LAWRENCE OF WETHERBY

 

Based so far on only the (rare) name being the same, the Mungo Lawrence in the first generation below may have been the same person as Mungo Laurence (son of John Laurence) who was baptised on 21 January 1666 at St Mary, Carlisle, Cumberland.

 

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LAWRENCE

 

1          MUNGO LAWRENCE of Wetherby, Yorkshire, farmer, was buried on 17 March 1716/17 at Spofforth, Yorkshire.[1] He married on 5 January 1692/93 at Harewood, Yorkshire, HANNAH THORNHILL,[2] who was buried on 11 May 1715 at Spofforth.[3]

 

                Children of Mungo and Hannah (Thornhill) Lawrence:

                                i               ANN LAWRENCE, b 11 Oct 1693, bap 1 Nov 1693, St Peter, Leeds.[4]

                                ii             JOHN LAWRENCE, bap 16 Oct 1695, Spofforth, bur 10 Jan 1695/96, Spofforth.[5]

                2              iii            JOSEPH LAWRENCE (1697-1744); m(1) MARY BEAN; m(2) RACHEL RENTON.

                                iv            MARY LAWRENCE, bap 4 Aug 1699, Spofforth.[6]

                                v              WILLIAM LAWRENCE of Spofforth, bap 15 Aug 1702, Spofforth, d 15 Aug 1783, bur 17 Aug 1783, Spofforth.[7]

                                vi            HANNAH LAWRENCE, bap 12 Feb 1704/05, Spofforth,[8] bur 7 Jun 1749, Cawood;[9] m 25 Nov 1731, Newton Kyme, DAVID HICK.[10]

                                vii            JOHN LAWRENCE, bap 28 Jun 1707, Wetherby.[11]

                                viii           RICHARD LAWRENCE of Wetherby, joiner, bap 9 Oct 1710, Wetherby,[12] d 7 Jan 1784, bur 9 Jan 1784, Bramham;[13] m 3 Jun 1734, St Peter, Leeds, SUSANNA BRADLEY.[14]

2          JOSEPH LAWRENCE of Wetherby, joiner, was baptised on 27 January 1696/97 at Spofforth and buried on 13 July 1744 at Spofforth.[15] He married firstly on 15 June 1718 at Bradford, Yorkshire, MARY BEAN,[16] who was was buried on 14 March 1730/31 at Spofforth.[17] Joseph married secondly, on 26 December 1733 at Harewood, RACHEL RENTON,[18] daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Bradley) Renton (see here). Rachel was baptised on 30 December 1706 at Harewood and buried on 19 June 1775 at Spofforth.

 

                Children of Joseph and Mary (Bean) Lawrence:

                                i              HANNAH LAWRENCE, bap 22 Jan 1719/20, Spofforth.[19]

                                ii            JOSEPH LAWRENCE, bap 19 Jun 1725, Spofforth.[20]

                                iii           MARY LAWRENCE, bap 19 Oct 1727, Spofforth.[21]

 

                Children of Joseph and Rachel (Renton) Lawrence:

                3              iv            GEORGE LAWRENCE (1734-1816); m PATIENCE HESLEDEN.

                                v              RACHEL LAWRENCE, bap 8 Aug 1736, Spofforth.[22]

                                vi            SAMUEL LAWRENCE, bap 26 Aug 1738, Spofforth.[23]

                                vii           BENJAMIN LAWRENCE of Tadcaster, tailor, bap 27 Sep 1740, Spofforth,[24] d 20 Apr 1804, bur 21 Apr 1804, Tadcaster;[25] m 24 Oct 1759, Tadcaster, MAISECUNDUS SMITH.[26]

                                viii          ANN LAWRENCE, bap 5 Jun 1743, Wetherby, bur 20 Mar 1745/46, Spofforth.[27]

 

3          GEORGE LAWRENCE of Wetherby, joiner, was baptised on 13 November 1734 at Spofforth and buried on 3 March 1816 at Spofforth.[28] He married on 30 July 1759 at Bradford, PATIENCE HESLEDEN,[29] daughter of Jeremy and Grace (Newel) Hesleden (see here). Patience was baptised on 5 September 1736 at Bradford, died on 3 August 1799 and was buried on 5 August 1799 at Spofforth.

 

                Children of George and Patience (Hesleden) Lawrence:

                4              i               JAMES LAWRENCE (bap 1760); m ELLEN STANDBANK.

                                ii             PATIENCE LAWRENCE, bap 14 Jun 1761, Wetherby,[30] bur 19 Feb 1837, Wighill;[31] m(1) 17 May 1789, Tadcaster, THOMAS JOHNSON;[32] m(2) 21 May 1816, Wighill, WILLIAM MESSENGER.[33]

                                iii            ANN LAWRENCE, bap 11 Jul 1762, Spofforth,[34] d 29 Oct 1801, bur 1 Nov 1801, Spofforth;[35] m 5 Oct 1800, Spofforth, ZADOCK HUNTER.[36]

                                iv            GEORGE LAWRENCE of Wetherby, labourer, bap 24 Apr 1764, Wetherby,[37] bur 27 Oct 1830, Kirk Deighton;[38] m 24 Jan 1791, Spofforth, ELIZABETH EMMINWAY.[39]

                                v              SAMUEL LAWRENCE of Wetherby, bap 3 Nov 1765, Wetherby, bur 20 Jun 1833, Spofforth.[40]

                                vi            SALLY LAWRENCE, b ca 1767.[41]

                                vii           JOHN LAWRENCE, bap 18 Sep 1768, Wetherby.[42]

                                viii          JOSHUA LAWRENCE of Kirk Hammerton, labourer, bap 24 May 1770, Wetherby,[43] bur 30 Jun 1847, Kirk Hammerton;[44] m 10 Oct 1791, Kirk Deighton, MARY CASS.[45]

                                ix            GRACE LAWRENCE, bap 12 Jan 1772, Wetherby, bur 5 Jul 1772, Spofforth.[46]

                                x              HANNAH LAWRENCE, bap 2 Apr 1773, Wetherby,[47] bur 15 Aug 1847, Alne;[48] m 2 Dec 1800, Spofforth, JOHN JACKSON.[49]

                                xi            MARY LAWRENCE, bap 9 Oct 1774, Wetherby.[50]

                                xii           JOSEPH LAWRENCE, bur 18 Aug 1776, Spofforth.[51]

                                xiii          WILLIAM LAWRENCE, bap 28 May 1778, Wetherby;[52] m(1) 2 Dec 1800, Spofforth, MARGARET MALTON;[53] m(2) 29 Sep 1811, Spofforth, ANN HARRISON.[54]

4          JAMES LAWRENCE of Wetherby, labourer, was baptised on 25 May 1760 at Wetherby.[55] He married on 31 January 1788 at Thorner, Yorkshire, ELLEN STANDBANK,[56] daughter of John and Dorothy (Ingham) Standbank (see here). Ellen was baptised on 6 August 1769 at Aberford, Yorkshire, and buried on 5 December 1829 at Spofforth.

 

                Children of James and Ellen (Standbank) Lawrence:

                                i              JOHN LAWRENCE, b 14 Jul 1788, bap 10 Aug 1788, Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire.[57]

                                ii             MARY LAWRENCE, b 24 Sep 1790, Wetherby,[58] d 8 Oct 1864;[59] m 18 May 1812, Spofforth, JAMES WHEATER.[60]

                                iii            JAMES LAWRENCE, b 27 May 1793, bap 4 Aug 1793, Wetherby.[61]

                                iv            SAMUEL LAWRENCE of Long Marston, agricultural labourer, b 20 Sep 1795, Wetherby,[62] d 3 Jul 1866, Long Marston;[63] m 26 Jan 1819, Long Marston, MARY HICK.[64]

                                v              ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b 29 Apr 1798, Wetherby,[65] bur 30 Mar 1883, Bramham;[66] m 18 May 1823, Spofforth, JOHN ROBINSON.[67]

                                vi            MATTHEW LAWRENCE, b 20 Jan 1802, bap 14 Feb 1802, Wetherby, d 11 Aug 1806, bur 13 Aug 1806, Spofforth.[68]

                5              vii           WILLIAM LAWRENCE (1805-1871); m ELIZABETH CAPPER.

                                viii          JOSEPH LAWRENCE, b 21 Apr 1808, bap 15 May 1808, Wetherby.[69]

 

5          WILLIAM LAWRENCE of Leeds, groom and cab driver, was born on 8 September 1805 at Wetherby[70] and died on 20 October 1871 at Leeds.[71] He married on 1 April 1827 at Aberford, ELIZABETH CAPPER,[72] daughter of Richard and Ann (Johnson) Capper (see here). Elizabeth was born at Aberford, baptised there on 19 May 1805, and died on 2 November 1880 at Leeds.

 

                Children of William and Elizabeth (Capper) Lawrence:

                                i               ANN LAWRENCE, b Aberford, bap 23 Sep 1827, Aberford;[73] m 14 Oct 1849, St Peter, Leeds, WILLIAM ROBERTS.[74]

                                ii             ELLEN LAWRENCE, b Wetherby, bap 21 Jun 1829, Wetherby;[75] m 16 Mar 1856, St Peter, Leeds, SAMUEL JOHNSON.[76]

                                iii            JAMES LAWRENCE, bap 13 Feb 1831, Wetherby.[77]

                                iv            MARY JANE LAWRENCE, b 8 Dec 1832, Leeds,[78] d 20 Jun 1873, New Wortley;[79] m 2 Dec 1854, St Peter, Leeds, SAMUEL BALDWIN[80] (see here).

                                v              JOHN LAWRENCE, cloth finisher, b 19 Sep 1834, Leeds.[81]

                                vi            ELIZA LAWRENCE, b 21 Sep 1836, bap 23 Oct 1836, St Peter, Leeds,[82] bur 6 Oct 1837, St Mary, Leeds.[83]

                                vii            ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b 17 Oct 1838, bap 6 Nov 1838, St Peter, Leeds,[84] bur 11 Oct 1840, St Mary, Leeds.[85]

                                viii          WILLIAM LAWRENCE, cloth finisher, b ca 1841, Leeds, bap 10 Dec 1843, St Peter, Leeds.[86]

                                ix             ELIZABETH LAWRENCE, b 19 Nov 1843, bap 10 Dec 1843, St Peter, Leeds,[87] bur 24 Jun 1849, Leeds.[88]

                                x              SARAH LAWRENCE, b ca 1845, Leeds.[89]


[1] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[2] Harewood parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The bride’s name is given (in English) as “Anna Thornehill”.

[3] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[4] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[5] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[6] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[7] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[8] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[9] Cawood parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[10] Newton Kyme parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). The 1778 baptism entry for Thomas Blyth in the Wistow parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk) gives his mother as “Ann Daugr of David Hick of Cawood Farmr by Hannah Daugr of Mungo Lawrance of Wetherby Farmr”. See also Geoff Blyth’s notes to the entry for Borthwick Institute, DC.CP.1780/1, at www.dhi.ac.uk/causepapers/causepaper.jsp?id=114033.

[11] Spofforth bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[12] Spofforth bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[13] Bramham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[14] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Brian Jones, ed., Population Listing for the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1776 (Bradford, 1996), 11.

[15] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[16] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Joseph is said to be of the parish of “Spawforth”.

[17] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Spofforth bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[18] Harewood parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The couple are named as “Joshua Lowrance & Rachil Renton”. However, from other records, this was evidently the marriage of Joseph Lawrence. For example, the baptism entry for Elizabeth Lowrance in the Tadcaster parish registers in 1778 states that her father was “Benjamin Lowrance of Tadcaster Taylor Son of Joseph Lowrance of Wetherby Joiner by Rachel his Wife Daughter of Samuel Renton of Lofthouse near Harewood Farmer” (Tadcaster parish registers, Leeds Central Library, reel 66).

[19] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[20] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[21] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[22] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[23] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[24] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[25] Tadcaster parish registers (Leeds Central Library, reel 67).

[26] Tadcaster parish registers (Leeds Central Library, reel 66).

[27] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[28] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[29] Bradford parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[30] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[31] Wighill parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[32] Tadcaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[33] Wighill parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[34] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[35] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[36] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[37] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[38] Kirk Deighton parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[39] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[40] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[41] Brian Jones, ed., Population Listing for the Township of Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1776 (Bradford, 1996), 11.

[42] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[43] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[44] Kirk Hammerton parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[45] Kirk Deighton parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[46] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[47] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[48] Alne parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[49] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[50] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[51] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[52] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[53] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The marriage took place on the same day as that of Hannah Lawrence and John Jackson, and both were witnessed by Samuel Lawrence, which supports the identification of the William who married Margaret Malton as the son of George and Patience.

[54] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[55] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). His burial has not been located, unless he was the “John” Lawrence, labourer, of Wetherby, who was buried at Spofforth in 1808 aged 48.

[56] Thorner parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[57] Barwick-in-Elmet parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The baptism entry names the grandparents of the child, confirming that James Lawrence who married Ellen Standbank was a son of George and Patience Lawrence of Wetherby.

[58] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); 1851 census returns, Boroughbridge (National Archives, HO 107/2282, fol. 6).

[59] Monumental inscription at Aldborough.

[60] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[61] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[62] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); 1851 census returns, Long Marston (HO 107/2352, fol. 728).

[63] Yorkshire Gazette, 7 Jul 1866.

[64] Long Marston parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[65] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); 1851 census returns, Bramham (National Archives, HO 107/2352, fol. 447).

[66] Bramham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).

[67] Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[68] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Spofforth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[69] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[70] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); 1851 census returns, Leeds (National Archives, HO 107/2320, fol. 292).

[71] Death certificate.

[72] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library).

[73] Aberford parish registers (Leeds Central Library); 1881 census returns, Wortley (RG 11/4503, fol. 35).

[74] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[75] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); 1851 census returns, Leeds (National Archives, HO 107/2320, fol. 292).

[76] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Samuel Johnson registered his mother-in-law’s death in 1880.

[77] Wetherby parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[78] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); 1861 census returns, Leeds (National Archives, RG 9/3391, fol. 108).

[79] Death certificate.

[80] Marriage certificate.

[81] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); 1851 census returns, Leeds (National Archives, HO 107/2320, fol. 292). John was baptised on 14 Oct 1834. The same registers also show the baptism of another John, son of William and Elizabeth Laurence, on 29 Nov 1835, where the date of birth is given as 22 Nov 1833, which is before that of the John baptised in 1834. It therefore appears that the 1835 baptism relates to a different family. The occupation of the father fits (coach man) but the residence is given as Park Lane, whereas the 1834 baptism of John and the 1836 baptism of Eliza both give the residence as Swine Gate. The John born in 1833 may be the one sometimes known as John William Lawrence or J.W. Lawrence, who was born at Leeds about 1833 and died there in 1916. He was an actor and theatre manager. He married Eliza Ann Happey at Sculcoates in 1863, when his father was given as William, a harness maker. From the 1891 census returns, it appears that John had a sister called Ada.

[82] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[83] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[84] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[85] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[86] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); 1851 census returns, Leeds (National Archives, HO 107/2320, fol. 292). His date of birth is given in his baptism entry as 19 Sep 1841 but William appears in the 1841 census which was taken in June.

[87] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[88] Registers of Beckett Street Cemetery, Leeds (online at www.ancestry.com).

[89] 1851 census returns, Leeds (National Archives, HO 107/2320, fol. 292).