That information was posted by Curt Rowe and is as follows: >From History of California Vol 2 1801-1824, Hubert Howe Bancroft, 1890 Dutton (David Dewey), 1840 [the year he came to California], nat. of Mass. who crossed the plains to Or. in '39, and in '40 was a passenger on the Lausanme, touching at Bodega... HIs wife was Marrtha J. Pearson, married in '56 ; and they had 7 children in ;79 Dutton (Daniel), 1847, owner of lat at S. F. =============== Mike -----Original Message----- From: RFDBOB@aol.com [mailto:RFDBOB@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 12:09 PM To: DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: (no subject) Hi Duttons, Could the person who e-mailed the information to DUTTON-L@rootsweb.com about the first Dutton in California about 4 Sep 99 please repeat to me? I live in Moraga, CA and am trying to find an association of my family, if any, with the California Duttons. My family in the US starts with John (b 30 Nov 1648, Cheshire, England) and Mary (Darlington) Dutton, who settled in Aston Township, Chester, PA. Bob Dutton