Joan (Wheeler) Lawton (abt. 1534 - 1600)

Born about 1534 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Lawton — married before 1550 in Cranfield,,Bedfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1600 at about age 66 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

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Biography

This profile is part of the Wheeler Name Study.

Joan married Thomas Lawton before 1550 when her son was born.

She is named as a beneficiary in her mother's will dated 17 Dec 1555: Ellen Wheler of Cranfeld, widow, made 17 Dec. 1555, pr. 10 Feb. 1555/6. “First I bequeth my sowle to allmighty god my maker and to his blessyd soone our saviour Jhesus Christ my Redemer and to our blessid Ladye Sainct Mary and to all the blessid Company of heavin” and burial in churchyard of the apostles SS Peter and Paul of Cranfeld. To mother church of Lincoln 2d.; to the high altar of Cranfeld for tithes forgotten 2d.; towards the buying of a cross 6s. 8d.; to the bells 20d.; to the causeway 6s. 8d. to be used on the stretch from the willows to the church where there is most need. To daughter Joan Lawton a mattress, a coverlet, a blanket, a bolster and a pair of flaxen sheets. To Elizabeth Odell, Nicholas Baker’s maid, a coverlet of yellow and a flaxen sheet. To Jhoan Odell her sister a pair of harden sheets. To Agnes Wheler the daughter of Thomas Wheler, a chafing dish and a girdle. To William Wheler her brother a pair of andirons and 40d.. To testator’s daughter Alis Syremynd a coverlet and a blanket. Son Thomas and Robert Syrmind to be executors, each to have 3s., and Henry Wheler to be overseer, and he to have 12d.. To the ringers 8d.. To the most poor people of Cranfeld 13s. 4d. Witnesses sir Robert Harrysone curate, Nicholas Baker^[1]

Death

27 SEP 1600 Cranfield, Bedfordshire

Note: This looks to be fictitious. There are no burials in Cranfield in Sep 1600 and none of a Joan Lawton 1600-1620. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Bedfordshire Archives and Record Service online catalogue. http://bedsarchivescat.bedford.gov.uk/Details/archive/110131862
2. ↑ The Parish Register of Cranfield 1600-1812 Bedfordshire County Record Office 1943 https://archive.org/details/bedfordshirepari27bedf/page/62/mode/1up

See Also:

• The Shurtleff and Lawton Families: Genealogy and History William Shurtleff, Lawton L. Shurtleff, Pine Hill Press, 2005 - California - 541 pages https://books.google.com/books?id=RL5RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=Cranfield+parish+Lawton&source=bl&ots=FMACqos4EY&sig=3RwVa4yoC4qTIqv9iipsnWTbvq0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1arCT7_GPIjC6AGz6eSnCg&ved=0CFkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=Cranfield%20parish%20Lawton&f=false

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Daivd Barnhardt for creating WikiTree profile Wheeler-4158 through the import of 3-4-2013.GED on Mar 4, 2013.