Some Descendants of
Michael Layton, Barnes, Surrey.


The following is a tree of the descendants of Michael Layton, Barnes, Surrey. Michael Layton was born about 1630, married before 1662 and was exempted from Impress 1653. He was a King's Waterman.
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  1. Michael Layton (Waterman) [abt 1630 - 27.8.1699, Richmond] married (1) Anne ..... [ - ] before 1662.
    1. ...... Layton [stillborn, bur. 25.11.1652, Richmond]
    2. Sarah Layton [ - bur. 12.9.1661]

    Michael Layton remarried Mary Hayes [bapt 12.1.1634, Richmond - ] daughter of Thomas Hayes [bpt 14.8.1603, Richmond, married 7.7.1625, Richmond, d. 15.6.1662) and Joane Warren [ - ].
    1. Michael Layton (Waterman) [ - bur.26.7.1744] married 1703/4 .......
      1. Katherine Layton [1.4.1690 - 12.12.1748]
      2. John Layton [bpt 22.10.1696 - ] married Elizabeth ..... (will dated 1769).
        1. Susannah Layton [bpt 23.3.1742 - ]
      3. Nathaniel Layton (Waterman) [bpt 4.9.1698 - 19.11.1777]
      4. Sarah Layton [bpt 5.11.1700 - 1.7.1701, Richmond]
      5. Elizabeth Layton [bpt 23.11.1702, Richmond, - bur 29.9.1703]
      6. Charles Layton [bpt 25.12.1704 - bur 24.11.1717]
      7. Issac Layton (carpenter apprenticed 1.3.1724 - 5.11.1731, Richmond) [ - ] married Lydia ....... [ - bur 6.1.1736]
        1. Michael Layton [bpt 1.8.1732 - bur.9.4.1735]
        2. Sarah Layton [bpt24.7.1734 - bur.8.7.1760, Richmond]
        3. Ann Layton [ - bur.6.7.1736, Richmond]
        Issac Layton remarried Mary Tock [ - ]

        1. William Layton [bpt23.9.1737 - ] Richmond.
        2. Mary Layton [bpt 17.4.1739 - ]
        3. Elizabeth Layton [bpt 5.6.1740, Richmond - ] married 25.1.1761 John Clark St.George's, Hanover Square [ - ]
        4. Issac Layton, Excise Officer [bpt 30.7.1741 - murdered by smugglers, Sept 1777] married 12.7.1769 Putney Sarah Hammond [ - ]
          1. William Layton, Turner. [bpt 22.7.1770, Putney - ] married 8.8.1802, St Mary's, Marylebone. Charlotte Richardson [1775 approx - bur 27.9.1803] Putney.
          2. Issac Layton [bpt 31.3.1773 - ]
        5. Ann Layton [bpt 25.12.1746 - ] married James Vincent [ - ]
      8. Abraham Layton [bpt 19.11. Richmond, Waterman - ]
      9. Elizabeth Layton [bpt6.1.1714 Richmond married 11.7.1752 St George's Chapel, Hyde Park Thomas Randall [ - ]
      10. Thomas Layton, Gardener, Kew (Waterman) [ - bur.15.5.1735, Kew] married Elizabeth ....... [ - ]
        1. Thomas Layton, King's Waterman, app.29.9.1735 [ - 7.1.1776] married Alice Shepard nee Jewell (widow of George Shepard, bricklayer, of Epsom) [1714 - 16.3.1803]
          1. Thomas Layton, Waterman [bpt 5.10.1759 - 30.7.1799, Kew] married Agnes Humphries [1761 - 30.4.1827, Kew]
            1. Mary Layton [5.10.1781 Richmond - 4.7.1785, Kew]
          2. John Layton, Waterman [bpt 22.2.1756, Richmond - 15.4.1800, Kew] married 28.11.1780 Martha Thorn [bpt 16.9.1756 - 3.2.1819, Kew] daughter of Boyle Thorn of Richmond.
            1. Alice Layton [22.8.1781 - ] married Edward Frank Salisbury, Widower.
              1. Frank Salisbury [ - ] married Mary Ann Layton [3.2.1824 - ] daughter of William Layton and Jane Stacy.
              2. Philip Salisbury [ - ] marriedLouisa Roberts [ - ]
              3. (dau) ..... Salisbury
              4. (dau) ..... Salisbury
            2. Thomas Jewell Layton, Waterman [25.5.1783, Richmond - 11.3.1870] married Mary Filkin [1780 - 1.6.1853]
              1. Alice Filkin Layton [ -.7.1810 - 29.1.1815, Kew.
              2. Mary Sarah Layton [22.7.1814 - 17.8.1814, Kew]
              3. Martha Frances Layton [bpt 13.4.1817, Kew]
              4. Thomas Layton, Coal Merchant, Bradford [bpt 13.6.1819 - ] married ....... (left fortune to London Museum).
              5. Richard William Layton [bpt 7.3.1824 - bur.17.9.1824, Kew]
            3. John William Layton, Waterman - lighterman and coal merchant of Kew Green [bpt 25.10.1784 - Camberwell 1832] married 9.5.1811 Jane Stacy [b."The Windmill" Wheatley, Oxon 1800 - bur.2.2.1886, Isle of Wight] dau. of John Stacy, baker of Chipping, Campden.
              1. Martha Atkins Layton [8.6.1812 - 1.4.1830, Kew]
              2. Jane Layton [20.10.1813 - ]
              3. William Stacy Layton, Waterman [30.5.1815 - ] married 2 Sept 1843 Rebecca Frances Dearmer [1822 - 20.9.1860]
                1. Edward Layton [1844 - 20.7.1853]
                2. Ernest Layton Solicitor.[1.1.1851, Kew, - 23.11.1914]
                  1. children
                3. Mary Jane Layton [6.5.1849 - 2.8.1911, Hastings, Sussex]
                4. Charles Layton [1848 - 20.4.1863, Kew]
                5. William Layton, Waterman [22.10.1845 - ] married 31.12.1866 Emily Mary Rippon [2.10.1845 - 6.1.1876]
                  1. Emily Maud Francis Layton [18.3.1868 - ] married, May 1895 Edward Tabb [ - ]
                    1. Phyllis Tabb
                    2. Bertie Tabb
                    3. William Valentine Tabb [14.2.1896, Blackheath]
                  2. Annie Gertrude Layton [1.2.1870 - 1938] Territorial Nurse.
                  3. Grace Eliza Layton [20.12.1871 - 1953, Sunbury]
                  4. Charles Rippon Layton [12.9.1873, London - July 1953] married Edith Cooper [ - ]
                    1. Edith Layton [3.4.1900 - ]
                    2. Emily Grace Layton [16.12.1898 - ] married 2.8.23 Ivor Finch Morgan, Engineer [17.9.1893 - 10.6.72]
                      1. Jennifer Elspeth Morgan [12.11.29 - ] married 30.4.55 Alan Champion, Timber Merchant [16.12.31 - ]
                        1. Jessica Champion [14.3.67 - ]
                        2. Robert Champion [14.3.67 - ]
                      2. Elizabeth Anne Morgan [9.10.26 - ] married 8.1.50 Derek Colin Drew, Surveyor [12.4.24 - ]
                        1. Sarah Louise Drew [14.5.65 - ]
                        2. Elizabeth Deborah Drew, Speech Therapist [7.5.54 - ] married 18.6.77 Stuart Charles Alexander, Financial Director [ - ]
                  William Layton, Waterman second marriage Martha Ellen Parish [14.2.1849 - 6.3.1927]
                  1. William Henry Scott Layton [7.5.1878 - 10.5.78]
                  2. Ellen Jewell Layton [31.7.187?]
                  3. Edward Scott Stacy Layton, Waterman [29.5.1880 - 9.3.1954] married 7.9.1907 Dora Frances Goldring (elder daughter of Edwards Goldring, acc.killed, 23.4.1957)
                    1. John Martin Layton, Schoolteacher [27.4.09 - 3.10.63] married (2) 3.10.1953 Margaret Henderson Norris Griffiths [10.3.1912 - ] (1) Beryl Faith Drew (dau.of Rev R E Drew) [28.11.14 - 27.7.62]
                      1. Rosemary Beryl Layton [22.7.49 - 17.6.72] married Alan Bateman.
                      2. Elizabeth Janet Layton [8.3.47 - ] married Norman Walley [ - ]
                        1. Joanna Walley
                        2. CarolynFaith Walley [19.12.71 - ]
                      3. Susan Faith Layton [29.5.42 - ] married 24.4.72 Michael Murray (Caterham) [ - ]
                      4. Veronica Frances Margaret Layton [25.8.40 - ] married22.4.60 Robert Templeton Parry [26.4.36 - ]
                        1. Sarah Elizabeth Parry [28.5.72 - ]
                        2. Crispin David Parry [Aug 1965 - ]
                        3. Alec Mark Templeton Parry [15.12.63 - ]
                    2. Dudley Edward Layton, Waterman. [27.4.09, Elstree. Insurance Underwriter, Lloyds - 13.4.70] married 8.1.39 Stella Mary Rowland (only dau.of Wilfred Rowland, Finden, W.Sussex)
                      1. James Michael Layton,Waterman, Insurance Underwriter, Lloyds [26.8.45 - ] marriedAnn Janet Plummer, Nursing Sister [17.11.47 - ]
                        1. Alexandra Jane Layton [23.1.79 - ]
                        2. Rebecca Mary Layton [16.7.75 - ]
                        3. Kate Elizabeth Layton [10.12.73 - ]
                      2. Mary Layton, Nursing Sister [ - ]
                      3. Jane Pricilla Layton [6.10.40 - ] married 21.10.67 John William Wollacott [9.12.30 - ]
                        1. Rupert Oliver Woollacott [16.11.73 - ]
                        2. Andrew John Woollacott [9.4.69 - ]
              4. John Layton [30.4.1817 - ] married .... Knitt
              5. Thomas Edward Layton [3.11.1818 - ] married Jane Seymour.
                1. Henry Layton [ - ]
                2. Edward Layton [ - ]
                3. Alice Layton [ ] married Robert Spence [ - ]
                4. ...... Layton (daughter)
                5. ...... Layton (daughter)
                6. ...... Layton (daughter)
                7. Thomas Layton [ - 1929] married Mary Ellen Taylor [ - ]
                  1. Nora Layton [ - ]
                  2. Phoebe Layton [ - ] married Edwin Scott, Indian Civil Service [ - ]
                  3. Marian Layton M.A. Headmistress, Hbrdshrs Askes Sch. [ - ]
                  4. Sylvia Layton [ - ]
                  5. Thomas Bramley Layton DSO MS FRCS Lieut-Col RAMC Surgeon, Guys Hosp. [8.6.1882 - 1964] married 14.3.1909 Edney Eleanor Sampson [14.3.1882 - ]
                    1. Eleanor Mary Layton [5.7.1914 - ] married Philip Parker [ - ]
                      1. Phillipa Parker [ - ]
                      2. Roger Parker [ - ]
                      3. Penelope Parker [ - ]
                    2. Thomas Arthur Layton [1910 - 1988] married Elizabeth Eleanoe de Payster Marshall [1903 - 1941]
                      1. Thomas George Layton [1937 - ] married Gurli Keigenberg Jochummeen (Denmark) [1941 - ], remarried (2) Dorothy Jane Lloyd [1950 - ]
                        1. Sofie Eleanor Layton [1962 - ] married Simon Mark Dormon [1959 - ]
                          1. Thomas Issac Layton [1998 - ]
                        2. (2)Gemma Louise Layton [1982 - ]
                      2. Thomas Edward Layton [1965 - ] married Sitisel Bech (Denmark) [ 1965 - ]
                        1. Lara Bech Layton [1998 - ]
                        2. Aeta Bech Layton [2000 - ]
                    3. Alice Jenner Layton [1949 - 1984 (SA) married Bruce Campbell (South Africa?)
                  6. Eleanor Mary Layton (Peggie) [1914 - 1998] married Philip Jacques Parker [ - ]
                Eleanor Mary Parker remarried Anthony Kemp [ - ]
                1. Gay Kemp [ - ] married John Hardy
                2. Julie Kemp [ - ]
        2. Edward Willies Layton, Accountant and Wine Merchant [19.6.1820, Kew - ] married 15.8.1848, Sydney Sarah Selina Acres [23.7.18 - 1920].
          1. Frederick Francis Layton [ 6.7.1849 - ]
          2. Jane Isabella Layton [5.6.1851 - 11.1.1939] married Simpson Newland [ - ]
            1. Henry Simpson Newland [24.11.1873 - 17.11.1969] married 14.7.1910 Ellen Mary Linden [ - ]
              1. married Joan Coral Evelyn Wisdom [ - ]
                1. Henry Newland [ - ]
                2. John Newland [ - ] married Ann Gregory [ - ]
              2. (Molly) Isabel Hemery Newland [ - ] married Andrew Gosse Hay [ - ]
                1. Rosemary Hay [ - ]
              3. Ursula Helena Newland [ - ] married Thomas Patton Hamilton [ - ]
                1. Rosemary Hamilton [ - ]
            2. Philip Mesmer Newland [20.2.1875 - 17.11.1905]
              1. Philip Simpson Newland [ 19.6.1906 - 20.4.1923]
              2. Robert Newland [ - ] married G. English [ - ]
              3. Mary Josephine Newland [ - ] married F. English [ - ]
              4. Elizabeth Newland [ - ] married Ernest Bailey [ - ]
            3. Victor Marra Newland [18.8.1876 - 12.1.1953] married Elsie Margaret Porter [ - ]
              1. Margaret Elizabeth Jean Newland [ - ] married (1) Richard Hampton Dutton [ - ] (2) Sidney Frederick Donner [ - ]
                1. Leonie Dutton married Roderick Grant Matheson [ - ]
                  1. Charles Matheson [ - ]
                  2. Ian matheson [ - ]
                  3. Hamish Matheson [ - ]
                  4. Kate Matheson [ - ]
              2. Elaine Newland [ - ] married Robert Henry Wreford [ - ]
                1. Robert Simon Wretford [ - ] married Helen Margaret George [ - ]
                  1. Peter James Wreford [ - ]
                  2. Michael Ian Wreford [ - ]
            4. Clive Newland [14.9..1878 - 25.1.1919] married 26.9. 1919 Margery Ringwood Hamilton [ - ]
              1. Clive Hamilton Newland [13.7.1904 - ]
              2. Rubert Simpson Hamilton Newland [6.6.1908 - 12.11.1930]
              3. James Hamilton Newland [ - ] married Mildred Florence Copping [ - ]
                1. Ian Hamilton Newland [ - ] married Mary Catherine Cornwell [ - ]
                  1. David James Hamilton Newland [29.11.1962 - 1988]
                  2. Andrew Hamilton Newland [ - ]
                  3. Louise Ann Newland [ - ]
                2. Clive Thomas Newland [ - ] married Dorothy Jean Wise [ - ]
                  1. Anthony Clive Newland [ - ] married Dianne June Powell [ - ]
                    1. Bridget Rose Newland [ - ]
                    2. Talia Grace Newland
                    3. Jacob Wesley Newland [ - ]
                  2. Lynda Jean Newland [ - ]
                    1. Sophie Kalocat Serau Newland [ [ - ]
            5. Ralph Dimmock Newland [16.3.1880 - 20.9.1933] married (1) Hazel Thornton Creswell 7.6.09 [ - ] (2) Mildred Faith Dinning 1930 [ - ]
              1. John Creswell Newland [3.3.1910 - 20.6.91] married Margaret Leonie Martin [ - ]
                1. Deirdre Creswell Newland [ - ]
                2. Elizabeth Creswell Newland [ - ] married Graham Henry Stafford [ - ]
                  1. Amanda Newland Stafford [ - ]
                  2. Bridget Newland Stafford [ - ]
                  3. Rachel Newland Stafford [ - ] married Nicholas Bootsma [ - ]
                    1. Alexander Timothy Bootsma [ - ]
                    2. Jessica Margaret Bootsma [ - ]
                3. Trevor Martin Newland married Briar Dianne Wride [ - ]
                  1. Claudia Briar Newland [ - ]
                  2. Ashley Briar Newland [ - ]
          3. Emily Alice Layton [ 13.6.1853 - ]
          4. Helen Kate Layton [22.9.1855 - ]
          5. George Acres Layton [14.9.1857 - ]
          6. Ada Florence Layton [ 3.3.1860 - ]
          7. Alberta Annie Layton [ 9.11.1862 - ]
          8. Edward Ernest Stacy Layton [14.9.1865 - ] married 30.12.1893 Margaret Isabella Terry [30.11.1872, Scotland - ]
            1. Noel Stacy Acres Layton (St.Ives, NSW) [24.12.09 - 1990] married 25.2.38 Madeleine Laing Coates [ - ]
              1. Son (Brisbane)
              2. Son
              3. Daughter
              4. Daughter
              5. Daughter
            2. son
            3. son
            4. children
        3. Alice Antoinette Layton [20.4.1822 - 1852, Briston]
        4. Mary Ann Layton [1.2.1824 - ] married Frank Salisbury, Briston, Surrey.
        5. Charles James Layton [3.11.1825 - 7.8.1912] married Mary Singleton [ - ]
          1. George William Layton [21.11.1852 - 21.4.1937 Benfill, E.Sussex] married Emily Rowsell.
            1. Wynifred Mary Layton [1887 - ] married Allan Keith Barr (Royal Enginneers, WW1) [ - ]
              1. Joan Carterette Barr [1913 - ]
              2. George Keith Barr [1911 - ]
            2. Elsie Maude Layton [1885 - ] married Arthur Leslie White [ - ]
            3. George Frederick Albert Layton Lieut RFC. [25.2.1883 - ] married Ruth Evelyn Foster [ - ]
              1. Ruth Theo Massiner Layton [ - ] Francis Turnbull [ - ]
      11. Frederick Layton [4.7.1829 - 26.1.1830]
    2. William Henry Layton [2.10.1786 - ] (widower) remarried 1.2.1817, St.George's, Hanover Square Frances Elizabeth Stephens (East Sussex) [1794 - 1867]
      1. Ellys Anderson Stephens Layton [1817 - 1885], Dau. of Mary Elton Ellys Anderson Stephens [1765 - 1845] married .... .... [ - ]
        1. De Westley Bendyshe Layton [ - ]
        2. Bendyshe Walton Layton [ - ] married Maude L. Measuriet [ - ]
          1. Sir Geoffrey Layton (WWII Admiral, Pacific) [20.4.1884 - 4.9.1964] married .... .... [ - ]
            1. Winifred Eleanor Layton [ - ] married Sir Ian Riches (com.gen, Royal Marines) [1874? - 1962]
              1. .... Riches (son) [ - ]
              2. .... Riches (son) [ - ]
        Ellys Stephens Layton remarried Eliza Fanny Cadis [ - ]
        1. Rosa Maude Layton [1862 - 1926]
        2. Ernest Layton [1868 - 1927] married .... .... [ - ]
          1. Lawrence Layton [ - ]
          2. Dorothy Ellys Layton {1903 - ] married Ralph Dickey [ - ]
            1. Karen Dickey [ - ] married .... Fritts [ - ]
            2. Carol Dickey [ - ] married .... Stalzer [ - ]
        3. Galwey Layton [1860 - 1935] married Elsie Withington [1869 - 1955]
          1. Ellya W. Layton [1903 - 1969]
            1. Ellys W. Layton Jr. [1928 - ]
            2. Noel C. Layton [1930 - ]
          2. Stanley G. Layton [1904 - 1947 married Helenc Beck [ - ]
          3. Philip Raymond Layton [1905 - 1986] married Norma Dorothy Schwartz [ - ]
            1. Geoffrey Withington Layton [1945 - ] married 1972 Constance Lynn Fernald [1943 - ]
              1. Robert Stephens Layton [1975 - ]
              2. Michael Anderson Layton [1977 - ][1977 - ]
      2. Essex White Layton [1838 - 1900 - ]
      3. Ellen Louisa Layton (Stanley) [ - ]
      4. Frederick Champion Layton [ - ]
      5. Hendy Bendyshe Layton [1819 - 1899]
      6. Mary Louisa Layton
      7. .... .... (son)
        1. Bendyshe Ellya Bendyshe LYTON [1850 - 1918]
    3. Martha Layton [14.7.1788, Richmond - 5.5.1789]
    4. ........... Layton (daughter) [ - ]
    5. James Layton [24.12.1790, Richmond - ] married Betty .......
      1. Albert Layton [bpt 22.9.1833, St.Mary's Newington - ]
      2. Frederick Walter Layton [bpt 6.12.1831, St Mary's Newington - ]
      3. Caroline Antoinette Layton [bpt 11.5.1832, St Mary's Newington - ]
      4. Emily Frances Layton [bpt 11.5.1832, St Mary's Newington - ]
      5. Henry Augustus Layton [bpt 1.2.1832 - ]
      6. James Layton [bpt 26.7.1826 St Mary's Newington - ]
      7. John Thomas Layton [bpt 24.4.1822 St Mary's Newington - ]

See Descendants of William Layton

Origins of The Layton Name