 1735 - 1817 (81 years)
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| Name |
John William Sutherland [1, 2] |
| Birth |
3 Jul 1735 |
Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| AFN |
1TWB-8X3 |
| Burial |
Abt Jun 1817 |
Rutland County, Vermont [1, 2] |
| Death |
10 Jun 1817 |
Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I583 |
Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse |
| Last Modified |
19 Jul 2021 |
| Father |
William Sutherland, b. Unknown, Scotland or Connecticut d. Unknown, Probably New York State |
| Mother |
Hannah Avery, b. Bef 1700, Probably Connecticut d. Unknown, Probably New York State |
| Marriage |
Abt 1715-1720 |
Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut [3] |
| Family ID |
F403 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary Germond, b. 2 Oct 1733, New Rochester, Ulster Co, New York d. 3 Sep 1789, Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 55 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt Jan 1755 |
Probably Rutland Co, Vermont [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Peter Sutherland, b. 20 Feb 1756, Dutchess County, New York d. Abt May 1828, Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 72 years) |
| | 2. James Sutherland, b. 13 Nov 1758, Great Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. William Sutherland, b. 4 Mar 1761, Great Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York d. 30 Mar 1830, New York (Age 69 years) |
| | 4. Justus Sutherland, b. 21 Mar 1763, Great Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York d. 10 Aug 1789 (Age 26 years) |
| | 5. John Sutherland, b. 18 Jun 1765, Great Nine Partners, Dutchess Co., New York d. 3 Aug 1831 (Age 66 years) |
| | 6. Mary Sutherland, b. 22 Oct 1767, Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont d. Ohio |
| | 7. Isabella Sutherland, b. 27 Sep 1769, Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 8. Silas Sutherland, b. 3 Aug 1772, Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont d. Abt Aug 1835, Madison County, New York (Age 63 years) |
| | 9. Eric Sutherland, b. 27 Apr 1775, Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 25 Dec 1795, Paris, Edgar Co, Illinois (Age 20 years) |
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| Family ID |
F402 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
13 May 2021 |
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| Notes |
- John William Sutherland had extensive land holdings in Dutchess County, New York in 1766. In 1767 he removed to Sutherland Falls (present Proctor), Rutland County, Vermont and took up a claim at the falls under the New York charter of Socialborough. (In 1767 Gideon Cooley was the first settler in the area just northeast of Sutherland Falls that later became Pittsford).
From a SAR application nr 77058 by Francis Sutherland Gombar Jr, accepted 5 Dec 1953: John Sutherland served as a private and lieutenant in Simon Wright's Company; Thomas Bull's Company and Israel Hurlburt's Company. He was a member of the state committee from Vermont. In 1779 he was given 199 acres of land and in 1786, 116 acres [place not specified].
DAR member Jessie Sutherland Weirich nr 149302 states: "John Sutherland (1735-1817) served as private and lieutenant under Capt Simeon Wright and Col Gideon Warren, Vermont militia; also a delegate to the General Convention, Vermont. He was born at Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, died at Otter Creek, Rutland County, Vermont.
From the History of Rutland
Although some reports state that John William Sutherland, a carpenter by trade, had settled in Rutland prior to 1771, no records have been found to substantiate these claims. He was in Rutland by the spring of 1775 when he purchased over three hundred acres surrounding the Great Falls on Otter Creek, which afterwards bore his name. He built a gristmill and sawmill on the west side of the creek. The gristmill, likely constructed prior to the sawmill, was located northwest of where a carding machine (a machine for the mechanical process that disentangles, cleans and intermixes fibres of wool, cotton, or other fiber consisting of cylinders having intermeshing wire teeth and revolving at different speeds or in opposite directions) later stood. The sawmill was located a little farther upstream. After the lumber was sawn it was slid over the rocks to the pond below. At this point it was made into rafts and floated down the stream to the customers.
Accusations
John William Sutherland, was suspected of being a Tory. During the summer of 1777, when most inhabitants fled the town, he remained behind, unmolested by the British. When the people left, many hurriedly turned their pigs loose to fend for themselves; some men were angered to find their branded pigs in Sutherland's pen upon their return. Perhaps if John, who has been described as selfish and grasping, had willingly given up the pigs, he would have escaped criticism but he didn't. However, he did serve in 1778, 1780, and 1781 in the Revolution, as did three of his sons, so possibly the rumors had more to do with his personality traits than his actual political affiliation.
Rebuttal
From NEHGR vol. 61 page 203: Regarding the loyalty to Congress, during the Revolutionary war, of John Sutherland then living at Sutherland's Falls, Rutland Co., Vermont, the records of the Adjutant and Inspector General of the State of Vermont show that he served several terms as a private and leutenant in the Vermont troops during the Revolution; and his name appears on the Records of the Council of Safety (and of the Governor and Council) as a member in 1788. The accusation appears in a lengthy article contained in a history of Rutland county published in 1886, which is utterly false and contradicted by official records. The writer of this reply is a great-grandson of John Sutherland, and familiar with the history of the Sutherland family from the first Immigrant from Scotland to the present time. He was personally acquainted with four of the sons of John Sutherland, and frequently visited them and their familles in Green County, Wis.
Aaron Randall
Boston, Mass.
Yorkers
In the part of Rutland County that became Pittsford, the Cooley brothers, Benjamin and Gideon were the first. John Sutherland came by 1767 and took up a claim at the falls under the New York charter of Socialborough. He was acquainted with the British officers at Whitehall. When in 1771, William Cockburn came to survey the area for New York, he was told to leave by those with New Hampshire grants, and he did. When it became known that Sutherland was friendly with Cockburn, he was forced to rebuy his land from those with New Hampshire grants. Because of his grist and saw mills that the other settlers were dependent upon, he was not driven off by the Green Mountain Boys who had as their objective to drive off "Yorkers" who had muscled in that area then known as New Hampshire Grants. Interestingly, the Cooley half brothers bought their land in present Pittsford from the Province of New York, taking over land formerly granted others by New Hamphire Governor Benning Wentworth.
In 1778 John William sold 175 acres to his sons, Peter and John Jr for 380 pounds.By 1793 he had disposed of all of his property at the Falls and had moved Wallingford.The holdings consisted of a saw and gristmill, iron works, four houses, barn, orchard and twenty tons of hay. [5, 6]
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| Sources |
- [S783] William Edward Sutherland, Suth Clan membership, (Marilyn Long (granddaughter of William Skillman Sutherland)).
- [S784] Neil S. Sutherland, Las Vegas Nevada, 1000 half, (FamilySearch), pp16-30 (Reliability: 3).
- [S783] William Edward Sutherland, Suth Clan membership, (Marilyn Long (granddaughter of William Skillman Sutherland)), According to 1000 and a Half they were married about 1715. (Reliability: 3).
- [S785] Douglas Merritt, Sutherland Records, (Tobias A Wright, Printer and Publisher, New York, 1918), p26 (Reliability: 3).
- [S465] Millie A. Owings, Sutherland, JW, (Unpublished, 1988. Repository: Proctor Free Library, 4 Main St, Proctor Vermont 05765 (802-459-3539) ), p96 (Reliability: 3).
- [S792] Dawn D. Hance, Rutland, (The Rutland Historical Society, Inc., Rutland Vermont; Academy Books, Rutland Vt, 1991 ), p398, p491, p505 (Reliability: 3).
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