He was the son of State Senator Jonathan Lawrence (1737–1812) and Ruth (Riker) Lawrence (1746–1818).
He then married Ruth Riker, and they had 9 children, among them congressmen Samuel Lawrence (1773–1837) and William T. Lawrence (1788–1859), and State Senator John L. Lawrence (1785–1849).
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