When John Laughter was born in 1660, in England, his father, Henry Lauter, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth C Knopp, was 26. He married Jane Bailey from 1689 to 1692, in Surry, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 7 March 1708, in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 48.
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The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
English (Norfolk): apparently a nickname for a jolly, laughing person, from the vocabulary word laughter.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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