Michael Dayton, (i) <>

1722 - 1776  (54 years)

• Name	Michael Dayton  [1]
  Suffix	(i) <>
  Birth	4 Jun 1722	New Haven, CT   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Sep 1776	Watertown, Litchfield, CT   [2]
  Person ID	I14343	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Isaac Dayton, Jr,   b. Abt 1684   d. 30 Dec 1756, North Haven, New Haven, CT (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Todd, >,   b. 12 Feb 1690, Quinnipiac, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States d. 30 Mar 1752, North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	29 Dec 1708	New Haven, CT   [3]
  Family ID	F5969	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mehitable Doolittle, >,   b. 28 Sep 1726, Wallingford, New Haven, CT d. 9 Jul 1813, Watertown, Litchfield, CT (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	29 Jan 1746/7  [4]
  Children	1. Charles Dayton, <>,   b. 3 Nov 1747, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 22 Jun 1834, Watertown, Litchfield, CT (Age 86 years)   2. David Dayton, (i) <,   b. 23 Jul 1749, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 4 Nov 1828, Burton, Geauga, OH (Age 79 years)   3. Miriam Dayton, <,   b. 26 Jan 1751, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 2 Jan 1823, Wallingford, New Haven, CT (Age 71 years)   4. Michael Dayton, (ii) <,   b. 11 Sep 1752, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 10 Feb 1805, Watertown, Litchfield, CT (Age 52 years)   5. Justus Dayton, (i) <,   b. 9 Jun 1754, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. Abt 1825, Oxford or Coventry, Chenango, NY (Age 70 years)   6. Mehitabel Dayton, <,   b. 11 Sep 1756, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 5 Oct 1842 (Age 86 years)   7. Lowly Dayton, <,   b. 21 Mar 1758, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 30 Jan 1830 (Age 71 years)   8. Elizabeth Dayton, <,   b. 16 Sep 1759, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 1840 (Age 80 years)   9. Isaac Dayton, (i) <,   b. 30 May 1761, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. Nov 1812, Harpersfield, Delaware, NY (Age 51 years)   10. Samuel Dayton, <,   b. 27 Sep 1762, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 31 Jan 1828, Watertown, Litchfield, CT (Age 65 years)   11. Lyman Dayton, (i) <,   b. 27 Aug 1764, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 6 Jun 1811, Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 46 years)   12. Olive Dayton, <,   b. 6 Feb 1766, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. Yes, date unknown   13. Abel Dayton, <,   b. 15 Apr 1768, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 15 Jul 1853, Harpersfield, Delaware, NY (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F6218	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26512&tree=Schirado. Michael was an early member of the Westbury parish (later Watertown) of Waterbury. He served as a captain in the Connecticut troops during the Revolution. Michael was commissioned Ensign ot the 2nd Co. in Waterbury, May 1772; and Capt. of the 7th Co., 10th Regt., Oct 1774. Mention made Oct 1776 that Westbury society in Waterbury ( i.e. Watertown) was lately under command of Capt. Michael Dayton deceased. He was in the Revolutionary army, was taken sick in New York with camp distemper and returned home where he died.  [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26512&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; 22 October 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26246&tree=Schirado. [S1044] Genealogy information submitted to WMGS by Bobbi Schirado, "Tree: Schirado," members database, Western Michigan Genealogical Society, (http://trees.wmgs.org/index.php: accessed ), ., Accessed; November 2011; http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I26525&tree=Schirado. While this source indicated that Michael Dayton and Mehitable Doolittle were married in Waterbury, MA, it seems possible that this was a typographical error. No Waterbury, MA could be found in a modern atlas. Waterbury, CT is near to Watertown, CT, where the family resided.