LAWRENCE: An historic family: the Lawrences and associated families 1999By James Reed Lawrence, Jr. This publication on the Lawrence family provides a historical background, charts and key family records, quotes, letters, family traditions, and generations of descendants and information on various family members. From England to America, this genealogy of the Lawrences, from England to early settlers to America, John Lawrence (1609 1667) of Watertown and Groton, Mass, and those who settled other areas of America,