James Lawrence (1544 - bef. 1610)

Born 1544 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Cicely (Hilpe) Lawrence — married 5 Sep 1569 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

Descendants

Died before 18 Mar 1610 before age 66 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

James Lawrence was of Thornbury Parish in Gloucestershire; he married Cecily Hilpe on September 5, 1569. She died in February 1573/4 and he married Anne Wishe in May of 1575. James died without leaving a will in March of 1609/10. Strong circumstantial evidence places him as the father of Joan Lawrence, wife of John Tayer. He was the godfather of John Tayer in 1591.

There were probably more children that those listed here.^[1]

Children

By Cecily Hilpe

• Joan bp 29 Oct 1570
• William bp 02 Nov 1572

By Anne Wishe

• Margery bp 01 Apr 1576
• Julian b 1580
• Anne bp 10 Feb 1582/3; m William Morton
• John bp 08 Mar 1586; m Alice Parker
• Guy b 1589; m Agnes Patch
• daughter (Joan?) bp 09 Jun 1592; m Thomas Patch
• daughter b 1594; m Francis Hathaway
• Charles bp 02 Feb 1595/6
• Thomas bp 24 Sep 1597; died Oct 1597

Sources

1. ↑ Stott, Clifford L. "The Gloucestershire T(h)ayer Ancestry". The American Genealogist, Volume 73, 1998. Page 216. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/13133/216/24764461