Lawrence was the grandson of the notable abolitionist Amos Adams Lawrence and a member of an influential "Boston Brahmin" family, founded by his great-great-grandfather and American revolutionary Samuel Lawrence.
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Lawrence was the grandson of the notable abolitionist Amos Adams Lawrence and a member of the influential Boston Family, founded by his great-great-grandfather and American revolutionary Samuel Lawrence; his great-grandfather was the noted philanthropist Amos Lawrence.
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).