; m. Eleanor Carter.
. CHARLES STUART Boggs, b. Jan. 28th, 1811; m. 1st, Sophia Dore; 2nd, Eugenie (Molt) Bull.
. JOHN LAWRENCE Boggs, b. June 24th, 1812; m. 1st, Mary Lloyd Van Deurscn; 2nd, Cornelia Bell Paterson.
Ref: The genealogical record of the Boggs family, W E Boggs, 1916, Halifax, NS.

. Series1, Box1 Lawrence Family Correspondence/Misc. documents 1737-1816 &
. Box 13, Lawrence-Boggs estate related correspondence 1904-1939.

Transcriptions by PJ Ahlberg, Thank you. - - -

Birth:
'not 5 weeks old' c Dec 1776

Died:


Buried:

Mary married Robert Morris BOGGS, Sr. on 7 Aug 1802. Robert (son of James BOGGS, MD and Mary MORRIS, .i) was born on 13 Nov 1766 in Indian Neck, Tinton Falls, New Jersey; died on 11 Jan 1831 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JL was nearly 6 feet tall & very broad-shouldered.

Resided Woodbury, NJ, with his brother who was studying law, from 1794-96.

. After the Revolution James' father's reduced circumstances, had necessitated he attended a grammar school at Burlington. When his father, John Brown Lawrence died in July 1798, James's brother relented to permit James to study for 3 months with Mr. Griscomb of Burlington to learning navigation & naval tactics.

. Mr. Lawrence, Sr. was anxious the James should adopt his own profession as lawyer. At the age of 13, James began the studied law at Woodbury, but entered the Navy 4 Sept., 1798, also.
Ref: to a letter published on Oct 18 1812 in the Magazine of Am. History XXV, p 283.
. 1798 Dec 6- 54 Appointments have been made in the US Navy, among which we notice: Lieut. John Waddell of Trenton, James Lawrence of Burlington, Lieutenant.
Ref: Genius of Liberty Newspaper, Morristown, NJ.

. John Lawrence was for many years one of the most influential men in the Western division of New Jersey.
Ref: Colonial History of Sate of NJ, Volume XXIX.

. James was born in Burlington. 'It is said that when an infant in arms, the house in which his parents were living was repeatedly struck by short form the English ships in the river'. Later he lived in Woodbury, NJ. His mother Martha Tallman died when he was an infant, leaving his half-sister Elizabeth Lawrence (married Michael Kearney) to raise him in her home in Perth Amboy.

. Hunter-Lawrence-Jessup House, 58 N Broad St., Woodbury, NJ, - Historic house run by the Gloucester Co. Historical Society. James lived here in 1800.

. His father John B Lawrence wanted James to be a lawyer also, however he left his Wood law studies at 16 or 17 for a midshipman warrant. In a naval battle in Halifax Habour, Capt. Lawrence was shot when his his the Chesapeake was boarded.He suffered four days of extreme pain before expiring on 1 June, 1813 in the 32nd year of his age.
...on page 207-8, Woodbury is 9 miles s. of Philadelphia.
... James L., was once a student at the village academy, & resided with his brother John Lawrence, Esq. He [John] is remembered as an amiable youth, quiet in manner, & genteel in person.

Another report said he was chivalrous, generous, just, kind of heart, gentle, & pure. James Lawrence, Captain United States Navy. Commander of the New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 337 pp.

It should be remembered that short months before his death, that James. Lawrence, then captain of the Hornet had sunk the British ship the Peacock on 23 Feb. 1813. When he returned on 4 May, 1813 to NY City he was given a banquet in his honor at the new Washington Hall, one of finest hotels in NYC. Thus the fame of James Lawrence was already established.

"Don't give up the Ship" motto of US navy. Died in Naval battle on the USS Chesapeake. He was given a full military funeral by the British at Halifax, Nova Scotia. However at the request for remains of Capt. Lawrence & Lieut. Ludlow were first reburied in Salem where Hon. Jos. Story gave eulogy JL was finally laid to rest with his wife at Trinity Church in New York.
Ref: New York Herald Tribune.

. 1952 Mar 29, there was a reproduction of a painting by Alonzo Chappel of "The Death of Captain Lawrence" on the frigate "Chesapeake" in 1812, Navel engagement against the British frigate "Shannon". Midshipman William Sitgraves. Cox was court-marshaled & thrown out of the U.S. Navy in 1814, charges with neglect of duty because he helped carry Captain James Lawrence below on June 1,1813. When the Chesapeake under Lawrence, was captured by the British frigate Shannon, after the bloody 15 minutes battle of Boston Harbor, as Captain Lawrence was being carried below, he uttered the famous phrase, "Don't give up the ship."

After a few broadsides the ships fouled & Lawrence received a musket ball in the leg & later in the abdomen. As he was carried below to surgery he cried, "Don't give up the ship"; but the enemy had already boarded it. He died in Halifax in a few days, June 6, 1813.

Permission was given to convey Capt. Lawrence's body from Halifax to Salem, Mass on the ship Henry. On Aug 17,1813. "under management of the family of Capt. Lawrence plans were made to convey the body to NY." At NYC on Sept 16 a funeral was held with an estimated 50,000 people assembled to honor the national hero. Pallbearers: Capts. Hull, Stewart, Brainbridge, Blakely, Creighton & Parker & Lieut. Ballard & Wilkinson. Chief Justice Story delivered the eulogy. The city furnished the tomb for this final resting place.

The following gold medals, for victories by the Navy of the US, over British vessels of war, during the last war between the US & England, were decreed by Congress & the state of Penn. War was declared in June 1812 & the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent, Dec. 1814:
(#12) To the nearest male relative of Capt. James Lawrence, of NJ, of the sloop of war Hornet*, for the capture of Brig. Peacock, Capt. Wm. Peak, on the 24th Jan, 1813, after an action of 15 minutes. Passed January 11, 1814.
Ref: Halifax, N.S. Historical Society.

Note1* James Fenimore Cooper, writer of many famous novels, Last of the Mohicans & A life Before the Mast, lived in the co-joining houses of his father John Lawrence & JF Cooper:
Cooper's naval career was short but sufficient to acquaint him with the traditions of the Navy & several of its young, rising officers. He obtained a midshipman's warrant in 1808. The Navy Department first assigned him to duty in the bomb ketch Vesuvius at New York. From there, he was sent northward to assist Lieutenant Melancthon Woolsey, who was superintending the construction of the brig Oneida at Oswego, New York. This vessel was intended to enforce the embargo laws on Lake Ontario. At the outbreak of the War of 1812, she was the Navy's only purpose-built war vessel on the lake. Cooper's last assignment was service on board Wasp, commanded by Lieutenant James Lawrence, who sent him on recruiting duty. Despite their disparity of age & rank, Cooper & Lawrence became close friends, possibly because of their sharing a mutual birthplace, Burlington, New Jersey. In May 1810, Cooper requested a year's furlough from the Navy for personal reasons. He resigned his commission a year later.
Ref: James Fenimore Cooper Society, 2001.

. 1802 Apr 6 - Stationed at Tripoli on the Enterprise for 5 years.
Elements of J Lawrence's character were: Love of the sea; Fearlessness; Hyperkinesis: He was high strung & sensitive, quick & impulsive, but in all critical situations his coolness was remarkable. He inspired all with ardor & was a general favourite with his men. He was chivalrous, generous, just, king of heart, gentle & Pure. Physically he was nearly 6 feet tall & very broad-shouldered.

. 1813 Apr 13, US Ship Hornet, To P C Van Wyck, Esqr.
Sir I have been honored with your poise letter of the 1st inst, enclosing the Resolution passed by the Common Council of the NYC on the 29th march last, approbatory of the conduct of myself & the Officers & crew of the Hornet during the engagement with his BM Sloop of War Peacock. For these testimonials of public regard from such a respectable & honorable body, I cannot but feel the sincerest gratitude, & I assure you, Sir I shall ever esteem, the honors that have been so liberally award by the Common Council of the NYC as amongst the highest most valuable which my country can bestow. In these sentiments I am cordially reciprocated by the Officers and crew I have the honor to command & they trust, with myself, to future opportunities to become more worthy of the distinguished honors which have been already conferred.
For your Individual good wide & congratulations I beg you to accept my sincere thanks, With sentiments of sincere respect & esteem, I have the honor to be,
Signed, James Lawrence.
Ref: Collections of the NY Historical Society for the year 1885.

. 1813, Sept 17 New York, Yesterday ... the remains of the brave & gallant Capt. Lawrence & Lieut. Ludlow were interred in Trinity Church Yard. The procession was the most numerous & solemn ever exhibited in this city, at 50,000 persons. The navy procession of the Boats from the Navy Yard to the Battery was highly interesting.
Ref: The Adams Centinel dated 1813 Sept 29.

. 1813 Oct 1813 - Notice. Person having demands against the Estate of Captain James Lawrence, late of the United States Navy, will exhibit the same to the undersigned - & those indebted will please to settle their accounts. COX & MONTAUDEVERT, Administrators.
Ref: Evening Post Newspaper 1813 Dec 10.

. 1808 Nov. 29. Letter to Peter Russell, Gov. of Upper Canada, from Dr. William Gamble*, on behalf of James Lawrence, he is requesting information on the in land in Toronto, Ontario belonging if John Brown Lawrence.
Note2: Is Wm. Gamble related to the Archibald Gamble, who with Julia L Montaudevert & others who filed for land partition in NY state?
Numerous books & commentaries may be readily found on Capt. James Lawrence. - PJA.

. 1813 Sep 27, Capital Hill - Communications - the John bull story of the late Capt. James Lawrence having been born in Bristol, in England is 'very like a whale'.
Capt. James Lawrence was the son of John Lawrence, Esq. of Burlington, in the state of NJ, & if I am not very much mistaken, was born in 1776; his house was directly opposite to Powell's Academy & at present belongs to general Bloomfield. I well recollect the day after Capt. Lawrence was born - an old negro servant belonging to Mr. Lawrence met me: I asked him how his mistress was? He said, "quite well - had got a fine son with an eye like a bull" I was intimate in the family of Mr. John Lawrence, who was the eldest son of Elisha Lawrence, of Chestnut Grove, in Monmouth county, NJ.
It is probable that Capt. Lawrence's grandfather might have been in England - of this I am not certain; he was upwards of 70 years of age when I first become acquainted with him & I understood that Elisha Lawrence & his brother John were among the first settlers of Monmouth county.
this short statement of the family of the late Capt. Lawrence, being founded on unquestionable authority, you will do the friends of the deceased an act of justice by giving is publicity. W. G.
Ref: Niles Weekly Register, volume 5.

. Extract of a letter from Captain Jamison to Messrs. Cox & Montaudevert of this city, dated Providence, R.I. May 10.
I have the pleasure to inform you I arrived here yesterday, in your schooner Liberty, in 12 days from New Province, with 80 prisoners. I am sorry to inform you that our sloop of war, Frolic has been captured by the British frigate Orpheus v sent into New Providence. She arrived 2 days before I sailed. She threw over 11 guns & cut away her anchors, but all to no purpose. She was taken between the Havana & Matazies. I had not time to get the particulars of her capture from the officers. Charles Jamison.
Ref. Mercantile Advertiser, New York City.

. Further Research: Box 19/21, Lawrence, James Lawrence; others, inc. large photos James Lawrence. Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs; Reference to Judge Richard Hartshorne Family Papers, Manuscript Group Call# MG1363, New Jersey People: Individuals, Families, & Groups, NJ Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey.

. Isaac Whitaker, b. Jan. 11, 1780; d. Feb. 23, 1857; was a schoolmate & chum of Capt. James Lawrence, of the "Chesapeake," of "Don't give up the ship" fame; Capt. Lawrence tried to induce Isaac Whitaker to accept a commission on his ship, but he declined; buried at Deerfield.

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

Christened:
St. Mary's Records: Bap. by Revd. Mr. Frazer Nov 14, 1781, James of John and Martha Lawrence.

Buried:
Buried with military honours. Tall memorial arch in Halifax Cemetery.

Died:
Capt. USS Chesapeake. He was very tall man, 6 ft 4 inches.

James married Julia M MONTAUDEVERT on 28 Jun 1808 in Trinity Church, NYC. Julia (daughter of James Jacques Louis Ripaud De MONTAUDEVERT, Sr. and Sarah WILSON) was born on 15 Jul 1788 in New York City, New York; died on 15 Sep 1865 in Newport, Rhode Island; was buried in Trinity Church Yard, NYC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary. 1802 Dec 3 - did on wed the 1st instant in the 37th year of his age,
Thomas Parr Wharton. a vigorous & highly cultivated understanding, united to a just & benevolent disposition, rendered the deceased peculiarly agreeable & dear to his fiends & family. A series of misfortunes taught him the uncertainty of all human pursuits & attachments as the means of happiness & a tedious, painful illness became in the hands of a kind Providence, the means of conveying to I'm the knowledge of his Redeemer in whose mercy alone he place his hopes of acceptance beyond the gave, his last words were,"I died in peace" Ref: published in the Daily Advertiser.
Ref: Genealogy of Wharton Family of Philadelphia, 1664 to 1880. - - -

Notes:

The second child named Sarah, daughter of Sarah Tallman & Joseph Wharton.

Notes:

Issue four sons, Edward, John, James, Carroll, & a daughter Ann.

Birth:


Died:
COD: Cholera.

Maria married Edward W DUNHAM on 28 Apr 1818. Edward was born on 10 Feb 1794 in Rhode Island; died in 1834 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
(unmarried as of 1855)

Buried:
Brookly, NY, Plot : Lot 325, Section 54. 'Roof' capped monuments, clearly chiseled.

Notes:

Died:
Aged 4 years 3 months.

Buried:
Perth Amboy. Red sandstone monument, some chipping repairs.

Notes:

. Dear Friend, I have done extensive research on John Brown Lawrence and the Lawrence Family. I think you may have copied some tree that had a number of incorrect attachments: Briefly, John Brown Lawrence, born 1728, Upper Freehold,
His only TWO wives: Anne Alice Leoanrd (1 child) & Martha Tallman (10 children).
John B is indeed the son of Elizabeth Brown & Elisha Lawrence.
. John was an Anglican, but not a reverend. He was involved in raising a salary for the unpaid Anglican minister in Burlington, NJ. He is a very interesting person with a great many references. Further info can be found on my tree All2gether, on the Rootsweb.com

So the question is which John Lawrence is your ancestor. For instances, he is not the John Lawrence, from Connecticut, who signed many documents for Gen. Washington.

During the Revolution, John B Lawrence, was the Mayor of Burlington, NJ - after NYC, then the 2nd largest city in the USA - John Lawrence protected Burlington from burning & pillage by the German Hessians mercenaries hired by the British. For this bravery, on the contrary, he was falsely accused of siding with the British, dispossessed of his property, imprisoned & lost his lawyer's practice. From 1783 to 1795 he participated in NJ elections - i.e. he did not flee to Canada, as sometimes asserted.

While in the Burlington Goal, he met the injured British General John Graves Simcoe. It is my belief that it was here the John Lawrence discussed with Gen. Simcoe, JB Lawrence's previous attempts to establish an new utopian settlement on the Ohio River. In 1793 John G Simcoe was appointed Governor General (like a commander/ president) of Upper Canada, now known as Ontario. Gov. Simcoe invited John Brown Lawrence (& others) to Toronto to help in the administration of the new utopian Canada as envisioned by Simcoe himself. Some ground work was done but either Simcoe nor John Lawrence lived must longer after that time.
I hope this is not too confusing. Most sincerely, Pat Ahlberg, U.E.

So the question is which John Lawrence is your ancestor. For instances, he is not the John Lawrence, from Connecticut, who signed many documents for Gen. Washington. - - -

Birth:
Confirmation, St. Peter's Ang. Church, 12 Oct 1812.

Mary married John PATRICK on 8 Feb 1817 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. John was born est 1792 in Ayrshire, Scotland; died on 31 Oct 1826 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried on 2 Nov 1826 in Saint Peters Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph W RECKLESS after 1833 in St. Peter's Anglican Church, Perth Amboy. Joseph was born est 1872; died in 1833 > in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth Goelet, born 176, d Mar 27, 1832. She was confirmed in Christ Church, NB, NJ, Dec 22 1816 by Bishop Croes.
Married May 24, 1820, Wm. Van Hook, of NY. No issue.

They had an adopted daughter called Medora Kearney, born 1826, died Mar 24, 1832, who is buried in St. Peter's churchyard.

Notes:

. 1801 Apr 16: We learn from Norwich, that last Monday night between 12 & 1 o'clock, the house occupied by Mr. Jackson Brown was burnt, with all its contents & what is more distressing, one of his children, a girl about 6 years old, perished in flames.
Ref: Windham Herald Newspaper, Windham, CT.

Notes:

Maria Frances, daughter. Jackson Browne French of Burlington, New Jersey.
Died. February 4 1832. A thin white marble monument on a raised brick foundation. Augustine, Florida, (much yellow mold 2011 covers the stone.)
by New England Historic Genealogical Society - 1894 New Eng. Historical & Genealogical Register, page 53. - - -

Birth:
Baptized, St. Mary's Church, Burlington

Died:
Buried Row 11, Head & footstones.

Buried:
Old Protestant Graveyard, Saint Augustine, Florida.

Notes:

. May 24, 1933. This is to certify that a lace sampler 8 x 8.5 came to me with the property of my Aunt, Charlott French Schenk: That the sampler came to my Aunt from her mother. Whether it was made by Katherine Lawrence French or Mrs. John Lawrence, the mother of Katherine, I am not able to state, but it was the work of one of the 2 ladies above mentioned.
Ref: Don't give up the ship, by Eugene Pool, 1942, from the collection of the Peabody Museum.

. Tuesday, 7th Inst. at Christ Church, Brooklyn,by the Rev. Dr. Stone,
David K Schenk of NY to Charlotte Seaton French, daughter late Jackson B. French of Burlington, NJ.
Ref: Brooklyn Eagle Newspaper, published 1843 Mar 9th.

Kitty Lawrence inherited 6 West Pearl when her husband Jackson Browne French died in 1826.

. 1796 Mar 18: The property passed to their daughter Charlotte Seton French. By this time Burlington's 'Green Banks' on the Delaware became a popular retreat. Over the course of Charlotte's 55 years of ownership she let the home to several families.
Ref: Letter from Oakey Hoagland to Jackson B. French, 18 March 1796, Trenton, N.J., New Jersey Archives, Deeds, Book D, 303.

(The deed bears earmarks of being a hastily drafted work to establish provenance of the property through 3 different transfers dating to Tench Coxe in 1791. The conveyance is also unusual in that it recites boundary markers that were stated to no longer be there at the time of the sale. The deed was written by
* James Kinsey, close friend and former law partner of the buyer's father John Lawrence.
Note: James Kinsey, Quaker, chief Justice of State of NJ, d. 1802.1.4th Burlington, 2nd wife was Hannah, sister to Jonathan Odell, Anglican priest. J Kinsey also lived on Pearl St. - John Lawrence. Jr. was witness to his Will on 1794.6.23.

Acknowledging certain irregularities the author states." Wherein the antecedent title to the several lots of land above described is more particularly set forth as by recitals and references to prior deeds and records respecting the same will more fully and at large appear." Those recitals and references have yet to be found.

Martha Tallman Lawrence died after giving birth to James. John Brown Lawrence, Mayor of Burlington during the revolution, went to Canada to avoid loyalist persecution, shortly after James' birth.
Ref: Wayne Franklin, James Fenimore Cooper: The Early Years. Their parent's row houses were next to each other on High Street, although the Cooper family left Burlington when the future author was one year old.

6 Pearl Street's history:
6 West Pearl St. High St. Historic District, Block 12, Lot 590, Burlington City (it is the backyard of 212 High St. (Near the Lawrence & Cooper Historical Houses.) 2.5 story brick house, gabled and stuccoed, with a combined footprint of 19 by 65 feet.
. 1693 - The Malt House, Barley turned into malt, building was 34 feet long.
. 1693 Brew House - Malt brewed coppers, aged and packaged Located in the middle of the property.
. 1717 Mill House 1717, raw grains were threshed & ground.
. 1717 Granary - Threshed grins were store in the granary until sufficiently fired for malting.
. 1717 Bolting house for grinding flour and added a bakery.
. 1778, July 28, 22 gallons of beer, cherry brandy, cherry rum West India Rum are flavored in the barrels here.

The old 6 Pearl house was sold to Todd & Kristin Kimmel in 2001. They initiated a renovation, gutting much of the 20th century interior fabric of the house. They ceased the rehab midway through the demolition, however, and put it up for sale in 2008. Current owner John Brady bought 6 West Pearl in 2010, continuing the rehabilitation of the house and conducting the research that has led to this nomination as a historical house.
Ref: US National Register of Historic Places, 2013. - - -

Birth:
Baptized, St. Mary's Church, Burlington

Died:
Veirfy

Charlotte married David K SCHENK on 7 Mar 1843 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York. David was born est 1801 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Baptized St. Mary's Church, Burlington

Notes:

Died:
Ref: The history of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey : the oldest congregation of the church in the state of NJ.

Notes:

X-Ref: The Genealogical Records of the Boggs Family. The Descendants of Ezekiel Boggs
by W E Boggs, Halifax, NS, 1916. - - -

Notes:

James Boggs Fourth? Fragment: John Lawrence Boggs of Perth, NJ,
b 16 Nov 1865, NJ Society Sons of the American Revolution.

. 1824 Graduated of Princeton, Class of 1824.
Ref: The history of St. Peter's Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey: the oldest congregation of the church in the state of NJ.

. Lawrence Boggs, of Newark. James Boggs was a keen & prosperous business man & for his day was very wealthy. At his decease his personal property was reckoned to amount to more than S200, 000. He lived for many years at 113 Chambers St., New York City, where every appointment was most luxurious & he dispensed a grand hospitality. It was here that his daughter Mary Rebecca was married. He also owned another home at Bloomingdale, known as "Chevilly," formerly the residence of Lieut. Governor Broome, his father-in-law. This residence was of considerable historic interest. It was built by Mme. d'Auliffe, maid-of-honor to Marie Antoinette. She fled from France to escape the horrors of the French Revolution, & erected this residence for herself. It lay to the west of Broadway between 72nd & 73rd streets. The famous Talleyrand & General Moreau had been guests in the house.
In the years 1794-1798 & again in 1S02 yellow fever was very prevalent in Philadelphia, & we find a letter written in 1802 by Dr. James Boggs to his son Robert, speaking of his anxiety concerning his son James in Philadelphia, & expressing his satisfaction at knowing that James had promised to remove "his store to Germantown." James was recovering from some illness & severe trouble with his eyes & was "to go to Yellow Springs to drink the waters." In 1820 James & his son visited his parents & other relatives at Halifax, N. S., which fact is referred to in a letter from his mother to her son Robert, Nov. 24th 1820.
Ref: The genealogical record of the Boggs family, W E Boggs, 1916, Halifax, NS.

. 1824 Oct 12 Tues.: Conferring the Degrees at Princeton
The following young gentlemen were admitted to the first Degree in Arts: James L Boggs.
Ref: Centiel of Freedom Newspaper, Newark, NJ.

1828 Jul 30, Wed. Died, yesterday morning, in the 23d year of his age James L Boggs, son of Robt. Boggs, Esq.
of this city. Friends & acquaintances of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral this morning at 7 o'clock, process to move at 8.
Ref: Fredonia Newspaper, New Brunswick, NJ.

Namesake:
. 1921 - Somerville, Wallace House - We opened our boxes, & soup coffee & ice-cream were served by the young women of Miss Otis' committee & the box luncheon was voted a success. After luncheon Senator Case, in a few well chosen words, welcomed us to Somerville & then introduced Mr. J. Lawrence Boggs, who gave us a most interesting & instructive talk on How the Posters Helped in the War, displaying many posters about the room.
Ref: Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society

. J. Lawrence BOGGS of Perth Amboy, NJ, in 1897 provided a list 15 Lawrence (Elisha etc) burials at the Yellow House Baptist Burial Ground, near Imlaystown, Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co.

. 1926 Annual Meeting of the NJ Historical Society, J Lawrence Boggs.

. 1857 Jul 18 - WILL of Capt. Abraham Webb, of Perth Amboy, NJ Witnesses: John Courtts, J. Lawrence Boggs. - - -

Notes:

. Mary Rebecca Lawrence, born Apr 4, 1808, d Mar 7, 1885, at NB, NJ. She attended the school for young ladies conducted by Miss Frances Brenton, situated in the upper part of Manhattan Island, then known as Harlem.
she married John Scott Blauvelt, a prominent lawyer of New Brunswick, who died Jul 30, 1859, aged 54 years. They had issue
Robt. Boggs Blauveld,
Marly Lawrence Blauvelt
Jane Mitchell Blauvelt,
Edward Bauvelt
Lawrence Kerny Bauvelt. - - -

Died:

Mary married John Scott BLAUVELT on 9 May 1831. John was born in 1805 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died on 30 Jul 1859 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. 1859 Dec 24 - In the US Senate on Tuesday, the following communications were presented by Senator Ten Eyck of this State: From Wm. Brenton Boggs, a Purse in the navy, asking to be allowed additional pay during the time he was attached to the expedition for the exploration & survey of the China Seas & Behring's Straits.
Ref: Monmouth Inquirer newspaper, Freehold, NJ. - - -

Birth:
Verify.

Died:
Aged 64y = 1811.

Buried:
Washington DC, Plot Corcoran Lot 20, Unmarked burial.

William married Eleanor CARTER on 13 Oct 1842 in Virginia State. Eleanor was born on 22 Oct 1820 in Virginia State; died on 5 Aug 1896 in Washington, District of Columbia; was buried on 8 Aug 1896 in Oak Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Charles Stuart Boggs married his half first cousin, Cornelia Bell Patterson (verify bride's name).

John Brown Lawrence is the grandfather of Commodore Boggs, who so distinguished himself in the Varuna in passing the forts below New Orleans during the late rebellion. Here his ship was rammed by a Confederate ironclad & sunk. For gallantry in this action Boggs was voted a sword by this native NJ. In July 186 we was placed in command of the Sacrament, blocking a squadron off Cape Fear River.
Ref: Naval Officer, Their Heredity & Development, by Charles Benedict.

Charles was courteous & mild, but strict disciplinary.

The Varuna War Ship
. 1862 May 8, Commander Charles S Boggs, of NV, NJ whose heroic exploits on the Mississippi rival those of the proudest days of the Navy, is a son of Robert Boggs, Esq, formerly of NB, well known as an eminent, influential lawyer. Also a descent of Gov. Morris of colonial times & on the mother's side was a nephew of Capt. Lawrence of Don't give up the Ship memory.
Capt. Boggs entered the Nay 1826 as midshipman & made his first cruise with Commodore Kearney. He was first lieutenant & executive officer of Princeton, our first steamship during the Mexican war, officer on board the receiving ship North Carolina other latest cruise. Appointed to US Mail Steamer Illinois from NY to Aspinwall; supt. of contracts in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Supt. light houses Pacific coast from Oregon to California. Recalled & placed in command of the Varuna, a new gunboat with very heavy armament. Before the Varnuna sunk she destroyed 6 rebel steamers. As long as his vessel floated, Capt Boggs fought valiantly with is guns. Varuna's last guns ere fired when her decks were under water.
Ref: Newark Daily Advertiser Newspaper, NJ. Extracted version.

In a letter c.1864 to the author Chas. Sabine recounts that a member of the family in New Jersey, informed him that Commander Charles S Boggs of the US Navy, is a grandson of the Loyalist John Brown Lawrence. The letter was published in the NY Post & remarks, that "Capt. Boggs is too modest to say the he destroyed 6 out the 11" steamers destroyed in the battle.

Child of Commodore Boggs & Cordelia B Patterson is John Lawrence Boggs, born Nov. 16, 1865.

Charles Stuart, youngest child & second son of Robert & Mary Lawrence Boggs, was born in New Brunswick in 1811, died in 1888. Entering the US navy as a midshipman in 1826, he became lieutenant in 1837, served in Commodore Connor's squadron in the Mexican war, in April, 1862, distinguished himself under Farragut at New Orleans, & was the same year raised to the rank of captain. In 1870 he became a rear admiral, & 3 years later was retired.
Ref: Genealogical & memorial history of the State of New Jersey, 1910.

. Charles Stuart Bobbs, an American Naval Officer,
. Born 28 Jan 1811 New Brunswick, NJ - 22 Apr 1888
. Entered the US Navy 1836 as midshipman
. Lieutenant 1837 & served upon the steamer "Princeton" during the MexicanWar & at the Siege of Vera Cruz.
. 1855 Commander of the mail steamer Illinois
. 1861 on the gun boat Varuna
Under Admiral Farragut during the Battle of New Orleans, Civil War.
Commodore of Lighthouse Inspection
Rear Admiral 1870 - retired in 1873.

Two photos: Handsome smiling, older man with full trimmed beard, wearing a naval uniform with two gold braids at the wrist. White shirt with string bow tie. Well weathered man. Pocket watch hangs from vest.

Second photo is a much older man with white hair & full beard, wearing another naval uniform with large shoulder braids. 1877? Much paler than previous previous photo.

. Sword & scabbard in case, ca. 1862, Maker: H. Sauerbier
Presented To: Charles Stuart Boggs
Medium Steel, brass, gilding, mother of pearl, gem, silver; textile, brass, gilding, mother of pearl; wood, textile, glass, metal (sword): 37 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (95.3 x 14 x 8.9 cm)
Gift of Dr. James Lawrence Pool & Mr. Beekman Pool, Object #1949.133ab.
Marks etched: on obverse of blade near hilt: "IRON PROOF" etched: on obverse of blade near center: engraved: on throat of scabbard reverse side: "PRESENTED By the COMMON COUNCIL of / New Brunswick N.J.
TO CAPTAIN Charles S. Boggs FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICES At New Orleans APRIL 24th 1862
Engraved: on brass plaque on front of case: "Capt. Charles S. Boggs."
Ref: New York Historical Society, NYC. - - -

Buried:
New Brunswick, NJ. Unusual shaped white stone with a cross on top of it.

Family/Spouse: Henreitte EUGENIE MOLT. Henreitte was born on 28 Jan 1811 in United States; died on 13 Aug 1917 in Middlesex County, New Jersey; was buried in Christ Church Episcopal Churchyard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. JOHN LAWRENCE BOGGS, was born at New Brunswick, NJ, Jun 24 1812 & died at Perth Amboy, NJ May 29, 1893.
Baptized by Bishop Rev. Dr. Croes, of NJ, sponsors were Isaac Lawrence of NY & Mrs. John Lawrence of Trenton, NJ.
He was educated at Flushing Institute, Long Island, NY. President Lincoln appointed him Collector of customs for Perth Amboy, later in the Custom House at NY.
He was registrar for 30 years of the East Jersey Proprietors.

Married twice: First Jan 14, 1843 to Mary Lloyd VanDeursen, dau. of Wm. Van Deursen, MD of New Brunswick, NJ & Eleanor Hendrickson Van Deursen of Middletown, Monmouth Co., NJ. She was born June 2, 1819 & died June 1 1842, buried in Willow Grove Cemetery, NB.

. Fragment for further research: a serial article by John C. Honeyman on the history of Zion, St. Paul & other early Lutheran churches in New Jersey.

'The report of the Board of Trustees to the Society made by the Secretary & was approved. The report of the Membership Committee was presented to its chairman, Mr. J. Lawrence Boggs. It was approved. Pages 84-85 & 121.
General Committee Mr. J Lawrence Boggs.

. Organized Mar 7, 1889. Annual meeting usually January 3 (Battle of Princeton), or at such other time as the Society at any annual meeting may designate. Officers elected January 3, 1914.
2d Vice-Pres., John Lawrence Boggs, 44 Spruce St Newark. - meeting usually January 3 (Battle of Princeton), or at such other time as the Society at any annual meeting may designate.

. Officers elected January 3, 1914.
President, John Leonard Merrill, 517 Park Ave. East, Orange
1st Vice-Pres., John Brewer Wight, 17 Prospect Terrace, Montclair
2d Vice-Pres., John Lawrence Boggs, 44 Spruce St., Newark.
Ref: National Year Book, the national Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1914.

. Fragment: Vol. 12 NJ Historical, Pub Oct. 1927 & Oct 1930
The report of the Treasurer, Mr. Boggs, was read & showed a balance of $2,042.76, It as approved as having reported { correct by the Auditing Committee. [ John or James L. Boggs? ]

. BOGGS, PAPERS, ca. 1750-1912.Approx. 2,000 items. Gift of J. Lawrence Boggs.
Legal documents, letters, receipts, & other documents of the Boggs family & some papers of the Morris family. Incomplete­ly organized. Included are letters of various people.
Ref: A guide to the manuscripts collection of the New Jersey Historical Society.

Recorded for further research:
. John Lawrence Boggs, Jr., from 1852-55 & 1860 & again 1900-18, St. Peter's Anglican Vestery Man, Perth Amboy. - - -

Died:


Buried:
Son of Robt & Mary Lawrence Boggs.

John married Cornelia Bell PATERSON on 25 Jul 1847 in New Jersey. Cornelia was born on 9 Feb 1820 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; died on 12 Sep 1909 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., New Jersey; was buried in St. Peter's Anglican Church, Perth Amboy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Lawrence, a beautiful & accomplished woman.

Painting of Mary N Lawrence: Mary appears young & slight in is portrait: Bodice of the dress is maroon velvet off the shoulder short sleeves held with a ribbon with a clasp. Suggestion of a white skirt. Dark hair piled on top, pink cheeks. Unable to decipher if her eyes are light or dark.

To Sir Pergrine Maitland, In Council, Petitioner is heiress to her grand-father, John Lawrence, Esquire, late of Twp. York, deceased. The Conveyances or an Executrix to titles of certain lots of land in Twp. of Dorchester S, [Essex County] & in New Brunswick in the name of John Lawrence. She has been lately been informed that she cannot inherit the Real Estate of the said John Lawrence because she is an alien residing in New York.
May Lawrence Petition the Upper Canada Parliament on 13 December, 1820 in Toronto.

. To. Lieut. Governor John Colborne, KCB, Upper Canada [Ontario[,
Petition of Mary Lawrence. The humble petition of Mary Lawrence, Sheweth she is the granddaughter of John Lawrence, late of Etobicoke, Home District, Esquire, a U.E. Loyalist who having his family in the US, removed into this Province subsequent to the Treaty of 1783 & continued until his death.
As an acknowledgment of his services & as reward of his attachment to the Unity of the Empire, he obtained an order of Council for Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, part of 16, in Con 4, Southern Division of Dorchester, containing about 972 acres of land. No patent for which has been completed. Inheriting title to the said Estate of her Grandfather, your petition is called upon point she is the only child of the said John Lawrence's only son, the late Captain Lawrence, who fell commanding the Chesapeake in the action with His Majesty's Frigate the Shannon, during the late last war tithe the US of America. [1812]
That the petition claimed the said property under the Heir & Devise Ace of this Province, but such claims are withdrawn upon it being intimated that her claim could not be recognized by the Commissioners, she not having been born with the Kings' Dominions & therefore being an alien.
That your petition residence in a foreign county being a matter of necessity & not off choice. She is sincerely humbly to hope your Excellency will take her case into your favorable consideration & concur with the other 2 Branches of the Legislature in passing a Bill to enable her to claim & obtain the said land, of her said Grandfather or in granting such other relief as to your Excellency may seem fit.
Signed, Mary Lawrence [Undated, but envelope reads 1829. -PJA]

"JOHN BROWN LAWRENCE...was a distinguished lawyer of Burlington, NJ. He was under suspicion & imprisoned by Washington's order. His fellow prisoner was Col. John Simcoe, who was afterwards Gov. General of Canada. While in prison these two men formed a strong friendship & when in Canada Col. Simcoe invited John Lawrence to go there, which he did, & had a fit of Crown Lands. Much interest is attached to this face, as there was a dispute whether the daughter of Capt. James had any claim to these lands. But the dispute was settled by King William (the sailor king) say, "she was the daughter of a brave sailor boy & should have them." [original reference ?]

. John Brown Lawrence Bio. includes this item referring to Mary N Lawrence: In a letter c. 1864 to the author Chas. Sabine recounts that a member of the family in New Jersey communicates the following interesting incident: After the death of the Loyalist the land (John B Lawrence's large land grant in Upper Canada) was forfeited to the Crown, in consequence of failure to comply with some condition of the grants, or the non-payment of some dues. Years elapsed, & Mary his granddaughter, the child of Capt. James Lawrence, as heir, claimed its restoration. The case was carried before King William the Fourth, in Council. On being told, he said: "She is the daughter of a brave sailor, let her take it." [The quote is recorded by Lorenzo Sabine, but where did he locate it? -PJA.]

. Heir at law: A person entitled to inherit property under intestate succession laws. Intestate succession: The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will. Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest surviving relatives. In most states, the surviving spouse, children, parents, siblings, nieces & nephews, & next of kin inherit, in that order.

. Page 552 - 556 - document stating Julia Lawrence of the city of New York, widow of the late James Lawrence, a Captain in the U.S. Navy, & natural guardian of Mary Lawrence, the only surviving heir of John Lawrence of the Home District, deceased; regarding claim to land, June 1, 1820.
Ref: Elgin County, Dorchester South Twp., Papers, Archives of Ontario MS 658, Reel 106.

. 1832 Jul 16, Monday. Claim 100, Mary Lawrence, New York City, spinster. Claims as Heir at law of her Grand Father, John Lawrence, Esquire, late of Etobicoke Twp. in the Home District, deceased. (now Toronto, Ontario).
Lot 11, 12, 13, 14 & south part 16, Con 4 South, Dorchester Twp., London District, 972 Acres, Original Nominee, John Lawrence, Esquire. Claim allowed.
Ref: Upper Canada Heir & Devisee Commission, P193, Film H1149 & Index Reg. H1152, p 342, as above. Archives of Ontario.

. 1821 Apr 1, Letters remaining in the Post Office at Brooklyn, NY: 1. Mrs Mary Griffin & 1. Mary O'Neill.

. 1840 Census, Newport Rhode Island, possibly this Mary Lawrence Griffin?
Mrs. Griffin, Head of family, : 3 females, aged 20-30y; 30-40y & one female 50-60y.
Third family away is Ed. N Cox & 'Aunt' Mary Montaudevert Cox.

. 1843 Oct 9 - Obituary, Died at the Villa d'Elice, near Florence, Tuscany on 3rd Sep., Mary Lawrence, wife of Lieut. Wm Preston Griffin of the US Navy & only daughter of the lamented Capt. James Lawrence, who fell defending the AmericanFlag on board the ill-fated Chespeake, in 1813.
Ref: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper, NY. & NY Tribune.

Recorded for further research:
Edward Montaudevert Neill 19 Aug 1831 - 21 Jul 1907, buried Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island.
[What is the relationship to Mary Neill Lawrence, cousin or what? - PJA.] - - -

Birth:
Alt DOB 1811. Born New York.

Died:
Her husband was station in Florence at the time of her death due to complications of childbirth.

Buried:
Died in Villa d'Elcie, near Florence.

Mary married Lieut. William Preston GRIFFIN, Jr. on 7 May 1838 in Trinity Church, NYC. William was born on 28 Feb 1810 in Fincastle County, Botetourt Co., Virginia; died on 4 Dec 1851 in Elizabethtown, Essex Co., New Jersey; was buried in St. John's Episcopal Church. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

. The month of August following the remains of Lawrence and Ludlow were removed from Halifax and arrived at Salem on the 18th, where a public funeral service & eulogy were pronounced by the Hon. Judge Story, & from thence, at the request of the relatives, were removed to New York; there the city council took charge of the funeral in a manner worthy the munificence which they had promptly manifested one very naval occasion. They gave the 2 children of Captain Lawrence $1,000 each, to be vested in the sinking-fund of the corporation, & paid, with the interest, to the daughter at 18 & the son at 21 years of age.
Ref: Memoirs of the Generals, Commodores and Others Who Distinguished Themselves., by Thomas Wyatt, 1848.

. A letter dated May 10, 1813, NY, published in Gleves, James Lawrence, p. 147. His son, James Montaudevert Lawrence, was born less than 2 months later. [That is 8 Jul, 1813.] - - -

Birth:
Alt Loc: New York City.

Died:
Died Infancy

Buried:
Listed on large monument.