Family History - John Abram Lawrence

1. John Abram Lawrence,¹ born 6 June 1846 in Mystic Island, Ocean County, New Jersey, the son of John Prentice Lawrence and Catherine Denison Meeker;^{1, 2} died 4 January 1932.¹ John married, 4 September 1886 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, Nellie Maud Pendleton² (born 27 January 1870 in Rhode Island, the daughter of Nathan Franklin Pendleton and Adeline R. Dunbar;^{2, 3, 4, 5} Nellie died 12 April 1949 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut³). John and Nellie are buried in West Plain Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.^{1, 3}

	2	i.	Herbert Emerson Lawrence, born 26 September 1889 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.2
	3	ii.	Frank Pitcher Lawrence, born 1 February 1892 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.2
	4	iii.	Catherine Denison Lawrence, born 11 July 1897 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.2

1. Find a Grave (website). West Plain Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, John Abram Lawrence, born: 6 June 1846 in Connecticut [his birthplace is shown as New Jersey or New York in other records]; died: 4 January 1932 (from record, which provides the name and link for his spouse).
2. Brian Pendleton and His Descendants, 1599-1910, compiled by Everett Hall Pendleton. Privately Printed, MCMX. Copyright 1911 by E. H. Pendleton. Volume I. Available at books.google.com. Page 580, entry for 1942. Nathan Franklin Pendleton, married to Adeline R. Dunbar, daughter of James and Mary (Beebe) Dunbar, and listing four children with their birth dates, and Nathan’s parents and siblings. The entry notes that Adeline was “given as Adeline Stanton in the No. Stonington records.”
3. Find a Grave (website). West Plain Cemetery, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, Nellie M. Pendleton Lawrence, born: 27 January 1870 in Rhode Island; died: 12 April 1949 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut (from record, which includes a note naming her children and their approximate birth dates; and provides the name and link for her spouse).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Connecticut, New London County, North Stonington, Page 7, family of Nathan F. Pendleton, 28, Connecticut, farm hand; Adaline Pendleton, 41, Connecticut; John Pendleton, 13, Connecticut [this is believed to be John Stanton, a son of Adeline and her first husband Joseph Stanton]; Frank Pendleton, 5, Connecticut; Jane Pendleton, 5/12, Feb[ruary], Connecticut [The age of this daughter corresponds closely with daughter Nellie Maude, born 27 January 1870, shown in later records]. This family is on the same census page as the family of Albert and Amelia Sisson; Adeline Pendleton and Amelia Sisson are believed to be sisters (surname Dunbar).
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Connecticut, New London County, North Stonington, E.D. 123, Page No. 3, Nathan F. Pendleton, 39, Connecticut, laborer; wife Adaline Pendleton, 50, Connecticut; son Frank E. Pendleton, 14, Connecticut; daughter Nellie M. Pendleton, 8, Connecticut; [relationship appears to show as “none” but he is Adaline’s son from her first marriage] John E. Stanton, 19, Connecticut, boxes checked for Deaf and Dumb; Idiotic; Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or Otherwise Disabled; Cannot Read; Cannot Right.