Dear Mr. Ward I have noted your response re the Lawrence family in the New England States. My connection is with Joseph Lawrence, who was the son of Ebenezer of Rochester, Mass, who was the son of Joshua, also of Rochester, Mass and he was the son of Robert Lawrence (KLaurance of the town of Sandwich, Conn , near Falmouth..... The above was taken from "Memorials of Robrt Lawrence , Robert Bartlett and Their Descendants by Hiram Bartlett Lawrence, 1888, paages 9 and 10 Is the above Lawrence family, a part of what you mentioned in your email.? I am not familiar with the various locations mentioned in the USA. I am trying to find the surname of the person whom Joseph Lawrence married around 1766 Thank you for your consideration Florence Pelton Patterson Stratford, Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.L. Ward" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:45 PM Subject: [LAWRENCE-L] Livingston County N.Y. Lawrences > Members of the Lawrence Family were among the founders > of the Town of Springwater in Livingston County, NY. > An Lawrence Family members were some of the towns > first elected and appointed officials. > Hi! My name is Joshua-Andrew Ward and my Great > Grandfather Benjamin F. Ward married Emma Abigail > Lawrence and I am also researching the Lawrence > Family. > My Home is in the town of Canadice, NY a scant five > (5) miles from the town of Springwater and the sources > I have out side of the Livingston County site on > Rootsweb.com http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyliving/ prove > to mostly be dead ends. The information on the > Rootsweb site are informative and good reading, But I > have not been able to find a connection. The names in > your message DO NOT sound familiar, but that does not > mean the are not in the town's early history, which > can be found on the site. My past quearys to the > town's historical society have gone unanswered. > Good luck on your search. Sorry I could not help you > any further. > Joshua-Andrew WARD > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > > > ==== LAWRENCE Mailing List ==== > You can view my Lawrence file on Worldconnect, file name jmljr > Search my data base which is updated weekly and contains notes and sources > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jmljr >