Ancestry of
Hetty Sullivan Lawrence

(1855–1931)

Amos Adams Lawrence

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• • Father of Hetty Sullivan Lawrence — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • Amos Lawrence 
  • Mother:
  • Nancy -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Jul 1814 
  • Birth Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Aug 1886 
  • Death Location:
  • Nahant, Essex, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Elizabeth Appleton
  • Marriage Date:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Lawrence

  William Lawrence

  Hetty Sullivan Lawrence (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Amos Lawrence donated the first $10,000 to found Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and became the school's namesake.

• Sources for Amos Adams Lawrence

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/28/2018).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Cambridge, Vol. 1, p. 426, Birth record for Amos Adams Lawrence, born in Boston.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Brookline, Vol. 374, p. 252, Death record for Amos A Lawrence.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1911-1915, Medford, Vol. 1915/50 Death, p. 511, Death certificate for daughter Sarah L Brooks.
  • ⁵ NEHGS Membership Applications, 1845-1900, 1892, p. 7:1, Membership application for Frederic Cunningham.
  • ⁶ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1931, Vol. 85, p. 103.
  • ⁷ Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 3, Samuel Appleton and His Wife Judith Everard . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2007), 302.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Amos Adams Lawrence", (accessed 12/28/2018).
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "William Lawrence (bishop)", (accessed 07/26/2023).