Oliver Lawton – Rhode Island to NY

Written by: Leo Lawton Sepetember 1, 2017 After the King George III Loyalists fled, the heavily in debt New York State confiscated their lands and sold them at public auction as a form of raising money to pay the war debts. The Revolutionary War veteran, 60 year old Oliver Lawton, along with his wife, 5 sons, and a daughter, came […]

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Richard Lawton – Born about 1500, England

Written by: Leo Lawton August 18, 2016 Around the year 1500 Richard Lawton was born, but I can’t tell you exactly where nor when. He grew to be a man near Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, and married a local young lady whose surname was Purrier about the year 1520. As one might expect they had 5 known children. One was known […]

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Family of Lloyd Lawton

Written by: Leo Lawton April 14, 2016 Lloyd Lawton His: William Benjamin Lawton married Mary Elizabeth Houghton December 4, 1889. Born unto them July 11, 1891 was a son Clarence Elijah Lawton, followed November 10, 1894 by a second son Clinton Wilson Lawton. Mary died May 29, 1895 leaving Will with two infant sons living with Mary’s parents. Hers: Cora […]

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Lawton Family in Montana

Written by: Leo Lawton, as told to him by his Aunt Clara Lawton December 22, 2019 Glasgow, Montana At approximately 7 years of age, in 1918, Clara Lawton and her family moved by covered wagon to Glasgow, Montana. One covered wagon, one spring seat wagon, a hay wagon, three teams of horses, the family dog and a duck made the […]

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Lawton Coat of Arms

In days of old, when knights were bold, and muskets not invented, men would go, to meet their foe, with ready lance, contented. The Lawton Coat of Arms is described as: Argent on a fess between three cross-lets fitche sable, a cinquefoil of first, pierced of the second. Crest-A demi-wolf salient regardant argent, vulned in the back gule, and licking […]

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English History & The Lawton Family

Written by: Leo Lawton May 14, 2011 This is a history of England and the Lawton Family as they intermingle. In places you may find it a little humorous. It was meant to be. However, it is not that farcical, and is a correct history. History and Stuff 1 A fellow by the name of Henry Tudor was born a […]

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Oliver Lawton born 1739 NY

Written by: Leo Lawton Oliver Lawton, born in 1739 was the great, great, grandson of Thomas Lawton the original immigrant to Rhode Island. Oliver took the big step and moved to the hinterlands of central New York in 1789. Oliver had 5 boys and probably a daughter, all born between 1762 and about 1780. I believe Oliver’s wife and all […]

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Isaac Lawton – Born 1730

A Little History Written by: Leo Lawton January 2, 2022 At the end of the Revolutionary War there were several factions yet at odds. Obviously Great Britain and the several Colonies were not at ease with each other. Another faction to be considered was numerous separate American Native tribes. The newly separated colonists were not too fond of those Natives […]

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