Hi Cousin, I agree whole heartedly with Doug. I liked the articles so much that I printed both and filed them with my reference materials. Would that you could do the same for MA John — SIGH!! Dick Dutton =========================================================== Doug Hall wrote: > Carole, > > I really appreciate and applaud your fine work! You will be a worthy > successor to Cope! I have read your two essays mentioned below and fine them > extraordinarily well done. I especially like your citation of sources for > what you have been able to put together. The inclusion of the sources is > especially important. Too few web-published genealogies do that and your > attention to this detail is exemplary. It helps everyone evaluate the > credence that can be given to your information. It will also help future > generations of genealogists! Just think how great it would be for all of us > if Lawton, the creator of the "Dutton chart" had included detailed citations > of the sources of each piece of information for each person he placed on > that chart! > > Well done! > > Doug Hall > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carole Dutton Malisiak <malisiak@midohio.net> > To: DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com <DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 12:34 AM > Subject: PA John's Inheritance > > >Hello all! > > > >Some time ago I learned that there was a Dutton Genealogy printed in > >"The American Genealogist" which critiqued the Dutton pedigree developed > >by A. R. Justice. Justice had the PA Duttons descending from Sir Piers > >Dutton, which of course was incorrect, and proved incorrect by the > >author Charles M. Hansen. This is not a very good article overall > >because Hansen made up, I say "created," a second wife for the father of > >PA John based on some very flimsy speculation. BUT he did have some > >other good information regarding primary sources (YEA!!). One of them > >was a will from Mary Renny of Manchester who was PA John's grandmother. > >You can read an edited version of what Hansen had to say about this will > >(removed the conjecture about a first wife) and I give the reference for > >the article if anyone wants to explore this further. But I think that > >this provides more evidence that we are descended fromthe Cheshire > >gentry (which Hansen believes he has disproven). > > > >http://www.genealogy.dutton.net/gen_perspect/Renny_will.htm > > > >Also, have published a little story about PA John Dutton at address > >below: > >http://www.genealogy.dutton.net/gen_perspect/john_pa.htm > > > >Comments and criticisms are welcome. I can take it--I'm a Dutton! :-)) > >Carole > > > >