Adam Lauren Lawrence

Brief Life History of Adam Lauren

When Adam Lauren Lawrence was born in 1735, in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph H Lawrence, was 18 and his mother, Elizabeth Martin, was 19. He married Susannah Mary Mason in 1759, in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Iredell, North Carolina, United States in 1790 and Henderson, Kentucky, United States in 1800. He registered for military service in 1780. He died on 21 July 1800, in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Adam Lauren Lawrence
1735–1800
Susannah Mary Mason
1740–1800
Marriage: 1759
John Lawrence
1760–1794
George Lawrence
1772–1852
David Lawrence
1780–
Nancy Lawrence
1764–1830
Ruth Lawrence
1764–1841
Joseph Lawrence
1765–1850
William Lawrence
1770–1816
Mary Lawrence
1773–1851
Adam Lawrence
1775–
Susannah Lawrence
1781–1865
Patience Lawrence
1784–1870

Sources (9)

  • 1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements
  • Adam Lawrence, "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782"
  • Sales Inventory, Personal Estate of Adam Lawrence, November 1800, Henderson Kentucky, Pages 7 to 12

World Events (5)

1767 · Tryon Palace

Built on August 26, 1767, the Tryon Palace became the capitol building for North Carolina. The building was named after William Tryon a British officer and colonial official.

1774 · Edenton Tea Party

On October 25, 1774, the Edenton Tea Party took place. It was the first organized women's protest. They put their cups down and refused to buy any tea.

1776

North Carolina is the 12th state.

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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