"Elder" John Lawrence of Dutchess County, New York
& Montgomery County, Virginia



Subject: John LAWRENCE *Ancestor of Y-DNA Project participants #31201, #125169, #178590, #216023, #225701, #403635, #831810
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
Parents: unknown
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Marriage: circa 1749 Connecticut?
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Spouse: Lavinah (--?--)
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Nine Known Children
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1/F Rebecca LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ 1750 New York
Marriage: __ ___ 1769 James STEPHENS
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2/F Liony LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ ____ New York
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3/F Marcy Damie LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ ____ New York
Marriage: __ ___ ____ Robert SIMPKINS (b. 31 Mar 1749, d. 12 Jan 1834);; Montgomery Co., Virginia
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4/F Mary LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ ____ New York
Marriage: 20 Jul 1797 Revel HARMON
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5/M John LAWRENCE Ancestor of #31201, #831810
Birth: circa 1760 New York

Census: 6 Aug 1810 Christianburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia
(1 male 0-10, 2 males 10-16, 1 male 45+, 2 females 0-10, 2 females 16-26, 1 female 45+)

Census: 7 Aug 1820 Christianburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia
(1 male 0-10, 2 males 18-26, 1 male 45+, 1 female 0-10, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 45+)

Census: 1 Jun 1830 Blacksburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia
(1 male 0-5, 2 males 5-10, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 70-79, 1 female 30-39)
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6/F Patience LAWRENCE
Birth: __ ___ ____
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7/M Thomas LAWRENCE
Birth: circa 1761 Pawling, Dutchess Co., New York
Note: enlisted in NY under Capt. Joshua Champlain and Col. James Vanderburg serving 2 years
Note: __ ___ 1783 removed to Virginia
Census: 6 Aug 1810 Montgomery Co., Virginia (1 male 45+, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 45+)
Census: 7 Aug 1820 Christianburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia (1 male 45+, 1 female 45+)
Marriage #2: 29 Mar 1824 Katherine KESSLER; Virginia (no children)
Census: 1 Jun 1830 Blacksburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia (1 male 10-15, 1 male 60-69, 1 female 30-39)
Death: 12 Jun 1835 Montgomery Co., Virginia __________________________________________________________________________

8/M William LAWRENCE Ancestor of #125169, #178590, #216023, and #403635
Birth: 22 Aug 1764 Dutchess Co., New York

Census: 6 Aug 1810 Montgomery Co., Virginia
(3 males 0-10, 1 male 10-16, 2 males 16-26, 1 male 45+, 2 females 0-10, 1 female 16-26, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 45+)

Note: __ ___ 1812 (removed to Rockcastle Co., KY)
Census: 1 Jun 1820 Rockcastle Co., Kentucky
(1 male 0-10, 1 male 10-16, 2 males 18-26, 1 male 45+, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 26-45)

Death: __ ___ 1847 Kentucky __________________________________________________________________________

9/F Sarah LAWRENCE
Birth: 22 Nov 1765 Dutchess Co., New York
Marriage: __ ___ 1784 James SIMPKINS; Montgomery Co., Virginia
Death: 25 Mar 1822 Montgomery Co., Virginia



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