John Lawrence (1801 - 1886)

Born 11 Mar 1801 in Pembury, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1886 at age 85 in Polo, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Biography

John Lawrence was born in Pembury, Kent, England.

John Lawrence was born on 11 Mar 1801 in Pembury, Kent, England to parents John Lawrence and Susannah Sayles Crooksford. He was christened on 12 Apr 1801 in Pembury, Kent, England. ^[1]

He married Lydia Johnson on 14 Feb 1828 in Home Township, Algoma, Ontario, Canada. ^{[2] [3]}

Children:

1. Nancy
2. Susanna
3. Mary
4. Jordan C
5. Catherine
6. Maria L
7. Johnson

He died on 30 Oct 1886 in Polo, Ogle, Illinois. ^[4]

"LAWRENCE, JOHN, Farmer; S. 1; owns 79 acres in this [Eagle Point] Tp.; he was born in the county of Kent, England, March 11, 1801; came to Amboy, New Jersey , in 1818; went to Philadelphia the same year and lived in that vicinity one year, then removed to Wayne Co., Pa., where he remained two years, at the expiration of that time he went to Upper Canada and resided there until he emigrated to Ogle Co. (present location), in August, 1858; he married Lydia Johnson, Feb. 14, 1828; she was born in York Tp., Upper Canada, April 7, 1809; they have had seven children, two daughters deceased --- Nancy, born Nov. 17, 1828, married Philetus Peck, and died at Plattsmouth, Neb., Nov. 20, 1867; Catharine (Mrs. M. M. Culver) died Nov. 2, 1868, at Lincoln, Neb., she was born July 18, 1837; the living are --- Susannah, now Mrs. A. Slater, of Jefferson, Oregon, born April 9, 1831; Mary, now Mrs. J. C. Williams, of Eldora, Iowa, born Nov. 26, 1832; Jordan, born Nov. 12, 1835 (he married Miss M. A. Laughlin); Maria L., now Mrs. Isaac D. Appleford, of Polo, born July 21; JOhnson, born June 17, 1844, he was unmarried and lives with his parents, he owns 160 acres of land in Sec. 6, Buffalo Tp.; he served three years in Co.E, 92d Ill. Mounted Infantry. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. L's father, John Lawrence, Sr., came to Canada in 1836, and came to Illinois with hisson in 1838; he died in 1859, aged 79 years." ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRYX-VVR : 20 Sep 2020), John Laurence, 12 Apr 1801, Pembury, Kent, England.
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLPF-F5H : 8 Feb 2020), John Lawrence, 1828.
3. ↑ "Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2C1-LHZ4 : 20 Feb 2019), John Lawrence, 14 Jul 1828; citing Home Township, Algoma, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,030,051.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #22007147 with biography
5. ↑ The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 814.

• US Federal Census 1850 Image. Buffalo, Ogle, Illinois; age 49, farmer, living with wife, six children, and father; Roll: 123; Page: 35b; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2009.

• US Federal Census 1860 Image. Buffalo, Ogle, Illinois; age 59, farmer, living with wife, 3 children, and 3 boarders; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2009.

• US Federal Census 1870 Image. Eagle Point, Ogle, Illinois; age 69, farmer, living with wife and 5 boarders; Roll: M593_265; Page: 231B; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2009.

• US Federal Census 1880 Image. Eagle Point, Ogle, Illinois; age 79, farmer, living with wife and 4 other family members; Roll: 239; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 147; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2010.