Amos LAWRENCE & Phebe BABCOCK & Desire NILES & Elizabeth __?_

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Amos LAWRENCE
Phebe BABCOCK
Desire NILES
Elizabeth __?__

Husband: Amos LAWRENCE
Birth: 6 Mar 1765, Providence, Providence Co., RI
Death: 4 Oct 1838, Black Lick Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Disposition: buried Hopewell Cemetery, Black Lick Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Will Signed: 25 May 1835
Will Proved: 10 Oct 1838
Military Service: Revolutionary War (3 yrs): Pvt., Capt. David Sales Co., Col. Isreal Angel's (then Col. Jeremiah Olney's) Rgmt., Rhode Island Continental Line
Father: Daniel LAWRENCE (1730-1775)
Mother: Amey / Amy PERRY (1732-1790)

Marriage-1: 5 Dec 1784, Voluntown, New London Co., CT

Wife-1: Phebe / Phoebe BABCOCK
Birth: 26 Jun 1774, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., CT
Death: 1808, CT
Father: Samuel BABCOCK (1747-1828)
Mother: Rachel CONKLIN (1747-1823)

Marriage-2: aft. 1808

Wife-2: Desire NILES
Birth: 1759/60, Dover Plains, Dutchess Co., NY
Death: 5 Apr 1826, Black Lick Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Disposition: buried Hopewell Cemetery, Black Lick Twp., Indiana Co., PA
Other Spouse: m1. ca. 1778, Capt. Joshua SABIN (1760-1825); had eleven children
Father: Nathaniel NILES (1735-1825)
Mother: Abigail BENTLEY (1737-1833)

The name, "Desire," of that spelling, was fairly common among early New Englanders. I'm not certain we know whether it was pronounced like French Désirée (DE-zi- ray), but they certainly didn't spell it that way, nor did they use the Anglicized spellings, Desiree or Deziree. It might, in fact, have been one of the "virtue" names, like Patience, Charity, Temperance, Hope, Constance, Faith, etc.

Marriage-3: 1826-38

Wife-3: Elizabeth __?__

Children with Phoebe BABCOCK:

— born in Voluntown, New London Co., CT:
1. Amy / Anna LAWRENCE, b. 31 Jan 1785
2. Elizabeth "Betsey" LAWRENCE, b. 10 Jul 1786

— born in Providence, Providence Co., RI:
3. Warren W. LAWRENCE, 22 Apr 1788; d. aft. 1850, Marseilles, La Salle Co., IL; m. 1816, PA, Uretta "Lettie" WATERMAN (c1798->1850)

Please Note: It was sisters Amy and Betsey and their husbands who migrated to Indiana Co., PA, with their father in 1805 — not the alleged Phoebe.

Many connect this daughter to our subjects, but not only is there no evidence supporting the connection, what evidence there is argues strongly against it.
. Phebe LAWRENCE, b. aft. 1788
She is, in fact, the daughter of Col. Elisha & Elizabeth (DRAKE) LAWRENCE, and I'm working on the documentation.

Children with Desire NILES:

Children with Elizabeth:

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Sources:

. James Newell Arnold. 1891-1912. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1850. 21 vols. Narragansett Historical Publ. Co., Providence, RI (online at Ancestry.com via NEHGS):

Vol. 2: Providence County: Births, Marriages, Deaths

p. 231 1-166 LAWRENCE David, of Daniel and Amey,
1-166 " Amos, Oct. 26, 1761.
March 6, 1765.

. Rhode Island Births, 1636-1930 (online at Ancestry.com):

Name Amos Lawrence

Birth Date 6 Mar 1765

Birth Place Rhode Island

Relation Son

1st Parent Daniel Lawrence

2nd Parent Amey Lawrence

. Lorraine Cook White, ed. 1994-2002. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. 55 vols. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (online at Ancestry.com):

VOLUNTOWN VITAL RECORDS 1708-1850 Vol Page

p. 200 LAWRENCE, LORRANCE...
Amos, m. Phebe BABCOCK, Dec. 5, 1784, by Rev. Micaiah Porter
Amy, d. Amos & Phebe, b. Jan. 31, 1785
Betsey, d. Amos & Phebe, b. July 10, 1786
1
176
176
176

p. 201 LAWRENCE, LORRANCE, (cont.)...
Warren, s. Amos & Phebe, b. Apr. 22, 1788, in Providence
1
176

. 1790 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 7; official enumeration date 2 Aug 1790; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1790 CT Hartford Co. Hartford Roll M637_1 p. 405 Ln. 29 Amos Lawrence 1-1-3-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Amos (b. 1765)

1 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Warren (b. 1788)

3 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Phebe (b. 1774)
= Amy (b. 1785)
= Betsey (b. 1786)

Please note: no room for daughter, Phoebe.

. 1800 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #10 of 14; official enumeration date 4 Aug 1800; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1800 CT Hartford Co. Farmington Roll M32_1 p. 148/388 Ln. 10 Amos Lawrence 00201-00201-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 16-25 1774-1784 = Warren (b. 1788)
= ?

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Amos (b. 1765

2 females 10-15 1784-1790 = Betsey (b. 1786)
= Amy (b. 1785)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1755 = Phebe (b. 1774)

Is this really our subject's household? It's said to be. Still no daughter, Phoebe.

. 1810 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #3 of 4; official enumeration date 6 Aug 1810; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1810 PA Indiana Co. Black Lick Twp. Roll 49 p. 229 Ln. 7 Amos Lawrence 01010-10001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-15 1794-1800 = Stepson?

1 male 26-44 1765-1784 = Amos (b. 1765)

1 female 9 or under 1800-1810 = Stepdaughter?

1 female 45 or over by 1765 = Desire (b. 1759/60)

Listed one line below Stuart DAVIS, husband of their daughter, Betsey. Amy is also said to be married by this time, and Warren is old enough (æ 22) to be out on his own. The two minors could be Desire's children from her prior marriage.

. Find-a-Grave: Entries (online at findagrave.com):

Name Amos Lawrence Desiree Nile (Sabins) Lawrence

Birth Mar. 6, 1765
Providence, Providence Co., RI 1762
Dover Plains, Dutchess Co., NY

Death Oct. 4, 1838
Black Lick, Indiana Co., PA Apr. 2, 1826
Black Lick, Indiana Co., PA

Burial Hopewill Cemetery
Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Inscription In
Memory
of
AMOS LAWRENCE
A Soldier of the Revolution
Died Oct. 4th
1838;
In the 73^d year
of his age. In
memory
of Mrs Desire, Lawrence,
wife of Mr Amos.
Lawrence. who depar=
ted this life april the 5th
1826. in the 66. year of
hir age

Spouse Desiree Nile (Sabins) Lawrence Amos Lawrence

Memorial # 42121878 42121900

1826 - 66 = 1760, not 1762.

. Charles A. [Adam] Fisher. 1950. [Abstracts of] Wills of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, 1817-1849. Self-published, Selinsgrove, PA.

Phoebe is not mentioned in Amos's will. The only kin mentioned are his wife, Elizabeth, daughter Anna (Mrs. Wm. LAWRENCE), son Warren, and grandchildren — daughter Betsey (LAWRENCE) DAVIS had died in 1829.

. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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