John Sutherland was christened on 8 August 1731, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland as the son of Alexander Sutherland and Marie Young. He married Katherine Dunbar on 4 June 1745, in Bower, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters.
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Scottish (Caithness): habitational name from the Scottish county of Sutherland, named with Old Norse súthr ‘south, southern’ + land ‘land’ because the territory lay south of Scandinavia and the Norse colonies in the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
History: This is the name of a Highland Scottish clan associated with the county of Sutherland.
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