Rlilley@aol.com wrote: > Hi Dick, > Do you know if anyone checked into the note Phyllis sent on 6/23/98? Was > there anything we Mass. Duttons could benefit from? > thanks, Randy Lilley I ordered and received my copy of the book in question. If you could believe everything in it as primary source documentation it would be a great find. For everyone's edification I include all of the text in part one of the book at the end of this message. Part one also included some tables and charts which will not be included below.The formating has disappeared. You will have to draw your own conclusions as to the usefulness of the data. Dick Researching my family tree! Trunk: DUTTON Major branches: ALLEN, BARTLETT, CUTLER, DOGGETT, DUNTEN, DUNTON, JENSON, LAKE, METCALF, PARTRIDGE, REYNOLDS, RICHARDS, SAWYER, SMITH, TRACY, TURNER. Minor branches: ADAMS, ALDEN, BALL, BLACK, BLANCHARD, BREWSTER, BRIMHALL, CARY, COLBURN, HATCH, HOPKINS, HYDE, KIDDER, PERKINS, WARNER, WILLIAMS. Smaller Limbs: ALGER, ANDERSON, CLARK, DAVIS, FRENCH, FULLER, HALL, HARRIS, JOHNSON, KNAPP, McMILLAN, MERRICK, MILLER, MOORE, NELSON PARKER, TUTTLE - And many more. > ---------------------------------------------------- > << Subj: a new source?? > Date: 98-06-23 15:11:46 EDT > From: PRyerse@eclipsecomputer.com (Ryerse, Phyllis) > To: DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com > > New to me....but maybe old stuff to you seasoned Dutton cousins. > I refer to the Sep/Oct 1997 issue of Heritage Quest. > In book reviews I found: > > "A leaf from Armyu Life-Background and Experiences of a Civil War > Soldier. > Compiled by Dorothy Kincheloe Hendrix...Orem, UT > This book is based on a collection of the experiences > of GROVE H. DUTTON > a veteran of the War of the Rebellion. ............ > The reality of war and its hardships, agony and death are discussed in > letters written home during the war. Materials covered regarding the war > begin in Sept 1862 and end in June of 1865. > (It's unclear if these letters were written by Grove H. Dutton or not > -p.r. ) > Also included in this volume are genealogies of the Dutton Family from > 1630 to the present, including lineage charts and an extensive > bibliography." > > Has anyone seen this?? Is it anything important? The charts sound > interesting. Wonder what they are? > > Phyllis in HOTlanta =========================================================== Part I is a historical sketch of the ancestry of Grove H. Dutton. It reveals their names in the order of their birth, their parents, their line of ancestry. It gives us insight to their motive for coming to America from England, and displays their patriotism and strength for the cause of freedom in America. The timetable will assist the reader in comparing the status of American (world) history with that of the Duttons. Bold type is used for the reader to easily follow from generation to generation. This record of the Duttons will begin with Groveís ancestor, John Dutton, who came to New England in 1630. He sailed on the ship ìCometî with the Governor, John Winthropís, fleet. Of eleven ships, the ìArabellaî was the flagship. His son, Thomas, sailed with him. Mrs. John Dutton (Mary Neeld) followed a year later with sons Josiah, Robert and Samuel. They appeared before the General Court of Massachusetts 29 October 1640, and were admitted as inhabitants with good record. It is well noted by historians that the purpose of these people to eagerly migrate to a new undeveloped country was very clear. Large numbers of farmers thought that in America they could find some relief from the hard times that had befallen them. By 1600 economic conditions in England appeared to be a permanent depression and hope for improvements looked dim. Others deplored the religious tyranny. They came for religious freedom, to worship as they would choose, and for a better economic situation. They left the security of their homeland for the risks and hardships of settling in a new land. They were willing to make the sacrifice in the name of freedom. >From the time John Dutton made his decision to leave England, little did he know of the course he was charting for his posterity. As the history of the Duttons unfolds, we will find them moving westward as each American city, county and state grew from a mere settlement. Thomas, son of John and Mary (Neeld) Dutton, was born in England in 1621. He came with his father, John Dutton, on the sailing vessel ìCometî with the John Winthrop fleet in 1630. He married Susanna Palmer (born in 1626). They were among the early residents of Reading, Massachusetts, and were accepted as inhabitants of Billerica, Massachusetts 22 November 1669. Of their four sons and two daughters, Groveís ancestor is Joseph Dutton, second son and third child of Thomas and Susanna. Susanna died 27 August 1684 and Thomas married his second wife, Ruth Hooper, 9 November 1684. Joseph, son of Thomas and Susanna, was born 25 January 1660-1661 while the family was living in Woburn, Massachusetts. He married Rebecca Fitch in Billerica, Massachusetts. After her death he married his second wife, Mary Smith, 7 December 1693 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Joseph and his family moved, to East Haddam, Connecticut, and were the first Duttons in Connecticut. He purchased land in Wallingford in 1718-19 which he gave to his sons. Of his six children, two daughters and four sons, Groveís ancestor is Samuel. Samuel Dutton was the fifth child, third son of Joseph and Rebecca (Fitch) Dutton. He was born at East Haddam, Connecticut, 13 February 1704/5. On 17 November 1726 he married Rachel Cone. They were parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters. Jeremiah, the fifth son, is Groveís direct ancestor. ìSamuel Dutton was a man of wonderful equanimity of temper, strict integrity and eminent piety. The whole family in their time was highly respected; several of them were persons of enterprising talents. All of them are like their father, upright, and several of them professors of religion and officers of the church. Rachel, his wife, was a noted beauty and from her, their numerous descendants very generally inherit black eyes.î - Tracy Eustisí Dutton MSS. Jeremiah Dutton, son of Rachel (Cone) Dutton and Samuel Dutton, was born at Lebanon, Connecticut, about 1739, and moved to Ludlow, Massachusetts, about 1760. He was a schoolmaster for 47 years. He married Damaris Beebe 24 January 1758. Jeremiah and Damaris (Beebe) Dutton and their family were living in Ludlow, Massachusetts, during the war of the American Revolution. He served as a moderator of the town meetings for three years. He was later chosen to serve as a town father for 1 year; an assessor for 1 year. He served as the town clerk from 1776-1779, in behalf of the New England Patriots. (For his service and that of the Beebe ancestors, his descendants arc entitled to participate in the Daughters of the American Revolution). His wife, Damaris Beebe, came from a family of patriots who fought intensely during the Revolutionary War. Their oldest son, Oliver, is noted for his bravery during the Revolutionary War. Jeremiah owned land near the Springfield Waterworks. Groveís direct ancestor is their youngest son, Calvin. Calvin, son of Jeremiah and Damaris (Beebe) Dutton, was born 20 October 1766 in Ludlow, Massachusetts. He married Polly Edgerton 1 November 1792. They later moved to Washington County, New York. Calvin and Polly (Edgerton) Dutton were parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters. Orson Homer Dutton, sixth child, fourth son, was Groveís father. Orson Homer Dutton was born 19 March 1808 in Washington County, New York. He married Sophia Church 20 January 1836 at Vernon, New York. Orson with his family (John, his brother, and perhaps his parents) moved further west to Oswego County, New York, and is listed as one of the early settlers there between 1830-1840. John E. Dutton, his brother, is listed on the Finance Committee of the Oswego Falls Agriculture Society in 1856. A family document, dated 20 August 1844, reads that Orson Homer Dutton bought land from John E. Dutton, his brother, in the town(ship) of Grandby, County of Oswego, in New York State. The said document was recorded in the Oswego County Clerkís Office 9 September 1844. This was the establishment of the Dutton farm where Grove Henry Dutton was born 5 July 1846, and grew up there with his brothers and sisters. SOURCES: First Generation to America History of William H. Dutton by Ralph E. Davison History of Ludlow, pages 128-390. Landmarks of Oswego County by John C. Churchill Family document courtesy of Betty Ann Dutton Lid Records from Daughters of the American Revolution