History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Compiled by James P. Snell, (Author of History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, N. J.), Assisted by Prof. W. W. Clayton and a Numerous Corps of Writers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881. Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia. Transcribed, edited and tagged by Rolland Everitt.

Thomas Layton was of Irish extraction, his period of arrival having been identical with that of Mr. [James] Brink. [1790] The place of his residence lay in the south part of the township, and is now occupied by Mrs. John Schooley. He was an extensive and successful farmer, and probably conducted a mill, as one was very early erected on a brook in the neighborhood and owned by Mr. Layton. His death occurred in New York state, where he later removed. Most of his children repaired to the West, the exception being John, already mentioned, who married a Miss Brink and remained at Centreville. Mr. Layton died at the age of ninety-four. His daughter, Mrs. Timothy Shay, is still a resident of Sandyston.