Mary Catherine (Townley) Lawrence (abt. 1670)

Born about 1670 in Long Island, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Mary Townley was born about 1670, Flushing, Queens, NY
Maybe her parents were Joseph Lawrence (1668-1759m /Flushing, Queens, NY) & Mary Catherine Townley (b1670)

She married Joseph Lawrence in 1690.
Newton, Massachusetts Marriages^[1]
Abigail Lawrence & John Park --- July 14 , 1720

Mary may have died sometime after Dec 8, 1754 when Joseph wrote his will and mentioned his wife, although not by name.
Another source says she died in 1720, so maybe Joseph remarried.

Children of Mary Townley and Joseph Lawrence

1. Richard Lawrence born in 1691; married 6th of second month, 1717, Hannah Bowne, daughter of Samuel Bowne, a minister among the Friends, and was married to Mary Becket, at the meeting-house, at the Falls of the Delaware, August 4th, 1691. She was an English lady, and came over with William Perm, in 1682. He was the son of John Bowne, who, in 1661, erected a dwelling in the eastern part of the village of Flushing. This dwelling is beautifully located in said village, and is still standing in a perfect state of preservation, after the lapse of one hundred and ninety-seven years, being doubtless a very superior building in its day.
2. John Lawrence, the son of Joseph, who was the son of first William and Elizabeth Smith, afterwards Lady Carterett, before-mentioned, was bom at Flushing, Long Island, N. Y., A.D., 1703 ; emigrated in early life to Elizabethtowp, New Jersey, and was proprietor of a tract of land covering its present site, and which he never conveyed away. On the incursion of the British, the records were taken away or destroyed, but the title to the said tract of land still remains in the family. He married about A.D., 1728, for his firSt wife, Mary Woodbury, (of whose issue presently), and shortly afterwards removed to Newport, Rhode Island, where he resided many years, and brought up his large family. He was an extensive ship owner, and engaged in the shipping business. One of his vessels built at Newport, a ship, and called the Three Brothers, after the three brothers John, WDliam, and Thomas Lawrence,— this ship was bound on an European voyage, and was never heard from after leaving port. In advanced life he removed to Providence, R. I., and there married for his second wife, Elizabeth Little, the widow of a British officer. By her he had no issue. He died on the 10th day of November, 1781, aged 78, and was interred in his family lot next west of Nicholas Browne's burirf place, in the old North Burial Ground, Providenice, R. I. By his first wife, Mary Woodbury, he had is^ie, eleven children, eight sons and three daughters.
3. Elizabeth Lawrence, the first daughter and third child of Joseph, who was the son of first William and Elizabeth Smith, afterwards Lady Carterett, before mentioned, married John Bowne, second. In 1737, removed from Flushing, Long Island, to Yonkers, Westchester county, and had issue.
4. Sarah Lawrence, second daughter, and fourth child of Joseph, who was the son of first William and Elizabeth Smith, afterwards Lady Carterett, before mentioned, unmarried.
5. Hannah, the third daughter and fifth child of Joseph, who was the son of first William and Elizabeth Smith, afterwards Lady Carterett, before mentioned, married Mollyudee. (See Appendix F.)
6. Abigail, the fourth. daughter and sixth child of Joseph, who was the son of first William and Elizabeth Smith, afterwards Lady Carterett, before mentioned, married Major Alexander Forbs of the British army.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.rays-place.com/marrage/newton-ma.htm

• Thomas Lawrence. “Historical genealogy of the Lawrence family : from their first landing in this country, 1635 to the present date, July 4th, 1858.” New York : E.O. Jenkins, 1858.
• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635