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Participant Info
- Slaveholder
- John Lawrence
- Locations
- Newtown, Queens County, New York
- Researcher
- Derek Doran Wood
- Researcher's E-mail
- derekwood AT gmx.com
- Researcher Location
- Comments
- From the 1764 will of John Lawrence: "…Item I give and bequeath unto my Dearly beloved wife Patience Lawrence … two Negro Boys named Jacob and Peter, likewise a Negro girl named Jenny during her natural life or Widowhood … I give and bequeath unto my youngest son Daniel my Negro Boy named Jacob, after the decease of his Mother or her Remarriage."
- On-line Tree or Website
- https://www.rootsfinder.com/tree/10170/people/3B7-P8K9-RGWX Rootsfinder is still in development. If this link doesn't work, email me and I will "invite" you from the RF dashboard to view the tree.
- Join mailing list?
- 2
- Beyond Kin Researcher?
- Yes