Tag Archives: Ashford Kent

Earliest Dayton Marker in America

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Steve Dayton

Of the original six members of the immigrant Ralph Dayton family, the location of only one original gravesite can be confirmed, that of Alice Baker.

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Leaving Ashford was an Expensive Decision

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Steve Dayton

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.

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Enormity of the process

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Steve Dayton

I’ve been thinking about the enormity of discomfort and expense the Ralph Dayton family endured to leave Ashford for the unknown. When an order in council was passed on April 6 of 1638 (some say 1639) that persons wishing to … Continue reading →

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