Family Connections: Trip to Sackville to find the "Lawrences" part one

July 27, 2011

This was a long day trip from Frenchville, Me … Eileen and I left at 5:45 am and arrived in the area Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada around 11:00 am. It had rained on and off all day … a very wet day. After arriving in the area we first got a bite to eat then headed for a cemetery (not knowing what or where it was) that was listed on an copy of a 1862 map that I had come across. I thought it might be the Four Corners Burying Ground, but as it turns out it was the Old Methodist Cemetery. There were two cemeteries that we knew we wanted to visit as they would contain the remains of family members.

So listed below are what we found in the Four Corners Burying Ground

Four Corners Burying Ground

137-163 Church Street

Middle Sackville, NB.

GPS N45.93529 W64.34015

Aka Upper Sackville Cemetery (Doug Ayers) and Tantramar Cemetery (W.C. Milner)

Church Street

Section 3

Sacred Sacred

To the memory of To the memory of

William Sarah

Lawrence Wife of

Who departed this life William Lawrence

April 7 1857 who departed this life

In the 86^th year of Nov. 21 1855

his age (aged 80 yrs)

Erected

William, George & James Lawrence

In Memory

Of their father

William Lawrence

Who departed this life July 2^nd 1822

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Our father, dear long struggled here

His years will tell four score

Hope and trust he’s now at rest

Trouble knows no more.

The record below was found at the Boultenhouse Heritage Museum. I didn’t take a shot of the stone as I couldn’t read it. The stone should be the third from the left in the picture below.

Erected in memory of

Huldah, the wife of William

Lawrence and three of their

Children who lie near this stone

Their Son David November 27^th 1777

Aged 7 month; died and

Their Daughter Huldah died March

23^rd 1782 Aged 3 years.

Their Son Nathan died April 25^th

1795 in his 20^th year.

And Huldah Lawrence the mother

Departed this life January the 14^th

1803 in the 57^th year of her age.

(also) D.L., H.L., N.L., and H.L., [footstone]

Did not see these … maybe under turf – future excavation?

Nathan Lawrence

Died

April 21 1875

AE 74

Also his wife

Ann

Died June 7, 1844

AE 39

Martha Ann

Died

March 1847

AE 9

Thos Ansley

Died Oct. 16 1848

AE 22

Children of N & A
Lawrence

NOTE: I think this is part of the family of George and Mary Eddy Lawrence, but not sure as the record that I have of their ‘Nathan’ is born in 1820 … according to the tombstone, he would have to be born in 1801.

The text below from records in Boultenhouse Heritage Museum … Stone is too covered with moss to actually read at this time – need to be cleaned in the future.

Eddy Lawrence

Died

December 20^th 1818*

AE 19

George Lawrence Joseph Lawrence

Died Died

Sept. 1, 1829 April 7, 1860

Aged 57 Years Aged 46 Years

Mary Eddy Lawrence

His wife died Died

Sept 19, 1867 Dec 20, 1834*

Aged 91 Years Aged 19 years

* I believe this date as recorded on the monument stone is in error if one compares it to the Headstone for ‘Eddy' [Confusion of year w/ Sibling Olive?]

Olive Lawrence

Died

Dec. 23, 1834

Aged 29 Years

Mary Lawrence

Died

June 6, 1830

Aged 11 Years

Rebecca Bulmer
(Rebecca Lawrence)

Died

July 9, 1859

Aged 40 Years

John & Nelson

Died

Sons of

Rebecca Bulmer

       Sacred to the Memory of
               Elijah Ayer
A Native of Norwich Connectcut
   Who died the 16^th Nove, 1799
              In his 73^rd Year

                         (Thomas Ayer is also next to Elijah)

Thomas Ayer

Died

May 24, 1829