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Descendants of John Lawrence

Generation No. 1

1. KNIGHT AND BARONET JOHN¹⁴ LAWRENCE (THOMAS¹³, THOMAS¹², ARTHUR¹¹, THOMAS¹⁰, JAMES⁹, ROBERT⁸, ROBERT⁷, EDMUND⁶, JOHN⁵, JOHN⁴, JAMES³, ROBERT², ROBERT¹) (Source: (1) John Bennett Boddie, TITLE, Page 489., (2) TITLE, 210 Wootton Road Sandston, Virginia 23150.) was born Abt. 1589 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England (Source: G. E. C., ed., Complete Baronetage, London: Willima Pollard & Co., 1902 ,.), and died November 12, 1638 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England (Source: G. E. C., ed., Complete Baronetage, London: Willima Pollard & Co., 1902 ,.). He married MARY GRISSELLE GIBBONE (Source: TITLE, 210 Wootton Road Sandston, Virginia 23150.) Abt. 1610 in England (Source: G. E. C., ed., Complete Baronetage, London: Willima Pollard & Co., 1902 ,.), daughter of GERVASE GIBBONS. She was born Abt. 1590 in England (Source: Sir George John Armytage, Middlesex Pedigrees as Collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian MS. No. 1551.), and died March 1674/75 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England (Source: G. E. C., ed., Complete Baronetage, London: Willima Pollard & Co., 1902 ,.).

Notes for KNIGHT AND BARONET JOHN LAWRENCE:
Sir John Lawrence ,merchant of London.Dates in Historical S outhern Families Vol.1 page 181 by John Bennett Boddie 1958
Sir John and Sir Thomas are both buried IN Old Chelse a Church in Chelsea (formerly a suburb of London but now i n the London metropolitan area. In February of this year , my wife had the good fortune to visit London and I spen t a great deal of time at this church. There are wonderfu l old monuments in honor of Sir John and Sir Thomas (thei r original burial monuments). I will send you pictures. T his church was the parish church of Sir Thomas More. On on e side of the Nave there is the More Chapel and on the othe r side the Lawrence Chapel. It was quite amazing to see. I nfo from Thomas Humphrey Lawrence <TH Lawrence @aol.com>

Sir John Lawrence made his will on October 18, 1638, and i t was probated on January 21, 1638/9. His will reads as fol lows: [IT:I, Sir John Lawrence of Delefords and Iver, Buck s Kt. and Bt., desire to be buried in my Chapel at Chelsea . All my interest in the Parsonage of Dorking, Surrey, whi ch I, with my brother-in-law Richard Colville, purchased o f Richard Hollman, to my sister Martha Jackson, widow, an d she be dead at my decease same to her daughter Martha. 30 0Ł to my eldest daughter, Ann Lawrence ; 200Ł to my secon d daughter Frances Lawrence ; bequests to servants; all m y interest in 7010Ł which long since I recovered my judgeme nt of Anne Babington, executrix of Vry Babington, dec., i n H. M. Court of Exchequer due me from the estate of Rober t Bromley, dec. Of what can be recovered 1/2 to my eldes t son John Lawrence and the other moiety to my younger chil dren. 100 marks towards the finishing of my house at Iver . Rest of personal estate to my younger children, Anne, Ro bert, Frances , Grissell, and Henry, those age 21 to be pai d soon as possible and the others to be paid at 21 or marri age. All portions of my younger children to amount to 900 Ł apiece and all my houses and land at Chelsea to provide t his. * * * The settling of wife's estate has cost me more a t this date than double the value of her inheritance, wer e it to be sold. The legacies of 5000Ł which I have give n her younger children is more than double the value of he r estate after her decease. Wife Dame Grissell to sole ext rx. provide she shall settle within 12 months after my deat h all her estate in lands and tenements on her eldest son J ohn Lawrence and heirs male and in default of same to son R obert Lawrence , etc. Witnesses Pugh Flood, clarke; Samue l Forest, John Hynde, Martha Jackson, Rice Thomas.:IT][CI:1 06:?3:CI]

Hugh Buckner Johnston in his [IT: Lawrence Family:IT] manu script relates the following concering Sir John Lawrenc e : "Sir John Lawrence , Knight and Baronet, was a wealth y merchant of London. He purchased one share of stock in t he Virginia Company in Virginia on June 23, 1620, a fact th at may entitle his descendants to membership in the Order o f the First Families of Virginia. In June 1632, Sir John L awrence , "Adventurer", and others, recorded their plans t o transport three hundred colonists for agriculture, mining , etc., to Long Isle, about one hundred fifty miles north o f Jamestown. On August 24, 1635, he was party to a suit i n the High Court of Admiralty in London, and his kinsman an d factor, Richard Bennett, testified concerning goods sen t to Virginia on the ship[IT:Revenge:IT]." He entered Oxfo rd (St. John's College) 27 May 1603 at age 14. He receive d a B. A. from Oriel College on 29 October 1604 and a M. A . from St. Edm Hall on 7 July 1615. John was knighted at R oyston 26 January 1609/10 and was made a baronet on 9 Octob er 1628.[CI:358:?3:CI]

More About KNIGHT AND BARONET JOHN LAWRENCE:
Burial: November 12, 1638, Old Chelsea Church, Chelsea, Middlesex, England (Source: G. E. C., ed., Complete Baronetage, London: Willima Pollard & Co., 1902 ,.)

Notes for MARY GRISSELLE GIBBONE:
Grissell's will was proved in 1679.

Grissell was co-heir of Jervas Gibbons of Benenden in
Kent.[CI:104:?1:CI]

More About MARY GRISSELLE GIBBONE:
Burial: March 22, 1674/75, Chelsea, Middlesex, England (Source: G. E. C., ed., Complete Baronetage, London: Willima Pollard & Co., 1902 ,.)

Marriage Notes for JOHN LAWRENCE and MARY GIBBONE:
Reference Number:46675

Children of JOHN LAWRENCE and MARY GIBBONE are:

2.	i.	JOHN¹⁵ LAWRENCE, b. Abt. 1615, Chelsea, Middlesex, England; d. 1664, Chelsea, Middlesex, England.
3.	ii.	IMMIGRANT ROBERT LAWRENCE, b. Abt. 1617, Chelsea, Middlesex, England; d. Aft. October 19, 1682, Nansemond County, Virginia (Later Perquimans County, North Carolina 1689).
	iii.	ANNE LAWRENCE (Source: TITLE, 210 Wootton RoadSandston, Virginia 23150.), b. 1618; d. 1618.
4.	iv.	GRISSELL LAWRENCE, b. Abt. 1622; d. Y.
	v.	HENRY LAWRENCE (Source: (1) TITLE, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lawrpaul/index.htm13 Park TerraceFairfield Glade, TN 38558tel.: 931-456-4776., (2) TITLE, 210 Wootton RoadSandston, Virginia 23150.), b. Abt. 1624 (Source: Sir George John Armytage, Middlesex Pedigrees as Collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian MS. No. 1551.); d. Y.

Notes for HENRY LAWRENCE:
Henry was a merchant to Turkey

5.	vi.	SIR. THOMAS LAWRENCE, b. Abt. 1626; d. April 1714, Chelsea, Middlesex, England.
	vii.	ANN LAWRENCE (Source: John Bennett Boddie, TITLE, Page 490, Reading of will.), b. Abt. 1628 (Source: Sir George John Armytage, Middlesex Pedigrees as Collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian MS. No. 1551.); d. Y.
	viii.	FRANCES LAWRENCE (Source: (1) John Bennett Boddie, TITLE, Page 490, Reading of will., (2) TITLE, 210 Wootton RoadSandston, Virginia 23150.), b. Abt. 1630 (Source: Sir George John Armytage, Middlesex Pedigrees as Collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian MS. No. 1551.); d. Y.
	ix.	SAMPSON LAWRENCE, b. Abt. 1632 (Source: Sir George John Armytage, Middlesex Pedigrees as Collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian MS. No. 1551.); d. Y.

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