…”The Layton was a ship built at Messrs.Brockbank's shipyard at Lancaster, and launched on Saturday, 28th October 1814. She was 498 tons burthen, and intended for the Jamaica trade, under the command of Capt.Atkinson, according to the newspaper report of her launch. She was registered at Lancaster on the 29th October 1814, the owner being named as John Brockbank. The Layton cleared from Lancaster on the 10th December, bound for Jamaica. The registry was transferred to London the following year, probably indicating that the vessel had been sold after her first voyage.

The Layton seems to have entered the trade to India, licensed to the Hon.East India Company. By 1826 she was being described as a transport, possibly for troops to India, but by 1827 she had become a transport for convicts. The Layton, Capt.Luscombe, departed Portsmouth on the 4th June 1827 for Van Diemen's Land. She made further voyages with convicts in 1829 and 1831, and then in 1833 she carried a slightly different type of human cargo: 

The Morning Chronicle newspaper, Monday, 19th August 1833;

"Saturday morning a number of persons assembled at St.Katherine's-wharf to witness the embarkation of 250 females on board the ship Layton, Captain Wade, bound for Sydney, chartered by the Emigration Committee to convey female emigrants to that settlement. Amongst the number we noticed several fine young women from different workhouses in the metropolis, and every one seemed pleased with the opportunity of endeavouring to better their condition. The accommodations on board the Layton for the emigrants are very comfortable, and everything is done to provide for their safety."   http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/lancaster/layton.htm (2010)

My 3rd great-grandmother Ann Maria Lamb, arrived in Australia aboard the Layton on the 27th December 1833.