Samuel Dunton

(circa 1620 - 7 November 1683)
Samuel Dunton|b. ca 1620\nd. 7 Nov 1683|p1767.htm|John Dutton the legendary progenitor of the family in New England|b. ca 1591|p827.htm||||||||||||||||

8-greats-granduncle of Darrell Allen Martin.
The following information is meaningful only when understood in the context of my discussion of the antecedents of Samuel's purported father John Dutton.

Samuel was born probably in England circa 1620.1,2,3 He was the son of John Dutton the legendary progenitor of the family in New England. Branches of the Dutton/Dunton family in New England spelled the name indifferently for a few generations, but most standardized on "Dutton." Samuel's descendants spell the name "Dunton".2 Samuel Dunton resided in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, before circa 1644.4 He resided in Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, circa 1644.5,6 He married Hannah Felch possibly in Lynn, Mass., say 1645.7,8 Samuel died on 7 November 1683 in Reading, Mass..2,9,10 Samuel's will was proved in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on 3 October 1685.11

Children of Samuel Dunton and Hannah Felch

Cited documentation

  1. [S167] Samuel's parentage is unknown, and it is not certain who his siblings were, if indeed he had any.
  2. [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).
  3. [S87] Lilley Eaton, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass. (Boston: Alfred Mudge & Sons, 1874), pg. 63, "Dunton, Samuel, probably a son or brother of the foregoing [Robert]."
  4. [S87] Lilley Eaton, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass., pg. 63, "Dunton, Samuel ... came from Lynn."
  5. [S87] Lilley Eaton, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass., pg. 3, "It is probable that several families removed hither [to Reading] from Lynn in the same year, and as early as 1640 ... The early records of Lynn ... are wanting [so are some of the earliest Reading records] ... There is reason to conclude, however, that the following persons, with their families, were inhabitants at or about the year of incorporation [1644], viz:-- [inter alia] Samuel Dunton" and pg. 11, in the 1652 land lot list, "Samuel Dunton."
  6. [S89] John Farmer, "Dunton and Dutton," A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England, additions and corrections by Samuel G. Drake. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1976 reprint of an 1829 original).
  7. [S87] Lilley Eaton, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass., pg. 63, "Dunton, Samuel ... his wid., whose name was Anna (probably)."
  8. [S88] W. Farrand Felch, The Memorial History of the Felch Family in America and Wales (Columbus, OH: Printed for the Author, 1881), pg. 2, "According to the will of Henry Felch Senior, he had other daughters; one who married Samuel Dunton of Reading" and pg. 4, "Another daughter, name unknown, married Samuel Dunton, of Reading."
  9. [S87] Lilley Eaton, Genealogical History of the Town of Reading, Mass., pg. 63, "Dunton, Samuel ... d. 1683."
  10. [S79] Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: 1912), pg. 513 Duntton deaths, "Samuell, Sr., Nov. 7, 1683."
  11. [S134] Samuel Dunton, 1685, Probate file 6537 Middlesex County, Massachusetts, First Series, FHC microfilm 0397047, intestate, son John Dunton of Reading, administrator.
 
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