| George Sutton migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 604) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
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Robert Sutton (abt.1587-abt.1687) and Mary (Austen) Sutton (abt.1585-) have been suggested as parents for George. A George Sutton was christened 27 Dec 1607 in Biddenden, Kent, England; his father's name was Robert Sutton. The alias "Baldock" originally seen on father Robert's profile comes from this christening showing Robert as "alias Baldock" or something similar. The original register image on findmypast.co.uk is clearly readable showing this alias. Interestingly, the christening is written twice, once with the alias and once without, 2 lines apart.[1] At present there are no sources to confirm this christening was for the George of this profile. Further sources are needed to firm up the relationship. This is why the parents are set to "uncertain" status.
George Sutton was born about 1612 (birth year based on date of marriage).
Having received a certificate of conformity from his minister, and taken the oath of allegiance and supremacy, he migrated on the Hercules of Sandwich; John Witherley, master;[2] being was one of seven servants in the household of Nathaniel Tilden, who later became his father in law.[3] Nathaniel Tilden was of Sandwich, co. Kent, England.[4] He was probably closely related to Simon Sutton who was also a passenger on the Hercules and a servant of William Hatch.
On March 13, 1636/7 he married Sarah Tilden, daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Huckstep. Their children were:
He became a planter who first resided at Scituate where he took the Oath of Fidelity on January 15, 1644/5; was constable on June 1, 1647 and on the list of men able to bear arms in 1643.
He had some knowledge of Virginia in 1654 since another passenger on the Hercules, William Hatch, son of the immigrant William Hatch made his will on September 13, 1653 indicating this description, "of Scittuate...being upon a journey to Verginia." George Sutton was one of the witnesses to this will.[6]
In 1668 he moved to North Carolina with most of his family.[4] He may have been a Quaker or had Quaker tendencies since he has no Plymouth Colony records during a time (after 1654) when Quaker activities were on the rise in that area; additionally some of his descendants were Quakers in North Carolina.
Virginia had been populated mostly by Anglicans and they were not as hard on Quakers as the Puritans of New England. The parts of northern North Carolina when open for settlement, received Quakers along with other Virginia immigrants. An early Quaker meeting house was built on "Sutton's Creek, called such because it bordered lands of George Sutton and his sons.[4]
George Sutton died at Perquimans Count, North Carolina on April 12, 1669.
On May 23, 1673, Joseph Sutton of Carolina testified that "...in the year 1671, my mother Sarah Sutton did receive in Carralinah from the hands of Caleb Lamb the sum of five pounds in English goods sent with a bill of lading, which five pounds was in full of a legacy given by my grandfather Mr. Timothy Hatherley and paid or sent by my uncle Mr. Joseph Tilden's execuitrix."
Sarah Sutton's mother, Lydia Tilden married Timothy Hatherley after the death of her husband Nathaniel Tilden.[4]
George Sutton's widow Sarah (Tilden) Sutton died at Perquitmans County, North Carolina on March 20, 1677. I am not convinced that George had 4 half brothers. However, I don't feel qualified to thorougly check this out. There appears to be some questionable data re Robert Ambrose Sutton's marriage(s)..?
The authors of "Sutton Family", Whitcomb and French, included William and Daniel as sons of George Sutton.[4] R. C. Anderson in "The Great Migration" found no record to connect these men to George Sutton. E.F. Sutton makes a very strong argument for including Daniel and William as sons of George Sutton.[7] With so much room for discussion, these two children should remain attached for now.
Nicholas Sutton (1638-) has been connected with George Sutton but no sources can be found for the existence of any Nicholas Sutton in Massachusetts Bay during the time George Sutton lived there. John Sutton (1650-1692) has been connected with George Sutton but no birth records can be found. John's birth estimated from other records would be very close to the births of George's three daughters. NEGHR and two Sutton Geneologies do not mention John as a possible son.[4][7][8]
Unless otherwise cited, this biography is based on "Great Migration", sketch of George Sutton.
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A George Sutton does appear in town records included in a history of Huntington, Suffolk, NY referenced in a 1668 land deed. Sutton apparently was in possession of land in Huntington and it was "alienated" from him to James "MIels" of Virginia. What date George lived there wasn't specified (somebody else was selling the land in 1668) but the connection is interesting. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/279669/?offset=0#page=140&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Sutton And on 27 May 1666 on page 86 of the same book there is reference to land that was previously Sutton's so it seems that may have been the date by which he had moved to Virginia. Likely the same land since the same names of James Miels and Jonas Wood are in both entries.
edited by Brad Stauf
It would be best to post a G2G question about William's parentage before removing him. If the consensus is to remove him, then further information about William, and edits to this bio concerning William need to be made.
edited by Edgar Richardson
Please Remove Nicholas Sutton (1638-) and John Sutton (1650-1692) as children of George Sutton, they are not mentioned in any sources connecting them to George Sutton and there does not appear to be any controversy about disconnecting them from this profile.
Please leave William and Daniel attached as children, they are included in older NEGHR articles. This source makes (Genealogical notes of the Sutton family of New Jersey; Sutton, E. F.; 1900 New York : T.A. Wright page 110 viewed at https://archive.org/details/genealogicalnote00sutt/page/n111/mode/2up?q=Daniel May 21, 1021) makes a very strong argument for keeping them connected to George Sutton.
Bill's point, and he is right, is that we have nothing specific to connect the Suttons of Biddendent, Kent with the Suttons of Plymouth Colony. We don't want to fall into the "name's the same" trap. We have some circumstantial evidence (Nathaniel Tilden was also from Kent) and the sons of Robert Sutton were likely poor as they were all 19 or less when both Robert and his wife died and they don't appear in court records or land deeds that I can find so traveling as servants is consistent.
Right now we show Simon and George as sons of Robert AND as the early immigrants to PC but we really can't prove that both those are correct nor that the PC immigrants actually were brothers. That, I think was Bill's point.
I've looked for other Kent christentings (A George "Setten" appears in 1607 in nearby Goudhurst but no brother Simon) on findmypast, familysearch, ancestry and I've looked for other records of the family in national and county archives (England) that are digitized and come up empty. I didn't expand the search to England-wide because then we are back to the old problem of randomly finding christenings throughout the country that happen to match a particular name and it's a huge time-sink. I'm not planning on a G2G query at this point, if Edgar or somebody else would like to head one up and respond to it that's fine, I've put enough hours into this family at this point for my satisfaction.
Siblings: Only 1 listed was found in my research - Simon. Anderson says they were probably closely related, but not that they were siblings.
Children: Anderson lists only 5 that lived beyond childhood. He says specifically that John was a son of John Sutton, not George. Other - Nicholas, I found no source for him. Two others listed by NEHGR, but not Anderson are Daniel and William (see biography) In the data, should they be kept attached as children?
Comments... thanks.
Such an interesting case...Looks like George could also be added to the Quaker project.
edited by M Cole
Anybody have a source for the other brothers who are listed on this profile? If not, they will need to be detached, with appropriate statements on the profiles of those affected.
Reactions? Objections? Opinions?
Does anyone have a source for the parents? If not, they will need to be detached with appropriate notation on all the profiles affected.
Anderson in Great Migration does not include parents for this immigrant.
see here: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-vi-r-s/image?pageName=604
Objections to detaching parents?
The following don't belong with this family and will be detached: John Sutton-81 John Sutton-5619 Daniel Sutton-1591 William Sutton-79 Nicholas Sutton-1592.
Objections? comments?
I'll keep everything below a double horizontal line. Write a new bio based on Great Migration. Then include any well-sourced additional information from below double line into the new biography.
Hope this works for everyone.
I'm going to remove my note from the biography, so if someone else can pick this up - Wonderful.
If not, perhaps there is another PGM volunteer genealogist, who has access to Great Migration, could upgrade the profile & bio. Bio needs to be consolidated, based on GM, with inline citations.
Thanks