John Layton of Sussex County

  

 

a.         John Layton  {c1730-40~by 5 Jan 1799}[1]

§ Tabitha

Based on his will, John had at least four children: Eli, John, Rebecca and Mary. His birth year is extrapolated from one known date, the year 1780 when Mary married Charles Rawlins 2nd.

 

1.   Eli Layton  {~by 2 Sep 1845}

2.   John Layton

3.      Rebecca Layton

4.   Mary Layton  {~26 Jan 1806}

      § 1780  Charles Rawlins 2nd  {1749~21 Jul 1813}

He was the son of Charles Rawlins and grandson of Walter Rawlins, who came from London in 1710 and settled on the Delmarva Peninsula. Charles Rawlins 2nd was a private in the Flying Camp of the Delaware Regiment, Captain Joseph Vaughn commanding, 22 November 1776. The Bible records say Charles and Mary had four sons and three daughters, but only one daughter lived to adulthood.[2]

      Charles remarried after Mary’s death, but the name of his second wife is not known. They had a girl who drowned in childhood, and a son Philip who drowned when about 24.

      Charles was a teacher for many years of navigation, surveying and vocal music.[3]

 

                A.    John Rawlins  {6 Feb 1781~29 Mar 1851}

§• 6 Feb 1806 Ellen Smith “Nellie”  {~1807}

§•• 1809 Martha Morris “Patsy”  {~1848}

§••• 1849 Mrs. Catherine Hutchinson 

John went to Scott Co Kentucky in 1809, where he became a businessman.[4] Eight children

 

B.            Windsor Rawlins  {28 Sep 1784~18 Dec 1862}  d>Scott Co, KY

§ 1816 Catherine Hinton  

He went to Scott Co. in 1811 to join the business of his brother John.[5] Eight children

 

C.            Lot Rawlins  {30 Jun 1787~7 Feb 1861}[6]

§• 24 Nov 1814 Eliza Twiford   {July 1796~15 Mar 1824}  d/o Archibald Twiford

§•• Ann Brown  {Nov 1795~16 Feb 1847} “51-3-15”  d/o Charles and Nancy Brown

§••• Dec 1857 Mrs. Mary (Fooks) James   {1815~1890}  Odd Fellows Seaford

            Mary was the widow of Hiram James of Concord. Following Lot’s death, she married widower James H. Brown {1816~1898} of Seaford.

“Lott Rawlins began his merchant business with $50. He was successful in amassing quite a fortune, owning at the time of his death more than 2000 acres of land, nearly the whole of the town of Middleford, Delaware, and the Merchant Mills, situated at the head of tidewater on the Nanticoke River. He was eccentric, but a very kind man, and was noted for a singular impediment of speech. For this reason, and from his peculiar eccentricity, many amusing anecdotes are related of him. Lot served in the Delaware Militia in 1812 in defense of Lewes DE. He died in Middleford.

“Mr. Rawlins was a strictly moral  man, was never known to utter an oath, drank no spiritous liquors, and never used tobacco in any form. Though his father was a good musician, Lot could neither sing nor whistle, nor distinguish one tune from another. He never wore a pair of boots, and never visited as a visitor, but he always enjoyed company at his own house. He was a slaveholder, owning several slaves, but made them all free at his death.”[7]

 

Lot Rawlins and §• Eliza Twiford

            i.      Mary Ann Layton Rawlins  {1815~21 May 1892} “76-8-17”

                      §• 9 Feb 1837  Obed Outten Baker  {7 Mar 1807~10 Sep 1842}

Obed was the son of Daniel Baker and Esther Outten. Obed was an innkeeper.

§•• Stephen Martin Morgan  {12 Dec 1809~25 Jan 1894}  lived near Concord DE.

Mary was his second wife.

 

Mary and Obed Baker

a.            Henry White Baker  {29 Dec 1837~21 Sep 1930}  Odd Fellows, Seaford

§ 22 Feb 1866 Sarah Elizabeth Cottingham  {13 Sept 1839~18 Jan 1918}[8]

Dau of Alfred Cottingham and Lavinia C. Fooks

Henry was cashier of the First National Bank of Seaford for about 50 years. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Ch.

1.      Halbert Cottingham Baker  {15 Mar 1867~3 Apr 1869}

2.      Netta Cottingham Baker  {25 Sep 1870~4 Oct 1924}

§ James Coalter Crawford  {4 Jan 1869~28 Jan 1952}

James was a businessman from Mt. Vernon NY.

A.            Henry Baker Crawford  {31 Jan 1903~12 Sep 1975}

§ 20 Feb 1935 Elizabeth Keenholts  {28 Sep 1910~} m>Delhi, NY

Elizabeth was born in Altamont, NY, the daughter of Winfield Scott Keenholts and Elizabeth McAdam. She obtained a B.A. from the Eastman School of Music.

i.      Rev. Dr. James Winfield Crawford  {17 Jul 1936~}

§ 8 Jun 1961 Linda Coombs Lovett  {}

James was born in Rochester NY.  He received a BA in history from Dartmouth College in 1958, a Masters in Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in 1961 and a Doctor of Ministry from Andover Newton Theological Seminary in 1991. He is senior pastor of Old South Church. M>Glendale OH

a.            Henry Richardson Crawford 

§ __ Ewing  

b.            Elizabeth Coombs Crawford  {14 Jul 1964~}

§ 6 Sep 1987 William Andrew Ragan Jr.  {} 

Elizabeth was born in Bayonne NJ. She received a BA from Dartmouth College in June 1986 and a Masters of Divinity from the Un of Chicago 1989. M> Old South Church, Boston.

1.      James Crawford Ragan 

2.      Sarah Elizabeth Ragan 

3.      __ Ragan 

c.            Robert Lovett Crawford 

§ __ Harding

d.            Benjamin Coalter Crawford 

§ __ Kelley

ii.      Elizabeth Crawford  {27 Mar 1938~25 May 1987}

§ 3 Jun 1961 John Gilwee  {2 Jul 1938~}  m>Rochester NY

John was born in St. Albans, Vermont. About 1990, he married second Elizabeth Brown in Oerrysburg, Ohio.

iii.      Sarah Crawford  {15 Dec 1941~24 Nov 1985}

§ 18 Jun 1966 David Scott Palmer  {}

Sarah was born in Rochester NY and died in Arlington VA. She received a BA from the Un of Wisconsin. Married in Third Presbyterian Church, Rochester NY.

Son of Walter Palmer and Jean Kirk

a.            Walter Scott Palmer  {Oct 1968~}

§ 3 Jul 1993 Sandra Kopanon  {}

Walter was born in Canaan NH. He received a BA from Dartmouth College in June 1990. He and Sandy were married in Old South Church, Boston.

1.      Sophie Kopanon Palmer 

b.            Henry Crawford Palmer  {14 Sep 1970~}

§ __ Sandrine 

Henry was born in Ithaca NY. He received a BA from Darthmouth College in June 1993.

1.      Manon Jean Elizabeth Palmer

c.            Asa McAdam Palmer

B.            Francis Crawford  {31 Jan 1903~c1990}

§ 6 Apr 1929 Katherine Meinecke  {}

Francis was born in Williamsbridge NY and died in Seaford DE. Married in Mt. Vernon NY.

i.      Francis Crawford Jr. {9 Apr 1930~}

§ 29 Mar 1959 Nancy Jen Lauret  {~c1992}

ii.      Peter Conder Crawford  {1 Feb 1937~}

§ Violet Stead  {}  m>Harrogate, England 

a.            __ Sherry 

C.            James Coalter Crawford Jr.  {}

§ 19 Jun 1926 Edna Livingston Foultz  {} m>Columbia PA

i.      Margaret Crawford  {2 Jul 1930~}

§ Roger Bowker  {}

3.      Harry Rawlins Baker  {1 Mar 1875~8 Jul 1944}

§ Emily Greene  {~25 Sep 1929}  Odd Fellows Seaford

He attended the Conference Academy in Dover and continued his musical studies in New York City and Vienna, Austria. For many years he had a studio in Carnegie Hall. He returned to Seaford in 1943 and resided there until his death.

A.            Leeds Baker  {}

B.            Norman Baker  {}

4.      Mary Josephine Baker  {26 Jan 1880~}

§ 21 Feb 1903 William Hurd Miller  {}

William was a telegraph operator in Seaford

A.            William Miller  {}

B.            Josephine Miller  {}

b.            Hester Ann Baker  {15 Oct 1839~3 Apr 1869}

 

Mary and Stephen Martin Morgan

c.            James R. Morgan  {1846~}

d.            Robert Morgan  {}

e.            Eunice Eliza Morgan  {1848~}

f.            John Morgan  {1850~}

g.            Stephen Martin Morgan  {1852/4~6 Jan 1917}  bu>Chambersburg PA

§ Minnie Speare  {} of Chambersburg   nc

Stephen began his career keeping a small store but felt called to preach, so he sold his store and went to Dickinson College, graduating in 1887. He retired in 1914.

 

            ii.      William Rawlins  {1817~} lv Middleford

                        § Susan Osborne  {c1827/Mar 1835~}

                        a.            James H. Rawlins  {May 1854~}

          § Ida Belle Rawlins   {Jul/Aug 1859~1902}  his first cousin

In 1900, the family was living on Read St in Wilmington 100

          1.     Edgar Rawlins  {Apr 1880~}

                    § Alice Davis

2.      Lida Rawlins  {Apr 1883~}

3.      Sarah  A. Rawlins  {Mar 1888~}

4.      Ida J. Rawlins  {May 1892~1945}

                        b.            Mary Ann Rawlins  {c1851~}

          § Samuel Truitt

                        c.            Eliza T. Rawlins  {17 Dec 1852~16 Jun 1915}

          § DeWitt C. Hill  {1847~1932}

                        d.            William Burton Rawlins  {Aug 1860~}

                        e.            John Henry Rawlins

                        f.            Joseph Rawlins

                        g.            Ambrose Rawlins  {c1862~c1907}

          § Edith Tarbon

                        h.            Norman Rawlins  {Sept 1870~}

          § Frances Phins

 

                                < Mary Layton and Charles Rawlins 2nd

< Lot Rawlins and §• Eliza Twiford

            iii.      John Morgan Rawlins  {1819~30 Jul 1893}  “73-10-23”

                        §• 9 Mar 1846 Leah W. Anderson  {29 Oct 1821~4 Oct 1863}

d/o James and Elizabeth Frame Anderson of Georgetown. Married at St. Paul's Church by Rev J L McKim

                        §•• Sinah W. Kinder  {1834~1913} n/c  She was the widow of John's half-brother, Thomas.

 

John was born in Middleford. He was first a farmer, then a mill owner, then a merchant in that town. He moved to Georgetown and became a railroad  agent.

 

                                John Morgan Rawlins and Leah Anderson

                        a.            Margaret Virginia Rawlins  {4 Feb 1847~14 May 1897}  b>Middleford

§ 19 Jun 1877 Dr. Hiriam Rodney Burton  {13 Nov 1841~17 Jun 1927}[9] 

He was born in Lewes, the son of Joshua Shephard and Ruth Rodney Burton. He attended the public schools of Lewes and later taught for two years in the schools of Sussex County. In 1862, he went to Washington, DC, where he worked in the dry goods business until 1865. Because he had always wanted to study medicine, he returned to Lewes to study in the office of Dr. J B Lyons, later attending the Un of Pa, graduating in 1868. Practiced in Frankford until 1872, later in Lewes.[10]

            1.      Leah Anderson Burton  {3 Apr 1878~} ni[11]

                        § 6 Nov 1920  Dr. Rowland Gardner Paynter  {20 Jun 1874~16 Dec 1944}

S/o John Henry Paynter and Sallie Custis Wright, who was the daughter of Col. Gardner H. Wright and Cassandra Waples

2.      Mary Burton  {} died rather young

 

      b.      William Walter Rawlins  {24 Sep 1848/9~1933}  b>Middleford

            §• 12 Jul 1877 Annie Elizabeth Conway  {20 Jul 1852~8 Jun 1885}

                      d/o Curtis A. Conway and Sarah Hester Smith  bu> St. Paul's Churchyard

            §•• 12 Jun 1889 Madeline Whitely  {1 Aug 1851~24 Aug 1906}

                      d/o Dr. Albert Whitely and Rachel Lowber of Frederica DE

 

                William Walter Rawlins and Annie Conway

            1.      Sarah Curtis Rawlins  {8 May 1878~}

                      § 14 Jan 1903 Joseph C. Gucker {1877~1926} bu>Georgetown

                      A.           Elizabeth Anderson Rawlins  {1903~}

            2.      George Anderson Rawlins  {Jun 1881~14 Aug 1881}

            3.      William Linden Rawlins  {9 Oct 1883~Jan 1968}[12]

                      § Sarah Johnson  

                William Walter Rawlins and Madeline Whitely

            1.      Albert Whitely Rawlins  {7 Jan 1891~}

                      § 20 Jun 1920 Cuyler Townsend  of Flushing NY

                      A.           Townsend Rawlins  {29 Apr 1922~}

            2.      John Morgan Rawlins  {16 Feb 1894~}

            3.      Madeline Whitely Rawlins  {28 Jun 1895~30 Jun 1897}

 

                        c.            George Anderson Rawlins  {1853~1917}

          § Mary Wildman  {11 Jan 1853~21 Dec 1903}

 

                                < Mary Layton and Charles Rawlins 2nd

< Lot Rawlins and Eliza Twiford

            iv.      James Rawlins  {1821~Feb 1899} Middleford merchant  Odd Fellows Cem, Seaford

                        §• 1857 Sarah A. Hopkins  {c1838~}

                        §•• Mary Elizabeth Hopkins  {1841~1919} Mary was Sarah’s sister

                       

James and Sarah

a.            Edgar C. Rawlins  {Mar 1858~28 Jul 1858}

                        b.            Ida Belle Rawlins  {Jul/Aug 1859~1902}

          § James H. Rawlins   {May 1854~}  her first cousin

[See previous page for descendents of this couple]

 

James and Mary

c.            Fred H. Rawlins  {1868~1958}

          § M. Bernice Willey  {17 May 1884~July 1875}

          1.     Louise Rawlins

          2.     Mildred M. Rawlins  {1911~1913}

          3.     Fred Rawlins

          4.     Esther Rawlins

          5.     Robert Rawlins

[in Odd Fellows Cem

Robert W. Rawlins  {10 Nov 1917~}

§ A. Frances Rawlins  {19 Sep ~}

 

                        d.            Lula G. Rawlins  {1869~1923}  Odd Fellows Cem  Seaford

          § Isaac S. Giles {1853~}

                        e.            Mary J. Rawlins  {1872~1947}

                        f.            Philip Henry Rawlins  {28 Sep 1875~}

          § 26 Dec 1906 Mary Cora Hearne Moore  (a widow)

            1.      Katherine E. Rawlins  {23 Sep 1908~}

                        § Russell Griffin  {28 Apr 1907~}

                        A.            Russell Kendrick Griffin  {2 May 1928~}

                        B.            Rawlins Hearne Griffin  {2 Jan 1935~}

                        C.            John Wayne Griffin  {11 Feb 1940~}

                        g.            Victor Emmanuel Rawlins  {2 Dec 1877~12 Sept 1963}[13]

          § 16 Sep 1903 Grace Wenger {}11 Oct 1879~11 Oct 1976  of Chambersburg PA

          1.     Victor Emmanuel Rawlins Jr.  {24 Jul 1905~Oct 1975}[14]

                    § Eliza Robinson

          2.     Grace Rawlins  {15 Feb 1907~Apr 1973}[15]  Seaford

                    § Herman Daniels  {}

          3.     James David Rawlins  {}

                    § Olive Friedle

                    A.          Barbara Louise Rawlins  {15 Dec 1932~}

                    B.          Olive Rebecca Rawlins  {13 Dec 1935~}

                    C.          James David Rawlins  {21 Aug 1937~}

                    D.          Patricia Rawlins  {1941~}

          4.     John Calvin Rawlins {1 Apr 1921~}

 

                                < Mary Layton and Charles Rawlins 2nd

                < Lot Rawlins and Eliza Twiford

            v.      Charles Archibald Rawlins  {1823~1883} lv>Bridgeville   Bridgeville Cem

                      § 1849 Sabra W. Hall  {1830~1918}

                      a.           David Lot Rawlins  {17 Feb 1850~29 Feb 1884} telegraph operator

b.            Sallie Rawlins  {c1852~}

c.            Charles Henry Rawlins  {7 Oct 1856~}

§ 1878 Hester Longfellow  {1856~1920}

Dau of William and Mahala Longfellow of Wyoming DE

1      Etta Rawlins  {20 Sept 1880~24 Oct 1880}

2.      Charles Henry Rawlins  {1891~}

d.            Edda Rawlins  {}

 

                Lot Rawlins and his second wife, Ann Brown

            i.      Thomas Layton Rawlins  {22 Jan 1826~17 Apr 1875}  Odd Fellows Cem  Seaford

                      § Sinah W. Kinder {Mar 1834~1913}

        After the death of Thomas, Sina married his half-brother John Morgan Rawlins

                      a.           Linden K. Rawlins  {Jul 1859~15 Jun/Jan 1889}

            ii.      David Rawlins  {Jan 1827~1 Feb 1827}

            iii.      Windsor Rawlins  {Jan 1828~15 Mar 1829}

iv.      Joseph Rawlins  {Jan 1831~14 Oct 1831} “0-8-25”

v.      Daniel Rawlins  {19 Jun 1833~26 Jun 1833}

vi.      Philip Henry Rawlins  {18 Sep 1834~10 Dec 1921}  a preacher  Bridgeville Cem

                        § 12 Dec 1855 Rhoda Ann Wright  {10 Jul 1836~20 Nov 1908}

Philip was of a “delicate constitution.” He attended the public schools of Sussex Co, then a select school in Georgetown. At 16, he began teaching during summer vacations. Within a few years, he was teaching full time in schools in MD and DE. In 1855, he entered business with his brother Charles, but that lasted only one year before Philip moved to a farm inMD, where he remained for six years. He then bought a farm near Trinity Ch in NWFork 100, where he resided until 1869.

On his 19th birthday, Philip had been licensed as an “exhorter” in the Methodist Episcopal Ch. At 22, he was licensed as a preacher. He served the Denton and Bridgeville circuits. as well as churches in Berlin, Snow Hill, Smyrna, Wilmington, Georgetown, East New Market, Camden and harrington. He moved to Seaford in 1897.[16]

Rhoda was the eldest daughter of Lewis N. Wright and Sina Kinder. Lewis was president of the First National Bank of Seaford.

Three children of Philip and Rhoda died young.

 

Philip Henry Rawlins and Rhoda Ann Wright

              a.       Thomas Newton Rawlins  {Oct 1858~1931}

            §• 14 Apr 1896 Sarah Alberta Wright  {May 1863~20 May 1923}  Odd Fellows Cem

                      She was the d/o Joseph Wright of Dorchester Co

§•• 18 Jan 1927 Mrs. Alva C. Hastings Davis  {}  widow of John W. Davis

[On the same tombstone as Thomas was listed Rhoda R. Aster {8 Jul 1892~23 Sep 1990}]

            1.      Sarah W. Rawlins  {Aug 1897~}

                      § 1925 Edward M Jones

                      A.           Philip Jones

                      B.           Edward Jones

            2.      Philip Joseph  T. Rawlins

              b.       Wilbur Fisk Rawlins  {1863~1955} Odd Fellows Seaford

            § Flora J. Buell  {1864~1924}

                      Wilbur was a druggist in NYC. Flora was the d/o Prof. Fayette R. Buell of Philadelphia.

 

                < John and Tabitha Layton

      < Mary Layton and Charles Rawlins 2nd

D.            Nancy Rawlins  {1792~15 Jun 1860}

§ 1817 Edward Warring   {29 Apr 1794~1 May 1883}

Went to Kentucky, where she married Warring, a veteran of the War of 1812.

i.      William C. Warring  {1820~1854}

§• Martha M. Bryan  {c1825~}  3 children

§•• Mary Caldwell  {1825~}

ii.      John Morris Warring  {8 Feb 1822~3 Apr 1901}

§ Talitha Mothershead Hopkins  {14 Jul 1826~10 Jul 1882}  3 children

iii.      George W. Warring  {{c1823~}

§ Elizabeth R. Jones  {c1825~29 Mar 1871/72}

iv.      Sarah C. Warring  {1825~12 Mar 1872}

§ John Jones  {c1820~}

v.      Elizabeth Warring  {1826~}

§ John T. Mefford  {1825~}

vi.      James M. Warring  {27 Oct 1828~}

§ Sarah A. Alsop  {1837~}

vii.      Mary Warring  {c1830~}

 

E.            Philip Rawlins  {c1794~1834}  nm   Drowned

 

F.            James Rawlins  {1795~16 Mar 1889}

§ 4 Feb 1828 Gabrilla P. Jones  {1812~1887}

Shortly after the death of his father, James joined his brothers in Scott Co, Kentucky. He studied in the county schools, then taught in them in 1824-25. He studied medicine in Georgetown, Ky., attending lectures in the medical dept of Transylvania Un, Lexington, and began practicing medicine in Scott Co in 1827.

“He was a loyalist throughout the Civil War, though a very heavy loser pecuniarily, particularly in slaves, of whom he had a large number.”[17]

Gabrilla was  dau of William Jones of Berks/Bucks Co PA. Three children.[18]