Is the marriage year listed below wrong or am I incorrect where it says that
John Sutton and Elizabeth Skarlette were married in 1927?
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From: J D
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 7:20 AM
To: carpenter(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] DESCENDANTS OF JOHN SUTTON
Roger & Susan Petersen petrsand(a)dwx.com to me
show details 12/14/08
JD,
I am a reader of Gen-Medieval-L but I am not a contributor, therefore I am
providing this information to you which you are welcome to share in that
forum or elsewhere.
I am a descendant of John Sutton's daughter Margaret, who married Joseph
Carpenter. One of the responders to your question regarding John Sutton
referenced the book, Thirty-One English Immigrants Who Came to New England
by 1662, by Dorothy C. and Gerald E. Knoff, 1989. I copied off these pages
some years back and here is some information given:
On about three trips to England starting in 1959, Gerald Knoff searched for
records pertaining to John Sutton and his family. In Boyd's Marriage Index,
Norfolk 1626-1650, v. 6, p. 99, he found the marriage records of John Sutton
and Elizabeth Skarlette. He also traveled to the Church of Saint Stephen in
Norwich and viewed the Parish Register, and reported these records:
Marriages:
John Sutton of Wortwell, single man married Elizabeth Skarlette of Norwich
Dec. 4, 1927.
Baptized:
March 11, 1631 John, first son of John Sutton
January 16, 1632 Margaret, daughter of John Sutton
The book went on to say that in 1962 he went to see the Register of St.
Stephen's Church at Wortwell, but the church was locked and no one could be
found.
He goes on to say that sometime after the birth of Margaret the Sutton
family moved to Attleborough from which they came to Massachusetts. They
were passengers on the Diligent. Planters of the Commonwealth 1620-1640, by
Charles Edward Banks 1930, gives the family of John Sutton as follows:
John Sutton of Attleborough, Norfolk to Hingham
Mrs. Elizabeth Sutton
Hannah Sutton
John Sutton, Jr.
Nathaniel Sutton
Elizabeth Sutton.
He noted that Margaret, who was baptized at the Church of St. Stephen, was
not named among the children.
He mentioned that at some time John Sutton married a second wife, as the
name of his widow was Julian. John Sutton died on 1 Jun 1672 and left an
estate record.
The author included the following children (summarized):
1. John, bapt. at St. Stephens Church in Norwich on 11 Mar 1631. Married
in Scituate 1 January 1661 to Elizabeth House, d/o Samuel House. John
Sutton of Scituate left a will dated 12 Nov 1691, indicating he was aged 70
years or there abouts.
2. Margaret, bapt. at St. Stephen's Church in Norwich on 16 Jan 1632. "she
may have died in England or Banks may not have learned of her existence. If
Cushing [Town clerk of Hingham, MA] numbered six persons in the family of
John Sutton, she would have made it seven. If she died in England, another
child was named Margaret, for a Margaret Sutton, daughter of John, married
at Rehoboth 25 Nov 1655 Joseph Carpenter."
3. Hannah, named in Banks' list of the Sutton children, but may have been
the daughter Anna.
4. Anna/Anne married at Rehoboth 23 Oct 1651 to John Doggett. Other
sources say November. Torrey has her birthdate about 1629 which would make
her probably the oldest child in the family, as John is called "the first
son."
5. Mary married John Fitch.
6. Nathaniel, b. England
7. Elizabeth, b. England
8. Ester, b. prob. Mass, m. at Rehoboth 4 Mar 1656 to Richard Bowen.
The author included a brief account and photographs of St. Stephen's,
Wortwell and St. Stephen's, Norwich.
I just took a look at the IGI and the marriage of John Sutton and Elizabeth
Skarlette is included as an entry. The FHL indicates that it has microfilm
of the parish records of St. Stephen's Norwich, but there is nothing for
Wortwell.
I made contact a few days ago with the Sutton surname study through
FamilyTree DNA. The coordinator contacted me to say that none of the
current participants is descended from this John Sutton.
You are welcome to pass this information on to others who have interest in
this Sutton family.
Roger Petersen
petrsand(a)dwx.com
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