DUTTON, Jesoniah 1800 U.S. Census, Readfield 1–1–1–3–1–1– 1

Jesse Dutton grave, Huntoon Cemetery

Dutton, Jesoniah “Jesse” was born July 9, 1747 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was Revolutionary War veteran and enlisted in Dunstable, Massachusetts[i].  He married twice – first to Mary Treadwell in Ipswich, Massachusetts on November 22, 1770 and the second to Prisilah Cowan.  Jesse Dutton emigrated to Readfield in 1795[ii] and James Craig sold Dutton land in Readfield on May 5, 1798[iii]. Four years later Jesse sold Readfield property to his son John and, presumably, at that time moved to Fayette where he received a deed for property from Abigail Page in 1805[iv]. In 1807 he bought land from Jeremiah Tuck, Jr. in Fayette and a year later another transaction took place for more land in Fayette when he bought another parcel from his brother David. In Fayette he and Prisilah lived on lot# 63 where Jesse was a blacksmith[v]. According to Thurston’s History of Winthrop, Dutton was a great hunter who had traps all along the streams and ponds to the Androscoggin River. Jesse died 1-15-1816 at age 68yrs and Prisilah died 4-22-1821 at age 66yrs. He and wife Prisilah are buried in the Huntoon Cemetery in Readfield. His stone reads: Born he was thou and not our own Thou hast not done us wrong. We thank thee for the precious loan afforded us so long. Children: 1) Jesse b.1772 d.1844 2) John b.1773 d.1845 3) Polly b.1777 d.1778 4) Sally b.1775 d.1849 m. Jeremiah Lane of Fayette 5) Abigail m. Samuel Jenkins of Pittston in 1814. Presumably this was the same Samuel Jenkins who participated in settling Jesse Dutton’s estate. 6) Fanny 7) Betsey m.1811 Daniel Stone of Readfield 8) Jonathan b.1780 m.1803 to Hannah Cochran of Readfield d.1851 9) David 10) James m.1801 Susannah J. 11) Nancy was a minor when her father died in 1816 and Solomon Lombard was appointed her guardian. Some of Jesse Dutton’s family moved to Chesterville, Vassalboro and Ellsworth, Maine.

[i] Notation on www.findagrave.com made in 2002 that gravestone is still legible but has sunk into the ground enough to be of concern for the future.

[ii] 1800 US Census, Readfield, Maine page 54

[iii] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds: Book 11 Page 35 May 5, 1798

[iv] Ibid Book 11 Page 425

[v] Stackpole’s History of Winthrop, page 740

[vi] Widow Lambert was Eunice who first married to neighbor Joseph Lambert and, after his death, to another neighbor, Captain Benjamin Davis.

[vii] Kennebec County Registry of Deeds: Book 38 Page 402 December 20, 1820