An American Family History

Reverend David Sutton, Sr., born in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey on July 31, 1703.

He married Elizabeth Cox (1705-1746).

Their children included:
Elizabeth Sutton (1724),
Mary Sutton (1726),
Isaac Sutton (1729),
David Sutton (1732),
John Sutton (1732), and
Abraham Sutton (1738).

All five sons became ministers.

David died in Somerset County, New Jersey on December 19, 1775

Piscataway Township in New Jersey was first settled in 1666 by Quakers and Baptists who had left the Puritan colony in New Hampshire.

The Reverend David Sutton, Jr. was born about 1732 in New Jersey. He was the fifth pastor of the North Ten Mile Baptist Church and served for 33 years

He married Phoebe Anne Winters. Anne was born in Middletown, New Jersey and buried in Washington County, Pennsylvania about 1783.

Their children (all born in Kingwood) included:
David Sutton (1767),
Sarah Sutton (1767),
Andrew Sutton (1772),
Anna Sutton Parkhurst (1774), and
Catherine Sutton Frazee (1779).

Abraham Sutton (David) was born March 22, 1738/39 in Somerset, New Jersey.

He married Mary Chenowith. Their children were born in Allegheny County, Maryland which was Frederick County at that time.

Mary and Abraham's children probably included:
Joanna Sutton (1761)
Ann Sutton (1763)
Mary Sutton (1764, married David Frazee),
David Sutton (1766)
Sarah Sutton (1767, married David Fox),
Andrew Sutton (1769), and
William Sutton (1771).

And on May 3, 1791 the Washington County court record said Abraham Sutton and Philip Hewit were appointed guardians of the minor children of David Frazee: Phoebe, Sarah, David, Mary and Ann Frazee who were all under age 14 years old.

David Sutton (Abraham, David) was born on March 15, 1766 in Fort Cumberland, Maryland. He was the son of Reverend Abraham Sutton and Mary Chenowith. He married Anchor Fox. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Anchor Fox.