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Priscilla Ann Lawrence 1661 – 1739 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1661

Birth Location: Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond)

Death Date: 04 Sep 1739

Death Location: Bertie, North Carolina Colony

Father: John Lawrence

Mother: Mary Power

Spouse(s): Rev. VA), Rev. VA)

Children(s): John Whitfield, William Whitfield, Elizabeth (Smith), William Whitfield

In 1661, Priscilla Ann Lawrence entered the world in Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond), born to John R. Lawrence and Mary Ellen Power. In 1600, Priscilla Ann Lawrence resided in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA. Priscilla Ann Lawrence married Rev. Matthew Carol Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to VA), Rev. Matthew Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to VA), and had children including John Whitfield, William Joshua Whitfield, Elizabeth Brown Whitfield (Smith), William Joshua Whitfield. Priscilla Ann Lawrence passed away in 1739 in Bertie, North Carolina Colony.

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Biography

  • In 1661, Priscilla Ann Lawrence entered the world in Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond), born to John R. Lawrence and Mary Ellen Power.
  • In 1600, Priscilla Ann Lawrence resided in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.
  • Priscilla Ann Lawrence married Rev. Matthew Carol Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to VA), Rev. Matthew Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to VA), and had children including John Whitfield, William Joshua Whitfield, Elizabeth Brown Whitfield (Smith), William Joshua Whitfield.
  • Priscilla Ann Lawrence passed away in 1739 in Bertie, North Carolina Colony.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Lawrence
1636 – 1695
Birth Location: Lawne Creek Parish, James City, Virginia
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Mary Power
1643 – 1700
Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Rev. VA)
1666 – 1761
Birth Location: , Surrey, , England
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Rev. VA)
1657 – 1761
Birth Location: Surrey, England
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Children(s)

John Whitfield
1680 – 1700
Birth Location: Isle, Virginia, United States
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William Whitfield
1688 – 1770
Birth Location: Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, USA
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Elizabeth (Smith)
1692 – 1770
Birth Location: Middlesex, Virginia, USA
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William Whitfield
1688 – 1770
Birth Location: Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia, USA
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Priscilla Lawrence's Ancestors

Self
Priscilla Lawrence
1661 – 1739
Birth Place: Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond)
Parents
John R. Lawrence
1636 – 1695
Lawne Creek Parish, James City, Virginia
Mary (Ellen) Power
1643 – 1700
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Robert Lawrence
1611 – 1682
Chelsea, Middlesex, London, England
Elizabeth Adkinson
1615 – 1660
Chelsea, Middlesex, London, England
John (Joseph Power, 5th Baron Le Power and) Coroghmore
1597 – 1661
Curraghmore, Clonagam, barony of Upperthird, (Carrick on Sui, Waterford, Munster, Ireland
Lady (Ruth Baroness le Poer Curraghmore) Pyphoe
1598 – 1642
Waterford, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John Lawrence
1588 – 1638
Mary Gibbone
1590 – 1675
Henry Atkinson
1590 – 1641
Phillis Fleming
1590 – 1641
Robert Phypoe
1570 – 1599
Kinborough Valentine
1575 – 1598
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Esquire
1569 – 1593
Martha Cage
1560 – 1593
Gervas Gibbon
1535 – 1594
Grysell Birde
1523 –
William Atkinson
1550 – 1876
Susan Hodgson
1550 – 1590
Lancelot Fleming
1534 – 1617
Isabell Fether
1538 – 1642

Priscilla Lawrence's Descendants

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Priscilla (Ann) Lawrence (1661 – 04 Sep 1739) m. Rev. (Matthew Carol Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to) VA) (1666 – 1761) m. Rev. (Matthew Whitfield II (Immigrant) (arriv in "The Providence" his own ship 1664 to) VA) (1657 – 14 Jun 1761)
  1. 1. John Whitfield (1680 – 1700)
  2. 2. William (Joshua) Whitfield (1688 – 1770) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Goodman (1697 – 1773) m. Maryanne Whitfield (1718 – )
    1. 1. Daughter Whitfield (1713 – )
    2. 2. Isham Whitfield (1714 – 10 April 1750)
    3. 3. Mark Whitfield (1714 – )
    4. 4. John Whitfield (1714 – )
    5. 5. William Whitfield (20 May 1715 – 31 Mar 1795) m. Elizabeth Goodman m. Rachel (B) Bryan (10 Jun 1723 – Nov 1780)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Whitfield (16 Mar 1746 – 3 Nov 1800) m. Alexander Smith (1735 – 1779)
        1. 1. Rachel Smith (2 Sep 1763 – 1824) m. Isaac Williams (1756 – 9 Jun 1815)
        2. 2. Mary Turner
      2. 2. Charity Whitfield (6 Apr 1756 – 21 Aug 1818) m. David ((Col.)) Smith (7 SEP 1746 – 10 March 1795)
        1. 1. Lydia Smith (1772 – March 1846)
        2. 2. Edith Smith (26 Dec 1772 – 15 Mar 1841)
        3. 3. Samuel Smith (30 Sep 1774 – 17 Mar 1813)
        4. 4. William Smith (5 Aug 1776 – 10 Oct 1833)
        5. 5. Rachel Smith (10 January 1778 – 20 May 1841)
        6. 6. Mary Smith (10 Dec 1779 – 01 Feb 1780)
        7. 7. David Smith (18 Sep 1781 – 7 June 1805)
        8. 8. Jonathan Smith (20 Jun 1783 – 2 Sep 1819)
        9. 9. Whitfield Smith (7 Sep 1785 – 25 Mar 1817)
        10. 10. Charity (Whitfield) Smith (8 Jan 1788 – 10 October 1843) m. Alexander (Samuel) Williams (31 Jan 1789 – 17 May 1871)
        11. 11. Elizabeth ((Bettie)) Smith (27 Jan 1790 – 24 Nov 1790)
        12. 12. Needham Smith (25 Mar 1793 – 18 May 1859)
        13. 13. Louis Smith (22 Oct 1795 – 1 Sep 1796)
    6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth) Whitfield (20 May 1715 – 30 December 1791)
    7. 7. Constantine Whitfield (1716 – 1723)
    8. 8. Mary (Elizabeth "Edith") Whitfield (7 MAR 1717 – 14 April 1785) m. COL. (SAMUEL) SMITH (27 May 1709 – 14 Sep 1783) m. Samiel Smith (1646 – 1688)
      1. 1. Maney Smith (25 Nov 1730 (poss 1739) – 25 Nov 1819)
      2. 2. COL. (BENJAMIN) SMITH (1735 – 30 Jun 1808)
      3. 3. Alexander Smith (1735 – 1779) m. Elizabeth Whitfield (16 Mar 1746 – 3 Nov 1800)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Smith (27 May 1737 – 17 Apr 1783)
      5. 5. John (Smith Jr,) Col (1738 – 30 May 1813)
      6. 6. Nancy (Ann) Smith (1738 – 25 Nov 1819)
      7. 7. Jane (Smith) Lane (ABT 1739 – BET 1753 AND 1833) m. Joel Williams (1730 – 30 Dec 1760) m. Theophilus Hunter (1727 – Jul 1798)
        1. 1. Pheribah Williams (Abt. 1753 – 1828)
        2. 2. Samuel Williams (1754 – Abt. Apr 1805)
        3. 3. Nathan Williams (1755 – )
        4. 4. Isaac Williams (1756 – 9 Jun 1815) m. Rachel Smith (2 Sep 1763 – 1824)
        5. 5. Joel Williams (1758 – 2 Feb 1818)
        6. 6. Hannah Williams ( – abt 1770)
        7. 7. Delilah Hunter (abt 1755 – November 1793)
        8. 8. Delilah Hunter (1765 – 1798)
        9. 9. Edith Hunter (23 Nov 1766 – 1861)
        10. 10. Theophilus ("Orphy") Hunter (1767 – 18 Nov 1840)
        11. 11. Henry ("Harry") Hunter (1770 – 24 Jul 1810)
        12. 12. Irene Hunter (est 1770 – 1822)
        13. 13. Osborne Hunter (28 Jan 1772 – 1810)
        14. 14. Mary ("Polly" Smith) Hunter (1776 – 1833)
        15. 15. Adelaide Hunter (1778 – )
        16. 16. Clara ("Clary") Hunter (1781 – 1862)
        17. 17. James Hunter
        18. 18. Isaac Hunter ( – 1899)
        19. 19. Ransom Hunter
      8. 8. Edith (Elizabeth) Smith (1743 – 1792)
      9. 9. Samuel (Larkin) Smith (12 Jun 1744 – 8 March 1809)
      10. 10. David ((Col.)) Smith (7 SEP 1746 – 10 March 1795) m. Charity Whitfield (6 Apr 1756 – 21 Aug 1818)
      11. 11. Pherabee Smith (16 Oct 1748 – 19 Dec 1810)
      12. 12. Jonathan Smith (01 Jun 1758 – 01 Jun 1818)
      13. 13. Esther Barnes (1760 – 1830)
      14. 14. Alexander Smith (1763 – 4 Apr 1831)
    9. 9. Matthew Whitfield (1716 – 1785)
    10. 10. Edith Whitfield (7 September 1717 – 14 April 1785)
    11. 11. Elizabeth ((Katie) Patience) Whitfield (1718 – 1759)
    12. 12. Luke Whitfield (19 Feb 1718 – 1780)
    13. 13. Sarah Whitfield (1720 – 1770)
    14. 14. Luke Whitfield (22 1721 – 1780)
    15. 15. Robert Whitfield (1722 – )
    16. 16. Joseph Whitfield (20 Dec 1722 – 1794)
    17. 17. Son Whtifield (1725 – )
    18. 18. Constantine Whitfield (1727 – 28 Oct 1798)
    19. 19. Constantine Whitfield (6 Mar 1727 – 28 Oct 1798)
    20. 20. Margaret Whitfield (1728 – 1772)
    21. 21. Margaret Whitfield (1728 – 1772)
    22. 22. Sarah Whitfield (1731 – 1770)
    23. 23. Charlotte Whitfield (1733 – )
    24. 24. Mary (Elizabeth) Whitfield (1735 – 1790)
    25. 25. James (T) Whitefield (1735 – 31 March 1795)
    26. 26. Charity Whitfield (1736 – 21 August 1818) m. Fredrick O'Daniel (1730 – 1773) m. Daniel Herring (1729 – 1787)
      1. 1. William O'Daniel (1755 – )
      2. 2. Elizabeth O'Daniel (1756 – )
      3. 3. Benjamin O'Daniel (1758 – )
      4. 4. Alexander O'Daniel (1759 – 1816)
      5. 5. Owen O'Daniel (1760 – October 1834)
    27. 27. Elizabeth (Mary) Whitfield (23 Mar 1736 – 17 Oct 1817)
    28. 28. Elizabeth (Selina) Whitfield (1738 – 24 February 1809)
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Brown Whitfield) (Smith) (1692 – 1770)

Priscilla Lawrence's Timeline

9 Records

1600
1600-1705
Priscilla Ann Lawrence resided here in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
1660
1660
Birth of Priscilla Ann Lawrence in Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Nansemond, Virginia, United States
1660
1660
Birth of Priscilla Ann Lawrence in Isle of Wight or, Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Isle of Wight or, Nansemond, Virginia, United States
1661
1661
Birth of Priscilla Ann Lawrence in Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond)
Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond)
1668
1668
Age 7
Birth of Priscilla Ann Lawrence in Isle of Wight or, Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Isle of Wight or, Nansemond, Virginia, United States
1739
23 Apr 1739
Age 78
Death of Priscilla Ann Lawrence in Bertie, North Carolina, United States
Bertie, North Carolina, United States
1739
4 September 1739
Age 78
Death of Priscilla Ann Lawrence in Bertie, North Carolina Colony
Bertie, North Carolina Colony
1739
04 Sep 1739
Age 78
Death of Priscilla Ann Lawrence in Bertie, North Carolina Colony
Bertie, North Carolina Colony
1739
2 Mar 1739
Age 78
Burial of Priscilla Ann Lawrence in Middlesex, England
Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1660
    Event Place: Nansemond, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1668
    Event Place: Isle of Wight or, Nansemond, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1660
    Event Place: Isle of Wight or, Nansemond, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1661
    Event Place: Isle of Wight Co, Virginia, USA (Nansemond)

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1600-1705
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Seventeenth century Isle of Wight County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Apr 1739
    Event Place: Bertie, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 September 1739
    Event Place: Bertie, North Carolina Colony

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Sep 1739
    Event Place: Bertie, North Carolina Colony

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1739
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
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