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Roland Holmes Lawson 1644 – 1706 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1644

Birth Location: Lancaster Virginia

Death Date: 1706

Death Location: Lancaster Virginia

Father: Rowland Burgesses

Mother: Leticia Wale

Spouse(s):

Children(s): John Lawson

Roland Holmes Lawson was born in 1644 in Lancaster Virginia, the child of Rowland William Lawson, Justice to the Court House of Burgesses and Leticia Joanna Wale. Roland Holmes Lawson had children including John Roger Lawson. Roland Holmes Lawson passed away in 1706 in Lancaster Virginia.

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Biography

  • Roland Holmes Lawson was born in 1644 in Lancaster Virginia, the child of Rowland William Lawson, Justice to the Court House of Burgesses and Leticia Joanna Wale.
  • Roland Holmes Lawson had children including John Roger Lawson.
  • Roland Holmes Lawson passed away in 1706 in Lancaster Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Rowland Burgesses
1617 – 1661
Birth Location: Bough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England
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Leticia Wale
1626 – 1665
Birth Location: Northumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Lawson
1669 – 1730
Birth Location: New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
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Roland Lawson's Ancestors

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Roland Lawson
1644 – 1706
Birth Place: Lancaster Virginia
Parents
Rowland William Lawson, Justice to the Court House of Burgesses
1617 – 1661
Bough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England
Leticia (Joanna) Wale
1626 – 1665
Northumberland, England
Grandparents
Sir (Ralph Lawson of Brough) Hall
1547 – 1623
Brough Hall, Yorkshire,Northumberland, England
Lady (Elizabeth D (Brough)) Lawson
1544 – 1623
Brough Hall, Catterick, Yorkshire, England
Richard (George) Wale
1605 – 1674
Radwinter, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Newcastle,
1520 – 1551
Margery Castle
1520 – 1620
Sir Hall*
1520 – 1575
Dorothy Brough
1520 – 1585
Thomas WALE
1552 – 1625
Martha Salmon
1565 – 1605
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Captain Hall*
1500 – 1544
Dorothea Wiborowe
1505 – 1552
George Salmon
1540 – 1611
Margaret Shiltimber
1543 – 1614

Roland Lawson's Descendants

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Roland (Holmes) Lawson (1644 – 1706)
  1. 1. John (Roger) Lawson (1669 – Mar 1730)
    1. 1. William Lawson (1692 – 4 Feb 1754) m. Isabel Kenney (1684 – 1757)
      1. 1. Bartholomew ((Bartlett)) Lawson (1727 – 25 Aug 1782) m. Susannah Simpkins (1726 – 1787)
        1. 1. William (Marion) Lawson (1754 – 1811) m. Sarah (R) Hinton (March 14, 1751 – 1826)

Roland Lawson's Timeline

2 Records

1644
1644
Birth of Roland Holmes Lawson in Lancaster Virginia
Lancaster Virginia
1706
1706
Age 62
Death of Roland Holmes Lawson in Lancaster Virginia
Lancaster Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1644
    Event Place: Lancaster Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1706
    Event Place: Lancaster Virginia
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