Gov. William Beach Lawrence. Lawrence Pedigree. [1882]
John Lawrence, second son of Captain [John] Lawrence [and Deborah Woodhull], was born at Newtown, September 9, 1695, and married December 8, 1720, Patience, daughter of Joseph Sackett. He was a wealthy farmer, and died, May 7, 1765, leaving a widow and ten children.
William Lawrence, fifth child of the preceding, was born July 27, 1729, and married, May 14, 1752, Anna, daughter of Isaac and Diana Brinkerhoff, after whose death he married, April 14, 1771, Mary, daughter of Charles Palmer. By these marriages he had twelve children, seven of whom were living when he died, January 13, 1794.
Isaac Lawrence, eighth son of William, was born February 8, 1768, and married Cornelia, daughter of Rev. Abraham Beach, D.D. He was a prominent New York merchant, and for twenty years president of the Branch Bank of the United States. He died July 12, 1841, leaving one son and six daughters. Cornelia A. married the poet, James A. Hillhouse, of New Haven; Harriet married Dr. John A. Pool, of New Brunswick; Josephine C. married Dr. Benjamin McVicker; Julia B. married Thomas L. Wells, a prominent New York lawyer; Marie E. married W. Ingraham Kip, Bishop of California, and Hannah E. married Henry Whitney, and died in 1844.
William Beach Lawrence, only son of Isaac and Cornelia Lawrence, had six children, five of whom survive him.
William Beach, a lawyer, who died in 1870.
Isaac, who, in 1878, was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Rhode Island.
Esther Gracie, who married Dr. W.L. Wheeler, formerly of the United States Navy.
General Albert Gallatin, who served with distinction during the late war. Married, in 1865, Eva, youngest daughter of Gen. J.P. Taylor, U.S.A., and niece of President Taylor. Have one daughter, Esther.
Cornelia Beach, married Baron Von Klenck, of Hanover. Have two daughters, Marie Bertha and Frederica.
James G. K., married Catherine Augusta Le Roy. Have one son, William beach Lawrence, born in 1881.
—New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Gov William Beach Lawrence biography