Abraham Dayton, born Abt. 1656 in Southhamton ?; died Aft. June 21, 1726 in Brookhaven, Long Island, New York; married (1) Mary Beardsley Bef. 1684; died Bef. 1696; married (2) Katherine Abt. 1698.
Notes for Abraham Dayton:
"Abraham married first his stepsister Mary. His father, Samuel Dayton, had married about 1669 Mary's mother, Elizabeth (Harvey) Beardsley. Abraham appears with his father on the Brookhaven rate list of 1675, and he again appears in 1681. In 1693 he was Trustee of the town. On 12 May 1696 he gave his son Caleb Daighton, then aged 8 years and 5 months, to Mr William Rawlinson and Mist^t Jane Rawlinson his wife, living in Stratford, until Caleb arrive at the age of 21, they to treat him in all respects "as if y^e said Caleb was there own natural child."
