 Abt 1609 - 1667 (57 years)
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| Name |
John Lawrence |
| Born |
Abt Oct 1609 |
Wisset, Suffolk, England  |
| Christened |
08 Oct 1609 |
Wisset, Suffolk, England [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
11 Jul 1667 |
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts [2] |
| Notes |
- He came to New England about 1630. It is probable that he was one of the large party under Gov. Wintrup, which sailed from England that year. About 1635 or earlier, he became a resident of Watertown. At about the age of 28, he was admitted a freeman on 17 Apr 1637. He was a carpenter by trade. His first land purchase was probably a lot on the east side of Fresh Pond. He also bought 35 acres from Isaac Cummins, which the latter had received in the earliest general land-grants in 1636, called the "Great Dividends." He also owned 15 acres of land at "Pequusset Common", later called "King's Common" in the northerly part of the township. On 28 Feb 1636/37, he received a grant of three acres of plough-land on the west side of Beaver Brook, with in the present borders of Waltham. From the Watertown lists of possessions in 1642, it seems that he then owned more than 150 acres. His homestead was "bounded on the E. by the highway; N by Timothy Hawkins and John Hammond [the latter a Lena STEARNS McEuen ancestor];W. by the meadow of John Biscoe; S. by land of John Flemming, deceased; widow Dix and her sonne; widow Bartlett, and said Biscoe." From comparisons to modern maps, it appears to the author of this genealogy [Historical Sketches of the Lawrence Family by Robt Lawrence, M.D. , pub 1888]
that the estate was situated in the present town of Belmont, on the W. side of Common St., 1/5 of a mile from its junction with Belmont St. John Lawrence was a member of the Grand Jury during the County Court session held a Cambridge beginning 1 Apr 1662. On 23 Oct of that year, he sold several pieces of real estate; and on the same day "John Lawrance of Water-Towne, Senior, & Carpenter," conveyed to John Biscoe his homestead , consisting of a dwelling-house, barns, and other buildings and 13 acres of land, including garders, orchards,, pastures, meadows, and plough-land, 'being the now mansion-place of mee the said John Lawrance, ' " He then removed to Groton where his name appears on the records in the following Dec. His homestead there was situated SW of Gibbet Hill, a short distance E. of the First Parish Meeting-house and near where Love Lane joins the present road to Lowell. As one of the early settlers of Groton, he was nan original land proprietor, and owner of a 20 acre right. He was twice chosen as a selectman, served one year as a surveryor of highways, and was a useful and honored citizen.
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| Person ID |
I5440 |
Devin Timber | David Devin Pedigree |
| Last Modified |
28 May 2013 |
| Father |
Henry Lawrence, b. Wisset, Suffolk, England , d. Aft 1635, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Mother |
Mary, b. Wisset, Suffolk, England |
| Married |
Wisset, Suffolk, England |
| Family ID |
F1902 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Cooke, d. 29 Aug 1663, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Married |
Abt 1635 |
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts [1] |
| Notes |
- No record has been found to give the precise date and place. Most of their 13 children were born in Watertown, before they removed to Groton, MA in the late autumn of 1662.
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| Children |
| + | 1. Peleg Lawrence, b. 10 Jan 1646/47, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 10 Jan 1691/92, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 45 years) |
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| Last Modified |
23 May 2010 |
| Family ID |
F1900 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S04505] Historical Sketches of Lawrence Family, Richard M. Lawrence, M.D., (Rand Avery County, Boston, 1888), p. 7.
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- [S04505] Historical Sketches of Lawrence Family, Richard M. Lawrence, M.D., (Rand Avery County, Boston, 1888), p. 10.
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