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    LAIGHTON or LEIGHTON, DANIEL, Newport, perhaps s. of John of
the same, by w. Rebecca had Thomas, b. 2 Mar. 1666; Daniel, 28 Oct.
1667; Rebecca, 24 Feb. 1669; Jeremy, 21 Dec. 1670; Adam, 5 Nov.
1672; Elizabeth 12 Mar. 1674 ; and Mary, 31 Aug. 1675. EZEKIEL,
Rowley 1691, s. of Richard. GEORGE, Portsmouth, R. I. 1638, freem.
there 1655; m. Elizabeth d. of Thomas Hazard of the same. JOHN, Ipswich
1648, may have been ten yrs. bef. at Newport. JOHN, Kittery, s.
of William, m. 13 June 1686, Honor, d. prob. of the first Tobias
Langdon
, had Elizabeth b 30 May 1691; Mary, 7 May 1693; William, 9
Sept. 1696; John, 27 May 1699; Tobias, 17 Nov. 1701; and Samuel,
22 Nov. 1707; was sheriff of the Co. of York, and d. 10 Nov. 1724,
and his wid. d. 21 Nov. 1737, in 75th yr. John, Rowley 1691, s. of
Richard. RICHARD, Rowley 1643. His will, of 1682, names ch. John,
Ezekiel, Mary, and Sarah, of wh. Mary m. prob. Francis[1] Spofford of
the same. SAMUEL, Lynn, prob. s. of Thomas, m. 14 Feb. 1680,
Sarah, d. perhaps of the first Samuel Graves, had Elizabeth b. 30 Oct. 1681;
Samuel, 10 Feb. 1683, d. at two days; and, perhaps, others. THOMAS,
Lynn, freem. 14 Mar. 1639, rep. 12 yrs. betw. 1646 and 61, had
Thomas, Margaret, Samuel, Rebecca, and Elizabeth THOMAS, Saco 1645,
had John, wh. m. 1665, Martha, d. of Robert Booth: Folsom. THOMAS,
Dover 1648, d. 22 Jan. 1672, in his 68th yr. leav. only s. Thomas;
Mary, wh. m. Thomas Roberts, jr.; Elizabeth wh. m. John Hall; and Sarah.
His wid. Joanna m. 16 July 1673, Job Clements, outliv. him and d. 15
Jan. 1704, in 88th yr. THOMAS, Portsmouth, R. I. 1638, freem. there
1655, perhaps was br. of George. THOMAS, Dover, only s. of Thomas
of the same, freem. 1672, m. a d. of Hatevil Nutter, had Thomas, Elizabeth
and John; and d. bef. 1711. Elizabeth m. Philip Cromwell, and, next, Philip
Chesley. THOMAS, Lynn, perhaps s. of the first Thomas, freem. 1680,
m. 28 Dec. 1670, Sarah Redknap, had Thomas, b. 15 Oct. 1671; Sarah,
16 Sept. 1673; Joseph, 14 Oct. 1675; and Margaret, 13 June 1677;
his w. d. 26 Feb. 1680, and he m. 2 Dec. foll. Hannah Silsbee or Silsby,
wh. might easi. be rec. for Libby. WILLIAM, Kittery, m. bef. 1650,
Catharine, d. of Nicholas Frost, had John, b. May 1661; and Elizabeth a.
1663, wh. d. young; and he d. Sept. 1666. His inv. of 6 June foll. was
of �308, 16,6; and the wid. m. Joseph Hammond, outliv. him, and d. 1
Aug. 1715. One Laighton, common. in the earlier day, spelt conform.
to sound, Layton, was k. by the Ind. near Swanzey, on the first hour of
outbreak of Philip's war; 24 June 1675. In our day the name is usual.
Laughton or Leighton, and it is very difficult to trace.

    LAKE, HENRY, Salem 1649, a currier, perhaps the same wh. was of
Dorchester 1658, br. of Thomas of the same. JAMES, Mass. 1647.
Felt. Perhaps only a trans. one. JOHN, Boston 1643, a tailor; freem.