Lawton Family History and Information
The Lawtons of Summer OaksStacey A. Church Gerald M. Church Alexander Benjamin Lawton was born September 23, 1809, in South Carolina. He was the fifth child of Benjamin Themistocles Dion Lawton and Jane Mosse, one of three Mosse sisters who married three Lawton brothers. When A. B. was one year old his father joined a family migration to Mississippi. When […]
Read moreFamily RecollectionsGrace Eveline Lawton 1871 – ? I have been told that the Lawtons came from England to Rhode Island settling in Portsmouth in 1638, which is two years after Roger Williams came to Providence, and a year before Newport was settled, if I have not forgotten those details. It is said that there were three brothers, George, Thomas and […]
Read moreHomesteadingLeo Lawton Between 1874 and 1876 the Native American Indians of Saskatchewan, Canada ceded away their rights to the land. However, settlement by former Europeans awaited surveying of the land, a homestead policy, and a ready means of access. After great hardships and Herculean efforts the Canadian Pacific Railroad was finally completed in 1885. Most people thought this would bring […]
Read moreAuthor: Leo Lawton In the 800 block of Leadenhall Street in Baltimore resides the oldest woodworking firm in the United States. Founded by Joseph Thomas in 1820, the business was soon named Joseph Thomas and Son with the birth of his son in 1823. It came to be that in the year 1845 an enterprising young worker named John L. […]
Read moreAuthor: Leo Lawton December 1, 2019 I often sit and contemplate things that matter little to others. I suppose we all do from time to time. While thus engaged an old poem/song came to mind. “Beyond The Sunset” This is the first verse as sang by Hank Williams, my all-time favorite Country and Western entertainer. Should you go first and […]
Read moreAuthor: Leo Lawton October 11, 1999 My oldest brother “Bert” born in 1927, left to go to war in July 1944 when he turned seventeen. By then there were nine children in the family. Four more children were born, but others fled the nest so that there were never more than ten living there at one time. We were a […]
Read moreAuthor: Leo Lawton Ye Olde England During the eighth century before the birthing of the Christ Child the Celts began battling, marauding, and settling on the verdant shores of the eastern and southern areas of the large island located off the northwestern coast of the mainland. Sporadic raids had been taking place for centuries, but now they were forming colonies […]
Read more1. RICHARD1 LAWTON was born Abt. 1499 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, and died Aft. 1542 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. He married UNK PURRIER Abt. 1520. She was born in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, and died in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. Children of RICHARD LAWTON and UNK PURRIER are: i. ALICE2 LAWTON, b. Abt. 1523, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, Eng; m. JOHN BARNWELL, Abt. 1541. […]
Read moreGeorge² Lawton (second son of George 1) was born about 1647 at Portsmouth, RI and died September 11, 1697. He married Naomi Hunt born September 15, 1658 at Portsmouth, RI and died January 13, 1720/21 at Portsmouth, RI. They married January 17, 1676/77 at Portsmouth, RI. She was the daughter of Bartholomew and Ann Hunt. Their children were as follows: […]
Read moreJob Lawton 1714/15 – 1773 Author: Leo Lawton The following document has been transcribed from the original Will of Job Lawton. It was found within the pages of the old Family Bible. Although, difficult to decipher in places, the spelling and wording is that of the original document dated 1773. Large portion missing at the beginning of the will……arrive to […]
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