Joseph Sutton b. California 1637 d. 17 Jan 1695 Perquimans Co., North Carolina will probated 20 Jan 1695, April Court, 1696. Names four sons, wife and executrix: Deliverance. Witnesses: Jenkin Williams, Francis Foster, William Barrow. He m. 1 Jan 1669 Deliverance Nicholson, dau. of Christopher and Ann (Atwood) Nicholson. (Sutton Sutton and More Suttons, Doris Ellen (Witter) Bland, 1992, Bland Books, r5, Box 412, Fairfield, Ill 62837, p.8)

Will of Joseph Sutton 20 Jan 1694/5 8 April 1696 - Son Joseph my plantation on NS of Sutton’s Creek, son Christopher, daughter Hanah, Son George, son Nathaniel - sons Christopher, Geo and Nathaniel to share plantation where I now live. Children to be free to act for themselves when they accomplish ye age of sixteen. Exec wife Deliverance, sons Joseph and Christopher. (Early Records of North Carolina Vol. II, Stephen Bradley)