John Lawes1 
b. 1570
John Lawes|b. 1570|p9270.htm|John Lawes the elder|d. 1602|p9276.htm||||||||||||||||
9th great-grandfather of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
11th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Fairfield and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Ruth Minerva Fairfield
John Lawes was probably born about 1570.1 He was the son of John Lawes the elder.2 He married Elizabeth. He died between 28 December 1609 when he made his will, and 12 May 1613 when it was admitted to probate at Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk.1
John Lawes was a yeoman and weaver, and as his son Francis is stated to have been born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, it is probable that his father practiced his trade in that city in the early years of his life.
John Lawes was a yeoman and weaver, and as his son Francis is stated to have been born in Norwich, Norfolk, England, it is probable that his father practiced his trade in that city in the early years of his life.
Additional Data
John Lawes was mentioned in his father John Lawes the elder's will dated 15 September 1599.3 He was listed in Carleton Forehoe, England, in the subsidy of 1605.1
John Lawes made his will on 28 December 1609. After a legacy to the poor of Carleton Forehoe, he leaves to his wife Elizabeth his messuage in Church Street in the parish of Barnham Broom, the grounds called Home Close and the lands called Sowe meadow and Bucke's Croft, to be held until his son John reaches the age of twenty-four, when they are to go to him. Elizabeth, his wife, unless she remarries, is to have the use of the parlour and buttery, with the chambers over them, in "the capital messuage in which I dwell in Carlton," her son Jeremy to find her with wood, and in lieu of her dower she is to have £10 a year. She is also the residuary legatee and executrix, and is directed to bring up the children "in good education." To Jeremy goes the capital messuage called Childs, lands in Kimberley, Barford and Barnham Broom, the loom, slays and other implements of weaving, bed, bedding, horses, carts, plows, etc. His son Francis received the tenement called Maggitts in Carleton Forehoe, lately bought of John Gibbes, subject to a life estate in Christian Gibbes, and three acres of land in the fields of Carleton, held free of the manor of Barnham Broom. The two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary are bequeathed £30 and £25 respectively when they reach the age of twenty-one. The witnesses are Thomas Manfield, William Foster and Thomas Hawks, Sen.4
John Lawes made his will on 28 December 1609. After a legacy to the poor of Carleton Forehoe, he leaves to his wife Elizabeth his messuage in Church Street in the parish of Barnham Broom, the grounds called Home Close and the lands called Sowe meadow and Bucke's Croft, to be held until his son John reaches the age of twenty-four, when they are to go to him. Elizabeth, his wife, unless she remarries, is to have the use of the parlour and buttery, with the chambers over them, in "the capital messuage in which I dwell in Carlton," her son Jeremy to find her with wood, and in lieu of her dower she is to have £10 a year. She is also the residuary legatee and executrix, and is directed to bring up the children "in good education." To Jeremy goes the capital messuage called Childs, lands in Kimberley, Barford and Barnham Broom, the loom, slays and other implements of weaving, bed, bedding, horses, carts, plows, etc. His son Francis received the tenement called Maggitts in Carleton Forehoe, lately bought of John Gibbes, subject to a life estate in Christian Gibbes, and three acres of land in the fields of Carleton, held free of the manor of Barnham Broom. The two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary are bequeathed £30 and £25 respectively when they reach the age of twenty-one. The witnesses are Thomas Manfield, William Foster and Thomas Hawks, Sen.4
Children of John Lawes and Elizabeth (—?—) (Lawes)
- John Lawes4
- Jeremy Lawes4
- Francis Lawes+ 1 b. s 1595, d. 6 Nov 1665
- Elizabeth Lawes4
- Mary Lawes4
Citations
- [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. 1I, 423, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1I, 422, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1I, 422, citing Norfolk Archdeaconary, Reg. 1602-1603, fo. 216, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
- [S858] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Lawes, of Salem," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. 1I, 423, citing Norfolk Archdeaconry, Reg. 1612-1613, fo. 348, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Stone (1930).
