HEATH/BEESTON/NORCOP/CHURCH: Little is known of Hester Lawton, the lady whose portrait appears above, except that she was married to Richard Church of Betton in Shropshire, England. She appears to have died about the turn of the 18th century and is my sixth great-grandmother. Without her, I wouldn’t be here – and neither would a lot of other people. Thanks, Hester!