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- William of Scituate and Eastham, and of Piscataway, N.J., Quaker, b.
about 1641; d. 28 of 4m. 1718; m. (1) at Eastham, on Cape Cod, 11 July
1666, Damaris Bishop, d. 6 Feb. 1682/3, daughter of Richard and Alice
(Martin) (Clark) Bishop; m. (2) Jane Barnes, daughter of James Barnes.
William Sutton first appears at Barnstable, on Cape Cod, where, on 5
June 1666, he was haled into court and fined for purloining the Bible
from the meeting house, "one pound and for telling a lye about the
same, ten shillings." His departure from the town was probably
expedited by these occurences, and a few weeks later, at the
neighboring settlement of Eastham, he took refuge in matrimony with
Damaris Bishop. They had ten children, the first three born in
Eastham, and the rest born in Piscataway. (New England Historic
Genealogical Register, Volume 91, January 1937)
SUTTON, ENS. JOHN, 1642 ----, Served in King Philip's War, 1675, from
Scituate, Mass.
SUTTON, JOSEPH, 1630-1695. Town Clerk, Hemstead. L.I., 1667, and many
yearas after.
SUTTON, WILLIAM, 1641-1718. Constable of Piscataway, New Jersey, 1693.
Sutton, Miss Lucy. (Colonial Dames of XVII Century, 1896-(1968)
"John Sutton (the only son of John Sutton as yet discovered)
apparently lived first at Hingham, but later removed to Scituate, in
the Plymouth Colony, where on 2 Dec 1653 he sold the lands "which the
town of Hingham gave to John Sutton, my father." He was therefore of
age at this date. Frequently mentioned in the Scituate records, he
married ther 1 Jan 1661, Elizabeth House (Vital Records of Scituate,
vol. 2, p. 283), the daughter of Samuel House. John Sutton had a large
family. Children listed. John Sutton, Senior of Scituate, "aged 70
years or there abouts" in his will dated 12 Nov 1691, mentions the
names of his children." ("Proceedings of the N.E. Hist. Gen. Society",
Vol. 91, p.63)
"William Sutton first appears at Barnstable, on Cape Cod, where on 5
June 1666, he was hauled to court and fined for purloining the Bible
from the meeting house," one pound,and for telling a lye about the
same, ten shillings."(One year later,6 June 1667,it was reported that
William still owed 10 shillings of his fine.) His departure from the
town was probably expedited by these occurences, and a few weeks
later, at the neighboring settlement of Eastham, he took refuge in
matrimony with Damaris Bishop. (Sutton Searchers newsletter #2 July
1991)
". . . he [William Sutton] lived in Eastham from 1666 to Oct 1671. . .
. He went west to NJ about 1672 or 1673. The quest of religious
freedom was perhaps the reason for his removal, since in the NJ Colony
he was an influential Quaker. On or near the Partian River, not far
from the present town of New Brunswick, William Sutton settled and
prospered. Known for his fair dealing with the Indians, the wolves and
forest were his only enemies. In 1682 he was the owner of 249 acres if
land. He held the office of freeholder constable and town clerk. In
1713 he was spoken of as an aged man and he was buried in the Quaker
churchyard in Woodbridge." (Outlaw Genealogy, Albert Timothy Outlaw &
Arnie Henry Outlaw)
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