This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DAw.2ACIB/2293.1 Message Board Post: Hello Susan Some interesting reading on the Lawrence family claim can be found in the following sources: 1. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume III, 1872 - Page 26 - "Notes on the Lawrence Pedigree" by W.H. Whitmore Esq. - Page 121 - "The Lawrence Pedigree" by Watson Effingham Lawrence (rebuttal) 2. "The Mystery Solved - Facts Relating to the Lawrence-Townley, Chase - Townley, Marriage and Estate Question" by Frank Alden Hill, Rand Avery Company, Boston 1888 (Web source: http://bellsouthpwp.net/1/a/lawren05/mystery.html) 3. "Historical Genealogy of the Lawrence Family from Their First Landing in this Country, AD 1635, to the Present Date, July 4th 1858" by Thomas Lawrence, Edward O. Jenkins, NY Printer 1858 - obtained from The New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston Massachusetts Hope this provides some useful information. Do you have any information on the Lawrence family? Please advise. Ed