Jonas Sutton (1721 - 1797)

Born 18 Apr 1721 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Sutton — married about 1744 in New Jersey [uncertain]

Husband of Elizabeth (Runyan) Sutton — married 22 Sep 1764 in Seventh Day Baptist Church, Piscataway, Nj

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1797 at age 75 in Sand Brook, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Jonas Sutton performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

Birth

Jonas Sutton was born on 18 April 1721 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey to Richard Sutton (1676-1732) and Sarah Runyon (1686-after 1736). He was the eighth of ten children.

Siblings

All children born in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.

1. Sarah Sutton born 31 December 1703. She married Joseph Manning (about 1703-1762) in 1722.
2. Anna Sutton born 20 May 1706. She married Hendrick Sleight (1704-1787) in 1741 in Sussex County, New York. Anna died in 1787 in Newton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA.
3. Nathan Sutton born 16 August 1708. He died in 1733 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey.
4. Richard Sutton Jr. born 14 February 1711. He died in March 1768 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey.
5. Peter Sutton born 2 May 1713. He died in 1740 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.
6. Catherine Sutton born 24 January 1716.
7. Joshua Sutton born 18 November 1718. He died on 2 October 1821 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA.
8. Amos Sutton born 16 July 1723. He married Jane Clawson (1728-1758) before 1750.
9. Jasper Sutton (who is sometimes misnamed Joseph due to one historian mislabeling him) born 15 August 1726. ^[1]

Marriages and Families

Jonas married twice. Nothing is known of the first wife.

1) Unknown Unknown (died before 1764).

2) Elizabeth Runyan ^{[2] [3]} Elizabeth was his first cousin.

It is not certain which of the children, in some instances, are from which mother. Below are the children generally seen for each woman, but it does vary.

Children of the Sutton-Unknown Marriage

1. Prudence Sutton born about 1745 in New Jersey. ^[4]She married Powell Hoff (about 1747-1816). ^[5] Prudence died in 1830 in York County, South Carolina, USA.
2. John Sutton born 25 July 1748 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He married Dinah Bonham (1756-1810) on 8 December 1773 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. John died on 20 October 1795 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA. His dates are in the family Bible which was held by Mrs. Witfield Taylor of Lockdown in 1935 when the Rowland book was published.
3. Jonathan Sutton born about 1753 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey. He married 1) Mary Irvin (1761-1807) and 2) Mary Campbell (1784-1873). Jonathan died on 20 May 1818 in York, York, South Carolina, USA.
4. William Sutton born before 1764 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

Children of the Sutton-Runyon Marriage

1. Amos Sutton born about 1765 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey. He married Jane Robbins (1765-1834). Amos died about 1828 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
2. Jonas Sutton Jr. born after 1766.
3. Nathan Sutton born 1767.
4. Sarah Sutton
5. Joshua Sutton born about 1780 in New Jersey.

Will, abstract

Will of Jonas Sutton of Amwell Twp, Hunterdon Co dated 25 March 1797 Wife Elizabeth, what movables pleaseth her to keep; also use of lands jointly with son Amos, while widow. Son, Amos, remainder of personal and all real; he paying legacies. Daughter, Prudence £120. Sons, Jonathan, and Jonas each £120. Son, Nathan £75. To grandchildren (children of William), £120 to be divided bet, when of age, except Elizabeth. Grandchildren (children of John) £120 divided between the, when of age. Grandchildren (children of daughter Sarah) £120 when of age except the son who appears not to have common sense. Grandson, Joshua (son of son Jonas) £120 when 21. Executor - son Amos. Wits. Joseph Lequear, George Trout and Adam Bellis, Jr. Proved 11 Nov 1797 ^[6][7]

Death and Burial

Jonas died aft 25 March 1797 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA at the age of 75. Buried at the family farm burial ground. His tombstone says J.S. 1797 age 76. Jonas Sutton (1721 - 1797) Find A Grave Memorial# 99949044 ^[8]

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 25, 2019), "Record of SUTTON, JONAS", Ancestor # A111358.
• Sutton, E. F.. Genealogical notes of the Sutton family of New Jersey. New York: T.A. Wright, 1900.
• Piscataway Register of Births (found in Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 3rd Series, Vol. 3, page 16 for births of children.)
• Monnette, Orra Eugene. "First Settlers of ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, olde East New Jersey, 1664-1714". Los Angeles, CA: The Leroy Carman Press, 1930.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #99949044
• Rowland, Olive Barrick,. An ancestral chart and handbook : genealogical notes of the Sutton and Rittenhouse families of Hunterdon County, New Jersey : with Mattison, Bonham, Fuller, and Fox connections, and some record of the Barrick and Shepherd families. Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1935.
• 1764 New Jersey Compiled Census and Census Substitutes in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey.
• New Jersey Marriage Records. Vol. XXII, Page 364.
• New Jersey Abstract of Wills. Vol. XXXVIII, page 358 on 25 March 1797. Will mentions wife and some children of both marriages.

Footnotes

1. ↑ 2 different dates have been seen for the death of Jasper Sutton: 1762 in Georgia and 1781 in South Carolina.
2. ↑ Her name is spelled in many different ways, but I've always seen it as the same as her father Runyon.
3. ↑ (1731-?) on 22 September 1764 in Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey in the Seventh Day Baptist Church.
4. ↑ Sutton, EF says maybe child of second wife; however if dates of husband and children are considered, it looks more like the 1745 date which would be the first wife.
5. ↑ 1810 Census for Powell Huff says 1 male 45+ and 1 female 45+ and some think this means they were born about 1765, but 45+ doesn't mean that, she could also be 65 and it wouldn't show. The 1820 census for her says the same 45+ age. She has a child, Amos in 1775; so she wouldn't have been 10 at his birth.
6. ↑ New Jersey Wills Lib. 37, p. 171.
7. ↑ New Jersey Abstract of Wills. Vol. XXXVIII, page 358 on 25 March 1797.
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=99949044

Acknowledgements

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