Home Grown in the Garden State
Welcome to my web site! Many hours of work have been put
into the research and documentation of these ancestors. I hope you will benefit
from the information I present here.
Shortly after I retired from the military, I began to ask
questions of older family members about my grandparents and great grandparents.
Why it took so long to become interested in family history, I don't really
know. In any case as I began asking questions of my father or aunts and uncles,
I was amazed at what little really knew about their parents, grandparents and
earlier generations. So armed with a few tidbits of information and a personal
desire to find my roots, I began my efforts to uncover where I fit into my
family history.
When I initially began my research I thought that the Sutton
name was fairly uncommon in New Jersey and my research would be relatively
simple. This notion was based on the fact that I rarely heard of the name
(other than within the family context) during my early life in New Jersey. Was
I wrong! The name may not have been very common in and around Bayonne, where I
was born and raised between 1948 and 1963; however, step back 100-150 years and
visit Hunterdon, Somerset, or Morris Counties and the name might as well have
been "Jones". I was stunned by the number of Sutton families I began
to find and knew my research was not going to be a "cake walk".
The following pages are a compilation of my research
conducted over the past twenty years. They represent many hours and days spent
in front of a microfilm reader and computer, at both the State Archives in
Trenton, N.J. and home. They were created to allow those with common interest
to share in the results of my research and to seek the aid of others in helping
to answer questions and fill holes in my particular family lineage. My goal,
when I began my research, was to develop my family lines and validate all
events and facts. While I have made every effort to meet these goals, I found
that often the supporting records did not exist or if they did exist, their
location could not be determined. This is the case with some of the information
presented on these pages. Much of the information I present is substantiated
with source data. However, any material not substantiated was derived from
either material I found in various books and papers or was received from other
researchers all of which contained no supporting evidence or source
documentation.
I dedicate these pages to my wife, Marie, who has tolerated
my absence while I was away doing research or at the computer entering family
my data. I also dedicate these pages to my children, Timothy, Shawn, Erin, and
Kevin, who with my wife have had listen to my insistent chatter regarding my research
and family history.
The Bayonne Bridge, spanning
Bayonne, NJ and Staten Island, NY.
Hunterdon
County Democrat
Newspaper
Extracts
This link will take the reader to my extracts from the
Table of Contents
Individual Report for Dennis Paul Sutton
Contact Information
Send E-mail to njsutton@njsuttonfamily.org
Send mail to:
Dennis Sutton
2949 Eagles Nest Way
Port St. Lucie, FL 34952
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