John Lawrence , b 1759, d 1817, NY m. Patience Riker as his sec. wife. John was s/o William Lawrence and Anna Brinckerhoff, and had siblings Diente, Catherine, Richard, Isaac, William and Jane. John and Patience had a dau. Julia who in 1832 m. John P. Smith as her first husband (sec. husband was Wilson G. Hunt) Did Julia and John have a dau. Patience who m. Charles Roberts? Is it true that John P. Smith was the first person to take a steamboat across the Atlantic? CAROL

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