Hannah Leonard

Hannah Lawrence, b. about 1660, m. 1st Joseph GROVER, m. 2nd Nathaniel LEONARD.

Biography

Hannah Lawrence, b. about 1660 probably in Middleborough, Long Island, NY, d. unknown in Monmouth Co., NJ; burial: place unknown. She was also known as Susannah.

She was the daughter of William Lawrence (1623 - 1701) and his 1st wife, who married 1657 in Long Island, New Netherland.

Hannah married:

1. before 1679 in Monmouth County, New Jersey, to Joseph Grover (b. about 1652, d. about Mar 1689). He was the son of James Grover and Rebecca Cheesman.
2. on 9 Jan 1695 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey to Nathaniel Leonard (b about 1652 - d. aft. 1727). He was the son of Henry Leonard and Mary Russell.

Family

Hannah Lawrence and Joseph Grover were married about 1678 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. They were the parents of 7 children:

• 1. James Grover born about 1679 in New Jersey. [10]) He married Mary Tilton (1686- d. ?) before October 21, 1686. James died before January 1, 1753 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey.
• 2. Mary Grover was born circa 1681. Circa 1710 Mary Grover and David Johnston (1687-after 3 July 1738) married at ?? Before May 7, 1733 Nary Grover Johnston died at Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey.
• 3. Rebecca Grover was born circa 1682 at Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. She married in about 1704 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey 1) William Bowne (1682-1706) probably as his second wife and perhaps 2) Joseph Borden. Rebecca died before December 30, 1720 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey.
• 4. Elizabeth Grover was born on June 7, 1685 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey. [2][17] Elizabeth married Gershom Stillwell (1683-1752) on October 8, 1715[9] probably in New Jersey. She died on 18 January 1763 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey.
• 5. Susanna Grover (1686-1744). She married Col. Joseph Borden (1687-1765) circa 1712 at New Jersey.
• 6. Hannah Grover was born circa 1687 at Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. In about 1705 she married James Seabrook (1685-1735) at Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey.
• 7. Deborah Grover was born in about 1691 in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Deborah married Thomas Shepherd (1678-1751) before 1708. [4]She died before 12 November 1768.

Nathaniel Leonard and Hannah Grover had 3 children:

1. John (b.? - d.?) ?? Maybe a Leonard child.
2. Thomas Leonard was born in about 1695. He died in about 1708.
3. Nathaniel Leonard, Jr. was born in 1712 in Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey. He married Deliverance Lippit (1715-1795), daughter of Moses Lippit and Sarah Throckmorton, about 1737. Nathaniel died before December 18, 1763, the date of his funeral.

Origins

William Lawrence and his wife had seven or eight children: one daughter (Hannah) and six sons (James, William, Benjamin, Elisha, John, and Joseph)

Disputed mother & disambiguation

From https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZLH-KQV

Notes

Hannah Lawrence was listed as the 7th child of William Lawrence I and his first wife, name not known, so let's call her Mrs. William Lawrence to give her an identity. This source lists Hannah's children by her 1st husband Joseph Grover and 2nd husband Nathaniel Leonard and some grandchildren. (Please do not confuse him with a different Nathaniel Leonard of a later generation.) Some have tried to give Hannah the wrong mother's given name, but land records of Middletown, N. J., make clear that her first name was Elizabeth–surname not known. (Some mistakenly thought she was a Gildersleeve, but she married someone else. More recent professional research clarifies that it was not Gildersleeve). Others try to give Hannah's mother the name Hannah Townsend, but Dr. Stillwell on page 485 states: "William Lawrence is reputed to have married Hannah Townsend, but I have never seen an atom of proof to substantiate it." (There probably was no such person as Hannah Townsend.) And that latter theory is contradicted by the fact that the 1st wife of William Lawrence had a first name of Elizabeth.

CAUTION: Do not confuse the 1st wife Elizabeth with the 2nd wife of this William Lawrence who was Elizabeth (Scudder) Albertis, widow of John Albertis. (page 396.) And PLEASE do not confuse this couple with a different Capt. William Lawrence of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England and Flushing, N.Y. who md. 2) Elizabeth Smith. His first wife's name was not known either, so she too was a different Mrs. William Lawrence. And please don't confuse the children of these couples. It has a great many hours to separate all these people from unfortunate merges that wiped out families and records and wrongly combined families and person's identities.

References

• John Edwin Stillwell, "Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: data pertaining to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey," v. 3, (New York: 1903), 404. Family of this Hannah Lawrence in John. E. Stillwell, "Historical and Genealogical Miscellany...of New Jersey," v. 3, 404. https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal03instil
• New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VW5N-BVP : 20 May 2019), Nathaniell Leonard and Hanah Lawrence Grover, 09 Jan 1695; citing Salem, New Jersey, New Jersey State Archives, Trenton; FHL microfilm 441,467.
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawrence-711
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 4 2020, 5:58:11 UTC “ Hannah and Joseph were married about 1678 at Monmouth Co, NJ. and they were the parents of: Hannah/ m. James Seabrook. Elizabeth/7 Jun 1684 m. Gershom Stillwell. Joseph/. Rebecca/ m. William Bowne. James/ m. Mary Tilton. Susannah/ m. Joseph Borden. Mary/ m. David Johnston Deborah/ m. Thomas Shepherd.”