DESCENDANTS OF MICHAEL DAYTON (1722-1776) Watertown, Conn Compiled 1963 by Lewis Scott Dayton (M124103) CONTENTS - -- ... ~ - - - - Foreword • . • ii • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Key to Lineage Numbers. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • iii Abbreviations Used •••.••••••••••••• • • • • iii Michael Dayton's Will, Inventory and Distribution of estate ••••••••••••••.••• • • • • • iv Descendants of Michael Dayton (Ml) Charles Dayton Sr • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 (M2) David Dayton -. • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • 71 (M3) Miriam D~yton (Munson) ·• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 76 {M4) Michael Daiton Jr . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 76 (MS):Justus Dayton • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 77 (M6) Mehitable Dayto~ (Seymour) •• • • • • • . ' .• . 83 (M7) Loly Dayton (Titus) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 83 (M8) Elizabeth Dayton (Mattoon) • • • • • • • • • • • • (M9) Isaac Dayton •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 89 (MlO) Samuel Dayton 93 - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Ml!) Lyman Dayton. • • •• • • • • • • .. •• •• • • • • • 94 (M12)- Olive Dayton (Munson) . " . 96 (M13)- Abel Dayton . .. 99 Ancestry of Michael Dayton and Mehitable Doolittle. • • • • 105 . Descent from Charlemagne • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 19l 135 Index of names .••••. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • !IE 13t Localities •••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 100a First 3unnlementl • ••••••••••• . .. .. 181 Second Sup~lement ••••••••••• • • • • •• • • • • • 109 i -F -O.R- -E WO- - -R_D... "When .t.JuA you. .6ee, 1temembe.1t me­ .that I am not ~oil.gotten •••••• " The above partial epitaph is still legible at the base of the weather-beaten gravestone erected to·the memory of-Captain Michael Dayton and located in the beautifully cared-for "Old Burying Ground of Ancient Westbury" (now Watertown, Conn). It is hoped that this record· of his · deAcandants will contribute to the fulfillment·of his stated wish. Michae1 5Dayton (Ralph1 , Samue1 2, Iseac3-4 ) was born June 4, 1722 in New Haven, Conn., the 8th child (3d son) of Isaac Dayton II and his wife Elizabeth Todd. On January 29, 1746n, he married Mehitable . Doolittle who was born September 28, 1726/7 at Wallingford, Conn., and died July 9, 1813 at Watertown, Conn. His death occurred at Watertown on September 22, 1776, four.months following his discharge .from Revolutionary War service. Very little is known of Michael Dayton's 54 years of life although a search of land, court and' church re·cords might be revealing. He.· followed .his. father's occupation.of farming and at his death had accumulated a not inconsiderable estate of both real and personal property. A.careful study of the inventory of his estate permits an evaluation of his mode of life and the varied aspects of his farming-interests~ His will; the inventory ·and· details of the final distribut~on of his estate are included in this record, beginning page iv, for the interest of his descendants. His service in.the Revolutionary·Army, as was quite common, was not continuous but consi~ted of at least two known separate enlistments. After being commis­ sioned Ensign in the·second Company (State Militia) of Waterbury, Conn., in May 1772 .and as Captain in a Northbury company in October 1774, Michael Dayton is recorded as· a private~ May 11th through-December 20, 1775, in the 5th Com­ pany which served at the Siege of Boston. Commanded by Colonel David Wooster, 1st Regiment, the 5th Company was under the· direction of C.aptain Caleb Trow­ bridge and Captain B~n~dict Arnold, although the latter never served with the company. A later and final' enlistment, during which Michael Dayton was sta­ tLoned at Peekskill Barracks in New York State, dated from April 5, 1776 to May 21, 1776 when ii°lness (camp dfstemper) terminated·his service. Several of his sons are supposed to have ~e~ved in the same companies with him. At t~~ time of his death, the three eldest of his thirteen children (Charles, David and Miriam) had married.· The next five children (Michael Jr., Justus> Mehitabel, Loly and Elizabeth) ranged in age from 24 to 17 years and were pre- sumably living at home. As ·the five youngest (Isaac, Samuel~ Lym.an, Olive and Abel) were between 15 and 8 years of ag~ a probate court in May, 1777 appoint­ ed the mother as guardian (under bond) of the three youngest children. The sons Isaac and Samuel were permitted to choose their guardians; Isaac chose his mother and Samuel selected his older brother David. LaMoille, Ill L. S. D. May 1963 • • l.l. Ke~ to•tinease Numbers · Each descendant listed-has been ass~gned a· lineage· number for the·purpose· · ·-of definite identification and to provide a simple means _of tracing each·­ dependent 's ancestry .. to Michael Dayton. Al 1 descendants· _have the initial· letter 'M" to their lineage number, the thirteen children of_ Micha.el" Day.:- . ton being numbered 'Ml" through ''Ml3" in the order of their birth. · ·Each · · · descendant of the next generation retains the parent's number with an ad~­ ded numeral ·to indicate the descendant's order of birth - thus (see page 1) Mll wa·s· the 1st child of Ml, Mlll was the l~t child. of Mll_,_ etc. Mll ·through Ml8 were brothers and sisters (children of Ml);. Mll2,".Ml2~, Ml7!]) were therefor all first cousin~ and their children (Mll26, Ml242, Ml7111) . - were ·2d cousins, etc.· The compiler (M124103) is a ~d. cou$in_ _-to_ ~1~ de- ·· .. scendants of Mll through M18 having ·5 numerals- in their lineage numb~r~ he is a ·4th ·cousin of all des.cendants of M2 through Mil having· 5 numerals in their lineage numbers. It is urged that readers become thoroly fam~l­ iar with this system of lineage numbers so that relationships -~ay be readily establishad. Abbrevia·tions Used b = born dau = daughter bp = baptised adptd = adopted . d = died ch =· ·child or children . ·~y = died young inf= infancy m -= married UDlll;: unmarried 1867/s· = exact yenr uncertain; .either 1867 or 1868 1865-1868 = between 1865 and 1868 c (before a date)= about that date (Jones), as in Mary Smith (Jones) = ~1ary Smith was her maiden name; Jones was her married name by a -previous marriage Special Note The compiler will appreciate recei~ing all additions and/or corrections. All such material will be added to the special copies to be se~t to prin­ cipal U. s. libraries., ••• 111 wtLL*QE CAPTAIN MICHAEL DAYTO§ •tn the name of God Am.en, this 21st day of September A. n. 1776 1 I, Michael Dayton of Waterbury in the county of New Haven, in Connecticut State, calling to mind the mortality of the body, knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die after that the judgment, and being weak in body but of sound mind and memory - thanks be given to God therefor: Imprimis I commend my soul unto God who gave it thro' the merits of Christ, and my body to the dust to be buried in a decent and Christian manner at the discre­ tion of my executors,·when it shall please God to call me out of this world; and as touching such worldly goods and estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life, I do give & bequeath in the manner & form following: Imprimis, I give & make over unto my beloved wife Mehetable Dayton my great Bible and ten pounds out of my moveable estate at inventory price, antecedent to the payment of my. debts, and also the one-third of all my moveable estate, after my debts & funeral charges are paid, to her add to her heirs forever; and also the use & improvement of the one-third part of my real estate, dur­ ing her natural life. Item, my will is that my son Charles Dayton have ten pounds lawful money's worth out of my estate, over & above the rest of my sons, as an acknowledgment of an eldest son, to him & his heirs for ever. Item, I will & bequeath the rest of my estate, or that is not above disposed of, in the manner & form following, that is to say, to my sons Charles Dayton, David Dayton, Michael Dayton, Justus Dayton, Isaac Dayton, Samuel Dayton, Ly­ man Dayton & Abel Dayton, and to my daughters Miriam Dayton, Mehetable Day­ ton, Lowly Dayton, Elisabeth Dayton & Olive Dayton namely, it is to be under­ stood that my will is that my above named sons have each one just double to what each one of my said daughters have, and also that seventeen pounds that I have given to my said daughter Miriam Munson shall be accounted to her as so much advanced portion out of my estate. Item, my will is this for my said sons, except Charles' ten pounds, be equal shar­ ers with one another in my estate. Item, my will is that my said daughters be equal sharers with one another in my es­ tate •. Item, I do appoint my wife Mehetable Dayton, Ensign Thomas Fenn and my son Charles Dayton, executors of this my last will and testament. Item, I hereby disallow & make void all other wills & testaments by me heretofore made, ratifying this & no other to be my last will and testament. Signed, sealed & pronounced to be the last will of the · above named Michael Dayton, the day and date above writ­ Timothy Judd .ten, in presence of us testees Isaac Merriam John Foot (signed) Michael Dayton *The will, inventory and distribution are on file at the Connecticut State Library Hartford, Conn., in Woodbury Probate Records, Volume 7, pages 18la(b), 182a(b) 183a and 261b. iv• ----INVENTORY -OF MICHAEL--- ---DAYTON ----ESTATE I, s d A h a t • • • • • • • 0-13-0 · · A pail & shovel . 0-11-0 hatchet ..•.. 0-0-6 white wig. • • 0-2-0 old hand saw • . 0-1-0 half-inch auger. 0-1-6 black wig .••• 0-11-0 a reel • • • . 0-3-6 3/4 inch auger • 0-1-0 blue coat . • • • 2-5-0 a great wheel . 0-3-6 nippers (old) •. 0-1-0 red vest .••••. 0-18-0· duck wheel .•• 0-12-0 3 bells . .• • • • 0-4-9 velvet vest .•• 0-13-0· old wheel .