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From: "Dennis A. Lawrence" <>
Subject: Re: [LAWRENCE-L] Re: Captain James Lawrence
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:59:41 -0400
In-Reply-To: <MFMBM0069CQGDLUDrkL000009a0@mfmbm006.myfamilycorp.local>


At 12:09 AM 7/11/2001 -0600, you wrote:

>I have been told I am a great (x3) grandson of Captain James Lawrence. My
>great grandmother was Sarah Josephine Lawrence who was born in 1875 in New
>York. I do not know the connection between her and Captain James Lawrence
>though. My father was born and raised in Redbank, NJ. Sarah Josephine
>Lawrence married Charles Frederick Garrett and they had 13 children while
>living in the Newark and Bloomfield areas.

Capt. James Lawrence married Julia Montandevert in 1809 and had a daughter
Mary born in 1811 and a son James who died shortly after birth. His
daughter married Lt. William Preston Griffin, USN and died shortly after
giving birth to a baby girl in Florence, Italy. No one is a direct
descendant of Captain Lawrence who died 4 Jun 1813. The same was passed
down in my family and when I attended the U.S. Naval Academy and mentioned
that fact I was quickly!! corrected and reprimanded to better check my facts.




Dennis A. Lawrence

Lawrence One-Name Study
<http://home.earthlink.net/~lawren05/

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