Rev David SUTTON

1730 - 1812  (82 years)

• Name	David SUTTON
  Prefix	Rev
  Born	12 Feb 1730	Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey
  Gender	Male
  Clergy	Y
  Military Event	American Revolution - Loyalist, but did not serve
  Served American Revolution?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	22 Oct 1812	Bethlehem, Lehigh, Pennsylvania
  Buried	Lone Pine Cemetery, Amwell, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Person ID	I3723	Main
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2016

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Phebe Ann WINTERS,   b. 1724, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey ,   d. 12 Jan 1784, Bethlehem, Lehigh, Pennsylvania  (Age 60 years)
  Married	1760	Hunterdon County, New Jersey
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F1345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Feb 1730 - Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey Married - 1760 - Hunterdon County, New Jersey Died - 22 Oct 1812 - Bethlehem, Lehigh, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Rev. David Sutton was a successful pastor of the Kingwood, New Jersey Baptist Church from March 26, 1764 until August 4, 1783. During David Sutton's ministry the church experienced " a considerable stir in the church relative to the rite of washing feet ". in writing of Morgan Edwards about Baptist churches he pays tribute to David Sutton commenting that “He has been often compared to Nathanael, of whom it is said, that there was no guile in him ". He served Kingwood Baptist Church for almost twenty years, during which he pioneered in the organization of a Baptist Church at Amwell, later known as Flemington. While he served at Kingwood church he also served as pastor of the church at Amwell. During the Revolutionary War, he was at one time locked out of this church at Amwell. This was due to a John Jewell claiming he was a suspect with leanings toward the British cause. In the book " The loyalists of New Jersey" it lists a Rev. David Sutton as a loyalist and he was fined in 1777 for refusing to take the oath. On May 1, 1783, Rev. David Sutton made a visit to the Ten Mile Church in West Bethleham, Washington Co, Pennsylvania and on August 3rd, 1783, David left the Kingwood Pastorate and with his brother John went to Washington Co, Pennsylvania with their families. This area was known as Red Stone Country. The area was described as a wilderness in its moral and Spiritual, as well as its natural aspects. He remained as pastor at Ten Mile Church until his death on October 22nd, 1812. (History of the Baptist of NJ, by Morgan Edwards) ----- The Rev. David Sutton, Kingwood, Hunterdon Co., NJ was fined for refusing to take an oath in 1777. (Ref: The Loyalists of New Jersey, Their Memorials, Petitions, Claims, Etc. From English Records; E. Alfred Jones; NJ Historical Society, 1927) ----- David Sutton received his early education at Hopewell Academy. (The Sutton Family, by E.F.H. Sutton) ----- David Sutton was received into the Kingwood Baptist Church, Baptistown, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey of May 7, 1764 by a letter of dismission from Scotch Plains. He was identified as a Minister of the Gospel. On June 8, 1765, his wife Anne was taken into the church. On August 9, 1783, David and Anne were dismissed with letter from the church, probably for Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (Town Records of Hopewell, NJ)

  
  

• Sources

  [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 31642923.