I am in full agreement with Robert O'Connor in regard to the total implausibility of the link between John Dutton of MA and any known line in the Duttons of Dutton. I too have inquired as to the source of any information that would provide some basis for what is indicated as fact. Certainly John Dutton came from England. Probably he is part of the Duttons of Cheshire. But there is no proof that anyone has offered as to any particular link to what is know of that family in England. Until such time as there is a factual basis for making such a link, I suggest that web pages that indicate such a link are completely misleading. Too many new researchers are ready and willing to accept whatever they have found on a website as already proven nd include it in the new genealogy that they are building. The internet is a great tool for genealogy. Iy speeds research immeasurably. But it can speed the dissemination of erroneous information just as much as good information. I am afraid that the John-Dutton-of-MA-link-back-to-England is a prime example within Dutton research where the internet is disseminating totally unproven - and probably erroneous - assertions. What should we do to avoid this kind of problem? Doug -----Original Message----- From: ray montgomery <scruffynerfherdr@juno.com> To: DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com <DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 10:52 AM Subject: "Robert O'Connor" <roconnor@es.co.nz>: Re: DUTTONs of Cheshire and Massachusetts >--------- Begin forwarded message ---------- >From: "Robert O'Connor" <roconnor@es.co.nz> >To: GEN-MEDIEVAL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: DUTTONs of Cheshire and Massachusetts >Date: 3 Jan 1999 23:49:21 GMT >Message-ID: <01be3774$6081b5c0$44804dd1@default> >References: <368EE8D9.1D7F@uncg.edu> > >The website to which you have referred and many others that I have come >across on the Net show the father of the Massachusetts immigrant Thomas >Dutton as on John Dutton & his wife Mary Neeld. They go on to record >that >this John was born in 1596 & died in 1693 at Reading, MA. The connection >is supposedly made to the Duttons of Dutton through the Sherborne branch >of >the family by making this John the son of Sir Ralph Dutton d 1646 of the >Sherborne line. > >This connection must be entirely FALSE as Sir Roger Dutton d 1646 was in >fact baptised 13 Dec. 1601 at Sherborne - he could therefore NOT be the >father of a man born in 1596. > >I have pointed this chronological problem to a number of the owners of >the >websites that make this connection - but they continue to make the >connection. > >My interest in the Dutton family relates to the family of the name >settled >at Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire - the earliest being John Dutton >whose daugther Rose was baptised there in 1645. My John may have been of >the Northleach family of the same name, whose earliest ancestor Thomas >Dutton d 1602 refers to land he owned at Sherborne thus indicating a >substantive connection with the Sherborne line. > >I have put together a genealogy of the Dutton, of Dutton line (including >the Sherborne branch) and would be happy to send it to you should you >wish. > It is a MS Word 97 file. Please advise > >Cheers >Robert O'Connor > > > > > > >Robert J. O'Hara <rjohara@uncg.edu> wrote in article ><368EE8D9.1D7F@uncg.edu>... >The Massachusetts immigrant Thomas DUTTON was apparently born abt 1621 >in Cheshire, England, and died 22 Jan 1697 in Billerica, Massachusetts. >He m Susannah PALMER in 1647 in Billerica. In starting to investigate >this ancestor I have found a number websites (for example >http://www.web-ster.com/miked/html/d0002/g0000166.htm#I1933) that trace >Thomas Dutton's ancestry back into the Medieval period through the >"Duttons of Dutton" in Cheshire. Does anyone here happen to be familiar >with this line, and can anyone tell me if this is solid or just some >family historian's fancy from the 19th century? (For all I know the >Mass immigrant may in fact not be linked to the Dutton family of >Cheshire at all; that may be where the imagination came in). Pointers >to recent sources (confirming or debunking) will be welcome. Many >thanks. > >Bob O'Hara (rjohara@uncg.edu) >Experimental genealogy site: http://strong.uncg.edu/gen.html > > >--------- End forwarded message ---------- > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >