A Genealogical Memoir Of The Family Of John Lawrence Of Watertown 1636 With Brief Notices Of Others Of The Name In England And America

Author : John Lawrence
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ISBN 13 : 9781332296026
Total Pages : 70 pages
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Download or read book A Genealogical Memoir of the Family of John Lawrence written by John Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Genealogical Memoir of the Family of John Lawrence: Of Watertown, 1636, With Brief Notices of Others of the Name in England and America For the sake of simplicity and clearness, the matter of this sketch is arranged in three parts. The first contains, in connection with the explanation of the name Laurence, a concise account of some of the earliest and more important families and persons of the name in England, and is properly introductory to the second; which comprises within the number of sixty or more families nearly five hundred individuals whose lineage and descent from the original English ancestors, John and Elizabeth of Watertown, can be easily traced by means of the personal and family reference figures employed. The plan does not follow the course of consecutive lineal descent, yet embraces in successive families all those of the same generation. In addition to the births, marriages and deaths as they have been obtained, some not uninteresting and important historical facts have been inserted. The third and last part includes what has been ascertained of other persons of the name, supposed to have come early to this country, who settled in New England and New Netherlands. To those of the family name and lineage into whose hands this may come, it is not necessary to say, that while there has been an earnest endeavor to secure accuracy in the statements and dates given, yet it will probably be found that many errors have occurred which will need to be corrected. It has been observed in some cases that the records of the town did not agree with those of the Church, nor these again with the family registers and the burial inscriptions. Hence discrepancies arise, which can be rectified only by close comparison and carefully drawn conclusions. The request is therefore made, that any further particulars, by which what has been hereby commenced may be corrected and improved, may be furnished for the use of those who have been laboring to compile the history of this family and put it into such a form that, concerning those who are not it may be as though they were; while they who shall he will not be left entirely ignorant of these who have been. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.