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