| Father | Andrew Dunton (b. 1598) |
| Son | William Dunton (b. between 1654 and 1660, d. before 28 May 1709) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Dunton (b. circa 1655) |
| Son | Elias Dunton (b. 1664, d. 1734) |
| Son | Thomas Dunton (b. circa 1665, d. before 17 May 1720) |
| Son | John Dunton+ (b. about 1668, d. before 18 May 1720) |
| Son | Joseph Dunton (b. 1673, d. before 1724) |
| Son | Benjamin Dunton (b. 1695, d. 13 March 1743) |
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| Relationship | 8th great-grandfather of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott 10th great-grandfather of Isaac Silas Vaughn 10th great-grandfather of Katherine Gilstrap Scott 10th great-grandfather of Joseph Ryland Scott 10th great-grandfather of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott 10th great-grandfather of Orly Marie Vaughn 10th great-grandfather of Avital Catherine Vaughn |
| Birth | September 1628 | Thomas Dunton, Sr., was born in September 1628 in Accomack, Virginia, United StatesBGO.1,2 |
| Arrival | 1647 | He arrived in 1647 in Virginia, United StatesBGO.3 |
| Arrival | 1653 | He arrived in 1653 in Virginia, United StatesBGO.4 |
| Marriage | about 1654 | He and Elizabeth Cocke were married about 1654. |
| Land Purchased | 1663 | He bought land in 1663 at tract N57BG in Bridgetown, Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. It was in this year that John Cole sold 300 acres of tract N57 to Thomas Dunton.5 |
| Land Purchased | 1668 | He bought land in 1668 at tract N57BG in Bridgetown, Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. It was in this year that Arthur & Rhose Armitradeinge sold his eastern 300 acres of tract N57 to Thomas Dunton. That part, together with another patent to Dunton merged with it, will be treated as N58, while the old Nuthall-Armitradeinge 300 acres to the westward is the subject of N57.5 |
| Land Patented | 1671 | He patented land in 1671 in Bridgetown, Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. It was in this year that a patent was granted to Thomas Dunton for 600 acres. This is described as being the 300 acres granted to John Vines an assigned, together with 300 acres of new land to the eastward. The former must have been the same property as covered by the Williams-Armitradeinge patents in tract N57, to which is 1668 Arthur Armitradeinge had also given a clear title to Thomas Dunton.5 |
| Land Sold | 1679 | He sold land in 1679 in Cedar Grove, Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. It was in this year that Thomas Dunton sold 200 acres to William Kendall. He said he had bought it from Thomas Moore who may have obtained it from Andrew Jacob, but it was the same 200 acres which had already been patented by Edmund Scarburgh and Kendall.6 |
| Anecdote | 28 March 1687 | He was shown as my father-in-law Thomas Dunton in the will of John Smothers, wife Elizabeth, dated 28 Mar 1687 in N'hamp Co, VA.1 |
| Will - Witnessed | 4 January 1687/88 | He witnessed a will on 4 January 1687/88 in Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. It was on this date that Thomas Dunton, Thomas Wood and Robert Clark witnessed the will of Michael Rickards. When the will was proved on 28 May 1688 he was shown as Thomas Dunton Sr.7 |
| Heir - Named As | 19 March 1688 | He made a will on 19 March 1688 in Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. He was shown as Thomas Dunton Sr. in the verbal will of David Thomas and was given 4 hogshead of tobacco due from John Greene, Richard DuParks, John Baker and William Sterlinge.8 |
| Death | 1695 | He died in 1695 at age ~67 in Accomack, Virginia, United StatesBGO.2 |
| Land Given | 1695 | He deeded land as a gift in 1695 in Bridgetown, Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. It was in this year that Thomas Dunton made a composite deed of gift, to take effect upon his death, for an equal division of the 600 acres among his five sons: Thomas, William, John, Benjamin and Joseph. In the document he made reference to the division lines which he had discussed with the sons, but unfortunately those lines were not in the deed so the exact division is uncertain except that the home part was to go his son Thomas. Three of the portions, except for a small part which went out of the family, were soon aborbed by the other two.5 |
| Last Edited | 11 November 2017 |