Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

238 GENEALOGICAL NOTES OE BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.
married John Lotlirop ; Mehitable, Joseph Parker. The Wkl.
Deborah Gorham died in 1818, aged 72.
Sally or Sarah, daughter of Cornelius, married
Lawrence, after a very brief eourtsliip. He was a
Capt. David
sea captain,
and was the first who displayed the Stars and Stripes in the port
of Bristol, England. Dea. Joseph Hawes of Yarmouth, was his
mate. Capt. Lawrence was consumptive and was unable to perform
his duties during the voyage, and died soon after his return,
on the 3d of October, 1783, aged 35
Feb. 21, 1825, when she died, aged
years. She survived till
76. Mrs. Lawrence was
distinguished for her conversational power. She had read all the
current literature of the day. Her friends were among the leading
men of the times, and she was well versed in local history,
and in all the leading topics of conversation in her day. Her
wit was keen and cut without seeming to give offence. She was
not fastidious, and the point of her wit was never blunted in order
to avoid an allusion which prudery might condemn. She was
open, candid, and decided in all her opinions, and in the expression
of them, her wit often sparkled with a brilliancy that silenced
opposition. Her instantaneous reply to Col. Freeman and other
members of the Whig Vigilance Committee, when they inquired of
her whether she was whig or tory, was of this character, and will
be long remembered. She belonged to the same school of politics
with her brother Samuel, and held that the asking of young ladies
such questions was not only uncalled for ; but impertinent. Her
most cutting rebuke consisted of only four words ; and that committee
never forgot them, and ever after treated her with the
most marked respect. I have often heard her relate the story,
but the reply she made was always pronounced in a suppressed
tone of voice.
She lived a widow over forty-one years, and her house was
the resort of numerous friends who appreciated her talents and
listened with delight to her conversation. Intellectually she never
grew old. She could, without seeming effort, adapt herself to the
old and the young, the gay and the religious. She could discuss the
merits of the last novel, or the doctrines of the last sermon. Her
friends and relatives always treated her with marked respect, and
the survivors still fondly cherish her memory.
She had a son William, who was a hatter, and died early ;
and
Lucy, who married Holmes Allen, Esq. He built the house now
owned by Mr. Frederick Cobb. He was a lawyer, a man esteemed
for his talents and legal knowledge ; but unfortunately became intemperate,
and died in early life, leaving an only child, Heni-y
Holmes Allen, born Aug. 14, 1801. He was three days my sen-
ior. We were school-mates and play-fellows in early life, and associates
in manhood. He was honest and honorable ; kind, generous,
sympathetic—a man who never had an enemy. He married