This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//DAw.2ACIB/1721.1 Message Board Post: Richard,My grandfather, John Benjamin Lawrence b.1879 in Hackettstown.He married Mary k.Deremer in Wash.NJ.His father was George Lawrence b.1855 in NYC.George married Josephine Merritt. I have not a clue of George's father and was wondering if he is or could be a part of the southern Lawrence you mention.I have a genealogist working on my Lawrence's and she is also interested in finding more inf. Thank You,Daniel