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Christopher Lawson 1605–1661 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1605

Birth Location: Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1661

Death Location: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Sir Brough

Mother: Sarah Rowland

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Christopher Lawson was born in 1605 in Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Knight John Lawson Baronet Of Brough And Sarah Rowland. Christopher Lawson passed away in 1661 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Christopher Lawson was born in 1605 in Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Knight John Lawson Baronet Of Brough And Sarah Rowland.
  • Christopher Lawson passed away in 1661 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Christopher Lawson's Ancestors

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Christopher Lawson
1605–1661
Birth Place: Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Knight John Lawson Baronet of Brough
1575–1655
Brough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Sarah Rowland
1582–1618
Yorkshire, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (Ralph Lawson of) Brough
1547–1623
Brough Hall, Caterick, York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth) Brough
1544–1623
Brough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Lawson
1520–1551
Margery Swynhowe
1520–1620
Sir Hall*
1520–1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Lawson
1500–1546
Alice Bertram
1500–1547

Christopher Lawson's Timeline

2 Records

1605
1605
Birth of Christopher Lawson in Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1661
1661
Age 56
Death of Christopher Lawson in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1605
    Event Place: Catterick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1661
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancaster County, Colony of Virginia, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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