THE SUTTON FAMILY OF NEW JERSEY

• RHODES 7 STANSBURY (James 6, Thomas 5, Peter 4, Zebulon 3, Daniel 2, William 1)
• JOHN 7 A. (James 6, Thomas 5, Peter 4, Zebulon 3, Daniel 2, William 1)
• JOSEPH 4 (Zebulon 3, Daniel 2, William 1)
• JOSEPH 5 PIERSON (Joseph 4, Zebulon 3, Daniel 2, William 1)
• Addenda
• Rev. Abner 4 Sutton, son of John 3 Sutton
• GEORGE 5 (Abner 4, John 3, John 2, William 1)
• Note at bottom of Page
• AUTHORITIES

RHODES 7 STANSBURY (James 6, Thomas 5, Peter 4, Zebulon 3, Daniel 2, William 1)

A leading surgeon of Pittsburgh, Pa. A. B., Washington and Jefferson College, 1862; A. M., 1865; attached to Medical Dept. of Union Army, 1863-4; M. D., University of Penn. 1865; LL.D., Wooster University, 1886; gynaecologist to the Allegheny General Hospital at Pittsburgh, and surgeon of the Terrace Bank Sanatorium of Allegheny. He married, April 17, 1867, Josephine, dau. of the Hon. James McCullough, of Canonsburgh, Pa.

Children:

1. Stansbury 8, b. Nov. 15, 1869.
2. Eliza 8 McCullough, b. June 23, 1871; m. A. Hartupee McKee of Pittsburgh.

JOHN 7 A. (James 6, Thomas 5, Peter 4, Zebulon 3, Daniel 2, William 1)

Married Sept. 9, 1875, Anne Gilchrist Woods, who was born in Allegheny County, Pa., June 27, 1853. He resides in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Children:

1. Edna 8 Woods, b. April 11, 1877.
2. Robert 8 Woods, b. May 7, 1879.
3. William 8 Stansbury, b. Oct. 25, 1880.
4. John 8 Blair, b. Sept. 21, 1882.
5. Donald 8, b. Aug. 17, 1884.
6. Clinton 8 Irving, b. Aug. 21, 1889.

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JOSEPH 4 (Zebulon 3, Daniel 2, William 1)

Noted by Stryker ("Officers and Men of New Jersey," page 471) as sergeant of Militia. There is record of his serving during Washington's retreat through New Jersey in 1776, at the battle of Monmouth, at Springfield, at Connecticut Farms, and when the Penn. line revolted in 1781. He lived in Mendham Township, Morris County, N. J., near Basking Ridge in Somerset. His farm is still in possession of his descendants. He md. Apr. 14, 1778, Martha Pierson. He died Nov. 8, 1822.

Children:

1. Uriah 5, b. March 27, 1779.
2. Shadrach 5, b. March 25, 1781.
3. Rebecca 5, b. June 2, 1783.
4. Jonathan 5, b. Feb. 18, 1787.
5. Elizabeth 5, b. June 19, 1789.
6. Martha 5, S., b. Sept. 27, 1792.
7. James 5, b. July 4, 1796.
8. Joseph 5 P., b. Nov. 9, 1798.

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JOSEPH 5 PIERSON (Joseph 4, Zebulon 3, Daniel 2, William 1)

Lived at the old homestead in Mendham Township. Married Nov. 13, 1821, Persis Horton.

Children:

1. Nancy 6 C., b. Aug. 21, 1824; m. Stephen D. Axtelle, and lives in Minneapolis, Minn.
2. Sarah 6 Stewart, b. Oct. 14, 1827.
3. Caroline 6 Wells, b. March 4, 1832; m. Babbitt.
4. Daniel 6 Stewart, b. Jan. 19, 1835.
5. Henry 6 Horton, b. Feb. 15, 1838. (Lives at the old homestead.)
6. John 6 Stewart, b. Sept. 12, 1841.
7. Charles 6 Albert, b. June 17, 1843.

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Addenda

The following family belongs among the descendants of John 2 Sutton, as the similarity of locality and of names suggests. See family of John 3 Sutton (John 2, William 1), and note. Fourth Generation.

Rev. Abner 4 Sutton, son of John 3 Sutton

Born May 8, 1741, near Basking Ridge, in Bernard Township, Somerset County, N. J. He married May 31, 1768, Mary Davison, born May 12, 1742. He died Feb. 26, 1795. He was a Baptist Minister.

Children:

1. Sarah 5, b. April 11, 1769; d. Nov. 30, 1812.
2. A son 5, b. Dec. 25, 1770; d. Jan. 27, 1771.
3. David 5, b. Sept. 7, 1778; d. May 14, 1852.
4. George 5, b. Jan. 8, 1773.
5. Jeremiah 5, b. Aug. 8, 1774; d. May 8, 1848.
6. John 5, b. Feb. 25, 1776; d. May 15, 1779.
7. Rozanna 5, b. Nov. 15, 1780; d. April 28, 1811.
8. John 5, b. Sept. 3, 1783; d. Oct. 31, 1806.

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GEORGE 5 (Abner 4, John 3, John 2, William 1)

Married Nov. 23, 1805, Rebecca Conklin.

Children:

1. David 6, Conklin, b. Aug. 27, 1806.
2. Ann Maria 6, b. Apr. 17, 1808.
3. Eliza 6, b. Feb. 1, 1810.
4. John 6 Conklin, b. Jan. 12, 1811.

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Rev. Abner Sutton and his wife are buried in the churchyard of the Mount Bethel Church, where he was pastor, near Summit, New Jersey.

Sutton Place, New York City, on the East River front about 59th Street, was named for a Former owner of the adjacent land. Effingham 6 Brown Sutton, a shipping-merchant well-known in New York during the latter half of the 19th century, and a grandson of Rev. Abner 4 Sutton. He was born Apr. 17, 1817, son of David 5 Sutton and Mary Ann Brown. He died 1891 and was buried in Greenwood.

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AUTHORITIES

1.  
2. Piscataway Records of Birth, Marriage, and Death, Transcribed by W. A. Whitehead, the historian, and now in the archives of the N. J. Historical Society at Newark.
3. Piscataway Town Book, at Piscataway.
4. Proprietary Records, Perth Amboy.
5. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England.
6. Elizabethtown Bill in Chancery.
7. Vital Records of Rehoboth. James N. Arnold.
8. MS. Copy of Woodbridge Records, New York Genealogical Society.
9. Woodbridge and Vicinity. Rev. Joseph Dally.
10. Records of the estate of James Alexander of New Jersey, in the archives of the N. J. Historical Society.
11. Trustee Book of Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church.
12. Winsor's History of Duxbury, Mass.
13. Dean's History of Scituate, Mass.
14. Contributions to East Jersey History. W. A. Whitehead.
15. History of Middlesex County, N. J. Woodford Clayton.
16. Records of First Baptist Church at Morristown, N. J.
17. MSS. Family Records and Pedigrees in private hands.
18. Records in Pension Office at Washington.
19. Doty Genealogy.
20. Records in state library at Trenton, N. J.
21. Passaic Valley Genealogies. John Littell.
22. Early Germans of New Jersey. Rev. T. F. Chambers.
23. Gravestones at Piscataway.

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