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Dayton family of Elizabeth, New Jersey

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  Elias Dayton (1737-1807) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J., May 1, 1737. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1791-92, 1794-96; mayor of Elizabethtown, N.J., 1795-1805. Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J., October 22, 1807 (age 70 years, 174 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J.
  Relatives: Father of Jonathan Dayton.
  Political family: Dayton family of Elizabeth, New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Jonathan Dayton (1760-1824) — of Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J., October 16, 1760. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1786-87, 1790, 1814-15; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1787-89; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1791-99; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1795-99; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1799-1805. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. Arrested in 1807 on charges of conspiring with Aaron Burr in treasonable projects; gave bail and was released, but never brought to trial. Died in Elizabethtown, Essex County (now Elizabeth, Union County), N.J., October 9, 1824 (age 63 years, 359 days). Entombed at St. John's Churchyard, Elizabeth, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Elias Dayton; distant relative *** of William Lewis Dayton.
  Political family: Dayton family of Elizabeth, New Jersey.
  The city of Dayton, Ohio, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Lewis Dayton (1807-1864) — also known as William L. Dayton — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N.J., February 17, 1807. Lawyer; member of New Jersey State Council, 1837; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1838; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1842-51; Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1856; New Jersey state attorney general, 1857-61; U.S. Minister to France, 1861-64, died in office 1864. Died in France, December 1, 1864 (age 57 years, 288 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Joel Dayton; father of William Lewis Dayton Jr.; distant relative *** of Jonathan Dayton.
  Political family: Dayton family of Elizabeth, New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  William Lewis Dayton Jr. (1839-1897) — also known as William L. Dayton — of New Jersey. Born in 1839. U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1882-85. Died in 1897 (age about 58 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Lewis Dayton.
  Political family: Dayton family of Elizabeth, New Jersey.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
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