Safety Layton (abt. 1737 - 1790)

Born about 1737 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, NJ

Ancestors

Husband of Christian (Fleming) Layton — married 4 Jan 1765 in Monmouth Co., NJ

Descendants

Died 1790 at about age 53 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, NJ

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Biography

Safety Layton, according to his father's will written on 1 Mar 1761, was the eldest son. He and Andrew and John were all of age at that time, which pushes their birth dates back before 1740 and makes a date of about 1737 likely for Safety. ^[1]

18 SAFETY LAYTON, son of John Layton, 10, was a resident of Shrewsbury, N. J. when he had a marriage license with Christian Fleming, George Harrison, of Shrewsbury, surety. He was on the Poor Rate and Dog Tax of 1764; was called one of the four eldest sons and named as an executor in the will of his father Mch. 1, 1761. From his name Safety, I am confident that he was a grandson of Safety Bowne who in turn was a grandson of Safety Grover. He was still residing in Shrewsbury when he made his will Mch. 20, 1790, proved May 8, 1790, in which he left his son James 10 shillings and the remainder of his estate to his wife, daughter Rebecca and sons Joseph, Thomas and Safety, who were not yet twenty-one.

Issue

• 37 James Layton
• 38 Rebecca Layton
• 39 Joseph Layton
• 40 Thomas Layton born Feb. 12, 1777
• 41 Safety Layton ^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ VOL. XXXIII CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, see pages 249-250 in https://archive.org/details/calendarofnewjer03newj/page/249
2. ↑ Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Early Settlers of New Jersey and their Descendants by John E. Stillwell, M.D., Volume 5, Published: New York, 1932. See http://www.archive.org/details/historicalgeneal05instil

Marriage Date: Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company.

Marriage records, 1665-1800; by Nelson, William published 1900 Vol XXII Marriage Records, 1665-1800 Patterson NJ, The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 269 Main Street 1900 https://archive.org/details/marriagerecords101nels/page/236 (actually page 237) has "Layton, Safty, Monmouth and Christian Fleming, Monmouth 1765 Jan. 4"

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