Gawen Lawrie

Abt 1630 - Bef 1687  (< 57 years)

• 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

  
  

  Father	father Lawrie
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary (Lawrie)
  Children	1. Rebecca Lawrie,   b. London, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary Lawrie,   b. London, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Lawrie,   b. London, England d. Bef 1687  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1630 - Hertfordshire, England Occupation - Trustee for Edward Byllynge (bankrupt) - 1675 - London, England Occupation - Merchant at King's Court, Lombard Street - 1676 - London, England Religion - Quaker - 1676 - London, England Residence - Flamstead End - Abt 1682 - Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England Occupation - Deputy Governor of East Jersey, to Sep 1686, when dismissed and succeeded by Lord Neil Campbell. He remained on the Governor's Council. - Jul 1683 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - With Robert Gordon of Cluny contributed cargo aboard the Exchange of Stockton valued at £100 - 1 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Occupation - Member of the Board of Proprietors. Post held until 16 July 1687 - 9 Apr 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - 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 - 3 Jul 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Receiver-general of East Jersey. Date dismissed from office, with the Proprietors deciding it "unfitt to continue him in any publique employment" - May 1687 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Wife Mary, executrix assisted by William Haige and Miles Forster (both witnesses) - 12 Aug 1687 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 7 Sep 1687 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Will dated 12 Jun 1687 - 7 Oct 1697 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3665] Myers, Albert Cook, Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware, 1630-1707, p181. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p61. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 154 (SSTSE023). [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p2. [S3646] The National Archives, (Name: The National Archives; Location: London;), PROB 11/440/268. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p286. [S3646] The National Archives, (Name: The National Archives; Location: London;), Will of Gawen Lawrie or Lawrey, [Deputy] Governor of Island of East Jersey PROB 11/440/268 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D720325.