This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawrence, Gilbert, Baker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DAw.2ACIB/1733.1 Message Board Post: Jill, My husband does have Lawrence ancestors in Livingston County, New York in the first half of the 1800's. His great-great grandfather was Ashley Lawrence. Ashley was born in 1806 in Massachusetts to David Lawrence and Sarah Ellis. When he was quite young the family moved to New York, in Onondaga County. His father David Lawrence died in 1815. David's brother Daniel Lawrence lived in Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts and became guardian of the young children. About 1834 Ashley Lawrence married Orra Gilbert, probably in Onondaga County, New York. Some of their children were born in Onondaga County and some were born in Livingston County. Their children were Amorette Grace Lawrence (1835-1925 who married Lester Baker, Harriet M. Lawrence (1838- ) who married a Mr. Cook, Mortimer G. Lawrence (about 1841- , Amy Orra Lawrence (about 1842- ), and Elizabeth Emma Lawrence (about 1845- ). The siblings of Ashley Lawrence that were born in Massachusetts and approximate birthdates include Alfred (1797), John (1798), Harry (1800), Sarah (1803), and Elijah (1805). It is not known whether his brother David Sawyer Lawrence born in 1808 was born in Massachusetts or New York. His siblings born in New York were Thomas (1810) and Abigail (1813). contact us at [email protected]