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Ken Burns

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Thomas Lawton

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Ken Burns — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3090 
  • Father:
  • George Lawton 
  • Mother:
  • Isbell Smith   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 17 Apr 1614 
  • Christening Location:
  • Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Salsburie
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 May 1634 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Elizabeth Lawton (Ahnentafel No:1545 )

  Daniel Lawton

  Sarah Lawton

  Isaac Lawton

• Additional marriages for Thomas Lawton

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  • Spouse:
  • Grace Parsons
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1674

• Sources for Thomas Lawton

  • ¹ Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1987, Vol. 13, pp. 2, 41.
  • ² Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Newport County, Vol. 4, p. 29, Marriage record for son Isaac Lawton and Elizabeth Tallman.
  • ³ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Vol. 1, p. 52, Marriage record for daughter Sarah Lawton.
  • ⁴ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1672.
  • ⁵ Cutter, William Richard, ed., New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of . . . Volume 4, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1914), 1783.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 147.
  • ⁷ Wheeler, Richard Anson, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, From its First Settlement in 1649 to 1900, New London, Connecticut: Press of the Day Publishing Company (1900), 568.
  • ⁸ Wood, Arthur A., Luther Sisson of Easton, Mass.: his Ancestry and Descendants, Slocum, Rhode Island: Printed by A.A. Wood (1909), 4.

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