Windham County VT Archives Biographies.....Dutton, Samuel October 15, 1718 - 1802
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Source: The History of the Town of Dummerston
Author: Mansfield, David Lufkin.
The ancestors of SAMUEL DUTTON SEN, a first settler in Dummerston, were
residents of Billerica, Mass., where he was born, Oct. 15, 1718. He
descended from Samuel Dutton 3. John 2, and Thomas 1.
His parents were Samuel and Hannah (Hill) Dutton, married about 1713. Their
eldest child, John, was born 0ct.IS, 1715.She was a widow when married to
Mr. Dutton. Her father was Joseph Walker. Samuel of Dummerston. married in
Bedford, Aug. 19. 1740, Martha Lane, b. in Billerica, Mar. 17. 1721. Their
children, born in Bedford (formerly a part of Billerica), were Pattee, b.
Apr. 10, 1742: Samuel, b. July 11, 1713; Hannah, b. Apr. 21, 1745 : Seth,
born Apr. 9, 1747: David; Stephen ; and Asa, born 1759. No record of others.
The family came to Dummerston with four sons before 1770. David m. Polly
Higgius, 1782 ; Stephen's wife is not named in the record ; Asa m. Polly
Tarble about 1783. He died Feb. 11, 1836, aged 76 ; Polly, his wife, died
Apr. 22, 1827, aged 68. Their children were Polly, b. Oct. 23,1785; Patty,
b. Aug. 3, 1787 ; Susan, born June 8. 1789 ; Asa, b. May 13, 1791 ; Sibyl,
b. Jan. 4, 1793 ; Sally, born Mar. 2, 1796; Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1797; Stephen,
b. June 24, 1801. Asa Dutton '2d died Mar. 23, 1868, aged 76 yrs. the same
age as his father when he died. Mary, his wife, died Dee. 4, 1864.
Samuel and Martha Dutton settled on lot No. 74, now the well-known Rice
farm, which he sold in 1777, with improvements, to Ephraim Rice for $500,
and in the same year, bought of Jonathan Knight lot No. 49, where he
remained, during life. He was living in 1802, and his wife, Martha, in 1786
when the farm was deeded in equal shares to Asa and Stephen.
Samuel Jr. bought of proprietors in 1770. lot No. 122 (in the Hague). He
sold it in 1782, and purchased lot No. 51, the farm where Daniel W. Gates
now lives. It was his home the rest of life. He married, late in life, Anna
(Nancy) Chamberlain of Chesterfield, N. H., for his second wife, who
survived him 33 years, and died Oct. 20, 1862, aged 87. He left considerable
property for his family. Samuel, lived half a mile north of his father's
residence, where no buildings are now standing, but an orchard of young
apple trees sin-rounds the locality.
ALONZO DUTTON, whose portrait is here given was born Aug. 20, 1803. Winslow,
b. 1805 ; Mary, b. 1808, m. Oct. 7, 1833, Daniel P. Kingsley, of
Brattleboro, died July 18, 1851; Cylinda, b. Feb. 27, 1812, m. Mar.27, 1830,
Manor Smith; Mannasseh, b. Aug, 1823, died Sept. 14, 1850.
Mr. Dutton bought Sept. 6, 1819, the farm near Connecticut river which
Alonzo, his son, has owned many years. He married Oct. 25, 1827, Harriet,
daughter of Enos Goss, who died June 9, 1872, M 65. Children : Adin A., b.
Oct. 28, 1828, and Sarah F., b. July 17, 1837, d. Dec. 12, 1859. He married
2d, Mary, widow of George Hildreth, June 12, 1873. Adin A. married Jan. 1,
1850, Fan ny M., daughter of John Kathan, and lives with his family, in the
two-story house on the parental farm which he and his son, Myron F., have
managed several years. Children : Mary E. died young; Myron F.; Hattie A.,
married Adin F. Miller; and Jennie F. They make the ninth generation, of the
Dutton family, as here recorded, the whole record covering a period of
nearly 250 years.
Alonzo Dutton was town representative in 1854, and has been selectman 7
years. He and his wife are pleasantly situated near his son's residence,
and, being past hard labor, he takes pride in the cultivation of the finest
garden in town, in which are grown several varieties of choice grapes. He
has been" prospered -A a farmer and gained a competence for old age by a
life of hard work and habits of economy. His son and grand-son have made
many improvements on the farm. The well-built slate stone walls along the
roadside, the well cultivated and productive fields, the neat-looking
buildings, shaded in part by rows of stately maples, are evidences of good
management by progressive and diligent farmers.
ASA DUTTON, died Feb. 11, 1836, M 76; Polly, his wife, died Apr. i'l, 1827,
M 68. Their children were : Polly, b. Oct. 23, 1785 ; Patty, born Aug. 8,
1787 Susan',b. June 8,1789 ; Asa, b. May 13, 1791 ; Sibyl, born Jan. 4,
1793 ; Sally, b. Mar. 2, 1796 ; Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1797; Stephen, born June
24, 1801. Asa Dutton 2d. died Mar. 23, 1868, M 76 ; [see page 40] Mary, his
wife d. Dec. 4, 1864, aged 68.
are grown several varieties of choice grapes. He has been" prospered -A a
farmer and gained a competence for old age by a life of hard work and habits
of economy. His son and grand-son have made many improvements on the farm.
The well-built slate stone walls along the roadside, the well cultivated and
productive fields, the neat-looking buildings, shaded iu part by rows of
stately maples, are evidences of good management by progressive and diligent
farmers. ASA DUTTON, died Feb. 11, 1836, M 76; Polly, his wife, died Apr.
i'l, 1827, M 68. Their children were : Polly, b. Oct. 23, 1785 ; Patty, born
Aug. 8, 1787 Susan',b. June 8,1789 ; Asa, b. May 13, 1791 ; Sibyl, born
Jan. 4, 1793 ; Sally, b. Mar. 2, 1796 ; Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1797; Stephen,
born June 24, 1801. Asa Dutton 2d. died Mar. 23, 1868, M 76 ; [see page 40]
Mary, his wife d. Dec. 4, 1864, aged 68.
Mansfield, David Lufkin. are grown several varieties of choice grapes. He
has been" prospered -A a farmer and gained a competence for old age by a
life of hard work and habits of economy. His son and grand-son have made
many improvements on the farm. The well-built slate stone walls along the
roadside, the well cultivated and productive fields, the neat-looking
buildings, shaded iu part by rows of stately maples, are evidences of good
management by progressive and diligent farmers. ASA DUTTON, died Feb. 11,
1836, M 76; Polly, his wife, died Apr. i'l, 1827, M 68. Their children were
: Polly, b. Oct. 23, 1785 ; Patty, born Aug. 8, 1787 Susan',b. June 8,1789
; Asa, b. May 13, 1791 ; Sibyl, born Jan. 4, 1793 ; Sally, b. Mar. 2, 1796 ;
Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1797; Stephen, born June 24, 1801. Asa Dutton 2d. died
Mar. 23, 1868, M 76 ; [see page 40] Mary, his wife d. Dec. 4, 1864, aged 68.
Mansfield, David Lufkin. The history of the town of Dummerston : the first
town settled by Anglo Saxon descendants in the state (Kindle Locations 1113-
1144). Ludlow, Vt. : A. M. Hemenway. : the first town settled by Anglo
Saxon descendants in the state (Kindle Locations 1138-1144). Ludlow, Vt. :
A. M. Hemenway. .
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