Henry Lawson, Sr.

Coats-of-Arms in Virginia: - Rowland Lawson's will, Lancaster, 11 September 1706: a chevron between three martlets. Burke ascribes these arms to Lawson of Burgh Hall, Co. York, Bart; of Cramlington, Northumberland; and of Longhirst, Northumberland.

Henry Lawson was born circa 1675 in Virginia and died circa January 17, 1755 (inventory of estate) in Lancaster, Virginia (2)

Parents: Rowland Lawson ll and Anna Keen Jones.

married

1. before 1700 to Mary Sallard (1) widow of John Kelly; daughter of Elizabeth Taylor & Simon Sallard. Died by 1742.
2. Mary Taylor

Children of Henry Lawson and Mary Sallard

1. Judith Lawson
2. Henry Jr. Married Winifred.
3. Rowland
4. Sarah married William Hathaway.
5. Elizabeth married Robert Biscoe.
6. Ann. Never married.

Notes

1. "Ordinarily one would not expect That HL, who died By 1755, would be the same one who married Mary Sallard over 5 decades earlier.
2. In 1651 Lancaster County was formed, and its area opening up for settlement. Two of it's most distinguished early families were the Carters and the Lawsons, who settled in what became the Christ Church Parish. Both families had moved to this county from Isle of Wight and Nansemond County area. Brothers Epophraditus & Rowland Lawson settled on the NewcTown River area by 1636. Links

• http://telstarbob.net/mylawson.htm
• http://www.enonhall.com/pdf/lineage.LAWSONTAYLOR.pdf
• http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/joynerfamily/tim.html
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=workman_f... cites
• Title: Lawson family of Lancaster and Rappahannock Counties, Va Author: Floyd Wills Sydnor Publication: Name: Richmond, Va.. unknown. 1931.;
• 2. Title: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography Author: Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, Editor Publication: Name: New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915.;
• 3. Title: The descendants of Hugh Brent, immigrant to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1642, and some allied families, Curd, Dogett, Edmonds, Fleet, Lawson, Nutt Author: Brent, Chester Horton Publication: Name: Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing Co., 1936;

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