Jim wrote:
. . . correct me if my conclusions are wrong:
Margaret Sutton and Esther (m. Richard Bowen) were sisters, and their
parents were John and Elizabeth (Skarlett) Sutton.
The above Margaret Sutton, sister of Esther, dau. of John and Elizabeth
Skarlett, married Joesph Carpenter, re: this thread.
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Yes, Margaret Sutton (m. Joseph3 Carpenter of Rehoboth and Swansea) and
Esther Sutton (m. Richard2 Bowen of Rehoboth) were sisters. The other Sutton
siblings were John2 (aged about 70 in 1691); Hannah (d. Hingham, 1642); Mary (m.
John Fitch of Taunton and Rehoboth); and Anne (m. John2 Daggett/Doggett of
Rehoboth and Martha's Vineyard).
No, their parents were _not_ John and Elizabeth (Sutton) Skarlett. In my
previous couple of postings, I argue two things: (1) since Margaret's brother,
John2 Sutton of Hingham and Scituate, was born about 1621 and lived until
1691 (see above), it's virtually certain that his (and his siblings') parents
were not John and Elizabeth (Skarlett) Sutton, whose son John was baptized in
1631[/2?], nine or ten years after the birth of John2 Sutton; and (2) the best
evidence--John Adcocke's will, the baptismal records of his daughters Neele
and Julian, Daniel Cushing's record of _Diligent_-passenger families, and the
Rehoboth death records of Neele Paine and Julian Sutton--is that Margaret,
Esther, etc., were the children of John and Julian (Adcocke) Sutton of
Attleborough, co. Norfolk.
In light of the above, the fact that a daughter Margaret was born to a John
Sutton of Wortwell probably in the same decade as the birth of the Margaret
Sutton who married Joseph Carpenter is simply a coincidence. The commonness
of the surname Sutton and forenames John and Margaret makes this all the more
probable. To seize upon John and Elizabeth (Skarlett) Sutton as the parents
of Margaret (Sutton) Carpenter and her siblings--the only evidence being
matching names (20+ miles separate Attleborough and Wortwell)--is a classic case
of "right name, wrong man."
Gene Z.
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