DUTTON, Thomas^{[1, 2, 3]}

1621 - 1686  (64 years)

• Name (unproven)	DUTTON, Thomas
  Birth	06 Oct 1621	Dutton, Cheshire, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1630  [5]
  Death	22 Jan 1686	Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   [6]
  Age	64 years
  Burial	Y  [8]
  	Messsage rec'd: "Thomas Dutton (1621-1686) is not buried in the Old Corner Burying Ground in Billerica, MA. According to the Billerica Historic Commission, the earliest burial in that cemetery is 1715.* Former or Previous Cemetery notes and/or description: The Old Corner Burying Ground, located on Pollard Street just north of the intersection with Boston Road and Floyd Street, was set aside from common land in 1707. Phone: (978) 671-0946 New information: A cemetery in operation in Billerica from 1663 on is the South Burying Ground on Concord Road between French Street and Middlesex Turnpike. Phone: (978) 671-0946 Perhaps someone in the Billerica Historic Commission can verify whether Thomas is in this earlier cemetery, as recently suggested. Funny that both cemeteries have the same phone number ???? [7]
  Person ID	I104	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	DUTTON, John           b. 5 Oct 1597, Sherborne, Dorset, England           d. 04 May 1693, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	DANVERS, Lucy           b. 1575, Bromham, Wiltshire, England           d. Jun 1621, London, England (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1619	Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years and 2 months - She : ~ 44 years.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 3 sisters
  + 1. DUTTON, Elizabeth           b. 17 May 1620, Sherborne, England           d. Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ╚═COLT, George           b. 1620, Colthall, Suffolk, England           d. 1711, Sherborne, Gloucester, England  (Age 91 years),  m. 1641, Sherborne, Gloucester, England   ╚═COLT, Ralph           b. 1618, Sherborne, Gloucester, England           d. Aft 1640  (Age 23 years),  m. 1640, Sherborne, Gloucester, England   ╚═CRACKBONE, Benjamin           b. 1634, Massachusetts, USA           d. 1675  (Age 41 years),  m. 6 Nov 1659   + 2. DUTTON, Thomas           b. 06 Oct 1621, Dutton, Cheshire, England           d. 22 Jan 1686, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 64 years) ╚═PALMER, Susannah           b. 27 Aug 1626, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 27 Aug 1684, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 58 years),  m. 9 Nov 1648, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   ╚═MARSHALL, Ruth Hooper           b. 15 Apr 1653, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 21 Nov 1688, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 35 years),  m. 10 Sep 1684, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA     3. DUTTON, Lucy           b. Abt 1622, Sherborne, Gloucester, England           d. 1623  (Age ~ 1 years)   4. DUTTON, Joseph           b. 1623, Sherborne, Gloucester, England           d. 1718  (Age 95 years)   5. DUTTON, Josiah           b. 1623, Sherborne, Gloucester, England 6. DUTTON, Lucy           b. 9 Apr 1624, Sherborne, Gloucester, England           d. 6 Apr 1656, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 31 years) ╚═POPE, Thomas           b. England  ,  m. Sherburne, Gloucester, England     7. DUTTON, Robert           b. 1625, Sherborne, England           d. 1720, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 95 years) + 8. DUTTON, Samuel           b. 1627, Cheshire, England           d. 7 Jun 1685, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 58 years) ╚═FELCH, Hannah           b. 1627, Wales           d. 11 Jul 1689, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 62 years),  m. 1646, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	8 children
  	+ 1. DUTTON, Elizabeth           b. 17 May 1620, Sherborne, England           d. Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA + 2. DUTTON, Thomas           b. 06 Oct 1621, Dutton, Cheshire, England           d. 22 Jan 1686, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 64 years)   3. DUTTON, Lucy           b. Abt 1622, Sherborne, Gloucester, England           d. 1623  (Age ~ 1 years)   4. DUTTON, Joseph           b. 1623, Sherborne, Gloucester, England           d. 1718  (Age 95 years)   5. DUTTON, Josiah           b. 1623, Sherborne, Gloucester, England 6. DUTTON, Lucy           b. 9 Apr 1624, Sherborne, Gloucester, England           d. 6 Apr 1656, Gloucestershire, England  (Age 31 years)   7. DUTTON, Robert           b. 1625, Sherborne, England           d. 1720, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 95 years) + 8. DUTTON, Samuel           b. 1627, Cheshire, England           d. 7 Jun 1685, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Stepparents	NEELD, Robert (m. 1592)
  Family ID	F3954	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Stepfather	NEELD, Robert           b. 1572, Cheshire, England           d. 24 Apr 1616, England  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	DANVERS, Lucy           b. 1575, Bromham, Wiltshire, England           d. Jun 1621, London, England (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	PALMER, Susannah           b. 27 Aug 1626, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 27 Aug 1684, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 58 years)  [9]
  Marriage	9 Nov 1648	Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   [10]
  Age at Marriage	He : 27 years and 1 month - She : 22 years and 3 months.
  Children	+ 1. DUTTON, Thomas II           b. 14 Sep 1648, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 01 Jan 1728, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 2. DUTTON, Mary           b. 14 Sep 1651, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 9 Jul 1678, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 26 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. DUTTON, Susanna           b. 27 Feb 1653, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. Dec 1723, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 4. DUTTON, John           b. 28 Mar 1656, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 7 Apr 1735, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] + 5. DUTTON, Joseph           b. 25 Nov 1660, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 24 Jan 1733, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. DUTTON, Sarah           b. 5 Mar 1662, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 1757, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 94 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] 7. DUTTON, James           b. 22 Aug 1665, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 1696, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 30 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] 8. DUTTON, Benjamin           b. 19 Feb 1667, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 11 Feb 1693 (Age 25 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2023

  
  

  Family 2	MARSHALL, Ruth Hooper           b. 15 Apr 1653, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA           d. 21 Nov 1688, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 35 years)  [11]
  Marriage	10 Sep 1684	Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   [11]
  Age at Marriage	He : 62 years and 11 months - She : 31 years and 5 months.
  Family ID	F360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 06 Oct 1621 - Dutton, Cheshire, England Marriage - 9 Nov 1648 - Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 10 Sep 1684 - Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Death - 22 Jan 1686 - Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  "Thomas Dutton, very likely the son of John Dutton, was born in England about 1621. He most likely came to America around 1630 with his father. He probably grew up in Reading, Massachustts. He married Susannah, whose name was possibly Palmer, around 1647 and they settled in Reading, where their first four children were born. In 1659 they removed to Woburn, where five more children were born. They are the ancestors of most of the New England Duttons. In 1669 they moved to Billerica and settled on the south side of Fox Brook. Susanna died in Billerica on Aug. 27, 1684, aged 58 years. She was the mother of all his children. Thomas married second, on Nov. 10, 1684, Ruth Hooper, widow of William Hooper. Thomas himself died on Jan. 22, 1687, in Billerica. Thomas figured in two remarkable court cases. In 1668 he brought suit against Michael Bacon Jr. for slander after Bacon accused him with the theft of a napkin and spoon. Bacon was found guilty and fined 15 pounds. The best men of Reading and Woburn testified to the excellent character of Dutton. "Wee whos Names are under written testyfy that Thomas Dutton having lived amongst us in the Town of Woburne were the space of tenne yeares, has bine very Industrus in his calling and has not to our knowledge bine any way given to steall or to take any thing that is not his owne. Josias Conuars, William Johnson, Mathew Johnson, James Conuars , Samuell Conuars, John Broockes, Thomas Pierce, Samual Walker senyer, John Russell Junior, Henry Broockes, Isack Broockes, Edward Wom, Ricjard Gardner, John Russell Sen, John Carter." In 1661 he was before the court for beating his wife, and was fined, in spite of the denials of both himself and his wife. The evidence against him came entirely from the household of a neighbor, Ensign John Carter. Carter's two teenaged daughters claimed that they both saw Dutton beat his wife with a stick while she had a child in her arms. The following morning, according to Carter's wife Elizabeth and his servant John Neale, there was a great outcry from Dutton's wife. They claimed to have heard her crying out between the blows he was dealing her. That same morning Carter and the Woburn grandjuryman confronted Dutton and found his wife crying and her eyes were swollen. Later on that Monday, September 30, 1661 Goodwife Dutton came to Carter's house and told them she could still feel the blows. In Dutton's defense two subscriptions were presented to the court. Twenty-one people of Reading testified to his "tender & loving treatment of his wife" and previous next-door neighbors had never heard any evidence of violence. The second came from eleven witnesses to Dutton's "loving and tender carriage to his wife" and claimed that there had been no sound of any abuse "till John Carter had complained against him." There was popular resentment against the Carters who had turned a domestic tiff into a public matter, a resentment which Dutton's wife may well have shared. Dutton's battering of his wife may have been directly provoked by the misbehavior of their daughter Mary, who had run away and hid at the Carter's home." [4]

  
  

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