I've scanned the maps.....if you can't read them, holler and I'll mail a copy. The first one shows Aston Township in the year 1708 showing the Dutton tract as one big slash clear across the township. Chester Creek is along the right hand border and the West Branch of the Chester T's off to the left along Dutton land. I hope you can read all the neighboring land owners names. This is #7 1708 map The Delaware Co. History books mention bears and other wild animals as well as Indians still living in the area.....but the Duttons braved the wilds and followed the Creek up to their land. It was already fall....and the nights get pretty chilly....I know I was there! Their first order of business was to build themselves some sort of shelter for the winter.....or perhaps one of the other earlier settlers took them in until they had their own house built. I've been fascinated by what Cope says is family tradition that "John built his first house in the meadow near the creek, but being disturbed by floods he removed a few rods farther back and erected his dwelling on a large rock near a small stream off the road which now runs from Rockdale to Village Green. I drove the road from Rockdale to Village Green....and several little side roads around that area......hoping after 315 years....I might catch a glimpse of a large rock in a meadow! <grin> Well, in my head I knew better....but I did look!! Of course, the area does not resemble in any way the land that John Dutton knew. Today the road from Rockdale boasts many houses, a nursery, a florist, an auto mechanic garage, etc.....just what you'd expect in a suburban area. Unless some further bit of info turns up, there's just no way of knowing exactly where he "erected his dwelling." By super-imposing this map on top of a current township map, one CAN however, roughly figure the boundaries of that 500 acre tract. I'll see if I can scan this very large - 1998 twp. map....but if it doesn't work....again, I'll be happy to mail you a copy. (It didn't work-too big. I have a copier--no problem) I also have a great map of Aston showing the early grants and patents. It's very interesting because it goes beyond the Aston boundaries and you can easily find John Kingsman property....one that should be interesting to you Kingsman Dutton descendants. This map is fairly "pale" however and I doubt it will scan....but I'll try it.....and as above, if it doens't work.....I'll mail you one. (It didn't work well.) The last really neat map I have is called Map of the Early Settlements of Delaware Co., PA and is dated 1862. That's almost 200 years later.....and shows all the land owners including many 2nd and 3rd generation Duttons. It covers two 11/17" pages......and I KNOW this isn't gonna scan at all. So.....I'll be pleased to include copies of it also....in your "map" envelope. Any serious study of the early Duttons and their later descendants in this area will benefit from having these in your collection. If you want copies....you'll have to give me your mailing address. And you'll have to be patient till I can get them copied and in the mail.....as soon as I can. Now then, I AM going to scan another small map that shows the 500 acre tract drawn by Isaac Taylor, a surveyor which shows the laying out of the Chester Road through the Dutton property. The Chester Road is called the CONCORD ROAD today and runs from down near the Caleb Pusey house all the way up until it hits Rt.#1 (the Baltimore Pike) at a place called Concordville. Concord Meeting where the Duttons attended is located there and is about 4 miles from the Dutton land. This map will be #8 Concord Rd map. While we're up there near the Meeting House.....let's talk about where the Duttons attended. Early on, soon after they arrived, they attended the Chichester Meeting. I didn't get to see that one....the original burned down and the current one is a more recent vintage.....but it is located somewhere down there closer to the Delaware River in Upper Chichester Twp. I believe. I have the address written down but can't find it at the moment. Now you must learn to pronounce it correctly......not all in one quick syllable like the British would say it....with lots of sh's and s's !!! It is pronounced in TWO distinct syllables, the first sounding like the first part of the word Chinese. So it's CHI - CHESTER!! Now you've got it! The minutes of that meeting hold the name of John Kingsman in many instances. After the Duttons settled down on their land further north, they asked the Meeting if they could attend the Concord Meeting, which was much closer to them. In the days when they probably walked thru Indian paths in the woods to attend Meeting....it would have been much more convenient for them. Apparently permission was given. So let's take a look at Concord Meeting. I can't determine when it was built. It is very large but I don't know if it dates "way" back or not. I'm still researching that one. You can see the graveyard in the back. As you see, the tombstones that are now used are very small and close to the ground. But there are many graves there that are unmarked. You'll remember that Cope on page 36 mentions that "John Dutton (jr.) and Francis Reynolds were appointed to advise against the erection of tombstones and to procure the removal of such as had been placed at graves." That rule apparently has been relaxed or rescinded entirely in more recent times. I'll also send you a picture of the interior of Concord Meeting.....I didn't get inside...but found this in ANOTHER book by Gilbert Cope called The 225th Anniversary of Concord Monthly Meeting of Friends - printed in 1911. This one is called #10 Meeting inside. That's all for now. Next time we'll look at the rest of the Dutton tract...and see what's there today. Phyllis