ray montgomery wrote: > Carole > could you resend these messages about the VA duttons to me????????? > Please????? so you know i am on my knees here!LOL > RAY ____________________________ Hi Ray, The messages I sent were very brief, summaries of some of the documents that I had read. I have typed up the parts that had any info re the Duttons. All typos and spellings are kept as is. This is probably not what you are hoping for, but I thought it was interesting! Carole Virginia Colonial Records Project Survey Report No 07128 Depository: Berkshire Record Office Class: Trumbull MSS Title: Alphabetical Correspondence, volume XXXII Dates: 1609-1622 Note: Letters from John More in London to William Trumbull in Brussels no. 17 13 December 1610 Discusses parliamentary and Court affairs. "Yt is advertised from Seville that one of the Kings of Barbary hath delivered Oloroche into the Spaniards handes; which yf it be trew, is by this time stale news in your quarters. for our partes we are the lesse sorry for it at this present, because theyr Men and mony thus diverted, wee finde our selves the more secure for our plantacions in Ireland and Virginia. Sir Noel Caron begins to tamper with our Virginia Marchants, to ioyne some of the States people in that plantacion, and allso to ioyne with us in the East Indie trade; but we fear, that yf we ioyne, theyr arte and industrie will wear our people out of both." Spanish Ambassador has demanded delivery of a French privateer cast up on the west coast of England after taking a Spanish ship, but the Lord Treasurer wholly favours the French. Ten days ago 4 priests escaped through the wall at Newgate, two others caught sliding down a ropewere [sic] hanged at Tyburn last Monday. Sir Thomas Dutton has returned. W.T. will know that Dr Langton is President of Magdalen and that Sanford will go with Sir John Digby to Spain." Survey Report 00987 pg: 16 no. 261 20 January 1619 Summer Islands [i.e., Bermuda Islands]. John Dutton to the Earl of Warwick, giving an account of his voyage to the Bermudas. Mr. Daniel Elfred, after having done "some exployte (undoubtedly upon the Spanyard)" then went to Virginia, but not meeting there "the entertainement he expected" he proceeded to the Summer Islands with 29 negroes, 2 chests of grain, 2 chests of wax, and some tallow. Survey Report 00987 pg. 17 no. 278 17 October 1620. Summer Islands. John Dutton to the Earl of Warwick. Not Virginiana, but the following sentence on p. 3 may be important:- Warwick would be well advised "not to have any thinge to doe with Captaine Kendall who is now come out, who your Lordship should fynd a very sillye man, but a fitt instrument for Sir Edwin Sandes to use in the abuse of your honour if he be so inclynd." 4pp. Page 4 has two endorsements and the address. (Eighth Report, 35b.) Survey Report 00987 pg. 21 no. 292 4 December 1621. Summer Islands, "by the waye of Virginia". John Dutton to Sir Nathaniel Rich on Bermuda affairs. 4pp., with pp.2 and 3 blank. Page 4 has endoresement and address. Stained, and slightly worn at edges. (Eighth Report, 37b.) Survey Report 06719 Depository: Magdalene College, Cambridge Class: Ferrar Papers, Box 'Virginia' Nos. 1361 & 1371 Dates: 17 March 1622/23 "The Court was appointed by that held in the morning to examine the grievances of the inhabitants of the Summer Islands, the first article of which complained....The fourth article was next read, to which Mr. Meverell replied that the ....It was agreed that the Company's books should be examined to see by what authority Dutton was sent to the Summer Islands, what agreement was made with him, and on what grounds his allowance was taken from him." This Court is a very long document of grievances regarding parishes and ministers, tobacco prices, complaints about the goverment and freedom and liberty, and profit and loss. I cut out most of it. Lastly_____ Survey Report 04121 Depository: Principal Probate Registry Title: Will of andrew Browne "Will of Andrew Browne of the parish of St. Botolph without Aldgate, Mdx. [not readable], mariner. Names his wife Ann Brown his attorney, to collect his debts, wages, etc., leaves her his whole estate, and appoints her sole executrix. Signed 24 July 1685. Witness Sherrington Farewell, Henry Dutton, Robert Hill. Probate London 5 Oct 1702 to Ann Brown. P.A.B. states that testator was late of the ship "Mary," died in Virginia.