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Subject: [LAWRENCE-L] Re: LAWRENCE / LARRANCE, Northumberland Co. VA, Fauquier Co. VA, Barren Co. KY, IN etc.
Date: 11 Mar 2004 19:47:04 -0700
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Surnames: Lawrence
Classification: Query
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I am a descendant of William Henry Lawrence who is reported to have come from Westmoreland County Virginia on the Potomac River about 1820. He was born March 3, 1802, presumably in Westmoreland County, Virginia and died September 22, 1900 in Somerset County, Maryland.
Two stories have been documented concerning William Henry Lawrence’s journey from Virginia to Maryland. The 1st story is that William Lawrence left Virginia in a canoe at night “amid shooting and trouble”. This may have been in 1816. The 2nd story is that In 1820, William was serving dinner at a home in which he lived. As he entered the dining room, a lady seated there asked of someone else, “How long will he be here?”. Hearing this, William dropped the platter of food and bolted out the door and into the [Potomac] River. A passing boat picked him up. The captain of the boat was Edward Tyler, who carried William to Somerset County. The Tyler name is intertwined with the Lawrence name as neighbors in the census records, witnesses in legal documents and several descendants were named Tyler. August 5,1834 William married Mary Ann Sheperd. They are listed in the Somerset County 1850 census. They remained in Somerset County. Mary!
passed on in 1884 and is buried at Saint Peters Methodist Church in Oriole, Maryland. William passed on September 22, 1901 and is buried next to his wife. I am descended from their son, Peter Wesley Lawrence.
Any connection to your Virginia Lawrence line?
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