David
Dayton
Born in Connecticut, United States of America
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Dayton
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Hannah Dayton, Stephen Dayton [half], Mary Dayton [half], Elizabeth Dayton [half], Jemima Dayton [half], Lucy Dayton [half], Sarah Dayton [half], Jonah Dayton [half], Clarissa Dayton [half], Eliza Dayton [half] and Gideon Close Dayton [half]
Husband of
Deborah (Purdy) Dayton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Purdy) Dayton
— married
about 1839 in Connecticut, United States of America
Descendants 
Father of
John Dayton, Mary Jane (Dayton) Golden, Calvin Dayton, Joseph P Dayton, William Augustus Dayton, Phebe Ann (Dayton) Lent, Abigail L Dayton, Sarah Elizabeth (Dayton) Schreve, Gilbert Sullivan Dayton and Charles Edward Dayton
Died
at about age 65
in Round Hill, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Dec 2012
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Biography
According to C.N. Dayton (the genealogist), David Dayton lived in the Quaker section of Round Hill, CT. As a youth, David ran away from home due to "injustice and unkind treatment" according to his son, Gilbert Sullivan Dayton. David was a wall layer and farm laborer.
1860 census shows household of David Dayton (age 63) in Greenwich Township, Conn, including wife Sally (46) and children Elizabeth (15), Gilbert (10) and Charles (9).
Sources
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHRS-42Z : 30 December 2015), David Dayton, 1860.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~3.12%
Dana Dayton
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