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Where does the name 'Sutton' originate from?

Sutton is one of those names that was acquired through the location of the family in its early history. It is from the Anglo-Saxon words, sudh, meaning "south", and tun, meaning "town". Therefore the name designated "the family of Southtown."

The families of Sutton and Dudley, whose histories are inextricably mingled by intermarriage and relationship, are ancient ones in England, dating before the eleventh century.

In 1251, in the reign of Henry III, Rowland de Sutton married a daughter of the noted family of Lexington. John de Sutton was Lord of Malpas and Shocklech in 1329. There is record of many lands being given to John, son of Richard de Sutton, by Edward III. Isabella de Sutton, after the death of her husband, Sir John de Sutton, in 1359, married Sir Richard de Dudley. Upon her death the estates of the combined families were inherited by her grandson, John Sutton. Among these estates was the famous Dudley Castle.

Other branches of the family were held in high esteem by the people of Holderness in the Province of York, and in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The family played a large part in the history of the British Isles.

The center of the Suttons in New England was New Jersey in that section then known as East Jersey, although the descendants of the family have now scattered throughout the United States.

The first of the Suttons of whom record can be found was William Sutton who came to Massachusetts in 1666, but it is believed by many authorities that he was of the second generation of the family to come to the Colonies. He was a Quaker and the holder of large tracts of land. His children were Alice, Thomas, Mary, John, Judah, Richard, Joseph (who died in early youth), Benjamin, Daniel, and Joseph. Many of these children of William Sutton settled in New Jersey. It is generally supposed that William had one or more brothers with him when he emigrated to "The New World", but the family was of such an adventurous disposition that its members seldom stayed in any one location long enough to be on record. Traces of the Suttons are to be found in the histories of every frontier in America.

Among the many members of the family to serve in the Revolutionary War were Jonathan and Uriah, brothers, who held commissions as Captains. There were more than twenty-five Suttons from New Jersey alone, and many more from the state of Massachusetts.

A few of those who have distinguished the name of Sutton through the years are--Charles Manners Sutton, Bishop of Norwich in 1792 and Archbishop of Canterbury in 1805; his son, Sir Charles Manners Sutton, member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge and Speaker of the House of Commons for many years; and Sir Richard Sutton, Under-Secretary of State and Lord of the Treasury, created Baronet in 1772.

The most favored Christian names of the early Suttons in America were Joseph, John, Daniel, and Thomas.

There are two coats-of-arms which belong to the families from which the American Suttons are descended. The first, that of the Sutton Dudleys, is "Or, two Lion's passant, bordure engrailed Azure. Crest: Out of a Viscount's coronet Or, pearled Angent, a lion's head Azure, collared gold." The second, that of the Suttons of Nottingham, is "Quarterly, 1st and 4th Argent, a canton sa., for Sutton; 2nd and 3rd Argent, a cross fleury Azure, for Lexington. Crest: wolf's head, erased gu. Motto: Tout Jours Prest."

The Suttons were a courageous and adventurous family. They have held high positions both in England and in America. Their outstanding characteristics were strength of character, bravery, wisdom, faith in God, and tenacity of purpose. The heritage of the name of Sutton is in itself an honor and a title.

 

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John SUTTON (AFN: 8N41-3P) Pedigree
Sex: M Family
  

Event(s)
Birth:  1593 
  Of Rehoboth, Bristol, England 
Death:  1 Jun 1672 
  Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 

Parents
Father: George SUTTON (AFN: 8KG6-V6) Family
 Mother: Sarah TILDEN (AFN: 2L8J-SG)  
  
Father: Henry SUTTON (AFN: 8N41-52) Family
 Mother: Mrs Henry SUTTON (AFN: 22T6-VLS)  
  

Marriage(s)
 Spouse: Sarah TILDEN (AFN: 1W4Q-185) Family
 Marriage:   
    
   
 Spouse: Juliana LITTLE (AFN: 8N41-4V) Family
 Marriage: 13 Mar 1636 
  Scituate, Plymouth, Ma 
   

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Husband's Name
John SUTTON (AFN:8N41-3P) Pedigree
Born: 1593Place: Of Rehoboth, Bristol, England 
Died: 1 Jun 1672Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
Married: 13 Mar 1636Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Ma 
Father: George SUTTON (AFN:8KG6-V6) Family
 Mother: Sarah TILDEN (AFN:2L8J-SG)  

Wife's Name
Juliana LITTLE (AFN:8N41-4V) Pedigree
Born: 1595Place: Of Rehoboth, Bristol, Ma 
Died: 4 Jun 1678Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass. 
Buried: 4 Jun 1671Place: , Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
Married: 13 Mar 1636Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Ma 
Father: Francis LITTLE (AFN:X0D6-XT) Family
 Mother: Mrs Francis LITTLE (AFN:X0D6-Z1)  

Children

 1. Sex Name  
  MNathaniel SUTTON (AFN:1H4P-SK1) Pedigree
  Born: Abt 1619 Place: Of, , England  
  Died: Dead Place: , , England  
  Buried:  Place: , , England  

 2. Sex Name  
  FElizabeth SUTTON (AFN:1H4P-SL7) Pedigree
  Born: Abt 1619 Place: Of, , England  
  Died: Dead Place: , , England  
  Buried:  Place: , , England  

 3. Sex Name  
  FHannah SUTTON (AFN:9GPS-CM) Pedigree
  Born: 1624 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  
  Died: Oct 1642 Place: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts  
  Buried: Oct 1642 Place: , , Massachusetts  

 4. Sex Name  
  FMary SUTTON (AFN:9GPS-DS) Pedigree
  Born: 1626 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  
  Died: 4 Nov 1703 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass  
  Buried: Nov 1703 Place: , , Massachusetts  

 5. Sex Name  
  FElizabeth SUTTON (AFN:9GPS-KN) Pedigree
  Born: 1645 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  
  Died: Dead Place: , , Massachusetts  
  Buried:  Place: , , Massachusetts  

 6. Sex Name  
  FAnne SUTTON (AFN:C0W1-K7) Pedigree
  Born: 1632 Place: Of, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  
  Christened: 26 Apr 1601 Place: Safron, Essex, Eng.  
  Died: 5 Sep 1693 Place: Braintree, Suffolk, Mass.  

 7. Sex Name  
  MJohn SUTTON (AFN:HPSJ-96) Pedigree
  Born: 1621 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Ma  
  Died: 12 Nov 1691 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  

 8. Sex Name  
  FEsther SUTTON (AFN:HPSJ-BC) Pedigree
  Born: 1629 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  
  Died: 6 Nov 1688 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts  

 9. Sex Name  
  MJohn SUTTON (AFN:8L7Q-TK) Pedigree
  Born: 1642 Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Ma  
  Died: 12 Nov 1691 Place: , , Massachusetts  
  Buried: Nov 1691 Place: , , Massachusetts  

 10. Sex Name  
  MNathaniel SUTTON (AFN:8L7Q-VQ) Pedigree
  Born: 1643 Place: Scituate, Plymouth, Mass  
  Died: 29 Dec 1682 Place: Perquiman, Perquimans, N.c.  
  Buried: Dec 1682 Place: , Perquimans, North Carolina  

 11. Sex Name  
  FMargaret SUTTON (AFN:8MJ2-W5) Pedigree
  Born: 1634/1635 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass.  
  Died: 1677/1678 Place: Rehoboth, Bristol, Mass.  
  Buried:  Place: Providence Cem, Rehoboth, Bristol, Ma  

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William SUTTON (AFN: 2L8K-W4) Pedigree
Sex: M Family
  

Event(s)
Birth:  1641 
  Scituate, Plymouth County, Ma 
Death:  28 Apr 1718 
  Woodbridge, Middlesex, Nj 
Burial:    
  Friends Church, Woodbridge, Middlesex, Nj 

Parents
Father: George SUTTON (AFN: 8KG6-V6) Family
 Mother: Sarah TILDEN (AFN: 2L8J-SG)  
  

Marriage(s)
 Spouse: Jane BARNES (AFN: HPSJ-5H) Family
 Marriage: 9 Jan 1683 
  Piscataway, New Jersey 
   
 Spouse: Damaris BISCHOP (AFN: 2L8L-5G) Family
 Marriage: 11 Jul 1666 
  Eastham, Barnstable, Ma 
   

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