Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Lawrence was born on 2 October 1768, in New York City, New York, United States, her father, John Lawrence, was 36 and her mother, Ann Burling, was 33. She married Isaac Livesay about 1789, in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States. She died on 25 August 1854, at the age of 85.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Jane Lawrence, "New York Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Livesay, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jane Lawrence, "Ohio, Church Records, 1762-2008"
Spouse and Children
1760– Male
1768–1854 Female
Parents and Siblings
1732–1794 Male
1735–1821 Female
Siblings (12)
1756–1831 Male
1758–1838 Female
1760–1800 Male
1762–1762 Female
1763–1831 Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 8
1776
Age 8
1791
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Lorens, Laurence, from Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’, a place in Italy probably named from its laurels or bay trees. The name was borne by a Christian saint who was martyred at Rome in the 3rd century AD ; he enjoyed a considerable cult throughout Europe, with consequent popularity of the personal name (French Laurent, Italian, Spanish Lorenzo, Catalan Llorenç, Portuguese Lourenço, German Laurenz, Polish Wawrzyniec, etc.). In Britain this is a common name from the 12th century, with pet forms such as Law , Low , Lawrie , Laurie , Larry , Larkin , all of which are represented in surnames. There was also a feminine form Laurencia which may have given rise to the English surname. The surname is also borne by Jews among whom it is presumably an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Ashkenazic surnames. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. German Lorenz , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Lavrenčič and Lovrenčič (patronymics from Lavrencij and Lovrenc, equivalents of Lawrence), Polish Wawrzyniak . Compare Larrance , Laurence , Lawerence , Lieurance , and Lowrance .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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