DUTTON, Gov Henry^{[1, 2]}

1796 - 1869  (73 years)

• Name (unproven)	DUTTON, Henry
  Title	Gov
  Birth	12 Feb 1796	Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Apr 1869	New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Age	73 years
  Burial	Apr 1896	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I1924	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	DUTTON, Thomas III           b. 21 Mar 1760, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 18 Sep 1835, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	PUNDERSON, Thankful "Tenty"           b. 30 Oct 1763, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA           d. 20 Jul 1838, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	5 Sep 1782	Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
  Age at Marriage	He : 22 years and 6 months - She : 18 years and 11 months.
  Siblings	3 brothers and 6 sisters
  1. DUTTON, Rev Matthew Rice           b. 30 Jun 1783, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 17 Jul 1825, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 42 years) ╚═HOPKINS, Maria           b. 19 Oct 1790, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA           d. 12 Jun 1871, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 80 years),  m. 20 May 1819     2. DUTTON, Chester           b. 2 Jul 1785, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 14 Dec 1797, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 12 years) + 3. DUTTON, Anna           b. 2 Jan 1788, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 28 Jul 1875, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 87 years) ╚═NOBLE, Benjamin           b. 7 Mar 1782, Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 10 Jan 1855, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 72 years),  m. 24 Apr 1810   4. DUTTON, Betsey           b. 31 Aug 1790, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 4 Jan 1862  (Age 71 years) ╚═HART, Alpha           b. 17 Sep 1788, Goshen, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 8 Nov 1877  (Age 89 years),  m. 15 Dec 1814   + 5. DUTTON, Daniel Punderson           b. 30 Jan 1793, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 31 Jul 1861, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 68 years) ╚═MATTHEWS, Nancy           b. 20 Jul 1793, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 6 Mar 1849, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 55 years),  m. 10 Oct 1812   + 6. DUTTON, Gov Henry           b. 12 Feb 1796, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 26 Apr 1869, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 73 years) ╚═JOY, Eliza Eliot           b. 1796, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 24 Aug 1883, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 87 years),  m. 9 Aug 1823, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA   7. DUTTON, Sally           b. 4 May 1798, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 18 Feb 1887  (Age 88 years) ╚═PLATT, Jirch           b. 23 Mar 1791, Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 7 Nov 1870  (Age 79 years),  m. 4 Sep 1822   8. DUTTON, Lucy           b. 17 Feb 1801, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 27 Sep 1839, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA  (Age 38 years) ╚═HOTCHKISS, Horace           b. 11 Jul 1799, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA           d. 9 Mar 1879  (Age 79 years),  m. 1 Jun 1826, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA   + 9. DUTTON, Laura           b. 18 Mar 1803, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 8 May 1829, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 26 years) ╚═CLARK, Timothy F           b. 1798, Connecticut, USA  ,  m. 6 Oct 1824, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA   10. DUTTON, Alma           b. 20 Dec 1806, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 24 Dec 1850, Mendon, Adams County, Illinois, USA  (Age 44 years) ╚═BALDWIN, Julius P           b. Abt 1806, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  ,  m. 25 Dec 1826
  Children	10 children
  	1. DUTTON, Rev Matthew Rice           b. 30 Jun 1783, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 17 Jul 1825, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 42 years)   2. DUTTON, Chester           b. 2 Jul 1785, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 14 Dec 1797, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 12 years) + 3. DUTTON, Anna           b. 2 Jan 1788, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 28 Jul 1875, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 87 years) 4. DUTTON, Betsey           b. 31 Aug 1790, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 4 Jan 1862  (Age 71 years) + 5. DUTTON, Daniel Punderson           b. 30 Jan 1793, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 31 Jul 1861, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 68 years) + 6. DUTTON, Gov Henry           b. 12 Feb 1796, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 26 Apr 1869, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 73 years) 7. DUTTON, Sally           b. 4 May 1798, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 18 Feb 1887  (Age 88 years) 8. DUTTON, Lucy           b. 17 Feb 1801, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 27 Sep 1839, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA  (Age 38 years) + 9. DUTTON, Laura           b. 18 Mar 1803, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 8 May 1829, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA  (Age 26 years) 10. DUTTON, Alma           b. 20 Dec 1806, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 24 Dec 1850, Mendon, Adams County, Illinois, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	JOY, Eliza Eliot           b. 1796, Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 24 Aug 1883, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA (Age 87 years)  [1]
  Marriage	9 Aug 1823	Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
  Age at Marriage	He : 27 years and 6 months - She : ~ 27 years and 8 months.
  Children	1. DUTTON, Anna Elizabeth           b. 15 Oct 1824, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA           d. 19 Jan 1901, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. DUTTON, Mary Eliot           b. 9 Oct 1826, Connecticut, USA           d. 5 Feb 1865, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA (Age 38 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. DUTTON, Harriet Joy           b. 12 Oct 1834, Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 02 Jan 1873, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA (Age 38 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. DUTTON, Lieut Henry Melzar           b. Sep 1838, Connecticut, USA           d. 9 Aug 1862, Cedar Mountain, Culpepper City, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 23 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2011

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Feb 1796 - Watertown, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 9 Aug 1823 - Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Death - 26 Apr 1869 - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA Burial - Apr 1896 - Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Connecticut Governor. He graduated from Yale in 1818 and served as Principal of Fairfield Academy while studying law, becoming an attorney in Newtown in 1823. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1828 and 1834. He moved to Bridgeport in 1837, and served in the Connecticut House again from 1838 to 1839. Dutton moved to New Haven in 1847 to become Kent Professor of Law at Yale, a position he held until his death. He was a Connecticut State Senator from 1848 to 1849, and served as Senate President. He returned to the Connecticut House in 1850 and served as Judge of the New Haven County Court from 1852 to 1853. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Whig nomination for Governor in 1853. In 1854 he was the Whig nominee, and when voters failed to give any candidate a majority, the legislature elected him by a vote of 140 to 93, making him the last Whig to serve as Governor. Dutton ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1855, after which he returned to his professorship at Yale, and served as a Judge on the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Errors from 1861 to 1866. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Ancestry.com. [S141] Familysearch.org. [S50] Findagrave.com. [S50] Findagrave.com. Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Bill McKern Record added: Jun 02, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 19679204 [S50] Findagrave.com. (bio by: Bill McKern)