Category Archives: Sweezey
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
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Tagged Abraham Dayton, Caleb Daighton, Caleb Dayton, Rawlinson, Stratford CT
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Abraham Dayton, Brookhaven Pastor?
As I continue online research, I am a little surprised to find that there are still a few websites listing Abraham Dayton as “pastor.” Abraham was the son of Samuel Dayton and grandson of Ralph Dayton.
Posted in Abraham Dayton, Brookhaven, Coram, Ralph Dayton, Samuel Dayton, Setauket, Sweezey
Tagged Abraham Dayton, Abraham Dayton Brookhaven Pastor, Abram Dayton pastor, April 30 1697 Abraham Dayton, call to Mr. George Phillips, his name was attached to the call for pastor, Setauket Presbyterian, Setauket Presbyterian Church Abraham Dayton
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Connecting Henry Dayton with David Dayton using earmarks
There are so many angles to researching family and expanding recorded legacy, the pursuit is never finished. One such angle is the study of earmarks and connecting generations by following a personal earmark through a family, usually from father to … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Dayton, Brookhaven, David Dayton, David Dayton Senior, Henry Dayton, Photos, Ralph Dayton, Sweezey
Tagged Abraham Dayton, Abraham Dayton earmark, connect generations by earmark, Henry Dayton, Henry Dayton earmark, Long Island earmark registries, no earmark has yet been found for Ralph or for his son Samuel Dayton, perhaps the earliest known reference to an earmark in New York, Ralph Dayton earmark, Samuel Dayton, Samuel Dayton earmark
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Abraham Dayton family in Brookhaven NY and New London CT
It’s difficult to escape the desire to discover what happened to Abraham Dayton in the late 1690s that seemed to change everything. Two particularly large and bothersome questions in his story are 1) the apparent separation of family and 2) … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Dayton, Deborah Dayton, John Rogers, New London, Rogerenes, Sweezey
Tagged Abraham Dayton, Abrham Dayton New London, Dayton family, Rogerenes
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To what extent were Daytons involved with the Rogerenes at New London?
There is the possibility that the Rogerene movement, an offshoot of the Anabaptists, had somehow been a factor in the marriage of Catherine Sweezey (many spellings) and Abraham Dayton, but to what extent it influenced or determined the course of unexplained … Continue reading
Posted in Abraham Dayton, Brookhaven, Henry Dayton, New Haven Colony, New London, Sweezey
Tagged Abraham Dayton, Abraham Dayton family, Abraham Dayton's appeal to collect charity, Abraham Dayton's mysterious plunge to destitution, Catherine Sweezey Abraham Dayton, Daytons and Rogerenes at New London, Deborah Dayton married John Rogers 1718/19, Joshua Hempstead said "Jno & Deb Daton published", Rogerenes refused to pay a minister's tax
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Did Abraham Dayton have sons from a wife before Mary Beardsley?
There exists a theory that Abraham (son of Samuel, born about 1654) had been married previous to taking his stepsister Mary Beardsley as bride. The theory goes that he already had two sons named Abraham and Jacob, but conclusive evidence … Continue reading
Dayton Ancestry 