Individual Report for GEORGE LAWRENCE SR. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: George Lawrence Carpenter Sex: M -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Individual Information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birth: 1637 - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Christening: Death: 21 Mar 1708 - Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Burial: Cause of Death: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouses and Children -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. *Elizabeth Crispe (8 Jan 1637 - 28 May 1681) Marriage: 29 Sep 1657 - Watertown, , Massachusetts Status: Children: 1. Elizabeth Lawrence (28 Feb 1659 - 14 Jul 1694) 2. Judith Lawrence (12 May 1660 - ) 3. Hannah Lawrence (24 Mar 1662 - 1740-1741) 4. John Lawrence (25 Mar 1664 - 5 Jun 1674) 5. Benjamin Lawrence (2 May 1666 - 4 Jul 1689) 6. Daniel Lawrence (2 May 1666 - 20 Oct 1743) 7. George Lawrence Jr (4 Jun 1668 - 5 Mar 1735) 8. Sarah Lawrence (4 Dec 1671 - ) 9. Mary Lawrence (4 Dec 1671 - ) 10. Martha Lawrence (3 Jun 1681 - ) 11. Grace Lawrence (3 Jun 1681 - 9 Aug 1758) 2. Elizabeth Holland ( - ) Marriage: 16 Aug 1691 Status: Children: 1. Joseph Lawrence (Abt 1691 - ) 2. Rachel Lawrence (14 Jul 1694 - ) 3. Patience Lawrence (14 Jul 1694 - ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General: !It is supposed by some that George is the son of John who died in Groton, Ma. but there is no proof and Bond says "NO". If the connection is false, then the ancestral line prior to George is incorrect. SOURCES: !"Great Migration Begins" Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 by Robert Charles Anderson (1995) Vol.I, p494 !On Nov. 3 1691 he was excused by the court from serving as constable in that he "could not read a word". !Will dated 1707 !Savage Vol.1 p473 and Vol.3 pp61-62 LAWRENCE, GEORGE, Watertown, m. 29 Sept. 1657, Elizabeth d. prob. of Benjamin Crispe, had Elizabeth b. 30 Feb. says the rec. mean. perhaps 28, 1659; Judith, 12 May 1660; Hannah, 24 Mar. 1662; John, 25 Mar. 1664, k. by accid. at ten yrs.; Benjamin, and Daniel, tw. 2 May 1666; George, 4 June 1668; Sarah; Mary, 4 Dec. 1671; Martha; and Grace, 3 June 1680. His w. d. 28 May 1681, and he m. 16 Aug. 1691, Elizabeth perhaps wid. of Joseph Holland, had Joseph; and Rachel, and Patience, tw. 14 July 1694. He d. 21 Mar. 1709. Elizabeth m. 29 Jan. 1679, Thomas Whitney; Judith m. John Stearns; Hannah m. prob. Obadiah Sawtell; Sarah m. Thomas Rider; Mary m. 5 Apr. 1689, John Earle, and, next, Michael Flagg; Martha m. 29 Nov. 1697, John Dix; and Grace m. an Edes. !Bonds Watertown (1860) pp188-189 & pp330-333& 817 !NEHGR Vol.10 Ped.Chart Vol.46 (1892)p149 !Boston & Eastern Ma. Vol.4 p1748by Cutter (1908) !Lexington, Ma. (1913) Vol.2 pp 350-351Barbour Collection !Descendants of Thomas Page Brown p33by Bryant (1938) !Genealogy of John Lawrence (1869)by John Lawrence !Page Descent BY CHARLES LAWRENCE PIERSONSalem Press (1915) !Ancestral Heads of New England Families by Frank R. Holmes (1620-1700) p.146 !Early Massachusetts Marriages by Frederic W. Bailey Book III, p.106 History of Watertown, Vol.1 Corespondents: Marjorie A. Schmidt 818 E. Villa RitaPoenix, Az. 85022 Mrs. Richard G. Barth New Marlborough S.R. Box 282 Great Barrington, Ma. 01230 Margaret Brinckerhoff 65 S. Park Ave. Old Greenwich, Ct. 06870 GAIL VANDERHOOF1411 S. SAN CARLA GREEN VALLEY, AZ. 85614 Mrs.Justin A. Holden 12 Pleasant St. Brattleboro, Vt. 05301 Mrs. Mary Ruth Judd 1026 Farnes Rd. Canton, NY 13617 FBouley@prodigy.net