Seventh Generation

116. Beulah WHITMARSH was born on 9 August 1780 in Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^36,42,66,67

Dear Ms. Bernhardt,
I noticed your excellent family tree posted on RootsWeb. I have a question about Beulah Whitmarsh, daughter of Benjamin Whitmarsh & Mary Fish. You show Beulah as born 9 August 1780. Do you happen to know where you got that birthdate?
My g-g-g-grandmother Beulah Whitmarsh Dutton is listed in the Dutton family Bible as born 9 December 1780. I certainly could have miscopied the date 40 years ago when I saw the Bible. I'm wondering if the two Beulahs aren't one and the same, since your Beulah had two sisters---Nancy and Abigail---who ended up in the same area of New York state as my Beulah. Here's my data on my Beulah and her husband Samuel Dutton. Thank you! steven coulter, RSVPR@aol.com
The earliest known ancestor of our Dutton clan was Samuel Dutton, born 11 Sept 1775; died 9 Oct 1815, age 40, probably at Cazenovia, Madison County, New York; married 27 Feb 1801 to Beulah Whitmarsh, b. 9 Dec 1780; died 8 May 1851 at Cazenovia, NY. Col. Samuel Dutton, his wife Beulah, and their daughter Elcena are buried in the Cazenovia South Cemetery, located on Number Nine Road, about two miles south of the village of Cazenovia, NY. Col. Samuel Dutton was reportedly buried with Masonic honors. In 1834, Beulah Dutton joined the 1st Presbyterian Church of Cazenovia, of which her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Murdock, was already a member, having joined in 1827.
In 1790, this beautiful region was unoccupied by white men. In 1793, Cazenovia was founded, on the south edge of a lake that was also named Cazenovia. In 1806, this part of Chenango County became Madison County. Chenango County had been formed in 1798 from Herkimer & Tioga Counties. The 1800 Federal census of the town of Cazenovia lists one Dutton household, the head of which was Samuel: 2 males aged 16-24; 1 female aged 16-24. Since Samuel didn't marry Beulah until 1801, I'm guessing a younger brother and sister may have been living with him. The 1805 tax list of Cazenovia lists one Dutton: Samuel, with real estate valued at $548, on which the tax due was $1.59. In 1810, Samuel served as a juror. In his militia service, Samuel was promoted to Lieutenant in 1804; 2nd Major in 1806; Major in 1810; & Lieutenant Colonel in 1812. In the War of 1812, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Dutton commanded the 2nd Regiment of the New York state militia; in fact, this group was known as "Samuel Dutton's Regiment." The only other Dutton listed on that military roster as being from Cazenovia was Private Robert Dutton of the 2nd Regiment; I'm guessing Robert may have been a younger brother of Samuel. Other muster rolls for the War of 1812 list a Lieutenant Justin Dutton in Adam's Regiment, New York Volunteers. In 1808, Samuel had named a son Justin (our ancestor), so this namesake may have been a close relative of Samuel's.
Samuel Dutton was only 40 when he died on 9 Oct 1815, the year after the War of 1812 ended. I would suggest perhaps his health had been broken by his service in the war. He wrote a will on 20 Sept 1815, leaving half his estate to his wife Beulah, and the other half to his children, who are not named. At his death, he left seven children, aged 1 to 13:
1. Harriet Dutton b. 1 Jan 1802; d. 18 Aug 1840, age 38; m. 22 Feb 1823 to Otis Murdock
2. Elcena Dutton b. 21 Jan 1804; d. 29 June 1827 at Cazenovia, NY, age 23 of a fractured skull when she was thrown from an overturning wagon
3. Joseph S. Dutton b. 8 Oct 1805; listed as a farmer and head of household in the 1840 census of Dundee Township, Monroe County, Michigan; no further record
4. JUSTIN B. W. DUTTON (our ancestor) b. 5 Apr 1808 in New York; d. 24 Aug 1861 at Dundee, Michigan of Bright's disease; buried with his wife in Oak Grove Cemetery south of Dundee at the corner of Dixon & Summerfield Roads. Justin married 4 Feb 1838 at Dundee to widow Julia Ann (Remer) Roof, born 1806 in New Jersey; d. 20 May 1893, probably at Dundee. They had one daughter Julia Ann, and four sons-all of whom served in the Civil War from Michigan: JOHN CLINTON, Warren J., Joseph Samuel, & Nelson. Julia's first husband was J.C. Roof, who I believe was the namesake for our Great-Grandfather, John Clinton Dutton.
5. Rassalous T. Dutton b. 22 Feb 1810 in New York; d. 8 Dec 1876 of consumption (tuberculosis) at Dundee, Michigan; farmer. At age 64, he married on 28 Feb 1874 at Dundee to widow Mary B. (Van Vleet ) Miller, b. 1823; d. 1908; buried Oak Grove Cemetery south of Dundee.
6. Emiline Dutton b. 18 Jan 1812; d. 12 July 1840; m. 21 Feb 1833 to a Mr. Perry; no further record
7. Mary Jennett Dutton b. 26 March 1814; m. 10 July 1835; no further record
I don't know when the youngest daughter, Mary Jennett, died; but note the other three daughters all died before their mother's death in 1851, at the age of 70. By then, the three sons had all migrated west to Michigan; so let's hope Beulah's youngest child was still living in or near Cazenovia to care for the mother, who was widowed for over 35 years. Would that Time could tell us how she managed to raise seven children by herself in a frontier village in northwestern New York state. We come from hardy stock!
Compiled 22 Sept 2001 Steven Coulter, 1058-56th St, Des Moines, IA 50311-2246;email:RSVPR@aol.com
She died in 1851 at the age of 71.⁶⁷

Beulah WHITMARSH and Samuel DUTTON were married in 1801.⁶⁸ Samuel DUTTON was born (date unknown).

Beulah WHITMARSH and Samuel DUTTON had the following children: