My Descent from Thomas Dutton

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Thomas Dutton-Susannah Palmer
John Dutton-Sarah Shed
Sarah Dutton-John Dunkin, Jr.
Simeon Duncan (1)-Bridget Richardson
Simeon Duncan (2)-Mary Blair
Simeon Duncan (3)-Anna Howe
Eliza A. Duncan-George Darling
Francis Woods Darling-Anna Evelyn Keene
Laura Keene Darling-Edward Payson True
Edward Keene True-Mildred Louise Richenburg
James Duncan True

The family of Dutton takes its name from the ancient town of Dutton in England. In the records, one part of this town was held by a man named Odard or Udard, also spelled Hudard and Hodard, who came from Normandy in 1066 with William the Conqueror. In the distribution of the conquered lands, Hodard received a good part of the town of Dutton in Cheshire, and settled there. Hodard was Lord of Dutton and his descendants added the name of the town to their Christian names after he received the land. The names of Dutton and Dunton have the same origin, and in the same American family the two spellings were used as late as the revolution. It is assumed therefore that the Dutton and Dunton pioneers of Reading, MA, namely, Thomas, Josiah, Robert, and Samuel, may have been the sons of John Dutton. Cutter, Genealogical and Memorial of New England Families, pp. 194-195.

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Thomas and Susannah (Palmer) Dutton

Husband:
Thomas Dutton		Born: in England, circa 1621.
Died: in Billerica, MA, 22 January 1687.
Parents: Uncertain. Refer to text below.
First Wife:
Susannah Palmer		Born: circa 1626.
Died: in Billerica 27 August 1684, age 58 years.
Father: John Palmer.
Mother: Unknown.
Married: probably in Reading, MA.
Second Wife:
Ruth Hooper, probably the widow of William Hooper of Reading, MA.

We think Thomas came to America in 1630 with the man we assume was his father, John, of which there is a record that John, the father, came before the General Court of Massachusetts, 29 October 1640. Thomas Dutton and his wife lived in Reading, MA, for seven years. In 1668, they had lived in Woburn, MA, for ten years. They moved to Billerica, MA, in 1669 and settled on the south side of Fox brook. Thomas was accepted as an inhabitant of Billerica on 22 November 1669.

Thomas and his wife Susannah (Palmer) Dutton had nine children:

  • Thomas, Jr., b. in Reading, MA, 14 Sept. 1648; m. (1) Rebecca Draper; m. (2) Sarah Converse.
  • Mary, b. in Reading, MA, 14 Nov. 1650.
  • Susannah, b. in Reading, MA, 27 Feb. 1653/4.
  • John, b. in Reading, MA, 28 March 1656/7; m. Sarah Shed.
  • Elizabeth, b. in Woburn, MA, 28 Jan. 1658/9.
  • Joseph, b. in Woburn, MA, 25 Jan. 1660/1; d. in East Hadden, CT, 1734; m. Mary Cutler.
  • Sarah, b. in Woburn, MA, 5 March 1661/2.
  • James, b. in Woburn, MA, 22 Aug. 1665.
  • Benjamin, b. in Woburn, MA, 19 Feb. 1667.
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John Dutton

Husband:
John Dutton		Born: in Reading, MA, 28 March 1655/6.
Died: in Billerica, MA, 7 April 1735.
Father: Thomas Dutton.
Mother: Susannah Palmer.
Wife:
Sarah Shed		Born: in Braintree, MA, 30 October 1658.
Died: in Billerica, MA, 27 February 1720/1.
Parents: Daniel and Mary Shed.
Married: in Billerica, MA, 20 September 1681.

It appears that John and his wife probably lived in Billerica, MA, all their lives.

John and his wife Sarah (Shed) Dutton had eight children, all born in Billerica, MA:

  • Sarah, b. 10 Jan. 1683/4; m. John Dunkin, Jr.
  • John, Jr., b. 9 March 1685/6; d. 16 March 1685/6.
  • Hannah, b. 25 April 1687.
  • Abigail, b. 10 Feb. 1689/90; d. 29 Dec. 1693.
  • Samuel, b. 22 March 1692/3.
  • John, Jr. (again), b. 13 Sept. 1696.
  • Jonathan, b. 4 Feb. 1699/1700.
  • James, b. 1 Feb. 1703/4.
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Sarah Dutton

Wife:
Sarah Dutton		Born: in Billerica, MA, 10 January 1683/4.
Died: probably in Worcester, MA, after 1740, where there is a record of a deed, dated 15 September 1740, from her children to "honored mother."
Father: John Dutton.
Mother: Sarah Shed.
Husband:
John Dunkin, Jr.		Born: in Billerica, MA, 28 October 1678.
Died: in Worcester, MA, 15 December 1739.
Father: John Dunkin.
Mother: Joanna Jefts.
Married: in Woburn, MA, 16 June 1701.

See the entry on John Dunkin, Jr. for details of this family.

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The Dutton Family Bibliography

Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical And Memorial of New England Families, pp. 194-195.

Billerica, Massachusetts Vital Records.

Links to Sites of Interest

The New England Historic Genealogical Society
Home page for the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS).
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