From: A new lister I am researching the Lawrences/Laurences who settled in St Martin/St Maarten in the early 1800's, and hoping to find someone who has more information on them. We have been able to trace them back to 1804 and here is what we have on them so far: Thomas Lawrence-B ??, M: Jane Bryan Their son: Thomas Lawrence-B:1804 in St Martin, M: Sarah Bryan Their sons: Edward S. Lawrence B: 1840 in St Martin, M: Susanne Catherine Vlaun George Thomas Lawrence B: 1830 in St Martin, M: Anne Louisa Gumbs John Charles Lawrence B: 1837 in St Martin, M: Marie Louisa Becker William Lawrence B: ??......not married The story handed down from family is that the original settler was a mariner trading between Boston and the Caribbean, or England to Boston to the Caribbean. Will be glad to hear from anyone who has more info, or is researching St Martin, or knows where we can find more information about St Martin's settlers and mariners. Jeanine Lawrence Dean de Freitas wrote: > Greetings listers, > > I wanted to post a message before now, but have been playing catch-up > since my return. > > First of all, I had a great time in Barbados. It's was my second visit > to the island, and I highly recommend it as a vacation spot. More > importantly to this list, I had a great experience doing some family > research. I'll share that experience in a separate post. > > Now for some quick administrative notes: > > Thanks to everyone, especially Richard Allicock, for the postings of > bibliographies related to different ethic groups. This is a great > resource, and if no one has any objection, I'll compile them and put > them up on the CaribGenWeb site. If anyone already has them compiled > in one place, I would appreciate you sharing it with me to save me some > time and effort. > > A word about list etiquette. The List is remarkably tranquil and > on-topic most of the time. I have nothing to do with that fact. It is > due entirely to you - the listers - and your courteous and respectful > attitudes, coupled with a genuine thirst for knowledge in the subject > of West Indian history and genealogy. So please, be mindful of how > your words may come across to others with regards to their personal > feelings. I am NOT suggesting that we hold back on debating issues - > quite the contrary. Civilized debate is the highest form of learning, > IMHO. All I ask is that we refrain from personal "attacks", real or > unintended. Furthermore, if you feel that you have been slighted in > some way, email the offender personally to explain your feelings, > rather than respond in kind on the List. I have no doubt, knowing the > caliber of people on this List, that the offense was most likely > unintended, and an apology would be forthcoming. > > Lastly, there was a question about the USVI site. The site has been > abandoned by it's coordinator, and I working with Rootsweb to regain > access. Along those lines, I am looking for Coordinators for > Montserrat, St. Vincent, US Virgin Islands, and the Turks and Caicos. > I have someone who recently volunteered to run the Bahamas site. > Again, I am willing to do the technical work on these sites, I just > need someone to gather the data and field queries to the Coordinator. > > Best to everyone. > > Dean > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > all messages posted to CARIBBEAN-L are archived at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Before posting a query, see if the question has already been asked

On my white fathers side I am descended from the Lawrences of Groton Massachusetts.

Bonjour Census 1772 : Georges Lawrence from Rotterdam, gaoler. About Saint Martin there is a publication in french very useful : "Le siècle du sucre à Saint-Martin" Denise et Henri Parisis Bulletin de la société d'histoire de la Guadeloupe n° 99-102, 1994; 208 pages. List of "habitations" (plantations) with owners. French registers of Saint-Martin from 1773 have been filmed by LDS. Regards Philippe Rossignol http://members.aol.com/GHCaraibe Dans l'article <3EE4B2BF.3A8E2838@earthlink.net>, jalvel@earthlink.net (Jeanine Lawrence)a écrit : > >From: A new lister >I am researching the Lawrences/Laurences who settled in St Martin/St Maarten >in the >early 1800's, and hoping to find someone who has more information on them. We >have >been able to trace them back to 1804 and here is what we have on them so far: > >Thomas Lawrence-B ??, M: Jane Bryan >Their son: Thomas Lawrence-B:1804 in St Martin, M: Sarah Bryan >Their sons: Edward S. Lawrence B: 1840 in St Martin, M: Susanne Catherine >Vlaun > George Thomas Lawrence B: 1830 in St Martin, M: Anne Louisa >Gumbs > John Charles Lawrence B: 1837 in St Martin, M: Marie >Louisa >Becker > William Lawrence B: ??......not married >The story handed down from family is that the original settler was a mariner >trading > >between Boston and the Caribbean, or England to Boston to the Caribbean. >Will be glad to hear from anyone who has more info, or is researching St >Martin, or >knows where we can find more information about St Martin's settlers and >mariners. >Jeanine Lawrence >

Bonjour Thanks so much for the info about the publication. Hopefully I can find a copy of it somewhere, and will check with LDS as well. Bonne journée, Jeanine RossignolP wrote: > Bonjour > Census 1772 : Georges Lawrence from Rotterdam, gaoler. > About Saint Martin there is a publication in french very useful : > "Le siècle du sucre à Saint-Martin" > Denise et Henri Parisis > Bulletin de la société d'histoire de la Guadeloupe n° 99-102, 1994; 208 pages. > List of "habitations" (plantations) with owners. > French registers of Saint-Martin from 1773 have been filmed by LDS. > Regards > Philippe Rossignol > http://members.aol.com/GHCaraibe > > Dans l'article <3EE4B2BF.3A8E2838@earthlink.net>, jalvel@earthlink.net (Jeanine > Lawrence)a écrit : > > > > >From: A new lister > >I am researching the Lawrences/Laurences who settled in St Martin/St Maarten > >in the > >early 1800's, and hoping to find someone who has more information on them. We > >have > >been able to trace them back to 1804 and here is what we have on them so far: > > > >Thomas Lawrence-B ??, M: Jane Bryan > >Their son: Thomas Lawrence-B:1804 in St Martin, M: Sarah Bryan > >Their sons: Edward S. Lawrence B: 1840 in St Martin, M: Susanne Catherine > >Vlaun > > George Thomas Lawrence B: 1830 in St Martin, M: Anne Louisa > >Gumbs > > John Charles Lawrence B: 1837 in St Martin, M: Marie > >Louisa > >Becker > > William Lawrence B: ??......not married > >The story handed down from family is that the original settler was a mariner > >trading > > > >between Boston and the Caribbean, or England to Boston to the Caribbean. > >Will be glad to hear from anyone who has more info, or is researching St > >Martin, or > >knows where we can find more information about St Martin's settlers and > >mariners. > >Jeanine Lawrence > > > > ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the list send the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of an email message to CARIBBEAN-L-request@rootsweb.com for the list mode or CARIBBEAN-D-request@rootsweb.com if you are subscribed to the digest.