Individual Details
William Lawton Sr.
(Abt 1705 - 9 Oct 1757)
Joseph came from Wales to America and settled on Edisto Island in 1748.
"Cadet" of the Lawton Family, Lawton Hall, Lawton, Cheshire, England.
"William Lawton settled on Edisto Island 1745."
"Now it is said that 3 brothers came from Eng., namely William, James, and one brother went north, and I think that I have found him if that was him. Jeremiah Lawton and his 6 descendent is Major Kirk B. Lawton of Ahtol, Mass. ..."
"Lawtons owned vast plantations, and each widow was rich."
"Appears" in records of SC in 1735.
In 1740, Edisto District petit juror; 1751, St. John, Colleton, Grand and Petit Juror; 1757, Edisto District, Grand and Petit Juror.
At death was cultivating 660 acres of rice, indigo, peas, corn, etc., with 36 slaves. Estate appraised at 7,900 Enlish pounds Sterling.
Captain Edisto Island Company of Foot, St. John's Colleton 24 May 1757, planter of 640 acres. A "Sober, Discrete and Substantial" man born about 1705 of the Cheshire England family, married three times and died here between 9 Oct. and 15 Oct. 1757.
Information for William from a memorial at the Presbyterian Church on Edisto
Island:
1/m to Mary Clark, daughter of Jeremiah Clark
2/m to a daughter of Thomas Winborn
3/m to Mary Stone, widow of Paul Grimball who later married Samuel Fickling and died in St. Peter's Parish in 1804.
William was a Lieutenant and later Captain of the Edisto Island Company of the Colleton County Regiment of Foot in 1757. Trustee of the Edisto Presbyterian Church in 1755. Overseer of the poor for St. John's Anglican Parish in 1750.
"Cadet" of the Lawton Family, Lawton Hall, Lawton, Cheshire, England.
"William Lawton settled on Edisto Island 1745."
"Now it is said that 3 brothers came from Eng., namely William, James, and one brother went north, and I think that I have found him if that was him. Jeremiah Lawton and his 6 descendent is Major Kirk B. Lawton of Ahtol, Mass. ..."
"Lawtons owned vast plantations, and each widow was rich."
"Appears" in records of SC in 1735.
In 1740, Edisto District petit juror; 1751, St. John, Colleton, Grand and Petit Juror; 1757, Edisto District, Grand and Petit Juror.
At death was cultivating 660 acres of rice, indigo, peas, corn, etc., with 36 slaves. Estate appraised at 7,900 Enlish pounds Sterling.
Captain Edisto Island Company of Foot, St. John's Colleton 24 May 1757, planter of 640 acres. A "Sober, Discrete and Substantial" man born about 1705 of the Cheshire England family, married three times and died here between 9 Oct. and 15 Oct. 1757.
Information for William from a memorial at the Presbyterian Church on Edisto
Island:
1/m to Mary Clark, daughter of Jeremiah Clark
2/m to a daughter of Thomas Winborn
3/m to Mary Stone, widow of Paul Grimball who later married Samuel Fickling and died in St. Peter's Parish in 1804.
William was a Lieutenant and later Captain of the Edisto Island Company of the Colleton County Regiment of Foot in 1757. Trustee of the Edisto Presbyterian Church in 1755. Overseer of the poor for St. John's Anglican Parish in 1750.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1705 | Wales |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1730 | Mary Phobe Clarke | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1744 | Mary Winborn | | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1751 | Mary Stone | |||
| Death | 9 Oct 1757 | Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina, British America | | ||
| Burial | Whaley-Seabrook Cemetery (Edisto Island), Charleston, South Carolina, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Winborn ( - ) |
| Child | Winborn Lawton Sr. (1745 - 1809) |
| Child | Mary Lawton ( - ) |
| Spouse | Mary Stone ( - 1803) |
| Child | Joseph Lawton Jr. (1753 - 1815) |
| Spouse | Mary Phobe Clarke ( - 1743) |
| Child | Josiah Lawton (1732 - 1757) |
| Child | William Lawton Jr (1735 - 1759) |
| Child | Jeremiah Lawton (1737 - 1762) |
| Child | Sarah Beulah Lawton (1739 - 1798) |
Endnotes
1. McCall, Ettie Tidwell, McCall-Tidwell and allied families (Atlanta, Ga.: Published by the author, 1931, 673 pgs.), p 581.
2. McCall, Ettie Tidwell, McCall-Tidwell and allied families (Atlanta, Ga.: Published by the author, 1931, 673 pgs.), p 581.
3. McCall, Ettie Tidwell, McCall-Tidwell and allied families (Atlanta, Ga.: Published by the author, 1931, 673 pgs.), p 581 has 1769.