Benjamin Dutton

(2 May 1720 - 4 September 1811)
Benjamin Dutton|b. 2 May 1720\nd. 4 Sep 1811|p859.htm|Thomas Dutton III|b. 2 Aug 1681\nd. 4 Aug 1759|p845.htm|Hannah Burge|b. rng 11 Jun 1690 - 10 Jun 1691\nd. 10 Jun 1775|p850.htm|Thomas Dutton Junior|b. 1648\nd. fol 1721|p830.htm|Rebecca Brabrook|b. s 1650\nd. 16 Mar 1720/21|p843.htm|||||||

Six-greats-granduncle of Darrell Allen Martin.
Benjamin was born in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 2 May 1720.1,2,3 He was the son of Thomas Dutton III and Hannah Burge. He married Mary Rumrill in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 10 July 1751.1 Benjamin died on 4 September 1811 in Westford, Mass., at age 91.4

Children of Benjamin Dutton and Mary Rumrill

Cited documentation

  1. [S76] A.M., ed. William Richard Cutter, "Dutton," Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908).
  2. [S56] A.M. Rev. Henry A. Hazen, History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical Register (Boston: A. Williams and Co., 1883), pg. 45 Dutton, "6. Thomas ... Ch. ... Benjamin, b. 1720, May 2."
  3. [S81] Vital Records of Billerica to 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908), pg. 67 Dutton births, "Benjamin, s. Thomas Jr. and Hanah, May 2, 1720."
  4. [S84] Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1915), pg. 275, "DUTTON, Benjamin, Sept. 4, 1811, a. 92 y." from Deacon Reuben Leighton's record of deaths.
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