Lawrence Gresham of Briar Hill

Not a known son of Thomas Gresham & Mary Gresham

Lawrence was born about 1700-1720 (George witnessed the will of a Lawrence Gresham in Middlesex in 1762
but it may not be for this Lawrence)

BIRTH ABT. 1700-1720 • King & Queen, Virginia
Birth of Son Samuel Gresham of Briar Hill Abt. 1745 Briar Hill Near Newtown, King and Queen, Virginia

Birth of Theorized Son Lawrence Gresham (to Kentucky then Indiana) (1753–1825) Abt. 1753 • King & Queen, Virginia

Death King & Queen, Virginia

Spouse & Children

Mary Townley 1723–1779
Samuel Gresham of Briar Hill (1745–1817)
Lawrence Gresham (to Kentucky then Indiana) (1753 -4 Aug 1825) Lanesville, Harrison, Indiana, United States
Research Notes
From Court Abstracts in Middlesex County, Virginia

p. 437 – “On petition, sterling 1.12.1 said to be due by account: LAWRENCE GRESHAM, Plaintiff against William Jones, Defendant. It is considered by the Court that the plaintiff recover against the Defendant his Costs by him about his petition in this behalf expended & also seven shillings and six pence for an attorney’s fee”.
(WHO WERE THE RELATIVES OF THE ABOVE LAWRENCE GRESHAM?? WAS THE LAWRENCE GRESHAM WHO DIED IN 1762 IN MIDDLESEX THE SAME AS LAWRENCE OF BRIAR HILL IN NEWTOWN, KING AND QUEEN?

See 1761 below)

Tuesday, 4 August 1761 – Midd’x Co., VA OB Reel #23, p. 219. “On Petition: George GRESHAM Exe’r of Lawrence GRESHAM, Plt. against James Keasor, Deft.. This day came the Plt. by his attorney and by consent of the Parties It is considered that the Plt. recover against the sd. Deft. his Costs by him in this behalf expended and a Lawyers fee”.
--DNA RESULTS--

The Ydna results of the Phylogenetic Tree done by Woody Hewitt from the Big Y Gresham/Grisham/Grissom Surname Study at FTDNA show that the descendants of
Lawrence b. 1753 are closely related to the descendants of George and Sarah Dunweddie Lowe Gresham. It also shows that the descendants of George Gresham who married Betty Watts (formally shown to be the son of George and Sarah) are not closely connected to the other descendants of George and Sarah Dunweddie.

Sources
Ancestry Sources
A Massie family history : descendants of James R. Massie of Virginia and Kentucky and his sons William Redman Massie (born 1800
The Gresham family : from Edward Gresham, England, 1312-1400 to Thomas Gresham, Virginia, 1923.
Gresham, Robinson and Allied Families
https://www.ancestry.com/familytree/person/tree/6989691/person/1103...
See Research Shared by Private Researcher on WIKI profile
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-86

• WIKI Tree https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-542

An active Big Y DNA Gresham Surname Study is underway at FTDNA to sort out these old Virginia lines. The descendants of George and Sarah Dunweddie Lowe Gresham do not match the descendants of George and Betty Watts. The descendants of Lawrence Gresham b. 1753 most closely match those descendants of George and Sarah Dunweddie. This has forced a revision in many online trees.

Spouse & Children

• Mary Townley 1723–1779
  • Samuel Gresham of Briar Hill (9 May 1745–1817)
  • Lawrence Gresham (to Kentucky then Indiana) (1753 -4 Aug 1825) Lanesville, Harrison, Indiana, United States *Lawrence is not a documented son of Lawrence b. 1720.

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Excerpt from the book "Gresham Family" Posted 25 Sep 2019 by gresham970 The book, "Gresham Family" by Augusta Gresham Bagwell, is a part of the Reynolds Historical Genealogy Collection at the Allen County Public Library. Following is an excerpt from that book:

Lawrence Gresham and Mary Townsley Gresham, [of England, (came to the United States and ?) lived at "Briar Hill," near Newtown, King and Queen County, Va. (This is probably a family legend)….

Comments

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-742

Note: It is not proven that Lawrence Gresham b. 1753 is a son of Lawrence Gresham of Briar Hill b. Abt 1700 m. Mary Townley. In the book about Walter Quintin Gresham's life, the theory is that he immigrated to the US about 1759 as an indentured person to his uncle.

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 31 2017, 16:05:29 UTC
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-542
• The dna results of the Phylogenetic Tree done by Woody Hewitt from the Big Y Gresham/Grisham/Grissom Surname Study at FTDNA show that the descendants of Lawrence b. 1753 are closely related to the descendants of George Gresham, Sr. and Sarah Dunweddie Lowe Gresham.
• It also shows that the descendants of George Gresham who married Betty Watts (formally shown to be the son of George and Sarah) are not closely connected to the other descendants of George and Sarah Dunweddie.
• Ancestry Sources
• A Massie family history : descendants of James R. Massie of Virginia and Kentucky and his sons William Redman Massie (born 1800
• The Gresham family : from Edward Gresham, England, 1312-1400 to Thomas Gresham, Virginia, 1923.
• Gresham, Robinson and Allied Families https://www.ancestry.com/familytree/person/tree/6989691/person/1103...
• See Research Shared by Private Researcher on WIKI profile https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gresham-86