The Lawrence Family Crest

Sir Robert Laurens, of Ashton Hall, county Lancaster, England, lived there in 1191. His descendant, Sir John Lawrence, had his estates confiscated in 1499. A direct descendant of his, John Lawrence, died in 1538. The American family of Lawrence claims, as its direct ancestor, Henry Lawrence, said to have been the son of the above John, and who had himself three sons, John, William, and Thomas, who emigrated, the two first, in 1635, the third before 1650. The male descendance of John is extinct. William settled in Flushing, L. I., and Thomas, who had settled first at Newtown, L. I., purchased, later, the whole of Hell Gate Neck. He died in 1703. His will shows the imprint of a seal bearing the arms we give. The motto B is furnished by Burke as belonging to English Lawrences, bearing the same coat of arms, and still represented in the gentry of Great Britain.

Family

Lawrence

Motto

In cruce salus.In the cross is salvation.Quaro, invenio.I seek, I find.

Blazon

A Demi-Turbot, In Pale, Gules, The Tail Upwards.

Source

America Hereldica