Barbara, Have you seen this posting on Ancestry.com by David Martin? "James Sutton, with two sons, was living in Wayne CO., MO when the 1840 census was enumerated. He was born in NC. about 1785, the sons were born in TN. By 1850, he has married a very young Martha Lee,( probably 15 years old) daughter of William & Phoebe (Polly) Underwood Lee. Since the oldest child William was b. abt. 1845, James Sutton, with two sons, was living in Wayne CO., MO when the 1840 census was enumerated. He was born in NC. about 1785, the sons were born in TN. By 1850, he has married a very young Martha Lee,( probably 15 years old) daughter of William & Phoebe (Polly) Underwood Lee. Since the oldest child William was b. abt. 1845, This information is provided for all BOYDs to research their family connection by the group Clan Boyd. NOTE: Regard all of this data as unsupported until you verify the accuracy at the original source. Some of the basis range from copies of original documents to guesses because it looks possible. Visit our home page at: _http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~clanboyd/index.htm_ (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~clanboyd/index.htm) " I have a James Sutton b. NC abt 1747 d. Smith Co. TN in 1835. This family named lots of their children, James, but I cannot tie in to any b. 1785. This Sutton branch has extremely unusual DNA, so if you can find a male Sutton willing to do a DNA test, we can tell if yours is part of this family. Les Sutton