George Lawton

Bef 1607 - 1693  (> 86 years)

• Name	George Lawton  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Bef 23 Sep 1607  [4]
  Baptism	23 Sep 1607	Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Oct 1693	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Burial	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island   [3, 8, 9]
  Person ID	I1778	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	George Lawton,   b. Abt 1580, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England d. 26 Nov 1641, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 61 years)
  Mother	Isbell Smith,   b. 1585, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England d. Aft 1641, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England (Age > 57 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1606	Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hazard,   b. Abt 1630
  Marriage	Abt 1647	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island   [4, 10, 11]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Lawton   d. 8 Nov 1711, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F1656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Emigrated to New England 1637. One of the 28 founders of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1655, 1672, 1675, 1676, 1679, and 1680. Elected Assistant to the Governor of Rhode Island, 1680; held the position for seven of the next ten years. Like several other ancestors of TNH, he was an original settler of Westerly, Rhode Island. "On January 30, 1690, Lawton, with five other Assistants wrote to T. M. William and Mary a congratulatory letter upon their accession to the throne, and gave an account of the affairs of the colony, with particular mention of the deposition of Governor Andros." [Babcock and Allied Families, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

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