Maj. Samuel Lawrence fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill under Henry Farwell. Samuel served in the army for 3 and half years from 1775 to 1778, and rose within the U.S. Army to the rank of major. While in the army he married Susanna Parker on July 22, 1777. He was adjutant under General John Sullivan in the Battle of Rhode Island and served there until he retired from service in 1778.[1] After the war, Lawrence returned to Groton, where he settled as a farmer.
Of English ancestry, Lawrence was born in 1754 in Groton, then in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Amos and Abigail (née Abbott) Lawrence.[3] He was the patriarch of the Boston Brahmin Lawrence family. He married Susanna Parker in 1777, and had 9 children. His sons, who were all influential in United States history, included:[4]
^"Extracts From The Diary And Correspondence Of The Late Amos Lawrence; With A Brief Account of Some Incidents in his Life" Edited By His Son, William R. Lawrence M.D., published by Gould And Lincoln, BOSTON 1855.
