I thought to have fallen onto the cover sheet for BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY, and it might be. It seem he authored several books; this one has a title page: A Genealogical and heraldic History of the EXTINCT AND DORMANT BARONETCIES OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND by John Burke, Esq.; author of the Peerage and Baronetage, History of the Commoners, etc. and John Bernard Burke, Esq. of the Middle Temple Second Edition, London, John Russel Smith, 4, Old Compton Street, Soho Square. MDCCCXLIV. This book, on page 178, has a short history of DUTTON, OF SHERBORNE from ODARD, kinsman of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester to a Ralph Dutton of Gloucester (Charles II), Sir John Dutton, James and William Dutton perhaps about 1771--only have partial part of that page. It probably does not link to the U.S. as they had a tendency to record only direct peerage lines. ___________________________________________________________________ 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]