Jonathan Lawrence was an American merchant and politician from New York

New York

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Life

He was the eighth son of John Lawrence (1695—1765) and Patience (Sacket) Lawrence. On March 16, 1766, he married Judith Fish (1749—1767), and they had a son. He then married Ruth Riker, and they had 9 children, among them congressmen Samuel Lawrence

Samuel Lawrence (congressman)

Samuel Lawrence was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Jonathan Lawrence and Ruth Lawrence...

 and William T. Lawrence

William T. Lawrence

William Thomas Lawrence was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of Samuel Lawrence. Born as the son of Jonathan Lawrence in New York City, William attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits. During the War of 1812, Lawrence served in the Fourth Regiment, New York...

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Jonathan Lawrence was a member of the 1st, 3rd and 4th New York Provincial Congress

New York Provincial Congress

The New York Provincial Congress was an organization formed by rebels in 1775, during the American Revolution, as a pro-rebellion alternative to the more conservative Province of New York Assembly, and as a replacement for the Committee of One Hundred.A Provincial Convention assembled in New York...

es, of the New York State Senate

New York State Senate

The New York State Senate is one of two houses in the New York State Legislature and has members each elected to two-year terms. There are no limits on the number of terms one may serve...

 (Southern D.) from 1777 to 1783, and of the Council of Appointment

Council of Appointment

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 in 1778-79 and 1782-83.

Assemblyman Daniel Lawrence was his brother. Attorney General Nathaniel Lawrence

Nathaniel Lawrence

-Life:He was the son of Thomas Lawrence and Elizabeth Lawrence. He attended Princeton College, but left to fight in the American Revolutionary War as a lieutenant....

 was his nephew. Congressman James Lent

James Lent

James Lent was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Newtown, Long Island , New York, Lent engaged in mercantile pursuits in New York City....

 and Recorder Richard Riker

Richard Riker

Richard Riker was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Congressman Samuel Riker and Anna Riker...

were his great-nephews.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 51, 110ff and 142; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• History of Long Island by Benjamin Franklin Thompson (New York City, 1839; pages 421-427)
• Judith Fish at Haley Lawrence genealogy