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Margaret Lawson, in religion Gertrude.
Born: 1607 in Heaton Hall, Northd.
Died: aft 1672 in Ghent.

father: Roger Lawson Esq of Brough, Yorks
mother: Dorothy Constable Cath of Burton Constable, Yorks

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
She was clothed 24 Mar 1625, aged 18.

She professed 12 Aug 1626, aged 19.

Infirmarian
Dean
Prioress

She was the sister of Mary Lawson, Dorothy Lawson.
She was the aunt of Mary Lawson.
She was the great aunt of Mary Lawson.

Sources: Ghent Annals: 24; RAG 2773/1; RAG 2773/5.

Family tree (Constable of Burton Constable)
Family tree (Lawson of Brough)

Notes:

Aunt of Francis Lawson OSB.

Great-aunt of four Mary Ward sisters and Mary Laurentia of Pontoise.