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JOHN LAUGHTON (1801 - unknown)
Gilbert Laughton and Margaret Miller gave birth to at least three children, namely
John Laughton (April 30, 1801); James Laughton (October 23, 1803) and Margaret
Laughton (April 9, 1806). Our John Laughton of 1801 is the first of three John
Laughton men in our direct genealogical path.
As of February 2009 we are
tracking 4 family lines out of John Laughton 1801, as shown on the index
bar to the left as John Laughton 1829, Thomas
Laughton1831, Jerome Laughton 1834 and David
Laughton 1841. The ability to track the lines other than John 1829 is a
direct result of the involvement of other Laughton Clan members.
John
Laughton 1829 led to the 2 family lines being followed under John Hugh Laughton
1859 (the Ontario, Canada clan) and William Severn Laughton
1872 (emigrated to
Detroit USA) taking us to the Oklahoma (Dr. William Alfred Laughton) Texas
(David Michael Laughton) clan.
Jerome Laughton 1834 led further to Herbert Laughton1887 (emigrated to USA in
1906), father of Norm Laughton 1917 (the Arizona Laughton clan).
It all started out at the farm called Vigga in the Holm
Parish of Orkney, a Scottish Island in the North Sea. If you have not read the
letter about the origin of the Laughton Clan in Orkney, you just might want to
go back and read Archie Laughton's 1960 letter to
John Ivan Laughton. The letter has been transcribed to ease the reading process!
Included with the letter is a sketch of the island showing the location of
Vigga.
Here is where Vigga is located using Google Earth
Satellite imagery:
The Orkney Islands of Scotland
GPS Location 58o53'47.83N 2o50'39.22"W |
Vigga Farm Area, Holm Parish
Orkney Islands of Scotland
(too bad about the cloud cover) |
The March 2009 package of information from John Ivan Laughton 1929
contained a few summary paragraphs on John Laughton 1801:
JOHN LAUGHTON SR. b. April 4/1801 d. 1841 or 1851 took a wife, JANE (nee) SPENCE) b. ( ? ) d. ( ? ) and that lived in a suburban or a farm area (96 acres) called Vigga in parish of Holm (pronounced Ham). It is uncertain how they came by this parcel of land, but in a letter that I received from NORMAN LAUGHTON (related to JEROME side) stating that he was taken by ARCHIE to JAMES LAUGHTON of Easterbister, Holm Parish, who also was a descended from Jerome's sister, but apparently he. had found old rental records showing his direct line on the same farm Easterbister, clear back to 1467: When from some time in the 1500's the name had been spelled several different ways until it was spelled LAUCHTANE in 1467. NORMAN looked farther in JAMES LAUGHTON'S book and found in 1447, the LAWTFUT brothers, DAVEY, WILL, and JOHNE.listed as witnesses,. We found 5 males names, THOMAS, DAVID, WILLIAM JAMES and JOHN over and over. They always named their first son their name.
There is one other story that is before written history and it 3 brothers (O'LAUGHLIN
) came over from Ireland and settled in the Orkney's.
JOHN LAUGHTON SR. and his wife JANE (mentioned above) had eight
children. (see below and other areas as it appears
there were nine children Margaret is missing here)
BETSY b. May 23/1825
JEAN b. July 19/1826
JOHN b. August 15 or 21/1829 (came to Canada with his bride) Sarah b Feb. 15/1833
Thomas Nov or Dec.1833
Jerome . Feb. 11/1834 (came to Canada and remained)
Mary b . May 2/ 1836
David b in 1840 (came to Canada , stayed a few months then returned)
John Laughton married Jean Spence on July 11, 1824. The records of Paul
MacDonell Laughton show that there were nine (9) children, each of which were
confirmed in the CJCLDS
Register. These records also confirmed that it was
Jean Spence that he married and not Jane Spence, as that was
previously unknown. Further review of the records suggest that in Orkney the
names Jean and Jane are used interchangeably.
In June 2008, Lindy Ryan Laughton (Granddaughter-In-Law
of William Severn Laughton 1872) of Plano, Texas sent me a
picture of the Laughton Homestead in the Holm Parish, Orkney Islands,
Scotland. I have included it here under John 1801 as a number of his
offspring are in the picture, as listed below. You can click on the images to
get full scale. In February 2009, Sue Yannaghas (nee Petrie - Great Great
Granddaughter of David Laughton 1841) sent a photograph of Vigga as
it appears today. Definitely different but you can see the resemblance to the
buildings. Another picture of Vigga during the Great War is provided on the page
of Thomas Laughton 1831, who tool over the farm
after the death of his father and when John 1829 and Jerome 1834 went to Canada.
Lindy Ryan Laughton has provided the Family
Group Sheet of John Laughton 1801 (in PDF format) that provides extensive
details on himself, spouse and children. (Note:
check this new information against that reported below from the registries)
Front of photograph of the Laughton
Homestead
Circa 1905-1910
Photo courtesy of Lindy Ryan Laughton, Plano Texas
(perhaps via Norm Laughton, Sun City, Arizona)
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Back of photograph of the Laughton
Homestead
Servant Girl; John & David Laughton (sons of David Laughton 1863);
Thomas Laughton 1831 (seated); Maggie Jean Laughton (daughter of Thomas) |
Vigga Farm, Orkney Scotland
From Sue Petrie (nee Laughton) |
This picture
was taken by Sue Yannaghas (nee Petrie) from Scotland who coincidentally contacted me at
the same time I was organizing and interpreting the files that I had
received from the Paul Laughton Collection. As Sue had recently been to
Vigga, I asked her if she had a photo - so here it is, over 100 years
later. It is hard to tell if the old home was torn down and a new one
built or if the old home became one of the barns. The resemblance is
striking!
John Laughton 1801 who appears to be the primary
link to Vigga was Sue's Great Great Great Grandfather and David 1841
(married to Margaret) was Sue's Great Great Grandfather. Following that
line was David's son "Willie" 1888 (who is noted in Paul's
files) was Sue's Great Grandfather. Willie's daughter Annie was Sue's
paternal grandmother. |
All of the families are shown in the new Genealogical
Charts, which are being constantly updated as the new information is being
received.
These are the offspring of John Laughton 1801, as updated
with new information that was not provided on the original chart prepared by Paul
Laughton 1923. The 1841 Census from which a great deal of this information
was taken indicates that John Laughton 1801 was a farmer born in the Scottish
County of Orkney. The marriage of John and Jean/Jane took place took place in
St. Andrew's Parish on July 5, 1859 and the christening of the children was in
the Paplay Parish.
 | May 23, 1825: Elizabeth Laughton who married Archibald Foubister |
| December 17, 1826: Margaret
Laughton, for which there are no further
records |
| July 19, 1828: Jane Laughton who married William Sinclair on December 10,
1857
 | Jane is shown widowed in the 1881 census |
| Jane's children listed as son William and daughter
Isabella, both 19 in the 1881 census
(possible twins - earlier than the 1913 twins of
William Severn Laughton) |
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| July 21, 1829: The second John Laughton
1829 (in the direct chain to my heritage) who married Catherine (or
Kathleen - on the grave
stone) Murphy. Catherine died
on March 26, 1896 and John died shortly thereafter on June 9, 1896. |
| April 7, 1831: Thomas Laughton who we now know married
Ann Petrie and had a daughter Mary "Maggie" Jean/Jane Laughton
(married William Berston), all of which is detailed on the Thomas
Laughton 1831 page. |
| February 15, 1833: Sarah Laughton who is recorded to have married
David Woodrage and then having nine (9) children identified as follows:
| Thor or Thom (check records) |
| David Laughton, who married Betsy Garriock (and maybe also Jeannie
Shearer?) |
| Isabella Laughton, who married Alexander Spence and had four children
Alex, James, Mary and Jessie (Jessie later married John Aitken and had
three children Sheena, Maria and Ian?) |
| Sarah Laughton, who married John Dishan |
| John Laughton, who married Elizabeth Chalmers |
| Marry Laughton, who married William Sinclair (Mary died in Canada in
1960) |
| Jeannie ? |
| Johanna Laughton, who married James Firth, and |
| George Laughton, who reportedly died young |
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| November 2, 1834: Jerome "Jerry"
Laughton who married Jean Smith. Jorome is
recorded as having passed away in 1925 and his wife in 1935, after producing
four children:
| William S. Laughton
1879 who married Susie Falubach in Detroit, Michigan in 1904 |
| Herbert Laughton who
left Walkerton at age 19 and died in 1950 in Wilmar California,
father of Norm Laughton of Arizona who has
added to the family genealogy |
| Lillian Laughton 1891 (first record
of a Laughton dying of cancer) |
| Ida Laughton 1881 who
is buried in Walkerton (check Walkerton cemetery) |
| and UNKNOWN Laughton, who died young (check
Walkerton cemetery) |
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| May 2, 1836: Mary Laughton
| the 1881 census shows Marry as unmarried |
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| David Laughton 1841 and Margaret
Laughton (another group of Laughton's) gave birth to:
| David Laughton, born December 9, 1869 (see CJCLDS register page 9) |
| John Laughton, who had a son John Laughton who subsequently married
Jean Smith who died in 1975, and a son Archie Laughton who married Lily
and gave rise to another son John who died in March of 1974 |
| Jessie Laughton, who was born in 1870 |
| William Sinclair Laughton
1888, who we now know to be the one called "Willie O' The
Park", who is the direct line of Sue Petrie through her
grandmother Annie Laughton, daughter of Willie of 1888 |
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