This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawson, Markum, Marcum, Dalton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3303.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Now, that makes a lot of sense. Squire Markum/Marcum married Martha Lawson, daughter of Richard Lawson, who was the brother of John Jackson Lawson who was the stepfather of Amanda Manis who married William Dalton. David