Johann Nicolaus LORENTZ, b. 1670, Kaiserslautern, The Palatinate, married Margrath ROECKEL, b. about 1675. The name LORENTZ was Anglicized to LAURENCE/LAWRENCE in Ireland. Children: Peter (LAURENCE) LAWRENCE, Sr., b 1704, Killiheen, Limerick, Ireland, m. >1740, Catherine ______. He died in 1763, Killiheen, Limerick, Ireland. Their children were, the following: John LAWRENCE, Sr., 1742, Ballingrane, County Limerick, Ireland, m. c. 1775, Margaret SWITZER, b. 16May1743, Court Matrix, Ireland. Margaret SWITZER is the widow of Philip EMBURY, the first Methodist preacher in NYC and North America. Peter LAWRENCE, Jr, b. 1761, Kilscannel, Limerick, Ireland, m. 05Oct1778, Sarah Barwick, Trinity Church Parish, NYC. His second marriage on 7 OCT 1765 was to Agnes (Benor) (Bennor) BENNER, b. 1731, Courtmatrix or Shehanagh, Limerick, Ireland. Their children were, the following: (1) Elizabeth LAWRENCE, b. 1754, (2) Loyalist Captain George LAWRENCE, Sr.Butler's Rangers, Fort Niagara, and The War of 1812, b. 26Mar1757, Ballingrane, Limerick, Ireland, m. Sarah (Sary) BEACROFT. He died on 5Aug1848, Lawrenceville, aka Virgil, near Niagara, Ontario, Upper Canada. They are buried in Methodist Cemetery, Virgil. (3) Agnes LAWRENCE, b. 1763, d. 12Sep1764, Parish Church, Rathkeale, Limerick, Ireland. So, John LAWRENCE and George LAWRENCE are half-brothers. Agnes BENNER, widowed, remarried to Peter MILLER. To summarize my relationship to the following persons: George LAWRENCE and Sarah BEACROFT are my 3 x great grandparents. John LAWRENCE, Sr. is my 3 x great (half-) uncle. Agnes BENNER and Peter (LAURENCE) LAWRENCE, Sr. are my 4 x great grandparents. Johann Nicolaus LORENTZ and Margrath ROECKEL are my 5 x great grandparents. (We are hoping to determine their parents.) Further, to connect my descendancy from George LAWRENCE, see the following information: George LAWRENCE m. Sarah (Sary) BEACROFT ---> William LAWRENCE m Mary CUDNEY ---> William Francis LAWRENCE m. Elizabeth Ann LONGSTREET ---> Sylvester LAWRENCE m. Araminta PALMER ---> Ray Palmer LAWRENCE m. Ina Mabel SHARP ---> Howard Ray LAWRENCE m. Katharine Marie MULVANY ----> Living children. Note: Elizabeth Ann LONGSTREET is the granddaughter of Loyalist Captain John LONGSTREET, Jr., 1st N.J. Volunteers and King's Rangers. Finally, I suspect that the LORENTZ name originates in Alsace-Lorraine, France. Possibly a Huguenot family, it may have migrated to The Palatinate after The Thirty Years' War (1648). And, it fled to Limerick, Ireland during the Catholic attacks of Louis XIV, The Sun King, against the Protestants. Thirty Years' War was series of European conflicts lasting from 1618 to 1648. It involvied most of the countries of western Europe; and it was fought mainly in Germany. The struggle was primarily based on the profound religious antagonism engendered among Germans by the events of the Protestant Reformation. Religious animosity existed especially among non-German adherents of the contending Protestant and Roman Catholic factions. It broadened the war ; and it was a substantial factor in its later stages. As the struggle gained momentum its direction and character were decisively influenced by other issues, including the dynastic rivalries of ambitious German princes and the determination of certain European powers. This was notably seen in Sweden and France, to curb the power of the Holy Roman Empire. The chief political instrument of Austria and the ruling Habsburg family was the Holy Roman Empire. These religious hatreds flared into the Thirty Years' War. Primarily, this ! situation had resulted from the weaknesses of the Peace of Augsburg, an agreement concluded in 1555 between the Holy Roman emperor and the Lutheran princes of Germany. This war was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history; and it may be divided into four phases, as follows: Palatine-Bohemian (1618-25), Danish (1625-29), Swedish (1630-35), and French (1635-48). It is interesting to note that there were marriages between LAWRENCE and others related to these Palatine-Bohemian and French backgrounds. For example, Martha Ann Lawrence m. William Timothy Beam. The Beam family was originally Bohemian (Checklosovakian), and migrated to Germany, Switzerland, and Upper CANADA.) Aaron Beam m. Sarah Ann Miller, and William Timothy Beam was their son. Rebecca Catharine (Katie) Beam, their daughter, married 5 January1887 Sylvester Lawrence. They had one child, Lorni B. (Beam) Lawrence. Both died shortly after childbirth. So, my grandfather married Araminta PALMER in 29MAR1893 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Araminta PALMER is the daughter of Araminta WOODRUFF. And, her mother was Annie LAMOREAUX, descendant of a Huguenot family. The Palatine connections are evident in the LAWRENCE family marriages. Even though the LAWRENCEs, according to Calvin LAWRENCE, thought they were "Irish", their sense of connections seemed to be Palatine-connected. But it ! should be noted that both SHARP and LAWRENCE descendants have very deep English roots as found in both The Great (English) Migration and the early English settlers of The American Colonies. It is possible to see in these events the need to separate church from state. The terrifying power of theocracy as evidenced in The Inquisition and these wars, seems to have been abated in our Constitution and Bill of Rights. But, there still remains a residue of caution, and a need for vigilance, in such matters. And, such concern has been passed down generation-after-generation in many of these Palatine and Huguenot families. I would be very interested in communicating with any of these connected families.

Hi I can't see any obvious connections but have several of the above names in my ancestry on my fathers side. My maiden name was SWITZER and I briefly laid out the Switzer Ruckle/Ruttle connection on a previous mail. I also have a Lawrence link My Great grandfather was Gilbert LAWRENCE born 1859 near Chesley, Ontario. His forebears are referred to as 'Pennsylvania Dutch, United Empire Loyalist stock. That is all I know about his ancestors. I would welcome any clues or enlightenment. Terry Jackson in Oxfordshire Researching: Lancs - SMITH, MCDONNELL, HAYES Ches.- MCDONNELL, GARNER, HOOLEY Staffs.- GARNER Surrey - WILKINSON, CHANDLER, FRY, PARRATT, PUNTER, LITTLE, ARNOLD, BINFIELD Ireland: Switzer, Ruttle Canada: Switzer, Ruttle, Lawrence, Jackman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Ray Lawrence" <howardl@inreach.com> To: <IRL-PALATINE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:38 PM Subject: [IP] LORENTZ, LAURENCE,LAWRENCE, ROECKEL, SWITZER, BENNER, BEACROFT, MILLER. . . > Johann Nicolaus LORENTZ, b. 1670, Kaiserslautern, The Palatinate, married Margrath ROECKEL, b. about 1675. > The name LORENTZ was Anglicized to LAURENCE/LAWRENCE in Ireland. > > Children: > Peter (LAURENCE) LAWRENCE, Sr., b 1704, Killiheen, Limerick, Ireland, m. >1740, Catherine ______. > He died in 1763, Killiheen, Limerick, Ireland. > > Their children were, the following: > John LAWRENCE, Sr., 1742, Ballingrane, County Limerick, Ireland, m. c. 1775, Margaret SWITZER, b. 16May1743, Court Matrix, Ireland. > Margaret SWITZER is the widow of Philip EMBURY, the first Methodist preacher in NYC and North America. > Peter LAWRENCE, Jr, b. 1761, Kilscannel, Limerick, Ireland, m. 05Oct1778, Sarah Barwick, Trinity Church Parish, NYC. > > His second marriage on 7 OCT 1765 was to Agnes (Benor) (Bennor) BENNER, b. 1731, Courtmatrix or Shehanagh, Limerick, Ireland. > Their children were, the following: > (1) Elizabeth LAWRENCE, b. 1754, > > (2) Loyalist Captain George LAWRENCE, Sr.Butler's Rangers, Fort Niagara, and The War of 1812, b. 26Mar1757, Ballingrane, Limerick, Ireland, m. Sarah (Sary) BEACROFT. > He died on 5Aug1848, Lawrenceville, aka Virgil, near Niagara, Ontario, Upper Canada. > They are buried in Methodist Cemetery, Virgil. > > (3) Agnes LAWRENCE, b. 1763, d. 12Sep1764, Parish Church, Rathkeale, Limerick, Ireland. > > So, John LAWRENCE and George LAWRENCE are half-brothers. > > Agnes BENNER, widowed, remarried to Peter MILLER. > > To summarize my relationship to the following persons: > George LAWRENCE and Sarah BEACROFT are my 3 x great grandparents. > John LAWRENCE, Sr. is my 3 x great (half-) uncle. > > Agnes BENNER and Peter (LAURENCE) LAWRENCE, Sr. are my 4 x great grandparents. > > Johann Nicolaus LORENTZ and Margrath ROECKEL are my 5 x great grandparents. > (We are hoping to determine their parents.) > > Further, to connect my descendancy from George LAWRENCE, see the following information: > > George LAWRENCE m. Sarah (Sary) BEACROFT ---> > William LAWRENCE m Mary CUDNEY ---> > William Francis LAWRENCE m. Elizabeth Ann LONGSTREET ---> > Sylvester LAWRENCE m. Araminta PALMER ---> > Ray Palmer LAWRENCE m. Ina Mabel SHARP ---> > Howard Ray LAWRENCE m. Katharine Marie MULVANY ----> > Living children. > > Note: > Elizabeth Ann LONGSTREET is the granddaughter of Loyalist Captain John LONGSTREET, Jr., 1st N.J. Volunteers and King's Rangers. > > Finally, > I suspect that the LORENTZ name originates in Alsace-Lorraine, France. > Possibly a Huguenot family, it may have migrated to The Palatinate after The Thirty Years' War (1648). > And, it fled to Limerick, Ireland during the Catholic attacks of Louis XIV, The Sun King, against the Protestants. > Thirty Years' War was series of European conflicts lasting from 1618 to 1648. It involvied most of the countries of western Europe; and it was fought mainly in Germany. The struggle was primarily based on the profound religious antagonism engendered among Germans by the events of the Protestant Reformation. Religious animosity existed especially among non-German adherents of the contending Protestant and Roman Catholic factions. It broadened the war ; and it was a substantial factor in its later stages. As the struggle gained momentum its direction and character were decisively influenced by other issues, including the dynastic rivalries of ambitious German princes and the determination of certain European powers. This was notably seen in Sweden and France, to curb the power of the Holy Roman Empire. The chief political instrument of Austria and the ruling Habsburg family was the Holy Roman Empire. These religious hatreds flared into the Thirty Years' War. Primarily, this ! > situation had resulted from the weaknesses of the Peace of Augsburg, an agreement concluded in 1555 between the Holy Roman emperor and the Lutheran princes of Germany. This war was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history; and it may be divided into four phases, as follows: Palatine-Bohemian (1618-25), Danish (1625-29), Swedish (1630-35), and French (1635-48). > > It is interesting to note that there were marriages between LAWRENCE and others related to these Palatine-Bohemian and French backgrounds. For example, Martha Ann Lawrence m. William Timothy Beam. The Beam family was originally Bohemian (Checklosovakian), and migrated to Germany, Switzerland, and Upper CANADA.) Aaron Beam m. Sarah Ann Miller, and William Timothy Beam was their son. Rebecca Catharine (Katie) Beam, their daughter, married 5 January1887 Sylvester Lawrence. They had one child, Lorni B. (Beam) Lawrence. Both died shortly after childbirth. So, my grandfather married Araminta PALMER in 29MAR1893 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Araminta PALMER is the daughter of Araminta WOODRUFF. And, her mother was Annie LAMOREAUX, descendant of a Huguenot family. The Palatine connections are evident in the LAWRENCE family marriages. Even though the LAWRENCEs, according to Calvin LAWRENCE, thought they were "Irish", their sense of connections seemed to be Palatine-connected. But it ! > should be noted that both SHARP and LAWRENCE descendants have very deep English roots as found in both The Great (English) Migration and the early English settlers of The American Colonies. > > It is possible to see in these events the need to separate church from state. The terrifying power of theocracy as evidenced in The Inquisition and these wars, seems to have been abated in our Constitution and Bill of Rights. But, there still remains a residue of caution, and a need for vigilance, in such matters. And, such concern has been passed down generation-after-generation in many of these Palatine and Huguenot families. > > I would be very interested in communicating with any of these connected families. > > > > > > > ==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== > List Administrator: > Susan Laursen Willig > IRL-PALATINE-admin@rootsweb.com > >