Abraham Sutliff (1610 - 1656)

Born 1610 in Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 1656 at about age 46 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

In 1656 Abraham Sutliff Jr. was elected constable of Scituate, Massachusetts and took the oath of office at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1657. He was probably acquainted as a lad in Yorkshire, with John Plympton of Dedham, Medfield, and Deerfield, Massachusetts. (Note Nathaniel Sutliff Sr. married Hannah Plympton.) ^[1]

The male children of Abraham Jr. excepting Abraham III, each in early manhood migrated to help establish new settlements. Nathaniel went to Dedham and Medfield; another son went a little further south and stopped at Rehoboth, while Thomas and probably another son went by way of Dedham, Medfield, Rehoboth and Rhode Island to the new settlement at Branford, Connecticut on the sound. This other brother is supposed to have remained in Rhode Island and established a branch of the family.

Research Notes

23 Feb 2016 - Possible that Abraham Sutliff Jr. had another son by the name of Branford.

1538 - 1975 England Birth and Christening Record lists christening date for Abraham as 23 Feb 1612 in York, England, father listed as Abraham Sutclyff.

Sources

1. ↑ Sutliff: Page 29

• Sutliff, Samuel Milton. A History of the American and Puritanical Family of Sutliff or Sutliffe, Spelled Sutcliffe in England (Kelmscott Press, Downers Grove, Ill., 1909)