Individual Details
George Lawton
(23 Sep 1607 - 5 Oct 1693)
One of the original settlers of
Westerly, RI, which was settled first in March 1661/2 and was a leader there in
times of trouble with Indians, from 1671 to 1676.
Westerly, RI, which was settled first in March 1661/2 and was a leader there in
times of trouble with Indians, from 1671 to 1676.
Events
| Birth | 23 Sep 1607 | Crandfield, Bedfordshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 1627 | Portsmouth,Newport,RI - Elizabeth Hazard | |||
| Marriage | 27 Jan 1636 | Pulloxhill Parish, Eng - Mary Hopkins | |||
| Event | 1638 | Aquidneck |  | ||
| Event | 30 Apr 1639 | | |||
| Event | 1648 | | |||
| Event | 25 Jan 1648 | | |||
| Event | 1655 | | |||
| Event | 1676 | Portsmouth, RI | | ||
| Event | 30 Oct 1678 | Portsmouth | | ||
| Event | 2 Jan 1688 | | |||
| Death | 5 Oct 1693 | Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Hazard ( - 1711) |
| Child | Elizabeth Lawton (1630 - 1680) |
| Child | Isabel Lawton (1642 - 1730) |
| Child | Mary Lawton (1644 - 1711) |
| Child | John Lawton (1642 - 1697) |
| Child | George Lawton ( - 1697) |
| Child | Robert Lawton ( - 1706) |
| Child | Susannah Lawton (1650 - 1712) |
| Child | Ruth Lawton ( - 1726) |
| Child | Mercy Lawton (1654 - 1685) |
| Child | Job Lawton (1659 - 1697) |
| Child | Elizabeth Lawton (1658 - 1724) |
| Spouse | Mary Hopkins ( - ) |
| Father | George Lawton (1581 - 1641) |
| Mother | Isbell Smith (1585 - 1641) |
| Sibling | Sarah Lawton (1609 - 1674) |
| Sibling | Mary Lawton (1611 - 1676) |
| Sibling | Bennett Lawton (1613 - 1623) |
| Sibling | Thomas Lawton (1614 - 1681) |
| Sibling | Isaac Lawton (1616 - ) |
| Sibling | Nicholas Lawton (1621 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Lawton (1623 - ) |
Notes
Event
He was admitted an inhabitant of the island of Aquidneck in 1638.Event
On April 30, 1639, he and twenty others signed the following compact:"We whose names are underwritten do acknowledge ourselves the legal subjects of his majesty King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body politicke, unto his laws according to matters of justice."Event
In 1648, he was a member of the Court of Trials.Event
He was granted 40acres "near his brother Thomas," 25 Jan. 1648.
Event
He was named a freeman in 1655.Event
n 1676 he was named one ofthe colony's 16 "most judicious inhabitants" asked to give the Assembly advice
on King Phillip's War. He had ten children, who lived in Westerly.
Event
In 1678 (Oct 30), there was ordered by the Assembly a meeting to beheld at his house 13th of Jan. next, to adjudge and audit all accountsbetween towns of Newport and Portsmouth, relating to late Indian wars.Event
He deeded his son Robert all hisreal and personal property on 2 Jan. 1688.