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cal Series (III. 388) for a reference to the funeral of " Widow Law- 

 rence y*" mother of John Lawrence aged S;^ years," which took place 

 in April, 1790. John married Abigail, eldest daughter of Ezekiel 



and Abigail ( ) Nutting, born Oct. 10, 1753, and died July 10, 



1847 ; and they had eight children, as follows : 



John, born April 4, 1777, died July 9, 1834. On July 16, 

 1799, he married Margaret Gragg, who died May 20, 1845. 

 (See Groton Epitaphs, p. 183.) 



Nathaniel, born April 28, 1779, and died June, 1779. 



Nathaniel, born July 25, 1780, and died July i, 183 1 ; his 

 widow Sally died Sept. 19, 1840. 



Ezekiel, born July 20, 1783, and died Sept. 30, 1789. 



Abigail, born Sept. 6, 1786. 



Abel, born June 12, 1789, and died May 4, 1835. 



Sarah, born April 8, 1792, and died Oct. 26, 1S22. 



Mary, born April x, 1795. 



Nathaniel, son of John and Abigail (Nutting) Lawrence, was mar- 

 ried to Sally Shattuck, daughter of Job and Elizabeth (Blood) Shat- 

 tuck, born May 2, 1790. He died July i, 183 1, and his widow, 

 Sept. 19, 1840. 



Their children were : 



Nathaniel, born August 4, 1808, married Eliza Hubbard, had 

 two children, and died about sixty years ago. 



Abigail, born Jan. 3, 181 1, and died Aug. 23, 181 2. 



John, born Feb. 26, 1813, and died Aug. 13, 1816. 



Daniel, born June 14, 1815, and died May 15, 1843. 



Abigail, born Aug. n, 1817, and died in Lowell, June 15, 1835. 



John, born Sept. 22, 18 19, and died unmarried in Townsend, 

 Sept. 7, 1897. 



Elizabeth, born Dec. 26, 1821, married Aug. 31, 1849, Alvin 

 Davis, son of Silas and Patty Davis, of Hubbardston. They 

 lived for fourteen years in Elmira, N. Y. ; and after her 

 husband's death she returned to Groton, and is now (1907) 

 living with her brother Abel, on Hollis Street. 



Abel, born Aug. 5, 1824, was married, March 5, 1849, at 

 Townsend, by the Rev. Luther H. Sheldon, to Eliza, daugh- 

 ter of Minot and Sophronia (Hall) Baldwin, of Townsend. 

 His wife died at Groton, Sept. 14, 1893. 



