Jonathan Dayton performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.
Jonathan Dayton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A030976.
Jonathan Dayton DAR Ancestor #: A030976. Patriotic Service as member of the committee of vigilance in Elizabethtown, New Jersey as per Hatfield, History of Elizabethtown, New Jersey page 412. His birth: 1701 East Hampton, Suffolk, New York; his death: 10-5-1776 Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey. Spouse(s): 1) Mary ___ X 2) Patience ___ X 3) Elizabeth Hull. Children listed on record: Elias who m Elizabeth Bailey, Phebe who m. Uriah Hedges, Robert who m. Mary Owen. DAR Patriot Index accessed 1 Sep 2018. [1]
Estate
Intestate. 1 Nov 1778 Admin Keturah Dayton, Elias Dayton, Jonathan J Dayton.
Liber 16 p 522. [2] Admin Elias Dayton 31 Aug 1786. Liber 20 page 417.
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Burial
Stone reads: "AS THE TREE FALLS SO IT LIES SACRED to the Memory of Mr Jonathan Dayton who departed this Life October ye 4th 1776 in the LXXVI Year of
his Age." [4]
Sources
↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 1 Sep 2018), "Record of Jonathan Dayton", Ancestor # A030976.Meehan-411
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DNA Connections
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