John (Layton) LEIGHTON

Birth:
Chr:
3 Feb 1744/45
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England
Burial:
10 Oct 1796
Northill, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage:
15 Apr 1782
Northill, Bedfordshire, England
Notes:
                   Old FGR listed sources of information as follows:
     Northill Parish Registers GSF 826,479.
     Northill Bishop's Transcripts.
     Goldington Parish Registers, GSF 952,408.
     Goldington Bishop's Transcripts.
     Millbrook Parish Registers, GSF 826,470.
     Millbrook Bishops Transcripts.
     Thorncote LDS Branch Records, GSF 087,036.
     Caldecote LDS Branch Records, GSF 086,990.
     Logan, Salt Lake City, and Arizona Temple Records.
On Old FGR is the notation: "All three children were sealed to John Leighton
     and his first wife, Elizabeth."  There is no indication what that wifes
     surname was.
On old FGR in space for seal/husband & wife there is the notation "Do not seal".
Elizabeth NOTTINGHAM
Birth:
Chr:
10 Jan 1747/48
Goldington, Bedfordshire, England
Mother:
Mary SHORT
Notes:
                   Old FGR indicated she was married (#1) to Thomas MATTHEWS, 15 June 1772.
See entry under her husband for Sources of Information.
On old FGR there is the notation in the space for seal/husband & wife, "Do
     Not Seal."
There was also the note "All three children were sealed to John Leighton and
     his first wife, Elizabeth."  This warrants some investigation.
Children
Marriage
1
Thomas LEIGHTON
Chr:
11 Jul 1784
Northill, Bedfordshire, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
Maria LEIGHTON
Chr:
23 Apr 1786
Northill, Bedfordshire, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
3
Samuel LAYTON, (LABORER)
Birth:
4 Oct 1789
Northill, Bedfordshire, England
Death:
21 Mar 1859
kaysville, Davis, Utah
Isabella WHEELER 
Marr:
21 Oct 1811
Millbrook, Bedfordshire, Engla 
Notes:
                   Sources of information for this family are:
     Thorncote, Bedfordshire, Eng. LDS Branch records  GSF 087,036.
     Same branch records fnd on GSF 086,990.
     Kaysville LDS Ward Records, GSF 026,050.
     Millbrook, Bedfordshire, Eng. Parish Records, GSF 826,470.
     Northill, Bedfordshire, Eng. Parish Records, GSF 826,479 & 826,480.
     Marriage and Death Certificates from General Registers Office, London, Eng.
     Biography of Christopher Layton, 1911.
     Kaysville, Utah Cemetery Records,  GSF 599,701.
     Burial Records, Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.
     Nauvoo, Logan, Arizona, and SLC Temple Records.
Old FGR was submitted by Noel Reneer Barton, 410 North Main Street, Farmington,U
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John (Layton) Leighton - Elizabeth Nottingham

John (Layton) Leighton was christened at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England 3 Feb 1744/45. His parents were John (Layton) Leighton, (Laborer) and Sarah Collip.

He married Elizabeth Nottingham 15 Apr 1782 at Northill, Bedfordshire, England . Elizabeth Nottingham was christened at Goldington, Bedfordshire, England 10 Jan 1747/48 daughter of Thomas Nottingham and Mary Short .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Thomas Leighton christened 11 Jul 1784.
Maria Leighton christened 23 Apr 1786.
Samuel Layton, (Laborer) born 4 Oct 1789.