George SUTTON
Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Charles Henry Pope Title, pgs. 441 and 454
Passengers to America, by George Tilden
The Sutton Lineage, Internet Database
Internet IGI , Jan 2008
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1. George was considered a devout member of the Society of Friends in Massachusetts. In 1668 religious persecution drove George and Sarah with some of their children from Scituate, MA to Perquimons, NC. One of the earliest Quaker meeting houses was built towards the end of the 17th Century at Sutton's Creek, so named because it bordered the land of George Sutton and his sons.
2. George Sutton was one of seven servants of Nathaniel Tilden of Tenderden, Kent, England, on the ship, "The Hercules", which sailed in 1634. He may have been one of the poorer Puritans who often worked their passage to America with wealthier relatives or friends.
3. George was a planter in Scituate from March 5, 1638/9 to 1643. He was also a town officer. He had lands laid out on 1st Herring Brook. He and his family were members of the Church of England until sometime after 1650, when at that time they began chasing the Quaker Faith. Within two years of the settlement of the group at Scituate, he married Sarah Tilden, daughter of Nathaniel.
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1. Sarah was married the same day as her sister, Mary.
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1. Daniel was baptized 20 Nov 1639/40. He did not go to Perquimans County, NC with the rest of the family in 1668, but went to Burlington County, New Jersey.
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1. Will of John Sutton dated 12 November 1691 mentions names of children.
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Nathaniel Sutton married Deborah Astine in Nansemond County, Virginia and they moved to Perquimans County, North Carolina where they became Quakers.
He married Sarah Tilden 13 Mar 1634/35 at Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts . Sarah Tilden was born at Tenterden, Kent, England 13 Jan 1613 daughter of Nathaniel Tilden and Lydia Bourne Huckstep .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Joseph Sutton
born 1637.
Daniel Sutton
born 20 Nov 1639.
William Sutton
born 25 May 1641.
John Sutton
born 1642.
Nathaniel Sutton
born 1643.
Lydia Sutton
born 13 Sep 1646.
Sarah Sutton
born 3 Dec 1648.
Sarah Sutton
born 15 Sep 1650.
Elizabeth Sutton
born 28 Aug 1653.
George Sutton died 12 Apr 1669 at Perquimans District, North Carolina .
Sarah Tilden died 20 Mar 1676/77 at Perquimans District, North Carolina .