In brief

Baptized July 14, 1594, in Great Snoring, Norfolk, England. 1638: Travelled from England to Massachusetts aboard the ship Diligent with his wife and children. He married October 22, 1620, in Eaton St. Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk, England. He died June 1, 1672, in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony.

Family

Children

  • John Sutton
    b. Abt. October 1621 near Great Snoring, Norfolk, England
    m. Elizabeth House, January 1, 1661[1662], in Scituatue, Massachusetts
    d. Abt. 1691 in Scituate, Massachusetts
  • Elizabeth Sutton
    b. Abt. May 1623 near Great Saxham, Suffolk, England
  • Mary Sutton
    b. Abt. August 1625 near Great Saxham, Suffolk, England
    m. John Fitch around 1645 in Massachusetts
    d. November 4, 1703, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Anne Sutton
    b. Abt. 1627/Abt. 1631
    m. John Doggett/Daggett in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, November 23, 1651
  • Judith Sutton
    b. Abt. November 1629 near Attleborough, Norfolk, England
    d. Abt. July 1631 near Great Snoring, Norfolk, England
  • Esther Sutton
    b. Abt. April 1632 near Great Snoring, Norfolk, England
    m. Richard Bowen, March 4, 1656, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    d. Abt. November 1688 near Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Margaret Sutton · in this line
    b. Baptized: November 30, 1637, in Attleborough, Norfolk, England
    m. Joseph Carpenter, November 25, 1655, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
    d. 1676 near Swansea, Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Hannah Sutton
    b. Abt. 1640
    d. October 1642 in Hingham, Massachusetts

Life story

A Rehoboth Carpenter

John Sutton was baptized July 14, 1594, in Great Snoring, Norfolk, England, and worked as a carpenter, living in Suffolk and Norfolk before sailing for Massachusetts in 1638 aboard the ship Diligent with his wife and children, arriving in Boston that August. He settled first in Hingham and later in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, where he died June 1, 1672.

Sources (3)
  1. Eugene Cole Zubrinsky, “The Family of William Carpenter of Rehoboth, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 70 (October 1995): 193-204; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/i/13130/193/234370203 : accessed 6 August 2026).
  2. Eugene Cole Zubinsky, “Julian Adcocke, Wife of John Sutton of Hingham and Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and Their Family,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 167 (January 2013): 7-14; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/14128/7/36729272 : accessed 8 August 2026).
  3. Eugene Cole Zubinsky, “The English Origins of John Sutton of Hingham and Rehoboth, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 172 (Winter 2018): 30-32; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/55221/30/1425118653 : accessed 8 August 2026).