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William Matthews Layton

Birth
At Sea
Death
28 Mar 1843 (aged 1 month)
St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
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Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Buried on the bank of the Mississippi River, near St. Louis, Missouri. Add to Map
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Infant son and first child of Mary Matthews and Christopher Layton of Northill, Bedfordshire, England.

From his father's autobiography:

". . . On July 10, 1842, Mary Matthews and I were married at Thorncut, Bedfordshire, England, by Reverend Taddy, and on Jan. 1st., 1843, we left Thorncut with Mr. Coleman's family, in a large baggage wagon en route for America...... On Jan. 16, 1843, we set sail from Liverpool and as we slowly saw the land disappear in the distance we sang one of the songs of Zion and cheered each other with sympathizing words. We were the first British emigrant company of the season, and numbered two hundred and twelve souls. We had a pleasant voyage across the Atlantic, during which time just before reaching the American shore Mary gave birth to a little son, whom we named William M. Layton.

After sailing for seven weeks and three days we arrived at New Orleans and were transferred to the steamer "Amaranth" in which we sailed up the Mississippi River. Our baby died before we reached St. Louis, being only [p.5] about six weeks old. It was buried on shore. We arrived at St. Louis on March 29, 1843."

BIB: Layton, Christopher, Autobiography of Christopher Layton, ed. By John Q. Cannon (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911) pp. 4-6. (CHL)
Infant son and first child of Mary Matthews and Christopher Layton of Northill, Bedfordshire, England.

From his father's autobiography:

". . . On July 10, 1842, Mary Matthews and I were married at Thorncut, Bedfordshire, England, by Reverend Taddy, and on Jan. 1st., 1843, we left Thorncut with Mr. Coleman's family, in a large baggage wagon en route for America...... On Jan. 16, 1843, we set sail from Liverpool and as we slowly saw the land disappear in the distance we sang one of the songs of Zion and cheered each other with sympathizing words. We were the first British emigrant company of the season, and numbered two hundred and twelve souls. We had a pleasant voyage across the Atlantic, during which time just before reaching the American shore Mary gave birth to a little son, whom we named William M. Layton.

After sailing for seven weeks and three days we arrived at New Orleans and were transferred to the steamer "Amaranth" in which we sailed up the Mississippi River. Our baby died before we reached St. Louis, being only [p.5] about six weeks old. It was buried on shore. We arrived at St. Louis on March 29, 1843."

BIB: Layton, Christopher, Autobiography of Christopher Layton, ed. By John Q. Cannon (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911) pp. 4-6. (CHL)

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