Rachael Sutton

Brief Life History of Rachael

When Rachael Sutton was born on 5 February 1800, in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Sutton, was 25 and her mother, Letitia Gard, was 21. She married Samuel McVicker on 25 February 1819, in Butler, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 25 August 1863, in Lagro, Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Old Lagro Cemetery, Lagro, Lagro Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel McVicker
1790–1850
Rachael Sutton
1800–1863
Marriage: 25 February 1819
William McVicker
1820–1874
Susan McVicker
1823–1857
McVicker
1825–1825
McVicker
1825–1840
Catherine McVicker
1827–1848
David McVicker
1829–1862
Daniel McVicker
1832–1865
Eliza McVicker
1834–1888
Joseph McVicker
1841–1881
Jane “Jennie” McVicker
1844–1926

Sources (8)

  • Rachael Mc Vicker, "United States, Census, 1860"
  • Rachel Sutton, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Rachel Sutton McVicker, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Sutton, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English surname is also common in Ireland (Wexford, Kildare), where it has been established since the 13th century and Gaelicized as de Sutún.

Jewish (from the former Ottoman Empire, including Syria): unexplained.

English: topographic name from Middle English (bi) suthentune ‘(at the place to the) south of the village’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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