This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sutton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wkQBAIB/3266.1.1 Message Board Post: Below are some old postings from RootsWeb that I kept because they sounded like my family, but I never made a connection. It mentions Ezells, so it may be helpful to you. When it comes to genealogy, I'm a packrat! Hi, My interest in the Sutton family came about 25 years ago as I started on my adventure tracing my fathers family. The Ezell-Ezzells one of the earliest colonist from England to Va in the 1600’s. Many of these old Va familes went by wagon train as they called them to the area of S.E N.C mainly New Hanover, Sampson Duplin, Bladen, Onslow and Cumberland. It was one of the best soils for crops and still is today. It was also good for tobacco products and a specific kind of grape only grown in this area in the U.S.A florished there. Many moved here and stayed. The great amt of people from Ga, Al, Miss, La Fla, Texas cam from this region. My Michael Ezell born @1728 had a daughter Elizabeth born @ 1760 in Va married Elias Sutton in N.C sometime @ 1785. In the year 1783 Mikel and family left Mecklingburg Va and came to Duplin Co N.C. Sampson Co was part of Duplin. Bladen and New Hanover at this time. Mikel was born in Old Surry Co Va. Now Elias and Elizabeth Ezell Sutton! had 10 children. One moved to Ark in 1832, Elias Jr. Michale moved in 1850 to Ga but died in Ga. The rest stayed in N.C exception one girl. Elizabeth and Elias Sr had a daughter Sarah born @ 1815 who may have been the Sara Sutton from Sampson Co who married Parham Ezell her first cousin. There is no 100% proof but all indications point to it. They left in 1846 for Ga and then on to Al. Sometime between 1850-1860 Parham moved family to Jefferson Co Miss. Sometime between these years Sara died--unknown if in Miss or Al as he married in 1859 in Miss. Later in years after 1780 he moved onto Wisner La and died there and is buried there. Now this took me in to finding Sutton info and I run off what I find. I may not get all this finished but I am going so far and you can read it and then decide if you our connected to these Suttons which in more probablity then not you our. Back in the 1780"s a Asa Sutton witnessed a will for a Ezell. He either died or went on elsewhere as he me! rely just dissapears. THE SUTTON FAMILY ALLIED LINES, BISHOP, BONHAM,C ONGER, DUNHAM,FULLER,LOTHROPP DATE PUBLISHED NOT INDICATED --BY MARGE WATERFIELD BOWLING GREEN OHIO THE GENEALOGICL HELPER SEPT-OCT 1985 George SUTTON, the earliest immigrant of Tenterdon, Kent Co England arrived in Boston Mass.in 1634 on the ship Hercules. He came as a servant to Nathaniel TILDEN, of Tenderden, Kent Co EnglandWithin two years from when the SUTTONS and TILDENS settled in Scituate Mass George a loyal Quaker married Sarah TILDEN the daughter of Nathaniel a devot Catholic and his wife Lydia TILDEN. There children all born in Mass they went to Perquiman Co N.C to avoid religious persecution. There children are Joseph Sutton sp Deliverance NICHOLSON Daniel Sutton sp Mary Cole Wi lliam sp Damaris Bishop sp Jane Barnes (((( This direct line is charted Nathaniel Sutton sp Deborah Astine Lydia Sarah (died in infancy) Elizabeth sp Ralph Fletcher GEORGE SUTTON N.C. Council Minutes and Wills and Inventorys 1677-1701 Page 122 Will of Georghe Sutton March 1 1699-1700 Chil! dren Richard (under 12) Elizabeth Deborah (all underage) I don"t have this will . It would be in the Archives in N.C at Raleigh but it must certainly be the first of the Suttons in N.C. Very early they were in Duplin-Sampson Co and our undoubtingly the decendents of Georges Suttons children You mentioned Thomas Sutton and I am going to give you a will. Fayetteville, N.C, The North-Carolinian 1845 NOTICE Sampson Co Feb Term 1845 Edmund Sutton se al vs Benjamin Sutton , admr of Thomas Sutton, decd et, al Petition for partition Henry B Shepard and wife, J Mcleran and wife nancy, David, Thomas,Penny, Zilphia, Daniel, and Margaret Cogdell, Thomas Sutton, Council McCullen, and wife Elizabeth , Susan McCullen and Henry Glisson and wife Haney, defdents reside beyond limits os state IN PLAIN words thes decendents of Thomas Sutton have left the stat of N.C sometime before 1845 and our fifling for there part. These must be daughters and husbands and son Thomas Sutton who has also left! state------- Info and records of Thelma Peters SUTTON, THOMAS Sampson Co N.C. Court minutes Novb 1845 Edmond Sutton vs Benjamin Sutton admr of Thomas Sutton petn/AC There is a balance and it appearing that all parties except petitioner , defendent Benjamin, defendent Thomas (THis Thomas is out of state) the children of Joseph Sutton and also the children of Whitefield Sutton have been advanced Total $4112.15 Each share $82.43 Must have been a lot of children. I noticed you mentioned a Sutton with Whitefield as a middle name (WATCH FOR THIS). This is a imprtant clue when doing genelogy. There was large prominent family of Whitfield sin Duplin-Sampson area and they married intot eh Suttons and also my Ezell-Puckett familes. I am going this far with you. You can see if there is info appearing to look as if your Suttons came fro this area. Info from census 1860 Census Marshall Co Miss (Tallalosa J.M. Sutton born Miss J.E. born Tenn W.A. 4/12 born Miss Isabella age 56 born N.C. 1860 census W.C. Sutton age 26 born N.C. Martha born Miss Miss Isabell! a age 2 born Miss Harriet Fogg 40 born Va Alice Stockdale 15 born Miss Thomas Hamilton 22 Born England I believe this family iwas from @ Duplin-Sampson Co are . I have a lot more but you need to see if yu think you can connect. Please watch handed down stories. There were loads of stories passed down back in those early era"s that had very little truth ot were deeply exagerated. Some were true but not all. Thelma Ezell Peters Hi , In looking on info the William C. Sutton and John Sutton were children of Thomas Sutton and moved to Miss. I also find Sampson Co Court minutes as Nov 1846 Committee to audit and settle A/C between Bryan Daughtry exr of Joseph Sutton dec and William Wilson adm of Thomas Sutton. I have a feeling this Thomas had a lot of decendents. This is just what I am picking up on at this minutes. Thelma Peters. Yes, These people in those years did not stay in one place very long. They moved on for land grants and that is why they ended up in Miss. The area of Duplin and Sampson even Bladen was full of Suttons and they were there very early in the !700"s. This area was one of the most hotspots to go. What year first find them in Miss and which ones. Thelma ----- Original Message ----- Hi, I backed up to Roots-Web to check the years you have these people in Miss. I see it is in the 1850"s. From the dec of Thomas Sutton some were out of state before his death and I have no idea what year. You need to know who was the earliest you can find who were your decendents. The Carrolls were in Duplin-Sampson Co in the 1700"s also. Many stayed , but many left. I can find all these old names in these counties who have family members who left between 1830-1850 for all these Southern States. Some went west to Tenn and Ky but no that many. N.C was the main route. Thelma