Sutton Family of Middlesex County, Virginia
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· ID: I02291
· Name: John Sutton
· Sex: M
· Birth: ABT. 1652
· Death: 1692 in Middlesex County, Virginia
· Note:
John Sutton, [b.c. 1652]--d.c. [5/2/] 1692, Middlesex Co., Va. [Described himself as
John Sutton, Tailor. Prior to the formation of Middlesex Co. in 1672, was in
Lancaster Co., Va. Between 1665 and 1669, George Sutton, William Sutton, and
Walter Sutton immigrated into Lancaster Co., Va. A John Sutton resided there in
1666 when he agreed to an administration being granted to [?] Dudley on the
estate of Captain John Williams, late of the County of Devonshire, England
(Lancaster County Order Book 3-15.) m. Elizabeth Ellis, [d. 10/27/1706],
Middlesex Co., Va. [Middlesex Co., Va., and Christ Church Parish were one and
the same, covering the exact area. This parish kept good records. 1672 John
Sutton was employed as a tailor by General Robert Smith. 2 February 1673 he had
a judgment in 2000 lbs tobacco to be paid him
(Middlesex Orders Part 1 - 1673 - 1694, p. 3.) In 1687 John Sutton, Tailor, had
"for a good and valuable consideration" 150 acres of land from Thomas
Dudley and Frances, his wife. (Deeds of Middlesex Co. 1678-1694, p. 301-304).
1687 muster roll, Middlesex Co., to be arm himself for the militia. 1687 paid
by the churchwardens for taking into his home and caring for a "poor
woman." 12 November 1687 paid 2000 lbs of
tobacco by order of the Vestry of Christ Church Parish on condition that he
take Frances Worthley from being a further charge
upon the parish (Christ Church Vestry Bk., p. 64).]
Chamberlayne, G.D. The Vestry Book of Christ Church
Parish Middlesex County, Virginia 1673 - 1767. Richmond, Va., Old Dominion
Press, 1927.
Chamberlayne, p. 19. Nov. 7, 1671. Ordered yt Thomas Sheilding and Jno Sutton servts to Major Genrll Smith be fined each of them 500 lb
of Tobacco, for or by reason of either of them a Bastard Childe. And yt they and ye Mothers of theire
children be brought to ye next Court held for Midx
County by ye Sherif.
Sparacio, Ruth & Sam. Order Book Abstracts,
Middlesex Co., Va. 1677 - 1680. McLean, Va., 1989.
Sparacio, p. 12. 6 May 1678. Upon ye Petition of
William Young he is discharged from being Constable and John Sutton is appoynted to Succeed him in that Place
Sparacio, p. 64. 2 June 1679. Mr. Thomas Roby is appoynted Counstable in ye place
of Jno Sutton.
Hopkins, William Lindsay, Middlesex County, Virginia Wills and Inventories 1673
- 1812 and Other Court Papers, Richmond, Va., William L. Hopkins, P.O. Box
7254, 23221, 1989, p. 173. Order Book 2 1680 - 1694.
(p.13) John Sutton on jury: 7 Feb 1680.
Hopkins, William Lindsay, Middlesex County, Virginia Wills and Inventories 1673
- 1812 and Other Court Papers, Richmond, Va., William L. Hopkins, P.O. Box
7254, 23221, 1989, p. 186. Order Book 2 1680 - 1694.
(p.317) The following men are to provide a man, horse and armes:
John Sutton.
William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia Colonial Militia.
John Sutton listed 1687 as footsoldier in the
Middlesex Co. Militia.
Sparacio, Ruth & Sam. Deed Abstracts of Middlesex
Co., Va. 1688 - 1694. Deed Book 2, Part II, 3 Dec 1688 - 14 Nov. 1694. McLean,
Va., 1989.
Sutton, John 12, 19, 26, 90
[The will of John Sutton, signed in his hand, was dated 2-23-1692 and was
recorded 5-4-1692 - proving that he died at some time between these dates. The
copy of his will as it appears on page 75, record book 1675-1698 Middlesex
County, Virginia is shown below:
I, John Sutton, of Middlesex County, being ill and weak of body but of perfect
mind and memory, praise be the Lord for the same, I do make and ordain this my
last will and testament in manner and form following:
First and primarily I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my
Creator, trusting in and through his merits of Jesus Christ, our Savior and
Redeemer, and trusting in his pardon and full remission of all my sins and to
God made liveth inherit in the Kingdom of Heaven, and
my body I committ unto ye earth from which it ---to
God.
All this I injoin of my executors herein after
nominated:
As for my temporal estate God in his mercy has seen fit to bless me I give and
bequeath in manner and form following viz:
Item - I give my land unto my two sons, Christopher and John Sutton, equally to
be divided between them and their heirs forever only my son christopher
to have first choice. If the one should die the other may inherit the whole of
my estate of land thereunto belonging.
Item - I give unto my son Christopher one cow and her increase forever.
Item - I give unto my daughter Michael Sutton one cow and her increase for her
and her heirs forever.
Item - I give unto my son John Sutton one brooding yearling to him and his
heirs forever.
Item - I give unto my daughter Saffronia two cows
only not too good, I reared from the plantation under three years.
Item - I give all the rest of my estate unto my dearly beloved wife Elizabeth
Sutton to have at her disposition leaving my true and well beloved wife
Elizabeth Sutton whole executor.
Signed & sealed in the John Sutton
presence of
David Kerrick 2nd May 1692
(mark) Thomas Marston
John O'Keefe]
Hopkins, William Lindsay, Middlesex County, Virginia Wills and Inventories 1673
- 1812 and Other Court Papers, Richmond, Va., William L. Hopkins, P.O. Box
7254, 23221, 1989, p. 53. Wills 1675 - 1798 Pts. 1 & 2.
(p.75) John Sutton . . . 23 Feb 1690/2 May 1692 . . . My land to my sons
Christopher Sutton and John Sutton. Daughter Michell (?) Sutton. Daughter
Casandra Sutton. Exor: Wife Elizabeth Sutton. Wit: David Berrick,
Thomas Marston, Thomas Wetherston and John Okeefe.
Hopkins, William Lindsay, Middlesex County, Virginia Wills and Inventories 1673
- 1812 and Other Court Papers, Richmond, Va., William L. Hopkins, P.O. Box
7254, 23221, 1989, p. 201. Order Book 2 1680-1694.
(p.552) Probate of Estate of John Sutton, decd., granted to his widow Elizabeth
Sutton, executrix. 2 May 1692
[Elizabeth Sutton, widow of John Sutton, d. 27 October 1706 and was buried 1
November 1706 (Christ Church Parish Register, p. 24). It is likely that she was
a sister of Edward Ellis who married 1678 and possible that both are descended
from Thomas Ellis who was residing in James City County in 1637. (Nugent, p.
69).]
Marriage 1 Elizabeth Ellis
Children