Elder John Brown Lawrence, 'The Elder'

Elder John Brown Lawrence, 'The Elder'
Also Known As:	"REVEREND", "Pastor", "Minute Man", "Jonathan", "John Brown"
Birthdate:	April 15, 1736
Birthplace:	Dutchess, New York
Death:	1801 (64-65) Montgomery, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Daniel Lowrance, Sr. and Elizabeth Lowrance Husband of Lavinah Lawrence (Ormsbee) Father of Rebecca Stevens; Mercy Damie Simpkins; John Lawrence, II; Thomas Lawrence; William Lawrence and 5 others Brother of Colonel Elisha Lawrence; William Lawrence; Jacob Lawrence; Silvanus Lawrence; Anna S. Lawrence and 6 others
Occupation:	Church Elder & Minister, Church Elder, Minister

Managed by:	Noah Tutak
Last Updated:	April 28, 2022

Also Known As:

"REVEREND", "Pastor", "Minute Man", "Jonathan", "John Brown"

Birthdate:

April 15, 1736

Birthplace:

Dutchess, New York

Death:

1801 (64-65)
Montgomery, Virginia, United States

Immediate Family:

Son of Daniel Lowrance, Sr. and Elizabeth Lowrance
Husband of Lavinah Lawrence (Ormsbee)
Father of Rebecca Stevens; Mercy Damie Simpkins; John Lawrence, II; Thomas Lawrence; William Lawrence and 5 others
Brother of Colonel Elisha Lawrence; William Lawrence; Jacob Lawrence; Silvanus Lawrence; Anna S. Lawrence and 6 others

Occupation:

Church Elder & Minister, Church Elder, Minister

Managed by:

Noah Tutak

Last Updated:

April 28, 2022

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1736	April 15, 1736	Birth of Elder John Brown Lawrence, 'The Elder' Dutchess, New York No cited/quoted source for middle name Brown. http://www.lawrence-ons.org/john21.html "Elder" John Lawrence of Dutchess County, New York & Montgomery County, Virginia Birth: circa 1721 Connecticut Occupation: 1770-1775 Paster, Baptist Church, Pawling, Dutchess Co., New York Note: __ ___ ____ Dutchess Co., New York (in Col. Jacobus Swarthout's 1st Regiment Minute Men) Note: __ ___ 1783 brought part of his congregation from Dutchess Co., New York to Montgomery Co., Virginia Note: 27 Sep 1785 Meadow Creek Baptist Church, Montgomery Co., Virginia (as minister received license to marry people) Death: __ ___ 1801 Montgomery Co., Virginia =================================== AKA as Jonathan: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/a/w/Patricia-J-Lawrence/WEBSITE-0001... Jonathan Lawrence was born April 15, 1736 in ?Norwich, Conn, and died 1801 in Montgomery County, Virginia.He married Lavinah (Ormsbee).
1748	1748	Birth of Rebecca Stevens Staten Island, New York Colony http://genforum.genealogy.com/stevens/messages/5534.html Re: Albert Clyde Stevens (b: 1898) lived KY Posted by: Richard (ID ***8637) Does your book [the Stevens Manuscript] name the children of James Stevens who married Rebecca Lawrence? Was there a son Jacob? Who was James father? - - Posted by: Gloria Pressnall (ID ***8772) Date: August 17, 2008 at 21:03:58 In Reply to: Re: Albert Clyde Stevens (b: 1898) lived KY by Richard No, but I do have the book "Descendants of Elder John Lawrence of Southwest Virginia and New England" by Ora Belle Mayberry McColman which is about the father of Rebecca Lawrence.
1750	1750	Birth of Mercy Damie Simpkins New York, New York County, New York, United States
1760	1760	Birth of John Lawrence, II New York, New York County, New York, United States
1761	1761	Birth of Thomas Lawrence Pawling, Dutchess County, NY, United States
1764	1764	Birth of William Lawrence Dutchess County, New York, United States
1765	November 22, 1765	Birth of Sarah Simpkins Dutchess County, New York, United States
1770	1770 - 1883 Age 33	Elder John Brown Lawrence, 'The Elder' worke... THE KENT AND FISHKILL; Pawling; and Beekman BAPTIST CHURCHES, Dutchess County, New York, United States History of Duchess County, New York: With ... Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Part 1 James Hadden Smith, Hume H. Cale, William E. Roscoe D. Mason & Company, 1882 - Dutchess County (N.Y.) - 562 pages https://books.google.com/books?id=MR2I3hdYkV0C&pg=PA494 MIDDLEBUSH. Middlebush, situated about a mile south-east of Wappingers Falls, was an early business center, affording postal facilities for a large extent of country, and an early center of religious enterprise, but now has only a cluster of houses and a hotel kept by James Keely. The first Baptist church in the town, and the second, we believe, in the original town of Fishkill, was organized here Nov. 13, 1782, by Elders John Lawrence, of Pawling, and Nathan Cole, of Carmel, with eighteen members. The services were held at the house of Abm. Van Wyck, who deeded the Society a piece of land for a site for a church and burying ground. The building of a church edifice was commenced at once. Elder Lewis was pastor of the church for several years, preaching here and at the Union meeting house at Green Haven. This church was essentially a perpetuation of the first Baptist church Hamburgh. in the town, which was organized prior to the Revolution, and had a house of worship at Gayhead, in East Fishkill, which was abandoned when the Society was formed here. But it did not prosper, and in 1826 sold the “meeting house lot ” to Wm. B. Phillips, whose farm bounded it on the south. In 1830 that meeting house became the property of the Methodist church, organized that year, and was used by them as a house of worship until the present Methodist church in Wappingers Falls was erected in 1869, when it was taken down and the material used in the construction of the barn and sheds connected with that church. https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA555&id=MR2I3hdYkV0C&out... The first tradition regarding the Baptist Cause in Pawling, is of the preaching of the Rev. Henry Cary, some time previous to 1766. He preached in a log meeting house, which was situated about a mile north of this village, near what was afterwards known as the Camp Meeting Woods. Elder John Lawrence began to preach in this town in 1770, and was the first pastor of the church that was organized before the war of the Revolution, in 1775. He is reported to have preached thirteen or fourteen years, and under his ministration the church flourished. He moved away in June, 1785, and his successor was Elder Phineas Clark, who ministered to the congregation about three years, or until 1788. He was succeeded by Elder Nehemiah Johnson. He commenced preaching when Elder Clark left, and continued his services until July, 1841, a period of fifty-three years. - - - https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA316&id=MR2I3hdYkV0C&out... THE TOWN OF PLEASANT VALLEY The first house of worship was erected on the northeast portion of this land. The Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, near Salt Point Village.—The Newcombs, Van Voorhees, Harrises, Frosts and other families settled at this point about the year 1765, and were principally of the Baptist faith. They procured the services of Elder John Lawrence, who preached to them in private houses. and the school house, and during the summer months in the woods. A regular organization was not formed until the early part of 1770, when the Elder organized the society at the house of Zaccheus Newcomb. Joseph Harris was chosen as deacon, and regular appointments were made until the war of the Revolution commenced, when a division of political sentiments led the church to dwindle away without interest. Rev. Alex. MacGeorge informs us that “Elder Bullock, of Stanford, afterwards began to preach (about 1716 or '17) and was blessed with a revival. Some 40 or 5o were baptized and became a branch of his church.”
1785	1785 - 1801 Age 48	Elder John Brown Lawrence, 'The Elder' worke... Meadow Creek Church, Montgomery County, VA, United States

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