This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sutherland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ReC.2ACI/2488 Message Board Post: My earliest Sutherland ancester in the United States was William born in Scotland in 1650 and came to America in 1684. He settled eventially in Orange Co., New York. I believe his father was Alexander Sutherland. I am told he had two brothers that came here with him. Can anyone make the connection to Scotland. I am playing with the idea that he was the son of Lord Alexander Duffus of Sutherland married to Margaret Forbes. The dates sort of fit and his situation in life, that is not rich but not poor, makes him a candidate for a younger son of a Lord. Hope for some help.