Hardy County Families
Fisher and Lawrence and Pettice
By
Jean McClure
Proof that Isaac Lawrence (son of Johannes Lorrentz/Lorence/Lawrence and wife
Mary _____) married Elizabeth Fisher, daughter of George Fisher and Mary Ann
Harness. John Lawrence became the Anglicized name of Johannes Lorrentz,
which is how he signed his will in Hardy County; he held Lot 15, west side in
Lord
Fairfax's South Branch Manor.
From
THE SCIOTO GAZETTE,
Chillicothe, OH (abstracted from 2 Vol.
Early Ohio Newspapers
) New series, No 49, Vol I; Thurs. 11 July 1816; whole No. 824.
"Andrew Huston and Thomas Scott, regarding a suit, in Pickaway County Court of
Common Pleas, of Duncan McArthur vs. Asahel Heath; Ebenezer Petty and
Susanna his wife, late Susanna Slagel; John Fisher and Elizabeth his wife, late
Elizabeth Petty, Isaac Lawrence and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Harness,
daughter of Jacob and Eunice Harness, late Eunice Petty, dec'd; George Fisher
and Mary Ann his wife, late Mary Ann Harness daughter of Jacob and Eunice
Harness, late Eunice Petty, dec'd; Sarah Harness daughter of the said Jacob and
Eunice Harness; Michael Fisher and Sarah his wife, late Sarah Petty; Joseph
Petty;
George Petty; Solomon Fisher and Mary Ann his wife, late Mary Ann Petty; Ezekiel
Petty; Solomon McCulloch and Jemima McCulloch, his wife, late Jemima Petty;
William H. Fite and Maximillas, his wife, late Maximillas Petty; heirs at law
of (?
illegible) Petty. It further states that Isaac Lawrence, George Fisher, Sarah
Harness, and Solomon Fisher are not inhabitants of Ohio."
Information first on Isaac Lawrence because the Fisher and Petty information is
much more extensive. Source of information are the Marriage and Will records of
Pike Co., Ohio.
Isaac Lawrence married 1st Elizabeth Harness, daughter of Jacob and Eunice
Petty Harness (See court case above in Pickaway County, Ohio.) They evidently
divorced because guardianship proceedings and estate inventory were carried out
by a second wife, who was a Maria Lawrence widow of Isaac Lawrence, in Pike
County, Ohio. She was a Maria Carson; a Robert Carson signed with her (brother
or father?) The children listed, (all born in Pike County) were: Uriah Lawrence
(b. ca.
1828); Albert Lawrence (b. ca 1830); Louise Lawrence; Margaret Lawrence
(married 14 March 1851 to Andrew J. Foster in Pike Co, OH.
A Harness Lawrence is listed in the 1850 census of Peoria Co., IL. Also is
listed in a History of Sangamon Co., IL. Is he the son of Isaac Lawrence and
Elizabeth Harness Lawrence. Evidence seems to point to Elizabeth's marrying 2nd
________Dill.
Isaac Lawrence served in Capt. John Cunningham's Regiment of the 17 Reg.
of Virginia, commanded by Col. Aylett Waller, Spotsylvania Co., in the War of
l812.
The following information is based on an extensive genealogy of the Sebastian
Fisher, who was also with the Palatines in N.Y. (see Hank Z Jones Jr.'s 2
Volumes), researched by Geneveve Obetz, who was a descendant of Sebastian
Fisher, as well as Johannes Lorrentz's daughter Elizabeth who married Henry
Bonett.
Sebastian Fisher had a son John Adam Fisher b. ca 1724; d. 1782 (See Augusta
Co., VA. District court records: Fisher vs. Fisher O.S. 360; N.S. 130; Bill
1806 by
Solomon Fisher. This case lists the children of Adam Fisher, will recorded 11
March 1783 in Hampshire County, then VA) Adam Fisher was a blacksmith and
had a lease and land in Lord Fairfax's South Branch Manor, close to Johannes
Lorrentz and Old Michael Harness.
Adam Fisher's children who married Pettys help show the connection to the
Pickaway Co., OH, Court Case in 1816.
Mary Elizabeth Fisher born 29 Aug. 1757; m. Ebenezer Petty; died in Ohio
John Fisher b. 29 Sept 1761 m.(1) Mary Taylor m.(2) Elizabeth Petty
Michael Fisher b. 6 Feb 1767; d. 15 Jan 1824; m. Sarah Petty (Sarah Ann
Petty b. 25 1776; d. 2 Jan 1843; daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann Petty)
Solomon Fisher b. 6 Feb 1773; d. 28 May 1841; m. 1792 Mary Ann Petty,
(daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann Petty)
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