immigrant flag female ancestor  Elizabeth  SALISBURY

  (b. abt. 1616 England   d. 16 November 1654 Portsmouth, Providence Plantations )  

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Elizabeth SALISBURY was born abt. 1616 in England

Elizabeth SALISBURY was the child of ?   and   ?

Elizabeth was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1637.

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Elizabeth  married  Thomas LAWTON 29 May 1635 in England .  The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Thomas LAWTON  was born 17 April 1614 in England (United Kingdom).  Thomas died 29 September 1681 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA.  Thomas was the child of George LAWTON and Isabel SMITH.

Elizabeth SALISBURY died 16 November 1654 in Portsmouth, Providence Plantations.





Daughter of Thomas Salisbury and Frances Parsons


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Elizabeth SALISBURY married immigrant flag male ancestor Thomas LAWTON-- Date: 29 May 1635 Place: , England
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.


Thomas LAWTON was the child of George LAWTON and Isabel SMITH


LAWTON Thomas Thomas (-1681) & 1-wf _____ _____ ca 1637 Portsmouth, RI {Austin's Dict. 122 Noyes-Gilman Crapo 311 Guild Anc. 22 Dunham-Boyd 324}


George Lawton and Isabel Smith. George Lawton, was born in 1580 or 1581 at Cranfield Parish, Bedfordshire, England. He married Isabel-Isabelle Smith on 13 November 1606 in Cranfield. Probably the daughter of Francis and Ann Smith, Isabel was born in 1585 in Cranfield. George and Isabel had eight children. The first and fourth of these, George and Thomas, came to North America, apparently together, in about 1637. The children, all baptized (and probably born) in Cranfield, were:

1. George Lawton. Baptized 23 Sept 1607. He married Elizabeth Hazard in about 1647 at Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died there on 5 October 1693 and was buried in his orchard (see Austin 1978).

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4. Thomas Lawton. Baptized 17 April 1614. Married: (1) Elizabeth Salsburie on 29 May 1635 at Cranfield. (2) Mrs. Grace (Parsons) Bailey. He died in about 1681 at Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island (see Austin 1978).

Title The Shurtleff and Lawton families: genealogy and history
Authors William Shurtleff, Lawton L. Shurtleff
Edition 2, illustrated
Publisher Pine Hill Press, 2005
Length 541 pages
Subjects California
Reference - Genealogy
Reference - Genealogy & Heraldry
Page 74

Thomas and Elizabeth had six children, born between 1637 and 1650. The first was born in England and the rest in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island...

1. Elizabeth Lawton. Baptized in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England on 10 Sept 1637. She married Peleg Sherman on 25 July 1657 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She died 16 March 1719-1720, probably in Kingstown, Rhode Island.

2. Daniel Lawton. Born about 1639 in Porstmouth. Married Rebecca Mott in 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Died 28 June 1719 in Portsmouth.

3. Rebecca Lawton. Born 1641 in Portsmouth. Married Gershom Mott in 1663. She died between 1670 and 1725.

4. Ann Lawton. Born 1645 in Portsmouth. Married Giles Slocum on 26 March 1669 in Portsmouth. She died 1703 in Portsmouth.

5. Sarah Lawton. Born 16 Sept 1647 in Portsmouth. Married George Sisson on 1 Aug. 1667 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died 5 July 1718 in Portsmouth.

6. Isaac Lawton. Born 11 Dec 1650 in Portsmouth. He married (1) Mary Sisson in 1672 in Portsmouth. (2) Elizabeth Tallman on 3 March 1673-1674 in Portsmouth. (3) Mrs. Naomi Bartholomew Hunt on 11 Oct 1701 in Portsmouth. He died 25 Jan 1731-1732 in Portsmouth.

Title The Shurtleff and Lawton families: genealogy and history
Authors William Shurtleff, Lawton L. Shurtleff
Edition 2, illustrated
Publisher Pine Hill Press, 2005
Length 541 pages
Subjects California
Reference - Genealogy
Reference - Genealogy & Heraldry
Page 74


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marriage1635 Marriage / Partner
Elizabeth SALISBURY and Thomas LAWTON 29 May 1635, , England (United Kingdom)
1637 Birth of Child
Elizabeth LAWTON was born 10 September 1637, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England
1639 Birth of Child
Daniel LAWTON was born 28 June 1639, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
1647 Birth of Child
Sarah Mary LAWTON was born 16 September 1647, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
1650 Birth of Child
Isaac LAWTON was born 11 December 1650, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
death1654 Death
16 November 1654
Portsmouth, Providence Plantations
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