Colin, Next time you are out and about looking for Dutton-related locations, find your way to the Church of St. Peter, Aston By Sutton. It was in the churchyard of this little church that my father and I met D. W. Faulkner in September 1985. Mr. Faulkner was the warden of the church and he happened to be cleaning up the morning we stopped. There are some memorials to Duttons inside the church. We did not make a record of the various memorials; it might be useful to record them. They might have some dates or names that can confirm other information. It was Mr. Faulkner who told us he had a copy of a genealogical chart of the Duttons at his home (Sutton Hall at Sutton Weaver near Runcorn). We went there and he brought the chart out from behind the fireplace. That was when we realized that this chart provided a link (though undocumented) from John Dutton of Pennsylvania back into the Dutton line in Cheshire, England. We were unable to copy the chart at that time. But Mr. Faulkner later had the chart photographed and he sent us a print of the photograph about 8 inches by 10 inches in size. It is that print that I have had enlarged and that you just received. We never specifically asked Mr. Faulkner how he had come into possession of the chart (he was not a Dutton descendant at all) but it appeared that he had simply found the chart behind the chimney in Sutton Hall when he moved there some years before. Mr. Faulkner also told us by letter later in 1985 that he had met another American some years before who had been pursuing Dutton history in Aston. That was Professor Foster Brooks. My father and Professor Brooks corresponded in 1986. Prof. Brooks said that he had visited Dutton Hall in Sussex and that he had seen the chart there at the school and had paid some of the students to make a copy of it for him. Those students may be the "R.T.T. Essex, C. W. Humphery, and D. C. Eckford" noted on the chart. The copy they made for him may then have been photocopied and one of those ended up in Sutton Hall. At least that is what I believe to be the origin of this chart. Unfortunately we found out that Professor Brooks died recently. If you visit Dutton Hall sometime, you might take along the chart I sent you and inquire of the headmaster or whomever as to the current whereabouts of the original. From what Professor Brooks wrote to my father it appears that the original may actually have been mounted or painted on a wall somewhere at the school. If you are able to find the original, that might be the beginning toward figuring out who P. H. Lawson, its compiler is. I suspect he is/was a professional genealogist in Chester sometime in the 1960s. What would be aboslutely wonderful would be to discover the notes or materials from which P.H. Lawson developed the chart. There may even be a manuscript somewhere that was meant to accompany the chart. One other thought. If there is an association of genealogists in Chester, there may be some record of a P. H. Lawson. Lots of things to investigate when you get back from your California trip! Doug -----Original Message----- From: colin <colin.dutton@btinternet.com> To: Doug Hall <doughall@mail.tds.net> Date: Monday, June 29, 1998 6:49 PM Subject: The Chart >Hi Doug, > >WOW!!!!!!!!! > >It was waiting for me when I arraived home from work this evening. > >WOW!!!!!!!!! > >I need some time to look at this, it is unbelieveable that so much >information could be held on one chart. > >I cannot thank you enough, this is fantastic. > >I need to sit down now. > >Regards and many thanks. > >Colin > > >