| Name |
Gawen Lawrie |
| Birth |
Abt 1630 |
Hertfordshire, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1675 |
London, England |
| Trustee for Edward Byllynge (bankrupt) |
| Occupation |
1676 |
London, England [1] |
| Merchant at King's Court, Lombard Street |
| Property |
1676 |
West Jersey, New Jersey, USA |
| Proprietor (absent) |
| Religion |
1676 |
London, England |
| Quaker |
- He was also the first Treasurer of the Flamstead End Quaker Meeting
|
| Residence |
Abt 1682 |
Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England |
| Flamstead End |
- '1688, Middlesex village, to suburb of London, 1938: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Winchmore Hill Meeting' Irene L. Edwards Journal of the Friends Historical Society vol 35, 1938, p27
|
| Occupation |
Jul 1683 |
Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA |
| Deputy Governor of East Jersey, to Sep 1686, when dismissed and succeeded by Lord Neil Campbell. He remained on the Governor's Council. |
| Property |
1 Aug 1683 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| With Robert Gordon of Cluny contributed cargo aboard the Exchange of Stockton valued at £100 |
| Departure |
31 Aug 1683 |
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Aboard the Exchange of Stockton |
| Arrival |
19 Dec 1683 |
Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA |
| Arrival |
1684 |
East Jersey, New Jersey, USA [2, 3] |
| Imported his daughter, four indentured servants, Margrett Robinson and 'two negroes' |
- Robert Anderson (Indenture for four years); Maria Bungo (Negro; Wife of Richard Bungo); Richard Bungo (Negro; Husband of Maria Bungo); Mary Green (Indenture for four years); Alexander Hardy (Indenture for four years); Gabrill Holland (Indenture for four years); Rebecca Lawrie (Daughter of Governor Gawen Lawrie); Margarett Robinson ([No term specified])
|
| Role |
1684 |
East Jersey, New Jersey, USA |
| Proprietor |
- As partner of Robert Gordon of Cluny
|
| Name |
Gawen Lawrey |
| Occupation |
9 Apr 1685 |
Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA [4] |
| Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 16 July 1687 |
| Property |
3 Jul 1685 |
Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA |
| Fined 3,000 acres due to him as a first dividend on one half share purchased in August 1683 because of 1,000 acres he had taken up at Chingaroras and sold to Captain Palmer |
- Pomfret, John E., ‘The Apologia of Governor Lawrie of East New Jersey, 1686’, The William and Mary Quarterly, 14.3 (1957), p357,
|
| Occupation |
May 1687 |
Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA |
| Receiver-general of East Jersey. Date dismissed from office, with the Proprietors deciding it "unfitt to continue him in any publique employment" |
| Will |
12 Aug 1687 |
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA [5, 6] |
| Wife Mary, executrix assisted by William Haige and Miles Forster (both witnesses) |
| Death |
Bef 7 Sep 1687 |
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA [7] |
| Probate |
7 Oct 1697 |
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA [6, 7] |
| Will dated 12 Jun 1687 |
| Person ID |
I44935 |
East Jersey Genealogies |
| Last Modified |
19 Oct 2025 |