Henry LAWRENCE

   Ancestral File Number: 8THR-G4. User ID: 4640.

   General Notes:

Prob Immigrated Wisset England >Charlestown Massachusetts vs >Watertown
Massachusetts.

BOOKS
Pedigree ofLawrence Compiled from Heralds' Visitations, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Deeds, Charters, Wills, Parish Registers, and other Original Manuscripts H G Somerby Esq Boston CS71.L42 1856:
"John Lawrence, of Wisset, in Suffolk. Will dated June 2, 1606. Buried Jan. 16, 1607. Mar Johan. Son:
"Henry Lawrence of Wisset Named in his father's will; probably came to New England and settled in Charlestown."

Barber Genealogy, Sect I Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor Connecticut 1614-1909, Sect II Descendants of John Barber of Worcester Massachusetts 1714- 1909, Publ John Barber White, Ed Lillian May Wilson, Haverhill Mass, Press of the Nichols Print, 1909, clxiv 659p 24cm, 10-11369, CS71.B24 1909, Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor Connecticut 1614-1909.
p86: "Sarah Lawrence's sister, Prentice Lawrence, married Jacob Barber (No. 239) a cousin of David. Sarah and Prentice Lawrence were descended from John Lawrence of Watertown, Mass., a summary of thelineage being as follows:
"John Lawrence, son of Henry and Mary L. Lawrence of Wisset, Eng., bp. Oct
8, 1609. Came to Watertown, Mass. He was descended in the 17th
generation from Robert, b. 1150, who was Crusader withRichard Couer
de Lion. He distinguished himself at the Siege of Acre, and knighted,
Sir Robert of Ashton Hall..."

A Genealogical Memoir of the Families of Lawrences with a Direct Male Line from Sir Robert Lawrence of Lancashire AD 1190 down to John Lawrence of Watertown AD 1636, Mercy Hale, Boston, 1856, p3:
"His only son, Robert, succeeded to the estates, and left a son John, whose will is dated in 1556, in which year he died, leaving sons Henry, John, William of St James Park, and Richard. John, the second son, died in May, 1590. In his will he speaks of his old age. His eldest son, John, settled at Wisset, where he made his will, and dying in 1607, was succeeded by his eldest son, Henry, alsoof Wisset, who had two sons, John and Robert. John, the eldest, was baptized October 8, 1609, and about the year 1630, came to New England, (probably with his father, ) and settled at Watertown, from whence he removed to Groton, where he died July 11, 1661, aged 58..."

ANCESTRY.COM 13 Aug 2000
THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS
Henry, Charlestown, propr. before 1638. Christian, [his widow?] with her son John sold house and land July 22, 1646. This John deposed 4 (4) 1639, ae. 24 years. The widow d. March 3, 1647-8.

ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.13 8THR-G4 Henry LAWRENCE Born 10 Apr 1586 Wisset ?Lancaster England, Chr 10 Apr 1586 Wisset Suffolk England, Mar Mary (AFN:92C6-SJ), Died 2 Jun 1606 Charlestown ?Suffolk Mass.

   Marriage Information:

Henry married Mary L WEST in Wisset, Suffolk, England. (Mary L WEST was born in 1579 in Wisset, Suffolk, England and died on 3 May 1647-1648 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.)