John
Lawrence
Born about in England
Ancestors 
Son of Nicholas Lawrence
and Mary (Moore) Lawrence
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Welles) Lawrence
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Lawrence and Thomas Lawrence
Died
at about age 71
in Suffolk, England
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Sep 2010
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Biography
"We now turn to the pedigree of the Wisset and Rumburgh family, which can be traced back for a number of generations in Rumburgh to a certain Thomas Lawrence of Rumburgh, whose will was dated 17 July 1471. The pedigree, without giving any proof, states that he was the son of a certain John Lawrence, who is said to have died in Suffolk in 1461, and that he, in turn, was the son of Nicholas Lawrence of Agercroft, a cadet of the Lawrences of Ashton Hall in Lancashire. This is probably based upon some Tudor compilation and its value can be estimated by the statement that Nicholas Lawrence, who lived in the first half of the fifteenth century had a grandson, who died in 1601! Lancashire is a long way from Suffolk and better proof than the unsupported statement of some Tudor pedigree maker is necessary to connect the two families. The late William Whitmore, Esq., of Boston in a carefully compiled article in the Herald and Genealogist showed that the descent of the Suffolk family from Nicholas of Agercroft was totally unproved."[1]
He has been detached from Nicholas Lawrence and Margaret Holden as parents. (see above).
Sources
- ↑ https://kinsmenandkinswomen.com/2016/06/28/british-origins-of-the-lawrences-of-groton-and-boston-saying-goodbye-to-a-much-loved-myth/
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=26914960&pid=2028024085
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=25536060&pid=178
- Geneastar.org, http://en.geneastar.org/genealogie/?refcelebrite=chasec&celebrite=Chevy-CHASE
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Wood, Michael Johnson. "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex and Their Wives." New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 167, January 2013. Page 37. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/14128/37/36729302
Similarly, why is this person supposed to have been born in "Agercroft" which is both a non-place; and if we generously assume a typo for Agecroft Road, Pendlebury (i.e Manchester, Lancashire) that is about FIFTY MILES away from Ashton Hall, where other members of his family were born/living around this time.
I'm pulling the fire alarm.
This looks an awful lot like another "Ancestry.com sourceless special." These are ruining Wikitree, one profile at a time, one visitor at a time.
I suggest we either re-source this profile; or just delete it, until adequate primary sources can be found.
Allana?