Mary Lawton

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Mary (Sisson) Lawton (abt. 1653 - 1674)

Mary Lawton formerly Sisson

Born about 1653 in Portsmouth, Newport county, Rhode Island

Daughter of Richard (Sisson) Sissions and Mary (Unknown) Sisson

Sister of John Sisson, Richard Sisson Jr., Marie Sisson, Thomas Sisson, Alice Sisson, George Sisson, Anne (Sisson) Tripp, Elizabeth (Sisson) Allen, James Sisson [half], James Sisson and John Sisson

Wife of Isaac Lawton — married about 1670 in Portsmouth, Warwick, Rhode Island

[children unknown]

Died 1674 at about age 21 in Portsmouth, Newport county, Rhode Island

Profile last modified 4 Nov 2017 | Created 7 Feb 2011

Biography

Mary Sisson was born 24 June 1639 or 1653/4. She is the daughter of Richard Sisson and Mary Freeman.

Birth:
Date: 1653/4
Place: Portsmouth Rhode Island or Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts[1]
Imported only 1653 from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.

Death:
Date: 1674
Place: Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts[2]
Sources

Source: S373 Author: Sam Behling Title: Sisson Abbreviation: Sisson Publication: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/sissoni.html Note: My Direct Line CONT CONT Richard SISSON (ca 1608 - ca Feb 1684/1685) & Mary FREEMAN (?) ( - bef 1 Dec 1692) CONT John SISSON (ca 1658 - 24 Jun 1687) & Mary ? (ca 1662 - 1687) CONT Mary SISSON ( - ca 1730) & Benjamin NICHOLS (28 Jan 1676/1677 - 1736) CONT Joseph NICHOLS (8 Jun 1707 - bef 22 Feb 1790) & Mary SPINK (11 Apr 1710 - bef Dec 1752) CONT Mary NICHOLS (8 Dec 1731 - 28 Dec 1822) & Rev. William WAIT (9 Jan 1730/1731 - 30 Mar 1826) CONT Nichols WAIT (16 Apr 1763 - 14 Jun 1834) & Olive PHELPS (23 Mar 1771 - 27 Jul 1837) CONT Russel WAIT (27 Dec 1787 - 10 May 1854) & Mercy BOOTH (26 Jan 1789 - 9 Jan 1835) CONT Julius Porter WAITE (20 Nov 1830 - 22 Dec 1910) & Lucretia Melvina MOSHER (8 Jul 1835 - 30 May 1909) CONT Edith Lusetta WAITE (10 Jul 1875 - 26 May 1967) & William (Will) Edgar DELANEY (17 Jun 1864 - 10 Oct 1956) CONT Laura May DELANEY (5 May 1895 - 28 Jan 1984) & George Alvin BEHLING (13 Oct 1893 - 26 Nov 1948) CONT James (Jim) Barton BEHLING (Living) & Dorothy Chloe WILLIAMS (3 Apr 1915 - 22 Dec 1990) CONT Susanne (Sam) Lucretia BEHLING (Living) Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: Mary. Born ca 1657 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. Mary died in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, in 1674; she was 17. On 3 Mar 1673/1674 when Mary was 16, she married Isaac LAWTON, son of Thomas LAWTON & Elizabeth SALISBURY, in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. Born on 11 Dec 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. Isaac died in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI, on 25 Jan 1731/1732; he was 80.
Source: S374 Author: Carol Regehr Title: Descendants of Richard and Mary Sisson of Rhode Island Abbreviation: Descendants of Richard and Mary Sisson of Rhode Island Publication: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/richard/index.htm#TOC Note: cregehr@phys.ksu.edu CONT References: CONT Useful references for Richard and his descendants are: CONT * Rhodes, ed. "Colonial Families of the United States," Vol. II (D&J #4) CONT * Austin, John O. "160 Allied Families" (Salem, Mass.) pages 120, 208-12 (D&J #5) CONT * Munsell et al. "American Ancestry," (1899) Vol. 12 (D&J #6) CONT * Arnold, James N. "Rhode Island Vital Records" (D&J #7) CONT * Welling, B. "They Were Here, Too" (Greenwich, Washington County, NY: New York Historical Society, 1963-71) (D&J #8) CONT * Paige, Lucius R. "List of Freemen of Massachusetts, 1630-1691" (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978) (D&J #9) CONT * Austin, John O. "The Genealogical Dictionary of RI," (Albany, 1887), p. 181 (D&J #10) CONT * Martin, John L. "Sisson Family" (New Bedford, Mass.: typescript, 1930s; indexed by David S. Martin, 1991) Vol I, pp 10-4, 7, 17 (D&J #11) CONT * Rhode Island Historical Society. "The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth." (Freeman and Sons, 1901) (D&J #392) Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: Mary SISSON was born about 1653/1654 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died 1674 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. CONT CONT Mary is reported, probably unreliably, to have been born in 1652, but since that is the year her brother James was born, she may have been born in 1654. Mary and Isaac Lawton have been reported as the parents of Mary Lawton and even more doubtfully of Isabel Lawton. According to John Osborne Austin's "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island" p 123, Isaac Lawton's first and third wives had no issue. If correct, Mary Sisson Lawton had no issue and Mary Lawton and Isabel Lawton are the daughters of Elizabeth Tallman Lawton, if they existed at all. Most sources say that Mary died in childbirth "of her first child." CONT CONT Mary married Isaac LAWTON, son of Thomas LAWTON and Elizabeth SALISBURY, on 3 Mar 1674 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Isaac was born 11 Dec 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 25 Jan 1732 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. CONT
Source: S446 Author: Carol Sisson Regehr Title: The Sisson Genealogy Site Abbreviation: The Sisson Genealogy Site Publication: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/ Note: Carol Sisson Regehr CONT My Sisson lines: CONT 1.Richard & Mary 2.George 3.Thomas 4.Giles 5.John 6.Benjamin 7.JohnCr. 8.WmBenj. 9.BenjFr. 10.Edgar 11.WillieFr. 12.myself Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y Data: Text: v Mary SISSON was born about 1653/1654 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. She died 1674 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. CONT CONT Mary is reported, probably unreliably, to have been born in 1652, but since that is the year her brother James was born, she may have been born in 1654. Mary and Isaac Lawton have been reported as the parents of Mary Lawton and even more doubtfully of Isabel Lawton. According to John Osborne Austin's "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island" p 123, Isaac Lawton's first and third wives had no issue. If correct, Mary Sisson Lawton had no issue and Mary Lawton and Isabel Lawton are the daughters of Elizabeth Tallman Lawton, if they existed at all. Most sources say that Mary died in childbirth "of her first child." CONT CONT Mary married Isaac LAWTON, son of Thomas LAWTON and Elizabeth SALISBURY, on 3 Mar 1674 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. Isaac was born 11 Dec 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. He died 25 Jan 1732 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island. CONT
Source: S515 Author: Phillip Clark Title: My Ancestor's Abbreviation: My Ancestor's Publication: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=200&id=I... Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
Source: S516 Author: Bob Carroll Title: Rogers-Cushing-Stiles-Carroll Abbreviation: Rogers-Cushing-Stiles-Carroll Publication: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rcarroll... Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
Mecham, Leonidas DeVon,. Family book of remembrance and genealogy, with allied lines. Salt Lake City: unknown, 1952.
http://person.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/54382926/person/13656416843/...

Footnotes

↑ Source: #S446 Data: Text: born about 1653/1654 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
↑ Source: #S446 Data: Text: died 1674 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Sisson-205 created through the import of 25a.GED on Jan 8, 2012 by Michael Lechner.