Betsey Dutton 2nd
(8 July 1788 - following 13 February 1872)
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3rd great-grandaunt of Darrell Allen Martin.

Betsey was born on 8 July 1788.1,2,3,4 She was the daughter of Stephen Dutton and Betsey Hartwell. Betsey was probably in Stephen Dutton's household in the 1791 Census taken in Chester, Windsor County, Vermont.5 Betsey was probably age 10 and under 16 in Stephen Dutton's household in the 1800 Census taken in Chester.6 Betsey was probably age 16 and under 26 in Stephen Dutton's household in the 1810 Census taken in Chester.7 As a child she was "warned out" of Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont, on 29 November 1814 with Stephen Dutton.8,9 She was a resident in the household of Edith Dutton in the 1850 census taken in Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, age 57.10 She worked in a mill in Lowell, Mass. for many years.11,10 She was a head of household in the 6 July 1870 census taken in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont, age 80, keeping house (her personal property was valued at $400, the equivalent of $5,300 in the year 2000); Hannah Hall resided in the same household, age 55, keeping house (her personal property was valued at $2,500, the equivalent of $32,900 in the year 2000).12 Betsey died following 13 February 1872 in Bartonsville, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont.13,14 Betsey died unmarried.15,16

Cited documentation:

1. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162, "8 July, 1788."
2. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 0, "Betsy, born July 8, 1788".
3. [S223] Dutton, Edith, 1850 Census Lowell, Mass., age "57" (in error), b. "Vt."
4. [S226] Dutton, Betsey, 1870 Census Rockingham, age "80" (in error), b. "Vt."
5. [S108] Dutton, Stephen, 1791 Census Chester, VT, There were two persons in this household, one male 16 years and up, one female, that do not fit the expected family composition. I suspect another married couple.
6. [S103] Dutton, Stephen, 1800 Census Chester, VT.
7. [S104] Dutton, Stephen, 1810 Census Chester, VT, although the male in this houshold age 16 to under 26 fits Stephen's son Levi, there is a Levi Dutton who is a head of family in Chester in this census that I believe to be Stephen's son; I speculate that this male 16-25 is Thirza's husband Solomon Fish, although he was actually 28 years old.
8. [S93] Peck, Vital and Church Records, Rockingham, Vt., pg. 142, "November 29, 1814. Stephen Dutton & Betsey Dutton his wife & Betsey Dutton 2d Edith Dutton Louis Dutton & Stephen H. Dutton their children warned out of town." [sic Louis, error for daughter Lois]
9. [S120] CGRS, comp Alden M. Rollins, Vermont Warnings Out: Volume 2: Southern Vermont, pg. 263, Rockingham Vital Records and Deeds, Vol. 4, "[p. 368] 29 Nov 1814 Dutton, Stephen; wife Betsey; children Betsy 2d, Edith, Louis, and Stephen H." [sic - different spellings of Bets(e)y, Louis error for daughter Lois]
10. [S223] Dutton, Edith, 1850 Census Lowell, Mass.
11. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162, "worked in mill in Lowell many years."
12. [S226] Dutton, Betsey, 1870 Census Rockingham.
13. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162, "d. Rockingham, Vt., 13 Feb., 1872."
14. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 0, "Died in Bartonsville, Vt." with notation "unmarried".
15. [S93] Peck, Vital and Church Records, Rockingham, Vt., pg. 142, still with her parents at age 26.
16. [S223] Dutton, Edith, 1850 Census Lowell, Mass., living with two of her sisters at age 57 (reported, actually 62) and still using the surname Dutton.

The author strongly cautions the reader about making any assumption concerning the existence of uncited documentation (whether the assumption is that it does exist -- or that it does not).

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