Brief Life History of William
When William Lawton I was born in 1683, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Lawton, was 18 and his mother, Sarah Barker, was 17. He married Sarah Stoddart on 27 May 1713, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 21 February 1785, in Middletown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 102.
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- William Lawton, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
- William Lawton in entry for Thomas Lawton, "Rhode Island Town Births and Baptisms Index, 1639-1932"
- William Lawton, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
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1703
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
1703
The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, as it was from June 22, 1703, when it created the counties of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island, to June 16, 1729, when Providence Plantations County was renamed Providence, Rhode Island County was renamed Newport, and Kings County was created from Providence.
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
On July 17, 1723, twenty-eight pirates are hung in Newport, Rhode Island.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name, from Church Lawton in Cheshire, which is recorded as Lautune in 1086. The placename derives from Old English hlāw ‘mound, hill’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
variant of Laughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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