Category: NY Lawtons

Bert’s Navy Written by: Leo Lawton October 12, 2022 Lloyd Burton Lawton (Bert)July 13, 1927—June 11, 1994 Bert may have died many years ago, but he is far from forgotten in the annals of time. Hardly a day passes that I don’t think about him. When Bert started farming in 1949, on a five year leased farm, I, as an […]

Written by: Leo Lawton October 14, 2016 Have you ever heard of the Sampson Military Base? During WW II recruits were entering the various military services at record rates, and the Recruit Training Centers were being overwhelmed. In order to keep the system under control new facilities were erected in areas where there had never been military prior. Sampson became […]

Written by: Leo Lawton March 20, 2014 When Oliver and Ann Lawton traveled the arduous journey through the woods and trails from Rhode Island to the New York wilderness in 1789 their five sons and daughter were with them.  Their third child, born the last day of May 1795, was a son which they named Job. Job grew to be […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Written by: Leo Lawton You may recall that when Benjamin Lawton, son of Oliver, moved north into the New York wilderness in the latter half of the first decade of the 1800s he was nearly 40 years of age, having been born in 1770. At this time, he had 3 children with 4 more to later arrive in the family. […]

Written By: Leo Lawton My grandfather had a twin named Wealtha. This is random information about her. The owner of the diary of Marcus Reed of East Watertown New York states: “It is completely full of handwritten entries for the year of 1893. I believe Marcus is a farmer/carpenter and general handyman. “In the diary is the following: “Wealthy Lawton […]

Written By: Lori Rienhardt February, 2023 after the death of her brother, Leo Eight older brothers I held so dear, One by one they began to disappear, First went Dell and then went Ron, So close together Bert, Bob and Jon, Then Fred and Larry leaving only one, Now that Leo is gone there are none. Four older sisters I […]