“ID: I20901
Name: *George Sutton 1
Sex: M
Birth: 12 APR 1613 in Sandwich, Kent County, England 2
Death: 12 APR 1669 in Albemarle County, Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina 3
Note:
Notes from Bill Gray, Email: bgray@epix.net (01/23/01)

George Sutton shipped to America 1634 aboard the ship Hercules and was listed as a servant to Nathaniel Tilden, father of Sarah Tilden.

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From the Wayne County Family History Book, 1982, Wayne County, North Carolina, page 265.

George Sutton of Tenderton, England, left Sandwich in the ship Hercules arriving in Boston, Massachusetts 1634.

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TILDEN


TILDEN, Nathaniel (the Elder): He came from Tenterden, Co Kent, England;
was baptized there 28 Jul 1583; was one of the Jurats of Tenterden and
Mayor in 1622; married about 1607 to Lydia HUCKSTEP; they were both
passengers on the ship Hercules that brought the first HATCH to America;
they had 12 children, all baptized at Tenterden, Co Kent, England; 5 of
these children are buried at Tenterden, and 7 accompanied their parents to
New England on the Hercules with William HATCH, a relative, in 1634.
The servants that traveled with TildenÆs family were: Thomas Lapham,
George Sutton, Edward Fford [or Ford], Edward Jeakins, Sara Couchman,
Marie Perien & James Bennet.
Nathaniel was chosen Ruling Elder of the First Church in Scituate, Ma.,
1634; his home lot was on Kent Street, the 3rd south of Greenfield Lane.
He also had lands at Long marsh and lands in 1640 on the east side of the
North River, below Gravelly beach. Elder Nathaniel died in 1641.
His will gives "to wife Lydia, the income of my Stone house, with the
lands, in Tenterden in Kent, Eng. in which Richard Lambeth now dwells, &c.
&c. To son Joseph, a double portion, that is, as much as both Thomas and
Stephen, (in lands, houses, &c. in Scituate and Marshfield [Ma.]). To
Lydia and Stephen, my two youngest children, a maintenance till 21. To
Judith, a cow. To Mary, wife of Thomas Lapham, 10s. To Sarah, wife of
George Sutton, 10s." The inventory of his estate, in the Colony Records,
shows that he belonged to the wealthiest class of early settlers. It
included "Ten stocks or swarms of bees, appraised at ú10," and it is the
earliest notice known respecting the keeping of bees in the Colony.
Their children included:


6. Joseph TILDEN - born in England; he belonged to the Second Church, of
which he was chosen Deacon in 1655; he belonged to the liberal or moderate
class of puritans; he married in 1648 to Elizabeth TWISDEN (daughter of
John TWISDEN); he died 3 Jun 1670; his will gives "to wife Elizabeth ú100.
To sons Nathaniel, John, Stephen, Samuel, Benjamin, lands already deeded
to them. To daughter Elizabeth ú10. To sister Lydia Garrett ú5. To
daughters Rebecca and Lydia, all my other goods in equal shares; also I
acquit my brother Stephen of all dues."; they had 9 children.

7. Thomas TILDEN - was on the roll of those able to bear arms in Scituate,
Plymouth Co., Ma. in 1643; there is no trace of a family history as yet.

8. Stephen TILDEN - baptized 11 Oct 1629 at Tenterden, Kent Co., Eng.;
possibly died at Scituate, Ma. in 1712; married 25 Jan 1661 at Scituate
(or Marshfield), Ma. to Hannah LITTLE (daughter of Thomas & Ann (WARREN)
LITTLE; resided principally in Marshfield, Ma.; they had 12 children.

9. Mary (Marie) TILDEN - married 13 Mar 1636/7 to servant Thomas LAPHAM
(was in Scituate, Ma. in 1640); they had 6 children.

10. Sarah (Sara) TILDEN - married 13 Mar 1636/7 (1641) at Scituate, Ma. to
servant George SUTTON (born 12 Apr 1613 at Sandwich, Kent Co., England;
died 12 Apr 1669 in Perquiman Co., N.C.); they had at least 8 and probably
nine children. George Sutton arrived in Boston, Mass., in 1634 on the ship
Hercules. He came as a servant to Nathaniel Tilden of Tenterden, Co. Kent,
England. He may have worked as servant to earn his passage to America.
George was considered a devote member of the Society of Friends or
"Quakers" in Mass. In 1668 the persecution of Quakers drove George and
Sarah, along with some of their children, from Scituate to Perquimans,
North Carolina. The area had just been opened for settlement for Quakers.
One of the earliest Quaker Meeting Houses was built toward the end of the
17th century on "SuttonÆs Creek," so named because it bordered the lands
of George Sutton and his sons.

11. Judeth TILDEN

12. Lidia (or Lydia) TILDEN


Marriage 1 **Sarah Tilden b: BEF 13 JUN 1613 in Tenderdon, Weald of Kent, England
Married: 13 MAR 1636/37 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts 4
Children
*Joseph Sutton , Sr. b: 1637 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
William Sutton b: 1641 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts
*Nathaniel Sutton b: 1643 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Sources:
Title: Personal Communication from Audrey Hilton, Email: AHilton999@aol.com, 12/14/00
Title: Personal Communication from Bill Gray, Email: Bgray@epix.net 01/23/01
Title: Old Albemarle County, NC, Perquimans Precinct, 1659-1820, Haun, p25, Durham, NC
Title: English Origins of New England Families, Vol. 1, Roberts, Gen. Pub. Co. 1984, p152.
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