[email protected] commented... > >according to what i've been told there is no living descendant (male line) >of capt. James Lawrence (who made "don't give up the ship famous) I can't speak to the lineage of Capt. James Lawrence, but 'twasn't he who made the line famous. He is on record for having said while in command of the Chesapeake 1 June 1813 "Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks." However it was Oliver Hazard Perry who, while commanding the US fleet on Lake Erie in the summer of 1812 and after his own ship had been pounded by the British to a smoking hulk, hoisted his own dark blue flag emblazoned with the slogan "Don't give up the ship" and took the fight to the British, thrashing them soundly. >however >i've been told that our line is connected to capt. James Lawrence, by my >dad who's mother was the last of a line of lawrences (Gertrude Patricia >Lawrence) is there an uncle, nephew, etc.(male line only please) who i >could be related to? anyone with info please contact me at [email protected] >thanx. My mother was born a Lawrence in East Orange, New Jersey. She had many Lawrence great uncles, gg uncles, and ggg uncles, all of whom were born in northern New Jersey or Rockland County in the 19th and 18th centuries. Without more specifics as to date and place, neither I nor anyone else will have any idea if your Lawrence may be related. Can you give us more specifics? Kelvin Kean Elverson PA