Category Archives: Ancient History

John Sterling Lawton – Medal of Honor Awardee Written by: Leo Lawton March 17, 2013 John Sterling Lawton, born May 13, 1858 was a descendant of Thomas Lawton who, along with his brother George, emigrated from Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England in … Continue reading →

Written by: Leo Lawton May 14, 2011 This is a history of England and the Lawton Family as they intermingle. In places you may find it a little humorous. It was meant to be. However, it is not that farcical, … Continue reading →

In days of old, when knights were bold, and muskets not invented, men would go, to meet their foe, with ready lance, contented. Written by: Leo Lawton The Lawton Coat of Arms is described as: Argent on a fess between … Continue reading →

Written by: Leo Lawton August 18, 2016 Around the year 1500 Richard Lawton was born, but I can’t tell you exactly where nor when. He grew to be a man near Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, and married a local young lady … Continue reading →

Written by: Leo Lawton October 25, 2015 The daughter of a British soldier of Halifax, Yorkshire, who fought at Lexington and Concord in the colonial uprising, Anne was a confirmed open lesbian in her early teens, unheard of in her … Continue reading →

Written by: Leo Lawton December 31, 2018 In the early 1600s it was within the rights of the English king to tax those shires that bordered on the sea for money to build ships during a time of war. In … Continue reading →

George and his brother Thomas Lawton were among the earliest colonists on Aquidneck Island, later to become Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1639. In 1645 George and his wife, the former Elizabeth Hazard, had their third child a girl named Mary, … Continue reading →

On the afternoon of 24 September 1664, Thomas Brownell was killed in an accident while on his way from his farm at the northwest end of Rhode Island to Portsmouth. (The Brownell’s, as was typical of most settlers at that … Continue reading →

Written By: Leo Lawton Because Cheshire was wasted in 1067 it is nearly absolute that any landowning family in it were descendants of those who had came from Normandy with William the Conqueror. However, it is during the reign of … Continue reading →