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| Name |
Lawrence, Jonathan [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Unknown |
| Person ID |
I7089 |
Sackett | Descendants of Thomas Sacket the Elder, Descendants of Simon Sackett the Colonist |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Father |
Lawrence, Jonathan, b. 20 Jun 1767, New York City, New York, USA  , d. 10 Jun 1850 (Age 82 years) |
| Mother |
Rogers, Elizabeth, d. Unknown |
| Children |
8 children |
| | 1. Lawrence, Henry, d. Unknown | | | 2. Lawrence, William Anson, d. Unknown, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China | | | 3. Lawrence, Jonathan, d. Unknown | | | 4. Lawrence, Richard, d. Unknown | | | 5. Lawrence, Isabelle, d. Unknown | | | 6. Lawrence, Judith, d. Unknown | | | 7. Lawrence, Margaret, d. Unknown | | | 8. Lawrence, Adriana, d. Unknown |
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| Family ID |
F2880 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- a counsellor-at-law, New York City.
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| Sources |
- [S2196] Historical genealogy of the Lawrence family : from their first landing in this country, 1635 to the present date, July 4th, 1858, Thomas Lawrence, (E. O. Jenkins), 102-103 (Reliability: 2), 11 Aug 2019.
5 Jonathan, the eldest and only child of Judith Fish, was born in the city of New York, on the 20th of June, 1767, and died on the 10th of June, 1850, being within ten days of the age of 83 years. After the return of his father and family to this city, and the incorporation of the Bank of New York, he became a clerk in that institution, until after the lapse of a few years, he united with Henry Whitney in the commercial firm of Lawrence & Whitney, which terminated with the death of Mr. Whitney and the political complications with Great Britain which followed his decease.
At the request of his friends, he accepted the office of President of the Merchant's Fire Insurance Company, which he held until the infirmities of age and the urgent desires of his family induced him to resign. His integrity in matters of business, and the courteousness and popularity of his deportment in private life, led to his nomination and election to the Board of Aldermen of this city, although he seldom was mingled with political circles. His children were :
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6 Jonathan, a Counsellor-at-Law in this city, was
educated in his profession in the office of the late William Slosson, and was afterwards connected with him in his professional engagements until the connection was dissolved by the death of that eminent lawyer. The leisure moments of this young survivor, were devoted to literary pursuits not very congenial (though they were not suffered to interfere) with an industrious discharge of his professional engagements. Many of his poetical essays have found their way to the press amongst the choicest effusions of the American muse ; and (as the author died at the age of 26) have been the cause of much regret that a career so promising in its commencement, should not have been permitted to reach a riper maturity.
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Researched by Ted Smith
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