Families of Eaton-Sutherland, Layton-Hill

Francis Layton, of the third generation in Nova
Scotia {Francis*, Francis 1 ), was born May 18, 1808, and
died November 21, 1871. He married, February 23, 1837,
Mary Anne, fourth daughter of Joseph, Jr., and Mary
(Vance) Crowe, born December 27, 1812. Residence :
The Willows, Truro.
CHILDREN.
Helen Maria.
George Albert.
Sarah Crowe.
Norman Joseph.
Of these sons, George Albert married, December 6,
1882, Anna Morton, only surviving daughter of William
and Anna Augusta Willoughby (Hamilton) Eaton, of
Elmwood, Kentville. Residence : Ravensworth, Truro.
CHILD.
Francis Paul Hamilton, b. 13 April, 1888.
Of Mrs. Francis Layton's brothers, David Vance Crowe,
the eldest, born July 9, 1795, was a justice of the peace,
and Custos Rotulorum, for Colchester. Joseph, the
second, who was born in 1799, married (1) Margaret,
daughter of Charles and Sarah (Fulton) Hill, of Economy,
by whom he had two sons and one daughter. One of
these sons was for many years sheriff of Colchester.
Charles Hill, the father of Mrs. Joseph Crowe, was the
second son of Patrick Hill, of Economy, brother of the
Honorable Charles Hill, M. L. C, of Halifax, and of Jane
(Hill), wife of David Vance.
His first wife, Sarah Fulton, was one of the daughters
of James Fulton, Esq., born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1740,
for many years a justice of the peace and judge of the
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