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Thomas Lawrence 1720 – 1802 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Mar 1720

Birth Location: Moat House, Wem, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1 May 1802

Death Location: Birmingham, Warwickshire

Father: WILLIAM (laurance)

Mother: SARAH SAVAGE

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Basnett

Children(s): William Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, Nathaniel Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, John Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence was born in 1720 in Moat House, Wem, Shropshire, England, the child of WILLIAM LAWRENCE (laurance) and SARAH SAVAGE. Thomas Lawrence married Elizabeth Basnett, and had children including William Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, Nathaniel Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, John Towers Lawrence. Thomas Lawrence passed away in 1802 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.

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Biography

  • Thomas Lawrence was born in 1720 in Moat House, Wem, Shropshire, England, the child of WILLIAM LAWRENCE (laurance) and SARAH SAVAGE.
  • Thomas Lawrence married Elizabeth Basnett, and had children including William Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, Nathaniel Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence, John Towers Lawrence.
  • Thomas Lawrence passed away in 1802 in Birmingham, Warwickshire.

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)

Elizabeth Basnett
1715 – 1792
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

William Lawrence
1746 – 1748
Birth Location: Birmingham, Warwickshire, Eng
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Sarah Lawrence
1748 – 1830
Birth Location: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
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Nathaniel Lawrence
1748 – 1803
Birth Location: Wem, Shropshire, England
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Sarah Lawrence
1751 – 1830
Birth Location: Birmingham, England
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John Lawrence
1754 – 1825
Birth Location: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
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Thomas Lawrence's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Lawrence
1720 – 1802
Birth Place: Moat House, 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

Thomas Lawrence's Descendants

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Thomas Lawrence (1 Mar 1720 – 1 May 1802) m. Elizabeth Basnett (ABT 1715 – 11 Jan 1792)
  1. 1. William Lawrence (1746 – 1748)
  2. 2. Sarah Lawrence (1748 – 23 Oct 1830)
  3. 3. Nathaniel Lawrence (ABT 1748 – 22 Mar 1803) m. Mary Johnson (1755 – 6 Dec 1804)
    1. 1. Eliza Lawrence (1777 – 27 Oct 1811)
    2. 2. Sarah Lawrence (1780 – 20 Jul 1859)
    3. 3. Anne Lawrence (1781 – 1781)
    4. 4. Nathaniel Lawrence (22 Dec 1781 – 20 May 1824) m. Frances (Sarah) Ogden (23 Jun 1788 – 3 Aug 1829)
      1. 1. Robert (Holmes) Lawrence (1816 – )
      2. 2. Sarah (Frances) Lawrence (abt 1819 – 5 Apr 1894) m. William Talbot (4 July 1806 – 2 July 1887)
        1. 1. William (Henry) Talbot (23 Oct 1838 – 17 July 1916)
        2. 2. William Talbot (07 Aug 1839 – )
        3. 3. Frances (Sarah) Talbot (30 May 1840 – 11 July 1859)
        4. 4. John (Arthur) Talbot (5 Mar 1842 – 3 Mar 1895)
        5. 5. Lawrence Talbot (5 Apr 1844 – 24 Feb 1846)
        6. 6. George (Ogden) Talbot (15 Apr 1846 – 22 Aug 1910) m. Mary (Anne) Williams (ABT 1849 – 23 Mar 1927)
        7. 7. Charles (Lawrence) Talbot (17 Apr 1848 – 15 Feb 1849)
        8. 8. Adela Talbot (15 Jan 1850 – 8 July 1854)
        9. 9. Francis (Lawrence) Talbot (29 Dec 1851 – 6 Mar 1935) m. Gertrude Evans (Mar 1850 – 27 Apr 1941)
        10. 10. Mary (Isabel) Talbot (16 Dec 1852 – 25 Feb 1866)
        11. 11. Ida (or Ada) Talbot (8 Nov 1855 – 12 Nov 1896) m. George (Jarvis) Notcutt (ABT 1846 – 10 Apr 1925)
        12. 12. Gertrude Talbot (9 Oct 1858 – 31 Jan 1866)
        13. 13. Florence ((Flossie)) Talbot (8 Nov 1859 – 25 Apr 1943) m. Frederick (James) Kitson (Apr-Jun 1861 – 19 Nov 1935)
      3. 3. Mary Lawrence (1820 – 4 May 1914)
      4. 4. Philip (Henry) Lawrence (15 Jun 1822 – 15 Oct 1895) m. Margaret Davies (Apr-Jun 1839 – 8 Jul 1903)
        1. 1. Penelope Lawrence (10 Nov 1856 – 3 Jul 1932)
        2. 2. Henry (Lakin) Lawrence (28 May 1859 – Jan-Feb 1911)
        3. 3. Dorothy Lawrence (7 AUG 1860 – 2 May 1933)
        4. 4. Dorothy Lawrence (Sep 1860 – 2 May 1933)
        5. 5. Paul (Ogden) Lawrence (8 Sep 1861 – 26 Dec 1952) m. Maude (Mary) Turner (Oct-Dec 1862 – 28 Jan 1947)
        6. 6. Millicent Lawrence (26 Feb 1863 – 5 Nov 1925)
        7. 7. Sylvia Lawrence (11 APR 1865 – 14 Jan 1928)
        8. 8. Ruth Lawrence (11 April 1865 – 9 Apr 1942)
        9. 9. Agatha Lawrence (29 Mar 1867 – 6 Nov 1952) m. Charles (Frederick Tolme) Blyth (20 Apr 1868 – 12 Jul 1950)
        10. 10. Roger (Bernard) Lawrence (2 Jan 1869 – 8 Dec 1925) m. Clara (Mabel) Wicksteed (January 1869 – 7 Sep 1955)
        11. 11. Christabel (("Kitty")) Lawrence (2 Jan 1869 – 13 Sep 1952) m. Leslie (Cope) Cornford (May 1867 – 4 Aug 1927)
        12. 12. Theresa Lawrence (30 Jul 1870 – 18 Jun 1950)
        13. 13. Maximilian (Robert) Lawrence (20 Jun 1872 – 29 Aug 1925) m. Ettie Wraith (abt 1870 – )
        14. 14. Richard (Priestly) Lawrence (14 Sep 1874 – 10 Jul 1948) m. Charlotte (E) Sturrock
        15. 15. Richard (P) Lawrence (ABT 1875 – )
        16. 16. Stephen (March) Lawrence (ABT 1876 – )
        17. 17. Stephen (March) Lawrence (Mar 1877 – 14 Oct 1937) m. Margaret (Smith) Cleghorn (1879 – 30 Jun 1965)
      5. 5. Nathaniel (Tertius) Lawrence (1824 – 29 Apr 1898) m. Laura (Julia Johanna) Bacon (abt 1834 – 21 Mar 1917)
        1. 1. Laura (Frances) Lawrence (27 Mar 1861 – 11 Nov 1910) m. Henry (Turton) Norton (21 Jun 1847 – 9 Jun 1906)
        2. 2. Jane (Mary) Lawrence (5 Apr 1862 – 19 Apr 1944) m. George (Campbell) Giffard (11 April 1853 – 19 May 1932)
        3. 3. Lydia (Rose) Lawrence (22 Nov 1863 – 24 Feb 1914) m. Arthur (William) Bedford (abt 1864 – )
        4. 4. Helen (Johanna) Lawrence (1865 – Apr 1952) m. Henry (Herbert Gordon) Clark (Apr 1861 – Sep 1951)
        5. 5. Arabella ('Susan') Lawrence (12 Aug 1871 – 24 October 1947)
        6. 6. James (Frederick Nathaniel) Lawrence (18 Jan 1874 – Mar 1939)
      6. 6. Mary Lawrence
    5. 5. Anne Lawrence (1783 – 1783)
    6. 6. Jane ((Twin to Frances?)) Lawrence (1785 – 14 Sep 1841)
    7. 7. Jane Lawrence (1785 – 14 Sep 1841)
    8. 8. Frances ((Twin to Jane?)) Lawrence (9 Jul 1785 – 15 Feb 1816)
    9. 9. Arabella Lawrence (2 May 1787 – 13 Aug 1873)
    10. 10. Henry Lawrence (2 May 1787 – )
    11. 11. Henry Lawrence (1788 – Feb 1789)
    12. 12. Harriet Lawrence (30 Aug 1789 – 8 Mar 1863)
    13. 13. Catherine Lawrence (8 Feb 1792 – Sep 1796)
  4. 4. Sarah Lawrence (1751 – 23 Oct 1830)
  5. 5. John (Towers) Lawrence (1754 – 8 Aug 1825)

Thomas Lawrence's Timeline

5 Records

1720
1 Mar 1720
Birth of Thomas Lawrence
None
1721
1 Mar 1721
Age 1
Birth of Thomas Lawrence in Moat House, Wem, Shropshire, England
Moat House, Wem, Shropshire, England
1721
01 Mar 1721
Age 1
Thomas Lawrence was baptized
None
1802
1 May 1802
Age 82
Death of Thomas Lawrence in Birmingham, Warwickshire
Birmingham, Warwickshire
1803
20 Jun 1803
Age 83
Burial of Thomas Lawrence in Birmingham, St Philip, Warwickshire, England
Birmingham, St Philip, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Mar 1721
    Event Place: Moat House, Wem, Shropshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Shropshire, England, Extracted Parish Records
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Mar 1720

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 01 Mar 1721
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Shropshire: Wem - Parish Registers, Lichfield Diocese
    Record Source: Shropshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 May 1802
    Event Place: Birmingham, Warwickshire
    Record Source:
    [1] Birmingham, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 20 Jun 1803
    Event Place: Birmingham, St Philip, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source: Birmingham, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
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