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Capt Moses SUTTON

Capt Moses SUTTON

Male 1745 - 1827  (82 years)

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  • Name Moses SUTTON 
    Prefix Capt 
    Born 1745  Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1810  Licking County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    DAR# A132720 
    Military Event American Revolution, War of 1812 - NJ, Militia of Somerset Co: Capt  [1
    Served American Revolution?
    Military Flag
    Died 7 Dec 1827  Lyme, Huron, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hunts Corners Cemetery, Huron, Erie, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I3703  Main
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2022 

    Father Rev David SUTTON,   b. 31 Jul 1703, Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1775, Somerset, Somerset, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth COX,   b. 1705, Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1746, Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Married 1723  Somerset, Somerset, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah COX,   b. 22 Mar 1747, Blue Hills, Somerset, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1831, Lyme, Huron, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 1769  New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Husband and wife are 2nd cousins. Anc: Jean Trembley & Marie Louise Tremmbly
    Children 
    +1. Philip SUTTON,   b. 27 Jul 1770, Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1846, Muscash, Huron, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     2. David SUTTON,   b. Abt 1782, Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1833, Union, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years)
    +3. Isaac W. SUTTON,   b. Abt 1771, Bridgewater, Somerset, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1837, Peru, Huron, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     4. Benjamin SUTTON,   b. Abt 1772, Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1814, Easton, Preble, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 42 years)
     5. Elizabeth SUTTON,   b. Abt 1774, Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1795  (Age ~ 21 years)
     6. Johanna “Hannah” SUTTON,   b. Abt 1776, Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1823, Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
     7. Samuel SUTTON,   b. Abt 1780, Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1812  (Age ~ 32 years)
     8. Moses SUTTON,   b. 27 Dec 1786, Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1865, Ottawa, Putnam, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +9. Levi R. SUTTON,   b. 25 Jul 1789, Fayette, Fayette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1852, Lyme, Huron, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 5 Oct 2019 
    Family ID F1291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1745 - Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1810 - Licking County, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 7 Dec 1827 - Lyme, Huron, Ohio Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hunts Corners Cemetery, Huron, Erie, Ohio Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Was a Captain in US Army. "Captain Moses Sutton was one of the commanding officers of Companies in Fayette County NY Militia, in 1782 in General Irvine's Expedition. Extracts from minutes of several Military "Courts of Appeal" held in Spring and summer of 1782 make mention of Captain Sutton's return - fifth class. John Orr of Captain Sutton's Company answers a tour on Sandusky Ex.

      Franklin Ellis History of Fayette Co, Moses Sutton secured patent for 110 acres of land in Union Township, about 1769.

      He was granted a tract of land in South Union Twp, containing 114 4 acres, Feb 2, 1789, which was patented to him Aug 9, 1787 and was called Suttonia.

      Deed on record Fayette Co Court House "Between Moses Sutton and his wife Susannah, to John Hopwood, same place january 2, 1788"
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      From a Sutton Family Bible:

      Moses Sutton, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, was born 1745 and died in Lyme Tp. Huron Co. Dec. 7, 1827. In 1769 he was married to Susana Cox. A native of New Jersey, He was temporarily in Virginia. and Penn. Moved to Ohio in 1811 and to Lyme Tp. in 1814. He did teaming for the U.S. army in the War of 1812. His children were: Philip [b.1770]; Isaac; Moses & Levi. Chil. of Philip - Susan [m Mizener; Hannah [md. John Davis of the Peninsula]; David; Moses; Isaac H. [married Sally Holliberger] and Nancy who md. Isaac W. Sutton.

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] Daughters of the American Revolution, A132720.

    2. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 40876535.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023