Archive:The Connecticut Nutmegger, Volume 14
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Margaret M. Weaver, "Inhabitants of Killinly, Conn.", The Connecticut Nutmegger vol. 14, no. 3 (Dec 1981):392-396.
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Whitney, Israel William
Nancy F. Carter, "John Lawrence Descendants", The Connecticut Nutmegger vol. 14, no. 3 (Dec 1981):525-529.
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2. Enoch Lawrence, son of John and Elizabeth, was born in Watertown Mass. 5 March 1648/9 and died Groton, Mass. 28 September 1744. He married 6 March 1676 Ruth Whitney, who was born 15 April 1645 daughter of John and Ruth (Reynolds) and widow of John Shattuck of Watertown.
Children:
3. Nathaniel, b Watertown 21 Feb. 1677/8 4. Daniel, b 7 Mar. 1681 5. Zehariah, b 16 July 1683 6. Jeremiah, b 1 May 1686
4. Daniel Lawrence, son of Enoch and Ruth (Whitney, Shattuck), was born Groton, Mass. 7 March 1681 and is buried in the Lower Cemetery (Mountain View), North Canaan, Conn 8 May 1777 ae 96. He married Sarah (_____) who died Plainfield, Conn. 26 January 1711/2. Married/2 5 November 1712 Hannah Jewell. Married/3 Plainfield Conn. 4 March 1724/5 Sarah Williams. Moved to Plainfield, Conn. between 1707 and 1709. Later lived with his son John, in Norfolk, Conn.
Children: by 1st Marriage
7. Daniel, b. Groton, Mass. 22 Apr. 1702 8. Isaac, b. Groton, 25 Feb 1704/5 9. Jeremiah, bpt. 1st Church, Groton 5 Oct. 1707 10. Sarah, b Plainfield, Conn. 7 Oct. 1709
- by 2nd Marriage
11. Mary, b. Plainfield 22 July 1713 12. Nathaniel, b. Plainfield 28 Oct. 1714; died 2 June 1733 13. Gideon, b. Plainfield 15 Mar. 1716/7 14. Hannah, b. Plainfield 22 Sept. 1718, died 18 May 1733 15. Ruth, b. Plainfield 11 Jul 1720
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16. Eliza(beth), born Plainfield, Conn. 6 Jan. 1725/6 17. Amie, b Plainfield 22 Aug. 1727; died 9 Dec. 1728 18. Hester, b Plainfield 10 Feb. 1728/9 19. Eles (dau), b Plainfield 19 Apr 1731 20. Eunis, b Plainfield 20 Mar. 1733; died 29 Mar. 1733 21. John, b. Plainfield 2 Jan. 1735/6 22. Sarah, b. Plainfield 26 May 1741
9. Jeremiah Lawrence, son of Daniel and Sarah, was born in Groton, Mass. and baptized 5 October 1707. He died Canaan, Conn. 9 July 1781 and is buried with his first wife Olive in the Lower or Mountain View Cemetery, North Canaan. He married Plainfield, Windham Co., Conn., 2 February 1729 Olive Wheeler who was born in Plainfield 13 January 1708/9 and died Canaan, Conn. 17 Apr. 1771/2 daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth. Married/2 23 June 1772 Elizabeth Smith who died 31 March 1772 following the birth of a son on 24 March 1772. (The Town Clerk for the Town of Canaan has confirmed the dates as the ones existing in the records; thus the discrepancy is not explained.) Jeremiah married/3 6 Jul 1773 Elizabeth (Clarke) Higbe. By 1746 Jeremiah owned land in Canaan, Coon. He and his two brothers Isaac and Daniel Jr. are among the earliest settlers of Canaan.
Children: by 1st Marriage
23. Nehemiah, b. Plainfield, Conn. 18 Mar. 1730 24. David, twin, b. Plainfield 7 Oct. 1732 25. Jonathan, b. Plainfield 7 Oct. 1732
- by 2nd Marriage
26. Jabez, b. Canaan, Conn. 24 March 1772
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27. William, b. Canaan 19 Oct. 1774 28. Putnam or Patience (a son), b. Canaan 3 Dec. 1776
24. David Lawrence, son of Jeremiah and Olive (Wheeler), was born Plainfield, Conn. 7 October 1732. He married Canaan, Conn. 16 September 1756 Sarah Tubbs who was born New Salem Parish (Colchester), Conn. 1 January 1740 daughter of Simon and Sarah (Wait).
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