Peggy, I am inclined to think this is correct based on what I found in Duplin Co but going to need some assistance in understanding this deed. Should have copied it and transcribed instead of abstracting it but was running out of time. Am inclined to think her birthdate is wrong. The Hardy Book says 1773 but her husband was bc 1779 and I am not sure that Benjamin Sutton was married in 1773. I descend from his son, John, who was bc 1779 according to the various census records. My hunch is Sarah may have been the eldest child, maybe born a year before or a year after 1779. The relationship of Jesse Hardy to William and Sarah Sowell Hardy is not proven as I understand it. My hunch is Sarah, wife of Benjamin (Oxley) Sutton was the daughter of William and Sarah Sowell Hardy and Benjamin Sutton was her 2nd husband. Sarah, their daughter was born in 1759 according to the Bible and for her to have had a child in 1773 is pushing it a bit. If Sarah was the daughter of William and Sarah Sowell Hardy, it would make sense that she would go back home to Bertie Co to visit her relatives, taking her children with her. Which would explain how Jesse Hardy and Sarah Sutton met. Thanks. Martha >From: Terry and Peggy <hawks2@home.com> >Resent-Bcc: > >Don't have any proof yet but when I looked them up at the LDS site: >name: Sarah Sutton >father Benjamin Oxley Sutton >spouse Jesse Hardy >It comes up with her born born in Lenoir co 1773 and married in Bertie >co 1796 to Jesse Hardy >Peggy > >