O.K., Elsdon village now, but it seemed to be a much bigger community in the 1700 and 1800's . Mike Temple, Spain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Gowland" <mike.gowland@lineone.net> To: <northumbria@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [NMB] Mark Lawson, shopkeeper, Alnwick > "Elsdon Town"? > > Mike Gowland, Thropton. > > -----Original Message----- > From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Temple > Sent: 13 March 2010 11:36 > To: northumbria@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NMB] Mark Lawson, shopkeeper, Alnwick > > Elsdon (Sopwith), > I think this could be Soppit rather than Sopwith , a small farm > (and > > previous coal mine site) about 1 mile West of Elsdon town. > Mike Temple, Spain. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tina Lawson" <home_yorks@hotmail.com> > To: "NORTHUMBRIA & DURHAM List" <northumbria-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 11:41 AM > Subject: [NMB] Mark Lawson, shopkeeper, Alnwick > > >> >> >> We are still looking for evidence of the ancestry of Mark Lawson, who was >> a shopkeeper, of Clayport, Alnwick, in the 1770s. >> >> He and his (first?) wife, Dorothy, had a son, John, who died aged 70 in >> 1823 (in Raskelf, Yorkshire). John was a blacksmith and parish clerk. >> This > >> suggests he could well be the John Lawson, son of Mark and Dorothy, >> baptised in Hamsterley (near Bishop Auckland, Durham) in 1753. No other >> possible birth or baptism of a John Lawson, son of Mark and Dorothy, has >> been found either in Hamsterley or anywhere else. In the church records >> in > >> Raskelf, including at John's marriage, John is described as "only son of >> Mark Lawson of Alnwick and his wife Dorothy". >> >> No further children of Mark and Dorothy have been located and Dorothy's >> death is recorded (in St Michael's church Alnwick). Subsequently, a Mark >> Lawson of Alnwick also had at least one daughter, who also died young - >> this could be the same Mark, but there are also one or two others - one >> of > >> whom was in the Northumberland Militia. A death of a Mark Lawson is >> recorded in 1801, also at St Michael's, of a labourer aged around 80. >> Three births of Mark Lawsons are recorded in the surrounding area in the >> 1820s, in Rothbury, Elsdon (Sopwith) and Lanchester. The family names >> of > >> the Rothbury and Elsdon Lawsons are both repeated in our family. I also >> believe that these two families are connected with eace other. I cannot >> prove, however, that our Mark Lawson is definitely descended from either. >> >> Any suggestions welcome! >> >> K Lawson. >> >> >> >> >> >> Got a cool Hotmail story? Tell us now >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Tell us your greatest, weirdest and funniest Hotmail stories >> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/ >> >> >> The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at >> http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2742 - Release Date: 03/12/10 > 19:33:00 > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2742 - Release Date: 03/12/10 19:33:00

Mike. I totally agree and indeed all of the communities in the area were much bigger in 1700 and 1800's. Elsdon still is a nice little village today. It even has a pub. Mike Gowland Thropton -----Original Message----- From: northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:northumbria-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Temple Sent: 13 March 2010 15:41 To: northumbria@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NMB] Mark Lawson, shopkeeper, Alnwick O.K., Elsdon village now, but it seemed to be a much bigger community in the 1700 and 1800's . Mike Temple, Spain. >> >> The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at >> http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2742 - Release Date: 03/12/10 > 19:33:00 > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at > http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.436 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2742 - Release Date: 03/12/10 19:33:00 The NORTHUMBRIA FAQ page is located at http://www.bpears.org.uk/NorthumbriaFAQ/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORTHUMBRIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message