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(7 Feb 1624 - 6 Jul 1690)
Samuel seems to have roamed about considerably in his youth. In 1645 he was in New Haven with his father, but in 1646 he had "but latly come to towne." Possibly he had been with the Bakers in Milford, or with relatives elswhere, for a few months. He clearly left New Haven before his father did (1650), for between 1646 when he was living in New Haven and 1648 when he settled in Southampton, he had been living in Flushing, Long Island. On 6 May 1648, the Town of Southampton "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 where he last lived at Flushing, and do demeane himself well heare for ye time of approbation namely six months next to come." Samuel probably married soon after settling in Southampton in 1648. On 12 Sep 1653, his wife, name not mentioned, was sued for slander by Thomas Vail for 40 pounds, and four days later a jury gave the plaintiff 3 pounds damage with cost of Court. In 1658 Samuel received by his father's will the property which Ralph had at North Sea. However, in 1659 he sold the property, except for the house and lot, to John Scott. On 28 Dec 1663, amuel Dayton of North Sea, cordwainer, sold to Jonathan King of Boston his house and home lot at North Sea, the sale to be void if Dayton should pay King 17 pounds before the first of the following December. This of course was a mortgage, and corwainer was an old term for shoemaker, showing that Samuel had followed his father's trade. However, the sale of all but his house and home lot in 1659, and the mortgage of the latter in 1663, followed by apprenticing out two of his boys the next year, indicate he was not prosperous. In addition to not being prosperous and having a family of six boys and possibly a girl or two as well, Samuel had probably lost his wife by 1664 when the two younger boys were apprenticed, for on 14 May 1666 he obtained a license to ma rry one Mary Dingle. Presumptively, the marriage took place, although no proof has been seen that it did. The name Dingle has not been found at that period on Long Island, but in Hempstead a family appears whose name is variously spelled Dingee, Dinge, and Dingey; and the spelling of Dingee could easily be misread as Dingle, so perhaps Mary's real name was Dingee(Dingey). Where Samuel lived after selling his North Sea house in 1666 and before purchasing one in Setauket is not known, but on 8 May 1668 he bought a home lot from Richard Smith at Setauket, a village than in Brookhaven. It may be believed that Samuel became more prosperous after settling in Setauket, and certainly he was more prominent, being at one time Constable and at another Overseer with Mr. Richard Woodhull. He was often commissioned to treat with the Indians. It was very probably because of his whaling business that Samuel removed from Setauket to the Neck which bears his name in the early records. Mott's or Osborn's Brook along the eastern boundary of Bellport is still referred to as "Dayton Run" and "Dayton's Brook." In 1681 and 1685, the Neck was called "West Hampton," very probably because of Samuel's association with Southampton, but the name was never adopted. It was on this Neck that he died, 5 Jul 1690, the day after he gave a deed for the property to his last wife and after her death to go to his two daughters by her.
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| Birth | 7 Feb 1624 | Ashford, Kent, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Christen | 7 Feb 1624 | Ashford, Kent, England | | | |
| Immigration | 1639 | British America | | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1669 | Elisabeth HARVEY |  | | |
| Burial | Jul 1690 | New York | | | |
| Death | 6 Jul 1690 | Long Island, New York, British Colonial America | | | |
| Will | 19 Nov 1691 | By the Honorable Col. William Smith Judge of their Matyes Prerogative Court within ye County of Suffolk on Long Island in ye Province of N. York in America. To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that whereas Samuel Dayton11 " Samuel Dayton was son of Ralph Dayton of Easthampton. and came to Brookhaven in 1655. On May S,1663, he purchased a home lot of Richard Smith at Setaukcet. Many of his descendants remain in Brookhaven and neighboring towns. " Dayton's Creek," on the south side of the island, was named from him. It is east of Bellport and now called " Osborn's Creek." 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 & confidence in you Ralph Dayton abovesd have nominated constituted & appointed & and by these presents do constitute & appoint you Ralph Dayton abovesd administrator of all and singular the goods chattels & credits of the 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 s*" 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 said 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 befor - Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States | | | |
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