Capt. Stephenson Lawson and shipping

[hanes teulu]

In the marriage register, Charles Lawson and Alice Stephenson, 16 Dec 1770, Whitby, Charles is described as a mariner.

Parish Burials (FMPimage)
Charles Lawson, age 82, Oct 26 1807, master mariner

Hull Packet, 3 Nov 1807
Deaths - On Saturday se;nnight, at Whitby, at an advanced age, Mr Charles Lawson, of that place, master mariner

[maribel]

Thank you hanes . It is wonderful to be able to add these bits of info to knowledge of Lawson. Good to know how old Charles was when he died too so I can have a better idea of year when looking for  his birth. And the master mariner information. We have a lot of people in ships in our family!
mynthanks again, maribel

[despair]

It looks like it was a different Jane Lawson who married Captain William Garbutt

http://garbuttlawsonhistory.com/garbutts-of-whitby-pre19th-century/

It is possible that the will reads as Joanne,but the above still applies.Perhaps she was the one who married in 1837.I'lll see if I can establish which of the options applies.It is possible that she remained a spinster.

Regards
Roger

[despair]

This may help distinguish different Lawson lines in Whitby.This one does not look like yours!

https://sites.google.com/site/blackburnkitchingancestry/home/hearts-of-oak/contents/families/lawson

Regards
Roger

[despair]

It looks to me that the husband of the Jane Lawson who marries in 1837 is Marmaduke Wilson.This Jane dies in 1874 aged 65.
Charles is more problematic.I suspect he is the Charles baptised in 1800.The transcription I have seen gives his parents as Charles and Ann,but looking at the original it could just as easily be Jane.
I can't yet identify him on any census or death record.I suspect he may have died at sea.I'll keep looking if you want me to.

Regards
Roger

[maribel]

Thanks again Roger. I think we are getting somewhere. I think have found Jane (gr.dr of Alice Lawson.) (Alice Lawson's other son?) Charles married Elizabeth Eckins in Hull and they had a daughter Jane in 1802.

However I have notes at home I think of a Charles and Ann having a son Charles. in 1800.

I have looked at Alice Lawson's will. Interesting that she leaves everything to her son Stephenson after bequests to her grandchildren. Did she fall out with the rest of her family? or have all her other children died? or perhaps they had had ample provision from her husband's will? or perhaps Stephenson and Jane  had continued to live in Whitby, looking after Alice after she was widowed, and only moved to Portsmouth after her death?

Ah well....

my thanks agin for all your sleuthing which opened up a few new paths for me

maribel

[despair]

The Charles Lawson who marries in Hull in 1802 is given as a weaver,and I don't see where he is likely to fit in with the Whitby family.

Regards
Roger

[hanes teulu]

I suspect he is the Charles baptised in 1800.The transcription I have seen gives his parents as Charles and Ann,but looking at the original it could just as easily be Jane.
Regards
Roger

If you check the image again, the 2 baptismal entries immediately following Charles show mother's name "Jane". I don't think Charles' mother's name could in any way be be read as "Jane".

[hanes teulu]

Charles lawson's occpn. on the 1800 baptism is mariner.

There's a marriage of a Charles Lawson, seaman and Ann Smith, spinster, on 18 Jan 1798, at Knaresborough.