Samuel Dalton Sr.
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Samuel Dalton Sr. (1699 - 1805)

Samuel "Mayo Sam" Dalton Sr.
Born in Mayo River, North Carolina, British Colonial Americamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1735 in Williamsburg, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 106 in Rockingham Co., North Carolinamap
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Biography

Daughters of the American Revolution
Samuel Dalton Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A029422.

Recognized by DAR as an American Revolutionary War Patriot. WARNING: there is no proof that Samuel DALTON's wife was Ann Dandridge REDD; it is merely a tradition that has been long accepted, possibly encouraged by her supposed connection to the wife of George WASHINGTON.

Husband: Samuel DALTON I
Birth: 24 Mar 1698/9, Albemarle Co., VA
Death: 29 Dec 1804 or 9 Dec 1805, Rockingham Co., MD
Parents: various sets of parents have been proposed by secondary sources, but none have been proven.

There was a historic family of Daltons, whose record runs through the annals of North Carolina from the period of early colonial settlement.[1]

The origin of Samuel Dalton is unknown in spite of numerous and long standing efforts to discover his parents and place of birth. His earliest known appearance in Virginia occurs in 1734 when he purchased a tract of 4 00 acres in Hanover County from John Dowell. Prior to that date, his name is not found in any source, including the parish records of Gloucester, New Kent, or Hanover Counties. The tract of land he purchased from John Dowell lay between Priddy's Creek and Wolf Trap Creek in the northeastern corner of present Albemarle County, Virginia. It was not technically in Albemarle until this corner of the county was separated from Louisa County in 1761. Before that, records for Samuel Dalton are found in Hanover County, Goochland County, and Louisa County - the progression of county formation on this early frontier of Virginia.[2]

Samuel Dalton is an approved patriot ancestor with the Daughters of the American Revolution.[3] Although he was elderly and did not fight in the military, he is credited with paying for some goods and services on behalf of the patriot army.

Samuel Dalton's life spanned over three centuries. He is said to have been born in 1699 in Albemarle County, VA and died in Rockingham County, NC on 29 December 1805. He was 106 years of age. In 1736 he married Ann "Nancy" Reed, daughter of Thomas Reed. Ann was born in 1718 in Virginia and died in Rockingham County, NC in 1800. She was 82. An alternate name sometimes given is Ann Dandridge Redd, Albemarle, VA, daughter of George Redd and Ann Dandridge.

Samuel Dalton was the son of William Dalton (a descendant of Count de Alton, who went from Normandy with William the Conqueror). Samuel Dalton and James Madison were intimate friends and both were members of the Love Land Company which invested extensively in lands in Western Virginia and North Carolina. He moved to Georgia but later returned to Virginia.

He was known as "Samuel of Mayo", because he owned land on the Mayo River in Rockingham Co., NC. He was the wealthiest man in all the Piedmont region of Virginia and North Carolina. In his later years he was said to travel solely by foot. He had developed an aversion to riding horses or carriages.

He raised a large family of children and lived there in patriarchal state until the advanced age of 106 years.[1]

Samuel Dalton, Sr. died December 29, 1805 in Stokes County, North Carolina at the home of his daughter, Letitia Dalton Moore. A hand carved tombstone once marked his grave but has long since disappeared.


For a time Samuel Dalton lived near the home of the elder James Madison in Virginia[1] and had much to do with the family. When Samuel Dalton left Albemarle County, Virginia, he first settled in Georgia on the present site of Savannah. However, finding the climate unhealthy and the Indians troublesome, he decided to move his family back to Virginia.

Family tradition tells that on his return, he passed a charming and healthy looking place on the Mayo River which is now in Rockingham County, North Carolina, located ten miles above the junction of the Mayo and Dan Rivers. He determined to settle there and soon acquired several tracts of land along the river and became a well-to-do farmer and raised a large family and acquired a large number of slaves. He built a large frame house overlooking the Mayo River and the splendid scenery beyond.[1]

He was said to be active and erect as long as he lived. In his later days, he walked usually with his hands clutched behind him. For many years before his death, he refused to ride on horseback or in a vehicle and sometimes during this period he walked five miles to visit a son who lived on Beaver Island Creek. He and his wife, Ann Dandridge Redd were the parents of at least nine children.[4]

Name

Name: Samuel Dalton[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Birth

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1699[13]
Place: Albermarle, Virginia, United States[5][10][6][8][9][11]
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1698
Place: Mayo River, Stokes, North Carolina, United States[13]
Birth Date: ABT 1692
Place: Yorkshire England
Birth Date: 24 Mar 1699
Place: Mayo River, Stokes, North Carolina, United States
Found multiple copies of BIRTH DATE. Using 24 Mar 1699

Residence

Residence Place: United States[9]
Residence: 1800 Salisbury, Rockingham, North Carolina[7]
Residence: 1790 Rockingham, North Carolina, United States[14]

Note

Note: family links and history
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=8fb277c3-87c3-4774-ad53-2b1abb604a59&tid=29961448&pid=358
Note: Samuel Dalton #3
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=93f1ed59-eadf-485f-81e6-78787a7f8bb5&tid=29961448&pid=358
Note: Sam Dalton Will
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=fa32317c-2191-408a-871a-866396ba1999&tid=29961448&pid=358
Note: Samuel Dalton
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=9a827e97-e196-4c16-b2fa-bd67e06055d6&tid=29961448&pid=358

Marriage

Husband: Samuel Dalton
Wife: Ann Nancy Dandridge Redd[13]
Children; .[2]
  1. David Dalton
  2. William Dalton born 1736 in Lived in, Albemarle Co., Virginia; died May 1819 in Will Probated; married Rachel Harris Abt. 1759.
  3. William Dalton
  4. Samuel Dalton jr born 1738 in Live in, Rockingham, North Carolina; died 1790 in Beaver Island, Virginia; married Charlotte Gallihue September 22, 1767
  5. David Dalton born 1740 in Albemarle, Virginia; died June 1820 in Will Probated, Stokes, North Carolina; married (1) Susan Davis; married (2) Eleanor Goode Martin December 30, 1812.
  6. Letitia Letty Dalton born March 15, 1741/42 in Louisa, Virginia; died February 22, 1838 in Stokes, North Carolina; married Mathew P Moore 1757
  7. Charles Robert Dalton born 1744 in Campbell, Virginia.
  8. Rachel Dalton born 1746; died 1836; married William Peters Martin
  9. Mary "Polly" Ann Dalton born 1748 in Lived in, Patrick Co., Virginia; died December 28, 1841 in Patrick, Virginia; married ArcheLaus Hughes September 25, 1769
  10. John Dalton born 1749 in Campbell, North Carolina.
  11. Ann Nancy Dalton born 1752; died 1791; married Adonijah Harbour August 23, 1768
  12. Sarah Matilda Dalton born March 12, 1754; died September 17, 18 41 in , Patrick, Virginia; married Jonathon Hanby, Captain April 06, 17 69 in Guilford, North Carolina
  13. Letitia Wells Dalton b. 1756 Augusta Co, VA. m. 17 Nov. 1794 Robert RENICK. She died 27 Sept. 1834 in Greenbrier Co. (W)Va
  14. Virginia "Jenny" Dalton, born 1755 in Orange, North Carolina; married David Hanby February 12, 1771.
  15. Jane Virginia Iona Dalton born 1751 in Orange, North Carolina; married Joseph Winston, Colonel March 24, 1769
  16. Robert Dalton, born Abt. 1758.
Note: There are two Letitia Daltons married to two different people: still trying to resolve
Marriage Date: 1740
Place: Williamsburg, York, Virginia, United States[5][8]
Marriage Date: 1735
Place: Williamsburg, York, Virginia, United States[12][8]
Marriage Date: 1734
Place: VA

Death

Death Date: 29 Dec 1805[13]
Place: Mayo, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States[9][11]
Death Date: 1802
Place: Mayo, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States[8]
Burial:
Moore Family Cemetery/Snow Creek [13]
Stokes County, North Carolina, USA[13]

Sources

[5][12][7][14][10][6][8][9][11]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Excerpt from The History of North Carolina, Volume 6
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dalton Databank: A Dalton Family From Yorkshire, England Comes to America. Researched, complied and edited by Rodney G. Dalton.
  3. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 25, 2022), "Record of Samuel Dalton", Ancestor # A029422.
  4. Excerpts taken from Early Families of the NC Counties of Rockingham and Stokes with Revolutionary Service. Compiled by historian, Linda C. Vernon.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Family Data Collection - Marriages Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. US and International Marriages: Samuel Dalton Birth date: 1699 Birth place:
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Online publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. - Provo, UT, USA.American Biographical Index: Samuel Dalton Birth date: 1699 Birth place: Eng, Virginia .
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 1800 US Federal Census: Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Ancestry.com: Online publicationAncestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. - Provo, UT, USA. Year: 1800; Census Place: Salisbury, Rockingham, North Carolina; Roll: 1800 US Federal Census: Samuel Dalton Residence date: 1800 Residence place: Salisbury, Rockingham, North Carolina.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000 Birth year: 1699; Birth city: Mayodan; Birth state: NC. Note: [Samuel Dalton Birth date: 1699 Birth place: Mayodan, Rockingham, NC Death date: 1802 Death place:
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls . Ancestry.com: Online publication - Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Provo, UT, USA Samuel Dalton Birth date: 1699 Birth place: Death date: 1805 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 * Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Samuel Dalton Birth date: 24 March 1698 Birth place: VA, USA.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Ancestry.com: Online publication Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. - Provo, UT, USA.Millennium File: Samuel Dalton Birth date: 1699 Birth place: Mayodan, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA Death date: 1802 Death place:
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Edmund West-Family Data Collections-Marriages: Samuel Dalton Marriage date: 1735 Marriage place: Williamsburg, VA.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 FindAGrave: ]https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80148011 Samuel Dalton Sr: Memorial ID: 80148011] Created by: Joyce Ann Mize. Record added: Nov 09, 2011. Last accessed Sept 9, 2017.
  14. 14.0 14.1 1790 United States Federal Census. First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA. Year: 1790; Census Place: , Rockingham, North Carolina; Roll: 1790 US Federal Census: Samuel Dalton Residence date: 1790 Residence place: Rockingham, North Carolina, United States.

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Dalton-693 created through the import of My Ancerstors.ged on Jul 2, 2011 by Mike Snider.
  • WikiTree profile Dalton-1467 created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Vicki and others.




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13. Leticia Wells Dalton b. 1756 Augusta Co, VA. m. 17 Nov. 1794 Robert RENICK. She died 27 Sept. 1834 in Greenbrier Co. (W)Va. "The Renicks of Greenbrier" by B. F. Harlow, Jr. pub. 1951 p. 33 records marriage and the nine children of this marriage; her parents are not given. Ancestry.com public trees give Samuel Dalton and Ann Dandridge w/o sources. Leticia and Robert Renick were my 3rd grt grdparents. Margaret Mason Engelhardt
Samuel Dalton is the 5th Great Grandfather of Vicki Norman

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