Category Archives: Dayton
Announcement: Ralph Dayton Y-DNA project
(Written by Dr. Deane Dayton) Thanks to the trail of information left by our ancestors, the effort of many genealogists, and a growing set of research tools, those of us in the Dayton clan have a good understanding of how … Continue reading
Posted in Daiton, Datton, Dayghton, Dayton, Deighton, Drayton, Dyghton, Ralph Dayton, Uncategorized
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Second Book
Earlier this week, I started writing our second book. Actually, it’s more of an outline for now, but I intend to accumulate text over the next few years, with Jim providing information and editing as needed. It will be a … Continue reading
Connecticut Daytons
Since it seems like many of the inquiries I receive from readers and from distant relatives have to do with lines descending from Connecticut Daytons, it might be fitting to repeat some interesting facts and speculation having to do with … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Dayton, Beardsley, Brookhaven, Dayton, Samuel Dayton, Sweezey
Tagged Abraham Dayton, Caleb Daighton, Caleb Dayton, Rawlinson, Stratford CT
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Mayflower Connections
The next few posts continue to be inspired by Pilgrims and Philbrick’s book, but will also be relevant with Puritans such as the Dayton family of Connecticut and Long Island. Even though we knew beyond a doubt, the first few … Continue reading
Posted in Alice Dayton, Dayghton, Dayton, Deighton, John Howland, Ralph Dayton, Tilley, Uncategorized
Tagged Elizabeth Tilley, John Howland, Mayflower
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Jane Dayton and Jesse Rayner
The Daytons and the Raynors have had connections way back to the earliest years of the Southampton settlement. Jim found the answers to the questions posed in the last post—what were the first names of Mr. Rayner and Ms. Dayton? … Continue reading
Posted in Brookhaven, Datton, Dayton, Southampton
Tagged Jane Dayton, Jemima Dayton, Jesse Rayner, Manor of St Georges, Manor of St. George, Nathaniel Dayton
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Mother Dayton
UPDATED 7/25/18: Jim has answered these questions. See them in the next post. Another curious entry in Brookhaven Town Records is a receipt with a Dayton signature that has probably stumped researchers through the years because we have never found … Continue reading
President Lincoln’s Communication With Dayton Family
The article below is copied from my brother Jim’s blog https://daytonfamilyhistory.com/. The content should be of interest to many, so I wanted to share it for those who had not yet read it. When he was a young man in … Continue reading
Elizabeth Harvey Beardsley Dayton arrangement
(Sorry for the delay in posting while on vacation in the Adirondacks) Yesterday, while doing a few Google searches, I came across a claim that Samuel Dayton “had a prenuptial agreement” with his third wife Elizabeth Beardsley. No source or … Continue reading
Posted in Beardsley, Dayton, New Haven Colony, Samuel Dayton, Uncategorized
Tagged Beardsley, Daiton, Elizabeth 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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Ralph Dayton of Danish descent?
My brother Jim recently discovered a newspaper memoriam published in 1895 for a Robert G. Dayton of Granville NY, published in the Salem Review-Press. What is so interesting about this memoriam is that almost two-thirds of it summarizes “the family … Continue reading
Posted in American Revolution, Dayghton, Dayton, Deighton, East Hampton, Ralph Dayton, Robert Dayton
Tagged Dayton Danish Connection, Dayton Scandinavian markers, Family of Dayton is of Danish descent, father of Robert G. Dayton, Jehiel Dayton War of 1812, purchased favorable pedigrees, Ralph Dayton, Ralph Dayton of Danish Descent?, Robert Dayton of East Hampton, Robert G. Dayton Granville
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Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Dayton of New Jersey
RE: another discussion of potential children from Abraham Dayton and an unknown first wife (before Mary). Today, I am pulling an entire paragraph from a webpage entitled Schanus, Frank, Kass and Sholly Families, owned by Edward Schanus. As far as information … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Dayton, Abraham Dayton 1675 tax list, Abraham Dayton and Mary Beardsley Dayton, Abraham Dayton Brookhaven, Abraham Isaac and Jacob Dayton New Jersey, Caleb Dayton 1687, Caleb Dayton married by 1684, Isaac Dayton Hanover County, Jacob Dayton Salem County New Jersey, New Jersey Daytons
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Former Samuel Dayton property becomes Nature Center
The Washington Lodge estate in the Hamlet of Brookhaven, located on Dayton’s Neck, has been acquired by an Art & Nature Group to create Long Island’s first Nature Retreat Center with overnight lodging. The Mission Statement of the group is … Continue reading
Posted in Brookhaven, Brookhaven hamlet, Dayton, Dayton's Neck, Long Island, Samuel Dayton
Tagged Dayton's Neck, Dayton's Neck Brookhaven, Hamlet of Brookhaven, Samuel Dayton, Samuel Dayton at South, Samuel Dayton Bellport NY, Samuel Dayton Hamlet of Brookhaven, Samuel Dayton property, Samuel Dayton's Farm, Washington Lodge estate Brookhaven
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Samuel Dayton contemplated going to Killingworth, Connecticut?
Google® the phrase “apparently contemplated going to Killingworth” and you will find many references to Samuel Dayton, repeating variations of the sentence “He apparently contemplated going to Killingworth, Conn. where four lots had been assigned him before 19 Apr 1667.” It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brookhaven, Dayton, Long Island, Mary Dingle, Medlen, Medlin, North Sea, Samuel Dayton, Setauket
Tagged apparently contemplated going to Killingworth, Captain Underhill letter, four lots has been assigned him, Frost Genealogy, Killingworth Upon Matinecock, Privateer Captain Underhill, Samuel Dayton, Samuel Dayton comtemplated going to Killingworth, Seven Purchasers on Killingworth upon Matinecock, the buisnesse of Samuell Daytons, the business of Samuel Dayton
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The excommunication of Thomas Baker
oes the unexplained excommunication of Thomas Baker, beginning in January 1645/46, tell us more about Reverend James than about Thomas? Thomas Baker, the husband of Alice Dayton, was censured for two years from the Milford First Congregational Church, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Dayton, Deighton, East Hampton, Long Island, New Haven Colony, Puritan, Ralph Dayton, Thomas Baker, Tritton
Tagged Cornelia Hughes Dayton, Excommunication of Thomas Baker, in behalf of the people of Easthampton, January 1645/46, parishioners had not mastered reading, purchase of lands from the Montauk Indians, Thomas Baker, Thomas Baker bible at Long Island Collection at the East Hampton Public Library, Thomas Baker husband of Alice Dayton, Thomas Baker Milford First Congregational Church, Thomas was unable to attend church
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Dayton book will be reviewed in the NEHG Register
We just received exciting news through Terry Brown, that The New England Historical and Genealogical Register will review Our Long Island Ancestors, the First Six Generations of Daytons in America 1639-1807, in their Spring 2018 publication. This is quite an honor for us … Continue reading
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