Roger
Langton
aka Lancton Lanckton
Born about in Leicestershire, England
Son of [father unknown] and Mary (Unknown) Langton
Brother of
Mary (Langton) Horton
Husband of
Jane (Unknown) Langton
— married
about 1625 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died before
before about age 72
in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Discredited Information Still Found on Many Sites On Line
At one time many researchers claimed, without providing credible documentation, that Roger Langton's name was Richard, that his wife was Joan Clayton,[1] and that they were from Lancaster based on (again, undocumented) submissions to Ancestral File and its successors.[2]
Biography
Roger Langton was from Leicestershire, in England. He, his wife and children are named in his mother's will, as is his his sister Mary Langton and her husband Barnubus Horton, of Southwold, New York.[3][4]
The Great Migration series contains information for Roger Lancton:[5]
- Birth by about 1600, based on estimated date of marriage. Origin unknown
- Marriage by about 1625 Jane _____. She died at Haverhill on 17 March 1669[/70?]
- Migration 1634, based on record of freemanship[6]
- First residence Ipswich (based on freemanship].
- Removes to Haverhill by 1666.
- Occupation carpenter (perhaps) (one of the debts due to the estate was "for work at the mill, " £4 62. [EPR 2:261].[7]
- Death by 24 Jan 1671[/2] [EPR 2:201-61].
- The inventory of the estate of "Rodger Lancton" at the desire of Mr. Edmon Bridges and Samewall Varnum related to the said Rodger who deceased without a will," taken 24 January 1671/2, totaled £36 18s. (all in moveables), as well as £33 7s 9d. in debts owed to the estate [citing EPR 2:260-61].
- Children:
Mary Lancton, b. about 1625
Joseph Lancton, b. say 1627
Sarah Lancton, b. say 1629
In October 1643, Roger was the executor of the estate of William Nevill, a single man, of Ipswich. William's will left bequests to the Langton family: To Goody Langton the feed wheat, To Mary Langton that which Goodman Horton oweth me, To Joseph Langton my fowling peece, To sarah Langton my barley. Others to whom he left bequests were Mary Whipple and the rest of my Master’s children, William Robins, William Gooderson, John Wooddam, and Ann Whipple.[8]
Research Notes
Extraction of Will of Mary Langton:
1639 the 6 day of Januarie
I Mayrie Langton widow
My boddie to bee buried in the Church yarde of Allhallowes in Wigston Magna
to my eldest sonn William Langton
, and unto his wiffe Isabell
, unto William Langton the eldest sonn of my sonn William Langston
, Rodger Langton second sonn of my sonn William Langston
, Elizabeth Langton sister of the said Rodger Langston
, Mayrie Langton
, Jeese Langton
, Sara Langton
, Katherin Langton
Rodger Langton my second sonn
, his wiffe Jane
, his children Josief and Mayrie and Zara
my daughter Mayrie Orrton
, her husband Barnabee Orrton
John Langton my sonn
, his two children
Robbert Langton my sonn
, his wife Mayrie
, his two children
I make my daughter Ales Langton my executor
[Signed] Mayrie Langton her mark
Proved at Leicester 19 Nov 1641 before Master Angel clerk, official of lord John, Bishop of Lincoln
Comment: If the Langton's had connections to Southold through family relations, it would help explain how Roger's son Joseph ended up there after deserting his wife.
Question: What, if any, is the relationship between the Langtons and William Nevill?
Another question: are the Mary and Ann Whipple named in the will of John Nevill possibly related to John Whipple of Ipswich?
Sources
- ↑ Joan Clayton Langton Find A Grave: Memorial #53108357
- ↑ Richard Langton in Ancestral File, etc.
Roger Langton, husband of (___ ) Clayton, in Ancestral File, etc.
Joan Clayton in Ancestral File, etc. - ↑ Digital image of Transcirption of Will of Mary Langton, pp. 338-339, from Dinan, Jaqueline, In Search of Barnabas Horton, From English Baker to Long Island Proprietor, 1600-1680. (Brooklyn, New York: Pynsleade Books, 2015), attached to Mary (ID 9XBL-CZX), Family Tree, FamilySearch.org, with permission of author. accessed 24 Mar 2017.
- ↑ "Does anyone have access to "In search of Barnabas Horton" by Jacqueline Dinan?"
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (New England Histoical and Genealogial Society, 1999-2011 Volume IV, I-L , p. 229, "Roger Lancton", pp. 228-230; items in brackets are Anderson's own internal references. Link by $ubscription.
- ↑ MBCR 1:370.
- ↑ Based on more recent research, Roger apparently came from a family of millers, so there is no reason to assume that he was a carpenter.
- ↑ "Estate of William Nevill of Ipswich, singleman", in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920), Vol. 1, p. 2
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Apologies! I appreciate all the work you've all put into this. I'm afraid I don't trust my own family's history now!
edited by Cher Scarlett
Most of the publications you've listed are 19th century/early 20th century histories/genealogies which probably don't list many of the sources of their facts and are a mixed bag. "In Search of Barnabas Horton," however, is more recent and from what I've read well-sourced. It's more recent than the Great Migration and so it may have some updates (such as the will of Mary Langton).
It does look like there are additional siblings and relatives mentioned in the will that haven't been added to Wikitree, but at least from what I can see it looks like they are correct...there is a Roger, son of William, which could cause some confusion. How does your tree differ?
edited by M Cole
I went from having Sir John Langton as an 11th great grandfather to being related to Taylor Swift. Life comes at you fast.
Roger's son Joseph appears in records as Langton, Laugton (apparently a transcription error), Lanckton.
I think (but am not sure) that Gary Boyd Roberts ("Ancestors of American Presidents") uses Langton as the family name. Anderson (Great Migration) uses the name Lancton, but that was before the will of Roger's mother was found.
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Roger. A manager needs to mark the "Suggestion" as false.