Category Archives: Ashford
Book available online
In the next few days, we’ll be placing our book, Our Long Island Ancestors, the First Six Generations of Daytons in America 1639 to 1807, online in a free format. We plan to make it available at archive.org. Please use discretion … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Dayton, Alice Dayton, Ann Francis, Anne Frances, Ashford, Daiton, Datton, David Dayton, Dayghton, Deighton, Dyghton, Haines, Henry Dayton, Medlen, Medlin, Ralph Dayton, Robert Dayton, Samuel Dayton, William Deighton
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Ralph Dayton’s first marriage?
(Discussion of this subject begins on page 37 of our book. Also see the November 20, 2016 post entitled Dayton History before 1617 for related thoughts) As the search for pre-1617 records of Ralph Dayton continues, I often wonder if … Continue reading
Lord’s Song
I recently started reading the book “How Shall We Sing the Lord’s Song in a New Land?” by Barbara Myers Swartz (2018). The book was recently reviewed by Beverly Tyler and is available from the Three Village Historical Society, with … Continue reading
Posted in Ashford, Medlen, Medlin, Samuel Dayton
Tagged Medlin Dayton, Ralph Dayton, Samuel Dayton, shoemaker
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Puritans and Pilgrims
I’ve had time lately to do some enjoyment reading as I sit for chemotherapy treatments these last few weeks. Finally, I’ve begun to read some from a stack of books that has been piling up since 2010. This week, I … Continue reading
Posted in Ashford, Dayghton, Howland, Mary Knight Haines Dayton, New Haven Colony, New London, Ralph Dayton, Skiff, Skiffe
Tagged Mayflower, Myles Standish, Pilgrim, Puritan, Ralph Dayton
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Original Parish Registers to be Available Online
Findmypast recently announced that they will publish original Kent parish registers online. The Kent County Council is currently digitizing the records to be available exclusively on Findmypast sometime in 2018. On May 22, Dick Eastman reported in Eastman’s Online Genealogy … Continue reading
Posted in Ashford, Dayton, Deighton
Tagged Ashford, Dick Eastman, Findmypast, Kent, Kent County Council, Kent Parish Registries, parish registers
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Do you see “Dayton?”
I was reminded this week of the excitement of searching registry pages from the St. Mary the Virgin parish in Ashford, Kent. In addition to now well-known entries of Tritton and Dayton marriages, baptisms and burials, many more entries exist … Continue reading
Leaving Ashford was an Expensive Decision
It is supposed that Ralph Dayton required passage for at least six family members including himself, his wife Alice, and children Alice, Samuel, Ellen and Robert.
Posted in Alice Dayton, Ashford, Dayghton, Deighton, Goldhatch, New Haven Colony, Quinnipiac, Ralph Dayton, Robert Dayton, Samuel Dayton, Tritton
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Ralph Dayton reference mystery solved
This post is a progress report and follow-up to the post Was Ralph Dayton bound for Massachusetts? posted on September 17. Terry Brown has chased down the New Hampshire Genealogical Magazine reference given in the Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English … Continue reading
Ralph Dayton was probably not born in Ashford
Nikki also says that Denise Bailey’s “detail of the Ashford families in the late 1500s/early 1600s is extensive.” Bailey mentions Hugh Tritton as borsholder (a petty constable) in 1604/5, when he attempted to arrest a yeoman named William Core. I … Continue reading
Was Ralph Dayton bound for Massachusetts?
We are especially interested and excited to learn of Nikki Paine’s discovery of a book by Denise Bailey, (2003) Ashford People in the 1400s, 1500s and 1600s. A P Willox, Lyminge that is not much bigger than a pamphlet, but … Continue reading
Posted in Ashford, New Haven Colony, Quinnipiac, Ralph Dayton, Tritton
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Samuel Dayton, 66, of Brookhaven at Fire Place
Samuel Dayton died July 5, 1690 at his house on the Neck named for him at South. He was born in Ashford, Kent, the son of Ralph and Alice Dayton. Sam was predeceased by his parents, his wives Medlin and Mary, two … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Dayton, Alice Dayton, Ashford, Brookhaven, Brookhaven hamlet, Dayton's Neck, Fire Place, Goldhatch, Medlin, North Sea, Ralph Dayton, Samuel Dayton, Southampton
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400th wedding anniversary of Ralph Dayton and Alice Tritton next week!
I had been saving this post for June 16, but it might be more fitting to post now as a reminder, in case anyone else wanted an excuse for a family celebration. We’ve already heard of one planned celebration in … Continue reading
Posted in Alice Dayton, Ashford, Deighton, Goldhatch, Photos, Ralph Dayton, Tritton
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Shoemaking scenario
This post is the last in a series of three, talking about opportunities for research at Ashford. We’ve already introduced the idea that Ralph Dayton could have acquired Hugh Tritton’s house and shoemaking shop. I admit that this is not … Continue reading
Posted in Ashford, Bennett Meade, Deighton, Goldhatch, Ralph Dayton, Tritton
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Marrying up
It seems that Ralph Dayton did well for himself in Ashford. Let me explain. Ralph’s future mother-in-law, Bennett was named sole executrix for the estates of Robert Goldhatch and Hugh Tritton, her first two husbands. Both were quite generous to … Continue reading
Posted in Alice Dayton, Ashford, Bennett Meade, Deighton, Goldhatch, Ralph Dayton, Tritton
Tagged 1664 Lady Day Hearth Tax, Alice married Daniel her stepbrother, Bennett Tritton, Bennett's daughter Alice, Daniel Tritton, estates of Robert Goldhatch, Hugh Tritton, Ralph Dayton, Ralph Dayton did well, Ralph Dayton married up, Ralph Daytons house had seven hearths, Trittons had sizable house
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All in the family
Robert Goldhatch and Bennett Meade were married in 1585 and the couple had a daughter, Alice. Robert and Bennett were married about 14 or 15 years when Robert died. A year or two later, when Alice was about 14, her … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Dayton, Alice Dayton, Ashford, Bennett Meade, Brookhaven, Deighton, Goldhatch, Ralph Dayton, Samuel Dayton, Tritton
Tagged Abraham Dayton, Abraham Dayton was about 15, Abraham married his stepsister Mary Beardsley, Alice married her stepbrother Daniel Tritton, Bennett married Hugh Tritton, Daniel Tritton, Daniel Tritton died without a will, Hugh Tritton, Mary Beardsley, Robert Goldhatch, Robert Goldhatch and Bennett Meadem, Samuel and son Abraham married mother and daughter
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Ralph Dayton opportunities for research
Judging from what has already been learned, it is safe to assume there are many interesting components to the Dayton family story in Ashford, Kent that are yet undiscovered. When individual entries from the parish registry at Saint Mary the … Continue reading
“Parsons” does not belong with our Samuel Dayton
We finally may have located the origin of the insertion of “Parsons” into our Samuel Dayton’s name. Since this idea has been introduced to the internet, it is proliferating, causing much confusion. For reference, Samuel Dayton is the son of … Continue reading
Parish registry of Samuel’s baptism
For many years, I was very curious to find out what family records in the Saint Mary the Virgin registry at Ashford actually, physically, looked like—that is, I wondered why translations are so frequently debated. In that spirit, I am … Continue reading
On this day in 1639
On this day, 377 years ago, Ralph Dayton’s eldest son Ralph obtained a marriage license. Ralph’s estimated age in this record has caused doubt and bewilderment for genealogists through the years because it places his birth too early for the 1617 … Continue reading
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Tagged Ralph and Alice 1616, Ralph Dayton, Ralph Dayton Junior
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Dayton History before 1617
I’m sure you’ve noticed the popularity of naming William Dayton and Agnes Green parents of Ralph Dayton. It seems to show up everywhere. Both the hypothesis and the story constructed upon it are very appealing, so much so that we … Continue reading
Posted in Agnes Green, Ashford, Dayghton, Deighton, William Deighton
Tagged 1584 marriage, Agnete Greene, Dayton family history before 1617, Guilielm Dayghto, no citation that links Ralph Dayton with William or Agnes, Ralph Dayton does not appear in the registry, sons Ralph William Nicholas and Thomas, the known history of Ralph Dayton begins in 1617, The Registers of the parish of St Martin in the Fields, Timing is right for Ralph Dayton's probable birth
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Dayton researchers may be looking in the wrong place
It is rare that you find conversation about Puritans landing at the New Haven Colony, rather than at Massachusetts Bay. We hear so little about it, it’s not surprising that it is so widely ignored by family researchers, perhaps because … Continue reading
Posted in Ashford, Benjamin Price, John Osbourne, New Haven Colony, Quinnipiac, Ralph Dayton, Thomas James
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Dayton Ancestry 