Capt. Stephenson Lawson and shipping

[despair]

That's the conclusion I came to as well.
Added:I have a reservation about that being the appropriate marriage as The National Archives have a record for a Charles Lawson born circa 1780 serving in the 15th Foot Regiment

Regards
Roger

[maribel]

Many thanks to all for your contributions. However I am confused myself with the 3 Charles Lawson. I think this is the most correct conclusion.

1) Charles eldest b.c 1725 d.1807 , m to Alice Stephenson in 1770.

2)Charles  - his son, b.1774 Whitby.  Married Ann Smith, Knaresburgh 18 June 1798. Is a mariner.

3) They have son Charles, baptised 1800. Left £100 in his grandmother Alice Lawson's will.

This leaves me with Alice's granddaughter Jane. Whose daughter is she??  I will scrap the one I found from a marriage of a Charles Lawson to Elizabeth Eckins. Perhaps Charles (2) and Stephenson's other brothers John and Daniel married and had a Jane but I have not found their marriages in Family search.

maribel

[hanes teulu]

That's the conclusion I came to as well.
Added:I have a reservation about that being the appropriate marriage
Regards
Roger

I wasn't presenting that as the marriage - just offering it as a possibility

[despair]

It looks like Daniel died in infancy.Haven't been able to pinpoint John post baptism yet,too many of the same name.

Regards
Roger

[maribel]

Thanks again to hanes teulu and despair/Roger.  I am delighted that my enquiry has brought a lot more information on elusive branch of Lawson family. As you say Roger a difficult name to trace especially with fairly common first names (well not perhaps Stephenson!).
I am not sure there will be much more to discover - it seems most likely that Stephenson did not have any other children apart from Alice (although he may also have had a daughter named Jane).

I am happy to call this discussion to a close, unless you find something wildly exciting.

Thank you so much
Maribel

[despair]

Just a final thought,I will reread the will to see if Jane is referred to specifically as Jane Lawson to rule out her being the daughter of a daughter.

Regards
Roger