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Cornwall OPC Ancestry First Name: Layton Layton | Last Name: Romine Romine
Romine, Layton[1, 2, 3, 4]
1766 - 1836 (69 years) 
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Name Romine, Layton [1, 2, 3, 4] Relationship 
with Charles Carver Keim Birth 18 Apr 1766 Loudoun County, Virginia, Colonial America 
[3] - No tombstone photo at find-a-grave so need better source for birth date
Gender Male History 3 Sep 1783 - End of Revolutionary War
History 11 Jun 1792 Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA - Jefferson County was created 11 June 1792 from Greene and Hawkins Counties.
History 28 Sep 1794 Sevier County, Tennessee, USA - Sevier County was established 28 September 1794 from Jefferson County. Early records may be found under Jefferson County.
Possessions 1821 Sevier County, Tennessee, USA A Tract of Land granted to Latin Romine containing 49 acres situate in Sevier county and district south of French Broad and Holston Residence 1830 Sevier County, Tennessee, USA [2] - Males: 5 thru 9 (2), 10 thru 14 (1)15 thru 19 (1), 20 thru 29 (1), 60 thru 69 (1), Females: 5 thru 9 (1), 10 thru 14 (1), 40 thru 49 (1)
_WLNK _WLNK Death Abt. 1836 Sevier County, Tennessee, USA [3] - no tombstone or burial details in Find-a-grave.
Oldest Known Ancestors Person ID I142346558952 Romeyn Early American Ancestors Last Modified 26 Mar 2025
Father Romine, Peter Jr, b. 20 Oct 1739, Monmouth County,New Jersey Colony d. 14 April 1788, Loudoun, Virginia, USA (Age 48 years) Mother Atchley, Susannah Abigail, b. 1741, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States d. 23 Jul 1825, Hackensack, New Jersey (Age 84 years) Marriage 1760 Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Siblings4 brothers Family ID F172 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Foster, Mary Elizabeth, b. Abt. 1785 d. Abt. 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA (Age 72 years) Children + 1. Romines, George Washington, b. Abt. 1805, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA d. Aft. Jun 1880, Catlettsburg, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA (Age 75 years)+ 2. Romines, Henry Layton, b. 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA d. Abt. 1890 (Age 84 years)+ 3. Romines, Thomas Emanuel, b. Abt. 1814, Tennessee, USA 4. Romines, William, b. 15 Jul 1826, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA d. 11 Aug 1893, Kodak, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)5. Romines, Johnathan Henry, b. 9 Oct 1832, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA d. 2 Jun 1862, Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, USA (Age 29 years)6. Romines, Rebecca Jane, b. 15 May 1833, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA d. 16 Apr 1905, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)Family ID F183 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Mar 2025
Family 2 Canterbury, Elizabeth Rose, b. 1766, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1797, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA (Age 31 years) Marriage 1786 Tennessee, USA - date from Find-a-Grave, needs to be sourced
Children > 1. Romines, Mary, b. abt. 1787 d. Tennessee, USA > 2. Romines, Samuel George, b. Abt. 1789 d. 1836, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA (Age 47 years)> 3. Romines, James Sr, b. Abt. 1791, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA d. 28 Mar 1873, Holly Grove, Walker County, Alabama, USA (Age 82 years)4. Romines, Susan, b. abt. 1792 5. Romines, Margaret, b. ABT. 1794, Loudon Couny, Virginia, USA + 6. Romines, Peter Franklin Sr, b. 04 Mar 1795, , Sevier, Tennessee, USA d. 4 Jul 1881, Rogersville, Lauderdale County, Alabama, USA (Age 86 years)+ 7. Romine, William Staples Sr, b. 4 Mar 1797, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Oct 1867, Stantonville, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA (Age 70 years)Family ID F182 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Mar 2025
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Notes - 3rd gg to Robert Allen Romine so have strong DNA evidence to support this line.
According to the document written by William Bethel Romine in 1930 Layton married twice. First to a woman of the name Canterbury and was from Pennsylvania. He says they likely moved to Eastern Tennesse soon after the Revolutionary way which ended 3 Sep 1983
He further states that Layton had 24 children that lived to adulthood and 2 that died earlier. He believes (not certain) that children by first wife are: James, Peter, Sam, William, Susan, Molly, and Mary. By second wife: Henry, Jane, John, George, Thomas, Raleigh, David, Abel, Tabitha, Rebecca, Betty, Job, Riley, Jasper.
Other than the find-a-grave posting there is no evidence that his first name was Thomas so I removed it. The Find-a-grave posting has no tombstone so is not really a source.
I do not know whom wife Mary Dammembren is. Appears to have been transfered from another family tree. Removed as spouse.
Both marriages are claimed to be in Sevier County, Tennessee so expect Census to be in same place. However, note that Sevier was not formed until 1794 so marriage to Elizabeth Canterbury would have to be elsewhere (maybe Green or Hawkins County?)
1856 Fire damaged courthouse records.
Lost censuses: 1800, 1810, 1820
Lost marriage records: 1794 to 1855
Lost probate records: 1794 to 1848
1810 census records for Tennessee were burned by the British during the war of 1812
1830 Sevier County, Tennessee
male 5-9
male 5-9
male 10-14
male 15-19
male 20-29
male 60-69 Layton (64)
female 5-9
female 10-14
female 40-49 Mary Elizabeth Foster (45)
nearby neighbors Frank Foster, John Romine
- 3rd gg to Robert Allen Romine so have strong DNA evidence to support this line.
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Sources - [S302617914] Ancestry.com, North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 61; Book: 4.
- [S298974087] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1830; Census Place: Sevier, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 178; Page: 117; Family History Library Film: 0024536.
- [S280171252] Ancestry.com, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
- [S269067030] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree.
- [S302617914] Ancestry.com, North Carolina and Tennessee, U.S., Early Land Records, 1753-1931, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 61; Book: 4.