Paper & Stone

FOUR BRITISH FORGEMEN
IMMIGRATED to United States in the midst
of the Industrial Revolution leaving behind
with their children and grandchildren trails
of Paper & Stone, A Leighton History in
England & the United States.
THESE FOUR SONS OF Richard and Diana Maybury Leighton of Shropshire,England fashioned their
lives around aspirations, which came under
the direct study of two researchers Hlne Hinson Staley and Robert Allen DeVries.
Isaac in 1851, John in 1856, William around 1858 and Thomas
about 1865 traveled from the United Kingdom over the ocean to North
America. Later their journeys took them to New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, Michigan and Ohio looking for
the perfect place to work and raise families to find their fortunes
and adventures.
Clues they left are like breadcrumbs in the grass. We are like birds
flocking to preserve their experiences herein.
THE EXISTENCE OF THE Leighton surname is additionally traced
to the time of William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings in
1066. Chapter III discusses those Leightons in Englands earliest
records and sheds light on Beriah Botfields compilation Stemmata
Botevilliana, which was published in 1858 and contains the earliest
Leightons, recorded in The Domesday Book.
Perhaps you carry the Leighton surname and wish to learn more
of those you share this name with, or perhaps you are a Leighton
descendant? Maybe you wish to learn more of how Staley and
DeVries opened doors to their ancestors in order to gain further
understanding of how we came to be.