prestigious Lawrenceville School Lawrenceville, a neighborhood of Pittsburgh Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, a borough in Tioga County. Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana and the municipality of Lawrence, Indiana contained therein. Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey and its Lawrenceville neighborhood. Captain Lawrence Drive in South Salem, NY, from which the Captain Lawrence Brewing Company of nearby Pleasantville takes its name. Lawrence Street in Montgomery, Alabama is named in honor of Lawrence. It runs parallel to streets named after other Barbary War/War of 1812 naval heroes: McDonough Street, named for Thomas Macdonough; Perry Street, named for Oliver Hazard Perry; Decatur Street, named for Stephen Decatur; Hull Street, named for Isaac Hull and Bainbridge Street, named in honor of William Bainbridge. Lawrence Avenue in Norman, Oklahoma is named in honor of Lawrence. His birthplace of Burlington, New Jersey, has a Captain James Lawrence Elementary School. In addition, the U.S. Navy has named five ships . The first was a brig which acted as then-Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship during the Battle of Lake Erie until she was destroyed in that action. The second was also a brig, serving from 1843–1846. The third was a 400-ton destroyer, commissioned in 1903 and serving until 1920. The fourth was a , serving from 1921 to 1945 The fifth was a . Commissioned in 1962, she served until 1994. This ship was christened by Mrs. Dorothy Redmond Hubbard, Capt. Lawrence's great-great-grand-daughter, who at the time was his oldest living descendant. See also Hunter–Lawrence–Jessup House – Family home in Woodbury Notes References Hancock, James R. External links 1781 births 1813 deaths American military personnel killed in the War of 1812 American military personnel of the First Barbary War United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812 Burials at Trinity Church Cemetery Congressional Gold Medal recipients Lawrence family Military personnel from New Jersey 19th-century American naval officers People from Woodbury, New Jersey Woodbury Junior-Senior High School alumni 19th-century American businesspeople