Giles
Dayton
Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Isaac Dayton Jr.
and Elizabeth (Todd) Dayton
Brother of
Rebecca Dayton, Elizabeth (Dayton) Doolittle, Rebecca (Dayton) Gilbert, Israel Dayton, Sarah (Dayton) English, Hannah (Dayton) Jacobs, Isaac Dayton, Michael Dayton, Deborah (Dayton) Mansfield, Jonathan Dayton and Charity (Dayton) Tuttle
Husband of
Mary (Bishop) Dayton
— married
14 Jun 1757 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Isaac Dayton, Elizabeth (Dayton) French, Isaac Dayton, Freeman Dayton, Gershom Dayton, Pluymert Dayton, Giles Dayton and Hannah (Dayton) Bruce
Died
at age 86
in Blandford, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2015
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Biography
Private Giles Dayton served with 5th Battalion, Col. William Douglas, Wadsworth's Brigade, Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Giles Dayton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A207316.
Giles Dayton was born [1] 20 Feb 1732.
Giles Dayton m. June 14, 1757 Mary Bishop
Sources
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD] Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981 [originally] Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 3, p 529.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Bulkeley Genealogy (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1933) Page 494
- Howell, George Rogers. The Early History of Southampton, L. I., New York, with Genealogies, 2nd ed. (Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany, 1887) Page 233
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. Two James Bishops of New Haven, Conn., The American Genealogist (1949) Vol. 25, Page 208
- Todd, John. The Todd Family in America (Gazette Printing Co., Northampton, Mass, 1920) Page 32
- Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut, April 21, 1818)
- Died, At Blanford, (Ms.) on the 6th inst. Mr. Giles Dayton, aged 87.
- "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3Z3-M?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 426 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
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- Deane Dayton
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