First person buried here per plaque outside of this cemetery. The youngest of three brothers who emigrated to America about in 1645 [note: seen various dates]. The older brothers were John and William. Though advanced in years he accepted the command of the forces for Queens County. His descendants were of the Newtown branch of the family. He died at Newton.Baptized St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 8 March 1619/20, son of Thomas and Joan (Antrobus) Lawrence. Came from St. Albans, Hertfordshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Planter." First settled in Ipswich; moved to Flushing NY by an unknown date, & then Newtown in 1656. Died between September 1693 (date of will) and 25 February 1703 (probate of will).
MARRIAGES: (1) By about 1646 Mary _____. (On 16 March 1662 [NS], "Thomas Laurence" and "Marie Laurence" witnessed a deed at Newtown.)
(2) New York 9 November 1692 Mary Ferguson. (In the New York Reformed Dutch Church record, the groom is stated to be a widower, residing at Hellgate, a description consistent with the subject of this sketch.)
Thomas Lawrence was grandson of JOAN ANTROBUS {1635, Unknown}, brother of JOHN LAWRENCE {1635, Ipswich} and WILLIAM LAWRENCE {1635, Ipswich}, and brother-in-law of GEORGE GIDDINGS {1635, Ipswich} and THOMAS BURNHAM {1642, Ipswich}.
Thomas Lawrence does not appear on the 1635 passenger list along with his brothers, his mother and other members of his family. He would have been fifteen years old in 1635. He may have been accidentally omitted from this passenger list, or he may have come to New England at some other time. Lacking any other evidence to determine when he might have migrated, we have chosen to treat him here with his two brothers.
In 1858 Thomas Lawrence compiled an account of the three Lawrence brothers and their descendants, to which he appended a number of full transcripts of important documents, some of which were lost in the Albany fire of 1911.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
MARRIAGES: (1) By about 1646 Mary _____. (On 16 March 1662 [NS], "Thomas Laurence" and "Marie Laurence" witnessed a deed at Newtown.)
(2) New York 9 November 1692 Mary Ferguson. (In the New York Reformed Dutch Church record, the groom is stated to be a widower, residing at Hellgate, a description consistent with the subject of this sketch.)
Thomas Lawrence was grandson of JOAN ANTROBUS {1635, Unknown}, brother of JOHN LAWRENCE {1635, Ipswich} and WILLIAM LAWRENCE {1635, Ipswich}, and brother-in-law of GEORGE GIDDINGS {1635, Ipswich} and THOMAS BURNHAM {1642, Ipswich}.
Thomas Lawrence does not appear on the 1635 passenger list along with his brothers, his mother and other members of his family. He would have been fifteen years old in 1635. He may have been accidentally omitted from this passenger list, or he may have come to New England at some other time. Lacking any other evidence to determine when he might have migrated, we have chosen to treat him here with his two brothers.
In 1858 Thomas Lawrence compiled an account of the three Lawrence brothers and their descendants, to which he appended a number of full transcripts of important documents, some of which were lost in the Albany fire of 1911.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
First person buried here per plaque outside of this cemetery. The youngest of three brothers who emigrated to America about in 1645 [note: seen various dates]. The older brothers were John and William. Though advanced in years he accepted the command of the forces for Queens County. His descendants were of the Newtown branch of the family. He died at Newton.Baptized St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 8 March 1619/20, son of Thomas and Joan (Antrobus) Lawrence. Came from St. Albans, Hertfordshire to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Planter." First settled in Ipswich; moved to Flushing NY by an unknown date, & then Newtown in 1656. Died between September 1693 (date of will) and 25 February 1703 (probate of will).
MARRIAGES: (1) By about 1646 Mary _____. (On 16 March 1662 [NS], "Thomas Laurence" and "Marie Laurence" witnessed a deed at Newtown.)
(2) New York 9 November 1692 Mary Ferguson. (In the New York Reformed Dutch Church record, the groom is stated to be a widower, residing at Hellgate, a description consistent with the subject of this sketch.)
Thomas Lawrence was grandson of JOAN ANTROBUS {1635, Unknown}, brother of JOHN LAWRENCE {1635, Ipswich} and WILLIAM LAWRENCE {1635, Ipswich}, and brother-in-law of GEORGE GIDDINGS {1635, Ipswich} and THOMAS BURNHAM {1642, Ipswich}.
Thomas Lawrence does not appear on the 1635 passenger list along with his brothers, his mother and other members of his family. He would have been fifteen years old in 1635. He may have been accidentally omitted from this passenger list, or he may have come to New England at some other time. Lacking any other evidence to determine when he might have migrated, we have chosen to treat him here with his two brothers.
In 1858 Thomas Lawrence compiled an account of the three Lawrence brothers and their descendants, to which he appended a number of full transcripts of important documents, some of which were lost in the Albany fire of 1911.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
MARRIAGES: (1) By about 1646 Mary _____. (On 16 March 1662 [NS], "Thomas Laurence" and "Marie Laurence" witnessed a deed at Newtown.)
(2) New York 9 November 1692 Mary Ferguson. (In the New York Reformed Dutch Church record, the groom is stated to be a widower, residing at Hellgate, a description consistent with the subject of this sketch.)
Thomas Lawrence was grandson of JOAN ANTROBUS {1635, Unknown}, brother of JOHN LAWRENCE {1635, Ipswich} and WILLIAM LAWRENCE {1635, Ipswich}, and brother-in-law of GEORGE GIDDINGS {1635, Ipswich} and THOMAS BURNHAM {1642, Ipswich}.
Thomas Lawrence does not appear on the 1635 passenger list along with his brothers, his mother and other members of his family. He would have been fifteen years old in 1635. He may have been accidentally omitted from this passenger list, or he may have come to New England at some other time. Lacking any other evidence to determine when he might have migrated, we have chosen to treat him here with his two brothers.
In 1858 Thomas Lawrence compiled an account of the three Lawrence brothers and their descendants, to which he appended a number of full transcripts of important documents, some of which were lost in the Albany fire of 1911.
Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project.
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