Capt. Thomas Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence

• Birth: Feb 2 1589 - St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
• Death: Mar 20 1625 - St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
• Parents: John Lawrence, Elizabeth Bull
• Wife: Joan Anterbus

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Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawrence-239

Thomas Lawrence was the son of John Lawrence and Elizabeth (Bull) Lawrence.[8] He was christened on 2 February 1588/9 at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.[9][10][8]

Thomas married Joan Antrobus, daughter of Walter Antrobus and Jane Arnold, on 23 October 1609 at St. Albans Abbey.[11][12][8]

Thomas and Joan had the following children, all baptized at at St. Albans Abbey:

1. Joane, bpt. 29 August 1610,[13] d. 31 August 1610[13]
2. Jane, bpt. 18 December 1614,[14][8] m. 20 February 1633/4 George Giddings at St. Albans, Hertfordshire,[8] d. 2 March 1680[/1?] at Ipswich, Massachusetts[8]
3. Marie, bpt. 17 November 1616,[15] d. 28 November 1616[15]
4. John, bpt. 26 July 1618,[16][8] m. Susannah ______,[8] d. before 15 May 1699 (date of probate) in New York City[8]
5. Thomas, bpt. 8 March 1619/20,[17][8] m. Mary _____,[8] d. before 25 February 1703/4 (date of probate) in Newtown, Queens County, New York[8]
6. William, bpt. 28 June 1622[18] or 28 July 1622,[19][8] m. 1st ________,[8] m. 2d Elizabeth Smith in New York,[8] d. before 25 March 1680 (date of administration granted) in Flushing, Queens County, New York[8]
7. Marie, bpt. 10 April 1625,[20][8] m. about 1640-5 Thomas Burnham,[8] d. 27 March 1715 at Ipswich, Massachusetts[8]

Thomas Lawrence was buried on 20 March 1624/5 at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.[21][8] Administration of his estate was granted to his widow Joan on 21 March 1624/5.[8]

The descendants of William and Elizabeth Tuttle, who came from old to New England in 1635, and settled in New Haven in 1639, with numerous biographical notes and sketches : also, some account of the descendants of John Tuttle, of Ipswich; and Henry Tuthill, of Hingham, Mass. (1883) http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsofwil01tutt#page/n85/mode/...

• The Lawrence Genealogy with a strange obtuseness calls John Tuttell's wife "foster mother" to the Lawrence children. In 1659 she writes to Geo. Giddings as her son and so calls John and Simon Tuttle and John Lawrence; John Tuttell, aged 33 yrs. in 1650, which identifies him with Richard's son of that name, she calls ner cousin (nephew). Besides William, John and Jane, wife of Giddings, she had a son Thomas Lawrence who came afterwards. They were from St. Albans in Herts.--Savage. George Giddings settled at Ipswich and d. June 1, 1676. He was Deputy to the General Court 1641,, '54, '9, '60, '1, '3, '4, '8, '72, '75. Long a ruling elder of the 1st church. --Felt's Ipswich. William and John Lawrence rem. from Ipswich to Long Island and were patentees of Flushing in 1644. William was a magistrate and military officer; d. 1680; next year his widow Elizabeth (his 2d wife) a dau. of Richard Smith, m. Sir Phillip Cartaret, Gov. of New Jersey, who founded Elizabethtown and gave it her name. After his dec. she m. a 3d husband. John Lawrence of New Amsterdam (N.Y.) 1663; Alderman 1665; Mayor 1672; one of his Majesties Council 1674 and so by successive appointments to 1698; again Mayor 1691 and '92; Judge of Supreme Court of the Prov. of N. Y. 1693 until Dec. 1699; Sheriff of Queen's Co. 1681; Alderman 1680 to '84 and 1665 to '72. i: 1. Joseph, d. s.i. 2. John d. s.i. 3. Thomas, d. s.i. 4. Martha, d. s.i. 5. Susanna, d. s.i.; m. Galnic Minville one of the Council of the Province and Mayor of New York; (2) Wm. Smith, Alderman. 6. Mary, m. Wm. Whitingham, Harv. Col. 1660; for posterity see Mass. Hist. Soc. Col.; had among others: 1. Mary, distinguished for literary acquirements and for benefactions to Harv. and Yale Col.; d. 1739; m. Gurdon Saltonstall, Gov. of Conn. Thomas Lawrence did not leave Ipswich till after his brothers. He bought the whole of Hell Gate Neck along the East River from H. G. Cove to Bowery Bay. -- N. Y. Gen. Rec. July, 1872. From one of these brothers was desc. John Lawrence, Alderman of N. Y. 1762 to '65, and Richard Lawrence of N. Y. who d. in 1816. The children of Richard Lawrence were: 1. John, b. about 1750; Mem. Cong.; had sev. chil. of whom four daus. m. respectively John Campbell, Benj. F. Lee, John P. Smith and Timothy Churchill. II. Isaac, grad. Princeton Col.; Prest. U. S. Branch Bank; d. 1841; m. Cornelia Beach, dau. of Rev. Abraham Beach, rector of Trinity Parish, N. Y., an had: 1. Cornelia Beach, m. James A. Hillhouse of New Haven, Conn. 2. Harriet, m. John A. Post. 3. Isaphane, m. Dr. Benj. McVicker. 4. Julia Beach, m. Thomas L. Welles. 5. Maria, m. Rev. W. J. Kipp. 6. Hannah, m. Henry, s. of Stephen Whiney. He m. (2) Maria L. Fitch of N. H. After dec. of Mr. Whitney, she m. (2) Nathan Baldwin of Milford, Conn. 7. Wm. Beach, Lieut. Gov. R. I.; m. a dau. of Archibald Gracie of N. Y. III. William, a planter of Demarara Of this family was Capt. James Lawrence, b. Burlington, N. J., Oct, 1, 1731; killed in the naval action between the American Frigate Chesapeake, which he commanded, and the British Frigate Shannon. His dying words, "don't give up the ship," immortalize his name. He left a wife and two young children. He was son of John Lawrence, a lawyer, and had a brother John and two widowed sister at time of his death.

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• The Magna charta barons and their American descendants with the pedigrees of the founders of the Order of Runnemede deduced from the sureties for the enforcement of the statutes of the Magna charta of King John (1898)
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• 11. LADY MARY DE WELLES, sister to Sir Lionel, or Leo, sixth Lord Welles, lord lieutenant of Ireland, k. 1461, and Sir William de Welles, lord chief justice of Ireland, 1442, who m. John Laurence, of Rixton Manor, Lancastershire, returned to Parliament for Lancaster County, October 16, 1419. He was a commissioner for musters in Londale Wapentake, commission dated April 28, 6 Henry V., and had :
• 12. MARGARET LAURENCE, who m. her cousin, Robert Laurence (his nephew Sir Thomas, son of his brother. Sir James Laurence, of Standish, m. Lady Eleanor, a daughter of Sir Lionel, Lord Welles), eldest son of Sir Robert Laurence, of Ashton Hall, Lancastershire, member of Parliament, 1459 (whose pedigree, beginning in 1190, is preserved in the Herald's Visitation to Gloucestershire, 1682-3), and his wife, Amphibis, a daughter of Edward de Longford, Lancastershire, and had :
• 13. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, of Withington, 1509, and Sevenhampton, which he bought, in Gloucestershire, Sea House, in Somersetshire, and Blackley Park and Norton, in Worcestershire. He also owned the manors of Staple Farm, New House, Upcot Farm, etc. His will was proved
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• in 1559.(*) He m. before 1518, Isabel, daughter of John Molineaux, of Sefton Manor and Chorly (Sorely), in Lancashire, and had :
• 14. EDMUND LAWRENCE, of Withington parish, Gloucestershire, fourth son. His will dated August 30, 1558, proved January 10, 1559. He had issue by his wife Eleanor, whose surname has not been preserved :
• 15. JOHN LAWRENCE, of St. Albans, in Hertfordshire. He was chief burgess in 1553, and mayor of St. Albans in 1567 and 1575, and had by his wife, whose name has not been preserved :
• 16. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, of St Albans, who m. there, November 25, 1559, Catherine Beamond, or Beaumont, and had:
• 17. JOHN LAWRENCE, bapt. at Abbey Church, St. Albans, January 12, 1561-2, who had by his second wife, m. January 25, 1586-7, Margaret Roberts:
• 18. THOMAS LAWRENCE, of St. Albans, second son, bapt. at St. Albans, February 2, 1588-9, d. March 20, 1624-5. He was an assistant of the borough of St Albans, 1622, and m. October 23, 1609, Joan, daughter of Walter and Joan Antrobus (Anterbus), of St. Albans. Joan m. secondly, John Tuthill (or Tuttell), of Ipswich, and came with him to New England in April, 1635, bringing John, b. 1618, and William, 'children of her first husband, Thomas Lawrence, of whom :
• 19. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, bapt. at St. Albans, July 27, 1622, d. 1680 (no will). In 1645 he and his brother John, who was one of the patentees of Hampstead, Long Island, New York, obtained the patent of Flushing, Long Island,
  • (*) In the Herald's pedigree (Gloucestershire Visitations, 1682) he is given as son of John, the son of the aforesaid William and Margaret, but by Sir Thomas Phillips, in the pedigree of Lawrence, of Sevenhampton, as brother to John, son of Robert.
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• New York, from the Dutch Governor Keift, and were of the number to whom the confirmatory patent was issued by Governor Nicoll, in 1666. He was a magistrate of Flushing, 1655, and one of its largest land-owners ; was a member of the governor's council, 1700 ; captain of a foot company, 1665 ; high sheriff, 1673 ; justice of the North Riding, 1675. He m. secondly, March 4, 1664-5, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Smith (she m. secondly, Philip Carteret, governor of New Jersey, and m. thirdly. Colonel Richard Townley, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, which city was so named in her honor by her second husband), and had by her :
• 20. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, of Flushing, Long Island, d. 1719 (N. Y. Wills, ix. 152), having issue by his wife Deborah, d. 1743 (N. Y. Wills, xv. 47), daughter of Richard Smith: .... etc.
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• 17. JOHN LAWRENCE, bapt. at Abbey Church, St. Albans, January 12, 1561-2, who had by his second wife, m. January 25, 1586-7, Margaret Roberts :
• 18. THOMAS LAWRENCE, of St. Albans, second son, bapt. at St. Albans, February 2, 1588-9, d. March 20, 1624-5. He was an assistant of the borough of St Albans, 1622, and m. October 23, 1609, Joan, daughter of Walter and Joan Antrobus, of St. Albans. Joan m. secondly, John Tuthill (or Tuttell), of Ipswich, and came with him to New England in April, 1635, bringing John and William,children of her first husband, Thomas Lawrence, whose son :
• 19. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, bapt. at St. Albans, July 27, 1622, d. 1680. In 1645 he was one of the patentees of Hampstead and Flushing, Long Island. He was a magistrate of Flushing, 1655, and one of its largest land-owners ; was a member of the governor's council, 1700 ; captain of a foot company, 1665 ; high sheriff, 1673 ; justice of the North Riding, 1675. He m. secondly, March 4, 1664-5, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Smith, and had by her :
• 20. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, of Flushing, b. 1665-8, commissioned ensign in 1684, d. April, 1759, m. 1690, Mary Townley (see the American Historical Register, February, 1896), and had : .... etc.
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• 18. THOMAS LAWRENCE, of St. Albans, second son, bapt. at St. Albans, February 2, 1588-9, d. March 20, 1624-5. He was an assistant of the borough of St Albans, 1622, and m. October 23, 1609, Joan, daughter of Walter and Joan Antrobus, of St. Albans, and had :
• 19. MAJOR THOMAS LAWRENCE, bapt. at St Albans, March 8, 1619-20. He came to Long Island some time after the settlement there of his brothers John and William, and was a patentee of Middleboro, or Newtown, Long Island, and resided in New York City in 1645, and appears as "Captain Tho. Lawrence" on the tax-list, 1678. He was very prominent in colonial affairs, and received the commission of major of horse in Queens County, New York, dated December 24, 1689. His will was proved April 25, 1703. He had by his wife Mary, whose surname has not been preserved :
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• 20. CAPTAIN JOHN LAWRENCE, of Newtown, Long Island, high sheriff of Queens County. He d. December 17, 1729, having issue by his wife Deborah, 1659-1742, daughter of Richard Woodhull, who was b. at Thenford, in Northumberland, September 13, 1620, and came to Long Island in 1646-7, where he purchased, in 1665, over one hundred thousand acres of land, now the site of Brookhaven, and was a justice in 1666, and d. in 1690. .... etc. _________________________
• Thomas Lawrence1
• M, #70751, b. 2 February 1589
• Father John Lawrence1 b. 12 Jan 1562
• Mother Elizabeth Bull1 b. 4 Aug 1563
• Thomas Lawrence was christened on 2 February 1589 at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.1 He married Joan Antrobus, daughter of Walter Antrobus and Jane Arnold, on 23 October 1609 at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England; They had 3 sons (John; Thomas; & William) & 4 daughters (Joan; Jane; Mary; & Mary).1 Thomas Lawrence was buried on 20 March 1625 at St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.1 His estate was probated on 21 March 1625; Administration of his estate.1
• Family Joan Antrobus b. 25 Jun 1592, d. a 29 Jan 1661
• Children
  • Jane Lawrence+1 b. 18 Dec 1614, d. 2 Mar 1680
  • Marie Lawrence+1 b. 10 Apr 1625, d. 27 Mar 1715
• Citations
• 1.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 550.
• From: http://www.our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2354.... _________________________

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Source: Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Douglas Richardson); 2013; Vol. 3:551

Thomas Lawrence, baptized at St. Alban Abbey, Hertfordshire 2 Feb. 1588/9. He married at St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire 23 October 1609 Joan Antrobus, daughter of Walter Antrobus, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, by Joan, daughter of John Arnold. She was baptized at St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire 25 June 1592. They had three sons, John, Thomas, and William and daughters, Joan, Jane, Mary, and Mary. Thomas Lawrence was buried at St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire 20 March 1624/5. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow, Joan, 21 March 1624/5. She married (2nd) before 1628 John Tuttle, of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, draper, son of Simon Tuttle, of Ringstead, Northamptonshire, by Isbel, daughter of John Wells. They had two sons, Simon and John, and three daughters, Abigail, Sarah (wife of Richard Martin), and Hannah. He and his wife, Joan immigrated on the ship Planter in 1635. She was living in Carrickfergus, Antrim, [now Northern] Ireland 29 Jan. 1660 [61?], when she signed a letter of attorney to her son, Simon Tuttle, in New ENgland. (Source quoted: Antrobus Peds. (1929). Walton Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines 1 (1943);601-602. Jacobus & Waterman Hale, House & Related Fams. (1952):770-775. TAG 54 (1978): 167-175; 59 (1983):211-215. TG 10 (1989): 3-30.

References

• 1. Greene, David L. "Royal Ancestry of the Ipswich MA and Long Island Lawrence Families." The Genealogist, Vol 10 No. 1, Spring 1989. ISSN: 0197-1468. pp. 3-30.
• 2. Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Volume. III. 2013. pp. 548-552.
• 3. Roberts, Gary Boyd. The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States. Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004. pp. 562-564.
• 4. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2355.htm...
• 5.https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Lawrence_%287%29