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Mary Lawson, in religion Joseph.
Born: 1621 in Brough Hall, nr Catterick, Yorks.
Died: aft 1712 in Ghent.

father: Henry Lawson of Brough, Yorks
mother: Anna Hodgson of Hebburn, Durham

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
She was clothed 13 Dec 1643, aged 20.

She professed 12 Sep 1648, aged 27.

Dean in 1696

creator: Antiphonal for the use of Mary Knatchbull

She was the aunt of Mary Lawson.
She was the great aunt of Alathea Swinburne, Ann Swinburne, Catherine Swinburne, Isabella Swinburne, Margaret Swinburne.
She was the niece of Margaret Lawson, Mary Lawson, Dorothy Lawson.

Sources: Ghent Annals: 48, 50, 56; RAG K2292: 88v, 117v.

Family tree (Hodgson of Lintz)
Family tree (Lawson of Brough)

Notes:

Sister of Francis Lawson OSB. Aunt of Thomas Lawson SJ and William Lawson OSB.