William Lawton (1)                                1743 - 1819  (76)

  b.      ~ 1743                                d.    25 Nov 1819        bur.  29 Nov 1819  (76)                    Heswall

  Married (1)                         by licence     at    St Nicholas Church, Liverpool      on  14 Sep    1779

          William Lawton,  bachelor,  yeoman of Poulton in parish of Bebington,  age 33+  and  Ann Pemberton, spinster of parish of Liverpool, age 24+.

                             Witness   -    William Pemberton  (brother)                       Licence bondsman    -     Allen Mason,  baker of City of Chester

  Ann Pemberton                                    1756 - 1780 (24)

  bap.         15 Jan 1756            at  Bromborough,  daughter of John Pemberton,  yeoman of Brimstage  and Alice his wife 

  bur.          19 Apr 1780            at  Bromborough      (see below)

  Children

  Ann Lawton             bap.   19 April 1780           at  Bromborough,  daughter of  William Lawton

                                       (baptism on the same day as the burial of her mother, who presumably died during or shortly after the birth)

                                       bur.    26 April 1781     at  Bromborough,  unnamed child of William Lawton of Spital Common near Poulton

                                  (this burial record appears to have been inserted in the parish record at a later date - after a record for 9 June)

  Married (2)                by licence     at  Neston    on    23 May 1782

                         William Lawton,  widower,  yeoman of  Bebington, age 35+    and    Elizabeth Sparkes,  spinster of Neston,  age 30+.

                                    Licence bondsman   -   Roger Collier,   husbandman of Poulton

  Elizabeth Spark                                    1749 - 1841  (93)

  bap.    26 Dec 1749          at  Neston,  daughter of  Joseph Sparke,  farmer of Leighton  and  Mary  his wife.

  d.        1 Dec 1841          bur.   6 Dec 1841  (93)                  Heswall

  Children            Baptisms of  Mary and Elizabeth at Bebington   -   child of  William Lawton  of  Poulton cum Spittle.

                               Baptisms of  William,  Alice  and  Joseph  at  Heswall    -   child of  William  and  Elizabeth Lawton  of  Gayton

  Mary Lawton                bap.    22 Apr 1783    Bebington                                 married     Gwin Simmons     5 Apr 1809

  Elizabeth Lawton       bap.   16 May 1785     Bebington                              married     George Thompson      27 June 1809   

  William Lawton           bap.    31 Jan 1787      Heswall                                  married     Catherine Roper    12 Jan 1813

  Alice Lawton                bap.   19 Sep 1789      Heswall                                   married     Thomas Phillips Pemberton    17 July 1816

  Joseph Lawton           bap.     8 Sep 1791      Heswall                                   married     Mary Manlove       2 May 1821

 C1841         Elizabeth Lawton (90, independent)  with  daughter-in-law  Mary Lawton (45, widow, farmer)  and six others living at  Heswall village.

 1841           Death of    Elizabeth Lawton        d.   1 Dec 1841  (age 93)     -      bur.    6 Dec 1841    at  Heswall