Henry Lawrence, of Charlestown - Cleaning up the family

Three different John Lawrence’s:

John Lawrence, of Charlestown married Susanna (unknown) (later Tarbell)

John Lawrence, of Watertown & Groton Married Elizabeth (unknown) and Susannah Batchelder

John Lawrence, Mayor of New York Married Susannah (unknown)

See https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000154203194821

More John Lawrence’s:

John Lawrence, Jr., of Groton no known wife

John Lawrence, of Muddy Water Married Sarah Lawrence

children of John Lawrence, of Muddy Water

“ His Inventory taken 4 July 1712. His will was witnessed by his widow Susanna on 21 July 1712. Children (mentioned in his Will):

Daniel (oldest son),
Ebenezer,
Jonathan,
David,
Elizabeth, and

Johanna. Source: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, page 13718: 2 available at: americanancestors.org”

Additionally daughter Susannah (named in his will as his wife’s child)

Therefore, disconnecting as children:

Hannah Capen

Susannah Cox

William Lawrence

I believe this children can be relocated to the Charlestown family

Sarah Lawrence

Abigail Clifford

Looks like the misplaced children did belong to John Lawrence, of Charlestown & Susanna Tarball

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawrence-2329

Samuel was born in 1712. He is the son of John Lawrence and Susanna Unknown.

Birth: 24 Jan 1712 at the Plantation of Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts[1]

Name: Samuel Lawrence [Samuel Larrence, Lorrence] Marriage 24 Jan 1733, Killingly, Connecticut Residence Place: Killingly, CT. Spouse: Patience Biggelow Spouse Residence Place: Killingly, CT.[3] Birth of daughter Mercey, 1735. [4]

About 6 months after Samuel was born in January 1712 at the Plantation of Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts, his father, John, died at that same place. John had lived in many towns in Massachusetts including Watertown, Groton, Brookline (Muddy River), Wrentham, and Sherborn. John lived in Sherborn for a period of time that overlapped the time his nephew, Samuel, son of his brother Peleg, lived there. That Samuel decided to move his small family to Killingly, Windham, Connecticut where his older brother Daniel lived. Samuel went to Killingly in the spring of 1712 to make arrangements to move there, but became sick and died soon. It is very likely that John was aware of these events and had communications with his nephew, Daniel, in Killingly. When John died a few months later, at about 76 years of age, his widow was left with 3 small children: two young girls and a 6 month old son, Samuel (probably named for John's nephew). In those days, it was common for a widow with young children to send them to relatives for upbringing. It may be that the widow,Susanna, sent Samuel to live in his much older cousin Daniel's family. Otherwise we can assume that Samuel made his way to Killingly at some later time. At any event, Samuel was living in Killingly by 1734, when he married Patience Bigelow. It can be no coincidence that as was customary, Samuel and Patience named their first female child Mercy, the name of Patience's mother. The first male child was named John, the name of Samuel's father. The next female was named Susanna, the name of Samuel's mother. The next female child was named Sarah, the name of John's first wife. [5]

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We have an extensive Bigelow tree and active researchers. I’ll tag them.

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Sherborn/Images/Sherborn_B...

Added missing children to Susannah Lawrence but I’d still love a double check.

Susannah Lawrence , Mercy Lawrence Samuel Lawrence

Patience Lawrence

Private User Does Bigelow / Lawrence look OK so far?