Robert
Lawton
Born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Lawton
[uncertain]
and Mary (Wodell) Lawton
[uncertain]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Earle) Lawton
— married
27 Jul 1716 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Lawton) Earle
Died before
before age 39
in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Feb 2019
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Biography
Robert Lawton was born 5 January 1695/96 in Portsmouth.[1] He is the son of Robert Lawton and Mary Wodell.
He married Elizabeth Earle 27 July 1716 in Portsmouth.[1]
Children, born in Portsmouth:[1]
- Job, 10 January 1716, d. same day.
- Robert, 17 November 1718.
- Elizabeth, 17 July 1720.
- George, 28 December 1721.
- Mary, 17 December 1723.
24 August 1733, Robert Lawton of Portsmouth, yeoman, sells to Stephen Talman of Portsmouth, esq., three lots of land in Tiverton in Pocasset Purchase; one being the 25th lot, containing one hundred and twenty acres; one being the 27th lot containing fifty acres; and one other, being the 30th lot.[2]
22 May 1735, Elizabeth Lawton of Portsmouth, widow to the within named Robert Lawton, yields up to Stephen Talman her right of dower in all the within mentioned planted and bargained lands.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, Vol. IV. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1893. Pages 29, 82.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-5ZS9?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-ZZ9%3A361612901%2C362325401 : 22 May 2014), Bristol > Deeds 1727-1744 vol 5-6 > image 177 of 578; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-5CK7?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-ZZ9%3A361612901%2C362325401 : 22 May 2014), Bristol > Deeds 1727-1744 vol 5-6 > image 178 of 578; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts.
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