Hi, fellow Dutton descendants, cousins, and lurkers: I am in the (intermittent) process of transcribing summaries of every DOTON / DUNTON / DUNTING / DUTTEN / DUTTON file in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Records. Most of this information does not tie in with my DUTTON line but I'd hate to have it go to waste. The following is one of a series of messages giving my findings. Key: Text is summary unless enclosed in "double quotation marks." All spelling, especially of names, is as found. Formatting is for readability, especially lists. I apologize for any error which, although I have worked hard to avoid it, may have crept in. ----- Probate file number, name, date: 6578 Stephen Dutton & al 1757 Indexed in Folsom and Rogers, Registers of Probate and Insolvency, "Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, First Series, From 1648 to 1871" (Cambridge, MA: 1914) as: Dutton, Stephen -- Chelmsford -- 1757 -- Guardian -- 6578 Family History Center Microfilm # 397047 Summary: --------------- "Stephen Abigail and No. 6578 Susanna Dutton Guardn. Bond Lettr Delivd. [illeg.] Judge 4/6 Reg. 4/6 13 June 1757 Ent. Lib. 36 page 297" --------------- "... we Ruth Dutton Widow & John Butterfield gentmn. both of Chelmsford ..." give bond to Judge Danforth "in the full Sum of Three hundred Pounds, in Lawful Money of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay" "Dated the Thirteenth Day of June Anno Domini, 1757." Bond is for the performance of "the above-bounden Ruth Dutton, nominated and allowed to be guardian unto Stephen, Abigail, & Susanna, minors under the age of fourteen years children of James Dutton late of Chelmsford ..." [witnessed] "Thos. Greenwood Andrw. Bordman [signed] "Ruth herXmark Dutton John Butterfied [sic]" --------------- Darrell

Good for you Darrell! While most of the records you have been digging up may not pertain to you, you sure found a gem this time. The way I figure it James Jr. was your 5G grandfather. Findings like this must make all the hard work and false trails worthwhile. My records indicate Abigail had a sister Susanna. What happened to her? Dick ====================================================== "Darrell A. Martin" wrote: > Hi, fellow Dutton descendants, cousins, and lurkers: > > I am in the (intermittent) process of transcribing summaries of every DOTON > / DUNTON / DUNTING / DUTTEN / DUTTON file in the Middlesex County, > Massachusetts Probate Records. ----------------------------Snip----------------------------------------- > > Probate file number, name, date: > 6577 James Dutton 1757 > > Indexed in Folsom and Rogers, Registers of Probate and Insolvency, "Index > to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, First > Series, From 1648 to 1871" (Cambridge, MA: 1914) as: > Dutton, James -- Chelmsford -- 1757 -- Will -- 6577 > > Family History Center Microfilm # 397047 > > Summary: ---------------------------------Major Snip-----------------------------------------------

Hi, fellow Dutton descendants, cousins, and lurkers: I am in the (intermittent) process of transcribing summaries of every DOTON / DUNTON / DUNTING / DUTTEN / DUTTON file in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Records. Most of this information does not tie in with my DUTTON line but I'd hate to have it go to waste. The following is one of a series of messages giving my findings. Key: Text is summary unless enclosed in "double quotation marks." All spelling, especially of names, is as found. Formatting is for readability, especially lists. I apologize for any error which, although I have worked hard to avoid it, may have crept in. ----- Probate file number, name, date: 6577 James Dutton 1757 Indexed in Folsom and Rogers, Registers of Probate and Insolvency, "Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, First Series, From 1648 to 1871" (Cambridge, MA: 1914) as: Dutton, James -- Chelmsford -- 1757 -- Will -- 6577 Family History Center Microfilm # 397047 Summary: --------------- "In the Name of God Amen, the first day of May.1756. I James Dutton of Chelmsford ... husbandman, being in health of body and of perfect mind and memory ... do make and ordain this my last will and testament. ..." "Imprimas I give and bequeath to Ruth my dearly beloved wife the full use and improvement of all my estate both real and personal, till my son Stephen Dutton shall arrive to the age of twenty one years and after that, that she shall have the improvement of one full third part of my estate, so long as she shall continue my widow. Item I give and bequeath to my beloved son Stephen two thirds of my estate when he shall come to be twenty one years of age. Item I give and bequeath to my beloved daughter Abigail the other third part of my sd. estate when my sd. son Stephen shall be twenty one years old. Item It is my will that my beloved wife take the care of my sd. children till they come to be of lawfull age, and I do constitute make and ordain my beloved wife Ruth my sole executrix of this my last will and testament ..." [signed] "John Butterfield Richard King Ephraim Spaulding James Dutton" --------------- "June 15.1757 Ju. Spaulding sworn as usual Richard King afterwards sworn." --------------- Fees were paid "50/ old Tenr. 1st. May 1758" --------------- The will was presented for probate before Judge Samuel Danforth on "the fifteenth Day of June Anno Domini 1757" Oaths were made by "Deacon Ephraim Spaulding, & afterwards, Mr. Richard King" as to their witnessing the making of the will, and that they had signed it with "John Butterfield ... as witnesses" Judge Danforth gave administration "unto Ruth Dutton the therein named Executrix well and faithfully to execute the said will ..." --------------- "Deacon Ephraim Spaulding, Mr. David Spaulding & Mr. James Dunn all of Chelmsford ... are hereby appointed and impowered to take an Inventory of ... all the Estate whereof Mr. James Dutton late of said town died seized ... Given under my hand this thirtieth day of November A.D. 1757" "Dn. Spaulding sworn D Spaulding & James Dunn sworn Decr. 12 1757 [signed] S. Danforth J. Prob." --------------- The inventory was taken "December ye. 12.1757" it included "Item Aboute 14 acrees of land mostly unimproved with a small house thereon Standing Said Land lying in Chelmsford aforesd. 16-0-0 [signed] Ephm. Spaulding David Spaulding James Dunn Comttee." --------------- Transcriber's note: James Dutton, Junior, an ancestor of mine, was killed in action October, 1756, in the vicinity of Lake George (later New York) during the French and Indian War. Darrell Darrell A. Martin formerly of the Dutton District, Springfield, Vermont currently in exile in Addison, Illinois darrellm@sprynet.com

Ron, I would think that the book contains "Memorial Inscriptions" i.e grave stones, tombs and plaques. A lot of these may have been taken from Ormerod's "History of Cheshire" or Leycester's work. Regards, Nick > >Does anyone have any knowledge about a book advertised on the web page for >Higginson Books? > >Ron > >>DUTTON. Memorials of the Duttons of Dutton in Cheshire, with notes >>repecting the Sherborne branch of the family. n.a. 296p. 1901 (London). Nicolas Blackhurst, in Chester (The Roman Fortress of Deva), England nicolas.blackhurst@virgin.net Web Site: http://freespace.virgin.net/nicolas.blackhurst/homepage.htm

At 10:57 PM 04/07/1999 -0500, you (Carole Dutton Malisiak) wrote: >I spoke to a woman at the FHC yesterday who told me that the Quakers >decided to go along with everyone else's dates in 1752. So all Quaker >dates after 1752 should be in our regular calendar keeping. All dates >before then would be off. For example, 21 1m 1735 would be March and >10m would be December. [snip] Hi, Carole and other Duttons: More on the same subject; it should be kept in mind that the Quakers were not the only ones whose recordkeeping was affected by the Julian/Gregorian dual calendar before 1752. I have seen records kept by Puritan governments in Massachusetts Bay for persons I highly doubt were Quakers that used the March=1st month convention. Sometimes it seems that each recordkeeper made his own decision. (Hint: watch out for overly conservative recordkeepers in the first few years after 1752!!) The other major trap is the double-year dating for dates in the range January 1 to March 24 (March 25 was New Year's Day in the civil Julian calendar in use in colonial America before 1753): for one town clerk, Feb. 2, 1735 might come after December, 1735; for another, before April, 1735. Many used the convention "February 2, 1735/6" but by no means all did, and when books were published sometimes the editor interpreted such dates and sometimes printed them exactly as found. The only reasonably sure way I have found to keep discrepancies to a minimum is, as Carole suggested, to examine the original documents. But *DON'T* look at the specific record IN ISOLATION! If it's in a list of events in chronological order, and some of the ones that follow are both after March and dated with the same year, then it's pretty certain that the writer "changed years" on January 1. If your specific record is not in such a list, look for a series of dated items in the same document, in the same handwriting, that crosses the March 25 boundary. If you can show that the writer has a pattern, apply it to your own record. As a last resort, ask whether the year makes better sense one way than another. For example, I once had a puzzle over whether a date recorded as, say, March 10, 1735, should be interpreted as 1734/5 or 1735/6. The original document was no longer in existence; all I had was a published book, and it reported dates exactly as written *but* rearranged in family units. As luck would have it, it was a birth date for a child in a large family. The clue was, the mother was nearly as reproductively predictable as the ticks from one of those Dutton Clocks we've been hearing about. She had children in December 1729, May 1732, April 1734, the February 1735 under discussion, May 1737, and June 1739. It is quite possible that child number three was born 10 months after child two, and child four 39 months after that; but given a choice between 29-23-22-27-25 months for the intervals and 29-23-10-39-25, I chose the former without much hesitation. Then, of course, I recorded my reasoning in my footnote. Such a procedure is a bit iffy, and doesn't take into account (in this case) of a possible miscarriage in the middle of the 39 months, but since you have to guess anyway in most genealogical software, it may be better than nothing. This is only an example, but it's part of the reason I find this hobby so much fun. That and the stories, of course. Like the Dutton Clock at #10 Downing Street! Darrell Darrell A. Martin formerly of the Dutton District, Springfield, Vermont currently in exile in Addison, Illinois darrellm@sprynet.com

I spoke to a woman at the FHC yesterday who told me that the Quakers decided to go along with everyone else's dates in 1752. So all Quaker dates after 1752 should be in our regular calendar keeping. All dates before then would be off. For example, 21 1m 1735 would be March and 10m would be December. Now, as far as Cope is concerned, who knows, for sure, as Doug has previously pointed out, which terminology his dates are in. There are some instances where Cope lists dates in the "non-Quaker" terminology, but the rest of the dates, I think, would need to be ascertained by primary proof. My family record dates match Copes, but then, again, my family were Quakers until my Dad!! I didn't know their calendar was different! Carole

Hi, fellow Dutton descendants, cousins, and lurkers: I am in the (intermittent) process of transcribing summaries of every DOTON / DUNTON / DUNTING / DUTTEN / DUTTON file in the Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Records. Most of this information does not tie in with my DUTTON line but I'd hate to have it go to waste. The following is one of a series of messages giving my findings. Key: Text is summary unless enclosed in "double quotation marks." All spelling, especially of names, is as found. Formatting is for readability, especially lists. I apologize for any error which, although I have worked hard to avoid it, may have crept in. ----- Probate file number, name, date: 6536 Nathaniel Dunton 1746 Indexed in Folsom and Rogers, Registers of Probate and Insolvency, "Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, First Series, From 1648 to 1871" (Cambridge, MA: 1914) as: Dunton, Nathaniel -- Sudbury -- 1746 -- Administration -- 6536 Family History Center Microfilm # 397047 Summary: --------------- "To the Honble Samuel Danforth Esqr. Judge of Probates for the county of Middlesex: may it please yr. Honr. my Brother Nathanael Dunton a Soldier at Cape Britain is dead Intestate never married & has Left a mother two Brothers & two sisters: the mother & they are all married & settled in Connecticutt Government: & I the subscriber being the oldest brother ..." requests leave for "Honr. Samll. Lyscom" to settle the estate [signed] "Ebenezer Denton Southboro may ye 2d 1746 P.S. my Brother abovesd was about 22 years old a Labourer & went from Sudbury" [sic Denton] --------------- "Samuel Liscum, Fanceis Whipple, Joseph Wilder[?]" give bond for the appraisal "Dated the fourteenth Day of June Anno Domini, One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty six -- Annoque Regni Regis Georgii Secundi Decimo nono." --------------- "June the 7 1746" the appraisers made their oath before "John Jones Justice of the Peace" --------------- When the inventory of "Nathanael Dunton Late of Sudbury in the County of Middlesex ... Labourer deceased (at Cape Britain) Intestate" was taken, the appraisers "find not any Estate Neither Real nor Personal Except what may be due for wages. June ye 7th 1746" --------------- "Septr. 11th 1746 Samuel Liscum Esqr. the adminstrator made oath that no Estate belonging to the aforenamed Deced. hath as yet come to his hands or knowledge save his wages as aforesaid S. Danforth J.Prob." --------------- Darrell Darrell A. Martin formerly of the Dutton District, Springfield, Vermont currently in exile in Addison, Illinois darrellm@sprynet.com

Hi Ron, Yes, I have a copy of that book and it is a valuable addition to anyone's library that is interested in the DUTTONS. It was a bit pricey if I remember correctly - somewhere around $50.00, but it contains data and information that you can't find anywhere else. Dick ======================================= Ron Dutton wrote: > Does anyone have any knowledge about a book advertised on the web page for > Higginson Books? The blurb for it follows. The "n.a." means "no author > listed." Maybe it's coincidence, but it has a title very similar to the > chart many of us have, and it is published in 1901 - is that also the date > on the chart? (I don't have it with me at the moment). > > Ron > > >DUTTON. Memorials of the Duttons of Dutton in Cheshire, with notes > >repecting the Sherborne branch of the family. n.a. 296p. 1901 (London).

Does anyone have any knowledge about a book advertised on the web page for Higginson Books? The blurb for it follows. The "n.a." means "no author listed." Maybe it's coincidence, but it has a title very similar to the chart many of us have, and it is published in 1901 - is that also the date on the chart? (I don't have it with me at the moment). Ron >DUTTON. Memorials of the Duttons of Dutton in Cheshire, with notes >repecting the Sherborne branch of the family. n.a. 296p. 1901 (London).

Hi, I apologize for holding everyone in suspense on the great mystery (John�s Father). I am waiting for a response from Gloria and Calvin Wheeler. Gloria is the person who says she found the answer. Apparently they are very busy, the last time I wrote them it took a couple of months to get an answer. Dose any body know Gloria and Calvin? Randy Lilley

1. David Dutton twin. b. 26-May-1792, Francestown,NH, (son of Jacob Dutton and Rhoda Dix) Occupation Manuf. Clocks-Organs, m. 5-Dec-1813, in Brookline,NH, Delinda Saunders, b. 31-Jan-1793, d. 29-Mar-1862, Nashua,NH. David died 22-Apr-1882, W Medford,Mass, Resided: Mt.Vernon,NH. David manufactured clocks and organs. Brent Lussier, a fourth cousin-four times removed, purchased one of the clocks David made in 1836. It is made entierly of wood, gears and all. He found it at a lawn sale Aug, 1996. There is another one for sale here in Vermont, they are really something to see. I wonder if this is your clock maker, Randy Lilley

My ggrandfather, Gerald Max Dutton, was born in Elba, Washington County, Ohio. I am hoping to find brothers and/or sisters of his. His date of birth is 17 March 1894. At the time of the birth of my grandfather, Harold Stanley, Gerald was living in Zanesville, Ohio, and his occupation is listed as laborer. Any ideas? Kristen

Does anyone know of Flanklin Eugene Dutton from Clinton Oklahoma Anthony Dutton wrote: > A friend has sent me a classified advertisement from the 20 March 1999 "The Spectator" magazine (British) for a "Millennium Clock". The ad says, "Our Millennium Clock is based on the famous 19th-Century Dutton Clocks (one of which still stands in the hall at No 10 Downing Street)." > > Interesting. > > Tony Dutton

A friend has sent me a classified advertisement from the 20 March 1999 "The Spectator" magazine (British) for a "Millennium Clock". The ad says, "Our Millennium Clock is based on the famous 19th-Century Dutton Clocks (one of which still stands in the hall at No 10 Downing Street)." Interesting. Tony Dutton

Hi Jim and all, That was exactly my reaction when I first saw the chart. At that time, the Latin literate folks on our list informed me. Since then I have learned a few more from John Carmi Parsons on the GEM-MED list. d.s.p. = "decessit sine prole" = died without issue d.v.p.s.p. = "decessit vita patris sine prole" = died in father's lifetime without issue s.p. = as above, "sine prole" v.p. = as above, "vita patris" v.m.= "vita matris" (in mother's lifetime) Jim, I hope this helps you and others! I made my first visit to the FHC tonight--what a trip (Phyllis!!). That woman who helped me, whizzed through those screens as fast as a camera's flashbulb. I don't think I learned a thing!!! I did order four films, though. I think I like books better!! Something old you can touch and feel (she said, sitting in a dust cloud sneezing!) Carole ____________________ James Dutton wrote: > > Carole, > > I just received my copy of Lawson's chart, "The Duttons of Dutton > County Chester," and am overwhelmed at the amount of information > on it. I may have to ask you about some of it that I may not be able > to read or understand, such as initials, "d.v.p.," etc. ----------------major snip------------- > > Jim

Hello, I have the following information which Keats-Rohan reports is to be considered to be used as a research tool and not to be considered as hard and fast information: Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., "Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066-1166. I. Domesday Book." Boydell Press, Woodbridge: 1999. "Odard [] Norman, tenant and sub-tenant of Hugh earl of Chester in 1086. Father of Hugh and Gilbert (Runcorn priory Foundation charter), he is succeeded by Hugh, who died c 1129-30" References below refer to the Domesday Book of Abraham Farley (1783) two volume (i or ii) folio edition (fol.). i, fol. 266b; i, fol. 266b; i. fol. 266b; i, fol. 266b; i, fol. 266b; i 267d She does not give a reference for the Runcorn priory Foundation charter!! Carole

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Somebody was looking for a "Lucy" a week ago: 1850 PENNSYLVANIA ERIE COUNTY, Wayne Township, p. 022B, Dwg 134, Fam 135: Calvin S. Dutton age 42, farmer worth $400, born VT; Lucy age 33 b. PA; Jonathan 13, Clarrisa 11, Ira 9, Henry 7, Sally 3, Emma 1, Effa 1. page 023B, Dwg 152, fam 153: Calvin Dutton age 47 farmer valued 1500 b. NH; Lucinda age 42 b. NY; Hiram 13, Franklin 10, Hollis (male) 7, all children born Pennsylvania. Page 198, East Ward Erie, Fam 237: James Dutton age 23 born NY, Margaret Dutton 48 born NY. ================= MELVIN DUTTONS COLLECTION: Send me names for M. O. Duttons or Melvin Duttons from mid-1850's. I have a collection.

FOR JOSEPH M. PRELL's BENEFIT, Fessie1226@aol.com wrote: These Duttons are buried in Caroll County Mississippi, don't know the name of the cemetery, but believe it to be in a community called Blackhawk. Melvin J. Dutton September 30, 1883 February 6, 1954 Belle Dutton January 1, 1862 March 22, 1959 Charles A. Dutton February 22, 1860 September 11, 1946 These are buried between members of the Stone and Grantham families. Other families buried in cemetery are Smith, Mims, Sturkle, Jackson, Hurst, Myers, Richardson, Jones, Trotter. Related to Brooks/Dutton family? ----------------------------------------------- REFERENCES: May 30, 1991-- Mel R. Dutton, 5803 Hawthorn Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45227 WFT submitter, Volume 1, Tree 5069 jprell@internnet.net -- BARRE descandants of Charles Austin Dutton and Florence Belle Dean. WFT Voume 22 Tree 3146 -- BARRE descendants. This family came out of New Hope, Brown County, Ohio--from thence to Sidon, Mississippi. Melvin Jay Dutton was never married, but his birth date matches, as well as the other names.