Sir James LAWRENCE

   Another name for James was Sir Knight.

   Ancestral File Number: FQ87-38. User ID: 38010880.

   General Notes:

Sir Knight.

BOOKS
Genealogy of the Lawrence Family, from their First Landing in this Country AD 1635 to the Present Date July 4th 1858, Thomas Lawrence, New York, Edward O Jenkins, 1858.
p2: "The patronymic of our family is of great antiquity, having originated with the Latins. Several members of the family of Lawrence have held and still hold responsible and distinguished stations, as well in the Church and civil service, as in the Army and Navy of the British empire; and many branches, also, have intermarried with the clergy and nobility.
"The first ancestors of this family, of which we have any knowledge, was Sir Robert Lawrence, of Ashton Hall, in Lancastershire, England. It may perhaps be interesting to this family to know that there is a marriage between a grandson of this gentleman and the Washington family. Sir James Lawrence and Matilda Washington, in the reign of Henry III..."

Pedigree of Lawrence Compiled from Heralds' Visitations, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Deeds, Charters, Wills, Parish Registers, and other Original Manuscripts H G Somerby Esq Boston CS71.L42 1856:
"Sir Robert Lawrence, of Ashton Hall, in Lancashire, mar -------, daughter of ------ Trafford, Esq. of Lancashire. Son:
"James Lawrence, of Ashton Hall, married Matilda, daughter and heir of John de Washington."

ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.13 FQ87-38 James LAWRENCE Born Abt 1220Ashton Hall Lancashire England Mar 1252 Matilda DE WASHINGTON (AFN:FQ87-4F).

   Marriage Information:

James married Matilda De WASHINGTON, daughter of John De WASHINGTON, in 1252. (Matilda De WASHINGTON was born about 1224 in Ashton Hall, Lancashire, England.)