Thomas Dunton, Sr.

Abt 1630 - Aft 1695  (> 66 years)

• Name	Thomas Dunton  [1]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	Abt 1630  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Land - they bought land	1663	tract N57, Bridgetown, Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	It was in this year that John Cole sold 300 acres of tract N57 to Thomas Dunton.
  Land - they bought land	1668	tract N57, Bridgetown, Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	It was in this year that Arthur & Rhose Armitradeinge sold his eastern 300 acres of tract N57 to Thomas Dunton. That part, together with another patent to Dunton merged with it, will be treated as N58, while the old Nuthall-Armitradeinge 300 acres to the westward is the subject of N57.
  Land - they received a land patent	1671	tract N58, Bridgetown, Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	It was in this year that a patent was granted to Thomas Dunton for 600 acres. This is described as being the 300 acres granted to John Vines an assigned, together with 300 acres of new land to the eastward. The former must have been the same property as covered by the Williams-Armitradeinge patents in tract N57, to which is 1668 Arthur Armitradeinge had also given a clear title to Thomas Dunton.
  Land - they sold land	1679	tract N6, Cedar Grove, Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	It was in this year that Thomas Dunton sold 200 acres to William Kendall. He said he had bought it from Thomas Moore who may have obtained it from Andrew Jacob, but it was the same 200 acres which had already been patented by Edmund Scarburgh and Kendall.
  Anecdote	28 Mar 1687	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	He was shown as my father-in-law Thomas Dunton in the will of John Smothers, wife Elizabeth, dated 28 Mar 1687 in N'hamp Co, VA.
  Will - Witnessed a will	4 Jan 1687/88	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	It was on this date that Thomas Dunton, Thomas Wood and Robert Clark witnessed the will of Michael Rickards. When the will was proved on 28 May 1688 he was shown as Thomas Dunton Sr.
  Heir - named as	19 Mar 1688	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	He was shown as Thomas Dunton Sr. in the verbal will of David Thomas and was given 4 hogshead of tobacco due from John Greene, Richard DuParks, John Baker and William Sterlinge.
  Land - they gave land to someone	1695	tract N58, Bridgetown, Northampton Co, Virginia   [2]
  	It was in this year that Thomas Dunton made a composite deed of gift, to take effect upon his death, for an equal division of the 600 acres among his five sons: Thomas, William, John, Benjamin and Joseph. In the document he made reference to the division lines which he had discussed with the sons, but unfortunately those lines were not in the deed so the exact division is uncertain except that the home part was to go his son Thomas. Three of the portions, except for a small part which went out of the family, were soon aborbed by the other two.
  Reference Identifier	Gail - 001
  Record ID	71572
  Death	Aft 1695	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  Origins
  Person ID	I71572	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021

  
  

  DNA Tests	1 DNA test is associated with Thomas Dunton, Sr.
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	Y-DNA-37	Living	J-M172	Most distant ancestor: Thomas Dunton, Sr.,   b. Abt 1630   d. Aft 1695, Northampton County, Virginia, USA

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (--?--),   b. Abt 1635   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1654
  Children	+ 1. William (of Thos Sr) Dunton,   b. Between 1654 and 1660   d. Bef 28 May 1709, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 55 years) ╚═ Elizabeth Rickards  m. Bef 4 Jan 1687/88 + 2. Elizabeth (of Thos Sr) Dunton,   b. Abt 1655, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ John Smothers, Jr.  (Age < 36 years)  m. Abt 1675 + 3. Thomas (of Thos Sr) Dunton, Jr.,   b. Abt 1665, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 17 May 1720, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 55 years) ╚═ Margaret (--?--)  m. Abt 1690 + 4. John (of Thos Sr) Dunton,   b. Abt 1668, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 18 May 1720, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 52 years) ╚═ Elizabeth (--?--)  (Age < 47 years)  m. Abt 1697 + 5. Benjamin (of Thos Sr) Dunton, Sr.,   b. Abt 1670, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 13 Mar 1743, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 73 years) ╚═ Margaret Widgeon  (Age < 36 years)  m. Abt 1690;    ╚═ Mary Waterfield  (Age < 62 years)  m. Abt 1704 + 6. Joseph (of Thos Sr) Dunton,   b. Abt 1673, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1724, tract N58, Bridgetown, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 50 years) ╚═ Elizabeth Isaac  m. Abt 1700
  Family ID	F24598	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Anecdote - 28 Mar 1687 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Will - Witnessed a will - 4 Jan 1687/88 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Heir - named as - 19 Mar 1688 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Death - Aft 1695 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 129 (will of John Smothers, wife Elizabeth), 497. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 358-361 (tracts N57 & N58), 572. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 69 (tract N6), 572. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 134 (will of Michael Rickards), 497. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 132 (will of David Thomas), 497. [S3177] Dr. William S. Burton "Dr. Bill", Burton, Dr. Bill - Descendants of Andrew Dunton, (Peter's Row, Coram, NY, 12 July1999), p. 1, 3177.