Lawrence Johnson (1801-1860) was a descendant of Richard Johnson (b. ca. 1550) and Ann Sympson who were married in Lincolnshire in 1576. He was born in Hull, England and died in Philadelphia, Penn. In 1825, he married Sarah Bacon Murray (1808-1834). They had two children. In 1837, he married Mary Winder (1814-1877) and they had ten children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived in England, Pennsylvania, New York and elsewhere.

"Henry Goodlock (Heinrich Gundlach), born [in Germany] November 17, 1800, came to America on the Bremen Barque Weiland, which sailed from Bremen and arrived, on July 7, 1857, at the port of New York. ... Heinrich Gundlach was bringing his family to America to join his eldest daughter, Anna Barbara and his son, Henry Jr., who were already located here."--P. 1. From New York, the family went to Berlinville, Erie County, Ohio where his son Henry Jr....