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Hi,

I remember hearing a similar story from a Lifton who lives in the USA.
I was informed that we were Whalers/Quakers from USA.
There appears to be different variants of the surname involving the Whalers/Quakers.

I have noted that Lisson was also spelt Liston/Lifton etc....

There is different lineages of Lissons and I have found that a group were French Huguenots who came over from Flanders and settled in Ireland around 1500s or before.

I read about the Huguenots descending from Sephardic Jews??

I know the Lifton in the USA has done a Y-DNA test, it shows that he is descended from the group 'PF5456', it states Roman/Phoenician dna?

Hi I looked at the Mason family as my partners mums maiden name was Mason.

She descended from Robert G. Mason b.1819 (Josephs brother b. 1825)

This was in a text someone emailed me -
Who has done a really good search into the family

I think this is in relation to Joseph b. 1854 - Robert George died in 1889 aged 69. It was in fact 27/Jan/1899 and took place at 39, St Stephens Road, Bow. His son Joseph was present at the death. Cause of death is described as “Congestion of lungs and chronic bronchitis”. This was the same cause as his brother Edward and it begs the question...was the gun polishing trade subject to this cause? . However his standing in the Occupation column of the death certificate is stated as “Gentleman” so maybe he had retired by this time. The son Joseph was living in Leytonstone.

I noticed the Earlier Masons were Silkweavers.

On this file is a John Mason named as a former Fifth Monarchist radical

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CF0QFjAJahUKEwjQ9sDT4IPJAhWMmh4KHeYSBkc&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brh.org.uk%2Fsite%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2FTHE-SPITALFIELDS-SILK-WEAVERS.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGq97bQqgxNJRz_w0ymUrd0aMsqZQ&sig2=8WU0_XSkNj396rus1iGtcg

Ronald died around 2011...

Chatting to a family member the other day, someone did a tree. They managed to get back to a Ginger Lifton then supposedly went quiet? I cant find this person anywhere. I know Ginger is another name for Virginia and the england colonists in usa name their first child this, apart from that cant find much else. The person who did this tree said we came from branch of 'Poco A Poco'Liston? Im keeping open minded at the moment. There was no mention of us being in pembrokeshire either.......

In relation to my lancashire comment this is interesting.....

Willm: Lifton

England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
   
   

    spouse:Elizabeth

    NameElizabeth
    GenderFemale
    Burial Date28 Sep 1729
    Burial PlacePlumpton-Wood, Lancashire, England
    Death Date
    Death Place
    Age
    Birth Date
    Birthplace
    Occupation
    Race
    Marital StatusMarried
    Spouse's NameWillm: Lifton
    Father's Name
    Father's Birthplace
    Mother's Name
    Mother's Birthplace
    Indexing Project (Batch) NumberI04737-5
    System OriginEngland-EASy
    GS Film number1502471
    Reference ID