Jonas Sutton

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW JERSEY. DAR Ancestor # A111358

[Jonas Sutton's side saddle stolen.
https://sutton.org/oldsite/issue19/17pounds.htm ]

[Family History Library film 0865475 is the ratables of 1780 which containers Amwell Township.] Patriotic Service.]

[Jonas Sutton p. 13 of Sutton Genealogy. https://books.google.com/books?id=mEf5QAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&... ]

Husband of Elizabeth (Runyan) Sutton — married 22 Sep 1764 in Seventh Day Baptist Church, Piscataway, Nj

[Elizabeth Runyon of Middlesex and Jonas Sutton of Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
https://books.google.com/books?id=VWQr4-fU_vYC&pg=PA340&lpg=PA340&d...]

https://books.google.com/books?id=PzIuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&...

Descendants of Jonas Sutton: https://www.ourfamtree.org/descend.php/Elizabeth-Runyon/125696

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Eighth child of Richard Sutton and his wife Sarah Runyan, Jonas was born April 18, 1721, at Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He died at Sandbrook in Hunterdon County in the year 1797. Jonas Sutton was twice married as indicated by his will and the dates of birth of his children; but the name of his first wife is unknown. The children of Jonas Sutton and his first wife were as follows:

1. Prudence Sutton

(b. before 1775 died after 1830) married Powell Hoff (born 1747 died Apr 13, 1816) Children: A. Jonathan Hoff (born about 1773 died before July 1815) B. Jane Hoff C. Elizabeth Hoff

2. Jonathan Sutton

(born 1753, died 1818) married 1st. Mary Irvin - 2nd. Mary Campbell (of whom further).

3. John Sutton

(born July 25, 1748, died Oct. 20, 1795) married Dinah Bonham

Jonas Sutton of New Jersey, where he died and his last will and testament has survived.

Eighth child of Richard Sutton and his wife Sarah Runyan, Jonas was born April 18, 1721, at Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He died at Sandbrook in Hunterdon County in the year 1797. Jonas Sutton was twice married as indicated by his will and the dates of birth of his children; but the name of his first wife is unknown. On September 22, 1764, at age 43, he married his second wife, a first cousin, Elizabeth Runyan, in the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Piscataway. She was born in the year 1731, daughter of Peter Runyan and his wife, Providence Blackford. Her father was brother to Jonas Sutton’s mother.” - All preceding from Ancestral Chart and Handbook by Rowland.

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Birth: 1740 Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States

Death: 1797 York, South Carolina, United States

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About her father:

"Whereas a certain John Zenger came to the Dwelling house of Jonas Sutton, in the Township of Amwell, Hunterdon County, and Province of West-New-Jersey, and in a false and fraudulent manner, obtained from him a Woman's Side-Saddle and Bridle, under Pretence of borrowing them for his Aunt to ride on, who was an aged woman in the neighbourhood, with whom said Zenger lived, but he, fraudulently intending, did, in the Night of the 20th of September last, abscond himself from his Uncle's, which was his usual Place of Abode, and has taken his wife, and said saddle and bridle with him. Whoever will take up said John Zenger, and secure him in the Jail of the County aforesaid, shall receive the above Reward of Seventeen Pounds, paid by me Jonas Sutton"

Seventeen Pounds Reward

New Jersey Colonial Documents: Newspaper Extracts, New Jersey Archives, 1st Series Vol. XXIV, vol. V - 1762-1765, p. 91. From The Pennsylvania Gazatte, No. 1764, October 14, 1762.

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He married his second wife, Elizabeth Runyon, in 1764, and had five more children with her. A genealogy written by Olive Barrick Rowland in 1935 described his house this way:

Jonas Sutton’s house was “a long inn-like structure, the first story built of stone surfaced with plaster, and the second story of wood. There is a verandah the full length of the second story front, the house being built on the side of a hill. Originally a lane lead from the buildings to the Flemington highway [Route 523]; but the only present approach is by way of another long and neglected lane, a continuation of the lane of a neighboring farm, in from Sandbrook.”3

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Seventeen Pounds Reward
New Jersey Colonial Documents: Newspaper Extracts, New Jersey Archives, 1st Series Vol. XXIV, vol. V - 1762-1765, p. 91.

From The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 1764, October 14, 1762.

"Whereas a certain John Zenger came to the Dwelling house of Jonas Sutton, in the Township of Amwell, Hunterdon County, and Province of West-New-Jersey, and in a false and fraudulent manner, obtained from him a Woman's Side-Saddle and Bridle, under Pretence of borrowing them for his Aunt to ride on, who was an aged woman in the neighbourhood, with whom said Zenger lived, but he, fraudulently intending, did, in the Night of the 20th of September last, abscond himself from his Uncle's, which was his usual Place of Abode, and has taken his wife, and said saddle and bridle with him. Whoever will take up said John Zenger, and secure him in the Jail of the County aforesaid, shall receive the above Reward of Seventeen Pounds, paid by me Jonas Sutton"]

[Book about Comton Sutton relationships. https://books.google.com.cu/books?id=hm5GAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&... ]

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