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CHAPTER X.

William Lawrence, the second brother, was, in 1645,
associated with his brother John as one of the patentees
of Flushing, on Long Island, in which town he resided
during the remainder of his life. His letters, addressed
■ in his magisterial capacity to Governor Stuyvesant and
his council, are ably written, evincing great energy and
decision of character, and are evidently the production
of a man of superior mind and liberal education (see
State Records, Albany). He was the largest landed
proprietor in Flushing ; and by the inventory of his
estate on file in the Surrogate's office. New York City,
his plate, sword, ■ and personals alone are valued at
.£4,482. In 1658 he was a magistrate at Flushing,
under the Dutch Government; and under the English
Government he held a military commission, and was
also in the magistracy of the North Riding of York¬
shire on Long Island. In 1664, he married Elizabeth
Smith, daughter of Richard Smith, Esq., the wealthy
patentee of Smithtown, on L. I. By this marriage he
had seven children. He died in 1680, and the follow¬
ing year his widow Elizabeth married the Hon. Philip
Carteret, proprietary Governor of New Jersey. Previous
to her marriage with Sir Philip, she reserved to herself
by an instrument in writing (see Queen's County Re-