Uriah Sutton (1741 - 1840)

Ancestors Descendants

Biography

Uriah was born in 1741. He passed away in 1840. ^[1]

He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. He was present at the Battles of Monmouth, Watsessing, and Connecticut Farms. ^[2]

He married Elizabeth Brockover and they had children

• Gertrude
• Steven
• Peter
• Polly
• Phoebe
• Ann
• Katherine <^[2]

In 1836, when he was 96 years old, he gave a declaration attesting to his younger brother, Joseph's service in the Revolutinary War, as best he could remember it, to assist Joseph's wife in getting an increase in her widow's pension. It begins:

"I am in the 96th year of my age, was born July 21st 1741. My brother Joseph was born July 9th 1747. I was a soldier in the war of the revolution, & a lieutenant of New Jersey militia before the war closed. I am entirely blind & cannot distinguish one person from another except by the voice. My memory is much impaired as regards accuracy in dates & names... "

(It is a bit difficult to read, but I am working on a transcription of it. He signed with his mark - an "X" written in an unsteady hand. ) ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogical Notes of the Sutton Family of New Jersey. by Edward E. F. Sutton, New York, T.A. Wright Publisher 1900
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} DAR Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors "A roster of Revolutionary ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution: commemoration of the United States of America bicentennial, July 4, 1976." Evansville, Ind.: Unigraphic, 1976 VOl II Page 311
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 29740 #944 (accessed 28 August 2022)
3. ↑ Military: "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900"
   Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1995 #58908 (accessed 25 July 2022)
   Name: Joseph Sutton; Application State: New Jersey; Applicant Designation: Widow's Pension Application File; Second Applicant Name: Martha Sutton; Second Applicant Pension Year: 1841; Second Applicant Application State: New Jersey; Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 2325; Total Pages in Packet: 35. Family Bible Record included in documents