All, Now, here is a mystery man. Lawrence MISENER was noted in 1793 when he was listed in the Mendham, Morris Co., NJ militia. with the name spelled Lawrence "Monsinger" He was listed adjacent to David Cook, who was his brother-in-law. A will prepared by Lawrence was dated 1791 and was probated in 1795. The will does not mention any children, only his wife, Sarah. who was an executor along with Daniel Cook (her father), Witnesse were Henry and David Cook (brothers) and Daniel Owen (perhaps an uncle). Lawrence's children were born in 1794 and 1795. Based on this scant info I would guess that he died a fairly young man who was married by 1791 and dead by 1795. Given Sarah's birth in 1771, I would calculate his birth as later than 1761, but earlier than 1771 His widow, Sarah (Cook) Misener (1771-1820), left NJ with her two young sons about 1803 and settled in upstate NY traveling with her sister, Hannah, and Hannah's hudband, Rev. Henry Axtell. In NY the name was spelled MIZNER which it has remained since. It appears that Lawrence was a wealthy man as his sons inherited a sizable sum of money upon coming of age. The area of Morris Co., NJ and surrounding Cos. have many MISENER's of varied spellings, however, as yey, there is not a connection to be found to Lawrence. Anyone interested in this surname, please contact me <[email protected]>. Best regards, Hugh