Josephus Hodgman Dutton

(9 December 1820 - 7 April 1877)
Josephus Hodgman Dutton|b. 9 Dec 1820\nd. 7 Apr 1877|p99.htm|Stephen Hartwell Dutton|b. 2 Oct 1798\nd. 17 Feb 1875|p96.htm|Lemira Hodgman|b. 9 Jun 1799\nd. 10 Jun 1878|p97.htm|Stephen Dutton|b. 7 Jan 1753\nd. 19 Oct 1835|p87.htm|Betsey Hartwell|b. 21 Jun 1754\nd. s 1833|p83.htm|Joseph Hodgman Junior|b. 1753\nd. 8 Apr 1841|p102.htm|Sarah Lawrence|b. s 1755\nd. 10 Apr 1841|p197.htm|

Great-great-granduncle of Darrell Allen Martin.
Josephus was born in Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont, on 9 December 1820.1,2,3 He was the son of Stephen Hartwell Dutton and Lemira Hodgman. Josephus was probably age 5 and under 10 in Stephen Hartwell Dutton's household in the 1830 Census taken in Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont.4 Josephus was probably age 15 and under 20 in Stephen Hartwell Dutton's household in the 1840 Census taken in Rockingham.5 He was "of" Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, on 21 March 1844.6 He married Nancy Arvilla Hodgman in Rockingham on 21 March 1844.7,8,9,10 He was a head of household in the 1870 census taken in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, as "Josepheas Dutton" a farmer age 49; his real estate was valued at $1,400, his personal property at $400, the equivalent of $23,700 (total) in the year 2000; his home was next door to his father Stephen's; his relationship to the two Evens children is not known, but "Lepha" was the daughter of his hard-luck brother Jasper; Nancy Arvilla Hodgman resided in the same household, as "Nancy Dutton" keeping house at age 51; as did Roseltha Evens, age 16; Joseph Evens, age 12; and Lephe Ellen Dutton, as "Lepha Dutton" age 11.7 Josephus died on 7 April 1877 in Springfield at age 56.11,12 Josephus died childless.
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Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton

Cited documentation

  1. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, second edition. (Boston: Press of Geo. E. Crosby & Co., 1887), pg. 162, "Josephus H., 9 Dec. 1820."
  2. [S64] Dutton, Josepheas, 1870 US Census, Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont; NARA M593 Roll 1629, pgs. 39-40, as "Josepheas Dutton " age 49 b. "Vermont."
  3. [S117] Dutton, Ruth Alice (Williams), compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton". Latest included date 1946. pg. 0 and 1, "Josephus Hodgman Dutton, born Dec. 9, 1820 in Manchester, Vt.".
  4. [S107] Dutton, Stephen H., 1830 US Census, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont; NARA M19 Roll 186, pg. 88.
  5. [S174] Dutton, Stephen H., 1840 US Census, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont; pg. 104A, NARA M704 Roll 547.
  6. [S93] Thomas Bellows Peck, compiler, Vital Records of Rockingham, Vermont, From the Beginning of the Records to January 1, 1845; and, Records of the First Church of Rockingham, Vermont, From its Organization, October 27, 1773 to September 25, 1839 (Pittsford, VT: Genealogical Society of Vermont, 1994 republication in one volume (originally 1908 and 1902, respectively)), pg. 205.
  7. [S64] Dutton, Josepheas, 1870 Census Springfield, VT.
  8. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162, "m. 1841, Nancy A. Hodgman; no ch."
  9. [S93] Peck, Vital and Church Records, Rockingham, Vt., pg. 205, "March 21, 1844. Josephus H. Dutton and Miss Nancy A. Hodgeman, both of Springfield, in the County of Windsor, married by Saml. L. Billings, Justice of the Peace."
  10. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg 1, "Married March 21, 1844 to Arvilla Hodgman".
  11. [S21] Lyman W. Densmore, Hand-book of Hartwell Genealogy, 1637-1887, pg. 162, "d. 7 Apr. 1877."
  12. [S117] Dutton, Ruth, compiler, "Descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton" 1946. pg. 0 and 1, "Died in Springfield, Vt., April 7, 1877".
 
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