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The copy of the will I send you is
in pencil but I guess you can
make it out all right. Little
attention was paid to spelling then.
You will see that Catharine
Abigail and Abraham are in both
of your families as names--

As to who are the ancestors
of Henry Dayton who made this will,
I will tell you what I can--

The Daytons have been
longer in this country than
you evidently have any idea--

Ralph Dayton Born about 1598
is the first settler I find--He was
living in New Haven in 1638, one of
the very first settlers. He lived there
until 1649 when he removed to
East Hampton Long Island and
lived their till he died, one of the
leading inhabitants in wealth and influence.

He had at least 2 children, and
I have some traces pointing to another.
One of his sons was named Robert
and he remained at East Hampton