| Elisha Lawrence | |
|---|---|
| Sheriff of Monmouth County | |
| In office May 22, 1772 – May 22, 1775 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Leonard |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Leonard |
| MLA for Kings County | |
| In office 1785–1793Serving with Jonathan Crane | |
| Preceded by | Henry Denny Denson |
| Succeeded by | Elisha DeWolf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1740 Monmouth County, New Jersey |
| Died | 1811 Cardigan, Wales |
| Spouse | Mary Ashfield |
Elisha Lawrence (1740 - 1811) was a political figure in New Jersey and Nova Scotia. He represented King's County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1785 to 1793.
He was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, the son of John Lawrence. He was the county sheriff at the start of the American Revolution. In 1775, he married Mary Ashfield. Lawrence raised a unit of 500 loyalists which later became part of the 1st Battalion of the New Jersey Volunteers. In 1777 he was taken prisoner by General John Sullivan on Staten Island; at the end of the war, he retired at the rank of colonel and settled in the Parrsboro area. Lawrence later moved to England and died in Cardigan, Wales.
References
- Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, John E. Stillwell, M. D., Vol. III; New York, 1914, p. 421
Further reading
Categories:- 1811 deaths
- 18th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- People from Monmouth County, New Jersey
- Loyalist military personnel of the American Revolutionary War
- New Jersey sheriffs
- 1740 births
- People from Kings County, Nova Scotia
- People from Cardigan, Ceredigion
- Loyalists in the American Revolution from New Jersey