Windham County VT Archives Biographies.....Dutton, Samuel October 15, 1718 - 1802 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/vt/vtfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Fran Chancellor http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003841 March 4, 2021, 9:12 am Source: The History of the Town of Dummerston Author: Mansfield, David Lufkin. The ancestors of SAMUEL DUTTON SEN, a first settler in Dummerston, were residents of Billerica, Mass., where he was born, Oct. 15, 1718. He descended from Samuel Dutton 3. John 2, and Thomas 1. His parents were Samuel and Hannah (Hill) Dutton, married about 1713. Their eldest child, John, was born 0ct.IS, 1715.She was a widow when married to Mr. Dutton. Her father was Joseph Walker. Samuel of Dummerston. married in Bedford, Aug. 19. 1740, Martha Lane, b. in Billerica, Mar. 17. 1721. Their children, born in Bedford (formerly a part of Billerica), were Pattee, b. Apr. 10, 1742: Samuel, b. July 11, 1713; Hannah, b. Apr. 21, 1745 : Seth, born Apr. 9, 1747: David; Stephen ; and Asa, born 1759. No record of others. The family came to Dummerston with four sons before 1770. David m. Polly Higgius, 1782 ; Stephen's wife is not named in the record ; Asa m. Polly Tarble about 1783. He died Feb. 11, 1836, aged 76 ; Polly, his wife, died Apr. 22, 1827, aged 68. Their children were Polly, b. Oct. 23,1785; Patty, b. Aug. 3, 1787 ; Susan, born June 8. 1789 ; Asa, b. May 13, 1791 ; Sibyl, b. Jan. 4, 1793 ; Sally, born Mar. 2, 1796; Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1797; Stephen, b. June 24, 1801. Asa Dutton '2d died Mar. 23, 1868, aged 76 yrs. the same age as his father when he died. Mary, his wife, died Dee. 4, 1864. Samuel and Martha Dutton settled on lot No. 74, now the well-known Rice farm, which he sold in 1777, with improvements, to Ephraim Rice for $500, and in the same year, bought of Jonathan Knight lot No. 49, where he remained, during life. He was living in 1802, and his wife, Martha, in 1786 when the farm was deeded in equal shares to Asa and Stephen. Samuel Jr. bought of proprietors in 1770. lot No. 122 (in the Hague). He sold it in 1782, and purchased lot No. 51, the farm where Daniel W. Gates now lives. It was his home the rest of life. He married, late in life, Anna (Nancy) Chamberlain of Chesterfield, N. H., for his second wife, who survived him 33 years, and died Oct. 20, 1862, aged 87. He left considerable property for his family. Samuel, lived half a mile north of his father's residence, where no buildings are now standing, but an orchard of young apple trees sin-rounds the locality. ALONZO DUTTON, whose portrait is here given was born Aug. 20, 1803. Winslow, b. 1805 ; Mary, b. 1808, m. Oct. 7, 1833, Daniel P. Kingsley, of Brattleboro, died July 18, 1851; Cylinda, b. Feb. 27, 1812, m. Mar.27, 1830, Manor Smith; Mannasseh, b. Aug, 1823, died Sept. 14, 1850. Mr. Dutton bought Sept. 6, 1819, the farm near Connecticut river which Alonzo, his son, has owned many years. He married Oct. 25, 1827, Harriet, daughter of Enos Goss, who died June 9, 1872, M 65. Children : Adin A., b. Oct. 28, 1828, and Sarah F., b. July 17, 1837, d. Dec. 12, 1859. He married 2d, Mary, widow of George Hildreth, June 12, 1873. Adin A. married Jan. 1, 1850, Fan ny M., daughter of John Kathan, and lives with his family, in the two-story house on the parental farm which he and his son, Myron F., have managed several years. Children : Mary E. died young; Myron F.; Hattie A., married Adin F. Miller; and Jennie F. They make the ninth generation, of the Dutton family, as here recorded,— the whole record covering a period of nearly 250 years. Alonzo Dutton was town representative in 1854, and has been selectman 7 years. He and his wife are pleasantly situated near his son's residence, and, being past hard labor, he takes pride in the cultivation of the finest garden in town, in which are grown several varieties of choice grapes. He has been" prospered -A a farmer and gained a competence for old age by a life of hard work and habits of economy. His son and grand-son have made many improvements on the farm. The well-built slate stone walls along the roadside, the well cultivated and productive fields, the neat-looking buildings, shaded in part by rows of stately maples, are evidences of good management by progressive and diligent farmers. ASA DUTTON, died Feb. 11, 1836, M 76; Polly, his wife, died Apr. i'l, 1827, M 68. Their children were : Polly, b. Oct. 23, 1785 ; Patty, born Aug. 8, 1787 Susan',b. June 8,1789 ; Asa, b. May 13, 1791 ; Sibyl, born Jan. 4, 1793 ; Sally, b. Mar. 2, 1796 ; Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1797; Stephen, born June 24, 1801. Asa Dutton 2d. died Mar. 23, 1868, M 76 ; [see page 40] Mary, his wife d. Dec. 4, 1864, aged 68. are grown several varieties of choice grapes. He has been" prospered -A a farmer and gained a competence for old age by a life of hard work and habits of economy. His son and grand-son have made many improvements on the farm. The well-built slate stone walls along the roadside, the well cultivated and productive fields, the neat-looking buildings, shaded iu part by rows of stately maples, are evidences of good management by progressive and diligent farmers. ASA DUTTON, died Feb. 11, 1836, M 76; Polly, his wife, died Apr. i'l, 1827, M 68. Their children were : Polly, b. Oct. 23, 1785 ; Patty, born Aug. 8, 1787 Susan',b. June 8,1789 ; Asa, b. May 13, 1791 ; Sibyl, born Jan. 4, 1793 ; Sally, b. Mar. 2, 1796 ; Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1797; Stephen, born June 24, 1801. Asa Dutton 2d. died Mar. 23, 1868, M 76 ; [see page 40] Mary, his wife d. Dec. 4, 1864, aged 68. Mansfield, David Lufkin. are grown several varieties of choice grapes. He has been" prospered -A a farmer and gained a competence for old age by a life of hard work and habits of economy. His son and grand-son have made many improvements on the farm. The well-built slate stone walls along the roadside, the well cultivated and productive fields, the neat-looking buildings, shaded iu part by rows of stately maples, are evidences of good management by progressive and diligent farmers. ASA DUTTON, died Feb. 11, 1836, M 76; Polly, his wife, died Apr. i'l, 1827, M 68. Their children were : Polly, b. Oct. 23, 1785 ; Patty, born Aug. 8, 1787 Susan',b. June 8,1789 ; Asa, b. May 13, 1791 ; Sibyl, born Jan. 4, 1793 ; Sally, b. Mar. 2, 1796 ; Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1797; Stephen, born June 24, 1801. Asa Dutton 2d. died Mar. 23, 1868, M 76 ; [see page 40] Mary, his wife d. Dec. 4, 1864, aged 68. Mansfield, David Lufkin. The history of the town of Dummerston : the first town settled by Anglo Saxon descendants in the state (Kindle Locations 1113- 1144). Ludlow, Vt. : A. M. Hemenway. : the first town settled by Anglo Saxon descendants in the state (Kindle Locations 1138-1144). Ludlow, Vt. : A. M. Hemenway. . Additional Comments: {Spelling corrections attempted.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/vt/windham/bios/dutton67gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vtfiles/ File size: 7.2 Kb