Arthur
Crawley
Layton
Born in Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Ezra Stevens Layton
and Margaret (Newcomb) Layton
Brother of
Elizabeth Layton [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth Caroline (Bentley) Layton
— married
14 Jul 1875 (to 6 Apr 1923) in Billstown, Kings Co., Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Died
at age 69
in Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2013
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Biography
Arthur was born to Ezra Stevens Layton and Margaret Newcomb May 18, 1853 at Great Village. He married Elizabeth Catharine Bentley July 14, 1875 at Great Village. Arthur is the father of Burpee Layton married to Bernice Newcomb. Arthur was a partner with Mr. Bentley in a Provision Dealer firm named Bentley and Layton for 45 years. Arthur died at age 69 at his residence 326 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Halifax Co., Nova Scotia and is buried at Mahon Cemetery at Great Village NS (Arthur died after a lengthy illness of 19 weeks) [1]
Children born to Arthur Layton and Elizabeth Gesner:
- Burpee 1875-1962
- Frank 1879-1967
- Annie 1881-unknown
Sources
- Find a grave memorial - Mahon Cemetery, Great Village, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia. #99661510
- Brenton Bible (Minnie Brenton)
- Main Database MacNutt-Murray History Page 1244 M#54449
- Vital statistics of Nova Scotia 1763-1957
- Ancestry.com pid #39351930
- Sprague database Person ID 113298
- Obituary published in the Truro Daily News Apr. 9, 1923.
Footnotes
- ↑ Entered by Beth Babcock.
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Arthur by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Arthur:
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~1.56%
John Layton
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Rich Mayo :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A460254 [compare], Ancestry member Richmayo75
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~0.78%
David Jenks :
AncestryDNA
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