'Lawson01'
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Families covered: Lawson of Brough Hall, Lawson (Lawesson) of Bywell, Lawson of Cramlington, Lawson of Nesham Abbey, Lawson of Newcastle
| The early generations shown below are as found in various web sites (mainly www.geni.com). Having not identified the original source(s) of the data, we show them in italics. | |||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Lawesson of Lancaster | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Lawesson of Bywell, Northumberland | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Lawesson of Bywell | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Lawson of Bywell | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Lawson of Bywell | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Lawson of Bywell (d 1386) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Lawson of Bywell | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Lawson of Bywell & Cramlington (a 1425, d 27.05.1480) the first mentioned by BP1934 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Cramlington (dau/coheir of William Cramlington) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Lawson of Bywell & Cramlington (d 02.07.1489) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Killinghall (dau of John Killinghall of Middleton St. George) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | William Lawson of Cramlington (d 27.03.1518) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Horsley (dau of Richard Horsley or Horsely of Thernham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | James Lawson of Cramlington & Newcastle (d 24.02.1547) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Bertram (dau of (George) Bertram of Bentley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Edmund Lawson of Newcastle (2nd son) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Swinnow (dau of Ralph Swinnow of Rock Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((ii)) | Henry Lawson 'of Newcastle' of Nesham Abbey (d 1607) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Conyers (dau of Cuthbert Conyers of Laton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | James Lawson of Nesham Abbey (b 1568, d 20.10.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Conyers (dau of Sir John Conyers of Sockburne) | |||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | James Lawson (dvp 16.02.1628) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Vavasour (dau of Walter Vavasour of Haselwood, widow of Philip Doleman of Leade) | |||||||||||||||
| (((A))) | James Lawson (b 27.11.1624, d 1644) | ||||||||||||||
| (((2))) | Ann Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Jenison | |||||||||||||||
| (((3))) | Frances Lawson (d 1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Brathwaite (d 1673) | |||||||||||||||
| (((4)))+ | other issue - George, Ralph | ||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Janet Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hodgson | |||||||||||||||
| ((c)) | Catherine Lawson (d 12.1648) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.1591) Sir Stephen Tempest of Broughton (b 1553, d 30.09.1625) | |||||||||||||||
| ((d))+ | other issue - Ralph, Thomas, Elizabeth, Ann, Barbara, Margaret, Ann, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| ((iii)) | Isabella Lawson (d 1582) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Gerard Fenwick of Newcastle | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Richard Hodgson | |||||||||||||||
| ((iv))+ | other issue - Thomas, Ralph, William | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Thomas Lawson (d 24.12.1547) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edith or Judith Grey (dau of Sir Roger Grey of Horton, widow of Ralph Swynhowe, m3. ?? Lyle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Mabel Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lancelot Errington (d 1589) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Barbara Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Collingwood | |||||||||||||||
| ((D))+ | other issue - George, Robert, Joan (prioress of Nesham Abbey) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Margaret Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Gilbert Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Robert, William | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Lawson | ||||||||||||||
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| Edmund Lawson of Newcastle - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margery Swinnow (dau of Ralph Swinnow of Rock Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Ralph Lawson 'of Brough' (a 1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Brough (dau of Roger Brough of Brough Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Roger Lawson of Heaton (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Constable (d 1632, dau of Sir Henry Constable of Burton Constable) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry Lawson of Brough Hall (d 1636) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Hodgson (dau of Robert Hodgson of Heburne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Henry Lawson (d Melton Mowbray 1644, 2nd or later son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Fenwick (dau of Sir William Fenwick of Meldon) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Isabella Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Swinburn, Bart of Capheaton | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir John Lawson, 1st Bart of Brough Hall (d 26.10.1698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1660) Catherine Howard (d 04.07.1668, dau of Sir William Howard of Naworth Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Henry Lawson, 2nd Bart of Brough Hall (b c1663, d 09.05.1726, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1688) Elizabeth Knightley (d 1735, dau of Robert Knightley of Offchurch by Anne, dau of Sir John Pettus) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir John Lawson, 3rd Bart of Brough Hall (b c1689, d 19.10.1739) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1712) Mary Shelley (dau of Sir John Shelley, Bart of Michelgrove) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Henry Lawson, 4th Bart of Brough Hall (b c1712, d 01.10.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1742) Anastasia Maire (d 05.11.1764, dau of Thomas Maire of Lartington Hall & Hardwick by Mary, dau of Richard Fermor of Tusmore) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Lawson, 5th Bart of Brough Hall (b 13.09.1744, d 27.06.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (01.08.1768) Elizabeth Scarisbrick (d 10.06.1801, dau of William Scarisbrick of Scarisbrick) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Anastasia Maria Lawson (d 22.06.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1789) Thomas Strickland of Sizergh (b 31.07.1763, d 04.12.1813) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Elizabeth Lawson (d 07.07.1812) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.01.1789) John Wright of Kelvedon Hall | |||||||||||||||
| Brough Hall passed to their son who took the name Lawson and was created a baronet. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (08.02.1803) Monica Stapleton (dau of Miles Stapleton of Drax) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Henry Lawson, later Maire of Lartington, later Lawson, 6th Bart of Brough Hall (b 25.12.1750, dsp 01.1834) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02.09.1773) Monica Stapleton (dsp 08.01.1800, dau of Nicolas Stapleton of Carlton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (18.05.1801) Catherine Fermor (dau of Henry Fermor of Worcester) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Mary Lawson (b 26.07.1742, nun) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Catherine Lawson (b 09.08.1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.1772) John Silvertop of Minster Acres | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Lawson (b c1722, d 1791, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Selby (dau of Thomas William Selby of Biddleston) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Lawson of York | ||||||||||||||
| m. Clarinda Fallon (dau of John Fallon of Cloona) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Lawson (d 1791) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Webbe Weston of Sutton Place | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Thomas (priest), Henry (priest) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Thomas (a 1800, priest), Mary (d 1783, nun), Bridget (d 1787, nun) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Anne Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1707) William Witham of Clife (d after 06.1723) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Elizabeth Lawson (d 19.12.1732) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1714) Stephen Tempest of Broughton (b 14.10.1689, d 12.08.1771) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Philip Lawson (dsp 1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Maria Knollys (dau of Nicholas Knollys, Earl of Banbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (3)+ | other issue - John, Charles, William (priest), Thomas (priest), Catherine, Mary, Anne, Elizabeth, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue including Roger (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | "numerous issue" | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Jane or Margaret Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Rokeby of Mortham (b c1570, bur 31.07.1633) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Alice Lawson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Ingleby of Lawkland | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Anne Lawson possibly fits here | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Killingbeck (b 1598) | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | 2 sons | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BP1934 ('Lawson of Brough Hall'), BEB1841 ('Lawson of Brough Hall') with input (shown in italics) from various web sites (mainly www.geni.com)
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