William Sutherland

Unknown - Unknown

• Name	William Sutherland  [1]
  Birth	Unknown	Scotland or Connecticut   [1]
  Gender	Male
  AFN	GCPN-HQ
  Death	Unknown	Probably New York State   [1]
  Person ID	I585	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2021

  
  

  Family	Hannah Avery,   b. Bef 1700, Probably Connecticut d. Unknown, Probably New York State
  Marriage	Abt 1715-1720	Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut   [2]
  Children	1. Charles Sutherland,   b. Abt 1716, Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   2. Roger Sutherland,   b. Abt 1719, Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut d. 16 Nov 1798, North Castle, Westchester Co, New York (Age ~ 79 years)   3. David Sutherland,   b. Abt 1721-1722, Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut d. 10 Apr 1794, New York (Age ~ 72 years)   4. William Sutherland,   b. Abt 1725, Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut d. Abt 1761, New York (Age ~ 36 years)   5. Joseph Sutherland,   b. Abt 1730, Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut d. Yes, date unknown   6. John William Sutherland,   b. 3 Jul 1735, Greenwich, Fairfield Co, Connecticut d. 10 Jun 1817, Sutherland Falls, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 May 2021

  
  

• Notes

  From A Thousand and a Half Sutherlands: There is no primary evidence available to indicate William Sutherland was the first of his Sutherland Clan to emigrate to the Colonies. Secondary evidence, however, suggests William emigrated from Scotland before the end of the 17th century. The first mention of William Sutherland in genealogical records appeared in Spencer Mead's book Ye History of ye Town of Greenwich in 1911. Mead states that 'according to family tradition William was born in Scotland...William bought land in the Connecticut Colony town of Horse Neck [Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony], on 16 Feb 1722. According to Douglas Merritt in the book Sutherland Records (where he has two William Sutherlands b. about 1690): Of the second William Sutherland (1) said to be son of William of Scotland, was called Junior in Bangall record (2) said to be son of David and Mary of Westchester Township, NY 1698. [DBC: I will completely ignore the parents of William Sutherland]. ...married 1720 Hannah daughter of Mr Avery; bought land in Greenwich Conn about 16 Feb 1723. William Sutherland carpenter of Dutchess County [New York] mortgaged 206 acres Lot No 5 in Lot No 17, Great Nine Partners, to Mary Barclay, 15 May 1772 (Poughkeepsie, Lib 3 p149). The genealogy of a William Sutherland is so convoluted that all data should be taken with a grain of salt. If Douglas Merritt can't decide who William Sutherland was, then no one can. Furthermore, lists of William's children are wildly inconsistent. In May 2021 there were 2289 trees online in Ancestry.com and all of them appear to be copied from one, very bad tree. Some of them have four marriage entries for William and Hannah Avery yet all of them cite no sources. In light of this abominable online situation perpetuated by Ancestry.com, I have chosen to use as a source the relatively recent book A Thousand and a Half Sutherlands; A Genealogy of Roger Sutherland, His Ancestors and Descendants by Neil Sutherland. [1, 3, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S784] Neil S. Sutherland, Las Vegas Nevada, 1000 half, (FamilySearch), pp15-16 (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), p16 (Reliability: 3). [S791] Spencer P. Mead, LL.B., Ye historie, (The Knickerbocker Press, New York City, 1911), "Avery Family" pp491-492 (Reliability: 3).