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I have Henry Larther (Laughter) b. 1690, England, settled in James Town, VA. Known children were John and Henry. One of John's sons, Henry, moved to Warren County, NC and had many descendents who eventually spread all acros America. In the "Henderson County Heritage Book," (Henderson County, NC) Page 284, article # 257--"William Milan Laughter Senior" the first paragraph states: "Th first discovered names of members of the Laughter family was in the will of Edmond Culham of Hoxne, probated 25 February 1588 in Suffolk County, Norwich Diocese, England. One Nichlos Laughter was a son-in-law, and Grace and Elizabeth Laughter were his grandaughters." The name has many spellings (Lauter, Larther, Lawter, Leather, Lawther, Lauther and Lauder also found in Antiquity Scotland) as you probably know. In earlier days (13th century) according to oral tradition the name was De Laughter which was a fashionable trend in England for nobleman to use the French prefix. There are many De Laughters in America today. Also according to the history of the name they were seated in Berwickshire, England before the Norman conquest of 1066 AD.
My mother was a Laughter and I have many of the North Carolina Laughters on file.
Rex
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