Ancestry of
Will Arnett

TV and Movie Actor

William Lawrence

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Will Arnett — 12th Generation
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  • 3644 
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  • from 3 Dec 1701 to 22 May 1704 
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  • prob. Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey 
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  • Hannah Townsend
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  Joseph Lawrence (Ahnentafel No:1822 )

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  • William Lawrence is said to have emigrated from England to New Jersey in 1645. He should not be confused with the William Lawrence who came to New England aboard the Planter in 1635.

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  • Elizabeth Scudder
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  • AFT Apr 1691

• Sources for William Lawrence

  • ¹ Genealogies of New Jersey Families: From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol. 2, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2005), 596.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1957, Vol. 33, p. 39.
  • ³ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #49438, Membership application for John Maxon Brown Wainwright.
  • ⁴ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. IV, I-L, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2005), 267.
  • ⁵ Salter, Edwin, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Embracing a Genealogical Record of Earliest Settlers in Monmouth and . . ., Bayonne, New Jersey: F. Gardner and Son, Publishers (1890), xxxv-xxxvi.

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