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Lourens Lawrence KNICKERBOCKER {K-5}

(1685 - 20 Dec 1766)

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Birth1685Half Moon, Albany, New York, United States
Knick References1685Most Knickerbockers alive today are descended from Lawrence, but, as of 2019, there is not a good report on Lawrence. The reports for his sons discuss Lawrence a little bit. See the references cited for his sons.
Knick Generation Number16852
Knick Lineage16851. HJ / 2. Lourens (this person)
Baptism1 Jan 1686Albany, Albany, New York, USA
Marriage1707Maryke DYCKMAN
Residence1714No Township Listed, Dutchess County, NY
Residence1738Lourens bought land in CT, but there is no evidence that Lawrence actually lived in CT for any length of time. (Lourens' son John took over the property in CT.) - Connecticut, USA
Residence14 Nov 1766Lawrence Knickerbocker of Rhinebeck sells his interests in the Tivoli area. Dutchess Co, book 9, page 236. Deed also includes John Vosburgh & Cornelia his wife of Rhinebeck. (She was Lawrence's sister.) - Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Death20 Dec 1766Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Knick Family, NYGBR1908Person [3] in Van Alstyne's numbering system. NYGBR, 1908/1909.
BurialLawrence was originally buried in Tivoli, in the family burial ground on a bluff overlooking the Hudson. By the 1880s the Farmers Hotel was between the burial ground & the river. Later, his tombstone was moved to Dover Plains. - Dover Plains, Dutchess, New York, USA

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