Home Grown In the Garden State
A Sutton Family Genealogy
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 when 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 find out 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 then 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, just 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 ten 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 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.
Family Links
My efforts, to date,
have allowed me to develop my Sutton line back to William Sutton (abt
1641-1718). William was the first Sutton to settle in New
Jersey having come from Massachusetts
circa 1668. He may have been a son of George Sutton who came from Kent, England
to Massachusetts in 1638 and then moved to North Carolina.
However, this relationship still has not been sufficiently resolved. My
other direct lines, Jones, O'Brien and Otto, are more resent settlers in America and New Jersey.
The following links reflect my efforts
in establishing my family lineage. This work centers on four particular
surnames: Sutton, O'Brien, Jones and Otto. However, it should be noted
that this work contains many other related surnames. Each line begins
with earliest known progenitor and extends forward in time.
The following family
reflects the beginning of my research into my wife's family.
CONNOR / KELLEY
ELTZ
Newspaper
Extracts
This link will take the reader to my extracts from the Hunterdon
County Democrat, one of the
principle newspapers of Hunterdon
County, New Jersey.
The extracts are from 1837-1900 copies of the paper. While these extracts
in no way reflect all possible genealogical information available, they do
reflected a concerted effort to extract all marriage and death
information. Efforts to expand this information will made following
completion my initial efforts to extract through 1900. It should also be
noted that while the Democrat contains information primarily
related to the Hunterdon
County area, there is
also much information regarding people from other parts of the State as well as
other States.
HUNTERDON COUNTY DEMOCRAT
Sutton Family Link Pages
"Milo Sutton's Home
Page"
"BJ's Genealogy Site"
"Bernie Quigley
Sutton History Site (Sutton's from England to Canada with the Barr
Colony)"
Awards
and Recognition
Last Edited: 1 November 2009
Any comments or suggestions should be email to me at njsutton@njsuttonfamily.org
Dennis P. Sutton
2949 Eagles Nest Way
Port St. Lucie, Florida 34952
