Hi, everybody. In light of some recent activity, I thought I'd post this again. Does anyone know of a good researcher in Franklin County? My mother is now 86 and would like to know more about her Lawrence ancestry. There are some old Enosburg names in here! Thanks and look forward to your suggestions/comments. Clyde ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Vanderbrouk <rpckvv@flash.net> To: <VTFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 05, 1999 6:31 PM Subject: Lawrence Family of Berkshire, VT > My gg grandmother, Sophia Lawrence, was b. at E. Berkshire, VT in 1834, dau. > of Stephen and Rebecca Lawrence. An old newspaper clipping tells the story > of their 60th anniversary, having been married 11/16/1812 by Thos. Fuller, > Esq. at the residence of Capt. Charles Stevens of Enosburg. Sophia m. > Daniel Knowlton of Wilbraham, MA in 1855. They had two daughters, Emma > Frances (my g grandmother) and Hattie Sophia. Sophia d. in 1858 while > giving birth to Hattie. Her husband, Daniel, d. in 1866 of diseases > contracted during the Civil War. Emma was raised in Berkshire, by an Aunt, > Hannah S. Lawrence. > My grandmother's eldest sister told me stories of riding from Springfield, > MA to visit her Lawrence relatives in Enosburg. She told me that the > baseball player, Lawrence (Larry) Gardner, was relating to us through his > mother, Nettie. She referred to her as "Aunt Nettie". My grandmother, > Mildred Sophia (Keyes) Young, was invited to a baseball game in Boston by > Larry Gardner. > Any information relating to the family and ancestry of Stephen and Rebecca > Lawrence would be greatly appreciated. PS--some years ago, I corresponded > w. former State Rep. Merrill Perley and he thought Stephen's father may have > been early Enosburg settler Elias Lawrence. Thanks much. Clyde Vanderbrouk >