Hello!! I found out that the Summer Islands are now called Bermuda. So these Duttons were sailing to/from Bermuda, also! About 1610 King James awarded Bermuda to the Virginia Company. In 1613, the Company sold its rights to a group of merchants. In 1684, the British Crown took over administration of the islands. The Sea Venture, a ship carrying colonists to Virginia was destroyed at sea near the islands during a storm on 28 Jul 1609 and Bermuda was called Somers Islands, for some time, after Admiral Sir George Somers, the ship's captain. All but two of the colonists went onward to Jamestown and found the settlers near starvation. The remaining two colonists became the first permanent white settlers of Bermuda. Thus, it would appear that Sir Thomas (1610), John (1609-1611,1619, 1621) another John (1814), and probably Richard (1620, on board the Supply), and also Henry Dutton, (1685) were involved. Maybe Richard died since he is not mentioned in any of the papers. But then, maybe not. Maybe this is the same R. Dutton as Dave Jowitt wrote about (quoted below). >I've been browsing the transcript of the records for Howden, East Riding of >Yorkshire and found the following - of no link to myself but might mean >something to someone out there: >"Collected 10th Nov [1616] upon his Majestye's letter patten [patents] for >the reliefe of Richard Dutton of Chester the sum 8s 3d" >Please let me know if it means anything to anyone! >Dave Jowitt >Parkgate, Cheshire, England> Take care, Carole