At 06:06 PM 02/23/2000 EST, you (ShooseyQ@aol.com) wrote: [snip, about Colin's suggestion about a "Dutton project"] >I agree totally. In the meantime, I am writing a book regarding my maternal >grandfather's ancestors, of whom a major portion comes of DUTTON stock, >particularly those bold New Englanders who helped settle that portion of >North America. If anyone has verifiable resources regarding the DUTTONS of >New England, please email me if you'd care to share what you have. I am not >only looking for statistics, but also for histories. [snip] >I hope to hear from some of you out there who may have stories to share. >Best Regards, SAM Hi, SAM: I am in the process of entering all my source data into my Ultimate Family Tree software, and have a long way to go. I have lots of information, primary and secondary, about the Dutton family of the Dutton District in Springfield, Vermont, and their roots. In the meantime, take a look at my website; the index includes nearly 100 persons surnamed Dutton, all related to me by blood or marriage. I always include "the rest of the story," when I have one. For my main Dutton line, start with my mother at http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/i0000043.htm and work your way back by clicking on the link for each successive person's father. For the "stories," read the biographical text. For my second Dutton line, start at http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/i0000431.htm and do the same. My "favorite" Dutton ancestor is at http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/i0000830.htm but I have a LOT more to write about the 1677 Black Pointe Massacre in which this Thomas Dutton, Jr. (1648 - aft. 1721) would have been killed if not rescued by the Natick Christian Indians who had accompanied Captain Swett's English troops from Massachusetts into what is now Maine. I have also recorded all the earliest Middlesex County, Massachusetts probate records that relate to "Dutton" or variants, such as "Dunton." I have posted most of those to the DUTTON-L and DUNTON-L lists. Lastly, like many of us, I yearn for the day that I can reliably connect the first Thomas Dutton of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Dutton family "on the other side of the water." Let's keep this going. After having to set significant genealogical work aside for the better part of a year I am getting the juices flowing again. (I am a computer programmer--you did hear about that computer scare, I trust--it was called "Y2K" or something like that <big grin>.) Darrell Darrell A. Martin darrellm@sprynet.com http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/ formerly of the Dutton District, Springfield, Vermont currently in exile in Addison, Illinois, near Chicago