aredutton@juno.com wrote: ----------------------------------Snip------------------------------------------ > A letter from Elizabeth A. Dutton, 447 Nimitz Avenue, State College, PA > 16801 related some interesting data: > > "Our nemesis, asa Dutton, (b. ca 1781) is still without parents after 15 > years of research. He married Eunice Townsend in Maine in 1803 and > migrated to Brown County, Ohio ca 1815 where he remained until his death > in 1860. The 1850 and 1860 censuses say he was born in Maine, but we are > not sure that he gave that information. His relatives surely knew that > he came from Maine. Let Asa be a nemesis no longer. Below this message is a Family Group Report for Asa & Eunice. Below that is a 5 generation Ahnentafel Report showing Asa's immediate ancestors. --------------------------------------Snip------------------------------------- > Asa married three times--twice in Maine and thirdly in OH to Elizabeth > Brooks, his daughter-in-laws mother, from KY. My records agree with this. -------------------------------------Snip--------------------------------------- I hope this helps. Happy Hunting! Dick Dutton Researching my family tree! Trunk: DUTTON Major branches: ALLEN, BARTLETT, CUTLER, DOGGETT, DUNTEN, DUNTON, JENSON, LAKE, METCALF, PARTRIDGE, REYNOLDS, RICHARDS, SAWYER, SMITH, TRACY, TURNER, WEDGWOOD. 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, ULLER, HALL, HARRIS, JOHNSON, KNAPP, McMILLAN, MERRICK, MILLER, MOORE, NELSON PARKER, TUTTLE - And many more. ===================================================== Name: Asa DUTTON Birth: 30 Dec 1781 Cavendish, Vt Death: 25 Nov 1860 Will, Brown Co, Ohio Father: Ephraim DUTTON (1753-1840) Mother: Susanna BIXBY (1757-~1797) Other spouses: Mary SPINNEY Elizabeth "Betsey" (HALL) BROOKS wid. Marriage: 18 Dec 1803 Frankfort, Hancock Co, Me Spouse: Eunice TOWNSEND Birth: 1784 Death: 26 Oct 1812 Belgrade, Me Children 1 M: Seth DUTTON Birth: 1804 Belgrade, Me Spouse: Cynthia BROOKS Marriage: 5 Mar 1820 2 F: Rhoda DUTTON Birth: 1806 Belgrade, Me Spouse: Richard SPINNEY 3 M: Solomon DUTTON Birth: 12 Oct 1808 Belgrade, Me Death: 1833 Spouse: Mary Frances BROOKS Marriage: 29 Mar 1827 4 M: Moses DUTTON Birth: 1810 Belgrade, Me Spouse: Rebecca CURTIS Marriage: 12 Dec 1831 5 M: Daniel Townsend DUTTON Rev. Birth: 19 Oct 1812 Belgrade, Me Death: 30 Oct 1848 Spouse: Lucinda Ann PAGE Marriage: 21 Sep 1834 Meigs Co. Notes for Asa DUTTON As in many household traditions in those early days, when Asa was young, he was `boarded out' to a Baptist Minester of Portland, Maine. Apparently he developed a good and lasting relationship with his guardianship family, and stayed in the state of Maine. From Maime, Asa went by wagon to Ohio in 1816. He settled on survey #573 in 1820 and erected a sawmill in 1822. 1 Asa DUTTON. Born on 30 Dec 1781 in Cavendish, Vt. Asa died in Will, Brown Co, Ohio on 25 Nov 1860; he was 78. On 18 Dec 1803 when Asa was 21, he married Eunice TOWNSEND, in Frankfort, Hancock Co, Me. 2 Ephraim DUTTON. Born on 30 Aug 1753 in Lunenburg, MA. Ephraim died in Ludlow, Vt on 2 Jul 1840; he was 86. Buried in Ludlow Cem. On 28 Jun 1781 when Ephraim was 27, he married Susanna BIXBY, in Westford, Mass. 3 Susanna BIXBY. Born on 27 Apr 1757 in Westford, MA. Susanna died in Cavendish, Vt abt 1797; she was 39. 4 Ephraim DUTTON. Born on 1 Jan 1727 in Billerica, MA. Ephraim died in 1807; he was 79. On 21 Oct 1752 when Ephraim was 25, he married Thankful (SEAVER) PUNDERSON (widow), in Billerica, Mass. 5 Thankful (SEAVER) PUNDERSON (widow). Born on 6 Oct 1731 in Framimgham, MA. 6 Asa BIXBY. Born abt 1737. Asa married Susanna HOWARD. 7 Susanna HOWARD. Born abt 1737. 8 Thomas DUTTON III. Born on 2 Aug 1681 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA. Thomas died in Westford, MA on 4 Aug 1759; he was 78. On 3 Jan 1711 when Thomas was 29, he married Hannah BURGE, in Charlestown, MA. 9 Hannah BURGE. Born on 12 Jan 1689 in Charlestown, MA. Hannah died in Westford, MA on 10 Jun 1755; she was 66. Education: of Chelmsford, MA. 10 Robert SEAVER. Born abt 1711. Religion: 12573. Robert married EUNICE. 11 EUNICE. Born abt 1711. Religion: 12572. 16 Thomas DUTTON Jr.1 Born on 14 Sep 1648 in Reading, Middlesex, MA.1 Thomas died aft 1721; he was 72. On 11 Jan 1679 when Thomas was 30, he married Rebecca (BRABROOKE) DRAPER (widow)1, in Concord, MA.1 17 Rebecca (BRABROOKE) DRAPER (widow).1 Born abt 1652 in Concord, MA. Rebecca (BRABROOKE) died in Billerica, Middlesex, MA on 16 Mar 1721; she was 69. 18 John BURGE. John died on 30 Nov 1704 in Chelmsford, MA. On 19 Sep 1677 John married Trial THAYER, in Chelmsford, MA. 19 Trial THAYER. Born on 7 Feb 1657 in Braintree, MA. Trial died in Chelmsford, MA on 1 Jan 1737; she was 79. Sources 1. Archibald F. Bennett, The Ancestory of Joseph Smith the Prophet, The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, April, 1929.