Between what I found in Duplin and Wayne, some changes are going to have to be made to the Sutton database. Making changes because of new information is always a pleasure. It appears that James SUtton, probable son of John I lived on Buck's Swamp in Wayne and there were later Suttons on Buck's Swamp indicating James may have had children. Have not had time to work with this new information but would like some feedback on the two deeds with Benjamin Sutton and Jesse Hardy and how William Sutton gets into this mixture. Sure looks to me like there is enough circumstantial and possible hard proof that Jesse's wife, Sarah Sutton, was the oldest child of Benjamin (Oxley) and Sarah Hardy Sutton although think her birthyear is probably off a few years. Simon, probable son of John I appears to have lived in Duplin, but I can't find any children for him. A later Thomas whose daughter married into the Dail family was in the right area. Some work also needs to be done to see if some of this land was originally in Dobbs Co as thought by Aileen Mewborn. My thanks to my sister who learned how to abstract on the job and helped with this project. Martha FROM Original Books at Courthouse BOOK 7A p 412 Benjamin Sutton to William Sutton, both of Lenoir Co - 374 acres - $500 - waters of Great Branch - 124 acres - Beaverdam; another tract - adj John Thomsoe patent, Gray - 95 acres; another tract adj Gray, Stanley - 55 acres - another tract patented by Benjamin Sutton 14 Oct 1808 - 40 acres; another tract adj Hoody's ?? corner, SS Branch - 50 acres Signed by Mark WIT A. Keaton To court July Term 1822 - on oath of Edward Alberton BOOK 7A p 37 3 Feb 1819 - Edwin Ellis of Duplin Co to William Sutton of Lenoir Co - 90 acres - $325 - both sides great Branch adj sd William, John Roberts, John M. Ellis, Richard Rouse - my part of my father's land alloted to me (does not give father's name) WIT D. Glisson, Edw Alberton, Jesse Hardy To court Jan Term 1820 on oath of Jesse Hardy BOOK 7 B - 162 13 Nov 1835 - William Sutton of Lenoir Co to Jesse Hardy of Lenoir - 310 acres - $565.50 - several tracts on Great Branch - lst tract of 125 acres part of patent granted to Biby Bush for 200 acres on 14 May 1772; another tract of 95 acres - part of patent to Moses Stanly on 16 Nov 1790; another tract patented to Benjamin Sutton 14 Oct 1808 of 40 acres; another tract of 50 acres part of patent to John Albertson on 1 Sept 1785 - total of 310 acres signed by Mark WIT Alfred Ellis, Hardy Sutton April Term 1836 on oath of Alfred Ellis (was this land originally in Dobbs Co?) BOOK 7B p 178 William Sutton of Lenoir Co to Alfred Ellis of Lenoir Co - 237 acres - $433.50 - both sides of Great Branch - adj Alfred Ellis, John Roberts, Jesse Hardy, Richard Rouse - whole of patent to John Thompson for 100 acres on 11 Nov 1788 and part of another patent to Thompson on 10 Nov 1784 BOOK 8A 14 Jan 1811 - Simon Sutton of Duplin to Wiley Garner - $36 - Mirey Branch adj Garner and Sutton WIT D. Glisson, Needham (x) Garner To Court April Term 1824 BOOK 1-5-10-14-15 p 454 3 August 1840 - Ezell Sutton to John W. Monk - all of Duplin - 100 acres adj John Cook WIT Jacob Taylor, Wm. B. Wells BOOK 1-5-10-14-15 p 279 William Creech to Thomas Sutton and wife - already have somewhere BOOK DETU p 254 9 Jan 1817 - Benjamin Sutton and wife Sarah to Jesse Hardy - $1000 - Benjamin and Sarah to retain during their lifetime - Great Branch adj Edward Carter, Richard Rouse - 200 acres; another tract adj to above tract of 100 acres - runs through Picadilly signed with mark WIT Ed Alberton, Barbara Hardy NOTE: I bet Jesse Hardy's wife, Sarah was a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Hardy Sutton. The Hardy book gives Sarah Sutton's birthdate as 1772 and her husband Jesse Hardy as 1779. The date 1772 could have been a typo or misread by the transcriber. BOOK K19 - p 445 16 April 1800 - Windel Davis of Lenoir to Benjamin Sutton of Lenoir - 390 acres for 108 pds - 200 acres - both sides of Beaver Dam - adj Carter, through Picadilly, John Albertson's patent of 1779; another tract of 190 acres - part of patent to same John Alberton in 1785 BOOK 4A p 349 Indenture - 4 Feb 1811 - Windal Davis of Lenoir to Benjamin Sutton of Lenoir - 63 pds, 7 shillings, sixpence - 85 acres - Great Branch adj Rouse, sd Sutton WIT Jesse Hardy, James Davis BOOK Q p 264 8 August 1807 - Alexander Carter to Benjamin Sutton of Lenoir - 174 acres - 107 pds - Great Branch called the Gray land - part of patent to Bibby Bush WIT L. Davis, Meclendal Jarman BOOK 8A - p 260 Indenture - ----Dec 1823 - John W. Ellis to Wm. Sutton - John William Ellis of Twiggs Co, Ga to William Sutton of Lenoir - $300 - Great Branch of the North East - part of patent of John Thompsoe in Nov 1784 - adj John Roberts, Richard Rouse, Alfred Ellis - my part of my father's estate - 92 acres Signed by mark WIT Joseph Beven, Dennis D. Sanders BOOK 13 p 252 31 Dec 1840 ?? - Alfred Ellis to Benjamin Sutton of Lenoir - 435 acres for $1000 - three parcels - patent granted to John Thompson on 10 Nov 1784; second tract patent to John Thompson of 11 July 1788; third tract patent to William Albertson dated 27 Feb 1806 adj Wendal Davis, Great Branch - being the rights of Wm. Sutton and Jesse Hardy to me the balance full to me of their heirship WIT Dennis Daly, William Sutton NOTE: The way this reads although it is not absolutely clear - William Sutton and Jesse Hardy were heirs together. Was Alfred also an heir of the same person. We know that Alfred married a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Hardy Sutton, and we know that Benjamin dc 1837. I have no son by the name of William for Benjamin and Sarah but do have an unamed son who appears in their household in 1830 and not in 1840 and I assumed he died at that time. Certainly William Sutton and Jesse Hardy were heirs together giving more circumstantial that Jesse Hardy's wife was the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Hardy Sutton. BOOK O p 273 7 April 1805 - Wiley Garner to Simon Sutton - 65 pds - 100 acres - SS of the NE on the Mirey Branch WIT Needham (x) Garner, Jr, Needham (x) Garner Sr. BOOK N p 500 22 March 1802 - Jesse Waters of Lenoir to Benjamin Sutton of Lenoir - 100 pds - one tract on NE side of the N East Branch of the Cape Ferar - 95 acres granted to Moses Stanley on 16 November 1790 - fork of Great Branch adj to John Thompsons; another tract - 55 acres adj the before mentioned being part of a 200 patent granted to John Thompson 10 November1 1784 WIT James Hall, Jo Gillisphee