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Samuel Dayton, (i) ^>^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}
Abt 1624 - 1690

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  Birth	Abt 1623/4	Kent, England   [4, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	7 Feb 1623/4	Ashford (St. Mary's Church) , Kent, England   [4, 6, 7]
  Living	1645/6	New Haven, CT   [4]
  Living	Bef 1648	Flushing, Queens (modern county), NY   [4, 7, 8]
  Living	1648	Southampton, Suffolk, NY   [4, 9]
  	He was accepted as an inhabitant of Southampton on 6 May 1648.
  Living	1658	North Sea, Southold, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  Possessions	1664	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [10, 11, 12]
  	acquired lot no. 13
  	Address: the first division of lots in the Old Purchase at South
  	In 1664, immediately following the purchase of a large tract of land "at South" from the Natives by the inhabitants of Brookhaven Town, NY, (then settled in Setauket), the land along the Great South Bay was divided into forty-nine lots of about fifteen acres each. These lots were numbered from east to west, starting at the Connecticut River (now known as the Carman's River). These lots were valued by the settlers on the North Shore for their meadows and abundant salt hay. Lots 1-32 were in Fire Place (now known as Brookhaven Hamlet), and lots 33-49 were in what is now know as the Village of Bellport. These lots were all low-lying, usually marshy, and contained little if any upland. They would have been generally not especially suitable for settlement. Since Samuel Dayton acquired lot 13, it would appear to have been too far east to have been on what later became known as Dayton's Neck or West Fire Place. While Samuel Dayton is recorded in the Town of Brookhaven records as one of those who acquired a lot, Osborne Shaw, Brookhaven Town Historian (1933), suggests that he did not actually take possession of the lot. An explanation may be that he had not yet been accepted as an inhabitant of Brookhaven or otherwise did not meet the requirements for a share. However, he must have had some connection with the Town to have been included in the drawing. Later, when he had been accepted as a proprietor of the Town of Brookhaven, the Town, in 1678, granted him a forty acre lot and other property on what was to become known as Dayton's Neck.
  Misc	Abt 1668	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	was accepted as a full proprietor of the Town
  Residence	8 May 1668	Setauket, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [4]
  	bought a home lot from Richard Smith
  Living	1675	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [13]
  Occupation	cordwainer (shoemaker) and, with his son Abraham, was said to have engaged in whaling  [4, 7]
  Possessions	13 Sep 1678	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [14, 15]
  	acquired 40 acres "laid out to him by the Town in lieu of some other land he did not get in a former allotment"
  	Address: Dayton's Neck
  	It is uncertain what was the meaning of "in lieu of some other land he did not get in a former allotment." The former allotment could be the 15 acre meadow lot no. 13 distributed in 1664 at the time of the "Old Purchase at South," which is what Osborne Shaw seems to indicate (see reference). While this entry in the Town record would seem to indicate that Samuel had a significant connection to the Town in 1664, he was perhaps ineligible to actually receive the meadow lot because he was not yet formally a "proprietor." Dayton's Neck is the neck of land immediately to the east of the Mott's Creek (roughly the eastern boundary of the modern Village of Bellport, NY). At the same time as the 40 acre allotment, he also received an allotment of land near the Tar Men's house on Tar Men's Neck—the small neck to the east of Dayton's Neck, between Dayton's Neck and Fire Place Neck.
  Possessions	13 Sep 1678	Setauket (probably), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [16]
  	gave it to his son Isaac
  	Address: rear of his home lot
  Residence	Aft 1678	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	Address: Dayton's Neck, also known as West Fire Place
  	The Dayton family is usually considered to be the first permanent European settler on the south shore of the Town of Brookhaven in the Bellport Village/Brookhaven Hamlet area. Just where his house stood is not known, but it probably was somewhere in the vicinity of Clam Hollow (the name of the hollow east of the George Washington Lodge property, perhaps about 269-299 South Country Road), possibly even nearer to Bellport. He may thus properly be claimed by both communities.  The boundary line between the old school districts, and modern fire and postal districts is at Bellhaven road (formerly known as the Hollow Road*), the western part of Dayton's Neck can be considered to be in Bellport and the eastern portion in Brookhaven. * Hollow road is not at "Clam Hollow," but is another, perhaps what is sometimes called Otter or Skunk hollow to the west.
  Possessions	4 Jul 1690	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [17, 18, 19]
  	the day before he died, deeded his land to his two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth, with the proviso that his wife was to have it during her lifetime,
  Died	5 Jul 1690	{Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [1, 4, 6, 20]
  	Many sources suggest that he died at Long Island City, Queens, NY, which is not substantiated and seems very unlikely. He was know to be living "at South" on Dayton's Neck in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY on Long Island. It is an example of sloppy research being perpetuated to multiple databases.
  Notes	Samuel Dayton, born in England, immigrated to New England with his parents and other family members in the first half of the 17th century. They apparently soon migrated to the New Haven colony, then to east end of Long Island—living for a while in Southampton, East Hampton (particularly brother Robert), and Southold (with perhaps brief sojourns elsewhere), before Samuel and family settling in the Town of Brookhaven more or less permanently, first in the founding settlement of Setauket on the north shore in 1668, then as perhaps the first permanent European settler on the south shore on Dayton's Neck in the Fire Place/Bellport area in 1678. The exact location of this homestead is unknown; some suggest it was somewhat easterly of modern Bellhaven road, but it could have been closer to the Village of Bellport. That the homestead was in the easterly portion of the neck is also suggested by the granting by the Town of a portion of Tarmen's Neck Just before his death, he deeded to two of his daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth, the Dayton's Neck property, with the proviso that his wife was to have it during her lifetime. These daughters no doubt married (their descendents have not yet been traced). The property did not remain long in the Dayton family; Elias Bayles owned it sometime after 24 Feb 1714/5. Samuel Dayton's sons removed to Connecticut and the New Haven colony, where they and there descendants had large families and were prominent in the towns of the colony, especially New Haven, North Haven and Wallingford. The Dayton family name seems to have largely disappeared from the local Bellport/Brookhaven area.
  Person ID	I14412	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Ralph Dayton, >,   b. 1598, England ,   d. Between 25 Jul 1658 and 22 Sep 1658, {North Sea, Southold, Suffolk, NY}
  Mother	Alice Goldhatch, >,   b. Abt 1587, Ashford, Kent, England ,   d. Bef 1655
  Married	16 Jun 1617	Ashford, Kent, England
  Family ID	F5282	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Medlen [Dayton], >,   b. Abt 1623–1626, Southampton, Suffolk, NY ,   d. Abt 1664–1666
  Married	Abt 1648	{Southampton, Suffolk, NY}   [4, 7, 21]
  	Medlen was said to have been of the Montauk tribe who Samuel met while trading and translating with the natives. Some have said that her surname was Harcre or Harker. Some suggest that she was given a Christian name of Wilhelmina by the Dutch. Some suggest she was born in England. They are said to have had ten children, one of whom drowned in the Long Island Sound at the age of twelve years. Some record a marriage date of 12 Sep 1654, which suggests that this would have been his second marriage, not his first. No source reference for this date has been found; it seems unlikely. Some record that the marriage took place in Southaven, Livingston, NY. This is unlikely. Modern Livingston County is in Western New York State, which at this time would have been unsettled by Europeans. No reference to a Southaven has been found in modern Livingston County.
  Children	1. Ralph Dayton, <,   b. Abt 1649,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Samuel Dayton, (ii) <,   b. Abt 1651,   d. Between 1677 and 1680   3. Abraham Dayton, ^,   b. 1653–6, {North Sea, Southold, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. Aft 21 Jun 1726   4. Isaac Dayton, (i) <>,   b. 10 Sep 1664, New Haven, CT ,   d. Between 1715 and 1722, New Haven, CT   5. Jacob Dayton, <,   b. Abt 1657,   d. 1705, Cape May Co., NJ   6. Caleb Dayton, <,   b. Abt Dec 1659,   d. 4 Oct 1688, Southhampton, Suffolk, NY   7. Daniel Dayton, <,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Robert Dayton, <,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5279	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Dingle, ^,   d. PRHPS 1668
  Married	Abt 14 May 1666	Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [22, 23]
  	The marriage license was said to have been granted in the Town of Brookhaven, suggesting that the marriage took place there.
  Family ID	F5278	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Harvey, ^
  Married	1669–1670
  Children	1. Sarah Dayton, ^,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth Dayton, ^,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5280	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents		Map Showing Location of Dayton's and Tar Men's Necks The approximate boundaries of the two necks is overlaid on a modern map of the area.
  		1678 Dayton & Tar Men's Necks This map indicates the approximate boundaries of Dayton's Neck and Tar Men's Neck,* Hamlet of Brookhaven, Brookhaven Town, Suffolk County, NY. It is overlaid on a modern map of the area. In 1678, Samuel Dayton received a grant of forty acres from the Town of Brookhaven on what was to become known as Dayton's Neck. He also received a portion of the small neck known as Tar Men's Neck. Dayton's Neck is located between Mott's Creek, the eastern boundary of the Village of Bellport, and a small marshy hollow known as Clam Hollow. He moved his family from his home lot in the founding community of Setauket, on the north shore, to his new homestead on the south shore. While the exact location of this homestead is not known, some suggest that it was near the site of the George Washington Lodge on South Country Road. He and his family are generally considered to have been the first permanent European settlers in the Bellport/Brookhaven area. At the same time, the Town also granted Samuel Dayton an allotment of land near the apparently by then abandoned Tar Men's house on Tar Men's Neck—the small neck to the east of Dayton's Neck, between Dayton's Neck and Fire Place Neck. This house was apparently a temporary dwelling used by workers who harvested pitch pine sap used in the production of turpentine and lubricants. Tar Men's Neck is located between Clam Hollow on the west and Beaver Dam Creek on the east. * Broadly speaking, a neck of land is a narrow piece of land that comes out of a wider part, usually synonymous with an isthmus. On Long Island, especially along the south shore, land parcels were frequently defined as being "necks," their east-west boundaries being small bays, streams or swamps flowing into the larger southern bay.

  
  

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  [S96] Shaw, Osborn: History of Brookhaven Hamlet, p. 5. http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/OsborneShawP5.htm. Dayton's Neck is the next neck to the west.  It lies between the Head-of-the Neck and the Bay and from Fire Place Creek on the east to Dayton's or Osborn's Brook on the west.  It was in later years sometimes called West Fire Place.  The neck was named after Samuel Dayton who on 13 Sept. 1678, had 40 acres laid out to him by the Town in lieu of some other land he did not get in a former allotment.  At the same time he received "another adition of land aloyning to it of the nor est corner from a lot that was part munces where the tarr mens hous stoode", hence it is evident that Samuel Dayton owned a part of both Tar-men's Neck and the neck that bore his name.  However, he did not own the fifteen acre lots with their adjoining meadow shares which extended also along the south of his neck as they did along the south of fire Place Neck as I have previously told you.  Dayton came from Southampton to Setauket and finally removed to his neck here on the South Side, probably about 1678 and from an entry in Book B of the town records, it appears that he gave the name of "West Hampton" to some part of the section.  On 4 July 1690, the day before he died, he deeded his land to his two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth, with the proviso that his wife was to have it during her lifetime.  He was probably the first white man to live in this section.  Just where his house stood is not known, but it probably was somewhere in the vicinity of Clam Hollow, (which some of you may not know is the name of the hollow east of the George Washington property), possibly even nearer to Bellport and he may thus properly be claimed by both villages.  As the Bellport School District and Fire District boundary line is at Arter's or the Hollow Road, the western part of Dayton's Neck is consequently in Bellport. [S241] Long Island Genealogy: Surname Database, http://longislandsurnames.com/search.php?mybool=AND&nr=50&tree=-x--all--x-&mylastname=dayton&lnqualify=contains&myfirstname=samuel&fnqualify=contains&mydeathyear=1690&dyqualify=. Samuel Dayton is said to have been the first white resident of Bellport,LI, NY then called Ashford. While this source indicates that he was the first European resident of Bellport, NY, more properly he should be considered the first European resident of Brookhaven hamlet. At the time of his residency, both future communities were very sparsely settled. His homestead was situated on the "neck" of land along the Great South Bay which became known a Dayton's Neck. The neck is the next neck eastward of the section then known as Occumbomock, which was to become the village of Bellport. I find no source that indicates that Bellport was ever known as "Ashford." On the other hand, the original settlement of what was to become the Town of Brookhaven, situated on the Long Island Sound on the north shore of Long Island, was sometimes called Ashford, but more frequently was called by it native name, Setauket. While Samuel Dayton apparently resided for a while in Setauket, he was far from being an original founder of that community. [S894] Ancestry.com, Pearce Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12419681/person/27664074. [S921] Ancestry.com: Samuel Dayton Biography, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2064295/person/-1865664339/story/f8da66bc-0c24-467a-8d6c-315eed259d91?src=search. [S922] WMGS: Schirado, Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26547&tree=Schirado. In 1645 Samuel was in New Haven with his father. He lived briefly in Flushing, LI, before he settled in Southampton, where, on 6 May 1648, the town “ordered that Samuel Dayton shall be accepted as an Inhabitant, & hath A fifty pound lot granted unto him provided the said Samuel (being a stranger to us) weare of good approbation in ye place wehre he last lived at Flushing, and do demeane himself well heare for ye time of approbation namely six months next to come.” Several accounts of the early Daytons mention a fourth wife “Wilhemina,” by tradition an Indian, but Jacobus could not find evidence for her. [S241] Long Island Genealogy: Surname Database, http://longislandsurnames.com/search.php?mybool=AND&nr=50&tree=-x--all--x-&mylastname=dayton&lnqualify=contains&myfirstname=samuel&fnqualify=contains&mydeathyear=1690&dyqualify=. [S922] WMGS: Schirado, Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26547&tree=Schirado. [S974] Southhampton Town Records, First Book, 1639-1660, pp 49-50 (page 52 of original records). PAGE 52 By the towne May ye 6th 1648 ....lt is further ordered that Samuel Dayton shall be accepted as an lnhabitant & hath A fifty pound lot granted vnto him provided the said Samuel (being a stranger to vs) weare of good approbation in ye place where he last lived at Fleshing, and do demeane himselfe well heare for ye time of approbation namely six months next to come. [S974] Southhampton Town Records, First Book, 1639-1660, p. 56 (p. 63 of original volume). Samuel Dayton is listed among the twenty-six "tounsmen" of the Town of Southampton May 10, 1649. Immediately preceding this list is a list of sixteen "perfect freemen" inhabiting the Town March 8, 1649. Those named in the freeman list do not appear in the townsmen list, and visa versa. My understanding is that freeman had the privilege of voting in town affairs, and of holding office, while townsmen had merely been granted the privilege of residency. But I caution I am not an authority on this. [S96] Shaw, Osborn: History of Brookhaven Hamlet, p. 5. [S527] Brookhaven Town Records: 1798-1856, http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/RecordsTownOfBrookhaven/Page0010.htm. While Samuel Dayton was awarded parcel 13, which were chosen by lot, it appears that he never took possession of it. Speculation is that he did not meet some requirement of the Town. It was not until 1668 that he was accepted as a full proprietor. Later (1678), he was granted a forty acre parcel, "in lieu of some other land he did not get in a former allotment." Most assume the "former allotment" was of the meadow lot. [S921] Ancestry.com: Samuel Dayton Biography, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2064295/person/-1865664339/story/f8da66bc-0c24-467a-8d6c-315eed259d91?src=search. "On leaving Southampton, Samuel went to Matinecock, NY where in 1666 he did not fulfill the town requirements for land. He apparently contemplated going to Killingworth, Conn. where four lots had been assigned him before 19 Apr 1667. He was still of Matinecock when he obtained a license to marry Mary Dingle of Brookhaven, NY 14 May 1667." The location "Matinecock, NY" in this account is confusing. Mattinecock is in the Town of Oyster Bay, in modern Nassau County. While the first permanent European settlers in this region were from New England about 1640, the new settlements were in disputed territory claimed by the Dutch as part of New Amsterdam. In 1664, the English effectively gained control of New Amsterdam, Long Island, and the New York Province. In 1667 the settlement at Oyster Bay received its charter from the new English governor of New York, becoming the Town of Oyster Bay. While it is possible that Samuel Dayton sought to establish a presence in Oyster Bay about 1667, it seems more likely that the writer confused the locality name Matinecock with Mattituck which is in Southold on the North Fork of Long Island where the Dayton family was known to have lived and have had property interests. [S922] WMGS: Schirado, Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I30987&tree=Schirado. Abraham appears with his father [Samuel] on the Brookhaven rate list of 1675, and he again appears in 1681.  [S96] Shaw, Osborn: History of Brookhaven Hamlet, p. 5, also p. 2. http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/OsborneShawP5.htm. p. 5 Dayton's Neck is the next neck to the west.  It lies between the Head-of-the Neck and the Bay and from Fire Place Creek on the east to Dayton's or Osborn's Brook on the west.  It was in later years sometimes called West Fire Place.  The neck was named after Samuel Dayton who on 13 Sept. 1678, had 40 acres laid out to him by the Town in lieu of some other land he did not get in a former allotment.  At the same time he received "another adition of land aloyning to it of the nor est corner from a lot that was part munces where the tarr mens hous stoode", hence it is evident that Samuel Dayton owned a part of both Tar-men's Neck and the neck that bore his name.  However, he did not own the fifteen acre lots with their adjoining meadow shares which extended also along the south of his neck as they did along the south of fire Place Neck as I have previously told you.  Dayton came from Southampton to Setauket and finally removed to his neck here on the South Side, probably about 1678 and from an entry in Book B of the town records, it appears that he gave the name of "West Hampton" to some part of the section.  On 4 July 1690, the day before he died, he deeded his land to his two daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth, with the proviso that his wife was to have it during her lifetime.  He was probably the first white man to live in this section.  Just where his house stood is not known, but it probably was somewhere in the vicinity of Clam Hollow, (which some of you may not know is the name of the hollow east of the George Washington property), possibly even nearer to Bellport and he may thus properly be claimed by both villages.  As the Bellport School District and Fire District boundary line is at Arter's or the Hollow Road, the western part of Dayton's Neck is consequently in Bellport. p. 2 ... Francis Muncy "before he died", exchanged his meadow share at the Fire Place with Samuel Dayton for the meadow at Sebomack (near Smith Point). [Francis Muncy received lot 22 of the original distribution of meadow shares "at South." If Sebomack was "near Smith Point" as suggested by Shaw, then it likely was not included in the original distribution of shares "at South." ] 24 May 1676, Samuel Dayton sells to William Rogers of Southampton, his parcels of meadow "lying on the west of the brook by the fire place" [i.e., Beaver Dam Creek] that he got by the trade with Francis Muncy. [S417] Brookhaven Town Records: Book A., p. 58. 13 Sep____1678 Samuel Dayton had forty acres of Land laid out at the South in the Neck now Called Daytons Neck Running from River to River excepting the Meadows that is laid out by Mr Woodhull as also another addition of land adjoyning to it of the Northeast Corner from a lot that was part Muncys where the tarr mens house Stood from the River to his former lot and So South wards of what lands and Swamps there is Excepting Meadow laid out this was for what was wanting of a lot laid out Number 13 adjoyning to Zakery hawkins lot. We can be thankful that today's grammatical conventions make it much easier to parse the meaning of paragraphs. Most historians, including former Brookhaven Town historian Osborne Shaw, have interpreted this entry in the Brookhaven Town records to mean the Samuel Dayton acquired from the Town forty acres on the necks (Dayton's and Tar Men's necks) defined by the creek now known as Motts creek on the west (essentially the eastern boundary of the Village of Bellport) to Beaver Dam creek on the east, excepting out the meadow lots and their upland portions along the Great South Bay that had been previously granted to other Town proprietors. Since the meadow/upland lots would have stretch from the Great South Bay to approximately modern South Country road, Daytons grant was likely north of South Country road. See also http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/HNDistrictsInventoryForm.aspx?InventoryCode=Br15.2-S [S417] Brookhaven Town Records: Book A., p. 58. Samuel Dayton has given unto his Son, Isaac Dayton a piece of land that is of the Rear of his home lot lying eastward as it is Staked out by Andrew Miller and Walter Malven and the land is given for part of his portion lying in the Town. This entry in the records of the Town of Brookhaven immediately follows the entry for the forty acres acquired by Samuel "at South"( that is, on Dayton and Tar Men's necks). That it was "given for part of his portion lying in the Town" suggests that it was done to meet some requirement imposed by the Town upon Samuel enabling him to acquire the forty acres at South. [S96] Shaw, Osborn: History of Brookhaven Hamlet, P. 5, http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/OsborneShaw.htm. [S418] History of Long Island: Ross, LI Ref 974.721 R-LI-4., Volume 2, p. 267. Samuel Dayton, Sr., gives to his wife Elizabeth "and my two daughters which God has given me by her, viz Sarah and Elizabeth. All my now dwelling house, and all land and meadows thereto belonging, that I have upon this Neck which was laid out to me, with the swamp, and also serveral parcels of land which I have purchased. To my said wife for life and then to my two daughters, that they may be incouraged to be loving and helpful to their mother." This is dated "at my dwelling house in Brookhaven South July 4, 1690." Witness, Jonathan Rose, Jane Rose, Samuel Terrill. Samuel Dayton was the first settler in Bellport. [S214] Brookhaven Town Records, up to 1800, http://historical.library.cornell.edu:80/Dienst/UI., p. 103. February 24, 1714. Then Laide to Elias Bayles, upon his request, the Land formerly granted by the towne to Samuel Dayton, att the South, in a neck called Dayton's Neck, the Home land where Dayton formerly lived, extending west to Dayton's Run [now known as Mott's Creek], and from said home land extending East to east side of Tarmen's Neck, leaving a sufficient Waye to the medows in said Neck next to ye Bever dam River.* * Dayton's Neck, West Fireplace from Beaver Dam to Osborn's Brook. The Meadow with 15 acres of upland each share, was laid out before. [Note by Compiler, the Brookhaven Town Clerk.] What is not entirely clear from this entry in the Town Records is whether the land included in the former Dayton parcel conveyed here to Elias Bayles in 1714 included the meadow shares and associated 15 acres of upland that had been long before (1664) been variously granted to town proprietors. The 13 Sep 1678 grant to Samuel Dayton of forty acres on Dayton's Neck and Tarman's Neck clearly excluded these meadow lots. Since these meadow lots and their upland component extend approximately to modern South Country road, the forty acres granted in 1678 likely was land north of South Country road, at least on the Dayton's Neck portion. It is also noted that Samuel Dayton deeded to his daughters Sarah and Elizabeth all his lands on Dayton's and Tarmen's Necks shortly before his death. This entry in the Town records may be intended to confirm for the record Bayles' ownership. [S927] Early Long Island wills of Suffolk county, pp. 55-57. By the Honoble Col. William Smith Judge of their Matyes Perogative Court within the County of Suffolk on Long Island in ye Province of N. York in America.  To all whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that whereas Samuel Dayton late of Brookhaven in ye County of Suffolk abovesd Husbandman departed this life the fifth day of July Anno Dom 1690 leaving no Executor & Ralph Dayton ye eldest son of the deceased for certain causes him thereunto justly moving hath prayed that ye administration of the goods & chattels of ye sd deceased may be granted unto him ye sd Ralph Dayton—I therefore by virtue of ye power & authority to me given reposing special trust and confidence in you Ralph Dayton abovesd have nominated constituted & appointed & and be these presents do constitute & appoint you Ralph Dayton abovesd administrator of all and singular goods & chattels & credits of sd Samuel Dayton deceased with full power to ask receive demand & recover all & singular ye goods chattels & credits whatsoever to ye deceased aforesd belonging or in anywise appertaining by all lawful ways and means whatsoever in the first place paying those debts whereby sd deceased stood obliged in ye time of his death as far as ye lawful goods & credits of ye sd deceased may to this Extend, you taking your oath truly to administer the same and to make or Cause to be made a true & perfect inventory of all & singular the goods & chattels debts rights & credits to ye sd deceased belonging which shall or may come to your hands possession or knowledge & further to give a just & true account in & concerning the sd administration before me or such Judge or Judges as may be thereunto appointed at or before the first day of June next ensuing the date hereof.  Witness my hand & seal at Brookhaven this nineteen day of November Anno Dom. 1691 William Smith Thomas Helme Cler. [S894] Ancestry.com, Pearce Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12419681/person/27664075. [S921] Ancestry.com: Samuel Dayton Biography, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/2064295/person/-1865664339/story/f8da66bc-0c24-467a-8d6c-315eed259d91?src=search. Abt 14 May 1667 [S922] WMGS: Schirado, Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I33136&tree=Schirado. 14 May 1666 (license)