Hello David, Below you will find a Family Group Report for the father of your James that should give give you most of what you are lookong for. If you need more info feel free to ask. Dick Dutton Researching my family tree! Trunk: DUTTON Major branches: ALLEN, BARTLETT, CUTLER, DOGGETT, DUNTEN, DUNTON, JENSON, LAKE, METCALF, PALMER, PARTRIDGE, REYNOLDS, RICHARDS, SAWYER, SMITH, TRACY, TURNER, WARD, WEDGWOOD. Minor branches: ADAMS, ALDEN, BALL, BLACK, BLANCHARD, BREWSTER, BRIMHALL, CARY, COLBURN, HATCH, HOPKINS, HYDE, KIDDER, PERKINS, WARNER, WILLIAMS. Smaller Limbs: ALGER, ANDERSON, CLARK, DAVIS, FRENCH, FULLER, HALL, HARRIS, JOHNSON, KNAPP, McMILLAN, MERRICK, MILLER, MOORE, NELSON PARKER, TUTTLE - And many more. ======================================================== DAVID P DUTTON wrote: > Looking for info on the parents & grandparents of the James Dutton > that married Phebe Butterfield Sept 25,1725 in Chelmsford Mass. > Thanks in advance for any help David Dutton ========================================================= Name: John DUTTON Sgt.1, 800, M Birth: 2 Mar 1656 Reading, Middlesex, MA1,2 Death: 7 Apr 1735 Billerica, MA1 Father: Thomas DUTTON Sr., 287, M (~1619-1687) Mother: Susannah (PALMER?), 288, F (~1626-1684) Other spouses: Ruth FROST (Widow), 801, F Misc. Notes Mass. records show marriage date as 20 Jul 1681. He married Sarah Shed, 1681 Sep 20 in Billerica, and then Ruth Frost 1721 May. He lived on the north side of the Andover road, near the corner. Research History of Billerica MA, part 2, p. 45 New England Marriages Before 1700, p. 237 Gen. of Boston and Eastern MA, Cutter, Vol. 1, pp 250/251 Gen. History of the Town of Reading, MA, p.67 Death: duttont3@juno.com (Timothy F. Dutton) Marriage: 20 Sep 1681 Billerica, Middlesex, MA1 Spouse: Sarah SHED1, 802, F Birth: 30 Oct 1658 Billerica, MA Death: 27 Feb 1720 Billerica, MA Father: Daniel SHED, 1357, M (1620-1708) Mother: Mary GURNEY, 3149, F (1628-1658) Misc. Notes See Braintree, Ma. Vital Records !Early Massachusetts Marriages by Frederic W. Bailey Book III, p.11 Submitter: Frank W. Bouley III Submitter: 197 Elm Ave. Submitter: Teaneck, NJ 07666 Submitter: FBouley@@prodigy.net Submitter: 201-836-5486 Submitter: 22 OCT 1997 Children 1 F: Sarah DUTTON, 1359, F Birth: 10 Jan 1683 Billerica, MA Research History of Billerica MA, part 2, p. 45 Birth: New England Historical Society,Boston Submitter: Frank W. Bouley III Submitter: 197 Elm Ave. Submitter: Teaneck, NJ 07666 Submitter: FBouley@@prodigy.net Submitter: 201-836-5486 Submitter: 22 OCT 1997 Spouse: John DUNCAN Jr., 1360, M Marriage: 16 Jun 1701 Woburn, Middlessex, MA 2 M: John DUTTON, 1361, M Birth: 9 Mar 1685 Death: 16 Mar 1686 3 F: Hannah DUTTON, 1362, F Birth: 25 Apr 1687 Spouse: John SANDERS, 1363, M Marriage: 3 Sep 1706 Charlestown, MA 4 F: Abigail DUTTON, 1364, F Birth: 10 Feb 1689 Billerica, MA Death: 29 Dec 1693 Billerica, MA Research Birth: New England Historical Society,Boston Death: New England Historical Society,Boston History of Billerica MA, part 2, p. 45 5 M: Samuel DUTTON, 1365, M Birth: 22 Mar 1693 Billerica, MA Occupation: Blacksmith Spouse: Hannah (WALKER) HILL (widow), 1366, F Marriage: 1714 Billerica, MA 6 M: John DUTTON, 1367, M Birth: 13 Sep 1696 Billerica, MA Research Birth: New England Historical Society,Boston History of Billerica MA, part 2, p. 45 Spouse: Sarah, 526, F 7 M: Jonathan DUTTON, 6391, M Birth: 4 Feb 1699 Billerica, Mass Death: 23 Apr 1768 Tewksbury, Mass Research Birth: New England Historical Society,Boston Death: Vital Records of Tewksbury, MA; The Essex Institute. Spouse: Sarah LEVISTONE, 6392, F Marriage: 22 Jun 1722 Billerica, Mass 8 M: James DUTTON, 8031, M Birth: 1 Feb 1703 Billerica, MA Death: 12 Jul 1755 Misc. Notes Probate file number, name, date: 6576 James Dutton 1755 Indexed in Folsom and Rogers, Registers of Probate and Insolvency, "Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, First Series, From 1648 to 1871" (Cambridge, MA: 1914) as: Dutton, James -- Chelmsford -- 1755 -- Will -- 6576 Family History Center Microfilm # 397047 Summary: 3 December 1748 -- "I James Dutton of Chelmsford . . . being very weak in Body but of perfect mind and Memory. . . . Do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament." The following items are listed (the numbering is mine): 1. Funeral expenses to "be equally paid by my two Beloved Sons Jonas: and James:" 2. "My Dearly Beloved wife Phebe" to have the use of the west end of the house, which is to be maintained by his two sons. 3. Wife Phebe to have the use of all the household goods. 4. Sons Jonas and James to provide wife Phebe with a cow, a pig each year, and other provisions. 5. Son Jonas to own the east end of the house, and half the barn. 6. Son Jonas to receive the blacksmith shop, related tools, and all of the iron. 7. Sons Jonas and James to divide equally all lands in Chelmsford. 8. Son James to own the west end of the house and have the use of it after his mother's death. 9. Son James to pay 1/3 the cost for Jonas to rebuild the house, when Jonas does so. James to own half the barn. 10. "Unto my Beloved Daughter Mary one Puter Platter and one Puter plate." 11. "Unto my Beloved Daughter Mary the sum of Twenty Pounds in passable Bills of Credit of the old tenor" to be paid by Jonas immediately upon his father's death, "and that to be her full portion." 12. "Unto well Beloved Daughter Dorcas" 20 pounds, to be paid by James when she reaches age 20, "her full portion." 13. "Unto my Beloved Daughter Easther" 20 pounds, to be paid by Jonas when she reaches age 20, "her full portion." 14. Upon Phebe's death all household goods to be divided equally among all the children. 15. Livestock to be divided equally between the two sons. Son "Jonas Dutton to be my Sole Executor." [legal boilerplate] [signed] James Dutton [witnessed] Ephraim Spaulding [witnessed] Moses Graves [witnessed] David Butterfield 14 July 1755 -- Chelmsford -- The "heirs to ye Estate of James Dutton Late of Chelsmford . . . deceast." are satisfied with the will. [signed by mark] Phebe Dutton widow [signed] Jonas Dutton [signed] James Dutton [signed by mark] Mary Farmer [signed by mark] Thomas Blanchard Jun. [signed by mark] Dorcas Blanchard 4 August 1755 -- "Jonas Dutton Blacksmith, Ephraim Spaulding Gentleman, & David Butterfield Husbandman all of Chelmsford" give 300 pounds bond for the executorship of Jonas of the will of "his Father Mr. James Dutton late of Chelmsford . . ." [signed] Jonas Dutton [signed] Ephraim Spaulding [signed] David Butterfield [witnessed] Andw. Bordman [witnessed] James Woods 4 August 1755 -- The will "of James Dutton late of Chelmsford in said County Yeoman deceased . . . was presented for Probate by Jonas Dutton the Executor therein named." The will was proved and allowed by the judge. Research Birth: New England Historical Society,Boston Death: New England Historical Society,Boston Spouse: Phoebe (COOPER) BUTTERFIELD, 8032, F Marriage: 5 Sep 1725 Chelmsford, MA Sources 1. Archibald F. Bennett, The Ancestory of Joseph Smith the Prophet, The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, April, 1929. 2. Gilbert Cope, Genealogy of the DUTTON Family of Pennsylvania, F.S. Hiickman, Printer, West Chester, PA, 1871, Higginson Genealogical Books, Salem, MA, 1997. Last Modified: 16 Apr 1998 Created: 31 May 1999 Please send any corrections or additions to: Richard A. Dutton - 325 Beal Parkway, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548-3956 Phone: 850-862-3327 FAX: 850-864-1444 E-mail: rad@emcst.com