An American Family History

Anchor Fox Sutton was born on August 24, 1772. Her parents were Absalom Fox and Christian Bonham.

She married David Sutton on February 17, 1788 in Washington County Pennsylvania. David Sutton was born on March 15, 1766 in Fort Cumberland, Maryland. He was the son of Reverend Abraham Sutton and Mary Chenowith. Anchor and David Fox married siblings David and Sarah Sutton.

The family (David Sutton, Jr.) appeared in the 1790 census of Washington County, Pennsylvania. The family consisted of three males and one female.

Anchor and David's children were Mary Sutton Petro (1790), Iva Sutton Petro (1792), Absalom Sutton (1794), Rebecca Sutton Dawson (1796), Gabriel F. Sutton (1799), David Sutton (1802), Jonathan Sutton (1804), Nancy Ann Sutton (1806), Abraham B. Sutton (1809), Eliza Sutton (1811), and William J. Sutton (1814).

David Sutton died on April 15, 1845 in Fayette County, Indiana. After his death, Anchor lived with her son Abraham in Jennings Township in Fayette County. She (Ancher Sutton) appeared there at the time of the 1850 census. She gave her age as 78 and her birthplace as New Jersey.

Anchor died on August 11, 1855 in Springerville, Fayette County, Indiana.