John Lawton
1721 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. John Lawton was born on 11 Mar 1721 (son of Job Lawton and Abigail Dexter); and died.
2. Job Lawton was born in 1691 in Portsmouth, RI (son of Isaac Lawton and Elizabeth Tallman); and died. Job married Abigail Dexter on 10 Sep 1713 in Portsmouth, RI. Abigail (daughter of John Dexter and Mahitabel Hallett) was born on 26 May 1689 in Portsmouth, RI; died on 6 Aug 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Abigail Dexter was born on 26 May 1689 in Portsmouth, RI (daughter of John Dexter and Mahitabel Hallett); died on 6 Aug 1725. Children:
- Thomas Lawton was born on 16 Jun 1715; and died.
- Job Lawton was born on 31 Oct 1717; and died.
- Isaac Lawton was born on 20 Jan 1719; and died.
- 1. John Lawton was born on 11 Mar 1721; and died.
- George Lawton was born on 9 Jun 1724; and died.
Generation: 3
4. Isaac Lawton and died. Isaac + Elizabeth Tallman. Elizabeth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Tallman and died. Children:
- 2. Job Lawton was born in 1691 in Portsmouth, RI; and died.
6. John Dexter was born in 1656 in Sandwich, MA (son of Thomas Dexter, Jr. and Elizabeth Vincent); and died. John married Mahitabel Hallett on 10 Nov 1682. Mahitabel (daughter of Andrew Hallett, Jr.) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mahitabel Hallett (daughter of Andrew Hallett, Jr.); and died. Children:
- Elizabeth Dexter was born on 1 Nov 1683 in Portsmouth, RI; and died.
- Thomas Dexter was born on 26 Aug 1686 in Portsmouth, RI; and died.
- 3. Abigail Dexter was born on 26 May 1689 in Portsmouth, RI; died on 6 Aug 1725.
- John Dexter was born on 11 Sep 1692 in Portsmouth, RI; and died.
Generation: 4
12. Thomas Dexter, Jr. was born about 1623 in Bristol, Somerset, England (son of Thomas Dexter, Sr. and Mary Parkhurst); died on 29 Dec 1686 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Notes:
From "Genealogy of the Dexter Family in America, 1905" by Warden and Dexter:
"Thomas Dexter, son of Thomas Dexter, was born in England and came to this country with his father. In 1647 he was chosen constable for the town of Sandwich. This proves that he must have been born before the family came to America, as he must have been over twenty-four years of age when elected constable. In 1648 he kept the mill that his father built in 1640. In 1655 he was commissioned Ensign of a company of militia, which office he held many years, and was known as "Ensign Dexter." He served upon the jury very often between 1652 and 1659, and was elected surveyor of highways and collector of taxes 1675, and the record says he was an inn-keeper 1860. He did not have the fondness for lawsuits that his father had, but he did inherit some of his father's quarrels about line fences, but these he settled by adjustment. In one case when there was a dispute between the town of Sandwich and him, the matter was left to Mr. Thomas Prence, Mr. Thomas Hinckley and Mr. Constant Southworth to settle. These men were among the most prominent men in the colony." In 1663 they were a "committee to settle the boundary between Sandwich and Plymouth. In 1655 he was, according to the usages of the times, entitled to the honor of being styled "Mister," and in the latter part of his life, being a large landowner, was styled "Gentleman." He appears to have been a worthy man, enterprising, useful, a good neighbor and a good citizen. In addition to the land received from his father, he was granted 100 acres upland in Sandwich in 1667.Thomas married Elizabeth Vincent on 8 Nov 1648 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Elizabeth (daughter of John Vincent and Hannah) was born about 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 19 Mar 1714. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Elizabeth Vincent was born about 1630 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony (daughter of John Vincent and Hannah); died on 19 Mar 1714. Children:
- Mary Dexter was born on 11 Aug 1649 in Sandwich, MA; and died.
- Elizabeth Dexter was born on 21 Sep 1651 in Sandwich, MA; died before 1660 in Sandwich, MA.
- Thomas Dexter was born in 1653 in Sandwich, MA; died in 1679.
- 6. John Dexter was born in 1656 in Sandwich, MA; and died.
- Elizabeth Dexter was born on 7 Apr 1660; and died.
- Abigail Dexter was born on 12 Jun 1663 in Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA; died on 12 Sep 1715 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA; was buried in 1715 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., MA.
14. Andrew Hallett, Jr. and died. Notes:
Andrew was one of the wealthiest men in Yarmouth, MA. In 1686 he sold to his brother-in-law, Jonathan Hallett, a negro slave called "Harry" aged 29 years, for 20 pounds. (Warden, p.14)
Children:
- 7. Mahitabel Hallett and died.