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John Lawrence 1718 – 1762 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Jan 1718

Birth Location: Wem Shropshire England

Death Date: 20 Jan 1762

Death Location: Wem, Shropshire, England

Father: WILLIAM (laurance)

Mother: SARAH SAVAGE

Spouse(s): Abigail Wright

Children(s): Thomas Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrence, sarah lawrence, Edward Lawrence, Abigail Lawrence, Katherine Lawrence

John Lawrence was born in 1718 in Wem Shropshire England, the child of WILLIAM LAWRENCE (laurance) and SARAH SAVAGE. John Lawrence married Abigail Wright, and had children including Thomas Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrence, sarah lawrence, Edward Lawrence, Abigail Lawrence, Katherine Lawrence. John Lawrence passed away in 1762 in Wem, Shropshire, England.

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Biography

  • John Lawrence was born in 1718 in Wem Shropshire England, the child of WILLIAM LAWRENCE (laurance) and SARAH SAVAGE.
  • John Lawrence married Abigail Wright, and had children including Thomas Lawrence, Elizabeth Lawrence, sarah lawrence, Edward Lawrence, Abigail Lawrence, Katherine Lawrence.
  • John Lawrence passed away in 1762 in Wem, Shropshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

WILLIAM (laurance)
1688 – 1737
Birth Location: Th Moathouse, Wend County Salop
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SARAH SAVAGE
1688 – 1762
Birth Location: Tetbury, Gloucestershire, , England
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Spouses(s)

Abigail Wright
1724 – 1831
Birth Location: Moat House, Shropshire, , England
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Children(s)

Thomas Lawrence
1751 – 1795
Birth Location: Wem Shropshire England
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Elizabeth Lawrence
1754 – 1831
Birth Location: Wem Shropshire England
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sarah lawrence
1756 – 1790
Birth Location: Wem Shropshire England
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Edward Lawrence
1757 – 1772
Birth Location: Moat House, Wem, Shropshire, England
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Abigail Lawrence
1758 – 1829
Birth Location: Moat House, Wem, Shropshire, England
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Katherine Lawrence
1759 – 1852
Birth Location: Wem, Shropshire, , England
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John Lawrence's Ancestors

Self
John Lawrence
1718 – 1762
Birth Place: Wem Shropshire England
Parents
WILLIAM LAWRENCE (laurance)
1688 – 1737
Th Moathouse, Wend County Salop
SARAH SAVAGE
1688 – 1762
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, , England
Grandparents
THOMAS LAWRENCE
1644 – 1685
Wem, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
MARTHA MENDLOVE
1647 – 1698
JOHN SAVAGE
1651 – 1729
Wrenbury Wood, nantwich, Cheshire England
SARAH HENRY
1664 – 1752
Broad Oak, Iscoyd, Flintshire England
Great-Grandparents
William Lawrence
1621 –
Martha Watkins
1623 – 1677
RICHARD MENDLOVE
1607 –
ANNE MENDLOVE
1608 –
JOHN SAVAGE
1631 – 1691
AURELIA HOTCHKISS
1626 – 1698
PHILIP HENRY
1631 – 1696
KATHERINE MATHEWS
1629 – 1707
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Forgham
1608 – 1642
JOHN HOTCHKILL
1580 – 1665
MARGARET Whitchurch*
1584 – 1655
JOHN HENRY
1590 – 1652
MAGDALEN ROCHDALE
1599 – 1645
DANIEL MATHEWS
1610 – 1683
SARAH BEYNON
1610 – 1632

John Lawrence's Descendants

1.
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John Lawrence (3 Jan 1718 – 20 Jan 1762) m. Abigail Wright (15 Sep 1724 – 1831)
  1. 1. Thomas Lawrence (17 Mar 1751 – 22 Aug 1795) m. Anne Higgins
    1. 1. John Lawrence (1785 – 18 Nov 1854) m. Sarah (Ann) Ireland (1787 – 12 Nov 1824)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Lawrence (1807 – 1807)
      2. 2. John Lawrence (Abt. 1808 – )
      3. 3. Philip (Henry) Lawrence (1809 – 1823)
      4. 4. Sarah (Ann) Lawrence (1809 – 14 Feb 1888)
      5. 5. Thomas Lawrence (1811 – 02 Jul 1893) m. Susannah Osborn (Abt. 1816 – 1846) m. Mary (Ketland) Adams (27 Jun 1815 – Jan 1869)
        1. 1. John (Henry) Lawrence (abt 1841 – )
        2. 2. Claude Lawrence (1842 – )
        3. 3. Agnes (Emily) Lawrence (1843 – 08 Dec 1925)
        4. 4. Susan (Mary) Lawrence (1849 – )
        5. 5. Eric (Adams) Lawrence (1851 – 11 Mar 1909)
        6. 6. Agnes (Emily) Lawrence (abt 1844 – )
        7. 7. Agnes (Emily) Lawrence (abt 1844 – )
      6. 6. Maria Lawrence (1812 – 1831)
      7. 7. Sarah Lawrence (1813 – 1831)
      8. 8. Roger (Ireland) Lawrence (27 Jun 1814 – 20 Oct 1882)
      9. 9. Elizabeth Lawrence (1815 – 1816)
      10. 10. Jane Lawrence (1816 – 13 Aug 1885)
      11. 11. Mary Lawrence (1817 – 26 Nov 1879)
      12. 12. William (Irving) Lawrence (22 Sep 1818 – 19 April 1857) m. Caroline Fawcett (17 Oct 1823 – 12 Jan 1874)
        1. 1. John (Henry) Lawrence (04 Dec 1842 – 22 Mar 1885)
        2. 2. William (Irving Valentine) Lawrence (04 Jul 1845 – 29 Oct 1919) m. Catherine (Martha Eva) Ware (1 Jan 1856 – 20 Mar 1935)
        3. 3. Robert (Joseph) Lawrence (8 Jul 1849 – 11 Jul 1849)
        4. 4. George (James) Lawrence (30 Oct 1850 – 1902)
        5. 5. Amy (Isla) Lawrence (17 Apr 1854 – 13 Sep 1933) m. Joseph (Richard) Lazenby (07 Nov 1855 – 07 Nov 1928)
        6. 6. Eliza (Anne) Lawrence (13 Jun 1856 – 15 Aug 1902) m. James Lazenby
      13. 13. Jemima Lawrence (1819 – 1819)
      14. 14. Samuel Lawrence (1820 – 1821)
      15. 15. John Lawrence ( – 1856)
    2. 2. Samuel Lawrence
    3. 3. William Lawrence
    4. 4. Maria Lawrence
  2. 2. Elizabeth Lawrence (1754 – 25 November 1831) m. Samuel Lowe (1748 – 1804) m. Edmund Butcher (28 Apr 1757 – 14 Apr 1822) m. Elizabeth Lowe
    1. 1. Samuel (Lawrence) Lowe (17 Feb 1775 – 20 Oct 1858) m. Mary Leek (07 Aug 1793 – 2/10/1857)
      1. 1. Ellen Lowe (1827 – 26th May 1886)
      2. 2. Adelaide Lowe (abt 1831 – Jul 1913) m. John (Griffith) Sawbridge (1834 – Bef. 1881)
        1. 1. Robert (Lawrence) Sawbridge (1856 – Jun 1883)
        2. 2. Mary (Jane) Sawbridge (1860 – Dec 1918) m. John Read (1860 – 10 Jun 1930)
        3. 3. Kate (Waffington) Sawbridge (1862 – Dec 1930) m. Alfred Hammond (08 Mar 1867 – )
        4. 4. Rose Sawbridge (Oct 1868 – )
        5. 5. John (William Christian) Sawbridge (1871 – 27 Nov 1948)
    2. 2. Abigail Lowe (17 Feb 1775 – )
    3. 3. John Lowe (16 Aug 1777 – )
    4. 4. Sarah (Eliza) Lowe (11 Jan 1779 – April 1846) m. John Barton (15 March 1776 – 2 April 1822)
      1. 1. Edmund (Russell) Barton (9 Jan 1804 – 18 Jun 1864) m. Sophia (Rosser) Russell (2 SEP 1810 – 7 JAN 1851)
        1. 1. Russell BARTON (5 Sep 1830 – 30 Jun 1916)
        2. 2. Eliza BARTON (14 Jan 1832 – 24 Dec 1926)
        3. 3. Pearce BARTON (1833 – 17 Aug 1917)
        4. 4. Frances BARTON (17 Feb 1835 – 26 Sep 1907)
        5. 5. Lucy Barton (2 Dec 1836 – 9 Feb 1927)
        6. 6. Emma (Rosser) Barton (2 December 1836 – 11 July 1921)
        7. 7. Sarah (Elizabeth) Barton (1838 – abt 1839)
        8. 8. Wicksteed (Charles) Barton (9 Dec 1839 – 31 Jul 1918)
        9. 9. Wakefield Barton (1843 – 22 JUL 1920)
        10. 10. Edmund (Butcher) BARTON (6 Aug 1845 – 20 Jul 1922)
        11. 11. Grainger (John) BARTON (26 Apr 1848 – 6 Jun 1911)
        12. 12. Mary BARTON (Dec 1850 – 13 Jan 1851)
      2. 2. Eliza Barton (17 May 1805 – December 1872)
      3. 3. Jonathan Barton (21 Jul 1806 – 12 Dec 1854)
      4. 4. Emma (Ancilla) Barton (1809 – 6 Nov 1869)
      5. 5. Joshua (Joseph) Barton (06 Dec 1810 – 8 Jan 1896)
      6. 6. Joshua (Joseph) Barton (06 Dec 1810 – Dec 1849)
      7. 7. Philip (Henry) Barton (1814 – 1 Jun 1879) m. Clara (Elizabeth) Bateman (13 February 1826 – January 1865) m. Abi (Joan) Smith (abt 1828 – Mar 1907)
        1. 1. Frank Barton (January 1854 – )
        2. 2. Ernest Barton (1855 – )
        3. 3. Jessie Barton (1857 – )
        4. 4. James Barton (1858 – 1858)
        5. 5. Charlotte Barton (1860 – )
        6. 6. James Barton (July 1860 – Jun 1936)
        7. 7. Rosa Barton (1862 – )
        8. 8. Horace Barton (1864 – )
        9. 9. Philip (Henry S) Barton (1870 – Sep 1925) m. Ada Barton (abt 1872 – )
      8. 8. lucinda barton (1817 – 23 Jul 1847) m. Charles (Stewart) Pearce
        1. 1. Mary Pearce
    5. 5. Katherine Lowe (09 Apr 1782 – )
    6. 6. Samuel Lowe (09 Apr 1782 – )
    7. 7. Mary Lowe (10 Jul 1783 – )
    8. 8. Edward Lowe (07 Jun 1786 – )
    9. 9. Edmund Butcher (04 Jun 1791 – 11 Jul 1872)
    10. 10. Emma Butcher (17 Oct 1796 – 13 Aug 1847)
  3. 3. sarah lawrence (1756 – 1790) m. joseph Newnham (1756 – )
    1. 1. John Newnham (aft 1776 – )
    2. 2. joseph Newnham
  4. 4. Edward Lawrence (1757 – 1772) m. Elizabeth
  5. 5. Abigail Lawrence (9 Feb 1758 – Dec 1829) m. Joseph Ireland (12 Apr 1754 – )
    1. 1. Sarah Ireland (1781 – 9 Sep 1784)
    2. 2. Edward (Lawrence) Ireland (1790 – 21 Jan 1847) m. Mary Saxton (abt 1800 – )
      1. 1. Marianne Ireland (15 Sep 1823 – Jun 1884)
      2. 2. Edward (Allport) Ireland (24 Apr 1825 – 13 May 1896) m. Elizabeth (Caroline) Weyhe
      3. 3. Thomas (Saxton) Ireland (1 Jun 1826 – 27 Nov 1901)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Ireland (14 Jun 1831 – 23 Aug 1902) m. Joseph Proffitt (1 Apr 1809 – 28 Sep 1887)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Anne) Proffitt (4 Mar 1867 – 28 Sep 1937) m. John (Thomas) Onions
  6. 6. Katherine Lawrence (12 Jun 1759 – 19 Oct 1852) m. Thomas Saxton (1748 – Mar 1820) m. Katherine Lawrence
    1. 1. Sarah Saxton (1798 – Jan 1819)

John Lawrence's Timeline

5 Records

1718
3 Jan 1718
Birth of John Lawrence in Wem Shropshire England
Wem Shropshire England
1719
03 Jan 1719
Age 1
Birth of John Lawrence in Wem, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Wem, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1720
1720
Age 2
Birth of John Lawrence
None
1720
03 Jan 1720
Age 2
John Lawrence was baptized in Wem,Shropshire,England
Wem,Shropshire,England
1762
20 Jan 1762
Age 44
Death of John Lawrence in Wem, Shropshire, England
Wem, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 03 Jan 1719
    Event Place: Wem, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1718
    Event Place: Wem Shropshire England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 03 Jan 1720
    Event Place: Wem,Shropshire,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1762
    Event Place: Wem, Shropshire, England
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