John
LAWTON
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Born: abt. 1642 in Portsmouth, Providence Plantations
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John married Mary BOOMER abt. 1670 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Mary BOOMER was born abt. 1637 in Massachusetts, USA. Mary died abt. 1715 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Mary was the child of Matthew BOOMER and Eleanor PECKHAM?.
John LAWTON died abt. 1678 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Mary BOOMERMarriage date: abt. 1670
Marriage place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Mary BOOMER was the child of Matthew BOOMER and Eleanor PECKHAM?
Children of John LAWTON and Mary BOOMER
George LAWTONDied: 20 January 1740, , Province of Massachusetts Bay
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The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state
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