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Three men of the same name "William Lawrence" were living on the western end of Long Island at the same time. Please don't confuse/muddle these profiles.
July 28, 1622 -- William Lawrence was baptized at St Albans Abbey, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. He was a son of Thomas and Joanna (Antrobus) Lawrence. His grandmother was Joan Antrobus; brothers were John Lawrence and Thomas Lawrence both of Ipswich; brother-in-law was George Giddings and Thomas Burnham both of Ipswich[1]
Lawrence was educated enough to serve as justice of the peace for the North Rding of Yorkshire, Long Island in 1675; able to read and write. He was a merchant; in 1665 he was made Captain of the Queen's County Militia. [1][2]
April 2, 1635 - June 7, 1635 -- William Lawrence, age 12, enrolled at London and emigrated on the ship"Planter" from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony, in all probability migrating with his mother and step-father John Tuttell.[2] He first resided at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony and later moved to Flushing, Long Island, New Netherland(now Queens Borough/County, New York City, New York). He and his brother John Lawrence were the tenth and eleventh persons (of 18 men) who received patent for Flushing from Governor William Kieft of New Netherland.[1]
By about 1652, William Lawrence had married, his wife's name is not known. They had the following children:[1]
On March 4, 1664[/5] (license) Lawrence married (2nd) to "Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard Smith, of Nishaquake upon Long Island." William Lawrence's name was written "William Laurence of Flushing." Their children were:[1]
On March 14, 1679/80 (i.e., 1680) William Lawrence died intestate at Tues (Twes) Neck in Flushing, North Riding of Yorkshire, Long Island. Letters of Administration on the estate were granted to "Elizabeth the widow and relict of the deceased together with William Lawrence his eldest son by a former venture." The estate's inventory was taken on April 9, 13, and 19, 1680 and totalled L4432 1s. 10d; L1617 was in real estate;[1] included "Negroes John, Andreas, Tenny, Harry, Mingo, and Peter, etc."[2]Elizabeth (Smith) Lawrence was granted guardianship of the seven young children on March 10, 1680.[1]
Elizabeth, widow of William Lawrence married (2nd) on March 26, 1681 (license) to Philip Carteret. By about 1685 she married (3rd) to Richard Townley,[1]son of Nicholas Townley of Littleton, Middlesex, England.[2]
Slaves: John, Andreas, Tenny, Harry, Mingo, and Peter, et al
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Categories: Planter, sailed April 1635 | St Albans, Hertfordshire | Queens, New York | Flushing, New York | Kings County, New York, Slave Owners | English of Colonial Long Island | Puritan Great Migration | PGM Beyond New England
I recently found some notes on William Lawrence born 1645 in Queens County, the eldest son of William Lawrence (born 1622) and his wife Anna Sprague (1614-1664). He married Deborah Smith (1658-1743) in 1680. His will was dated July 28, 1719. Known children, most likely mentioned in the will:
These were hastily scribbled notes on a page of other research and there is no source or documentation notated. If this information agrees with anything the project has in hand, might we include it somewhere?
I've been doing research on Capt. William Lawrence descendants to pass the hours away. [Holgate's American Genealogy] There are a number of prominent descendants found in New York , and elsewhere, that are his descendants and wrongly attributed to his brother, John Lawrence. John had no male descendants after several generations. (NEHGS & elsewhere) His daughter Mary, did. I've also found quotation repeating the often told falsehood about the Lawrence of Ashton Hall. Genealogy malpractice. There is a book of the Lawrence-Townley Estate which was another fraud in its day. Lawyers and genealogists made money---no one else did. http://mbamericana.com/lawrence-chase-townley-estate-fraud-0 & here: http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18237 & here: https://archive.org/details/mysterysolvedfac00hill
Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence, first elected Mayor of New York. US Congressman. Trail is: Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence > Henry Lawrence > Joseph Lawrence > Richard Lawrence > Joseph Lawrence > Capt. William Lawrence & 2)Elizabeth Smith.
William Van Duzer Lawrence, founder of Sarah Lawrence College. Trail is: William Van Duzer Lawrence > Robert Lawrence > Thomas Lawrence > David Lawrence > John Lawrence > Joseph Lawrence > Capt. William Lawrence & 2)Elizabeth Smith.
William Van Duzer Lawrence IV, is a living screenwriter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lawrence_(TV_producer)
William Van Duzer Lawrence, Sr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Van_Duzer_Lawrence & here: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHJY-BWV
Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Lawrence & here: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MDPX-KVW
William Effingham Lawrence, found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Effingham_Lawrence & here: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lawrence-william-effingham-2336 & here: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L84Q-SW1
edited by [Living Vigneron]
Our issue is with the information on the profile for William Lawrence-679 and his stated first wife, Hannah Townsend-440 and her profile. I have brought up the discrepancies on two other occasions. One response was for us to solve it (perhaps put more diplomatically) and the other acknowledging there is a problem. Therefore, we have combed through records to find another Hannah Townsend. In doing so, we found the one sighted in our last comment whose vitals closely resemble those of the Hannnah on your New Netherlands site. We believe that she has been eroniously plugged in as William's wife at some point. But as we have noted before, the dates do not jive. the Hannah that was born in 1641and died in 1721 would have been 80 at time of death. Much evidence supports that William married Elizabeth Scudder-75 and they had one child, Benjamin. No matter who his first wife was, it is not likely she outlived William. William is the first in our family line to emigrate from England and his first wife is our American matriarch.
The second William Lawrence died at Monmouth County, New Jersey. Father of Elisha Lawrence. The third William Lawrence lived in King's County, New York.
Extensive descendant information is found in American Genealogy, Jerome Holgate, 1851, found at archive.org.
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VUNnAAAAMAAJ
Holgate had paper records that were destroyed in the New York Library Fire, Albany, 1911. (I think that year is correct) One descendant, will captain a British vessel during the Napoleonic Wars, be one of the founders of The Trinity House, (navigational treaties & standards) father of: William Effingham Lawrence, found in the National Biography of Australia. Friend of Jeremy Bentham, assisted with the first Brazilian Constitution, early settler to Tasmania. Quite a remarkable family.
For all we know, William's first wife could be Dutch. He and Governor Styvansent had extensive correspondence, now lost. One letter remains which William wrote concerning the arrest of his fellow judges who approved The Flushing Remonstrance.
This family reminds me of 'Tai Pan' by James Clavell, having shipping interest in London, New York and the Orient.
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2 correct wives and 10 correct children remain. (and after all this work nobody better mess it up, upon threat of death) JUST KIDDING, no seriously, JUST KIDDING.... :-)
edited by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
(1) Wives Hannah Wells and Elizabeth Gildersleeve need removal. According to all sources I found, THIS William Lawrence had 1st wife whose name is unknown, and (2nd) named Elizabeth Smith.
(2) THIS William Lawrence had no son named Benjamin. New Jersey - prob son of Lawrence-679
Any objections? comments?
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I don't believe such a note belongs at the beginning of the profile. Most gateway-related information (done by, for example, the Magna Carta project) is placed at the end of the profile.
page 415 through 418 with a correct biography and letter of his second wife to the governor. The name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife being Elizabeth Smith. The Thomas Book also contains the correct biography of the William Lawrence of Monmouth New Jersey and father of Elisha.
Enjoy.
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Cheryl, I support the changes you're suggesting, looks like this profile got conflated with one of the other men by the same name.
I'm adding PGM project box and PGM Beyond Sticker.
Really in need of updates... GM says 1st wife is unknown, Gildersleeve wife of other Wm. Lawrence (Gravesend), Eliz. (Smith) (Townley) is correct.
Carol Baldwin, are you planning to do more work on this profile? If not, I am willing to bring it in line with GM; unless there is someone else who is desirous?
Lawrence-698 was married to Elizabeth Scudder Alburtis not this William Lawrence