Lieut. John Dunton

• Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A035080
• DENTON, JOHN Ancestor #: A031995
• Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: LIEUTENANT
• Birth: 1738 YORK CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS
• Death: 1808 EDGECOMB LINCOLN CO ME DIST MASSACHUSETTS
• Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 5, P 73
• Service Description: 1) CAPT MCALLISTER; COL MCCOBB

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John M. Dunton

Birth: 1738 in Montsweag, Westport, Lincoln, Maine / alt birth year: 1736

Death: 10 OCT 1808, Westport, Lincoln, Maine

Father: Timothy Dunton b: 20 AUG 1715 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Mother: Mary Elizabeth Smith b: 1718 in Westport, Lincoln, Maine

Marriage 1) 11 DEC 1760, Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine

Spouse: Abigail Walker b: 21 DEC 1740, Berwick, York, Maine; d. Aug. 18, 1813, Westport, Lincoln Co. ME

Children:

1. Mary Dunton b: ABT 1762; m. 14 NOV 1782, Benjamin Bailey b: 10 NOV 1761, Woolwich, ME
2. Abigail Dunton b: 18 MAY 1766, Edgecomb, Maine, m. 26 APR 1797, Edgecomb, Thomas Hodgdon, b. abt. 1756, Mass
3. Mercy DUNTON
4. John M. Dunton b: 12 JUN 1768, Edgecomb, Maine; d. 18 DEC 1855, Westport, ME; m. 11 MAR 1790, Edgecomb, Sarah Greenleaf, b. 19 JAN 1772, Westport, ME
5. Andrew Dunton b: 8 NOV 1772, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine; d. 10 JUL 1829, at sea; m. 20 DEC 1796, Nancy Dunton, b: 17 SEP 1779, Westport, ME
6. Deborah Dunton, b: 20 JAN 1774, Edgecomb, Maine; d. 16 FEB 1812 Boothbay, ME; m. 24 MAY 1794, Edgecomb, John Hodgdon b: 10 FEB 1769, Boothbay, ME

Marriage 2) 6 SEP 1774, Georgetown, Lincoln, Maine

Spouse: Abigail Heal, b: 12 OCT 1752 in York, York, Maine

Children:

1. Josiah Dunton, b: ABT 1774, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine; m. Eunice b: ABT 1773 in Maine
2. Timothy Dunton, b: 10 OCT 1776, Edgecomb, Lincoln, ME; d. 2 JUL 1846, Lincolnville, Waldo, ME; m. 30 OCT 1798, Durham, ME, Phebe Getchell b: 19 JAN 1783, Durham, ME; m. ABT 1805, Edgecomb, Sarah Gove, b: 17 SEP 1786, Edgecomb; m. ABT 1807, Lincolnville, ME; Katherine Hall, b: 28 MAY 1783, Bowdoin, ME; m. 5 DEC,1825, Camden, Maine, Abigail Mayo, b. 30 NOV 1796.
3. Abner Dunton, b: 1779, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine c: 1779 in Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine
4. Elizabeth Dunton, b: 29 SEP 1779, Edgecomb, Maine; m. Samuel Norton b: 28 SEP 1779, Edgecomb
5. Marcy Dunton, b: ABT 1781, Westport, Lincoln, Maine; m. 7 JUN 1799, Edgecomb, John Heal b: 2 SEP 1779, Edgecomb
6. Peter Dunton, b: 26 MAY 1780, Woolwich, Lincoln, Maine; d. 21 NOV 1848, Westport, E; m. 8 NOV 1804, Boothbay, ME, Sarah Pierce b: 17 FEB 1775, Monhegan Island, Lincoln, Maine
7. Isaac Dunton, b: SEP 1786, Hope, Knox, Maine; m. 26 SEP 1807, Edgecomb, ME, Abigail Smith

Burial: Jacob Dunton Cemetery, Westport, Lincoln County, Maine

Inscription: Lt. John Dunton 1736-1808 SAR (Son of the American Revolution)

Note: Previous recording of burial

Notes

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dunton/genealogy/Dunton/d0001/g0000...

[NI0211] John was commissioned a Lieutenant in May 1776 and was on the Bagaduce expedition in Maine during the Revolutionary War. The Dunton's later settled on Jeremymasquam Island, now Westport. On April 3, 1809 their heirs sold their interests in John's homestead to their brother Peter.

John is buried in Dunton East Shore Cemetery, Westport, Maine. "Maine soldier Spouse Abigail Walker" on his tombstone. Source: Michael L. Dunton, Molalla, Oregon.

Dunton Family Settlement at Squam Creek –Westport Island’s Earliest Permanent Settler Family? February 22, 2021

https://westportisland.us/images/site/body-images/Dunton_Family.pdf Page 4-5

John - John and his wife, Abigail Walker of Woolwich, settled on 130 acres just south of his father Timothy’s land and just north of his brother, Joseph (and later John Hodgdon), where he remained his entire life. John served as a first lieutenant in Captain Thomas Hodgdon’s company (2nd Edgecomb Company) in the Revolutionary War and participated in the Penobscot Expedition.

After the death of Abigail Walker, he married Abigail Heal of Georgetown. John and his wives had 14 children to raise at his farm.

Upon his death in 1808, his wife Abigail didn’t have the means to run the farm. His neighbor and friend, John Hodgdon, offered to buy a part of his land and Abigail’s share in the house in exchange for a “life estate” in the home until her death.

John further agreed to provide:
• One cow each spring for milk and meat
• Part (one third) of the house and barn to live in and store hay and produce
• $4 per year for expanses

Abagail continued to live in her home and was provided support until her death in 1814.

Upon her death, the land and her son’s share of the home went to Peter Dunton then to Andrew Dunton, who combined it with the land he was given from his grandfather, Timothy

References

• Robert Wylie Family History - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=coyote1&i... (dead link) cites
  • 1. Church of the Latter-day Saints Vital Records, Filmed by the Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, FamilySearch.org
  • 2. Rootsweb's WorldConnect Project; www.rootsweb.com "Millions and millions of trees to climb".
  • 3. Dunton Genealogy Title: Phil Dunton, Dunton Genealogy Note: PhilDunton@. Dunton.com
  • Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), Dunton, John of Jeremisquam Island and Abigail Heal of Gtown, 6 Sep 1774. -
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63333666
• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~dunton/genealogy/Dunton/d0001/g0000...
• https://georgetownhistoricalsociety.org/genealogy/getperson.php?per... cites

1. [S1742] Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 34 (Reliability: 3), 3 Jun 2012. Dunton, John
2. [S1807] Find A Grave, Find-A-Grave (Reliability: 3), 11 Jan 2015. Name: Lieut John Dunton Birth Date: 1736 Westport, Lincoln, Maine Death Date: 10 Oct 1808 Westport, Lincoln, ME Cemetery: Jacob Dunton Cemetery Burial Place: Westport, Lincoln, Maine
3. [S1742] Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 34 (Reliability: 3), 3 Jun 2012.
4. Dunton, John of Jeremisquam Island and Abigail Walker of Woolwich, 11 Dec 1760.
5. [S1742] Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 183 (Reliability: 3), 11 Jan 2015. Walker, Abigail of Woolwich and John Dunton of Jeremisquam Island, 11 Dec 1760.
6. [S1742] Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 34 (Reliability: 3), 27 Jun 2012. Dunton, John of Jeremisquam Island and Abigail Heal of Gtown, 6 Sep 1774.
7. [S1742] Georgetown Marriages Vol 2, Mary Pelham Hill, (Maine Historical Society 1943), 59 (Reliability: 3), 11 Jan 2015. Heal, Abigail of Gtown and John Dunton of Jeremisquam Island, 6 Sep 1774